Career 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 Jimmy Connors takes it, 8–0 on categories Connors wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Van Patten 225 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Van Patten’s 1 title (one every 25 matches). Connors has the better sets won %: 75.8 to Van Patten’s 48.1. Connors averages 1.9 sets won a match to Van Patten’s 1.2 (60% more). Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Van Patten’s team won 48% of the matches they played. Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Van Patten 225 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, 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 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 111 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 0 5 matches since 1980 5
Carpet · 4 matches Patten 0 Connors 4 Clay · 1 match Patten 0 Connors 1 Last meetings 21 Oct 1985 · Tokyo Indoor · Quarterfinal · Carpet Connors won 7-5 6-2 20 Sept 1982 · San Francisco · Round of 16 · Carpet Connors won 6-2 6-1 15 Mar 1982 · Rotterdam · Round of 16 · Carpet Connors won 7-5 6-2 28 July 1981 · North Conway · Round of 32 · Clay Connors won 6-0 6-4 27 Oct 1980 · Tokyo Indoor · Round of 16 · Carpet Connors won 6-2 6-1 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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