Leonard Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No....
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Peter Richardson, English actor, director, and screenwriter 1951 – Roscoe Tanner, American tennis player 1951 – Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess player...
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server, Roscoe Tanner, admitting afterwards that "at the end of the match I have never been so nervous in my whole life". Borg was upset by Tanner at the...
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first-seeded pairing of Marty Riessen and Roscoe Tanner in the final, 7–6, 6–3. Marty Riessen / Roscoe Tanner (Final) Syd Ball / Kim Warwick (Champions)...
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Roscoe Tanner defeated Guillermo Vilas in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the January 1977 Australian Open. It was his...
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Australian Open 1995 Won tournament on the first attempt Jimmy Connors Roscoe Tanner Vitas Gerulaitis Johan Kriek 2003 71.6% (121–48) games winning percentage...
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Three-time defending champion Björn Borg defeated Roscoe Tanner in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title...
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Finals. In 1976, Connors lost in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon to Roscoe Tanner. At the US Open, Connors captured the title once again (defeating Björn...
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Jimmy Connors 1975: John Newcombe 1976: Mark Edmondson 1977 (Jan): Roscoe Tanner 1977 (Dec): Vitas Gerulaitis 1978: Guillermo Vilas 1979: Guillermo Vilas...
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only major singles title. Gerulaitis was making his tournament debut. Roscoe Tanner was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Chris Lewis...
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7–6(7–5) 1975 Tom Gorman (1/1) Sherwood Stewart 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 1976 Roscoe Tanner (1/1) Eddie Dibbs 7–6, 6–3 1977 Harold Solomon (1/2) Mark Cox 6–2, 6–3...
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(1919–1931) Roscoe Shelton (1931–2002), American electric blues and R&B singer Roscoe Tanner (born 1951), American tennis player Roscoe Thompson (1922–1988)...
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Connors (1/3) Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–4 ↓ Grand Prix circuit ↓ 1977 Brian Gottfried (1/1) Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 6–1, 6–3 1978 Roscoe Tanner (1/2) Raúl Ramírez...
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Baylor, graduated from Albertville High School in Albertville, Alabama Roscoe Tanner, 1969, professional tennis player, Australian Open winner; Wimbledon...
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Tom Okker (quarterfinals) 10. John Alexander (second round) 11. Roscoe Tanner (semifinals) 12. Jan Kodeš (second round) 13. Marty Riessen (fourth...
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6–4 Win 43–15 1972 *Pacific Southwest Championships, Los Angeles Hard Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–4 Win 44–15 1972 *Paris Open, Paris Hard (i) Andrés Gimeno 6–2...
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José Luis Clerc (Arg) 5. Guillermo Vilas (Arg) 6. Björn Borg (Sue) 7. Roscoe Tanner (USA) 8. Eliot Teltscher (USA) 9. Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) 10. Yannick...
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Springfield Leader and Press. October 12, 1970. p. 15. "Arthur Ashe tops Tanner". The Post Crescent. June 15, 1975. p. 40. Tennis portal Ashe, Arthur; Clifford...
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Wimbledon final against McEnroe and his 1980 US Open quarterfinal against Roscoe Tanner. Borg retired in 1983 with $3.6 million in career prize money, a record...
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Jimmy Connors (semifinals) 04. Vitas Gerulaitis (fourth round) 05. Roscoe Tanner (quarterfinals) 06. Gene Mayer (quarterfinals) 07. Peter Fleming...
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Mark Edmondson (1/1) AUS John Newcombe 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 1977 USA Roscoe Tanner (1/1) ARG Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 1977 USA Vitas Gerulaitis (1/1)...
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Brian Gottfried (first round) 04. Eddie Dibbs (semifinals) 05. Roscoe Tanner (quarterfinals) 06. Sandy Mayer (third round) 07. Harold Solomon...
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(3/5) USA Jimmy Connors 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 1979 SWE Björn Borg (4/5) USA Roscoe Tanner 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 1980 SWE Björn Borg (5/5) USA John McEnroe...
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(1/1) Adriano Panatta (1/1) Björn Borg (3/11) Jimmy Connors (4/8) 1977♦ Roscoe Tanner (1/1) (Jan) Guillermo Vilas (1/4) Björn Borg (4/11) Guillermo Vilas...
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Jimmy Connors 1975: John Newcombe 1976: Mark Edmondson 1977 (Jan): Roscoe Tanner 1977 (Dec): Vitas Gerulaitis 1978: Guillermo Vilas 1979: Guillermo Vilas...
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Connors (USA) 4. Guillermo Vilas (Arg) 5. Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) 6. Roscoe Tanner (USA) 7. José Higueras (Spain) 8. Harold Solomon (USA) 9. Eddie Dibbs...
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Mark Edmondson won the title, defeating Roscoe Tanner 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 in the final. Roscoe Tanner (final) Johan Kriek (semifinals) Stan Smith (second round)...
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event (along with Michael Chang, Vitas Gerulaitis, Andy Roddick, and Roscoe Tanner). Seven more Americans have more than one Slam (Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe...
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Ashe 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–5 Win 6–2 Mar 1979 New Orleans, US Carpet (i) Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–2 Win 7–2 Apr 1979 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) John Alexander 6–4...
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Harold Solomon (2) Las Vegas, Louisville Dick Stockton (1) Little Rock Roscoe Tanner (2) Palm Springs, New Orleans Balázs Taróczy (2) Hilversum, Barcelona...
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