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E. Dibbs#5 def. J. Clerc#13

5-7 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 21, 1978*
Tournament	Montreal / Toronto
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	E. Dibbs
Score	5-7 6-4 6-1
Loser	J. Clerc

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	E. Dibbs	J. Clerc
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Feb 23, 1951	Aug 16, 1958
Age	27	20
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,159	1,879
Career W-L	607–264	361–141
Career earnings	$2,016,426	$1,987,036

Pre-match H2H

E. Dibbs 1 – 0 J. Clerc

Path

E. Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1978	SF	C. Lewis	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1978	QF	John McEnroe	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1978	R16	K. Johansson	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1978	R32	R. Genois	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

E. Dibbs's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1978	SF	B. Gottfried	5-7 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1978	QF	B. Taroczy	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1978	R16	C. Dowdeswell	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1978	R32	P. Pearson	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1978	R64	H. Kary	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data