Roscoe Tanner #10 def. Guillermo Vilas #6

6-3 6-3 6-3

Roscoe Tanner defeated Guillermo Vilas 6-3 6-3 6-3 in the 1977 Australian Open final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 15, 1977*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1977
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Roscoe Tanner	Guillermo Vilas
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Oct 15, 1951	Aug 17, 1952
Age	25	24
Height	183 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	6
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,061	2,136
Current career W-L	592–294	890–283
Current career earnings	$1,696,198	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

Roscoe Tanner #10 1 – 2 Guillermo Vilas #6

Path

Roscoe Tanner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ken Rosewall #13	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 14, 1977	SF
Phil Dent #36	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 12, 1977	QF
Tony Roche #25	4-6 6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1977	R16
Peter Fleming #100	7-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1977	R32
Brian Teacher #81	6-3 5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 1977	R64

Roscoe Tanner's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Alexander #47	6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 14, 1977	SF
Ross Case #44	6-4 7-5 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 12, 1977	QF
Charlie Pasarell #56	7-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1977	R16
Nick Saviano	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1977	R32
Paul Mcnamee	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 1977	R64