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Bob Hewitt vs Jimmy Connors Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Bob Hewitt seasons:19801979197819771976
Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Bob Hewitt
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
Age: 86y 163d (1940-01-12)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1952-09-02) Age: 73y 295d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
2 - 4
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 0–1Clay 2–1Grass 0–1
Others 2–2Slam 0–2
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πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Bob Hewitt and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors have met 6 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Bob Hewitt has compiled an overall career record of 300–176 across 476 matches, translating to a win rate of 63.03%. On hard courts his record stands at 73–49 (59.84%), while on clay he holds a 117–59 (66.48%) mark. On grass the numbers read 63–30 (67.74%) , and on carpet 43–38 (53.09%). Throughout his career he has won 10 titles (3 hard, 4 clay, 3 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 1–25 (3.85%).

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1274–283 from 1557 matches (81.82% win rate). His hard-court record is 490–100 (83.05%), on clay he stands at 208–63 (76.75%), and on grass he has gone 185–38 (82.96%) , with a carpet record of 391–82 (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 134–111 (54.69%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Jimmy Connors leading 1–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 2–1 (66.67% for Bob Hewitt) across 3 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Jimmy Connors).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1977-04-25Las VegasHardSF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)71πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Bob Hewitt6-3 7-53------0/0
1976-09-01US OpenClayR1281πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)73πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Bob Hewitt6-3 6-33------0/0
1972-09-25AlbanyCarpetSF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Bob Hewitt6-2 6-43------0/0
1972-08-07IndianapolisClayF-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Bob Hewitt (8)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (3)7-6 6-1 6-25------0/0
1972-06-26WimbledonGrassR128-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Bob Hewitt (7)6-3 9-7 7-55------0/0
1972-05-08BournemouthClayQF-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Bob Hewitt-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors4-6 7-5 6-13------0/0

Wins

Bob Hewitt
Jimmy Connors
2–4Overall
0–2Grand Slam
2–2Others
0–1Hard
2–1Clay
0–1Grass
0–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

25.0%1
75.0%3
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%3
2 Sets
66.7%2
33.3%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Bob Hewitt
Jimmy Connors

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Bob Hewitt
Jimmy Connors

Sets

33.3%5
66.7%10
All
0.0%0
100.0%5
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
100.0%2
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grass
62.5%5
37.5%3
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%2
Carpet
Bob Hewitt
Jimmy Connors

Games

47.0%71
53.0%80
All
38.2%21
61.8%34
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
38.1%8
61.9%13
Hard
40.5%15
59.5%22
Grass
56.0%42
44.0%33
Clay
33.3%6
66.7%12
Carpet
Bob Hewitt
Jimmy Connors

Overview

By Surface

Bob Hewitt
Jimmy Connors

By Tournament Level

Bob Hewitt
Jimmy Connors

By Round

Bob Hewitt
Jimmy Connors

By Opponent Ranking

Bob HewittJimmy Connors
0%0-2
vs Top 1
15.2%5-28
0%0-12
vs Top 5
37%51-87
3.8%1-25
vs Top 10
54.7%134-111
9.3%4-39
vs Top 20
66%279-144
37%51-87
vs Top 100
79.4%838-218
64.8%35-19
vs +100
95.6%263-12
30.6%34-77
vs Higher
29.1%34-83
64.2%52-29
vs Lower
87.9%1067-147

Opponent Breakdown

Bob HewittJimmy Connors
58.7%227-160
Vs Younger
78.3%708-196
63.4%26-15
Vs Older
86.4%552-87
61.4%223-140
Vs Right-Handed
82.1%1086-237
52.6%40-36
Vs Left-Handed
79.6%179-46
22.2%2-7
Vs 2H Backhand
44.4%20-25
16.7%5-25
Vs 1H Backhand
67.7%88-42
47.5%114-126
Vs Shorter
89.9%142-16
36.4%4-7
Vs Taller
76.9%780-234

Pressure Situations