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John Newcombe def. Colin Dibley

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 1972*
Tournament	Essen Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Colin Dibley

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Colin Dibley
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 19, 1944
Age	28	28
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,138	1,857
Career W-L	556–224	338–310
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 0 Colin Dibley

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1972	R32	Dick Stockton	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1972	QF	Nikola Pilic	6-2 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Colin Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1972	R32	Roy Barth	6-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data