Roscoe Tanner #13 def. John Newcombe

6-3 5-7 6-4

Roscoe Tanner defeated John Newcombe 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 1977 Sydney International round of 32 on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Dec 15, 1977*
Tournament: Sydney International
Edition: 1977
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: R32

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Roscoe Tanner	John Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	May 23, 1944
Age	26	33
Height	183 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,892	1,802
Current career W-L	592–294	544–220
Current career earnings	$1,696,198	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Roscoe Tanner #13 1 – 1 John Newcombe

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jorge Andrew	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 14, 1977	R64

Roscoe Tanner's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tom Gorman #43	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 16, 1977	R16

John Newcombe's path

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