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E. Dibbs#6 def. C. Drysdale#27

4-6 7-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Mar 3, 1978*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	E. Dibbs
Score	4-6 7-6 7-6
Loser	C. Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	E. Dibbs	C. Drysdale
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Feb 23, 1951	May 26, 1941
Age	27	36
Height	170	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	27
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,060	1,862
Career W-L	607–264	402–253
Career earnings	$2,016,426	—

Pre-match H2H

E. Dibbs 3 – 1 C. Drysdale

Path

E. Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1978	R32	H. Hoyt	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

E. Dibbs's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 1978	QF	S. Mayer	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

C. Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1978	R32	Dean Martin Jr	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data