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Jimmy Connors vs John Fitzgerald Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
John Fitzgerald seasons:19951994199319921991
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί John Fitzgerald
Age: 73y 198d (1952-09-02)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1960-12-28) Age: 65y 81d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
3 - 1
Wins: 75.0% - 25.0%
Hard 0–0Clay 0–0Grass 1–0
Others 2–1Davis Cup 1–0
WWWL
LLLW

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors and πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Fitzgerald have met 4 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors has compiled an overall career record of 1274–283 across 1557 matches, translating to a win rate of 81.82%. On hard courts his record stands at 490–100 (83.05%), while on clay he holds a 208–63 (76.75%) mark. On grass the numbers read 185–38 (82.96%) , and on carpet 391–82 (82.66%). Throughout his career he has won 109 titles (43 hard, 12 clay, 9 grass, 45 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 134–111 (54.69%).

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Fitzgerald, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 240–231 from 471 matches (50.96% win rate). His hard-court record is 94–99 (48.70%), on clay he stands at 10–26 (27.78%), and on grass he has gone 97–68 (58.79%) , with a carpet record of 39–38 (50.65%). He has accumulated 6 titles in total (2 hard, 1 clay, 3 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 6–35 (14.63%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. 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
1987-10-20Tokyo-2CarpetR16149πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Fitzgerald5πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (4)6-3 6-13------0/0
1985-10-21Tokyo-2CarpetR324πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (3)34πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Fitzgerald6-0 7-53------0/0
1984-09-28Davis Cup WG SF: USA vs AUSCarpetRR2πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors48πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Fitzgerald6-3 6-3 6-25------0/0
1982-06-07Queen's ClubGrassR323πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (2)64πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Fitzgerald6-0 6-13------0/0

Wins

Jimmy Connors
John Fitzgerald
3–1Overall
2–1Others
1–0Davis Cup
1–0Grass
2–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo3
100.0%1
0.0%0
Bo5
66.7%2
33.3%1
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jimmy Connors
John Fitzgerald

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jimmy Connors
John Fitzgerald

Sets

77.8%7
22.2%2
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
100.0%2
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
71.4%5
28.6%2
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
John Fitzgerald

Games

64.4%47
35.6%26
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
92.3%12
7.7%1
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
58.3%35
41.7%25
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
John Fitzgerald

Overview

By Surface

Jimmy Connors
John Fitzgerald

By Tournament Level

Jimmy Connors
John Fitzgerald

By Round

Jimmy Connors
John Fitzgerald

By Opponent Ranking

Jimmy ConnorsJohn Fitzgerald
15.2%5-28
vs Top 1
16.7%1-5
37%51-87
vs Top 5
16.7%4-20
54.7%134-111
vs Top 10
14.6%6-35
66%279-144
vs Top 20
22.2%18-63
79.4%838-218
vs Top 100
37.2%102-172
95.6%263-12
vs +100
69.7%136-59
29.1%34-83
vs Higher
36.8%85-146
87.9%1067-147
vs Lower
64.3%153-85

Opponent Breakdown

Jimmy ConnorsJohn Fitzgerald
78.3%708-196
Vs Younger
48.8%123-129
86.4%552-87
Vs Older
52.8%113-101
82.1%1086-237
Vs Right-Handed
50.5%194-190
79.6%179-46
Vs Left-Handed
52.9%46-41
44.4%20-25
Vs 2H Backhand
13.6%3-19
67.7%88-42
Vs 1H Backhand
50%16-16
89.9%142-16
Vs Shorter
52.4%75-68
76.9%780-234
Vs Taller
50.8%124-120

Pressure Situations