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Roscoe Tanner#11 def. John Newcombe#18

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date Jun 23, 1978*
Tournament Birmingham
Category ATP 250
Surface Grass
RoundQF
Winner Roscoe Tanner
Score6-3 6-3
Loser John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoscoe TannerJohn Newcombe
Country USA AUS
Birth dateOct 15, 1951May 23, 1944
Age2634
Height183183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)1118
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0051,866
Career W-L595–298556–224
Career earnings$1,696,198$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
Roscoe Tanner 3 1 John Newcombe

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 22, 1978R16 Brian Fairlie 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jun 21, 1978R32 Rohun Beven 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jun 20, 1978R64 Bob Giltinan 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data

Roscoe Tanner's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 23, 1978SF Jimmy Connors 7-5 9-8LH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 22, 1978R16 Victor Pecci 3-6 9-8 8-6WH2HMatch data
Jun 21, 1978R32 Victor Amaya 4-6 9-8 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jun 20, 1978R64 John Austin 7-5 6-4WMatch data