The Connors–McEnroe rivalry was a series of competitive matches between American tennis players Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors

James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....

 and John McEnroe

John McEnroe

John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...

, who played 34-times between 1977 and 1991.

Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe played again in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. With regard to their matches, Connors has stated, "Something like that never goes away, especially between Mac and myself...To have carried on this rivalry for so many years, and for you still to be talking about it, must mean that we made our mark somewhere." This rivalry is said to have been one of the most contentious and embittered in all of tennis history.

Connors 14 - 20 McEnroe

• Note: One walkover does not count as a win.

  Year	|Tournament	|Surface	|Round	|Winner	|Score
  1991	Basel	Hard	S	John McEnroe	6-1, 6-3
  1989	Toulouse	Hard	F	Jimmy Connors	6-3, 6-3
  1987	Montreal / Toronto	Hard	Q	Jimmy Connors	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
  1986	San Francisco	Carpet	F	John McEnroe	7-6, 6-3
  1985	Montreal / Toronto	Hard	S	John McEnroe	6-2, 6-3
  1985	Chicago	Carpet	F	John McEnroe	W/O
  1984	US Open	Hard	S	John McEnroe	6-4, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
  1984	Montreal / Toronto	Hard	S	John McEnroe	2-6, 6-2, 6-3
  1984	Wimbledon	Grass	F	John McEnroe	6-1, 6-1, 6-2
  1984	London, Queen's Club	Grass	S	John McEnroe	6-2, 6-2
  1984	Roland Garros	Clay	S	John McEnroe	7-5, 6-1, 6-2
  1984	Dallas WCT	Carpet	F	John McEnroe	6-1, 6-2, 6-3
  1983	Wembley	Carpet	F	John McEnroe	7-5, 6-1, 6-4
  1983	Cincinnati	Hard	S	John McEnroe	6-7, 6-1, 6-4
  1983	London, Queen's Club	Grass	F	Jimmy Connors	6-3, 6-3
  1982	San Francisco	Carpet	F	John McEnroe	6-1, 6-3
  1982	Wimbledon	Grass	F	Jimmy Connors	3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4
  1982	London, Queen's Club	Grass	F	Jimmy Connors	7-5, 6-3
  1982	Philadelphia	Carpet	F	John McEnroe	6-3, 6-3, 6-1
  1981	New York City	Carpet	RR	John McEnroe	6-2, 7-5
  1981	Wembley	Carpet	F	Jimmy Connors	3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
  1980	US Open	Hard	S	John McEnroe	6-4, 5-7, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6
  1980	Wimbledon	Grass	S	John McEnroe	6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
  1980	Dallas WCT	Carpet	F	Jimmy Connors	2-6, 7-6, 6-1, 6-2
  1980	Memphis	Carpet	F	John McEnroe	7-6, 7-6
  1980	Philadelphia	Carpet	F	Jimmy Connors	6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
  1979	US Open	Hard	S	John McEnroe	6-3, 6-3, 7-5
  1979	Dallas WCT	Carpet	S	John McEnroe	6-1, 6-4, 6-4
  1979	Las Vegas	Hard	S	Jimmy Connors	7-5, 6-4
  1979	Pepsi Grand Slam	Clay	S	Jimmy Connors	6-3, 6-4
  1978	Masters	Carpet	RR	John McEnroe	7-5, 3-0 RET
  1978	US Open	Hard	S	Jimmy Connors	6-2, 6-2, 7-5
  1978	Indianapolis	Clay	Q	Jimmy Connors	3-6, 6-1, 6-1
  1977	Boston	Clay	R32	Jimmy Connors	5-7, 6-2, 7-5
  1977	Wimbledon	Grass	S	Jimmy Connors	6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Head-to-head tallies

The following is a breakdown of their head-to-head results:

• All matches: McEnroe 20–14
• All finals: McEnroe 8–7
• Grand Slams
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  : McEnroe 6–3
• Grand Slam finals: 1–1