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Rod Laver#8 def. Eddie Dibbs#28

6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Feb 15, 1974*
Tournament	Bologna Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Eddie Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Eddie Dibbs
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Feb 23, 1951
Age	35	22
Height	175	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	28
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,137	1,885
Career W-L	576–147	607–264
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 1 – 0 Eddie Dibbs

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1974	R32	Antonio Zugarelli	6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1974	QF	Roger Taylor	7-5 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1974	R32	Tito Vazquez	6-3 6-0	W	—	Match data