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A. Panatta #26 def. E. Dibbs #5

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 18, 1978*
Tournament	Wembley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	A. Panatta
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	E. Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Panatta	E. Dibbs
Country	ITA	USA
Birth date	Jul 9, 1950	Feb 23, 1951
Age	28	27
Height	183	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	5
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,921	2,021
Career W-L	379–226	607–264
Career earnings	$776,187	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

A. Panatta 3 – 2 E. Dibbs

Path

A. Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1978	R32	B. Taroczy	6-1 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

A. Panatta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 1978	QF	D. Stockton	3-6 6-4 6-8	L	H2H	Match data

E. Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1978	R32	F. McMillan	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data