Jimmy Connors

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Jimmy Connors
Country	United States
Residence	Belleville, Illinois
Date of birth	September 2, 1952 (1952-09-02) (age 56)
Place of birth	East St. Louis, Illinois
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb/11 st)
Turned pro	1972, international debut in 1970
Retired	1996
Plays	Left-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$8,641,040
Singles
Career record:	1241–277 (81.75%)
Career titles:	147 including 109 listed by the ATP Players' Guide
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (July 29, 1974)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (1974)
French Open	SF (1979, 1980, 1984, 1985)
Wimbledon	W (1974, 1982)
US Open	W (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983)
Major tournaments
Masters Cup	W (1977)
Doubles
Career record:	173–78 (68.9%)
Career titles:	15
Highest ranking:	No. 370 (March 1, 1993)
Infobox last updated on: August 28, 2007.

James Scott "Jimmy" Connors (born September 2, 1952, in East St. Louis, Illinois, also known as "Jimbo"^[1]) is a former World No. 1 American tennis player. He held the top ranking for 160 consecutive weeks from July 29, 1974 through August 29, 1977 and an additional eight times during his career (a total of 268 weeks). He won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles with Ilie Năstase and was the mixed doubles runner-up with Chris Evert at the 1974 US Open. He is considered to be one of the top male tennis players of all time.^[2] He is a former coach of Andy Roddick, the winner of the 2003 US Open.

Although Connors never won the French Open, his victory at the 1976 US Open came during the brief period (1975 through 1977) when that tournament was held on clay courts. Connors is, therefore, one of only three men (Mats Wilander and Andre Agassi are the others) to have won a Grand Slam singles title on grass courts, hard courts, and clay courts.

Connors also won the U.S. Open singles championship itself on on grass courts, hard courts, and clay courts, the only man to accomplish that trio of wins.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Maverick 1.2 Grand Slam tournaments 1.3 Challenge Matches 1.4 Björn Borg 1.5 Later years 1.6 Distinctions and honors 2 Style of play 2.1 Racket evolution 3 Commenting 4 Coaching 5 Personal life 6 Grand Slam singles finals 6.1 Wins (8) 6.2 Runner-ups (7) 7 Grand Slam men's doubles finals (3) 7.1 Wins (2) 7.2 Runner-up (1) 8 Grand Slam mixed doubles final (1) 8.1 Runner-up (1) 9 Grand Slam results 10 Singles record 11 Singles performance timeline 12 Career singles titles (147) and runner-ups (54) 12.1 Singles titles listed by the Association of Tennis Professionals--ATP (109), 107 in the Web site and 2 others in the Players' Guide 12.2 Singles runner-ups (54), only 51 are listed by the Association of Tennis Professionals 12.3 Other (non-ATP, exhibition/invitational and special events) singles titles - draw at least eight players (24) 12.4 Other (non-ATP, exhibition/invitational and special events) singles titles - draw less than eight players (14) 12.5 Sources 13 Doubles titles (15) 13.1 Runner-ups (11) 14 References 15 See also 16 Further reading 17 Video 18 External links

[edit] Career

In 1970, Connors played his first international matches and recorded his first significant victory in the first round of the Pacific Southwest Open in Los Angeles, defeating Roy Emerson. In 1971, Connors won the NCAA singles title while attending the University of California, Los Angeles. He turned professional in 1972 and won his first tournament at Jacksonville.

[edit] Maverick

Connors acquired a reputation as a maverick in 1972 when he refused to join the newly formed Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the union that was embraced by most male professional players. He avoided the mainstream of professional tennis to play in, and dominate, a series of smaller tournaments organized by Bill Riordan, his manager and a promoter.

In 1974, Connors and Riordan began filing lawsuits, eventually amounting to US$10 million, against the ATP and its president Arthur Ashe for allegedly restricting Connors's freedom in the game. It started when Connors was banned from the French Open in 1974 after he had signed a contract to play World Team Tennis (WTT) for Baltimore. The ATP and the French Tennis Federation opposed WTT because it conflicted with the French Open; therefore, all entries to the French Open from WTT players were refused.

[edit] Grand Slam tournaments

The French Open was the only Grand Slam singles tournament that Connors did not win in 1974. He won the Australian Open, defeating Phil Dent in four sets in the final. Connors then beat Ken Rosewall in straight sets in the finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open. His exclusion from the French Open possibly prevented him from becoming the first male player since Rod Laver to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in one year. Although he reached the semifinals four times, Connors never won the French Open, failing to achieve a Career Grand Slam.

Connors reached the World No. 1 ranking on July 29, 1974, and held it for 160 consecutive weeks, which was the record until Roger Federer beat it on February 26, 2007. Connors held the World No. 1 ranking for a total of 268 weeks during his career.

In 1975, Connors was the runner-up in the three Grand Slam singles tournaments he had won the year before. The 1975 Wimbledon final was a duel between lawsuit opponents, as Connors lost to Ashe in what most consider to have been a great upset. Shortly thereafter, Connors dropped the lawsuits and parted with Riordan.

In 1978 Jimbo played at the US OPen. His rousing quarterfinal match against Adriano Panatta of Italy was noteworthy for its signature shot: Jimbo's low drive around the net post for a winner. Jimbo won the match.

Jimbo used bodyguards at tournaments, especially at the US Open: the James Gang was the nickname given by the press and by CBS.

