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Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors

  1. World TeamTennis Player Draft Includes Six Current or Former World No. 1s from U.S.: This Week in Tennis Business with Justin Cohen
    World Tennis Magazine 2 days ago
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    A long list of legendary players have competed in The Ojai in the past including Bill Tilden, Tony Trabert, Bobby Riggs, Jack Kramer, Maureen Connolly, Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King, Pancho Gonzales, Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors, Michael Chang, Lindsay...

  2. Can John McEnroe mold the next American original
    Albequerque Express logo Albequerque Express 2 days ago

    There was a time when American tennis defined originality. From the charismatic Bill Tilden in the 1920s through Don Budge, Jack Kramer, Pancho Gonzalez, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Andre Agassi, the United States was a haven for great, innovative...

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago
    Jimmy Connors, left, and Jim Courier talk at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.

    Jimmy Connors, left, and Jim Courier talk at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. View Photo »

  4. Can John McEnroe mold the next American original?
    San Francisco Chronicle logo San Francisco Chronicle 2 days ago
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    22:53 PST -- There was a time when American tennis defined originality. From the charismatic Bill Tilden in the 1920s through Don Budge, Jack Kramer, Pancho Gonzalez, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Andre Agassi, the United States was a haven for great,...

  5. Tennis birthdays – Feb. 14, 2012
    Montreal Gazette logo Montreal Gazette 3 days ago

    That was probably the highlight of his career, considering he’s an Aussie. And the only time the great Bjorn Borg played in Australia (imagine how many more Grand Slam titles he’d have), in 1974, Dent beat him in the third round. He won the 1975 Oz...

  6. Doubles Slump
    Sports Illustrated logo Sports Illustrated 3 days ago

    Evert-Martina Navratilova (they rarely played together, but they won the 1976 Wimbledon). Perhaps the greatest men's team of them all, McEnroe and Peter Fleming, mixed a brooding, scruffy genius with a suave power broker, connected by East Coast roots...

  7. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago
    Jim Courier returns a shot to Jimmy Connors at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.

    Jim Courier returns a shot to Jimmy Connors at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. View Photo »

  8. 1988 US Open Andre Agassi Jimmy Connors
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  9. 15-love: Top tennis romances
    CNN logo CNN 3 days ago

    They announced their engagement in 2003 but split in October 2004. Both decried the "malicious gossip" that followed their separation. Chris Evert's romance with Jimmy Connors was one that captivated the sporting world after they both won Wimbledon...

  10. John McEnroe talks about competitive emotions
    San Francisco Chronicle logo San Francisco Chronicle 5 days ago

    I was so busy working myself up to try to take their head off with a shot. Ironically, the one guy I didn't have a problem with was Borg, and that turned out to be my greatest rival. So perhaps I would have been better off had I not built up this...

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About Jimmy Connors

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James Scott "Jimmy" Connors (born September 2, 1952, in East St. Louis, Illinois, also known as "Jimbo") is a former World No. 1 American tennis player. He held the top ranking for 160 consecutive weeks from July 29, 1974 through August 29, 1977 and an additional eight times during his career (a total of 268 weeks). He won eight Grand Slam... Full Article

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Former tennis champion Jimmy Connors waves to the crowd after being honored at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, August 8, 2011. Connors was inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame this evening joining Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Boris Becker.
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  1. Former tennis champion Jimmy Connors waves to the crowd after being honored at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, August 8, 2011. Connors was inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame this evening joining Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Boris Becker. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

    Former tennis champion Jimmy Connors waves to the crowd after being honored at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, August 8, 2011. Connors was inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame this evening joining Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Boris Becker.

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  2. Former tennis champion Jimmy Connors (L) puts up his fist as he is honored at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament with a championship belt by Quebec boxer Lucian Bute in Montreal, August 8, 2011. Connors was inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame this evening. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

    Former tennis champion Jimmy Connors (L) puts up his fist as he is honored at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament with a championship belt by Quebec boxer Lucian Bute in Montreal, August 8, 2011. Connors was inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame this evening.

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  3. Legendary tennis player Jimmy Connors speaks to reporters at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    Legendary tennis player Jimmy Connors speaks to reporters at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.

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  4. Jimmy Connors waves to the crowd as he is inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    Jimmy Connors waves to the crowd as he is inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.

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  5. Jimmy Connors, left, jokes with IBF super middleweight boxing champion Lucian Bute as Connors is inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

    Jimmy Connors, left, jokes with IBF super middleweight boxing champion Lucian Bute as Connors is inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes.

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  6. Jim Courier returns a shot to Jimmy Connors at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

    Jim Courier returns a shot to Jimmy Connors at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.

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  7. Jimmy Connors of the United States holds aloft the trophy after defeating Ken Rosewall, 61, 61, 64in their Men's Singles final match at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship on 6th July 1974 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London,England. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

    Jimmy Connors of the United States holds aloft the trophy after defeating Ken Rosewall, 61, 61, 64in their Men's Singles final match at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship on 6th July 1974 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London,England.

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  8. In this Dec. 10, 2011, photo, Ivan Lendl, director of tennis for the Ivan Lendl International Junior Tennis Academy, watches his students during a training session in Hilton Head, S.C. Once viewed as a stoic, Czech iceman, an Ivan Drago foil to his Rocky-style American rivals John McEnroe... AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

    In this Dec. 10, 2011, photo, Ivan Lendl, director of tennis for the Ivan Lendl International Junior Tennis Academy, watches his students during a training session in Hilton Head, S.C. Once viewed as a stoic, Czech iceman, an Ivan Drago foil to his Rocky-style American rivals John McEnroe...

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  9. In this Dec. 10, 2011, photo, Ivan Lendl, right, director of tennis, and David Lewis, director of instruction, observe students during a training session at the Ivan Lendl International Junior Tennis Academy in Hilton Head, S.C. Once viewed as a stoic, Czech iceman, an Ivan Drago foil to... AP Photo logo AP Photo 7 months ago

    In this Dec. 10, 2011, photo, Ivan Lendl, right, director of tennis, and David Lewis, director of instruction, observe students during a training session at the Ivan Lendl International Junior Tennis Academy in Hilton Head, S.C. Once viewed as a stoic, Czech iceman, an Ivan Drago foil to...

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Former tennis champion Jimmy Connors waves to the crowd after being honored at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, August 8, 2011. Connors was inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame this evening joining Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Boris Becker.

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