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Jimmy Connors vs Stan Smith Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
Stan Smith seasons:19851984198319821981
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Stan Smith
Age: 73y 199d (1952-09-02)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1946-12-14) Age: 79y 96d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
14 - 4
Wins: 77.8% - 22.2%
Hard 5–2Clay 1–0Grass 2–1
Others 11–3Finals 1–1Slam 2–0
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 18 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 14–4.

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‡ΈStan Smith, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 779–305 from 1084 matches (71.86% win rate). His hard-court record is 275–110 (71.43%), on clay he stands at 156–67 (69.96%), and on grass he has gone 143–46 (75.66%) , with a carpet record of 205–82 (71.43%). He has accumulated 48 titles in total (18 hard, 3 clay, 8 grass, 19 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 15–65 (18.75%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 7 times, with Jimmy Connors leading 5–2 (71.43%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Jimmy Connors) across 1 matches. On grass, their 3 encounters have yielded a record of 2–1 (66.67% for Jimmy Connors).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1981-01-26Philadelphia WCTCarpetR643πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)29πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith6-3 6-33------0/0
1979-02-26MemphisCarpetR161πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)28πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith6-4 6-13------0/0
1979-01-15Birmingham WCTCarpetQF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)24πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith6-4 6-13------0/0
1978-02-20DenverCarpetF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)22πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith (5)6-2 7-63------0/0
1977-08-22BostonClayR162πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors16πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith6-4 6-33------0/0
1977-06-20WimbledonGrassR161πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)15πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith (11)7-9 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-35------0/0
1977-04-25Las VegasHardQF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)17πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith6-1 6-33------0/0
1976-11-15WembleyCarpetQF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)17πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith6-3 7-53------0/0
1976-06-21WimbledonGrassR161πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (2)21πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith (16)6-4 6-1 6-35------0/0
1976-01-26Philadelphia WCTCarpetR161πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)19πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith (16)4-6 6-1 6-33------0/0
1974-06-17NottinghamGrassQF8πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith (5)2πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (4)4-6 6-4 6-03------0/0
1973-12-04MastersHardRR1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors9πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith6-0 3-6 7-63------0/0
1973-09-17Los AngelesHardQF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors9πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith (1)3-6 6-4 7-63------0/0
1973-07-16BostonHardR32-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith (1)6-3 6-33------0/0
1972-11-28MastersHardRR-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors3-6 6-2 7-53------0/0
1972-03-06Washington-1CarpetF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors4-6 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-15------0/0
1971-09-20Los AngelesHardSF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith3-6 6-3 7-53------0/0
1970-10-12PhoenixHardR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈStan Smith-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors6-4 6-13------0/0

Wins

Jimmy Connors
Stan Smith
14–4Overall
2–0Grand Slam
11–3Others
1–1Tour Finals
5–2Hard
1–0Clay
2–1Grass
6–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

80.0%12
20.0%3
Bo3
66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo5
88.9%8
11.1%1
2 Sets
71.4%5
28.6%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
5 Sets
Jimmy Connors
Stan Smith

Deciding

62.5%5
37.5%3
Decider Set
100.0%3
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jimmy Connors
Stan Smith

Sets

69.4%34
30.6%15
All
75.0%6
25.0%2
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
61.1%11
38.9%7
Hard
63.6%7
36.4%4
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
77.8%14
22.2%4
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Stan Smith

Games

55.6%253
44.4%202
All
59.7%46
40.3%31
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
52.9%90
47.1%80
Hard
54.4%56
45.6%47
Grass
63.2%12
36.8%7
Clay
58.3%95
41.7%68
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Stan Smith

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Jimmy Connors
Stan Smith

By Tournament Level

Jimmy Connors
Stan Smith

By Round

Jimmy Connors
Stan Smith

By Opponent Ranking

Jimmy ConnorsStan Smith
15.2%5-28
vs Top 1
0%0-12
37%51-87
vs Top 5
7.7%4-48
54.7%134-111
vs Top 10
18.8%15-65
66%279-144
vs Top 20
35.1%47-87
79.4%838-218
vs Top 100
58.2%248-178
95.6%263-12
vs +100
81.3%126-29
29.1%34-83
vs Higher
32.4%46-96
87.9%1067-147
vs Lower
74.7%328-111

Opponent Breakdown

Jimmy ConnorsStan Smith
78.3%708-196
Vs Younger
70%431-185
86.4%552-87
Vs Older
72.8%316-118
82.1%1086-237
Vs Right-Handed
73.6%677-243
79.6%179-46
Vs Left-Handed
56.9%82-62
44.4%20-25
Vs 2H Backhand
23.1%6-20
67.7%88-42
Vs 1H Backhand
57.5%65-48
89.9%142-16
Vs Shorter
66.2%469-239
76.9%780-234
Vs Taller
71.4%15-6

Pressure Situations