[edit] Challenge Matches

In 1975, Connors won two highly-touted "Challenge Matches," both arranged by Riordan and televised nationally by CBS Sports from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first match, in February and billed as US$100,000 winner-takes-all, was against Rod Laver, fourteen years Connors's senior at age 36. Connors won that match 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5. In April, Connors played the man who had beaten him in the Australian Open final, John Newcombe, in a match billed as a U.S. $250,000 winner-takes-all. Connors won the match in four sets.

[edit] Björn Borg

In 1976, Connors played Björn Borg, the new Wimbledon champion, in the final of the US Open, which now was being played on clay. Connors saved four set points in a third-set tiebreak to beat the Swede 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(9), 6–4. Connors finished 1976 as the top ranked player for the third consecutive year.

In early 1977, Connors won his first World Championship Tennis (WCT) Finals, the championship tournament of the WCT tour.

Despite his success, Connors remained an independent character. At Wimbledon in 1977, he refused to participate in a parade of former champions to celebrate the tournament's centenary and was booed when he played in the final the following day. He lost in five sets to Borg, who a month later was able briefly to interrupt Connors's long hold on the World No. 1 ranking. Connors then lost in the final of the US Open to Guillermo Vilas.

Having irritated sponsors and tennis officials by shunning the end-of-year Masters championships for the previous three years, Connors entered the competition for the first time in January 1978. In the round-robin portion of the tournament, which had just moved to New York City, Connors lost a celebrated late-night match to Vilas 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 but took the title by defeating Borg in the final 6–4, 1–6, 6–4.

Borg beat Connors comfortably in the 1978 Wimbledon final, but Connors defeated the Swede 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 in the final of the 1978 US Open, which was held for the first time at the Flushing Meadows venue.

Connors lost his stranglehold on the top ranking to Borg in early 1979. He returned to the French Open in May, losing in a semifinal. He also lost in the semifinals at Wimbledon and the US Open, repeating those results in 1980 and 1981. His best win during these years was in 1980, when he took his second WCT Finals by defeating the defending champion, John McEnroe.

[edit] Later years

In 1982, at age 30, Connors was back in the Wimbledon singles final, where he faced John McEnroe, who by then was established firmly as the world's top player. Connors recovered from being three points away from defeat in a fourth-set tie-break to win the match 3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 and claim his second Wimbledon title, eight years after his first.

Connors then defeated another of the next generation of tennis stars, Ivan Lendl, in the US Open final and soon regained the World No. 1 ranking. He beat Lendl again in the 1983 US Open final.

Connors's last Grand Slam final came at Wimbledon in 1984, where again he faced McEnroe. This time, McEnroe won easily 6–1, 6–1, 6–2. Though beaten, Connors's competitive fire was undampened. Asked afterwards if he now admitted his rival was the better player, he simply replied, "Never."^{[citation needed]}

A low point in Connors's career occurred on February 21, 1986, when he was defaulted in the fifth set of a semifinal match against Lendl at the Lipton International Players Championships in Boca Raton, Florida after being angered by the officiating. He paid a US$20,000 fine and accepted a ten-week suspension from the professional tour, starting March 30. He was forced to miss the French Open, marking the first time that any player had missed a Grand Slam tournament due to suspension.^{[citation needed]} He subsequently lost in the first round at Wimbledon and the third round at the US Open, a tournament where he had reached at least the semifinals for twelve consecutive years.

Connors gradually transformed himself into a respected elder of the tennis world in the later years of his career. He continued to compete forcefully against much younger men until he was well into his 41st year. In the fourth round of the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, Connors defeated Mikael Pernfors, ten years his junior, 1–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2 after having trailed 4–1 in the third set and 3–0 in the fourth set. In July 1988, Connors ended a four-year title drought by winning the Sovran Bank Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. It was the 106th title of his career. Connors had played in 56 tournaments and 12 finals since his previous victory in the Tokyo Indoors against Lendl in October 1984.

At the 1989 US Open, Connors defeated the third seed (and future two-time champion), Stefan Edberg, in straight sets in the fourth round and pushed sixth-seeded Andre Agassi to five sets in a quarterfinal. The defining moment of Connors's later career came in 1991. His career had seemed to be at an end in 1990, when he played only three tournament matches (and lost all three), dropping to No. 936 in the world rankings.

But after surgery on his deteriorating left wrist, he came back to play 14 tournaments in 1991. An ailing back forced him to retire from a five-sets match in the third round of the French Open against Michael Chang, the 1989 champion. But Connors made an improbable run to the US Open semifinals at the age of 39. On his birthday, he defeated 24-year-old Aaron Krickstein 3–6, 7–6(8), 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(4) in 4 hours and 41 minutes, coming back from a 2–5 deficit in the final set. Connors then was defeated in a semifinal by the reigning French Open champion, Jim Courier.

Connors won a record 109 men's singles titles.^{[citation needed]} He also won 15 doubles titles (including the men's doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1973 and the US Open in 1975).

[edit] Distinctions and honors

In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranked Connors as one of the 21 best players of all time.^[3]

Connors played more tournaments (401) and won more matches (1,337) than any other male professional tennis player in the open era. His career win-loss record was 1,337-285 for a winning percentage of 82.4.^[4]

Connors was the only player to win the US Open on three different surfaces: grass, clay, and hard. Connors was also the first male tennis player to win Grand Slam singles titles on three different surfaces: grass (1974), clay (1976), and hard (1978).

