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Roscoe Tanner#25 def. Eddie Dibbs#6

7-6 5-7 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1978*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Roscoe Tanner
Score	7-6 5-7 6-4 6-1
Loser	Eddie Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roscoe Tanner	Eddie Dibbs
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Feb 23, 1951
Age	26	26
Height	183	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,966	2,111
Career W-L	595–298	607–264
Career earnings	$1,696,198	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

Roscoe Tanner 4 – 3 Eddie Dibbs

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1978	QF	Bjorn Borg	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	Ilie Nastase	6-1 6-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1978	R32	Zeljko Franulovic	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	Syd Ball	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1978	F	Jimmy Connors	6-2 6-4 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1978	QF	Sandy Mayer	7-6 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	Harold Solomon	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1978	R32	Terry Moor	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	Bob Hewitt	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data