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J. Newcombe #21 def. C. Dibley #63

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 21, 1978*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	C. Dibley

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	C. Dibley
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 19, 1944
Age	34	34
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	63
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,836	1,753
Career W-L	556–224	338–310
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 5 – 1 C. Dibley

Path

J. Newcombe's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1978	R16	B. Gottfried	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

C. Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1978	R64	M. Cahill	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data