Connors was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1998.

[edit] Style of play

Larry Schwartz on ESPN.com said about Connors, "His biggest weapons were an indomitable spirit, a two-handed backhand and the best service return in the game. It is difficult to say which was more instrumental in Connors becoming a champion. ... Though smaller than most of his competitors, Connors didn't let it bother him, making up for a lack of size with determination."^[5] He refused to accept that he was beaten and gave everything on every point of every game, no matter how apparently hopeless the cause.^{[citation needed]} Of his own competitive nature Connors has said, "[T]here's always somebody out there who's willing to push it that extra inch, or mile, and that was me. (Laughter) I didn't care if it took me 30 minutes or five hours. If you beat me, you had to be the best, or the best you had that day. But that was my passion for the game. If I won, I won, and if I lost, well, I didn't take it so well."^[1]

His on-court antics, designed to get the crowd involved, both helped and hurt his play. He once said, "I want to bring the crowd into the match; in short, turn it into a football game."^{[citation needed]} Schwartz said, "While tennis fans enjoyed Connors' gritty style and his never-say-die attitude, they often were shocked by his antics. His sometimes vulgar on-court behavior -- like giving the finger to a linesman after disagreeing with a call or strutting about the court with the tennis racket handle between his legs; sometimes he would yank on the handle in a grotesque manner and his fans would go wild or groan in disapproval -- did not help his approval rating. During the early part of his career, Connors frequently argued with umpires, linesmen, the players union, Davis Cup officials and other players. He was even booed at Wimbledon -- a rare show of disapproval there -- for snubbing the Parade of Champions on the first day of the Centenary in 1977."^[5] His brash behavior both on and off the court earned him a reputation as the brat of the tennis world. Tennis commentator Bud Collins nicknamed Connors the "Brash Basher of Belleville" after the St Louis suburb where he grew up.^[6] But Connors himself thrived on the energy of the crowd, positive or negative, and manipulated and exploited it to his advantage in many of the greatest matches of his career.

Connors was taught to hit the ball on the rise by his teaching-pro mother, a technique he used to defeat the opposition in the early years of his career. Hitting the ball on the rise enabled Connors to reflect the power and velocity of his opponents back at them. In the 1975 Wimbledon final, Arthur Ashe was the first to determine how to counter this strategy.^{[citation needed]} Ashe took the pace off the ball, giving Connors only soft junk shots (dinks, drop shots, and lobs) to hit.

Ashe and Jimbo did not get along. When Jimbo had three legs of the grand slam in hand, he was denied th eopportunity to play the french open and sued Ashe, et al, due to Ashe's role in the ban. They settled out of court.

In an era where serve and volley was the norm, Bjorn Borg excepted, Connors was one of the few players to hit the ball flat, low, and predominantly from the baseline. Connors hit his forehand with a continental grip and with little net clearance. Some considered his forehand to be his greatest weakness, especially on extreme pressure points, as it lacked the safety margin of hard forehands hit with topspin. His serve, while accurate and capable, was never a great weapon for him as it did not reach the velocity and power of his opponents.

His lack of a dominating serve and net game, combined with his individualist style and maverick tendencies, meant that he was not as successful in doubles as he was in singles, although he did win Grand Slam titles with Ilie Nastase and Chris Evert and amassed 15 doubles titles during his career.

He and his son 'the Bretter' love the movie Boogie Nights.

[edit] Racket evolution

At a time when most other tennis pros played with wooden rackets, Connors pioneered the Wilson T2000 steel racket, which utilized a method for stringing devised and patented by Lacoste in 1953.^[7] "The T2000 set the wood racquet traditionalists on their ears with its lightweight steel construction. It didn't need a racket-press (it didn't warp), and its slender framework meant less wind resistance."^[8]

He played with this chrome tubular steel racket until 1984, when most other pros had shifted to new racket technologies, materials, and designs. The T2000 in the eighties "had the aura of a dinosaur - it had been introduced in 1968."^[8]

In 1984, Connors switched to the new Wilson ProStaff that had been designed especially for him. But 1985 again found Connors playing with the T2000. Not until 1987 did he finally switch to a graphite racket when he contracted with Slazenger to play their Panther Pro Ceramic. In 1990 Connors signed with Estusa.^[8].

Connors experimented with lead tape which he would wind around the racquet head to provide the proper "feel" for his style of game.

[edit] Commenting

Connors commentates for the BBC during Wimbledon. This often coincides with John McEnroe's own stints as an analyst and commentator, often leading to much banter between the two former arch-rivals.

[edit] Coaching

On July 24, 2006, at the start of the Countrywide Classic tournament in Los Angeles, American tennis player Andy Roddick formally announced his partnership with Connors as his coach. On March 6, 2008, Roddick announced the end of that 19-month relationship.

[edit] Personal life

Connors and Chris Evert had planned to marry in October 1973, but it was called off.

In 1980, Connors married Playboy model Patti McGuire. They have two children and live in the Santa Barbara, California area.

