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Jimmy Connors#2 def. Colin Dibley#83

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 17, 1979*
Tournament	Stowe
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Colin Dibley

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Colin Dibley
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Sep 19, 1944
Age	26	34
Height	177	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	83
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,291	1,638
Career W-L	1,262–294	338–310
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 8 – 1 Colin Dibley

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1979	R32	Steve Docherty	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1979	QF	Anand Amritraj	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Colin Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1979	R32	David Carter	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data