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R. Tanner #13 def. J. Newcombe #185

6-3 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 15, 1977*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	6-3 5-7 6-4
Loser	J. Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	J. Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	May 23, 1944
Age	26	33
Height	183	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	185
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,880	1,797
Career W-L	595–298	556–224
Career earnings	$1,696,198	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 1 – 1 J. Newcombe

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 14, 1977	R64	J. Andrew	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1977	R16	T. Gorman	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 14, 1977	R64	John Feaver	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data