In the spring of 2006, Connors had successful hip-replacement surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.^[9]

On January 8, 2007, Connors's mother and long-time coach, Gloria, died at the age of 82.^[10]

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (8)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1974	Australian Open	Phil Dent	7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1974	Wimbledon	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
1974	US Open	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–0, 6–1
1976	US Open (2)	Björn Borg	6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
1978	US Open (3)	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1982	Wimbledon (2)	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1982	US Open (4)	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1983	US Open (5)	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 6–0

[edit] Runner-ups (7)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1975	Australian Open	John Newcombe	7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
1975	Wimbledon	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
1975	US Open	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1977	Wimbledon (2)	Björn Borg	3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
1977	US Open (2)	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1978	Wimbledon (3)	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1984	Wimbledon (4)	John McEnroe	6–1, 6–1, 6–2

[edit] Grand Slam men's doubles finals (3)

[edit] Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1973	Wimbledon	Ilie Năstase	John Cooper Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9 (3), 6–1
1975	US Open	Ilie Năstase	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–6

[edit] Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1973	French Open	Ilie Năstase	John Newcombe Tom Okker	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

[edit] Grand Slam mixed doubles final (1)

[edit] Runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1974	US Open	Chris Evert	Pam Teeguarden Geoff Masters	6–1, 7–6

[edit] Grand Slam results

• Australian Open
  • Singles champion: 1974
  • Singles runner-up: 1975

• French Open
  • Men's Doubles runner-up: 1973 (with Năstase)

• Wimbledon
  • Singles champion: 1974, 1982
  • Singles runner-up: 1975, 1977, 1978, 1984
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1973 (with Năstase)

• US Open
  • Singles champion: 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983
  • Singles runner-up: 1975, 1977
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1975 (with Năstase)
  • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1974 (with Evert)

[edit] Singles record

• 1241-277 (record of ATP events Singles wins) #1 most all-time in ATP Wins (= 81.752%, second highest winning percentage of all players more than 1000 games played).^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	W	F	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 2
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	SF	SF	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	A	QF	A	2R	A	3R	1R	0 / 13
Wimbledon	A	1R	QF	QF	W	F	QF	F	F	SF	SF	SF	W	4R	F	SF	1R	SF	4R	2R	A	3R	1R	2 / 21
US Open	1R	2R	1R	QF	W	F	W	F	W	SF	SF	SF	W	W	SF	SF	3R	SF	QF	QF	A	SF	2R	5 / 22
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	3 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 2	0 / 2	1 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	2 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	8 / 58
The Masters	A	A	SF	SF	A	A	A	A	W	RR	SF	SF	RR	SF	SF	SF	A	RR	A	A	A	A	A	1 / 11

won 236/lost 50

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

[edit] Career singles titles (147) and runner-ups (54)

106 titles are registered in the ATP Web site, 3 titles in the ATP Players' Guide, and 30 are not listed in any ATP Statistics

[edit] Singles titles listed by the Association of Tennis Professionals--ATP (109), 107 in the Web site and 2 others in the Players' Guide

