jimmy connors

     

He's won the U.S Open on 3 surfaces: grass (1974), clay (1976) & hard courts (1978, 1982, 1983)

Trivia about jimmy connors

  • Bjorn Borg won his first Wimbledon, but this American rival remained ranked No. 1
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the courts at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI.) From 1978 to 1984 the title of U.S. Open men's singles champ volleyed between John McEnroe & this other volatile lefty
  • This Bruin won the 1971 NCAA men's tennis title & later became professional tennis' all-time tournament winner
  • The top U.S. male tennis player of the 1970s, he's the only man to win more than 100 singles titles
  • (Hi, I'm Martina Navratilova and the answer is) In 1973 Billie Jean King & Bobby Riggs played the first "Battle of the Sexes"; I played this "Bad Boy" in 1992's battle
  • From 1974 through 1978, he was ranked the No. 1 tennis player in the world

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