US Open: Jimmy Connors Studio interview

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Jimmy Connors, retired tennis world number 1 visited the Prime Video US Open studios for an interview. H talks about his tennis career, being a champion at an older age, the US Open, the fans, the legend of his shoes, learning tennis from his mother.
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@dianeclark7959 3 жыл бұрын

Love Jimmy Connors. Played with his heart and soul.

@donquixote... 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, wish I'd have appreciated him more at the time... But love listening to his passion.

@raythegrader6516 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day, McEnroe was always my man, but, as a competitor, Connors was in a class of his own

@blackfalkon4189 2 жыл бұрын

"Played with his heart and soul" and mouth :|

@blackfalkon4189 2 жыл бұрын

tennis aint the same without Connors & Mcenroe

@iggypopisgod9 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody sucked you into a match like Connors. He didn’t have a serve and his forehand was dodgy, but he had an edge to him, a mental toughness, and he had a heart, He gave 110%. Legendary

@user-jv9qz2bu1r 3 жыл бұрын

His 1984 Semi match against McEnroe at US Open is my favorite - entire match is on YT. Every point was electric.

@michaelthomas366 3 жыл бұрын

It's true.

@srinivasrao369 2 жыл бұрын

Yes true

@donaldbraugh2314 Жыл бұрын

Again here was prophetic. ... Rafa is 32, I'm going to give him a few more years... not ready to write him off yet... I'd say!

@danoliver8804 Жыл бұрын

I caught the end of his career..... Nobody played or fought like him.

@randybailin4902 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy is my favorite tennis player of all time. He never cheated the fans and always left everything on the court.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@paulrogers7067 Жыл бұрын

How true my idol. The great Connors should have won more slams. He even admitted he let a few slip by and clearly should beaten Mac and borg a couple of more times in semis and finals

@motourbananet7988 Жыл бұрын

Jimmy: kind regards from Argentina. I saw you in an exhibition with Borg, Nastase and José Luis Clerc in 1978 in Buenos Aires. You alisted my camera and signed my racket. I was just 15 years old.

@taopaille-paille4992 2 ай бұрын

like nadal

@frankpavan7865 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Connors represented Tennis to me in the 70s and 80s. Great Champion !!

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@joemarshall4226 3 жыл бұрын

I could listen to Jimmy talk for hours...and play for weeks.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@erichaynes7502 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy has won more titles than any other player in history. He was a BEAST on the court.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@thomashumphrey7395 3 жыл бұрын

Legend. And a wise tennis man. Because of his combined skill, toughness, longevity, and overall influence and contribution to the game, one of the five greatest players to ever pick up a racquet, in my opinion.

@Dancingontgesun1942 2 жыл бұрын

Top 5? Jimmy has won more singles matches and titles than anyone else in tennis.

@johnhughes8466 Жыл бұрын

@@Dancingontgesun1942 Yes cj the greatest of them all!

@trwent Ай бұрын

1. Djokovic 2. Nadal 3. Federer 4. Sampras 5. Laver 6. Connors 7. McEnroe 8. Lendl 9. Tilden 10. Rosewall

@suniltambe1 3 жыл бұрын

I just adore him, what a perspective he has brought in these otherwise boring discussions. Amazing...

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@OCRATHLETE Жыл бұрын

I've truly taken Jimmy Connors mantra as I compete in my disciplines. Leave it all on the court. Make everyday count

@teresashepherd9443 2 жыл бұрын

You can see Jimmy loves this sport and when he played he showed it every match with heart and soul win or lose one of sports finest competitors.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@valencijavalencija8929 3 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful tennis ever!!!!!!! Connors!!

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@ChuckRosseel 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview with the great Jimmy Connors.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@johnwenrich6120 Жыл бұрын

The two mentally toughest competitor's of my generation... Jimmy Conners & Dannie Ainge.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

@@johnwenrich6120 Thanks for the love and words of encouragement I must say that I have enormous respect for you considering the manner in which I have made contact with you,Your comment gave me goosebumps and I decided to honor you.I’m very glad you’re fan of mine for that I would love to have a private conversation with you if that’s okay with you reach out to me privately via email

@Geeman57 11 ай бұрын

@@jimmyconnors5685you were a great champion Jimmy! and had the mental fortitude to overcome great obstacles on and off the court. You were a great inspiration to me and my fellow players in the 70s and 80s best wishes to you and your family for the future!

