Roscoe Tanner def. Arthur Ashe

6-3 3-6 6-4

Roscoe Tanner defeated Arthur Ashe 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the 1976 Indian Wells Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 27, 1976*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 1976
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Roscoe Tanner	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Jul 10, 1943
Age	24	32
Height	183 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,001	2,259
Current career W-L	592–294	792–256
Current career earnings	$1,696,198	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Roscoe Tanner 2 – 8 Arthur Ashe

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ilie Nastase	6-3 3-1 (def.)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 1976	QF
Brian Fairlie	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1976	R16
Onny Parun	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 1976	R32
Geoff Masters	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1976	R64

Roscoe Tanner's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jimmy Connors	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 28, 1976	F

Arthur Ashe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Newcombe	7-6 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 1976	QF
Cliff Richey	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1976	R16
Sherwood Stewart	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data	Mar 25, 1976	R32
John Andrews	6-2 2-6 6-2	W	—	Match data	Mar 24, 1976	R64