| 1974 | Jul 7, 1974 - Wimbledon singles champions Jimmy Connors and his fiancee, Chris Evert, leading off dancing last night at Lawn Tennis Association Ball in London. S. Wimbledon; to Connors. -e- - =~~~~~. zz |. AP Wirephoto. Jimmy Connors putting together two-fisted attack against Ken Rosewall yesterday ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/633723692.html?dids=633723692:633723692&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+07%2C+1974...pub...Connors...
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| 1975 | Apr 26, 1975 - LAS VEGAS. Nev. Jimmy-- Connors will have poshed his 1975 earnings to at least a half -million dollars by the time this day is over, and he says he may not play any more challenge matches this year for fear of overexposure. The 22-year-old left-hander from Belleville, already has won ... news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=71UQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oosDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2906,3819165&dq= jimmy+connors&hl=en
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| 1977 | Sep 10, 1977 - Dave Anderson After his other victories in the United States Open, only a few newsmen waited in the upstairs lounge at the West Side Tennis Club for Jimmy Connors to appear after a massage and a shower. But on Thursday night, nearly 100 notebooks and tape recorders were poised and the ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70710FB355B167493C2A81782D85F438785F9
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| 1979 | Feb 11, 1979 - Jimmy Connors was both maestro and matador this blustery Friday afternoon at Boca West and one scene typified his mastery over John mcenroe Late in the second set of the 300000 Pepsi Grand Slam semifinal. mcenroe finally stopped acting like he was stepping on eggs, asserted his ... news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=H80PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N40DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6527,1684231&dq= jimmy+connors&hl=en
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| 1982 | Jun 3, 1982 - PARIS Jimmy Connors— dream of winning the French Open— the only Grand Slam tennis tourna ment title that has escaped him was dashed again Wednesday on the slow red clay court at Rolan Garros. Joee Higueras of. 7.000 tournament, the moat prestigious slow courts event in the world, ... news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=zhYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qAYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3058,826981&dq= jimmy+connors&hl=en
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| 1985 | Apr 4, 1985 - Jimmy Connors has one motivation for playing these days--fun. Bv Ed Sherman. Jimmy Connors has one motiva- tion for playing these days-fun. Connors enjoyed himself Wednesday night when he defeated Jay Lapidus 6-2, 6-3 in a first-round match in the Volvo Tennis/Chicago at the Pavilion. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/762014062.html?dids=762014062:762014062&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Apr...1985...Jimmy+Connors...
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| 1986 | Aug 30, 1986 - Besides [Jimmy Connors] and [Tom Gullikson], other men's singles winners Friday included four Swedes-No. 2 Mats Wilander, No. 4 Stefan Edberg, No. 7 Joakim Nystrom and No. 13 Anders Jarryd-and No. 16 Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia. Wilander defeated France's Thierry Tulasne, 6-1, ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58015941.html?dids=58015941:58015941&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current&date=Aug...1986...Jimmy+Connors%2C...
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| 1987 | Jun 30, 1987 - The fire in Jimmy Connors burned as hotly as ever it did in Bjorn Borg. Or John McEnroe. The fire in Connors did not burn out. And now he is the last non- synthetic American male left in Wimbledon. Connors won his first Wimbledon before Borg won his first and he won his last after ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24631994.html?dids=24631994:24631994&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun...pub...JIMMY+CONNORS...
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| 1991 | Sep 4, 1991 - By Richard Sandomir. Late in Jimmy Connors's marathon match with Aaron Krickstein on Monday, Connors broke through the invisible wall between athlete-actor and television audience. He looked directly into a courtside camera and proclaimed: "This is what they come for. ... www.nytimes.com/1991/09/04/sports/tv-sports-jimmy-connors-show-the-rage-of-the-open.html
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| 1992 | Sep 25, 1992 - Jimmy Connors vs. Martina Navratilova -- The tennis stars replay the famous Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs battle of the sexes in Las Vegas. By Kate Meyers. Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova may have made early exits from the US Open at Flushing Meadows, but they're still ... www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311906,00.html
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