Ivan Lendl (23) 🔥 Faces Veteran Roscoe Tanner (31) for 14 Minutes

Young Ivan Lendl (23) Faces Veteran Roscoe Tanner (31) for 14 Minutes

[@lenwelch2195]

Tanner was one strong gentle giant who has a football body who absolutely crushed the very best with his unreturnable serve.

[@tennisking3300]

I love Tanner!!

[@johnnyguitar6697]

I came here for Tanner's serve, ended up loving his backhand.

[@IvanLendl87]

Straight set victory over Tanner 7-5, 7-6, 6-3.

[@charliejharry]

Great to watch these highlights of a wonderful era of tennis. Roscoe Tanner - such an incredible server and fine grasscourt player. Wish I'd got to see him play more and live asI was just getting into tennis around that time. Loved watching Ican Lendl play - especially seeing him play against and frequently beat McEnroe. I have huge admiration for Lendl, recognised his weaknesses on grass and worked on his game to turn hinself into a mighty grasscourt player who could serve and volley. Gutted he lost both his Wimbledon finals, but then savoured success as coach of Andy Murray.

[@balat77]

Tanner is such a smooth mover!! 🙌🏻

[@williamkoegler8616]

Roscoe is a Wonderful Man, don't be misled about what the Internet tells you. There was no finer Gentleman when he played, he was a real role model.

[@watcher687]

Apparently the fist pump and come on hadn’t been invented yet.

[@mkbaharris]

if they played on that pace of court today, Novaxx, Muzza and Nadal wouldn't stand a chance lol Tanner was a supreme server! gorgeous technique

[@KingCast65]

I gave you a thumbs-up but don't be so sure of that. It's hard to compare generations but the top elite pros of any era likely could have adapted backwards and forwards.

[@huzcer]

Tanner the zero times Wimbledon champion would mash the GOAT with a slightly different grass blend - rrright.

[@thebigmonstaandy6644]

@@KingCast65 Kyrgius has simular serve to Tanner.

[@KingCast65]

@@huzcer :)

[@weyman4317]

@@thebigmonstaandy6644but not the same attitude

[@Praetorian411]

Your collection is a real treasure. Thanks a lot😎😎😎😎

[@tennisking3300]

My pleasure

[@t.h5795]

Wow, I remember being at that match as a 12 year old, it was the only time I've seen Lendl live. I can still remember some of those points 38 Yrs later.

[@MrJeepsters]

Vous êtes chanceux. De mon côté, j'ai vu Bourg 2 fois (79 et 80) à Rolland Garros.

[@mikemichaelmas4251]

Never saw or knew Roscoe when I was a young elementary school age fan but from what I see in this 14 minutes, what a beautiful game he played. Pretty to watch.

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[@carlziebell4149]

Late in Roscoes career … his serve had just dropped off 10% … nearly unplayable in late 70’s

[@ceb7894]

Tanner had the penguin walk down pat…..😂😂😂😂😂.

[@danilogori5822]

Excellent quality, never seen this match before. Way to go!

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[@jaqg7478]

Fabulous attack tennis player. So elegant this left hander. Excellent volleyer. Wimbledon finalist, I think. #tennislegend

[@thomashumphrey7395]

Roscoe Tanner was such a different kind of player from most everyone else on the tour back then. You can certainly see how and why he was a difficult match-up for top players like Borg, Lendl, Connors, and others. And he was certainly capable of beating any of them on a given day. Very talented player with a cannon for a serve. For the longest time he held the record for the fastest serve ever recorded clocked at 153 mph until Andy Roddick finally broke it many years later with a serve registering 155 on the radar gun.

[@johncase2408]

Can you imagine his serve with today's racquets 🎾?

[@MrJeepsters]

Il servait très rapidement. C'était aussi un très bon volleyeur.

[@PUMABASRHIN]

​@@MrJeepsters ( roscoe tanner avait un service particulier : lancer tres court au dessus de la tete et mouvement de bras gauche supersonique ! et toujours de profil ( comme bruce lee dans ses combats ) plus facile pour avancer dans le terrain ! quand je jouais ( en alsace ) au debut je servais pas trop bien ! j' ai decortiquer le service de : tanner et de kevin curren qui avait copier tanner , plus tard leconte egalement , puis dolgopolov !! , et j'ai en 1989 grace a la facon de servir de tanner ete classer : 15 , en servant en moyenne a : 208 /210 km / h . grace a tanner !!! tanner etait un des tout meilleurs serveur du monde et un exellent volleyeur, j'aurais aimer voir s'il avait battu gerulaitis en 1/2 finale a l'u s open 1979 ( il mene 2 sets a rien et 2-0 a l'entame du 3 eme set , puis se deregle completement !!! inexpliquable !!) , contre mac enroe le resultat de la finale !!!!

[@marcdunord]

roddick was using a synthetic racket much faster than tanner's metal one... PS side-spin made it impossible to predict where he was going to serve until the serve left his racket.

[@afaircomment]

Some good vollying by Lendl

[@borgcash3710]

yeah, seems he did not improve much of it at Wimby later

[@gooddognigel9992]

Roscoe Tanner’s serve was registered 153 mph in palm springs in 1978 during the final against raul ramirez

[@mtklaric]

For real?

[@borgcash3710]

@@mtklaric yeah, with small aluminium racquet

[@steveturner609]

When Tanner was on with his serve, he was almost unplayable…..absolute Bullet of a serve!

[@crsantin]

Probably not an accurate reading. There’s no way he was serving faster than the biggest servers of the modern game.

[@gooddognigel9992]

@@crsantin you could be right. