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John Newcombe def. Phil Dent

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 17, 1972*
Tournament	Rotterdam Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Phil Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Phil Dent
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Feb 14, 1950
Age	28	22
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,147	1,603
Career W-L	556–224	418–351
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 4 – 0 Phil Dent

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 16, 1972	R32	Tom Leonard	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 18, 1972	QF	Charlie Pasarell	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Phil Dent's path

No prior matches in this tournament.