James Scott "Jimmy" Connors (born September 2, 1952,
in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former World No. 1
American tennis player. He held the top ranking for
160 consecutive weeks from July 29, 1974 through
August 29, 1977, and an additional eight times
during his career (a total of 268 weeks). He won
eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam
doubles titles with Ilie Năstase and was the mixed
doubles runner-up with Chris Evert at the 1974 U.S.
Open. He is considered to be one of the top male
tennis players of all time. He is a former coach of
Andy Roddick, the winner of the 2003 U.S. Open.
