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R. Tanner #10 def. G. Vilas #6

6-3 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 1977*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	R. Tanner
Score	6-3 6-3 6-3
Loser	G. Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Tanner	G. Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Aug 17, 1952
Age	25	24
Height	183	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,055	2,115
Career W-L	595–298	898–282
Career earnings	$1,696,198	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

R. Tanner 1 – 2 G. Vilas

Path

R. Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1977	SF	K. Rosewall	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 1977	QF	P. Dent	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1977	R16	T. Roche	4-6 6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1977	R32	P. Fleming	7-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1977	R64	B. Teacher	6-3 5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

R. Tanner's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1977	SF	J. Alexander	6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 1977	QF	R. Case	6-4 7-5 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1977	R16	C. Pasarell	7-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1977	R32	N. Saviano	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1977	R64	P. McNamee	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data