 Outdoors at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada, it matched 40 year-old Jimmy Connors and Martina Navratilova, age 35.Navratilova had previously turned down invitations to take on John McEnroe and Ilie Năstase, as she considered them undignified.The promoters initially tried to match Connors with the then top-ranked female player, Monica Seles.