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Eddie Dibbs

American tennis player

Field	Value
name	Eddie Dibbs
image	Eddie Dibbs.jpg
image_size	260px
caption	Dibbs playing in the final of an exhibition tournament in Rotterdam.
country
residence	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
birth_date
birth_place	Brooklyn, New York
height
turnedpro	1972 (amateur from 1970)
retired	1984
plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	$2,016,426
singlesrecord
singlestitles	22
highestsinglesranking	No. 5 (July 24, 1978)
FrenchOpenresult	SF (1975, 1976)
Wimbledonresult	2R (1974)
USOpenresult	QF (1975, 1976, 1979)
Othertournaments	yes
MastersCupresult	SF (1978)
WCTFinalsresult	F (1978)
doublesrecord	77–106
doublestitles	1
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	QF (1975)
USOpenDoublesresult	4R (1972)
highestdoublesranking	No. 4 (1976)

Eddie Dibbs (born February 23, 1951) is a retired American tennis player also nicknamed "Fast Eddie". He attained a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 in July 1978, winning 22 titles and being a runner-up another 20 times.{{cite web |access-date=January 15, 2011

Dibbs holds the record number of ATP Tour career match wins for a player who never reached a Grand Slam final. He did reach two semifinals, both at Roland Garros, losing to Guillermo Vilas in 1975 and to Adriano Panatta in 1976. His most significant victory was defeating Jimmy Connors, 1–6, 6–1, 7–5 in London on carpet.

In 1976, only one other American player, Connors, had a better record than Dibbs. In 1977, Dibbs was the 2nd highest ranked American in the tour. In the 1978 season, he ended the year as the leading money winner on the professional tennis tour.

Dibbs was consistently ranked in the top 10 tour rankings for five years from 1975 to 1979. He is also the American tennis player with most singles victories in clay ever in the Open Era and ranks 7th all-time in overall singles victories on clay.

Dibbs is credited with coining the tennis term "bagel" to describe a 6–0 set. Dibbs played doubles with Harold Solomon. They were nicknamed "The Bagel Twins" by Bud Collins. In 1976, they were ranked No. 4 worldwide, and they were among the top ten also in 1974, 1975 and 1976.

A 2011 ranking system created at Northwestern University based on quality of performances and number of victories ranked Dibbs in the top 20 greatest players of all time.

Biography

Dibbs was born in Brooklyn, New York to Lebanese parents. His family moved to Miami when he was a youngster where he started playing at a young age. He was a two-time state singles champion for Miami Beach High School and attended the University of Miami for three years before turning professional. At the University of Miami he compiled a 93% winning record and was an NCAA All-American twice. He was inducted in the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.

Career finals

Singles: 42 (22 wins, 20 losses)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1973	Jackson, Mississippi, US	Hard (i)	RSA Frew McMillan	5–7, 6–1, 7–5
Win	2.	1973	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	FRG Karl Meiler	6–1, 3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	3.	1973	Fort Worth, US	Hard	USA Brian Gottfried	7–5, 6–2, 6–4
Win	4.	1974	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	FRG Hans-Joachim Plötz	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	1.	1974	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	USA Brian Gottfried	3–6, 7–5, 6–8, 0–6
Win	5.	1975	Tehran, Iran	Clay	COL Iván Molina	1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
Win	6.	1975	London, UK	Carpet (i)	USA Jimmy Connors	1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win	7.	1976	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	USA Harold Solomon	7–6, 6–2
Win	8.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	RSA Cliff Drysdale	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2.	1976	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	MEX Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 2–6
Win	9.	1976	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	ESP Manuel Orantes	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	3.	1976	Cincinnati, US	Clay	USA Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 3–6
Loss	4.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	ESP Manuel Orantes	6–7, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	ESP Manuel Orantes	1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Win	10.	1976	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	CHI Jaime Fillol	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6
Win	11.	1977	Miami, US	Clay	MEX Raúl Ramírez	6–0, 6–3
Win	12.	1977	London, UK	Hard (i)	USA Vitas Gerulaitis	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Loss	6.	1977	Charlotte, US	Clay	ITA Corrado Barazzutti	6–7, 0–6
Loss	7.	1977	Louisville, US	Hard	ARG Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 0–6, 1–6
Loss	8.	1977	Boston, US	Clay	ESP Manuel Orantes	6–7, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	9.	1977	Tehran, Iran	Clay	ARG Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Win	13.	1977	Oviedo, Spain	Hard (i)	MEX Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 6–1
Loss	10.	1978	St. Louis WCT, US	Carpet (i)	USA Sandy Mayer	6–7, 4–6
Loss	11.	1978	Dayton, US	Carpet (i)	USA Brian Gottfried	6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Win	14.	1978	Tulsa, US	Hard (i)	USA Pat DuPré	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	12.	1978	WCT Finals, Dallas	Carpet (i)	USA Vitas Gerulaitis	3–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win	15.	1978	Cincinnati, US	Clay	MEX Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–3
Loss	13.	1978	Washington, US	Clay	USA Jimmy Connors	5–7, 5–7
Win	16.	1978	North Conway, US	Clay	AUS John Alexander	6–4, 6–4
Win	17.	1978	Toronto, Canada	Clay	ARG José Luis Clerc	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	14.	1979	Birmingham, US	Hard	USA Jimmy Connors	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	15.	1979	Tulsa, US	Hard (i)	USA Jimmy Connors	7–6, 5–7, 1–6
Win	18.	1979	Forest Hills, US	Clay	USA Harold Solomon	7–6, 6–1
Loss	16.	1979	Columbus, US	Clay	USA Brian Gottfried	3–6, 0–6
Loss	17.	1979	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	CHI Hans Gildemeister	4–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win	19.	1980	Sarasota, US	Clay	ECU Andrés Gómez	6–1, 6–1
Loss	18.	1980	Houston, US	Clay	TCH Ivan Lendl	1–6, 3–6
Win	20.	1980	Boston, US	Clay	USA Gene Mayer	6–2, 6–1
Loss	19.	1980	North Conway, US	Clay	USA Jimmy Connors	3–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win	21.	1981	Forest Hills, US	Clay	BRA Carlos Kirmayr	6–3, 6–2
Win	22.	1981	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	AUS David Carter	3–6, 6–0, 7–5
Loss	20.	1982	Forest Hills, US	Clay	TCH Ivan Lendl	1–6, 1–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Open	A	1R	4R	SF	SF	2R	QF	QF	3R	3R	0 / 9
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1
US Open	2R	1R	A	QF	QF	3R	3R	QF	2R	A	0 / 8

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