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Cliff Richey vs Jimmy Connors Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Cliff Richey seasons:19791978197719761975
Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Cliff Richey
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
Age: 79y 79d (1946-12-31)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1952-09-02) Age: 73y 199d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
0 - 4
Wins: 0.0% - 100.0%
Hard 0–4Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
Others 0–4
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors have met 4 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–0.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey has compiled an overall career record of 488–223 across 711 matches, translating to a win rate of 68.64%. On hard courts his record stands at 140–66 (67.96%), while on clay he holds a 172–63 (73.19%) mark. On grass the numbers read 53–22 (70.67%) , and on carpet 123–72 (63.08%). Throughout his career he has won 23 titles (7 hard, 10 clay, 1 grass, 5 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 5–22 (18.52%).

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 4 times, with Jimmy Connors leading 4–0 (100.00%).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1977-09-17WCT Tournament of ChampionsHardR161πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors54πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey2-6 6-1 6-13------0/0
1976-05-10Las VegasHardQF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)35πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey (16)7-6 6-23------0/0
1973-07-16BostonHardSF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey6-0 6-23------0/0
1972-02-07Los Angeles-1HardQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey6-7 6-2 7-63------0/0

Wins

Cliff Richey
Jimmy Connors
0–4Overall
0–4Others
0–4Hard

Sets Format

0.0%0
100.0%4
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%2
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Cliff Richey
Jimmy Connors

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%2
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Cliff Richey
Jimmy Connors

Sets

20.0%2
80.0%8
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
20.0%2
80.0%8
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Cliff Richey
Jimmy Connors

Games

36.3%33
63.7%58
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
36.3%33
63.7%58
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Cliff Richey
Jimmy Connors

Overview

By Surface

Cliff Richey
Jimmy Connors

By Tournament Level

Cliff Richey
Jimmy Connors

By Round

Cliff Richey
Jimmy Connors

By Opponent Ranking

Cliff RicheyJimmy Connors
33.3%1-2
vs Top 1
15.2%5-28
16.7%2-10
vs Top 5
37%51-87
18.5%5-22
vs Top 10
54.7%134-111
25%13-39
vs Top 20
66%279-144
47.9%80-87
vs Top 100
79.4%838-218
83.9%47-9
vs +100
95.6%263-12
29.2%21-51
vs Higher
29.1%34-83
70.2%106-45
vs Lower
87.9%1067-147

Opponent Breakdown

Cliff RicheyJimmy Connors
70.8%199-82
Vs Younger
78.3%708-196
64.6%257-141
Vs Older
86.4%552-87
69.1%423-189
Vs Right-Handed
82.1%1086-237
59.5%50-34
Vs Left-Handed
79.6%179-46
0%0-5
Vs 2H Backhand
44.4%20-25
46.9%30-34
Vs 1H Backhand
67.7%88-42
51.9%27-25
Vs Shorter
89.9%142-16
60%216-144
Vs Taller
76.9%780-234

Pressure Situations