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Jimmy Connors vs Ken Rosewall Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
Ken Rosewall seasons:19801979197819771976
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Ken Rosewall
Age: 73y 198d (1952-09-02)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1934-11-02) Age: 91y 137d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
7 - 1
Wins: 87.5% - 12.5%
Hard 2–1Clay 1–0Grass 2–0
Others 5–1Slam 2–0
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors and πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊKen Rosewall have met 8 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–1.

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‡ΊKen Rosewall, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 546–192 from 738 matches (73.98% win rate). His hard-court record is 136–51 (72.73%), on clay he stands at 134–36 (78.82%), and on grass he has gone 145–39 (78.80%) , with a carpet record of 131–66 (66.50%). He has accumulated 40 titles in total (10 hard, 14 clay, 8 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 13–27 (32.50%).

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 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Jimmy Connors) across 1 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 2–0 (100.00% for Jimmy Connors).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1977-11-14WCT Challenge CupCarpetRR1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors12πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊKen Rosewall6-0 6-23------0/0
1977-10-17Sydney-1HardF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)18πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊKen Rosewall7-5 6-4 6-25------0/0
1976-12-19WCT Challenge CupCarpetRR1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors13πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊKen Rosewall6-2 6-23------0/0
1976-05-10Las VegasHardF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)10πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊKen Rosewall (6)6-1 6-33------0/0
1975-08-04North ConwayClayF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)3πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊKen Rosewall (2)6-2 6-23------0/0
1974-08-28US OpenGrassF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)8πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊKen Rosewall (5)6-1 6-0 6-15------0/0
1974-06-24WimbledonGrassF2πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (3)11πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊKen Rosewall (9)6-1 6-1 6-45------0/0
1972-09-18Los Angeles-2HardR16-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊKen Rosewall (4)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (15)6-3 6-23------0/0

Wins

Jimmy Connors
Ken Rosewall
7–1Overall
2–0Grand Slam
5–1Others
2–1Hard
1–0Clay
2–0Grass
2–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

80.0%4
20.0%1
Bo3
100.0%3
0.0%0
Bo5
80.0%4
20.0%1
2 Sets
100.0%3
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jimmy Connors
Ken Rosewall

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
Ken Rosewall

Sets

89.5%17
10.5%2
All
100.0%6
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
71.4%5
28.6%2
Hard
100.0%6
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%4
0.0%0
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Ken Rosewall

Games

70.6%108
29.4%45
All
81.8%36
18.2%8
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
57.1%36
42.9%27
Hard
81.8%36
18.2%8
Grass
75.0%12
25.0%4
Clay
80.0%24
20.0%6
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Ken Rosewall

Overview

By Surface

Jimmy Connors
Ken Rosewall

By Tournament Level

Jimmy Connors
Ken Rosewall

By Round

Jimmy Connors
Ken Rosewall

By Opponent Ranking

Jimmy ConnorsKen Rosewall
15.2%5-28
vs Top 1
14.3%1-6
37%51-87
vs Top 5
30%6-14
54.7%134-111
vs Top 10
32.5%13-27
66%279-144
vs Top 20
39.7%29-44
79.4%838-218
vs Top 100
60.5%124-81
95.6%263-12
vs +100
90%63-7
29.1%34-83
vs Higher
33.3%17-34
87.9%1067-147
vs Lower
75.9%170-54

Opponent Breakdown

Jimmy ConnorsKen Rosewall
78.3%708-196
Vs Younger
72.9%502-187
86.4%552-87
Vs Older
82.1%23-5
82.1%1086-237
Vs Right-Handed
76.3%453-141
79.6%179-46
Vs Left-Handed
61.4%81-51
44.4%20-25
Vs 2H Backhand
11.1%1-8
67.7%88-42
Vs 1H Backhand
65.3%47-25
89.9%142-16
Vs Shorter
50%2-2
76.9%780-234
Vs Taller
67.1%340-167

Pressure Situations