Colin Dibley

Colin Dibley
	Colin Dibley (1977)
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Born	19 September 1944 (age 82); Sydney, Australia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1970
Retired	1981
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	291–287
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 26 (4 June 1973)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1979)
French Open	3R (1971, 1973, 1975, 1978)
Wimbledon	QF (1971, 1972)
US Open	3R (1971)
Doubles
Career record	339–247
Career titles	17
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1977Dec)
French Open	QF (1977)
Wimbledon	QF (1975)
US Open	3R (1971, 1977)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (1972)

Colin Dibley (born 19 September 1944) is a former tennis player from Australia.

Dibley once held the title for the fastest serve in the world at 148 m.p.h. During his professional career, he also won four singles and seventeen doubles titles. The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 26 in June 1973. After retiring in 1981, he took up real estate, still keeping himself in the game through coaching others.

Career finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles / 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 1971	Manchester, UK	Grass	Bob Hewitt	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jul 1972	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Dick Crealy	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Sep 1972	Sacramento, US	Hard	Stan Smith	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jan 1973	La Costa WCT, US	Hard	Stan Smith	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	4–1	Aug 1973	South Orange, US	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Mar 1976	Little Rock, US	Carpet (i)	Haroon Rahim	4–6, 5–7
Loss	4–3	Sep 1977	Laguna Niguel, US	Hard	Andrew Pattison	6–2, 6–7, 4–6

Doubles: 32 (17 titles / 15 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1972	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	5–7, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Jan 1973	Miami, US	Hard	Terry Addison	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 1973	Richmond, US	Carpet	Terry Addison	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Apr 1973	St. Louis WCT, US	Carpet	Terry Addison	Ove Nils Bengtson Jim McManus	2–6, 5–7
Loss	0–5	Aug 1973	Columbus Open, US	Hard	Charles Pasarell	Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	4–6, 6–7
Win	1–5	Aug 1973	Haverford, US	Grass	Allan Stone	John Austin Fred McNair	7–6, 6–3
Loss	1–6	Oct 1973	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Allan Stone	Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall	5–7, 5–7
Win	2–6	Nov 1973	Hong Kong	Hard	Rod Laver	Paul Gerken Brian Gottfried	6–3, 5–7, 17–15
Win	3–6	Apr 1974	River Oaks, US	Clay	Rod Laver	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	3–7	Mar 1975	Orlando WCT, US	Hard	Ray Ruffels	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–7	Apr 1975	St. Louis WCT, US	Clay	Ray Ruffels	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–7	Jul 1975	Turkey Open	Outdoor	Thomaz Koch	Colin Dowdeswell John Feaver	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Win	6–7	Mar 1976	Rancho Mirage, US	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Raymond Moore Erik van Dillen	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Win	7–7	Apr 1976	Palma, Spain	Clay	John Andrews	Mark Edmondson John Marks	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–8	Apr 1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	John Andrews	Carlos Kirmayr Eduardo Mandarino	6–7, 6–4, 6–8
Win	8–8	May 1976	Florence, Italy	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Win	9–8	Feb 1977	North Little Rock, US	Carpet	Haroon Rahim	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	10–8	Apr 1977	Denver, US.	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–3
Win	11–8	Aug 1977	South Orange, US	Hard	Wojciech Fibak	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5
Loss	11–9	Nov 1977	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Chris Kachel	Geoff Masters Kim Warwick	2–6, 6–7
Win	12–9	Feb 1978	North Little Rock, US	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–3
Loss	12–10	Apr 1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Geoff Masters	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	5–7, 6–7
Loss	12–11	Jul 1978	Newport, US.	Grass	Bob Giltinan	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 4–6
Win	13–11	Aug 1978	Columbus Open, US	Clay	Bob Giltinan	Marcello Lara Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–3
Loss	13–12	Mar 1979	San José, Costa Rica	Hard	Anand Amritraj	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	13–13	Apr 1979	Tulsa, US	Hard (i)	Tom Gullikson	Francisco González Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	13–14	Aug 1979	Stowe, US	Hard	Anand Amritraj	Mike Cahill Steve Krulevitz	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	13–15	Oct 1979	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Mike Cahill	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	5–7, 4–6
Win	14–15	Oct 1979	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Pat DuPré	Rod Frawley Francisco González	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win	15–15	Dec 1979	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Chris Kachel	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Win	16–15	Mar 1980	Lorraine Open, France	Carpet	Gene Mayer	Chris Delaney Kim Warwick	7–6, 7–5
Win	17–15	Jan 1981	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	John James	Craig Edwards Eddie Edwards	6–3, 6–4

External links

Colin Dibley at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Colin Dibley at World Tennis
Colin Dibley at Tennis Australia
nj.com article