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R. Tanner#12 def. C. Drysdale#96

5-7 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 15, 1979*
Tournament	Rancho Mirage
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	5-7 7-5 7-5
Loser	C. Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	C. Drysdale
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	May 26, 1941
Age	27	37
Height	183	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	96
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,989	1,847
Career W-L	595–298	402–253
Career earnings	$1,696,198	—

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 1 – 2 C. Drysdale

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1979	R64	B. Teacher	6-3 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1979	R16	G. Mayer	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

C. Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1979	R64	T. Wilkison	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data