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John McEnroe #13 def. E. Dibbs #5

6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 30, 1978*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 7-6
Loser	E. Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	E. Dibbs
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Feb 23, 1951
Age	19	27
Height	180	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,039	2,119
Career W-L	833–189	607–264
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 1 – 1 E. Dibbs

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1978	QF	A. Panatta	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1978	R16	K. Warwick	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1978	R32	M. Riessen	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1978	R64	D. Schneider	6-4 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1978	F	D. Stockton	2-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

E. Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1978	QF	R. Tanner	7-6 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1978	R16	H. Pfister	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1978	R32	V. Pecci	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1978	R64	E. Teltscher	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data