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Jimmy Connors vs Toshiro Sakai Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
Toshiro Sakai seasons:19851975197419731972
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Toshiro Sakai
Age: 73y 198d (1952-09-02)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1947-11-23) Age: 78y 116d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
1 - 0
Wins: 100.0% - 0.0%
Hard 0–0Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Others 1–0
W
L

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors and πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅Toshiro Sakai have met 1 time. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 1–0.

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‡―πŸ‡΅Toshiro Sakai, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 50–58 from 108 matches (46.30% win rate). His hard-court record is 4–3 (57.14%), on clay he stands at 22–28 (44.00%), and on grass he has gone 14–18 (43.75%) , with a carpet record of 0–1 (0.00%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 0–3 (0.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Jimmy Connors) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1972-08-07IndianapolisClaySF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (3)-πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅Toshiro Sakai7-6 6-03------0/0

Wins

Jimmy Connors
Toshiro Sakai
1–0Overall
1–0Others
1–0Clay

Sets Format

100.0%1
0.0%0
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%1
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
Toshiro Sakai

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
Toshiro Sakai

Sets

100.0%2
0.0%0
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Toshiro Sakai

Games

68.4%13
31.6%6
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
68.4%13
31.6%6
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jimmy Connors
Toshiro Sakai

Overview

By Surface

Jimmy Connors
Toshiro Sakai

By Tournament Level

Jimmy Connors
Toshiro Sakai

By Round

Jimmy Connors
Toshiro Sakai

By Opponent Ranking

Jimmy ConnorsToshiro Sakai
15.2%5-28
vs Top 1
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37%51-87
vs Top 5
0%0-1
54.7%134-111
vs Top 10
0%0-3
66%279-144
vs Top 20
0%0-3
79.4%838-218
vs Top 100
38.9%7-11
95.6%263-12
vs +100
60%6-4
29.1%34-83
vs Higher
40.9%9-13
87.9%1067-147
vs Lower
66.7%4-2

Opponent Breakdown

Jimmy ConnorsToshiro Sakai
78.3%708-196
Vs Younger
45%18-22
86.4%552-87
Vs Older
37.3%19-32
82.1%1086-237
Vs Right-Handed
40%34-51
79.6%179-46
Vs Left-Handed
44.4%4-5
44.4%20-25
Vs 2H Backhand
0%0-1
67.7%88-42
Vs 1H Backhand
50%2-2
89.9%142-16
Vs Shorter
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76.9%780-234
Vs Taller
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Pressure Situations