Leonard Roscoe Tanner was born on October 15,1951 and is a retired American tennis player, who turned professional in 1972 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No 4 on July 30,1979.
18 Facts About Roscoe Tanner
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Roscoe Tanner is known for winning the men's singles title at the first of two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977.
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Roscoe Tanner reached the Wimbledon final in 1979, losing to Bjorn Borg in five sets.
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Roscoe Tanner defeated Guillermo Vilas in three straight sets in the 1977 Australian Open final, to win his first and only grand slam title.
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Roscoe Tanner lost a five set match to Bjorn Borg in the 1979 Wimbledon final, which was the first Wimbledon final to be broadcast live in the United States as part of NBC's Breakfast at Wimbledon.
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Roscoe Tanner described his 1979 US Open win over Borg and loss to Gerulaitis in his autobiography as "the highest of my highs and the lowest of my lows on a tennis court within two days of each other".
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Roscoe Tanner won the Davis Cup in 1981 playing with John McEnroe, Eliot Teltscher and Peter Fleming on a team captained by Arthur Ashe that defeated Argentina in the final, played at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati.
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Roscoe Tanner has been married three times, first to Nancy, then Charlotte, and last to Margaret.
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Roscoe Tanner has five children, Omega Anne Romano, Tamara Tanner, Lauren Tanner, Anne Monique, and Lacey Tanner.
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Roscoe Tanner has an extensive record of conflicts with the law.
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Roscoe Tanner was first arrested in 1997 for failure to pay child support.
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Roscoe Tanner was arrested again in June 2003 on a fugitive warrant on charges related to passing a bad check and to further nonpayment of child support.
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Roscoe Tanner pleaded guilty and received an initial sentence of probation.
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Roscoe Tanner violated his probation and served one year in prison in Florida, but was then jailed for contempt of court in California.
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In 2008, Roscoe Tanner was again arrested for writing a bad check in Knoxville, Tennessee, but it was settled out of court.
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In March 2013, Roscoe Tanner was arrested in Florida for writing a bad check and grand theft, and in 2014, he served 10 days for driving with a suspended license.
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In 2015, Roscoe Tanner was arrested for failure to appear in court on a previous warrant.
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Roscoe Tanner has taught at doubles tennis camps with other professionals, and is the camp director at his own training camp.