Jimmy Connors Autographs
James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 268 weeks (fifth-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. By virtue of his long and prolific career, Connors still holds three prominent Open Era men's singles records: 109 titles, 1,557 matches played, and 1,274 match wins. His titles include eight singles majors (an Open Era joint-record five US Opens, two Wimbledons, one Australian Open) and three year-end championships. In 1974, he became the second man in the Open Era to win three major titles in a calendar year, and was not permitted to participate in the fourth, the French Open. He retired in 1996 at the age of 43.
Connors grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, and was raised Catholic. During his childhood he was coached and trained by his mother and grandmother. He played in his first U.S. Championship, the U.S. boys' 11-and-under of 1961, when he was nine years old. Connors's mother, Gloria, took him to Southern California to be coached by Pancho Segura, starting at age 16, in 1968. But she remained part of the team as his coach and manager. He and his brother, John "Johnny" Connors, attended St. Phillip's grade school. Connors won the Junior Orange Bowl in both the 12- and the 14-year categories, and is one of nine tennis players to win the Junior Orange Bowl championship twice in its 70-year history.
In August 1970, Connors recorded his first match win in the first round of the Haverford tournament, beating Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau. In his first US Open, Connors lost in round one to Mark Cox. At Pacific Southwest Open in Los Angeles, he defeated Roy Emerson before losing to Clark Graebner in the last 16, where he was described by the Los Angeles Times as the "Cinderfella of tennis" and "the kid with a magic wand for a backhand". In 1971, Connors won the NCAA singles title as a Freshman while attending UCLA and attained All-American status. He reached his first ATP Tour finals at Columbus (losing to Tom Gorman) and Los Angeles (beating newly-crowned US Open champion Stan Smith before losing to 43 year old Pancho Gonzales).
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The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Connors (2017 Leaf Signature Auto Red #JC1 Jimmy Connors PSA 9 (Top Pop, Pop 2)) was sold in June 2025 for $505.15 while the cheapest item (JIMMY CONNORS AUTOGRAPH SIGNED INDEX CARD 2/3/1979 SEE RETURN POLICY LOW BID $$$) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2016. The month with the most items sold (13) was May 2025 with an average selling price of $205.98 for an autographed item of Jimmy Connors. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with $223.85 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was December 2010. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Connors is worth $53.68.
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Latest News about Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors says he’s done playing in public (02/10/2015): BOCA RATON, Fla. — More than 20 years after Jimmy Connors left the tennis tour, he’s finally announcing his retirement. Jimmy Connors says match vs. Aaron Krickstein is his last (02/10/2015): More than 20 years after Jimmy Connors left the tennis tour, he's finally announcing his retirement. Jimmy Connors says he's done playing tennis in public (02/10/2015): BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) More than 20 years after Jimmy Connors left the tennis tour, he's finally announcing his retirement. Federer joins Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl to achieve feat (01/11/2015): Roger Federer reached the 1,000 ATP Tour wins milestone as he claimed the Brisbane title Sunday but was made to fight all the way by Canada's Milos Raonic in a tense three-set final. Jimmy Connors makes surprise appearance at Le Bilbouquet (09/09/2014): Jimmy Connors was an unexpected guest at a fashionable Tod’s dinner Monday at Le Bilboquet. The tennis star turned up at the chic eatery after the US Open for a...
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2014 U.S. Open: How Roger Federer is learning from Jimmy Connors' example (08/2014): Congratulations! Your weather is set to . You can change the location at any time. Don't have an account? 
The Ultimate Wimbledon Insider: 'How I stopped a half-naked Jimmy Connors runnin (06/2014): Mike Dickson talks to Doug Dickson: A raging Jimmy Connors making the roof fall in; Vitas Gerulaitis coming in at breakfast time straight from a night out before playing his match; a magical moment with Andy Murray just after he won the title. Tennis legend Jimmy Connors shoots two holes-in-one within two weeks! (05/2014): New York, May 15 (ANI): US tennis legend Jimmy Connors had reportedly accomplished the remarkable feat of scoring two holes-in-one in the space of two weeks at the posh Montecito Country Club in Santa Barbara, California. Teenage thug Jimmy Connors jailed for murder of partygoer Joe Walker (03/2014): Jimmy Connors (left), 17, plunged a kitchen knife into Joe Walker (right), 23, at a party in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Memory Lane: Jimmy Connors defaults match after tirade over line call (02/2014): In this modern age of collegiality and sportsmanship — call it the Roger Federer effect — it’s insane to even consider a top-ranked player defaulting a match just because he felt like it. Jimmy Connors documentary traces run at 1991 U.S. Open (10/2013): The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet. Jennie Rees blog | Jimmy Connors will be at Churchill Downs on Saturday (09/2013): Jimmy Connors is scheduled to be in Louisville to watch his namesake as the guest of owner Sam Herzberg who races in the name of Sterling Racing. Jimmy Connors celebrates 61st birthday on 'edible' tennis court (08/2013): New York, Aug 28 (ANI): American tennis legend Jimmy Connors had reportedly celebrated his 61st birthday and unveiled his memoir 'The Outsider' at the home of US investment firm Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman. Jimmy Connors new coach of Maria Sharapova (07/2013): Connors previously coached Andy Roddick, who he helped reach the final of the US Open in 2006, the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 2007 and the quarter-finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open that year before they split in March 2008. THE BROWSER: "The Engagements,’’ by J. Courtney Sullivan, and "The Outsider,’’ b (06/2013): By J. Courtney Sullivan. (Alfred A. Knopf, 383 pages, $26.95.) Any one of the five stories of “The Engagements” could have been a novel in itself. Taken together, though, they rather brilliantly represent different facets of marriage — and not always the bright and shiny ones. The Outsider by Jimmy Connors (05/2013): Idon’t know why Jimmy Connors calls himself The Outsider. He sounds an absolutely classic tennis brat, driven by a doting Mom who had briefly played in national championships herself. Australian Open flashback: Jimmy Connors and the double-fault heard 'round the w (01/2013): Before the 1975 final, Connors figured John Newcombe was all bluster. "Newcombe should do more talking with his racquet and less with his mouth," he said. Tennis Icon Jimmy Connors Signs With APA (12/2012): He won five U.S. Opens and three other Grand Slam singles tournaments. read more Will Jimmy Connors' autobiography reinforce his outsider status? (09/2012): Connors won eight major singles titles, which makes him an all-time great -- and yet the accomplishment now seems underwhelming in the wake of Roger Federer's 17 majors (and counting) and Pete Sampras' 14. Jimmy Connors 'liked to practice naked at 3 am' (08/2012): New York, August 22 (ANI): Legendary tennis player Jimmy Connors "often liked to practice at 3 am in his birthday suit," his former sparring partner David Schneider has revealed.
