EDDIE DIBBS VIDEO TENNIS PRO
That first contribution was followed by many more over the years, including sponsorship in numerous USTA Pro Circuit Events. Very few people realize that Steve was the first sponsor of the US Open Junior Championships that began in 1973 when he was approached by Tournament Director Bill Talbert. On Steve's well-manicured clay court in Kings Point, NY, Alan King, Lew Hoad, Rod Laver, Fred Stolle, Roy Emerson, Pancho Gonzalez, Stan Smith, Bob Lutz, Bobby Riggs, Pancho Segura, Vitas Gerulaitis, Eddie Dibbs, Peter Fleming, Jimmy Connors, Charlie Pasarell and many more tennis greats all experienced warm friendships and tennis with Steve over the years. Steve's tennis relationships went far beyond the Long Island tennis community. As a player, Steve achieved a high senior singles ranking in the Eastern Section. Peter & Michael Fishbach, Bob Barker, George Gondleman, Renee Richards, Abby Segal, Sydney Schwartz, John Nogrady, Larry Parsant, Ronnie Kahn, and the list goes on and on. Steve's Long Island tennis friends were innumerable. Though Borg won the third, two-six, Panatta regained his dominance in the fourth set and won the tie-break for the match.Anyone who had a love of the game of tennis from the early 1970s right up to today may have experienced the generosity and warm hospitality that Steve Levy offered on a regular basis throughout the tennis community of Long Island, NY where Steve lived. His nimble footwork always enabled him to be in position for perfectly balanced returns. The Italian took the first two sets, six-three, six-three. The match produced some fine play, with Panatta demonstrating some lively acrobatics at the net, and exhibiting a remarkable capacity for saving match points. But the long-haired Borg, though equally young, is already a veteran of top-class tennis. The tall,dark Italian, Adriano Panatta, is already being talked of as probably one of the most complete tennis players of modern times. The second quarter final brought two of the games youngest heart-throbs together. Dibbs cultivates the image of being a tough guy - the Marciano of tennis - and in this match he certainly over-awed the Spaniard, taking the final set and match, six-three. Orantes had taken the second set three-six, but in the fourth he again fund himself in trouble against the sturdy, swaggering America.
He seemed to be trying to prove that Orantes was vulnerable to intimidation.ĭibbs took the first and third sets, six-three, six-three. Once again he proved troublesome to the older man, dominating the ne? more than he usually does. But recently Dibbs has proved to be one of his strongest opponents.
Orantes was runner-up in these championships in 1974, and again last year. SYNOPSIS: Dibbs, furthest from the camera, last beat Orantes int he West German final, and in Paris he was in the same good form. All rights reservedīackground: In the quarter finals of the men's singles in the French Tennis Championships in Paris on Wednesday (9 June), Eddie Dibbs of the United States, met Manuel Orantes of Spain, and Sweden's Bjorn Borg was up against the new Italian star, Adriano Panatta. GV Game in progress and after rally Panatta wins point, game, st and match GV Borg serving to Panatta and after rally Panatta wins point GV Orantes serves after rally Dibbs returns heavy top spin lob to win game, set and match GV Diobs (furthest from camera) playing Orantes and after rally wins point
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