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J. Connors #3 def. P. Dent #49

7-6(7) 6-4 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 1974*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	J. Connors
Score	7-6(7) 6-4 4-6 6-3
Loser	P. Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	P. Dent
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Feb 14, 1950
Age	21	23
Height	177	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	49
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,168	1,853
Career W-L	1,262–294	418–351
Career earnings	$8,641,040	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 0 – 0 P. Dent

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1974	SF	J. Alexander	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1974	QF	V. Zednik	3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1974	R16	S. Ball	6-4 5-7 6-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1974	R32	G. Thomson	6-4 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1973	R64	J. Haillet	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

P. Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1974	SF	R. Case	6-4 6-1 2-6 6-2	W	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