Andre Agassi vs Jimmy Connors Extended Highlights | 1989 US Open Quarterfinal
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A matchup of two legends; one at the beginning of his career and one at the end.
Definitely 2 of the greatest. The way Connors directs the ball, to me, is just amazing. Never seen anyone else ever do it the way he does.
That's what I was thinking. He hit a few neutral balls, but almost never hit a "rally ball." Every shot had a purpose -- always attacking.
Yes Connors and many of the past players directed their shots, especially Connors. That follow through in the directing of his shots eventually took a toll on his hips.
Agassi's class is underrated. He never gets super angry at questionable calls and doesn't rage at bad games.
Absolutely. And among all aging tennis pros, Andre has done by far the most good in the world.
I don't know about that. His temper has cost him some matches. One time I recall was 'no f-ing way.. just call the score' .
He was pretty good except for that US Open match against Korda. He was out of line.
@@martinhudecek8886definitely!! Also remember how he got defaulted against Cecil Mammit at Sybase open. It doesn’t happen often.
@@martinhudecek8886 it's amazing how ignorant fans are. Agassi should have been kicked out of the 1990 USO against Korda, he swore regularly back then. He tanked matches regularly, He took amphetamines and lied to get out of it. The rumours of steroid use have dogged him for most of his career - including allegations from other pros. His autobiography is FULL of lies and mistruths - one day I might blog about that - being a diehard fan, I can identify at least 50 lies in that book. He's treated many people like Bill Shelton, Parentti, Etcheberry and others horribly - and finally had a falling out with even lifelong bestie Perry. The entire Australian Davis cup team was enraged at him - and contrary to what the ignorant OP said - called out his lack of class.... and even Andre's own teammate Krickstein backed then up! He belittled an entire South American Davis cup team - another thing he lied about in his book. Called Sampras a poor tipper - with absolutely no justification or verification - after Sampras had made a HUGE donation to his vanity school. Yet now... because he continually spouts nonsensical new-age feel good rhetoric and sayings, moron fans eat it up. lol. Actions speak louder than silly rhetoric, Don't get me wrong, I think Andre finally turned into a decent human, but he spent most of his career lying.
I don’t think I ever realized how awesome Connors was until now.
My friend played Connors in one of his first pro tournaments. I'd say losing 6-4, 6-4 to Connors wasn't bad. :)
@@FunkyShotsProduction Agassi, with a bad back and prior to retirement, held his own VS Federer. Fed won but Agassi put up a fight, even though he couldn't move. Some great baseline rallies. I think Agassi could have played longer if his back didn't go bad.
Yeah. Definitely a unique talent. His basic hand/eye coordination to hit that flat that consistently (for decades) is amazing to see. It’s like he’s got contempt for these top-spin, percentage-playing slackers. And for a stone-cold baseline freak, very seldom found wanting at the net.
Jimmy’s playing style was absolutely beautiful to watch. The flat forehand in the air, full extended arms on the backhand. Just beautiful.
To each his own.
Interesting highlights. Connors wins almost every point but loses the match.
I would say other than Rafa Nadal, no other player in the history of tennis fought harder point for point than Jimmy Connors. He never gave up. He's 36 in this match, and back then 36 was old. They didn't have all this training and vegan diets. He obviously loved playing tennis.
Novak is 36 now and proving if you can stay fit, you can play strong into your mid 30s
Connors said that his eagerness to use racquets made using the latest technologies and materials could have contributed a great deal to prolonging his career
@@ktosomcosom19 you're making the right point, Connors (much like Federer, Nadal en Djokovic after him) remained hungry to improve, where others weren't that eager to after a certain age. Even though they don't strike the ball as hard as the players today do, tennis in 1989 was going a heck of a lot faster than in 1975 (when Connors was no. 1), yet he remained a top player.
Djokovic changed world of tennis , 36 is young (:
As if vegan diets would be better than protein.
