1970: The match between Ken Rosewall and Tony ... 1978: Jimmy Connors defeated Bjorn Borg in the first US Open final at the new USTA National Tennis Center. Chris Evert won four consecutive ...

On June 21, 1970, something well out of the ... RELATED: This would have been U.S. Open week, and the USGA (like the rest of us) feels the void That newly found touch and feel stayed with him ...

That was how Bud Collins described his first sighting of an 18-year-old Connors at the 1970 US Open. He was making his debut as the “tagalong” doubles partner of his mentor, Pancho Gonzalez.