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Jimmy Connors is an American tennis player born in 1952 who became one of the sport's most prominent figures. He is significant in tennis history as a major competitor during a dominant era of the sport.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jimmy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- East St. Louis
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- tennis
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Jimmy connors.jpg
- Height
- 177
- Residence
- Belleville
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- Commons category
- Jimmy Connors
- date of birth
- 1952-09-02
- handedness
- left-handedness
- doubles record
- 174–78
- playing hand
- left-handedness
- singles record
- 1274–283
- ranking
- 370
- prize money
- 8641040
- end of work period
- 1996-04-29
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- name in native language
- James Scott "Jimmy" Connors
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Encyclopedic overview
James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player as well as an author, a tennis commentator, and a coach. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 268 weeks (fifth-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Known for his fiery competitiveness, Connors holds three prominent Open Era men's singles records: 109 titles , 1,557 matches played, and 1,274 match wins. His titles include eight singles majors (an Open Era joint-record five US Opens, two Wimbledons, one Australian Open) and three year-end championships. In 1974, he became the second man in the Open Era to win three major titles in a calendar year; he was not permitted to participate in the fourth, the French Open. His playing career ended in 1996.
Early life
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