Waltke v Connors
ATP Tour career
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Jimmy Connors takes it, 7–0 on categories
Connors wins on sets won %. ATP Tour career: Waltke 290 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
- Connors has the better sets won %: 75.8 to Waltke’s 41.
- Connors averages 1.9 sets won a match to Waltke’s 1.0 (92% more).
- Connors averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Waltke’s 1.4.
- Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Waltke’s team won 39% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Waltke 290 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces, finals): 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.
- –Titlesper game0.1111 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.08 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 game1.7140 total · best 8
- 10.63,076 total · best 26
Head to head
16 matches
since 19755
since 19755
- Hard · 3 matchesWaltke 1Connors 2
- Carpet · 3 matchesWaltke 0Connors 3
Last meetings
- 10 Aug 1981 · Montreal / Toronto · Round of 64 · HardWaltke won 6-4 6-3
- 18 Aug 1980 · Cincinnati · Round of 64 · HardConnors won 6-4 6-2
- 20 Sept 1976 · Los Angeles · Round of 64 · CarpetConnors won 6-4 6-2
- 10 Mar 1976 · Hampton · Round of 16 · CarpetConnors won 6-2 6-1
- 15 Feb 1976 · Salisbury · Quarterfinal · CarpetConnors won 6-3 7-5
- 13 Jan 1975 · Bahamas · Semifinal · HardConnors won 6-0 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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