Clash of the Titans. Really enjoy Connors demonstrating how the old school forehand can be effective.
it wa his weak side
Changing of the guards. Agassi showing where tennis was going and conners showing where tennis had been. Still awesome to watch
What a joy to watch. Still first rate tennis.
Connors' volleys are un-believable. He never misses a volley or put-a-way. For a baseliner, his volleys and approaches are godlike.
just watching how slow the back-and-forth back then compared to now is mind-blowing! ;-)
Both idols amazing
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Connors was such a great all-court player.
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That backhand down the line at 4:55 😳😳😳😳😳
My generation was so lucky to have Jimmy, Borg, Mcenroe, and so many more, but I really wish I could have watched Jimmy in his prime in the 90's playing Agassi and Sampras.
what a classic match
When Andre clapped his racket after a nice shot by Jimmy was that part of his strategy. He figures Jimmy would lighten up a bit if he was really respectful towards him.
What a terrible job editing this video, only once do they show the score and where they are in the match. You get absolutely no sense of the flow and essence of the match, just a bunch of points thrown together to get a video up on YT. This was an epic match and not because of the high level of tennis but because of the drama of the match, the way Connors had to fight back at end of his career and the then 19 ur old kid taking the mantle away from the elder statesman. Shame
yea, I agree - who won?
Yeah, a lazy job for sure. These aren't "highlights" by any definition of the word.
@@beryl8285 hahaha Andre did in 5 sets….. he had beaten Connors pretty easily in the same round as this the year before, and Andre being cocky at the time predicted the same result before the match and Connors caught wind of what he said, so Jimmy really wanted to beat Andre and make him eat his words…….. Plus there was history between these guys from along time before this, read Andres book Open, he discusses his sort of disdain for Jimmy….
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@@10scoach33 Agassi seemed to have disdain for almost all of his opponents according to his book. I am sure they all loved him back......
@@BurnsTennis so it’s funny, you def get a sense of that when you read his book, he def felt that way against Becker and Connors for sure…he hated playing Pete because he knew he had to be on his A game or he would get pummeled, but he liked Pete, he just thought he was cheap!! Lol!!! But yeah I guess when you grow up hating the very thing you do for a living your gonna hav disdain for a lot of things and lot of people!!!
This is a beautiful entry into the ledger of tennis history
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I see some similarities between Connors and Rafa, they are fighters to the last ball...very impressive here Connors at his age and the tennis he produces.
Connors style is just wow, way better to see than agassi
懐かしい。コナーズすばらしいプレイ。30代後半。リアルタイムで早朝観た。この時初めてアガシを知った。
山際淳二さんがｱﾅｳﾝｻｰとコナーズびいきのセンチメンタルなｺﾒﾝﾄしていた。
商売人のもう一人名前は忘れたがアッシュに取り入ったヤツが早速アガシの代理人みたいな口をきいていた。
さすがに5セットマッチの長丁場、コナーズは人差し指を突き立ててコートを去った。
あの時のVHSがまだ手元にあるがもう観れない。ありがたい動画です。
They are idols to this day.
Connors strategy was awesome .
There needs to be more sports played in denim shorts as a respect to the 80's
In Agassi's autobiography, he talks about getting a standing ovation in the locker room after his last match. Only one player did not stand -- Jimmy Connors.
At 4:00, Connors is just wasting time to catch his breath.
Connors was an asshat
Jimmy’s Bies are amazing. I love how he has a two hand back in Bali. You know he still has the most titles on tour 109 well Djokovic catch him. I’d love to talk to Jimmy about that.
I do love Agassis forehand
I didn’t realize there careers overlapped like this
5:00 Bolletieri be like "That's my boy!"
Gosh both look sooooo young here.andre looks like a 16teen..wow incredible match glad Andrea won.
Excellent tennis. Interestingly this year he and his former girlfriend named Chrissie once again reached the same round before departing the singles. That happened in '75,'76,'77,' 78 (although who won that final round differed), in '81, 82, 83, and 85 as well as 1989. He ended up with a career 85.22 win/ loss record ( 98/17) at the Open (thanks to BurnsTennis for catching my earlier error). Agassi had a career 80.6 w/l record here.
Do you mean 233-49 in his grand slam career overall? Surely its not possible to play almost 300 matches at the US Open?
@@BurnsTennis Oops I double checked my source (wiki) and you are right. I was looking at the wrong colum of slam totals right below the Open for that total. Here are the correct figures from 1970-1992 he played 22 years for 98 wins and 17 losses. for a 85.22 w/l average. Thanks for catching that!!! I will correct my original post to reflect reality
@@BTURNER1961 That is an incredible record. I like two guys at the Open. Connors for winning on 3 surfaces (never to be matched as surface wont change again) and Sampras for remarkably making 8 finals in only 14 attempts.
@@BurnsTennis sampras making those 3 last finals and winning one past his prime was quite exciting
So incredible!!
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Interesante, 2 tenis, uno de la vieja escuela Connors y el otro exponente del inicio de la nueva era del tenis, Agassi
What we all know now, so many years later, Connors is a jerk, and Agassi is a cool guy.
My feeling at the time was that Agassi lost the second set 4-6, then PURPOSELY tanked the third set 0-6. He then figured he could just close out Connors easily, as he had won the first set 6-1. Connors had a little more fight in him than Agassi counted on, and the last 2 sets were closer than I'm sure he would have liked, 6-3, 6-4. I think part of the reason Agassi did this was to show that he could win a 5-setter (which he had not done up to that time, as I recall). His game just matched up so well with Connors that Agassi could just crush him pretty much at will, as he had done the year before (he won his 1988 US Open match against Connors 6-2, 7-6, 6-1). I remember Mary Carillo actually asking him about it in the post-match interview, and he laughed nervously. No question in my mind - he tanked the 3rd, and possibly the 2nd set. Watch the entire match if you can find it. It's obvious.
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Agassi was leaving a lot of balls really short. Inviting Connors into the net. I was baffled before reading your comments.
Jimmy was 37 in this match. Crazy part is that was the same age that Roger Federer was when he won his last Grand Slam title in Australia.
Будущая легенда выиграла у прошлой легенды
Such similar styles. A pleasure to watch.
Not similar at all! You must be watching a different match?
@@emin7540Both of them baseliners who took the ball early,with heavy emphasis on the bh.Agassi had probably a better forehand but Connors had better footwork and better net game.
It looks like to me that Agassi is tanking the match to keep Jimmy in the match. If this was legitimate Agassi would have smoked Jimmy at his age off the court in about an hour.
Don't underestimate Connors. He destroyed Edberg at the US Open 1989.
@@overkongen34 Robbie Weiss destroyed Edberg at the Lipton.
Yes
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The games score should have been given at least ten times during the match. Without those many of the dramatic contexts were missed. Not even the final five set score was given.
Two years later, Jimmy Connor would make an amazing run starting by beating Patrick McEnroe with an amazing come back.
Please just show
Full matches
Maybe you meant to say, 'Please show whatever us you can, and whatever you feel comfortable giving us because we are grateful for whatever you download for us" I do not tell other people how to wrap their presents that they are giving to me. Gareth, you can just click away if you see the word 'highlights'.
@@BTURNER1961 ha ha brilliant I’ve said thanks for these shares countless times when they show them I just asked can you please show full matches as they have with other Agassi matches as they stop people from selling these full matches online so the least they can do is show full matches if they are gonna block fans from obtaining them mr turner
@@garethcole5281 Then we have a problem with your proof of this assertion. How exactly is this video 'blocking' anyone from doing anything with the full video?
@@BTURNER1961 no usta and us open blocked people from selling matches online not on this platform so people were not able to get full matches also Wimbledon blocks people from buying them and still does the same with certain matches that people try to share on here
Interesting both Connor’s and Agassi were hitting a lot of drop shots back then to cut down on the rallies
why not post the whole match??
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No more highlights. Please upload full Agassi matches
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Interesting how we see Connors winning more points and Agassi the match .. oh well.
Connors hatte eine seltsame Vorhand. Und alle spielen ihm direkt vor die Füße, Agassi damals noch zu unerfahren, die Passierschläge immer dorthin, wo connors gerade steht.
Clash of generations: flat driving vs topspin shots
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Back when Andre had more hair than Steffi ... so long ago 😅
Connors certainly wasnt one of the nicest guys in tennis, but he seemed to have more heart than anyone.
Wow
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Connors at 37 and well out of his prime while Agassi 19 and in his prime on goes to show had they met while both were in their prime Connors would easily beat Agassi! Today's tennis is at the baseline and many of the points are like feeding the ball to one another allow body positioning and preparation. No one in the past would give you time to prepare for the next shot and there is no 15 ball bounce before their serves or stalling and Connors later in the match did not feel well but fought on, these are champions!
Agassi was in no way in his prime here lol. You obviously havent watched much of Andre's tennis to feel that way.
Jimmy was also not 37 here. He was 37 in 1991, when he made his infamous run to the semis.
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Connors was born in September 1952 so he was 37 at the time of the match. Aggassi close to his 'prime' bearing in mind he reached the final of the next three slams he played following this match with Connors. That was not an infamous run to the semis in 1991; it was a famous run.
@@chocolatetownforever7537 He was 39 at the '91 US Open. What rock have you been under?
not a single slide on the concrete. Today their screeching on EVERY point. Tracking down all the balls.
Both have great ground strokes, Jimmy hitting so flat. Just don’t think Jimmy was up for a slugfest from the baseline against such a great return game and passer as Agassi. The first set took too much out of connors.
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Connors beat him however 3 times in an exhibition tournament later that year.
Back before line challenges....lol
Dana Leconto umpiring the baseline?
I’ve watched a lot of his highlights. He was a great champion but can’t to come to any other conclusion other than that Connors was a total Douche.
The generational change is evident, a complacent Agassi in front of a Connors already on his way out...
Poor Jimmy Connors being his usual vindicative old self with the umpire, out of sheer frustration.
It was almost as if Jimmy Connors was blind... but only only when it might have been convenient for him. I've read his autobiography, so I know some of that griping and outrage was just him playing to the crowd. But that Agassi ace was so far in. And that baseline call that Gerulaitis said was "clearly out" was, in fact, clearly in. Jimmy should have picked his battles a bit more carefully if he actually wanted anyone - including the officials - to believe in his tantrums.
Connors was all about the sass! lol
Connors, even more than Nastase or McEnroe was all about gamesmanship. Great player but my personal distaste for his behavior is great. While general behavior across society has deteriorated, at least in tennis it's gotten better. Connors, Nastase, McEnroe were a low point. Agassi, Courier, Sampras all improved upon them immensely and the Big 3 have been exemplary. We're lucky to witness all time greats who are all gentleman, espousing the virtues that the great Aussies once did.
Connors must have some letter diagnosis, right?
Connors in his prime the better player but both very competitive
I thought it would be Connors in 5.
Cómo jugaba connor
Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy. Say Jimmy again
It was awesome watching Agassi beat Connors!
Porque connors estaba enfermo con náuseas y mareo
Imaginem se o Connors estive no auge. O Agassi não conseguiria vence-lo!
Connors tennis was already visibly outdated in 1989, only his overall superb class could let him play with guys like Agassi. BUT make no mistake! No matter how old or peaky Connors would have been, Agassi would always be better.
Not better overall of course, Connors was greater than Agassi in the context of time, but peak Connors could never beat peak Agassi (at least not with a modern raquet).
Agassi made Tennis "cool" . #rebel
connors was such a prick. even in this low def video it's obvious a lot of the calls he's getting exasperated over were clearly in and he knows it. he's just faking it to get the crowd on his side and influence the linesmen. johnny mac was a hothead, but he was always honorable at least and most of the time he was right.
Lloyd Christmas vs Andre Agassi
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Is this a cryptic message to the Russians to attack? WTF are you even saying?
