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Colin Dibley def. John Newcombe

6-3 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1973*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Colin Dibley
Score	6-3 5-7 6-4
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Colin Dibley	John Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Sep 19, 1944	May 23, 1944
Age	28	28
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,746	2,087
Career W-L	338–310	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Colin Dibley 0 – 2 John Newcombe

Path

Colin Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1973	R32	Dennis Ralston	6-4 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Colin Dibley's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1973	QF	Brian Gottfried	2-6 7-5 6-0	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1973	R32	Georges Goven	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data