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R. Tanner#13 def. B. Teacher#69

6-3 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 18, 1977*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4
Loser	B. Teacher

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	B. Teacher
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Dec 23, 1954
Age	26	22
Height	183	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	69
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,922	1,816
Career W-L	595–298	338–237
Career earnings	$1,696,198	$1,426,514

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 4 – 0 B. Teacher

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1977	SF	Cliff Letcher	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Dec 17, 1977	QF	C. Dibley	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1977	R16	T. Gorman	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 15, 1977	R32	J. Newcombe	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 14, 1977	R64	J. Andrew	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

B. Teacher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1977	SF	V. Gerulaitis	7-5 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 17, 1977	QF	B. Scanlon	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1977	R16	C. Lewis	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 15, 1977	R32	J. Marks	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 14, 1977	R64	R. Case	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data