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

Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
John Whitlinger seasons:19801978197719761975
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ John Whitlinger
Age: 73y 244d (1952-09-02)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1954-02-04) Age: 72y 89d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
2 - 1
Wins: 66.7% - 33.3%
Hard 1–0Clay 0–1Grass 0–0
Others 2–1
WWL
LLW

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Whitlinger have met 3 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–1.

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‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Whitlinger, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 45–76 from 121 matches (37.19% win rate). His hard-court record is 11–19 (36.67%), on clay he stands at 14–31 (31.11%), and on grass he has gone 5–5 (50.00%) , with a carpet record of 15–21 (41.67%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 1–8 (11.11%).

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 1–0 (100.00% for John Whitlinger) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1976-02-02Boca RatonClayQF93πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Whitlinger1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)2-6 RET3------0/0
1976-01-20BirminghamCarpetQF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)95πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Whitlinger6-3 6-23------0/0
1975-09-15BermudaHardSF2πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors156πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn Whitlinger6-1 7-63------0/0

Wins

Jimmy Connors
John Whitlinger
2–1Overall
2–1Others
1–0Hard
0–1Clay
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

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

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jimmy Connors
John Whitlinger

Sets

100.0%5
0.0%0
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%2
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%1
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%2
0.0%0
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
John Whitlinger

Games

68.9%31
31.1%14
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
65.0%13
35.0%7
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
75.0%6
25.0%2
Clay
70.6%12
29.4%5
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
John Whitlinger

Overview

By Surface

Jimmy Connors
John Whitlinger

By Tournament Level

Jimmy Connors
John Whitlinger

By Round

Jimmy Connors
John Whitlinger

By Opponent Ranking

Jimmy ConnorsJohn Whitlinger
15.2%5-28
vs Top 1
50%1-1
37%51-87
vs Top 5
16.7%1-5
54.7%134-111
vs Top 10
11.1%1-8
66%279-144
vs Top 20
7.7%1-12
79.4%838-218
vs Top 100
22.4%15-52
95.6%263-12
vs +100
51.1%23-22
29.1%34-83
vs Higher
26.6%21-58
87.9%1067-147
vs Lower
51.5%17-16

Opponent Breakdown

Jimmy ConnorsJohn Whitlinger
78.3%708-196
Vs Younger
46.9%15-17
86.4%552-87
Vs Older
31.4%27-59
82.1%1086-237
Vs Right-Handed
36.3%37-65
79.6%179-46
Vs Left-Handed
35.3%6-11
44.4%20-25
Vs 2H Backhand
25%1-3
67.7%88-42
Vs 1H Backhand
50%3-3
89.9%142-16
Vs Shorter
40.9%9-13
76.9%780-234
Vs Taller
31.7%13-28

Pressure Situations