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Jimmy Connors vs Paul Gerken Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
Paul Gerken seasons:19771975197419731972
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Paul Gerken
Age: 73y 199d (1952-09-02)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1950-03-15) Age: 76y 5d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
5 - 0
Wins: 100.0% - 0.0%
Hard 3–0Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
Others 5–0
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken have met 5 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–0.

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‡ΈPaul Gerken, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 120–126 from 246 matches (48.78% win rate). His hard-court record is 32–28 (53.33%), on clay he stands at 35–45 (43.75%), and on grass he has gone 26–26 (50.00%) , with a carpet record of 27–27 (50.00%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 1–12 (7.69%).

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 3–0 (100.00%).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1973-02-26HamptonCarpetSF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (2)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken7-6(4) 6-43------0/0
1973-02-05Salt Lake CityHardF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (2)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken6-1 6-23------0/0
1973-01-01BaltimoreCarpetQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken6-2 6-33------0/0
1972-09-18Los Angeles-2HardR64-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (15)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken6-4 6-23------0/0
1972-07-17ColumbusHardR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken6-4 6-43------0/0

Wins

Jimmy Connors
Paul Gerken
5–0Overall
5–0Others
3–0Hard
2–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

100.0%5
0.0%0
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%5
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
Paul Gerken

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
Paul Gerken

Sets

100.0%10
0.0%0
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%6
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%4
0.0%0
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Paul Gerken

Games

65.6%61
34.4%32
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
67.9%36
32.1%17
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
62.5%25
37.5%15
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Paul Gerken

Overview

By Surface

Jimmy Connors
Paul Gerken

By Tournament Level

Jimmy Connors
Paul Gerken

By Round

Jimmy Connors
Paul Gerken

By Opponent Ranking

Jimmy ConnorsPaul Gerken
15.2%5-28
vs Top 1
0%0-1
37%51-87
vs Top 5
14.3%1-6
54.7%134-111
vs Top 10
7.7%1-12
66%279-144
vs Top 20
10%2-18
79.4%838-218
vs Top 100
32.1%26-55
95.6%263-12
vs +100
65.6%21-11
29.1%34-83
vs Higher
28.6%18-45
87.9%1067-147
vs Lower
59.2%29-20

Opponent Breakdown

Jimmy ConnorsPaul Gerken
78.3%708-196
Vs Younger
41.2%28-40
86.4%552-87
Vs Older
49.1%82-85
82.1%1086-237
Vs Right-Handed
51%107-103
79.6%179-46
Vs Left-Handed
26.7%8-22
44.4%20-25
Vs 2H Backhand
25%2-6
67.7%88-42
Vs 1H Backhand
42.9%9-12
89.9%142-16
Vs Shorter
42.2%43-59
76.9%780-234
Vs Taller
40.5%17-25

Pressure Situations