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Roscoe Tanner#10 def. Ken Rosewall#13

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 1977*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Roscoe Tanner
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1
Loser	Ken Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roscoe Tanner	Ken Rosewall
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Nov 2, 1934
Age	25	42
Height	183	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,033	2,008
Career W-L	595–298	541–195
Career earnings	$1,696,198	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

Roscoe Tanner 3 – 2 Ken Rosewall

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

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

Roscoe Tanner's next match

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

Ken Rosewall's path

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