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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Eddie Dibbs #6

6-2 3-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 21, 1979*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 3-6 7-5
Loser	Eddie Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Eddie Dibbs
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 23, 1951
Age	26	27
Height	177	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,340	2,053
Career W-L	1,262–294	607–264
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 10 – 1 Eddie Dibbs

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1979	SF	Vitas Gerulaitis	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1979	QF	Stan Smith	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jan 19, 1979	R16	Eliot Teltscher	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1979	R32	Charlie Owens	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1979	SF	Guillermo Vilas	6-0 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1979	QF	Dick Stockton	3-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1979	R16	Pat Dupre	6-2 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1979	R32	John Alexander	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data