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John Fitzgerald #35 def. Phil Dent #100

6-3 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 3, 1983*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	John Fitzgerald
Score	6-3 6-3 6-3
Loser	Phil Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Fitzgerald	Phil Dent
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1960	Feb 14, 1950
Age	22	33
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	35	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,822	1,650
Career W-L	230–221	418–351
Career earnings	$3,207,272	—

Pre-match H2H

John Fitzgerald 0 – 1 Phil Dent

Path

John Fitzgerald's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1983	R128	Greg Whitecross	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Fitzgerald's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 5, 1983	R32	Chris Lewis	6-3 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Phil Dent's path

No prior matches in this tournament.