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Jimmy Connors Interview
(please click on an interview comment to hear the mp3)
Dreams and goals
Coached by his mother and grandmother
An American original
Bobby Riggs-Billy Jean King match catapults tennis into mainstream
NCAA champion at UCLA
 Arthur Ashe: Connors and McEnroe quit college as NCAA champions
Inauguration of Open Tennis in 1968
Love of the game
Davis Cup
Arthur Ashe: Davis Cup
Friendships
Arthur Ashe: Few tennis friendships
Sportsmanship
Umpires and rule changes
Intimidation
Television ignites interest in the sport
More on Bobby Riggs
Arthur Ashe: Bobby Riggs-Billy Jean King match
Connors-Ashe rivalry
Arthur Ashe: How to beat Jimmy Connors
Grand Slam
Challenges of different playing surfaces
Arthur Ashe: Court surfaces and the triumph of technology
Björn Borg's ill-fated comeback
Arthur Ashe: Björn Borg
Connors-McEnroe-Borg rivalries
Arthur Ashe: John McEnroe
Fans
Arthur Ashe on Jimmy Connors
Connors controversial avoidance, and McEnroe's enthusiastic embrace, of the Davis Cup
Arthur Ashe: Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova
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