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Eddie Dibbs#5 def. Cliff Drysdale#95

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1979*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Eddie Dibbs
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Eddie Dibbs	Cliff Drysdale
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Feb 23, 1951	May 26, 1941
Age	27	37
Height	170	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	95
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,056	1,841
Career W-L	607–264	402–253
Career earnings	$2,016,426	—

Pre-match H2H

Eddie Dibbs 4 – 2 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1979	R64	Tom Okker	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Eddie Dibbs's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1979	R16	Roscoe Tanner	6-7 6-2 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

No prior matches in this tournament.