Jimmy Connors

James Scott "Jimmy" Connors (b. September 2 1952, in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles.

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Connors went to college for a year at UCLA, where he won the NCAA singles title in 1971. He turned professional in 1972, and won his first professional title later that year at Jacksonville, Florida.

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Connors' extreme competitiveness on court quickly made him stand out. He simply refused to ever accept that he was beaten and gave absolutely everything on every point of every game, no matter how apparently hopeless the cause. He was also not averse to playing to the crowd or abusing his opponent or the umpire—anything he could think of to give himself an edge. His brash behaviour both on and off court came to earn him a reputation as the brat of the tennis world. He acquired the nickname of the "Brash Basher of Belleville" (after the St Louis suburb where he grew up). His high-profile romance with fellow teen tennis prodigy Chris Evert in the early years of his career also helped to keep him in the headlines.

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