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J. Connors#2 def. E. Dibbs#9

6-7 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 15, 1979*
Tournament	Tulsa
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-7 7-5 6-1
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)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,359	1,988
Career W-L	1,262–294	607–264
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 11 – 1 E. Dibbs

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1979	SF	B. Walts	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1979	QF	T. Wilkison	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 1979	R16	J. Sadri	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1979	R32	J. James	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

E. Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1979	SF	E. Teltscher	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1979	QF	J. Fillol	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 1979	R16	John Austin	6-1 2-6 6-0	W	—	Match data
Apr 12, 1979	R32	O. Bengtson	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data