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No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.

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Jimmy Connors
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: September 2
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East St. Louis
Illinois
James Scott Connors
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