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Bjorn Borg#3 def. Eddie Dibbs#6

6-4 6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 28, 1978*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-4 6-3 6-0
Loser	Eddie Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Eddie Dibbs
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Feb 23, 1951
Age	21	27
Height	180	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,281	2,053
Career W-L	608–143	607–264
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 12 – 0 Eddie Dibbs

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1978	QF	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	Roscoe Tanner	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1978	R32	Eric Deblicker	5-7 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Ricardo Ycaza	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1978	F	Adriano Panatta	1-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1978	QF	John Lloyd	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	Kim Warwick	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1978	R32	Jose Luis Clerc	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Jeff Borowiak	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data