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Jimmy Connors#1 def. Eddie 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	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 2-6 6-4 6-2
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	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

Jimmy Connors 12 – 1 Eddie Dibbs

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1979	R16	Manuel Orantes	4-6 6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1979	R32	Ross 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	Terry Moor	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

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

Eddie Dibbs's path

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