Career 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 Jimmy Connors takes it, 9–0 on categories Connors wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Gerulaitis 751 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Gerulaitis’ 25 titles (one every 25 matches). Connors has 8 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Gerulaitis’ 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches). Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Gerulaitis’ 0.9. Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Gerulaitis’s team won 70% of the matches they played. Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Gerulaitis 751 in 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 25 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 111 total · best 1
0.0 1 total · best 1 Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 8 total · best 1
– First serve in % 65.1
– First-serve points won % 62.8
– Break points saved % 57.2
– Return points won % 40.6
– Acesper game 1.7 140 total · best 8
Head to head 5 23 matches since 1972 18
Carpet · 12 matches Gerulaitis 3 Connors 9 Hard · 7 matches Gerulaitis 1 Connors 6 Clay · 3 matches Gerulaitis 1 Connors 2 Grass · 1 match Gerulaitis 0 Connors 1 Grand Slams · 3 matches Gerulaitis 1 Connors 2 Finals · 4 matches Gerulaitis 0 Connors 4 Last meetings 12 Aug 1985 · Montreal / Toronto · Round of 16 · Hard Connors won 6-4 6-2 7 Nov 1983 · Wembley · Quarterfinal · Carpet Connors won 6-4 6-2 8 Mar 1982 · Brussels · Semifinal · Carpet Gerulaitis won 6-2 7-5 17 Aug 1981 · Cincinnati · Round of 16 · Hard Gerulaitis won 7-5 7-6 26 May 1980 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · Clay Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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