Connors v Nastase
ATP Tour career
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Jimmy Connors takes it, 8–1 on categories
Connors wins on grand slam titles. ATP Tour career: Connors 1,549 matches, Nastase 1,187 matches.
- Connors has 8 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Nastase’s 2 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Nastase’s 65 titles (one every 14.3 matches).
- Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Nastase’s 0.9.
- Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Nastase’s team won 72% of the matches they played.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.1111 total · best 1Titlesper game0.165 total · best 1
- 0.08 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 65.1First serve in %–
- 62.8First-serve points won %–
- 57.2Break points saved %–
- 40.6Return points won %–
- 1.7140 total · best 8Acesper game–
Head to head
1126 matches
since 197115
since 197115
- Carpet · 18 matchesConnors 8Nastase 10
- Hard · 5 matchesConnors 2Nastase 3
- Clay · 2 matchesConnors 1Nastase 1
- Grass · 1 matchConnors 0Nastase 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesConnors 1Nastase 1
- Finals · 9 matchesConnors 3Nastase 6
Last meetings
- 31 Aug 1982 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardConnors won 6-3 6-3 6-4
- 31 Mar 1980 · Monte Carlo WCT · Round of 32 · ClayConnors won 6-4 6-2
- 19 Feb 1980 · Salisbury WCT · Round robin · CarpetConnors won 6-4 6-4
- 4 Dec 1979 · WCT Challenge Cup · Round robin · CarpetConnors won 4-6 7-6 6-2
- 20 Feb 1979 · Dorado Beach WCT · Round robin · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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