Head to head
7
Hard
0
0
Clay
1
2
Grass
0
8
Carpet
1
Jimmy Connors's wins on the left · Brian Gottfried's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (19)
| 1984 | US Open | Hard | R64 | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-3 6-2 |
| 1982 | Cincinnati | Hard | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1982 | Columbus | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 7-5 6-0 |
| 1982 | Rotterdam | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1981 | Rotterdam WCT | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1981 | Brussels WCT | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-4 6-3 |
| 1979 | US Open | Hard | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 1-6 6-4 7-5 |
| 1978 | US Open | Hard | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 7-6 6-1 |
| 1978 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-0 |
| 1978 | Masters | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 3-6 6-3 |
| 1977 | Maui | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-0 |
| 1976 | Wembley | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 5-7 6-2 |
| 1976 | Cologne | Hard | SF | Jimmy Connors | 7-6 6-2 |
| 1976 | Los Angeles | Carpet | QF | Brian Gottfried | 6-6 RET |
| 1975 | Nottingham | Grass | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 8-9 6-3 6-2 |
| 1975 | Denver WCT | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1974 | London-2 | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1973 | Indianapolis | Clay | R16 | Brian Gottfried | 0-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 1973 | Nottingham | Grass | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-2 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.