| R64 | L | Jimmy Connors | 6-0 6-1 | H2H |
🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 188 cm · b. 1942-07-27
Dennis Ralston
Active 1968–1980 · best rank seen: 139
152–128
6
0
0
13
7,930
Hard
32–38 (45.7%)
Clay
20–20 (50.0%)
Grass
46–23 (66.7%)
Carpet
54–47 (53.5%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Tony Roche | 11–7 | 18 | Full H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Rod Laver | 2–13 | 15 | Full H2H |
| 🇦🇺 John Newcombe | 7–5 | 12 | Full H2H |
| 🇬🇧 Roger Taylor | 7–5 | 12 | Full H2H |
| 🇿🇦 Cliff Drysdale | 6–6 | 12 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '68 | '69 | '70 | '71 | '72 | '73 | '74 | '75 | '76 | '77 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | SF | 4R | ||||||||
| Roland Garros | 3R | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF | 4R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 2R | ||||
| US Open | QF | 4R | QF | 2R | 1R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1968–1970).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2063.
Career titles (6)
- 1970 Los Angeles-1 Carpet
- 1968 Bastad WCT Clay
- 1968 Baltimore WCT Carpet
- 1968 Minneapolis WCT Carpet
- 1968 Orlando WCT Carpet
- 1968 Shreveport WCT Hard
Match results
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.