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J. Connors#1 def. E. Dibbs#7

6-2 2-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1979*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-2 2-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	E. Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	E. Dibbs
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 23, 1951
Age	26	28
Height	177	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,342	2,034
Career W-L	1,262–294	607–264
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 12 – 1 E. Dibbs

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1979	R16	M. Orantes	4-6 6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1979	R32	R. Case	7-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1979	R64	Ramesh Krishnan	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 30, 1979	R128	T. Moor	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1979	SF	V. Pecci	5-7 4-6 7-5 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

E. Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1979	R16	W. Fibak	4-6 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1979	R32	B. Mottram	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1979	R64	C. Freyss	6-0 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1979	R128	N. Saviano	6-3 6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data