Usuku lokuzalwa: NgoSeptemba 2 , Ngo-1952
Ubudala: Iminyaka engama-68,Amadoda ama-68 eminyaka ubudala
Umqondiso welanga: Intombazana
Kwaziwa njenge:UJames Scott Connors
Uzalwe e:EMpuma St. Louis, eIllinois
Idume njenge:Umdlali weTennis
Iingcaphuno zikaJimmy Connors Ndinesandla sasenxele
Ukuphakama: 5'10 'Izimvo eziyi-178i-CM),5'10 'Kubi
Usapho:
Iqabane / Ex-:UPatti McGuire
utata:UJames Connors
umama:UGloria Thompson
abantakwenu:UJohn Connors
abantwana:I-Aubree Connors, iBrett Connors
U.S. Urhulumente: I-Illinois
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
USerena Williams UAndre Agassi UVenus Williams UPete iisampulaNgubani uJimmy Connors?
Ophumelele iimbasa ezisibhozo zeGrand Slam, u-Jimmy Connors wayengumdlali we-tennis owayekwiNombolo 1 kwi-1 yeeveki ezilandelelanayo ezili-160 ukusukela ngomhla wama-29 kuJulayi, 1974 ukuya kumhla wama-22 kuAgasti, 1977 — irekhodi ngexesha lakhe. Umdlali okrelekrele, ukwabambe iwonga lokuba ngumdlali wokuqala oyindoda kwi-Open Era ukuba abambe inqanaba eliphezulu lehlabathi ngaphezulu kweminyaka emihlanu iyonke. Umntwana weembaleki esemncinci, uJimmy wayehlala ekuthanda ukudlala intenetya. Umama wakhe, owayekade edlala intenetya ngokwakhe, wayemxhasa kakhulu ngexesha lokukhula kwakhe. Ngapha koko, umama wakhe wayethanda intenetya kangangokuba wenza inkundla ngasemva kwakhe ngelixa wayekhulelwe yena! Wamfundisa indlela yokudlala intenetya xa wayeyinkwenkwana kwaye waqinisekisa ukuba ufumana olona qeqesho lufanelekileyo njengoko wayekhula. Waqala ukukhuphisana kwinqanaba likazwelonke njengomntwana osithoba, kwaye wasuka empumelelweni waya empumelelweni ukusuka apho. Idume ngeengalo zakhe ezomeleleyo, amandla aphezulu, kunye nokuzinikela kwakhe ukuya kumdlalo, wayedume ngokulinganayo ngokuziphatha kwakhe nomlilo. Emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi njengomdlali we-tennis osebenzayo waqalisa umsebenzi wokuba ngumhlaziyi kunye nomqeqeshi.
Ityala lemifanekiso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_Conners_1994.jpg (ISurtsicna / iThayile kaRhulumente)
Ityala lemifanekiso https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_Connors_en_1981.jpg (Panini [Indawo yoluntu])
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXUFbiqgH3c (Imagnethi yeJimm)
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIEz-U1fuBA (Iindaba ze-Belleville-Democrat)Abadlali beTennis yaMadoda Abadlali bezemidlalo baseMelika Abadlali beTennis baseMelika Umsebenzi Ukuphumelela kokuqala kokudlala kwakhe kwafika ngo-1970, xa woyisa uRoy Emerson kumjikelo wokuqala wePacific Southwest Open eLos Angeles. Ngelo xesha wayefunda kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eLos Angeles, kwaye wagqiba kwelokuba ayeke ukulandela ikhondo lobuchwephesha. Waguquka ngo-1972. Malunga nelo xesha, kwasekwa uMbutho wabaSebenzi beTennis (i-ATP) awathi akavuma ukuwungenela, wabuyisela imeko yakhe yemvukelo. Ngo-1973, wadlala ngokuchasene no-Arthur Ashe owaziwayo kwi-US Pro Singles kumdlalo wokugqibela ophumeleleyo. Esi yayisisiqalo nje sokwenyuka