Bjorn Borg def. Roscoe Tanner

6-4 9-8 6-4

Bjorn Borg defeated Roscoe Tanner 6-4 9-8 6-4 in the 1976 Wimbledon semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 4, 1976*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1976
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Roscoe Tanner
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Oct 15, 1951
Age	20	24
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,226	2,005
Current career W-L	617–141	592–294
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 1 – 2 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Vilas	6-3 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1976	QF
Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1976	R16
Colin Dibley #97	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1976	R32
Marty Riessen #58	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1976	R64
David Lloyd #190	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1976	R128

Bjorn Borg's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ilie Nastase	6-4 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 5, 1976	F

Roscoe Tanner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jimmy Connors	6-4 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1976	QF
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