The Connors–McEnroe rivalry was a
tennis rivalry between
Jimmy Connors
James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 2 ...
and
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...
, who played 34 times between 1977 and 1991. Their head-to-head was 20–14, favoring McEnroe.
Connors and McEnroe played again in the late 1990s and the early 2000s on the senior tour. With regard to their matches, Connors has stated, "Something like that never goes away, especially between Mac and myself...To have carried on this rivalry for so many years, and for you still to be talking about it, must mean that we made our mark somewhere." This rivalry is said to have been one of the most contentious and embittered in all of tennis history.
Head-to-head
Official matches (34)
Connors 14 – McEnroe 20
Head-to-head tallies
The following is a breakdown of their head-to-head results:
* All matches: (34) McEnroe 20–14
* All finals: (15)* Tied 7–7, (1 Walkover not included in the head to head results)
** Grand Slam finals: Tied 1–1
** Grand Slam matches: McEnroe 6–3
** Masters matches: McEnroe 2–0
** WCT Finals matches: McEnroe 2–1
** Clay court matches: Connors 3–1
** Grass court matches: Connors 4–3
** Hard court matches: McEnroe 6–3
** Indoor matches: McEnroe 10–4
Other matches
Invitational matches
Connors–McEnroe (6–9)
ATP rankings
Year-end ranking timeline
ATP Year-end ranking timeline by age
Age at end of season
See also
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Borg–Connors rivalry
The Borg–Connors rivalry was a List of tennis rivalries, tennis rivalry between Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors. They met 23 times during their careers, and 42 times including invitational and exhibition tournaments. Borg leads 15–8 in their off ...
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Borg–McEnroe rivalry
The Borg–McEnroe rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Björn Borg and John McEnroe, who met 14 times on the regular tour and 22 times in total between November 1978 and September 1981. Their head-to-head was even at 7–7. Their on-court rival ...
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Lendl–McEnroe rivalry
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Connors–Lendl rivalry
The Connors–Lendl rivalry was a List of tennis rivalries, tennis rivalry between Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl. They met 35 times, with the head-to-head finishing at 22–13, favoring Lendl. Their rivalry transitioned significantly over time: Co ...
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List of tennis rivalries
In tennis history there have been a number of notable rivalries. This list reflects some of the great rivalries.
For the pre-1991 eras, complete statistics on all matches is difficult to obtain in definitive form. In many years there were signif ...
References
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Jimmy Connors
John McEnroe
Tennis rivalries
Sports rivalries in the United States