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P. Dent #49 def. R. Case #42

6-4 6-1 2-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1974*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	P. Dent
Score	6-4 6-1 2-6 6-2
Loser	R. Case

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	P. Dent	R. Case
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 14, 1950	Nov 1, 1951
Age	23	22
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	49	42
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,825	1,876
Career W-L	418–351	294–276

Pre-match H2H

P. Dent 1 – 0 R. Case

Path

P. Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1974	QF	C. Dibley	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1974	R16	B. Borg	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1974	R32	W. Brown	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1973	R64	U. Pinner	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

P. Dent's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1974	F	J. Connors	6-7(7) 4-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

R. Case's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1974	QF	J. Newcombe	7-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1974	R16	W. N'Godrella	6-2 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1974	R32	T. Roche	6-7 2-6 7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1973	R64	R. Keldie	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data