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Biography of Roscoe Tanner - Tennis
Biography
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Roscoe Tanner (October 15, 1951) was a
professional USA|American male tennis player and
World No. 4 in 1979. He was born in Chattanooga
and is best remembered for his victory at the 1977
Australian Open (January).
Since retiring from the ATP Tour, Tanner has run
into a fair amount of legal trouble including
being arrested while on the court of a tennis
tournament in Germany; later, he was extradited to
Florida on charges of passing a bad check. And was
wanted in New Jersey due to owing $70,000 in back
child support. And in 2005, Orange County (Calif.)
authorities put out a warrant for his arrest after
he failed to show up for a child support hearing.
==Titles (29)==
===Singles (16)===
1974 Christchurch
Denver WCT
1975 Chicago
Las Vegas
1976 Cincinnati
Columbus
San Francisco
Tokyo Outdoor
1977 Australian Open
Sydney
1978 New Orleans
Palm Springs
1979 Rancho Mirage
Washington Indoor
1980 Manchester
1981 Philadelphia
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