H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Roscoe Tanner vs Brian Fairlie H2H: 4-1

Roscoe Tanner holds a 4–1 lead over Brian Fairlie in their ATP head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts, while Roscoe Tanner leads 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Roscoe Tanner won the 1978 Birmingham round of 16 6-3 6-2.

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Roscoe Tanner

USA Age 74 Left-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H

4 – 1

5 main draw meetings

Brian Fairlie

NZL Age 78 Right-Handed 173 cm / 5'8"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Roscoe Tanner #11	6-3 6-2	Brian Fairlie	Match data	Jun 22, 1978*	R16	Birmingham	ATP 250	Grass
Roscoe Tanner	6-3 6-3	Brian Fairlie	Match data	Mar 26, 1976*	R16	Indian Wells Open	ATP 250	Hard
Roscoe Tanner	7-5 6-7(5) 7-5	Brian Fairlie	Match data	Apr 12, 1975*	QF	St. Louis	ATP 250	Clay
Roscoe Tanner #13	6-7(6) 6-3 6-4	Brian Fairlie #93	Match data	Mar 15, 1975*	QF	Sao Paulo Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Brian Fairlie	6-4 6-3	Roscoe Tanner	Match data	Jan 22, 1973*	R16	London Wct	ATP 250	Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Roscoe Tanner	#789	#4	0	2,162	592	294	66.8%	1	0	0	0	16	17
Brian Fairlie	#332	#24	0	1,903	233	220	51.4%	0	0	0	0	3	3

