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1. Voo de Mar says:

   July 22, 2020 at 11:25 am

   Points won by each set: | 33-24, 33-21, 40-42, 29-25 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   17 % Connors – 21 of 118
   25 % Lendl – 32 of 129

   When they’d met three weeks before, in the Cincinnati semifinal, Lendl stunned Connors 6-1, 6-1! In the 3rd set of the US Open ’82 final, Connors [3] led 3:1* (30/0), then squandered two mini-match points at 4-all. The first two sets weren’t as easy for him as the score would suggest – he lost the opening game of the match on serve, at 5:3 he was 0/30; in the 2nd set Lendl [2] had two game points trailing 2:4, in the following game he led 40/15 on Connors’ serve.

   Connors’ route to his 96th title:
   1 Jeff Borowiak 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-3
   2 Hank Pfister 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
   3 Jimmy Arias 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
   4 Ilie Nastase 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
   Q Rodney Harmon 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
   S Guillermo Vilas 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
   W Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

   # Comparison of their two US Open finals in succession:
   1982: Connors d. Lendl 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4… 3 hours 9 minutes… 37 games… Total points: 135-112 (247)
   1983: Connors d. Lendl 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-0… 3 hours 3 minutes… 40 games… Total points: 144-126 (270)

   Connors: 1st % in – 76/118 (64%) and 88/118 (74%); points at the net – 41/66 (62%) and 21/38 (55%)
   Lendl: 1st % in – 70/129 (54%) and 72/152 (47%); points at the net – 8/17 (47%) and 10/18 (55%)
   

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