![]() ![]() ![]() Open semifinalist or better for 12 consecutive years (winning five titles). Yet in the big picture, Connors was caught-and ultimately overtaken-by three major rivals: Bjorn Borg (career head-to-head: 15-8 to Borg), John McEnroe (20-14, McEnroe), and Ivan Lendl (22-13, Lendl). ![]() Looking at the situations in which players find themselves at various crossroads of their careers, it's always helpful to ask, " What Would Jimbo (Connors) Do?" You don't hear Connors' name coming up in the GOAT debate even though he won eight Grand Slam titles, and he was the first man in the Open era after Rod Laver to win three Grand Slam singles titles in the same year (1974). Connors might have won the fourth, and joined Laver and Don Budge in a three-person Grand Slammers Club, had he not been banned from playing at Roland Garros in '74.īeyond that, Connors is still the all-time leader in career titles with 109. ![]()
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