Roscoe Tanner #13 def. Brian Teacher #69

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

Roscoe Tanner defeated Brian Teacher 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 in the 1977 Sydney International final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Dec 18, 1977*
Tournament: Sydney International
Edition: 1977
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Roscoe Tanner	Brian Teacher
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Dec 23, 1954
Age	26	22
Height	183 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	69
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,933	1,817
Current career W-L	592–294	338–238
Current career earnings	$1,696,198	$1,426,514

Pre-match H2H

Roscoe Tanner #13 4 – 0 Brian Teacher #69

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cliff Letcher	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data	Dec 17, 1977	SF
Colin Dibley #35	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 17, 1977	QF
Tom Gorman #43	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 16, 1977	R16
John Newcombe	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 15, 1977	R32
Jorge Andrew	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 14, 1977	R64

Roscoe Tanner's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Brian Teacher's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vitas Gerulaitis #5	7-5 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 17, 1977	SF
Bill Scanlon #37	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 17, 1977	QF
Chris Lewis #55	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 16, 1977	R16
John Marks	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 15, 1977	R32
Ross Case #48	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 14, 1977	R64