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Rod Laver def. Colin Dibley

7-5 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 13, 1971*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	7-5 6-3 6-1
Loser	Colin Dibley

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Colin Dibley
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Sep 19, 1944
Age	32	26
Height	175	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,203	1,609
Career W-L	576–147	338–310
Career earnings	$1,565,413	—

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 0 – 0 Colin Dibley

Path

Rod Laver's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1971	R16	Mark Cox	6-3 4-6 6-3 7-6	L	H2H	Match data

Colin Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 1971	R64	Alvin Gardiner	7-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data