SF Italian Open 1979

Vitas Gerulaitis #5 def. Eddie Dibbs #8

0-6 6-1 7-5 6-3

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Eddie Dibbs 0-6 6-1 7-5 6-3 in the 1979 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 27, 1979*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Eddie Dibbs
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Feb 23, 1951
Age	24	28
Height	183 cm	170 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	8
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,162	2,031
Current career W-L	528–234	605–262
Current career earnings	$2,778,748	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis #5 1 – 3 Eddie Dibbs #8

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gianni Ocleppo	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1979	QF
John Alexander #15	6-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 1979	R16
Tim Wilkison #49	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1979	R32
Fernando Dalla Fontana	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data	May 23, 1979	R64

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Vilas #5	6-7 7-6 6-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1979	F

Eddie Dibbs's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Harold Solomon #7	2-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1979	QF
Corrado Barazzutti #17	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 1979	R16
Buster C Mottram #31	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1979	R32
Peter Mcnamara	6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data	May 23, 1979	R64