@63dashman 3 жыл бұрын

Jimbo was my hero, I still have my Wilson T2000

@lonewave1 3 жыл бұрын

Same here! Even got a T-3000 to boot. Great racquet!

@opencurtin 3 жыл бұрын

lonewave1 a T3000 never knew there was one ..

@opencurtin 3 жыл бұрын

I bought 2 of those at 16 for 25 dollars each in a sale , but they were too hard to play with I ended up buying a Prince graphite a few months later that was in 87 ..

@michaelthomas366 3 жыл бұрын

I idolized Connors too and my first racket was a T-2000! I bought it off our #1 varsity player for 20 bucks back in '73 so cheap because he stole it from somebody. I hated the racket though. As heavy as lead.

@txmetalhead82xk 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a Slazenger Panther Pro Ceramic after watching Connors use it. He was definitely an inspiration to me.

@Wordsley 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Connors Rocks!

@CatDaddySteve 3 жыл бұрын

COMPLIMENT : John McEnroe said : Only Raffa and Jimmy put out 100% on every point in ever match.

@michelez715 3 жыл бұрын

Having watched tennis since the 70s, I have to agree with Mac. Connors and Nadal are the 2 players you'd pick to play, if your life depended on it. A close second would be Lleyton Hewitt.

@MrBjorn6 3 жыл бұрын

@@michelez715 I'd pick Novak!

@kikaa1884 Жыл бұрын

@@MrBjorn6 he is machine

@pinotnoir6974 10 ай бұрын

1. Connors; 2. Agassi; 3. Sampras;

@MrBjorn6 8 ай бұрын

@@pinotnoir6974I'd still pick Novak and my favorite players all time are Borg, Sampras, and Nadal.

@jenspflug7473 3 жыл бұрын

That's when experience speaks.....likeable guy.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@jimpappas4244 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite all-time player

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@theempress7766 2 жыл бұрын

I love Jimmy Connors too! Gorgeous, smart, talented man 🥰😍🥰😍😍❤

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@ramsha2000 Жыл бұрын

I've just seen this interview and already fallen in love with Jimmy.

@Frd472 3 жыл бұрын

my idol and the best ever!

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@angied8919 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy is simply the best!

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@ma.delcarmenrosas5312 3 жыл бұрын

Uno de mis tenistas favoritos y no presisamente por lo bien parecido ,fue un gran... gran tenista. En los 80'S.

@gmnboss 3 жыл бұрын

You can see the high level of respect Ruzedski has for Jimmy

@iggypopisgod9 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Greg was a gifted player in his own right. Probably top 5 server imho.

@antonboludo8886 Жыл бұрын

Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert introduced me to this difficult and great sport.

@stanhankins3175 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite player of all times

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@leodrosia4369 2 жыл бұрын

What a legend, the guy gave 1000 pct esp in the US open

@lodestarsprayer5660 4 ай бұрын

Luv U Jimboooooo! Thanks for your PLAY Bro! Peace and Love!

@vincenteluard3427 2 жыл бұрын

Sacré Jimbo ... ! Un style et une personnalité unique . Pour moi, le symbole de l'Amérique .

@ma.delcarmenrosas5312 3 жыл бұрын

A pesar del tiempo se conserva ,muy bien parecido ...Jimmy Compra,gran tenista....que partidos nos brindo👏👏👏

@gianfrancoginefra1376 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Connors best player in every time!!!

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@johnhughes8466 Жыл бұрын

The greatest!

@sevaraalimova4706 2 жыл бұрын

Rafa, and Jimmy are the hardest workers on the tennis court. I have tremendous respect for these guys.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@russnyberg6177 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview!

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@MrCalidan69 3 жыл бұрын

JC, most titles, most wins, most games played in a 22 year career!

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@toddm9501 Жыл бұрын

How is it, that Jimmy Connors doesn't have a statue in East St.Louis Illinois??? I think I know.

@dansmith9724 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy says Delpotro would have been in the mix for more slams during the big 4 era but injuries have slowed him right down. Another name to mention that i think would have pushed the big 4 and taken a few slams but due to illness retired far to early was Robin Soderling, the guy who broke Rafa's clay court streak at the french semi final.

