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Eddie Dibbs#5 def. Manuel Orantes#7

7-5 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jul 28, 1978*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Eddie Dibbs
Score	7-5 6-0
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Eddie Dibbs	Manuel Orantes
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Feb 23, 1951	Feb 6, 1949
Age	27	29
Height	170	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,100	2,046
Career W-L	607–264	696–286
Career earnings	$2,016,426	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

Eddie Dibbs 4 – 8 Manuel Orantes

Path

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1978	QF	Wojtek Fibak	6-1 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1978	R16	Ken Rosewall	7-5 0-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1978	R32	Ramiro Benavides	6-0 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1978	R64	John Sadri	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Eddie Dibbs's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 29, 1978	F	Jimmy Connors	7-5 7-5	L	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1978	QF	Jaime Fillol	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1978	R16	John McEnroe	6-7 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1978	R32	Keith Richardson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1978	R64	Christophe Freyss	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data