Jimmy Connors
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Jimmy Connors is a legendary American tennis player known for his fierce competitiveness, powerful baseline game, and record-setting longevity on the professional tour.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Connors canonical | 5 |
| Connors | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1017542 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Jimmy Connors Context triple: [Strike Up the Band, hasMickeyRooneyRole, Jimmy Connors]
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A.
Bobby Riggs
Bobby Riggs was an American tennis champion and hustler best known for his 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King.
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B.
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss tennis legend widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history, known for his record-breaking Grand Slam titles and elegant playing style.
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C.
Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Vilas is an Argentine former professional tennis player renowned for his dominance on clay courts in the 1970s, winning multiple Grand Slam titles and helping popularize tennis in Latin America.
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D.
Howie Rose
Howie Rose is an American sportscaster best known as a longtime play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets and New York Rangers.
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E.
Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson is a former American basketball player best known as a dominant center for Oregon State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s and later an NBA veteran.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jimmy Connors Target entity description: Jimmy Connors is a legendary American tennis player known for his fierce competitiveness, powerful baseline game, and record-setting longevity on the professional tour.
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A.
Bobby Riggs
Bobby Riggs was an American tennis champion and hustler best known for his 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King.
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B.
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss tennis legend widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport’s history, known for his record-breaking Grand Slam titles and elegant playing style.
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C.
Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Vilas is an Argentine former professional tennis player renowned for his dominance on clay courts in the 1970s, winning multiple Grand Slam titles and helping popularize tennis in Latin America.
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D.
Howie Rose
Howie Rose is an American sportscaster best known as a longtime play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets and New York Rangers.
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E.
Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson is a former American basketball player best known as a dominant center for Oregon State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s and later an NBA veteran.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American tennis player
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human ⓘ professional tennis player ⓘ tennis player ⓘ |
| ATPsinglesTitles | 109 ⓘ |
| authored | The Outsider: A Memoir ⓘ |
| backhandStyle | two-handed backhand ⓘ |
| coachedBy | Gloria Connors ⓘ |
| consecutiveWeeksAtNo1 | 160 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfAttainingHighestSinglesRanking | 1974-07-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952-09-02 ⓘ |
| era | Open Era of tennis ⓘ |
| fullName | James Scott Connors ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| grandSlamSinglesTitles | 8 ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | International Tennis Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| handedness | left-handed ⓘ |
| highestSinglesRanking | world No. 1 ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
fierce competitiveness
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powerful baseline game ⓘ record-setting longevity on the professional tour ⓘ |
| mother | Gloria Connors ⓘ |
| nickname | Jimmy Connors self-link ⓘ |
| notableRival |
Björn Borg
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Ivan Lendl ⓘ John McEnroe Sr. ⓘ
surface form:
John McEnroe
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| occupation |
sports commentator
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tennis coach ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
East St. Louis, Illinois
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surface form:
East St. Louis, Illinois, United States
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| playedCollegeTennisFor | UCLA Bruins ⓘ |
| plays | tennis ⓘ |
| recordHeld |
most ATP singles match wins in Open Era
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most ATP singles titles in Open Era ⓘ |
| retired | 1996 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | tennis ⓘ |
| spouse | Patti McGuire ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | aggressive baseliner ⓘ |
| turnedPro | 1972 ⓘ |
| weeksAtNo1 | 268 ⓘ |
| wonTournament |
Australian Open
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surface form:
Australian Open 1974
US Open (tennis) ⓘ
surface form:
US Open 1974
US Open (tennis) ⓘ
surface form:
US Open 1976
US Open (tennis) ⓘ
surface form:
US Open 1978
US Open (tennis) ⓘ
surface form:
US Open 1982
US Open (tennis) ⓘ
surface form:
US Open 1983
Wimbledon ⓘ
surface form:
Wimbledon 1974
Wimbledon ⓘ
surface form:
Wimbledon 1982
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Jimmy Connors Description of subject: Jimmy Connors is a legendary American tennis player known for his fierce competitiveness, powerful baseline game, and record-setting longevity on the professional tour.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Connors
this entity surface form:
Connors
subject surface form:
Guillermo Vilas
subject surface form:
Guillermo Vilas