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John Newcombe #2 def. Colin Dibley #87

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 20, 1974*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Colin Dibley

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Colin Dibley
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 19, 1944
Age	30	30
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	87
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,141	1,691
Career W-L	556–224	338–310
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 3 – 1 Colin Dibley

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1974	R32	Ulrich Pinner	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 21, 1974	QF	Phil Dent	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Colin Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1974	R32	Ray Keldie	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data