Head to head
5
Hard
1
1
Clay
0
4
Grass
2
7
Carpet
1
Jimmy Connors's wins on the left · Roscoe Tanner's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (21)
| 1984 | Cincinnati | Hard | R64 | Jimmy Connors | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1982 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Roscoe Tanner | 7-6 6-7 7-6 |
| 1980 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Jimmy Connors | 1-6 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2 |
| 1980 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Jimmy Connors | 2-6 6-4 7-6 |
| 1979 | Las Vegas | Hard | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-7 6-3 6-4 |
| 1979 | Rancho Mirage | Hard | QF | Roscoe Tanner | 4-6 6-3 7-6 |
| 1979 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1 |
| 1978 | Birmingham-2 | Grass | SF | Jimmy Connors | 7-5 9-8 |
| 1978 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 6-4 6-3 |
| 1977 | WCT Challenge Cup | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 5-6 3-6 6-2 6-5 |
| 1977 | US Open | Clay | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1976 | Wembley | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 3-6 7-6 6-4 |
| 1976 | Wimbledon | Grass | QF | Roscoe Tanner | 6-4 6-2 8-6 |
| 1976 | Palm Springs | Hard | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1976 | Carlsbad | Hard | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1976 | Birmingham | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 3-6 6-1 |
| 1975 | Wimbledon | Grass | SF | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-1 6-4 |
| 1975 | Nottingham | Grass | QF | Roscoe Tanner | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1974 | US Open | Grass | SF | Jimmy Connors | 7-6 7-6 6-4 |
| 1972 | Albany | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1971 | Columbus | Hard | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-2 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.