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Tony Roche #27 def. Phil Dent #41

7-6 4-6 3-6 6-2 8-6

Match Information

Date	Dec 22, 1974*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Tony Roche
Score	7-6 4-6 3-6 6-2 8-6
Loser	Phil Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	Phil Dent
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Feb 14, 1950
Age	29	24
Height	178	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	41
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,910	1,842
Career W-L	360–191	418–351
Career earnings	$529,199	—

Pre-match H2H

Tony Roche 2 – 0 Phil Dent

Path

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 21, 1974	SF	Syd Ball	7-5 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 21, 1974	QF	Ken Rosewall	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 20, 1974	R16	Ulrich Marten	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1974	R32	Steve Docherty	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Phil Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 21, 1974	SF	Alex Metreveli	7-6 7-5 6-1	W	—	Match data
Dec 21, 1974	QF	John Newcombe	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 20, 1974	R16	Geoff Masters	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 19, 1974	R32	Cliff Letcher	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data