Head to head
1
Hard
2
0
Carpet
1
David Pate's wins on the left · Jimmy Connors's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 1988 | Orlando | Hard | R32 | David Pate | 3-6 6-4 6-3 |
| 1986 | La Quinta | Hard | QF | Jimmy Connors | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1985 | Chicago | Carpet | R16 | Jimmy Connors | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1984 | Los Angeles | Hard | QF | Jimmy Connors | 7-5 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.