TENNISGOAT

Head to head

vs

🇺🇸 Jimmy Connors

14

112 titles · 8 Slams

🇺🇸 John McEnroe

20

79 titles · 7 Slams

4
Hard
7
3
Clay
1
4
Grass
3
3
Carpet
9

Jimmy Connors's wins on the left · John McEnroe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

Jimmy Connors leads ↑ John McEnroe leads ↓

Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).

All meetings (36)

1991 Basel Hard SF John McEnroe 6-1 6-3
1989 Toulouse Hard F Jimmy Connors 6-3 6-3
1987 Montreal Hard QF Jimmy Connors 6-3 3-6 6-3
1986 San Francisco Carpet F John McEnroe 7-6 6-3
1985 Montreal Hard SF John McEnroe 6-2 6-3
1985 Chicago Carpet F John McEnroe W/O
1984 US Open Hard SF John McEnroe 6-4 4-6 7-5 4-6 6-3
1984 Toronto Hard SF John McEnroe 2-6 6-2 6-3
1984 Wimbledon Grass F John McEnroe 6-1 6-1 6-2
1984 Queen's Club Grass SF John McEnroe 6-2 6-2
1984 Roland Garros Clay SF John McEnroe 7-5 6-1 6-2
1984 WCT Finals Carpet F John McEnroe 6-1 6-2 6-3
1983 Wembley Carpet F John McEnroe 7-5 6-1 6-4
1983 Cincinnati Hard SF John McEnroe 6-7 6-1 6-4
1983 Queen's Club Grass F Jimmy Connors 6-3 6-3
1982 San Francisco Carpet F John McEnroe 6-1 6-3
1982 Wimbledon Grass F Jimmy Connors 3-6 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4
1982 Queen's Club Grass F Jimmy Connors 7-5 6-3
1982 Philadelphia Carpet F John McEnroe 6-3 6-3 6-1
1982 Masters Carpet RR John McEnroe 6-2 7-5
1981 Wembley Carpet F Jimmy Connors 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
1980 US Open Hard SF John McEnroe 6-4 5-7 0-6 6-3 7-6
1980 Wimbledon Grass SF John McEnroe 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4
1980 WCT Finals Carpet F Jimmy Connors 2-6 7-6 6-1 6-2
1980 Memphis Carpet F John McEnroe 7-6 7-6
1980 Philadelphia WCT Carpet F Jimmy Connors 6-3 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4
1980 Masters Carpet 3rd/4th John McEnroe W/O
1979 US Open Hard SF John McEnroe 6-3 6-3 7-5
1979 WCT Finals Carpet SF John McEnroe 6-1 6-4 6-4
1979 Las Vegas Hard SF Jimmy Connors 7-5 6-4
1979 Pepsi Grand Slam Clay SF Jimmy Connors 6-3 6-4
1979 Masters Carpet RR John McEnroe 7-5 3-0 RET
1978 US Open Hard SF Jimmy Connors 6-2 6-2 7-5
1978 Indianapolis Clay QF Jimmy Connors 3-6 6-1 6-1
1977 Boston Clay R32 Jimmy Connors 5-7 6-2 7-5
1977 Wimbledon Grass SF Jimmy Connors 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4
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.