• * ATP Web site non-listed tournaments

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1972	Jacksonville, U.S.	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	7–5, 6–4
2.	1972	* Roanoke, U.S.	Hard (i)	Vladimír Zedník	6–4, 7–6
3.	1972	London/Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grass	John Paish	6–2, 6–3
4.	1972	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Andrew Pattison	7–5, 6–3, 7–5
5.	1972	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–3
6.	1972	Albany, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	6–2, 7–6
7.	1973	Baltimore, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	6–4, 7–5
8.	1973	Roanoke, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ian Fletcher	6–2, 6–3
9.	1973	Salt Lake City, U.S.	Hard (i)	Paul Gerken	6–1, 6–2
10.	1973	Salisbury, U.S.	Hard (i)	Karl Meiler	7–6, 7–6, 6–3
11.	1973	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
12.	1973	Paramus, U.S.	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	6–1, 6–2
13.	1973	Boston, U.S.	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
14.	1973	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Charlie Pasarell	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
15.	1973	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Tom Okker	7–5, 7–6
16.	1973	Quebec, Canada	Carpet	Marty Riessen	6–1, 6–4, 6–7, 6–0
17.	1973	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–4, 7–6, 6–3
18.	1974	Australian Open	Grass	Phil Dent	7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
19.	1974	Roanoke, U.S.	Hard (i)	Karl Meiler	6–4, 6–3
20.	1974	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet	Karl Meiler	6–2, 6–1
21.	1974	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	7–5, 6–3
22.	1974	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
23.	1974	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–4
24.	1974	Salt Lake City, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
25.	1974	Tempe, U.S.	Hard	Vijay Amritraj	6–2, 6–3
26.	1974	Manchester, United Kingdom	Grass	Mike Collins	13–11, 6–2
27.	1974	Wimbledon	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–1, 6–4
28.	1974	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Björn Borg	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
29.	1974	US Open	Grass	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–0, 6–1
30.	1974	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Harold Solomon	6–3, 6–1
31.	1974	London - Dewar Cup, United Kingdom	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 7–6
32.	1974	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Arthur Ashe	7–6, 6–3, 6–1
33.	1975	Nassau, Bahamas	Hard	Karl Meiler	6–0, 6–2
34.	1975	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Billy Martin	6–4, 6–3
35.	1975	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	5–7, 7–5, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
36.	1975	Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Jürgen Fassbender	6–4, 6–2
37.	1975	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Jan Kodeš	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
38.	1975	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–3, 6–4
39.	1975	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Ken Rosewall	6–2, 6–2
40.	1975	Hamilton, Bermuda	Clay	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–1, 6–4
41.	1975	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Sandy Mayer	6–1, 6–0
42.	1976	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
43.	1976	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Björn Borg	7–6, 6–4, 6–0
44.	1976	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
45.	1976	Palm Springs, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–4
46.	1976	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ross Case	7–6, 6–2
47.	1976	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Ken Rosewall	6–1, 6–3
48.	1976	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–4
49.	1976	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
50.	1976	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	6–2, 6–4
51.	1976	US Open	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4
52.	1976	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet	Frew McMillan	6–2, 6–3
53.	1976	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
54.	1977	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Bill Scanlon	6–3, 6–3
55.	1977	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	John Alexander	7–6, 6–2
56.	1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
57.	1977	Dallas WCT Finals, U.S.	Carpet	Dick Stockton	6–7, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
58.	1977	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–0
59.	1977	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Ken Rosewall	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
60.	1977	Las Vegas - WCT Challenge Cup , U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	6–2, 5–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–5
61.	1977	Colgate Masters, New York City	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
62.	1978	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
63.	1978	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	6–2, 7–6
64.	1978	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Tim Gullikson	7–6, 6–3
65.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 7–5
66.	1978	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
67.	1978	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	7–5, 7–5
68.	1978	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	José Higueras	7–5, 6–1
69.	1978	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Tim Gullikson	6–2, 6–3
70.	1978	US Open	Hard	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
71.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Geoff Masters	6–0, 6–0, 6–4
72.	1979	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Eddie Dibbs	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
73.	1979	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
74.	1979	* Dorado Beach – WCT Tournament of Champions, Puerto Rico	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–5, 6–0, 6–4
75.	1979	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Arthur Ashe	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
76.	1979	Tulsa, U.S.	Hard (i)	Eddie Dibbs	6–7, 7–5, 6–1
77.	1979	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
78.	1979	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Mike Cahill	6–0, 6–1
79.	1979	Hong Kong	Hard	Pat Du Pré	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
80.	1980	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 6–2
81.	1980	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
82.	1980	Dallas WCT Finals, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	2–6, 7–6, 6–1, 6–2
83.	1980	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
84.	1980	Canton, Republic of China	Carpet	Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–4
85.	1980	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Tom Gullikson	6–1, 6–2
86.	1981	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 7–6
87.	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
88.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Gene Mayer	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
89.	1981	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	John McEnroe	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
90.	1982	Monterrey, Mexico	Carpet	Johan Kriek	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
91.	1982	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Mel Purcell	6–2, 6–1
92.	1982	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Gene Mayer	5–2, ret.
93.	1982	London/Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grass	John McEnroe	7–5, 6–3
94.	1982	Wimbledon	Grass	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
95.	1982	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–0
96.	1982	US Open	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
97.	1983	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Gene Mayer	7–5, 6–0
98.	1983	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Mark Edmondson	7–6, 6–1
99.	1983	London/Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grass	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3
100.	1983	US Open	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 6–0
101.	1984	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Henri Leconte	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
102.	1984	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
103.	1984	Boca West, U.S.	Hard	Johan Kriek	7–5, 6–4
104.	1984	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
105.	1984	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
106.	1988	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–4
107.	1988	Toulouse, France	Carpet	Andrei Chesnokov	6–2, 6–0
108.	1989	Toulouse, France	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3
109.	1989	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Gilad Bloom	2–6, 6–2, 6–1

[edit] Singles runner-ups (54), only 51 are listed by the Association of Tennis Professionals

• * - ATP non-listed tournaments
• ** - Four-men invitational tournament not bringing ATP-ranking points, usually considered exhibition, and not counted as official by the ATP but so-called "Pepsi Grand Slam" is in ATP statistic included in the titles and runner-up listings (it was an ITF tournament)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1971	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Tom Gorman	6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
2.	1971	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Richard Pancho Gonzales	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
3.	1972	Baltimore, U.S.	Hard	Ilie Năstase	1–6, 6–4, 7–6
4.	1972	Washington D.C., U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
5.	1972	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Bob Hewitt	7–6, 6–1, 6–2
6.	1973	Omaha, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	5–0, ret.
7.	1973	Bretton Woods, U.S.	Clay	Vijay Amritraj	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
8.	1974	Omaha, U.S.	Other	Karl Meiler	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
9.	1974	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Alex Metreveli	DEF
10.	1975	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	John Newcombe	7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6
11.	1975	New York City, U.S.	Indoor	Vitas Gerulaitis	DEF
12.	1975	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Arthur Ashe	6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
13.	1975	US Open, New York City	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
14.	1975	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Adriano Panatta	6–4, 6–3
15.	1975	London, United Kingdom	Carpet	Eddie Dibbs	1–6, 6–1, 7–5
16.	1976	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–3, 7–6
17.	1976	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–0, 6–1
18.	1976	*Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Ilie Năstase	div'd (weather)
19.	1976	Las Vegas, U.S. - WCT Challenge Cup	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–5
20.	1977	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Dick Stockton	3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
21.	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet	Dick Stockton	5–6, ret.
22.	1977	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Björn Borg	3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
23.	1977	**Boca Raton, U.S. - Pepsi Grand Slam	Clay	Björn Borg	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
24.	1977	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–1, 6–3
25.	1977	US Open, New York City	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–3, 7–6, 6–0
26.	1978	**Boca Raton, U.S. - Pepsi Grand Slam	Clay	Björn Borg	7–6, 3–6, 6–1
27.	1978	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
28.	1979	**Boca Raton, U.S. - Pepsi Grand Slam	Hard	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–3
29.	1979	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Björn Borg	6–3, 6–2
30.	1979	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–2, 6–2
31.	1979	Montreal, Canada - WCT Challenge Cup	Carpet	Björn Borg	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
32.	1980	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	7–6, 7–6
33.	1980	San José, Costa Rica	Hard	José Luis Clerc	4–6, 2–6, ret.
34.	1981	*Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	div'd (weather)
35.	1981	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Peter McNamara	7–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
36.	1982	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
37.	1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	0–6, 6–2, 6–4
38.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–3
39.	1982	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–1, 6–3
40.	1983	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	John McEnroe	7–5, 6–1, 6–4
41.	1984	*Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–0, 1–0 div'd - match cancelled (bomb threat)
42.	1984	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
43.	1984	Wimbledon, London	Grass	John McEnroe	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
44.	1985	Ft. Myers, U.S.	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–2
45.	1985	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	walkover
46.	1986	Ft. Myers, U.S.	Hard	Ivan Lendl	6–2, 6–0
47.	1986	London/Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grass	Tim Mayotte	6–4, 2–1, ret.
48.	1986	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–1
49.	1986	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	7–6, 6–3
50.	1987	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stefan Edberg	6–3, 2–1, ret.
51.	1987	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Christo Van Rensburg	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
52.	1987	London/Queen's Club, United Kingdom	Grass	Boris Becker	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
53.	1988	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Yannick Noah	4–4, ret.
54.	1988	Key Biscayne, U.S.	Hard	Mats Wilander	6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Other (non-ATP, exhibition/invitational and special events) singles titles - draw at least eight players (24)

