Head to head
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Hard
14
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Clay
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2
Grass
0
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Carpet
6
Jimmy Connors's wins on the left · Ivan Lendl's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (35)
| 1992 | US Open | Hard | R64 | Ivan Lendl | 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-0 |
| 1988 | Toronto | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1987 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Ivan Lendl | 4-3 RET |
| 1987 | US Open | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-4 6-2 6-2 |
| 1987 | Montreal | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1987 | Washington | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1987 | Key Biscayne | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 3-6 7-6 7-6 6-3 |
| 1986 | Stratton Mountain | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 1986 | Fort Myers | Hard | F | Ivan Lendl | 6-2 6-0 |
| 1986 | Boca Raton | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 1-6 6-1 6-2 2-6 5-2 RET |
| 1985 | US Open | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-2 6-3 7-5 |
| 1985 | Stratton Mountain | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-0 4-6 6-4 |
| 1985 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-2 6-3 6-1 |
| 1985 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-3 2-1 RET |
| 1985 | Fort Myers | Hard | F | Ivan Lendl | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1985 | Masters | Carpet | SF | Ivan Lendl | 7-5 6-7 7-5 |
| 1984 | Wembley | Carpet | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1984 | Tokyo-2 | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 3-6 6-0 |
| 1984 | Wimbledon | Grass | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-7 6-3 7-5 6-1 |
| 1984 | Forest Hills WCT | Clay | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-0 6-0 |
| 1984 | Masters | Carpet | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1983 | US Open | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-7 7-5 6-0 |
| 1983 | Montreal | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1983 | Queen's Club | Grass | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-0 6-3 |
| 1983 | Masters | Carpet | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1982 | US Open | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 |
| 1982 | Cincinnati | Hard | SF | Ivan Lendl | 6-1 6-1 |
| 1981 | Davis Cup WG QF: USA vs TCH | Hard | RR | Jimmy Connors | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1981 | La Quinta | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 7-6 |
| 1981 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Jimmy Connors | 7-6 6-1 |
| 1980 | Cincinnati | Hard | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-0 |
| 1980 | North Conway | Clay | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1980 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 7-5 6-3 |
| 1980 | Memphis | Carpet | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1979 | Indianapolis | Clay | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 7-6 |
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.