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Eddie Dibbs#5 def. Manuel Orantes#7

2-6 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 5, 1978*
Tournament	North Conway
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Eddie Dibbs
Score	2-6 7-6 6-4
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Eddie Dibbs	Manuel Orantes
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Feb 23, 1951	Feb 6, 1949
Age	27	29
Height	170	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,122	2,053
Career W-L	607–264	696–286
Career earnings	$2,016,426	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Eddie Dibbs 5 – 8 Manuel Orantes

Path

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1978	QF	Harold Solomon	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1978	R16	Jaime Fillol	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1978	R32	Van Winitsky	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1978	R64	Bob Hewitt	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Eddie Dibbs's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1978	F	John Alexander	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1978	QF	Wojtek Fibak	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1978	R16	Hans Gildemeister	4-6 6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 3, 1978	R32	Mike Fishbach	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1978	R64	Larry Gottfried	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data