@michelez715 3 жыл бұрын

Agree about Del Potro, not about Soderling.

@varunshahvo-tv9854 3 жыл бұрын

Soderling didn't play intelligent

@chocolatetownforever7537 3 жыл бұрын

Del Potro was unreal, and it is a shame his body didnt hold up, because I think you can make the argument he had the nastiest groundies in tennis history. Atleast he got his Open though.

@robertociai6205 9 ай бұрын

Grandissimo Jimmy

@jojitsantamaria5002 3 жыл бұрын

Jimbo is our generations guy and so are smith ashe and big mac and borg.

@BradleyKBartlett 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@lorimiller9056 Жыл бұрын

Federer just retired at 103. Jimmy still holds the record in September of 2022.

@jonmortimer5831 Жыл бұрын

If you include titles won on the parallel tour that existed until the early/mid 80s I think Lendl won the most titles ever. He won 94 singles and 6 doubles on the ATP tour but 36 more on the other. I don't think Jimmy played both tours but please correct me if he did and won more on it.

@MrBjorn6 8 ай бұрын

What Parallel tours are you talking about? WCT counts on tournament wins!!!

@michelez715 3 жыл бұрын

So pleased to hear Connors name Rafa as the player you'd pick if yr life depended on it. Connors himself wd have been my only pick, until the advent of Rafa, and certainly Rafa is up there with him. "Never give up" taken to the next level by these 2.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@opencurtin Жыл бұрын

I like this eras tennis it’s fine to replicate for a club player easier strokes to play imo

@Dancingontgesun1942 2 жыл бұрын

Tennis is a results driven sport, I love Pete and Andre but Jimmy's results say he's the USA's GOAT.

@MrBjorn6 2 жыл бұрын

You can not be serious 🥇

@Dancingontgesun1942 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBjorn6 lol you must not read tennis stats often.

@malotielemans3863 2 жыл бұрын

This guy KNOWS tennis

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@nigelgunson1025 Жыл бұрын

OK forehand and serve but his return of serve and double handed backhand were brutal. Also one of the best lobbers in tennis.

@armandgallanosa 3 жыл бұрын

Jimbo!!

@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415 3 жыл бұрын

buy his book The Outsider

@angied8919 3 жыл бұрын

Great read thoroughly enjoyed it 😊 👍

@sevaraalimova4706 2 жыл бұрын

Jimbo, what a player, huh!

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@user-un5yl9um8p 3 жыл бұрын

1990 US open…！エキサイティングだった。（＾_＾）

@Gustavo-kn9nf 3 жыл бұрын

Connors didn't play USO in 1990 !!

@thadtuiol1717 2 жыл бұрын

Until Nadal came along, the only real 'streetfighter' tennis had. Not the greatest of weapons on paper (dodgy forehand and serve), but a passion to get into a tear up and turn any match into a brawl. Tennis was so much more exciting back in the 70s/80s

@ZAOUWV 2 жыл бұрын

True.

@CharcoalPencilPusher 3 жыл бұрын

Tennis players don't all agree on who was (or is) the all time best player and there are several different stats used to make that decision. For me its the player who won the most tournaments, Jimmy Connors. And that didn't happen by accident.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@rajrammbbs 2 жыл бұрын

deity of tennis

@user-vp5iy8ec9q 3 жыл бұрын

to connect so many fans on his side, hes could have been one of very best war commender

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@caffreys1979 5 жыл бұрын

The only guys I can see sending this gen packing are tsitsipas khachanov zverev kyrgios. But when it will be I don't know. Possibly this year one of them will get a slam but I'm not banking on it.

@Highlandcoffee1 4 жыл бұрын

caffreys1979 what about Thiem ? He has been closest so far !

@tinkujenatj5901 2 жыл бұрын

Happiness toosirji

@beaglesrfun5896 3 жыл бұрын

Who's the blonde?

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@afaircomment 2 жыл бұрын

It's true -- incredible at that point to have NO mens gram slam winners under 30....

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@AmurTiger-vm5dy Жыл бұрын

One leggend

@ZAOUWV 2 жыл бұрын

Great player of the seventies / eighties , like Mc Enroe was, but the greatest was Björn Borg in those days.

