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) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jun 1971 Manchester, UK Grass Bob Hewitt 6–1, 6–4Win 2–0 Jul 1972 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Dick Crealy 6–1, 6–3, 6–4Loss 2–1 Sep 1972 Sacramento, US Hard Stan Smith 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6Win 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, 6–4Loss 4–2 Mar 1976 Little Rock, US Carpet (i) Haroon Rahim 4–6, 5–7Loss 4–3 Sep 1977 Laguna Niguel, US Hard Andrew Pattison 6–2, 6–7, 4–6

Doubles: 32 (17 titles / 15 runner-ups) ResultW–L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 1972 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Roy Emerson Tom Okker Marty Riessen 5–7, 6–7Loss 0–2 Jan 1973 Miami, US Hard Terry Addison Roy Emerson Rod Laver 4–6, 4–6Loss 0–3 Feb 1973 Richmond, US Carpet Terry Addison Roy Emerson Rod Laver 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss 0–4 Apr 1973 St. Louis WCT, US Carpet Terry Addison Ove Nils Bengtson Jim McManus 2–6, 5–7Loss 0–5 Aug 1973 Columbus Open, US Hard Charles Pasarell Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell 4–6, 6–7Win 1–5 Aug 1973 Haverford, US Grass Allan Stone John Austin Fred McNair 7–6, 6–3Loss 1–6 Oct 1973 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Hard Allan Stone Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall 5–7, 5–7Win 2–6 Nov 1973 Hong Kong Hard Rod Laver Paul Gerken Brian Gottfried 6–3, 5–7, 17–15Win 3–6 Apr 1974 River Oaks, US Clay Rod Laver Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner 4–6, 7–6, 6–4Loss 3–7 Mar 1975 Orlando WCT, US Hard Ray Ruffels Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 4–6, 4–6Win 4–7 Apr 1975 St. Louis WCT, US Clay Ray Ruffels Ross Case Geoff Masters 6–4, 6–4Win 5–7 Jul 1975 Turkey Open Outdoor Thomaz Koch Colin Dowdeswell John Feaver 6–2, 6–2, 6–2Win 6–7 Mar 1976 Rancho Mirage, US Hard Sandy Mayer Raymond Moore Erik van Dillen 6–4, 6–7, 7–6Win 7–7 Apr 1976 Palma, Spain Clay John Andrews Mark Edmondson John Marks 2–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss 7–8 Apr 1976 Madrid, Spain Clay John Andrews Carlos Kirmayr Eduardo Mandarino 6–7, 6–4, 6–8Win 8–8 May 1976 Florence, Italy Clay Carlos Kirmayr Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 5–7, 7–5, 7–5Win 9–8 Feb 1977 North Little Rock, US Carpet Haroon Rahim Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6–7, 6–3, 6–3Win 10–8 Apr 1977 Denver, US. Carpet Geoff Masters Syd Ball Kim Warwick 6–2, 6–3Win 11–8 Aug 1977 South Orange, US Hard Wojciech Fibak Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 7–5Loss 11–9 Nov 1977 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Chris Kachel Geoff Masters Kim Warwick 2–6, 6–7Win 12–9 Feb 1978 North Little Rock, US Carpet Geoff Masters Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson 7–6, 6–3Loss 12–10 Apr 1978 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Geoff Masters Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 5–7, 6–7Loss 12–11 Jul 1978 Newport, US. Grass Bob Giltinan Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson 4–6, 4–6Win 13–11 Aug 1978 Columbus Open, US Clay Bob Giltinan Marcello Lara Eliot Teltscher 6–2, 6–3Loss 13–12 Mar 1979 San José, Costa Rica Hard Anand Amritraj Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 6–2, 4–6Loss 13–13 Apr 1979 Tulsa, US Hard (i) Tom Gullikson Francisco González Eliot Teltscher 7–6, 5–7, 3–6Loss 13–14 Aug 1979 Stowe, US Hard Anand Amritraj Mike Cahill Steve Krulevitz 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Loss 13–15 Oct 1979 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Mike Cahill Ilie Năstase Tom Okker 5–7, 4–6Win 14–15 Oct 1979 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Pat DuPré Rod Frawley Francisco González 3–6, 6–1, 6–1Win 15–15 Dec 1979 Adelaide, Australia Grass Chris Kachel John Alexander Phil Dent 6–7, 7–6, 6–4Win 16–15 Mar 1980 Lorraine Open, France Carpet Gene Mayer Chris Delaney Kim Warwick 7–6, 7–5Win 17–15 Jan 1981 Adelaide, Australia Grass John James Craig Edwards Eddie Edwards 6–3, 6–4

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