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Roscoe Tanner #25 def. Bjorn Borg #3

6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date Jan 28, 1978*
Tournament Philadelphia Wct
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundQF
Winner Roscoe Tanner
Score6-4 7-6
Loser Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoscoe TannerBjorn Borg
Country USA SWE
Birth dateOct 15, 1951Jun 6, 1956
Age2621
Height183180
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)253
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9362,361
Career W-L595–298608–143
Career earnings$1,696,198$3,655,751
Pre-match H2H
Roscoe Tanner 2 5 Bjorn Borg

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 27, 1978R16 Ilie Nastase 6-1 6-7 6-0WH2HMatch data
Jan 26, 1978R32 Zeljko Franulovic 7-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 25, 1978R64 Syd Ball 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data

Roscoe Tanner's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 28, 1978SF Eddie Dibbs 7-6 5-7 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data

Bjorn Borg's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 27, 1978R16 Peter Fleming 3-6 7-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 26, 1978R32 Tom Okker 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data