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R. Tanner#17 def. T. Leonard#120

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 1978*
Tournament	Palm Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	T. Leonard

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	T. Leonard
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Jul 15, 1948
Age	26	29
Height	183	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	120
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,001	1,722
Career W-L	595–298	59–130
Career earnings	$1,696,198	—

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 2 – 1 T. Leonard

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1978	QF	M. Orantes	6-1 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1978	R16	C. Dibley	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1978	R32	G. Hardie	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R64	T. Williams	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1978	F	R. Ramirez	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

T. Leonard's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1978	QF	A. Ashe	4-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1978	R16	Ismail El Shafei	3-6 7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data
Feb 16, 1978	R32	N. Saviano	7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R64	P. Dent	6-2 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data