QF Wimbledon 1976

Roscoe Tanner def. Jimmy Connors

6-4 6-2 8-6

Roscoe Tanner defeated Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-2 8-6 in the 1976 Wimbledon quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 2, 1976*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1976
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Roscoe Tanner	Jimmy Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Sep 2, 1952
Age	24	23
Height	183 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,961	2,374
Current career W-L	592–294	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$1,696,198	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Roscoe Tanner 1 – 7 Jimmy Connors

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikola Pilic	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1976	R16
Carlos Kirmayr #138	8-9 9-8 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1976	R32
Kenichi Hirai #254	6-3 6-4 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1976	R64
Martin Robinson #127	8-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1976	R128

Roscoe Tanner's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bjorn Borg	4-6 8-9 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1976	SF

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stan Smith	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1976	R16
Ismail El Shafei	6-4 6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data	Jun 27, 1976	R32
Stephen Warboys #199	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1976	R64
Antonio Zugarelli #140	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1976	R128