People talk about McEnroe too much as being the bad boy la la la....Connors was the real thug
Remember when he came over to McEnroe and put his finger in his face? John pushed it away
Connors was just a jerk.
SCORE????
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Connors' forehand was a thing of beauty. ...just kidding
Do you never wach the forehand of McEnroe... ir is sooo... bizar!
I can't believe Agassi is playing these matches in jean shorts while wearing a mullet wig. Also, these older matches, you never know what the score is
Early on, Agassi did not need a wig. Doesn't look like a wig in this match. Maybe later on.
It wasn't a wig back in 1989. That was his hair. And the denim was extra soft -- not jeans denim.
Even Agassi's ball look slow nowadays.
Connor's volley still could work very well today. Definitely.
Tennis has evolved massively since those days. I wonder how much more will in 25 years now.
However that fighting spirit and that unbreakable grit in his veins will be timeless. More than remarkable.
On the other side one may feel in yourself that Connors forehand would consume 3x more energy than the resulting shot unlike his backhand that was way more efficient. Fortunately to compensate it he had all the line calls in or out to argue about to snatch a proper rest time 😅
Watch Agassi - Federer Matches if you think the guy played slow.
Can't believe that hair is a wig. How does it stay in that sweat, even with super glue?
That's because it's not a wig.
Agassi murdered Connors in this match but you’d never know it from watching this video
"3-3-3" I'll never forget Connors' efforts to discipline a bratty kid.
Agassi tanking the 3rd set, to orchestrate a 5 set win, after his record in 5 setters (0-5 before this match) had been brought up a lot, was an interesting tactic.
He was seen holding up an open hand towards his box after that set.
I don't understand left handed People.
Ridiculous video - one would think that Connors was the winner 🙄
24:40 not even close. Way in. This poor sportsmanship in men's tennis really is why it is still a beta sport.
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Andre had an awesome head of hair. Unfortunately for him, he had a hairy body. Men with hairy bodies, lose their hair on their head. It's fact.
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Absolute joke highlights, especially at the end. Agassi won the match but Connors is winning all the points. Big "thumbs down".
Connors is such a dork
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By the way, looking at Connors' serve at 16:04 - it was CLEARLY in, not even on the line but a few inches inside of it. Connors was wrong on line calls all day - every single line call he questioned he was wrong on. Then Agassi points to a 'mark' that is clearly NO WHERE NEAR where the ball bounced - literally around 3 ft away (at 16:46), really close to the T. What a joke. Not sure what Agassi was up to here, but at least he could have pointed to a 'mark' that was close to where the serve actually landed. And 'marks' on hard courts? - what a joke! It ain't clay, gentlemen.
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I think Jimmy's outbursts were just disguised ways to get some rest.
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@@JimmyConnors-cy2xt Since you came on the scene in he mid 70's. Assuming this is the real JC. Got your autograph in the 90's at an exhibition you played against McEnroe in Myrtle Beach, SC.
This camera angle sucks.
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It kind of seems funny now watching Agassi playing wearing that long haired wig. It actually cost him some matches as he was worried about it coming off during play. Anyway, he did well out of tennis. Living the good life.
This is not a wig.
@@SonateSonate He apparently first started wearing extensions between Indian Wells and Memphis in late February 1988. So, yes, he is at least wearing partial extensions here against Connors.
@@Nordicroo where did you get this information from? He started wearing wigs and bandanas in 1990.
@@SonateSonate Based on what he alluded to in his autobiography.
Connors short, slow, weak shots would get murdered by any teenager today
Hey Jimbo was 37 yo in this game...Idi*t!
Was that wig
Dunno at this young stage in his life; but it's documented that he did wear a whig later.
No
@@artlover1477 That's W-I-G, not W-H-I-G, which is something completely different.
@@chuckfriebe843 Well that makes me feel like a dork, LOL.
@@artlover1477 Whig-a member of the British reformation and constitutional party that sought the supremacy of the parliament or an American colonist who supported the American revolution.
Just sayin’🤷♂️😁
CONNORS???....That's ELDER abuse! (Bobby Riggs was unavailable????)