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Dick Stockton #15 def. Roscoe Tanner #11

6-2 4-6 7-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Dec 31, 1976*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Dick Stockton
Score	6-2 4-6 7-6 6-1
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dick Stockton	Roscoe Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1951	Oct 15, 1951
Age	25	25
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	11
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,986	2,039
Career W-L	386–267	595–298
Career earnings	$1,063,385	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Dick Stockton 2 – 4 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Dick Stockton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 31, 1976	QF	Ken Rosewall	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1976	R16	Peter Fleming	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 29, 1976	R32	Ion Tiriac	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1976	R64	Tom Gorman	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Dick Stockton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1977	F	Tony Roche	3-6 6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 31, 1976	QF	Hank Pfister	7-6 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1976	R16	John James	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 29, 1976	R32	Geoff Masters	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1976	R64	Bob Hewitt	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data