Here are Connors's tournament titles that are not included in the statistics on the Association of Tennis Professionals Web site. These mainly are special events like invitational tournaments and exhibitions.

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Prize Money	Final Opponent	Final Result	Winners Prize
1972	August 14–20	Ocean City	Hard ?		Herb Fitzgibbon	6–3 6–2
1978	June 5–10	Beckenham - Kentish Times Tennis Week	Grass		Stan Smith	9–8 6–3
1978	November 23–26	Kobe & Tokyo - Gunze Invitational	Carpet		Ilie Nastase	6–2 6–4
1978	December 5-8	Lucerne Lucerne Invitational	Carpet		Tom Okker	6-1 6-1
1979	September 28–30	Asuncion - Boqueron International	Clay		Guillermo Vilas	7–5 6–3
1980	May 15-18	Louisville International Classic	?		Eddie Dibbs	6-2 6-3
1980	August 4–10	Frejus - 8-men Round Robin	Hard		Roscoe Tanner	6–0 6–7 6–4
1980	October 8–12	Melbourne - Mazda Challenge	Carpet		Gene Mayer	1–6 6–2 6–0 7–5
1982	January 6–11	Rosemont - Michelob Light Challenge of Champions	Carpet	$310,000	John McEnroe	6–7 7–5 6–7 7–5 6–4
1982	September 29-October 3	Montreal - Molson Light Challenge Cup	Hard	$250,000	Bjorn Borg	6–4 6–3	$80,000
1982	December 17–19	North Miami Beach - Nastase-Hamptons Invitational	Hard	$305,000	Brian Teacher	6–2 6–2	$80,000
1983	February 8–13	Toronto - Molson Challenge	Carpet		Jose Higueras	6–2 6–0 5–7 6–0
1983	May 12-15	Tulsa Bank of Oklahoma Tennis Classic	Hard		Roscoe Tanner	6-4 6-3
1983	July 28–31	Beaver Creek - Vail Beaver Creek Classic	Hard		Mats Wilander	7–6 6–2
1983	August 3–7	Newport Beach - High Stakes	Hard	$300,000	Tim Mayotte	6–3 6–4 6–2
1983	October 5-9	Vancouver Labbat's Invitational	Carpet		Bill Scanlon	6-1 6-2 6-2
1983	December 14–20	North Miami Beach - Nastase-Hamptons Invitational	Hard	$305,000	Ivan Lendl	6–3 7–6 6–1	$90,000
1984	January 3–8	Rosemont - Lite Challenge of Champions	Carpet	$250,000	Andres Gomez	6–3 6–2 6–1
1985	April 25-28	Tulsa Bank of Oklahoma Tennis Classic	Hard		Yannick Noah	6-4 6-4
1985	July 26-29	Beaver Creek Kiva Tennis Classic	Hard		Mats Wilander	6-4 6-4
1985	July 30-August 4	Stowe Head Cup	Hard		Gene Mayer	2–6 6–3 6–4
1986	April 24-27	Tulsa Bank of Oklahoma Tennis Classic	Hard		Kevin Curren	6–3 6–2
1986	September 11-14	Amelia Island Dupont All American	Hard		Aaron Krickstein	4-6 6-2 6-0
1987	July 16-19	Beaver Creek Vail Tennis Classic	Hard		Tim Mayotte	1-6 6-3 7-6

[edit] Other (non-ATP, exhibition/invitational and special events) singles titles - draw less than eight players (14)

