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John McEnroe#3 def. E. Dibbs#11

2-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	2-1 (ret.)
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	20	28
Height	180	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,264	2,093
Career W-L	833–189	607–264
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 3 – 1 E. Dibbs

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	T. Gorman	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	John Lloyd	(w/o)	W	—	Match data
Sep 1, 1979	R64	I. Nastase	6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	P. Slozil	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1979	SF	J. Connors	6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

E. Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1979	R16	G. Vilas	6-3 5-7 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	B. Mitton	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1979	R64	G. Malin	6-1 1-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	T. Wilkison	4-6 2-6 7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data