kwakhe ukuya kwilizwe lezentenetya! Unyaka we-1974 wawungumhle kumdlali othembisayo. Uphumelele iitumente ezintathu zeGrand Slam- iAustralia Open, iWimbledon, kunye neU.S. Open. Wayebizwa ngokuba ngu-1 umdlali we-tennis oyindoda ngaloo nyaka. Ukususela ngo-1974, wafika ekugqibeleni kwe-US Open kwiminyaka emihlanu elandelelanayo waza waphumelela ezintathu. Eyona nto yamenza wanobuchule ngakumbi yayikukuba waphumelela nganye yezi kumhlaba owahlukileyo-ingca ngo-1974, udongwe ngo-1976 kwaye nzima ngo-1978. Ukudlala kukhuphiswano lokugqibela lweTennis Championship (WCT) ngo-1980, woyisa intshatsheli ekhuselayo, uJohn McEnroe, owayengomnye wabadlali aboyikekayo belo xesha. Abanye babadlali bakhe abaphambili ngo-1980 yayinguJohn McEnroe, u-Ivan Lendl kunye no-Bj rn Borg. Woyisa u-Ivan kumdlalo wokugqibela ka-1982 wase-US ngaphandle kwento yokuba u-Ivan wayeneminyaka esixhenxe emncinci kuye. Nangona kunjalo ubudala kunye nemicimbi yezempilo yayimfikele kwaye nomsebenzi wakhe weva ubunzima ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1980. Kodwa wabathulisa abo babemgxeka xa ngo-1991 e-U.S Open Semifinals woyisa u-Aaron Krickstein. I-Connors yayineminyaka engama-39 ngelixa uAron wayeneminyaka engama-24 kwaye eneminyaka yobudala bakhe! Udlale umdlalo wakhe wokugqibela ngo-Epreli 1996 kwaye wadla umhlala phantsi njengomdlali wentenetya. Ngexesha lokugqibela lomsebenzi wakhe wokudlala, wayeqale nokunika izimvo kwi-NBC-TV. Wenza amagqabantshintshi kwitumente yaseFrance evulekileyo neyaseWimbledon ngo-1990 nango-1991. Waphinda wagqabaza ngexesha lemidlalo yeWimbledon ka-2005, 2006, nango-2007. Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsi Waqalisa ikhono lokuba ngumqeqeshi ngo-2006 xa wayeqala ukuqeqesha u-Andy Roddick ukuqala kwetumente yelizwe lonke yaseLos Angeles. Upapashe ngobomi bakhe, 'Ophandle' ngo-2013. Incwadi yaphumelela amabhaso eBritish Sports Book in the Best Autobiography / Biography category.
Izicatshulwa: Mna Amabhaso kunye neMpumelelo Ophumelele izihloko ezisibhozo zeGrand Slam kunye nezihloko ezibini zeGrand Slam eziphindwe kabini, uJimmy Connors wayelawula umhlaba wentenetya kuzo zonke ii-1970 kunye nee-1980. Umdlali wokuqala oyindoda ukuba ubambe inqanaba loku-1 kwitenesi yehlabathi, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo yenye yeentsomi ezenza i-tennis yaba ngumnqweno wabo.Izihloko zakhe zeGrand Slam zibandakanya: iAustralia Open (1974), iWimbledon (1974, 1982 I-US Open (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983) Ngo-1982, wabizwa ngokuba yiNtshatsheli yeHlabathi yi-International Tennis Federation (ITF). Ufumene uMvuzo woNyaka woMbutho kuMbutho wabaSebenzi beTennis (ATP) ngo-1982 kunye noMdlali oBuyayo woMvuzo woNyaka ovela kulo mbutho mnye ngo-1991. Ubomi bobuqu kunye nelifa Utshatile owayesakuba ngumzekelo wePlayboy, uPatti McGuire, ngo-1979. Esi sibini sisikelelwe ngabantwana ababini. 
Inqaku Lo mdlali wentenetya okrelekrele owayesaziwa njengelizwe u-1 wayedume ngokuba krwada, krwada, kwaye ngokufuthi nokuziphatha kakubi enkundleni.
