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Tom Gorman def. Roscoe Tanner

7-6 5-7 7-6 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1972*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Tom Gorman
Score	7-6 5-7 7-6 5-7 6-4
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tom Gorman	Roscoe Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1946	Oct 15, 1951
Age	26	20
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,842	1,822
Career W-L	418–293	595–298
Career earnings	$10,000	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Tom Gorman 1 – 1 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1972	R16	Dick Stockton	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R32	Nikola Pilic	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1972	R64	Jim Mcmanus	4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	Jimmy Connors	6-1 3-6 6-7 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Gorman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1972	SF	Ilie Nastase	6-4 6-7 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1972	R16	John Cooper	6-2 7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R32	Tom Okker	6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1972	R64	Bob Carmichael	4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	Ismail El Shafei	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data