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J. Alexander#21 def. E. Dibbs#5

4-6 7-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Aug 4, 1978*
Tournament	Louisville
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Alexander
Score	4-6 7-6 6-0
Loser	E. Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Alexander	E. Dibbs
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Feb 23, 1951
Age	27	27
Height	190	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,908	2,133
Career W-L	579–422	607–264
Career earnings	$1,214,079	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

J. Alexander 4 – 4 E. Dibbs

Path

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1978	QF	P. Cornejo	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1978	R16	R. Frawley	6-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1978	R32	P. Dupre	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1978	R64	R. Benavides	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1978	F	H. Solomon	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

E. Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1978	QF	N. Saviano	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1978	R16	J. Higueras	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1978	R32	B. Manson	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1978	R64	P. McNamee	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data