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Jimmy Connors #2 def. Eddie Dibbs #9

6-7 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 15, 1979*
Tournament	Tulsa
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-7 7-5 6-1
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)	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

Jimmy Connors 11 – 1 Eddie Dibbs

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

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

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1979	SF	Eliot Teltscher	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1979	QF	Jaime 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	Ove Bengtson	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data