Year	Date	Tournament	Surface	Final Opponent	Final Result	Winners Prize
1972	June 8-11	Nottingham - 4-men invitational Round Robin	Grass	Colin Dibley	4-6 7-6 7-5
1978	September 22–24	Buenos Aires - 4-men invitational	Clay	Bjorn Borg	5–7 6–3 6–3
1979	July 27–28	Montpellier Invitational Tennis Tournament - 4-men invitational	Hard	John McEnroe	7–6 2–6 7–5
1979	September 15–16	Rio de Janeiro - 4-men invitational	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3 6–4 6–3
1979	October 3-5	Buenos Aires Indoor Round Robin	Carpet	Victor Pecci	6-2 1-6 6-2
1980	March 6–7	Munich - 4-men invitational	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–1 6–7 6–4
1980	April 7–8	Tokyo - Suntory Cup	Carpet	John McEnroe	7–5 6–3
1981	April 11–12	Tokyo - Suntory Cup	Carpet	John McEnroe	6–4 7–6
1982	July 22–24	Industry Hills - $100,000 4-men invitational	Hard	Bjorn Borg	5–7 6–2 6–2 6–7 6–2	$50,000
1983	April 10–11	Tokyo - Suntory Cup	Carpet	Bjorn Borg	6–3 6–4
1983	July 8–10	Sun City - Round Robin Bophuthatswana	Hard	Ivan Lendl	7–5 7–6	$400,000
1983	October 15-16	Atlantic City Jimmy Connors Invitational	?	Gene Mayer	7-6 6-4
1986	April 19–20	Tokyo - Suntory Cup	Carpet	Mats Wilander	6–4 6–0
1989	May 5–7	Nîmes	Clay	Anders Jarryd	6–2 6–3

[edit] Sources

The following are the sources for the information that is not on the Association of Tennis Professionals Web site:

• Michel Sutter, Vainqueurs Winners 1946-2003, Paris 2003. Sutter has attempted to list all tournaments meeting his criteria for selection beginning with 1946 and ending in the fall of 1991. For each tournament, he has indicated the city, the date of the final, the winner, the runner-up, and the score of the final. A tournament is included in his list if: (1), the draw for the tournament included at least eight players (with a few exceptions, such as the Pepsi Grand Slam tournaments in the second half of the 1970s); and (2), the level of the tournaments was at least equal to the present-day challenger tournaments. Sutter's book probably is the most exhaustive source of tennis tournament information since World War II, even though some professional tournaments held before the start of the open era are missing. Later, Sutter issued a second edition of his book, with only the players, their wins, and years for the period of 1946 through April 27, 2003.

• John Barrett, editor, World of Tennis Yearbooks, London from 1976 through 1983.

[edit] Doubles titles (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1972	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Pancho Gonzales	Robert McKinley Dick Stockton	6–3, 7–5
2.	1972	Los Angeles WCT, U.S.	Hard	Pancho Gonzales	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
3.	1973	Baltimore, U.S.	Hard (i)	Clark Graebner	Paul Gerken Sandy Mayer	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
4.	1973	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ilie Năstase	John Cooper Neale Fraser	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9, 6–1
5.	1973	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Richard Pancho Gonzales Tom Gorman	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
6.	1973	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
7.	1974	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Byron Bertram Andrew Pattison	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
8.	1974	Salt Lake City, U.S.	Hard (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Iván Molina Jairo Velasco	2–6, 7–6, 7–5
9.	1974	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
10.	1974	London, United Kingdom	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
11.	1975	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	Jan Kodeš Roger Taylor	7–6, 6–2
12.	1975	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Dick Crealy John Lloyd	6–2, 6–3
13.	1975	US Open, New York City	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–6
14.	1976	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Erik Van Dillen	Hank Pfister Dennis Ralston	7–6, 6–4
15.	1980	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–6, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1971	New York City, U.S.	Indoor	Haroon Rahim	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–2
2.	1971	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
3.	1973	Omaha, U.S.	Hard (i)	Juan Gisbert	William Brown Mike Estep	DEF
4.	1973	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Ion Ţiriac	Clark Graebner Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–1
5.	1973	French Open, Paris	Clay	Ilie Năstase	John Newcombe Tom Okker	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
6.	1973	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Jan Kodeš Vladimir Zednik	6–2, 6–4
7.	1973	Quebec, Canada	Other	Marty Riessen	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6–2, 7–6
8.	1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 7–6, 2–6, 6–1
9.	1975	London, United Kingdom	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	Wojtek Fibak Karl Meiler	6–1, 7–5
10.	1976	Denver WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Billy Martin	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
11.	1976	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Arthur Ashe	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–3

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Tennis male players statistics
• World number one male tennis player rankings

[edit] Further reading

• Busch, Diane; Busch, Jim (1998). Jimmy Connors, A Biography: Eye of the Tiger. Pittsburgh, Penn: Dorrance Publishing. ISBN 0-8059-4434-6. 
• Sabin, Francene (1978). Jimmy Connors, King of the Courts. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0-399-61115-0. 

[edit] Video

• Charlie Rose with Jimmy Connors (August 7, 1995) Studio: Charlie Rose, DVD Release Date: October 5, 2006, ASIN: B000JCF3S8
• BIOGRAPHY: Jimmy Connors DVD A&E 2002.
• JIMMY CONNORS PRESENTS TENNIS FUNDAMENTALS: Comprehensive, Starring: Jimmy Connors; Chris Evert, Foundation Sports, DVD Release Date: May 1, 2006, Run Time: 172 minutes, ASIN: B000FVQWCY.
• Wimbledon 1975 Final: Ashe vs. Connors Standing Room Only, DVD Release Date: October 30, 2007, Run Time: 120 minutes, ASIN: B000V02CTQ.

