Head to head
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Hard
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Carpet
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Tom Gullikson's wins on the left · Jimmy Connors's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 1984 | Los Angeles | Hard | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1984 | Madrid | Carpet | R16 | Tom Gullikson | 4-6 7-5 6-3 |
| 1981 | Wembley | Carpet | R32 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1980 | Tokyo-2 | Carpet | F | Jimmy Connors | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1980 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | R32 | Jimmy Connors | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1979 | New Orleans WCT | Carpet | R16 | Tom Gullikson | 3-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1978 | US Open | Hard | R128 | Jimmy Connors | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1978 | Stowe | Hard | QF | Jimmy Connors | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1977 | Las Vegas | Hard | 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.