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Eddie Dibbs #8 def. Russell Simpson #108

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1979*
Tournament	Hamburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Eddie Dibbs
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Eddie Dibbs	Russell Simpson
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Feb 23, 1951	Feb 22, 1954
Age	28	25
Height	170	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	108
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,954	1,491
Career W-L	607–264	131–195
Career earnings	$2,016,426	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

Eddie Dibbs 0 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1979	R64	Mark Edmondson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Eddie Dibbs's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1979	R16	Ilie Nastase	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1979	R64	Alvin Gardiner	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data