Jimmy S. Connors
Born 1950s.
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Biography
Tennis superstar
James Scott Connors better known as Jimmy Connors was born in 1952. He was the son of James J Connors and Gloria Florence (Thompson) Connors . He was a prolific tennis player and a tennis superstar.
Major Tennis Achievements
- No. 1 tennis player for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977. (Total of 268 weeks)
- Open Era men's singles records:
- 109 titles.
- 1,557 matches played.
- 1,274 match wins.
- Singles Championships
- Five US Opens.
- Two Wimbledons.
- Australian Open.
- 17 Grand Prix Super Series titles.
- Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Sources
- U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2020 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 62116 Note: See newspaper information provided with each entry.
- U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2019 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 61843 Note: See newspaper information provided with each entry.
- Sports Illustrated, "Raised By Women To Conquer Men: The Journey of Jimmy Connors", https://www.si.com/tennis/2014/11/25/raised-women-conquer-men-jimmy-connors-frank-deford-si-60 (Accessed June 2, 2002)
- International Tennis Hall of Fame, Jimmy Connors, https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/jimmy-connors (Accessed June 2, 2002)
- Tennis Magazine, "The 50 Greatest Players of the Open Era (M): No. 10, Jimmy Connors",https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/the-50-greatest-players-of-the-open-era-m-no-10-jimmy-connors. (Accessed June 27, 2022)
See Also:
- Wikipedia: Jimmy Connors
- Wikidata: Item Q53393, en:Wikipedia
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