Jimmy Connors
American tennis player (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952),[2] known universally as Jimmy Connors, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 weeks. By virtue of his long and prolific career, Connors still holds three prominent Open Era men's singles records: 109 titles, 1,557 matches played, and 1,274 match wins. His titles include eight major singles titles (a joint Open Era record five US Opens, two Wimbledons, one Australian Open) and three year-end championships. In 1974, he became the second man in the Open Era to win three major titles in a calendar year, and was not permitted to participate in the fourth, the French Open. Connors finished year end number one in the ATP rankings from 1974 to 1978. In 1982, he won both Wimbledon and the US Open and was ATP Player of the Year and ITF World Champion. He retired in 1996 at the age of 43.
Full name | James Scott Connors |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Residence | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
Born | (1952-09-02) September 2, 1952 (age 71) Belleville, Illinois, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] |
Turned pro | 1972 |
Retired | 1996 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Gloria Connors Pancho Segura |
Prize money | $8,641,040 |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1998 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 1274–283 (81.8%)[lower-alpha 1] |
Career titles | 109 (1st in the Open Era) |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (July 29, 1974) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1974) |
French Open | SF (1979, 1980, 1984, 1985) |
Wimbledon | W (1974, 1982) |
US Open | W (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (1977) |
WCT Finals | W (1977, 1980) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 174–78 (68.9%)[lower-alpha 1] |
Career titles | 16 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1974) |
French Open | F (1973) |
Wimbledon | W (1973) |
US Open | W (1975) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1981) |
Coaching career (2006–2015) | |
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