[edit] External links

• Jimmy Connors at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jimmy Connors at the International Tennis Federation
• Jimmy Connors at Davis Cup
• International Tennis Hall of Fame profile
• Official Wimbledon website profile
• BBC profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by John Newcombe Björn Borg Björn Borg John McEnroe John McEnroe John McEnroe John McEnroe Ivan Lendl John McEnroe	World No. 1 July 29, 1974 - August 22, 1977 August 30, 1977 - April 8, 1979 May 21, 1979 - July 8, 1979 September 13, 1982 - October 31, 1982 November 8, 1982 - November 14, 1982 January 31, 1983 - February 6, 1983 February 14, 1983 - February 27, 1983 May 16, 1983 - June 5, 1983 June 13, 1983 - July 3, 1983	Succeeded by Björn Borg Björn Borg Björn Borg John McEnroe John McEnroe John McEnroe Ivan Lendl John McEnroe John McEnroe
Awards and achievements
Preceded by John McEnroe	ITF World Champion 1982	Succeeded by John McEnroe

v • d • e World No. 1s in Men's tennis Ilie Năstase | John Newcombe | Jimmy Connors | Björn Borg | John McEnroe | Ivan Lendl | Mats Wilander | Stefan Edberg | Boris Becker | Jim Courier | Pete Sampras | Andre Agassi | Thomas Muster | Marcelo Ríos | Carlos Moyà | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Patrick Rafter | Marat Safin | Gustavo Kuerten | Lleyton Hewitt | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Andy Roddick | Roger Federer | Rafael Nadal

v • d • e Australian Open men's singles champions* * Open Era · (1969) Rod Laver · (1970) Arthur Ashe · (1971–72) Ken Rosewall · (1973) John Newcombe · (1974) Jimmy Connors · (1975) John Newcombe · (1976) Mark Edmondson · (1977 [Jan]) Roscoe Tanner · (1977 [Dec]) Vitas Gerulaitis · (1978–79) Guillermo Vilas · (1980) Brian Teacher · (1981–82) Johan Kriek · (1983–84) Mats Wilander · (1985) Stefan Edberg · (1986) No competition · (1987) Stefan Edberg · (1988) Mats Wilander · (1989–90) Ivan Lendl · (1991) Boris Becker · (1992–93) Jim Courier · (1994) Pete Sampras · (1995) Andre Agassi · (1996) Boris Becker · (1997) Pete Sampras · (1998) Petr Korda · (1999) Yevgeny Kafelnikov · (2000–01) Andre Agassi · (2002) Thomas Johansson · (2003) Andre Agassi · (2004) Roger Federer · (2005) Marat Safin · (2006–07) Roger Federer · (2008) Novak Djokovic

v • d • e Wimbledon men's singles champions* * Open Era · (1968–69) Rod Laver · (1970–71) John Newcombe · (1972) Stan Smith · (1973) Jan Kodes · (1974) Jimmy Connors · (1975) Arthur Ashe · (1976–80) Björn Borg · (1981) John McEnroe · (1982) Jimmy Connors · (1983–84) John McEnroe · (1985–86) Boris Becker · (1987) Pat Cash · (1988) Stefan Edberg · (1989) Boris Becker · (1990) Stefan Edberg (1991) Michael Stich · (1992) Andre Agassi · (1993–95) Pete Sampras · (1996) Richard Krajicek · (1997–00) Pete Sampras · (2001) Goran Ivanisevic · (2002) Lleyton Hewitt · (2003–07) Roger Federer · (2008) Rafael Nadal

v • d • e US Open men's singles champions* * Open Era · (1968) Arthur Ashe · (1969) Rod Laver · (1970) Ken Rosewall · (1971) Stan Smith · (1972) Ilie Năstase · (1973) John Newcombe · (1974) Jimmy Connors · (1975) Manuel Orantes · (1976) Jimmy Connors · (1977) Guillermo Vilas · (1978) Jimmy Connors · (1979–81) John McEnroe · (1982–83) Jimmy Connors · (1984) John McEnroe · (1985–87) Ivan Lendl · (1988) Mats Wilander · (1989) Boris Becker · (1990) Pete Sampras · (1991–92) Stefan Edberg · (1993) Pete Sampras · (1994) Andre Agassi · (1995–96) Pete Sampras · (1997–98) Patrick Rafter · (1999) Andre Agassi · (2000) Marat Safin · (2001) Lleyton Hewitt · (2002) Pete Sampras · (2003) Andy Roddick · (2004–08) Roger Federer

v • d • e Male tennis players who have won 3 or more Grand Slam singles titles in one season
		1933: Jack Crawford (3)	1934: Fred Perry (3)	1938: Don Budge (4)	1955: Tony Trabert (3)	1956: Lew Hoad (3)	1958: Ashley Cooper (3)	1962, 1969: Rod Laver (4)	1964: Roy Emerson (3)	1974: Jimmy Connors (3)	1988: Mats Wilander (3)	2004, 2006, 2007: Roger Federer (3)