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Colin Dibley

Colin Dibley (1977)
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Born	(1944-09-19) 19 September 1944 (age 80) 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 (1977)
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.

Known for his enormous serve, Dibley has been noted as having one of the most "live arms" of his generation by ESPN commentator Pam Shriver.

Career finals

Singles 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	1972	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Dick Crealy	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	1972	Sacramento, US	Hard	Stan Smith	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	1973	La Costa WCT, US	Hard	Stan Smith	6–3, 7–6
Win	3–1	1973	South Orange, US	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	3–2	1976	Little Rock, US	Carpet	Haroon Rahim	4–6, 5–7
Loss	3–3	1977	Laguna Niguel, US	Hard	Andrew Pattison	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win	4–3	1980	Perth, Australia	Grass	Chris Delaney	6–2, 6–4

Doubles 32 (17 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1972	Stockholm	Hard (i)	Roy Emerson	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	5–7, 6–7
Loss	2.	1973	WCT Miami Open	Hard	Terry Addison	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	1973	Richmond WCT	Carpet	Terry Addison	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	1973	St. Louis WCT	Carpet	Terry Addison	Ove Nils Bengtson Jim McManus	2–6, 5–7
Loss	5.	1973	Columbus Open	Hard	Charles Pasarell	Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	4–6, 6–7
Win	1.	1973	Haverford, U.S.	Grass	Allan Stone	John Austin Fred McNair	7–6, 6–3
Loss	6.	1973	Tokyo Outdoor		Allan Stone	Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall	5–7, 5–7
Win	2.	1973	ATP Hong Kong	Hard	Rod Laver	Paul Gerken Brian Gottfried	6–3, 5–7, 17–15
Win	3.	1974	River Oaks, U.S.	Clay	Rod Laver	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	7.	1975	Orlando WCT	Hard	Ray Ruffels	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 4–6
Win	4.	1975	St. Louis WCT	Clay	Ray Ruffels	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	1975	Turkey Open	Outdoor	Thomaz Koch	Colin Dowdeswell John Feaver	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Win	6.	1976	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Raymond Moore Erik van Dillen	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Win	7.	1976	Palma, Spain	Clay	John Andrews	Mark Edmondson John Marks	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	8.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	John Andrews	Carlos Kirmayr Eduardo Mandarino	6–7, 6–4, 6–8
Win	8.	1976	ATP Florence	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Win	9.	1977	North Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet	Haroon Rahim	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	10.	1977	ATP Denver	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–3
Win	11.	1977	South Orange Open	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5
Loss	9.	1977	Tokyo Outdoor	Clay	Chris Kachel	Geoff Masters Kim Warwick	2–6, 6–7
Win	12.	1978	North Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet	Geoff Masters	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–3
Loss	10.	1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Geoff Masters	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	5–7, 6–7
Loss	11.	1978	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Bob Giltinan	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 4–6
Win	13.	1978	Columbus Open	Clay	Bob Giltinan	Marcello Lara Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 6–3
Loss	12.	1979	Friendship Cup	Hard	Anand Amritraj	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	13.	1979	ATP Tulsa	Hard (i)	Tom Gullikson	Francisco González Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	14.	1979	ATP Stowe	Hard	Anand Amritraj	Mike Cahill Steve Krulevitz	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	15.	1979	ATP Tel Aviv	Hard	Mike Cahill	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	5–7, 4–6
Win	14.	1979	Tokyo Outdoor	Clay	Pat DuPré	Rod Frawley Francisco González	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win	15.	1979	ATP Adelaide	Grass	Chris Kachel	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Win	16.	1980	Lorraine Open	Carpet	Gene Mayer	Chris Delaney Kim Warwick	7–6, 7–5
Win	17.	1981	ATP Adelaide	Grass	John James	Craig Edwards Eddie Edwards	6–3, 6–4

External links

• Colin Dibley at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Colin Dibley at the International Tennis Federation
• Colin Dibley at Tennis Australia
• nj.com article

• 1944 births
• Living people
• Australian male tennis players
• Tennis players from Sydney
• 20th-century Australian sportsmen
• 21st-century Australian sportsmen
• Sportsmen from New South Wales