James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 weeks. By virtue of his long and prolific career, Connors still holds three prominent Open Era men's singles records: 109 titles, 1,557 matches played, and 1,274 match wins. His titles include eight major singles titles (a joint Open Era record five US Opens, two Wimbledons, one Australian Open) and three year-end championships. In 1974, he became the second man in the Open Era to win three major titles in a calendar year, and was not permitted to participate in the fourth, the French Open. Connors finished year end number one in the ATP rankings from 1974 to 1978. In 1982, he won both Wimbledon and the US Open and was ATP Player of the Year and ITF World Champion. He retired in 1996 at the age of 43. More about Jimmy Connors
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Connors grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, and was raised Catholic. During his childhood he was coached and trained by his mother and grandmother. He played in his first U.S. Championship, the U.S. boys' 11-and-under of 1961, when he was nine years old. Connors's mother, Gloria, took him to Southern California to be coached by Pancho Segura, starting at age 16, in 1968. But she remained part of the team as his coach and manager. He and his brother, John "Johnny" Connors, attended St. Phillip's grade school.The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Connors (JIMMY CONNORS & CHRIS EVERT Signed Autographed 1974 Sports Illustrated JSA COA) was sold in September 2022 for £214.99 while the cheapest item (JIMMY CONNORS - LEGENDARY TENNIS PLAYER - EXCELLENT SIGNED NEWSPAPER IMAGE) found a new owner for £1.00 in September 2018. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2019 with an average selling price of £15.85 for an autographed item of Jimmy Connors. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2024 with £34.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.38 was May 2022. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Connors is worth £14.99.
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Jimmy Connors - The Outsider (H/B) **SIGNED** (NEW) FREE P & P | £26.00 | ||
Jimmy Connors - The Outsider **SIGNED** (H/B) | £24.00 | ||
Jimmy Connors SIGNED The Outsider My Autobiography Hardback | £34.99 | ||
Jimmy Connors SIGNED The Outsider Tennis Wimbledon Borg McEnroe Nastase Evert | £24.99 | ||
Jimmy Connors SIGNED The Outsider: My Autobiography Hardback | £18.99 | ||
Jimmy Connors The Outsider My Autobiography signed 1st Edition Wimbledon | £14.99 | ||
Jimmy Connors, The Outsider Book Signed Good | £12.00 | ||
Jimmy Connors, The Outsider SIGNED To Stephen, TENNIS, Wimbledon, vgc, 2013 nice | £10.50 | ||
SIGNED FIRST EDITION The Outsider: A Memoir - Jimmy Connors [Harper 2013] HC | £4.38 | ||
Tennis Book 1st Ed 2013 Jimmy Connors The Outsider My Autobiography Signed | £6.38 |