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J. Newcombe#185 def. C. Dibley#34

6-4 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 25, 1977*
Tournament	Australian Open (2)
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-4 7-6 6-3
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	33	33
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	185	34
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,810	1,802
Career W-L	556–224	338–310
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 4 – 1 C. Dibley

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 23, 1977	R64	B. Teacher	6-3 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1977	R16	Stan Smith	6-3 7-6 7-5	W	—	Match data

C. Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 23, 1977	R64	E. Teltscher	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data