SF Australian Open 1977

Roscoe Tanner #10 def. Ken Rosewall #13

6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1

Roscoe Tanner defeated Ken Rosewall 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the 1977 Australian Open semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 14, 1977*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1977
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Roscoe Tanner	Ken Rosewall
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Nov 2, 1934
Age	25	42
Height	183 cm	170 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	13
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,039	2,012
Current career W-L	592–294	535–193
Current career earnings	$1,696,198	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

Roscoe Tanner #10 3 – 2 Ken Rosewall #13

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Phil Dent #36	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 12, 1977	QF
Tony Roche #25	4-6 6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1977	R16
Peter Fleming #100	7-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1977	R32
Brian Teacher #81	6-3 5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 1977	R64

Roscoe Tanner's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Vilas #6	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1977	F

Ken Rosewall's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mark Edmondson #37	6-4 7-6 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 12, 1977	QF
Marty Riessen #59	6-7 7-6 7-5 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1977	R16
Ion Tiriac	6-4 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1977	R32
Syd Ball #97	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 1977	R64