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R. Tanner#12 def. J. Connors#1

6-4 6-2 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 1976*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	6-4 6-2 8-6
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	J. Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Sep 2, 1952
Age	24	23
Height	183	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,957	2,331
Career W-L	595–298	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,696,198	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 1 – 7 J. Connors

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1976	R16	N. Pilic	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1976	R32	C. Kirmayr	8-9 9-8 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1976	R64	K. Hirai	6-3 6-4 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1976	R128	M. Robinson	8-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1976	SF	B. Borg	4-6 8-9 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1976	R16	Stan Smith	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 27, 1976	R32	Ismail El Shafei	6-4 6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 25, 1976	R64	S. Warboys	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1976	R128	A. Zugarelli	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data