Kriek v Connors
ATP Tour career
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Jimmy Connors takes it, 11–3 on categories
Connors wins on titles. Kriek’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Kriek 598 matches, Connors 1,549 matches.
- Connors has 111 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Kriek’s 14 titles (one every 25 matches).
- Connors has the better first serve in %: 65.1 to Kriek’s 53.2.
- Kriek averages 4.8 aces a match to Connors’ 1.7 — 2.8 times as many.
- Winners’ edge: Connors’s team won 82%, Kriek’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Connors has 1,549 matches across 28 seasons, Kriek 598 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.
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.
- 0.014 total · best 1Titlesper game0.1111 total · best 1
- 0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
- 53.2First serve in %65.1
- 72.0First-serve points won %62.8
- 60.5Break points saved %57.2
- 35.6Return points won %40.6
Head to head
29 matches
since 19797
since 19797
- Hard · 6 matchesKriek 2Connors 4
- Carpet · 2 matchesKriek 0Connors 2
- Grass · 1 matchKriek 0Connors 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchKriek 0Connors 1
- Finals · 2 matchesKriek 0Connors 2
Last meetings
- 6 Mar 1989 · Scottsdale · Round of 32 · HardKriek won 6-4 4-6 6-4
- 25 Mar 1985 · Fort Myers · Quarterfinal · HardConnors won 6-3 6-2
- 29 Oct 1984 · Stockholm · Quarterfinal · HardConnors won 4-6 6-3 6-4
- 26 Mar 1984 · Boca West · Final · HardConnors won 7-5 6-4
- 11 Apr 1983 · Los Angeles · Semifinal · HardKriek won 2-6 6-4 6-4
- 18 Jan 1983 · Masters · Quarterfinal · CarpetConnors won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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