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J. Connors#1 def. E. Dibbs#8

6-4 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 15, 1977*
Tournament	Dallas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-4 7-5 6-1
Loser	E. Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	E. Dibbs
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 23, 1951
Age	24	26
Height	177	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,284	2,131
Career W-L	1,262–294	607–264
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 7 – 1 E. Dibbs

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1977	QF	A. Panatta	6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1977	F	D. Stockton	6-7 6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

E. Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1977	QF	I. Nastase	6-1 4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data