For other people with the same name, see James Connors.
Jimmy Connors
Connors in 1994
Full name
James Scott Connors
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%)[a]
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%)[a]
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)
Andy Roddick (2006–2008) Maria Sharapova (2013) Eugenie Bouchard (2015)
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.
^"Jimmy Connors". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
^"Holding Court". Vogue. August 1, 2007. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
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James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952), known universally as JimmyConnors, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association...
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