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: Teacher 563 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Teacher’s 8 titles (one every 50 matches). Connors has 8 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Teacher’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches). Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Teacher’s 1.1. Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Teacher’s team won 59% of the matches they played. Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Teacher 563 in 15 — 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 8 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 2 9 matches since 1974 7
Hard · 4 matches Teacher 0 Connors 4 Carpet · 4 matches Teacher 2 Connors 2 Clay · 1 match Teacher 0 Connors 1 Last meetings 5 Aug 1985 · Stratton Mountain · Round of 16 · Hard Connors won 6-2 7-5 12 Mar 1984 · Rotterdam · Round of 32 · Carpet Connors won 6-3 7-6 18 Apr 1983 · Las Vegas · Round of 16 · Hard Connors won 7-5 6-3 16 Aug 1982 · Cincinnati · Round of 16 · Hard Connors won 6-1 7-5 21 Sept 1981 · San Francisco · Quarterfinal · Carpet Teacher won 6-4 7-5 31 Oct 1978 · Tokyo Indoor · Round of 16 · Carpet Teacher won 4-6 6-4 6-3 8 Aug 1977 · Indianapolis · Round of 16 · Clay Connors won 7-6 6-4 15 Feb 1976 · Salisbury · Round of 16 · Carpet Connors won 6-1 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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