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Arthur Ashe #9 def. Roscoe Tanner #10

2-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 3, 1979*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Roscoe Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Oct 15, 1951
Age	35	27
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	10
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,095	2,079
Career W-L	800–258	595–298
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 9 – 3 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1979	QF	Gene Mayer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1979	R16	Tim Gullikson	1-6 7-6 6-1	W	—	Match data
Mar 1, 1979	R32	Kim Warwick	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1979	R64	Tim Wilkison	7-6 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 1979	F	Jimmy Connors	4-6 7-5 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1979	QF	John Alexander	6-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1979	R16	Wojtek Fibak	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1979	R32	Bruce Manson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1979	R64	Deon Joubert	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data