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@varunshahvo-tv9854 3 жыл бұрын

I think the girl is Catherine Whitaker

@MrBjorn6 2 жыл бұрын

She's now 3 times this size. She's not recognizable in 2022🍗

@Calicokit101 4 жыл бұрын

Wow Holly Willoughby has really piled on the pounds.

@chairmanmeow3693 3 жыл бұрын

I see where two of those pounds are

@tomsd8656 10 ай бұрын

Jimmy should be happy with Alcaraz.

@studfinderball Жыл бұрын

What Jimmy doesn't allow to be considered is a difference in skill level of the over thirty crowd beyond experience in big matches. The playing styles of Fed, Novak, and Rafa were radically new to pro tennis. Perhaps their styles were age resistant? And difficult to improve upon?? I think so.

@Angelo-9 3 жыл бұрын

Jimbo,ah se tu avessi avuto un servizio (ed un diritto) quasi quanto Lendl o McEnroe.

@daleigou943 6 ай бұрын

Jimmy has monkey arms, look at all the hair on his hands! I love J.C.

@dap777754 6 ай бұрын

I think he's got a skin condition on his hands-probably from too much sun. Today they look even worse.

@kellychristiansolo 2 жыл бұрын

Connors' wife. Back in the day, hooofah~

@jimmyconnors5685 Жыл бұрын

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@user-bh6if2nb4q Жыл бұрын

「錦織」って言ってくれてるよ。

@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415 3 жыл бұрын

these modern players have special nutritional ingredients

@user-jv9qz2bu1r 3 жыл бұрын

and surgeries and clothes and shoes and exercise regimes and mental health coaches etc. ball machines and slow motion video footage not to mention modern rackets and strings

@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-jv9qz2bu1r SOME TAKE EPO HGH AND WHAT LANCE TOOK,,,, THAT IS THE TALK, THEY NEVER GET TIRED

@TheKwod 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415 YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT DUE TO THE MONEY INVOLVED.

@JasonVictorEverett 3 ай бұрын

109 titles. No one will break that record.

@GauchoRemixes 3 жыл бұрын

Connors was wrongly anointed World Nro. 1 in 1977..... I thought Tennis was a gentlemans sport...?

@minastronasse 3 жыл бұрын

What are u implying ? That this lame pusher Vilas was 1 ??? He never was. Fact.

@donaldcook3112 3 жыл бұрын

@@minastronasse . . . Check the results and record books - it was Vilas who was World No. 1 in 1977.

@theempress7766 2 жыл бұрын

Idk kmsl!

@theempress7766 2 жыл бұрын

Idk kmsl!

@theempress7766 2 жыл бұрын

@@minastronasse lame pusher exactly

@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415 3 жыл бұрын

They take very special very special very special nutrients and other special nutrients ,,, Jimmy was clean as the pure snow He got tired, The top 3 never get tired, wonderful stamina playing with all of the nutrition in the game

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@leibnizpascal6478 10 ай бұрын

Connors gano algunos torneos a su medida de muy bajo nivel en EEUU en los primeros 70s. (Albany, Roanoke, Hampton, Salisbury...) por favor...esos 109 torneos no los gana en esta epoca. Y conste que es uno de los grandes de la historia sin discusión y quizá el mejor competidor junto a Gonzales y Nadal.

@Ajayk9099 9 ай бұрын

Jimmy had once said that those who can - play, those who can’t- teach, those who can’t do either- criticise. It is very easy to throw mud and belittle anyone.

@exfolios Жыл бұрын

Jimmy Connors won matches even before they started. He was this big ego in the locker room and will not hesitate to stare you down. McEnroe said Connors scared him and beat him before they even got out of the locker on their first ever match. Nadal does the same thing.

@babybutchie Жыл бұрын

He never heard of Novak? LOL

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@pjcdm 3 жыл бұрын

No grand slam in their 20's until covid came!

@joemarshall4226 3 жыл бұрын

Thiem is the first man born in the 90s to win a slam....think about that!

@billbommarito 10 ай бұрын

its misleading to say that Connors beat Mcenroe in 1991 without clarifying that it was Patrick not John. It would have been a great match but John lost to Michael Chang.