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P. Dent#19 def. J. Newcombe#185

7-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 1977*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	P. Dent
Score	7-6 7-5
Loser	J. Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	P. Dent	J. Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 14, 1950	May 23, 1944
Age	27	33
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	185
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,894	1,802
Career W-L	418–351	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

P. Dent 1 – 7 J. Newcombe

Path

P. Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1977	R32	S. Ball	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

P. Dent's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1977	QF	V. Gerulaitis	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1977	R32	S. Krulevitz	2-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data