In the same interview with The Guardian, Pete Sampras was asked if retirement had ever crossed his mind amid his struggles with motivation. He responded that he had no such plans, adding that the ...

Connors was 14-20 against McEnroe. Starting in Cincinnati in 1983, McEnroe won 12 of his last 14 meetings with Jimbo. Lendl finished 22-13 against Connors, including the last seventeen of their ...

Connors is said to have won 178 quality matches, Ivan Lendl 134, John McEnroe 129, Guillermo Vilas 93, Andre Agassi 79, Stefan Edberg 78, Roger Federer 39, Pete Sampras 37 and current No.

Ivan Lendl won the H2H 22-13, but Connors won both their Grand Slam finals at the 1982 and 1983 US Open. Connors dominated early on as the American won their first eight matches and he took a 13-5 ...

But just as Connors had shining moments against McEnroe, so did he have important triumphs against Borg and Ivan Lendl, two other No. 1 players he had losing records against. Though 7-10 against ...

Ivan Lendl, who played from 1978 to 1994 ... Former world No 1 Jimmy Connors holds the record for the most ATP matches contested with an outstanding tally of 1,557, of which he won 1,274 and ...