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Adriano Panatta vs Jimmy Connors Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Adriano Panatta seasons:19831982198119801979
Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
🇮🇹 Adriano Panatta
🇺🇸 Jimmy Connors
Age: 75y 254d (1950-07-09)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1952-09-02) Age: 73y 199d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
2 - 9
Wins: 18.2% - 81.8%
Hard 1–2Clay 1–1Grass 0–3
Slam 04Others 25
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🇮🇹Adriano Panatta and 🇺🇸Jimmy Connors have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 11 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 92.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇮🇹Adriano Panatta has compiled an overall career record of 410250 across 660 matches, translating to a win rate of 62.12%. On hard courts his record stands at 3933 (54.17%), while on clay he holds a 289130 (68.97%) mark. On grass the numbers read 3429 (53.97%) , and on carpet 4754 (46.53%). Throughout his career he has won 10 titles (1 hard, 9 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 2358 (28.40%).

🇺🇸Jimmy Connors, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1274283 from 1557 matches (81.82% win rate). His hard-court record is 490100 (83.05%), on clay he stands at 20863 (76.75%), and on grass he has gone 18538 (82.96%) , with a carpet record of 39182 (82.66%). He has accumulated 109 titles in total (43 hard, 12 clay, 9 grass, 45 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 134111 (54.69%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Jimmy Connors leading 21 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 11 (50.00% each) across 2 matches. On grass, their 3 encounters have yielded a record of 30 (100.00% for Jimmy Connors).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1980-05-26Roland GarrosClayR1283🇺🇸Jimmy Connors (3)52🇮🇹Adriano Panatta6-4 4-6 6-2 7-65------0/0
1979-02-19Dorado Beach WCTHardRR1🇺🇸Jimmy Connors21🇮🇹Adriano Panatta4-6 6-5 6-2 RET3------0/0
1978-08-29US OpenHardR161🇺🇸Jimmy Connors (2)34🇮🇹Adriano Panatta4-6 6-4 6-1 1-6 7-55------0/0
1978-01-23Philadelphia WCTCarpetR321🇺🇸Jimmy Connors (1)25🇮🇹Adriano Panatta6-3 6-23------0/0
1977-05-10WCT FinalsCarpetQF1🇺🇸Jimmy Connors10🇮🇹Adriano Panatta6-4 7-5 6-45------0/0
1977-04-11Houston WCTClayR1612🇮🇹Adriano Panatta1🇺🇸Jimmy Connors (1)6-1 7-53------0/0
1976-12-19WCT Challenge CupCarpetRR1🇺🇸Jimmy Connors8🇮🇹Adriano Panatta7-6 6-33------0/0
1975-11-03Stockholm-2HardF19🇮🇹Adriano Panatta2🇺🇸Jimmy Connors4-6 6-3 7-53------0/0
1974-06-24WimbledonGrassR322🇺🇸Jimmy Connors (3)39🇮🇹Adriano Panatta6-2 7-5 6-25------0/0
1972-08-21HaverfordGrassR16-🇺🇸Jimmy Connors-🇮🇹Adriano Panatta6-4 6-33------0/0
1972-06-26WimbledonGrassR32-🇺🇸Jimmy Connors-🇮🇹Adriano Panatta6-3 0-6 6-4 8-65------0/0

Wins

Adriano Panatta
Jimmy Connors
29Overall
04Grand Slam
25Others
12Hard
11Clay
03Grass
03Indoor Hard

Sets Format

33.3%2
66.7%4
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%5
Bo5
25.0%1
75.0%3
2 Sets
25.0%1
75.0%3
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
Adriano Panatta
Jimmy Connors

Deciding

33.3%1
66.7%2
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Adriano Panatta
Jimmy Connors

Sets

27.3%9
72.7%24
All
25.0%4
75.0%12
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
45.5%5
54.5%6
Hard
11.1%1
88.9%8
Grass
50.0%3
50.0%3
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%7
Carpet
Adriano Panatta
Jimmy Connors

Games

44.9%145
55.1%178
All
44.2%68
55.8%86
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
49.1%52
50.9%54
Hard
40.7%35
59.3%51
Grass
51.7%31
48.3%29
Clay
38.0%27
62.0%44
Carpet
Adriano Panatta
Jimmy Connors

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Adriano Panatta
Jimmy Connors

By Tournament Level

Adriano Panatta
Jimmy Connors

By Round

Adriano Panatta
Jimmy Connors

By Opponent Ranking

Adriano PanattaJimmy Connors
28.6%2-5
vs Top 1
15.2%5-28
27.5%11-29
vs Top 5
37%51-87
28.4%23-58
vs Top 10
54.7%134-111
40.3%50-74
vs Top 20
66%279-144
54.3%196-165
vs Top 100
79.4%838-218
79.1%102-27
vs +100
95.6%263-12
39.4%63-97
vs Higher
29.1%34-83
71.2%235-95
vs Lower
87.9%1067-147

Opponent Breakdown

Adriano PanattaJimmy Connors
57.4%189-140
Vs Younger
78.3%708-196
63.9%193-109
Vs Older
86.4%552-87
63.8%345-196
Vs Right-Handed
82.1%1086-237
46.9%46-52
Vs Left-Handed
79.6%179-46
34.5%10-19
Vs 2H Backhand
44.4%20-25
34.6%18-34
Vs 1H Backhand
67.7%88-42
57.7%139-102
Vs Shorter
89.9%142-16
52.3%68-62
Vs Taller
76.9%780-234

Pressure Situations