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John Sadri #45 def. Colin Dibley #116

6-4 7-6 6-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 6, 1980*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John Sadri
Score	6-4 7-6 6-7 6-4
Loser	Colin Dibley

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Sadri	Colin Dibley
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 19, 1956	Sep 19, 1944
Age	23	35
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	45	116
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,841	1,714
Career W-L	214–189	338–310
Career earnings	$894,995	—

Pre-match H2H

John Sadri 0 – 0 Colin Dibley

Path

John Sadri's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1980	QF	Rod Frawley	7-6 6-3 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1980	R16	Kim Warwick	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1979	R32	Raymond Moore	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1979	R64	Peter Doohan	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Sadri's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1980	F	Guillermo Vilas	6-7 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Colin Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1980	QF	Mark Edmondson	3-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1980	R16	Tony Roche	6-4 6-7 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1979	R32	Rick Fisher	6-8 3-6 6-3 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1979	R64	John Austin	7-5 5-7 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data