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age	Roscoe Tanner							Brian Fairlie
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
17	1969	0–2	0.0%	—	1,479	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	1970	0–9	0.0%	—	1,416	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1971	16–10	61.5%	—	1,706	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1972	29–14	67.4%	—	1,910	0	0	1968	8–9	47.1%	—	1,530	0	0
21	1973	45–30	60.0%	#24	1,837	0	0	1969	13–14	48.1%	—	1,619	0	0
22	1974	65–27	70.7%	#14	1,963	0	2	1970	36–20	64.3%	—	1,814	0	0
23	1975	65–23	73.9%	#9	1,972	0	5	1971	20–29	40.8%	—	1,667	0	0
24	1976	70–28	71.4%	#11	2,018	0	9	1972	13–27	32.5%	—	1,721	0	1
25	1977	52–30	63.4%	#13	1,889	1	11	1973	33–21	61.1%	#25	1,769	0	2
26	1978	57–22	72.2%	#11	1,940	1	13	1974	11–12	47.8%	#58	1,790	0	2
27	1979	61–19	76.2%	#5	2,032	1	15	1975	21–16	56.8%	#66	1,807	0	2
28	1980	42–16	72.4%	#13	1,996	1	16	1976	41–29	58.6%	#36	1,831	0	3
29	1981	51–22	69.9%	#12	1,925	1	17	1977	26–25	51.0%	#86	1,665	0	3
30	1982	20–17	54.1%	#43	1,785	1	17	1978	9–13	40.9%	#123	1,649	0	3
31	1983	16–13	55.2%	#36	1,874	1	17	1979	2–5	28.6%	#332	1,607	0	3
32	1984	3–11	21.4%	#249	1,680	1	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	1985	0–1	0.0%	#794	1,662	1	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age	Roscoe Tanner																	Brian Fairlie
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
17	1969	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	1970	0	4	4	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1971	10	5	15	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1972	9	3	12	75.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	9	3	12	75.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	1968	2	1	3	66.7%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—
21	1973	12	8	20	60.0%	15	9	24	62.5%	3	4	7	42.9%	15	9	24	62.5%	1969	4	3	7	57.1%	4	5	9	44.4%	5	4	9	55.6%	0	2	2	0.0%
22	1974	30	11	41	73.2%	8	7	15	53.3%	17	3	20	85.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	1970	5	5	10	50.0%	20	8	28	71.4%	9	5	14	64.3%	2	2	4	50.0%
23	1975	27	7	34	79.4%	16	8	24	66.7%	9	2	11	81.8%	13	6	19	68.4%	1971	7	8	15	46.7%	4	8	12	33.3%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
24	1976	22	10	32	68.8%	22	6	28	78.6%	10	3	13	76.9%	16	9	25	64.0%	1972	8	8	16	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	14	16	12.5%
25	1977	8	6	14	57.1%	16	9	25	64.0%	22	6	28	78.6%	6	9	15	40.0%	1973	5	0	5	100.0%	10	10	20	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	15	8	23	65.2%
26	1978	19	8	27	70.4%	6	3	9	66.7%	7	2	9	77.8%	25	9	34	73.5%	1974	5	5	10	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
27	1979	21	5	26	80.8%	5	2	7	71.4%	10	2	12	83.3%	25	10	35	71.4%	1975	3	7	10	30.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	2	8	75.0%	8	4	12	66.7%
28	1980	14	6	20	70.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	2	14	85.7%	16	7	23	69.6%	1976	16	6	22	72.7%	19	16	35	54.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	2	4	6	33.3%
29	1981	19	8	27	70.4%	1	1	2	50.0%	10	5	15	66.7%	21	8	29	72.4%	1977	0	3	3	0.0%	14	10	24	58.3%	10	8	18	55.6%	2	4	6	33.3%
30	1982	10	8	18	55.6%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	6	7	13	46.2%	1978	0	2	2	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	5	5	10	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%
31	1983	7	5	12	58.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	1979	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	1984	1	8	9	11.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	1985	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	209	102	311	67.2%	99	59	158	62.7%	121	42	163	74.2%	163	91	254	64.2%	—	56	51	107	52.3%	86	80	166	51.8%	51	40	91	56.0%	40	49	89	44.9%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age	Roscoe Tanner																Brian Fairlie
Age	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
17	1969	1479	102.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.6%	-1.14	0–1	—	—	-0.17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	1970	1417	113.2	—	—	—	—	+103	+73	—	13.6%	-1.45	0–2	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1971	1706	127.5	—	—	—	—	-2	-129	-172	56.9%	+0.31	6–2 (75%)	5–4 (56%)	—	-0.17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1972	1910	135.7	—	—	—	—	-21	-296	-167	59.5%	+0.43	11–3 (79%)	14–8 (64%)	—	-0.27	1968	1531	109.4	—	—	—	—	+57	-40	—	53.2%	+0.57	2–1 (67%)	—	—	-0.19
21	1973	1838	144.5	—	—	—	—	+53	-90	-106	56.7%	+0.51	11–10 (52%)	15–15 (50%)	—	-3.40	1969	1619	120.9	—	—	—	—	-9	-103	+38	54.4%	+0.56	3–6 (33%)	—	—	-0.19
22	1974	1963	154.0	—	—	—	—	-10	-226	+137	65.9%	+1.12	16–13 (55%)	15–17 (47%)	—	-2.27	1970	1814	134.8	—	—	—	—	-161	-88	+23	64.2%	+1.14	7–8 (47%)	2–4 (33%)	—	+2.58
23	1975	1972	153.3	—	—	—	—	+62	-153	+164	67.7%	+1.19	19–14 (58%)	17–14 (55%)	—	-0.74	1971	1668	134.3	—	—	—	—	-55	-9	+121	47.5%	-0.13	4–8 (33%)	10–7 (59%)	—	-3.36
24	1976	2018	159.4	—	—	—	—	+24	-49	+104	66.7%	+1.29	18–11 (62%)	18–20 (47%)	—	-2.11	1972	1722	140.7	—	—	—	—	-54	-40	—	37.6%	-0.58	5–7 (42%)	9–10 (47%)	—	-3.69
25	1977	1890	153.2	—	—	—	—	-1	+22	+206	62.7%	+0.94	13–18 (42%)	11–12 (48%)	—	-0.49	1973	1770	145.7	—	—	—	—	+90	-80	-9	57.5%	+0.66	12–9 (57%)	4–10 (29%)	—	-1.88
26	1978	1941	160.3	—	—	—	—	+36	-25	+162	67.2%	+1.20	10–8 (56%)	23–10 (70%)	—	-1.59	1974	1791	136.9	—	—	—	—	+39	-92	—	54.0%	+0.24	3–5 (38%)	2–3 (40%)	—	-2.08
27	1979	2032	164.1	—	—	—	—	+32	-91	+131	71.3%	+1.27	13–8 (62%)	22–14 (61%)	—	-3.91	1975	1808	143.0	—	—	—	—	-2	-106	+39	56.0%	+0.38	6–6 (50%)	11–6 (65%)	—	-1.86
28	1980	1997	154.8	—	—	—	—	+23	—	+198	70.9%	+1.29	6–10 (38%)	17–5 (77%)	—	-1.79	1976	1831	141.5	—	—	—	—	+35	-56	-24	54.4%	+0.29	9–5 (64%)	13–9 (59%)	—	+0.53
29	1981	1926	156.1	—	—	—	—	+117	—	+82	66.0%	+1.02	14–9 (61%)	19–13 (59%)	—	-0.51	1977	1665	132.6	—	—	—	—	+59	+102	+40	51.6%	+0.21	6–7 (46%)	3–7 (30%)	—	+1.62
30	1982	1786	138.8	—	—	—	—	+4	—	+208	51.5%	-0.01	9–6 (60%)	10–12 (45%)	—	-2.07	1978	1650	125.4	—	—	—	—	+61	+41	+69	44.6%	-0.70	2–3 (40%)	3–2 (60%)	—	+0.03
31	1983	1874	146.4	—	—	—	—	-44	—	+125	53.4%	+0.14	7–5 (58%)	11–7 (61%)	—	-4.29	1979	1608	111.6	—	—	—	—	+51	+62	—	35.3%	-0.41	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.35
32	1984	1681	120.1	—	—	—	—	-28	—	—	25.8%	-1.52	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.69	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	1985	1662	99.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	1–0	—	+0.08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	2162	157.4	—	—	—	—	+30	-96	+112	63.1%	+0.88	155–123 (56%)	200–155 (56%)	99.8	-2.84	—	1903	141.9	—	—	—	—	0	-37	+43	52.7%	+0.28	60–67 (47%)	58–60 (49%)	99.9	-1.84

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

Roscoe Tanner's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jimmy Connors	4	17	21	Aug 22, 1984	H2H
Bjorn Borg	4	12	16	Sep 12, 1981	H2H
Brian Teacher	11	3	14	Mar 29, 1984	H2H
Dick Stockton	9	4	13	Sep 23, 1982	H2H
Raul Ramirez	4	9	13	Feb 20, 1982	H2H

Brian Fairlie's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tom Gorman	5	5	10	Aug 12, 1976	H2H
Ray Ruffels	5	4	9	Jun 15, 1977	H2H
Tom Okker	1	8	9	Apr 7, 1973	H2H
Dick Crealy	4	4	8	Jul 13, 1978	H2H
Mark Cox	4	4	8	Mar 10, 1975	H2H