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Roscoe Tanner#4 def. Tim Gullikson

6-3 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date Sep 6, 1979*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Roscoe Tanner
Score6-3 6-4 7-5
Loser Tim Gullikson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoscoe TannerTim Gullikson
Country USA USA
Birth dateOct 15, 1951Sep 8, 1951
Age2727
Height183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)4
Ranking points (entering)0
Elo (entering)2,1021,936
Career W-L595–298
Career earnings$1,696,198$1,121,880
Pre-match H2H
Roscoe Tanner 1 3 Tim Gullikson

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 3, 1979R32 Nick Saviano 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1979R64 Ivan Lendl 6-3 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 John Marks 6-4 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data

Roscoe Tanner's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 8, 1979QF Bjorn Borg 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6WH2HMatch data

Tim Gullikson's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 3, 1979R32 Buster C Mottram 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2WMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Eliot Teltscher 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-4WMatch data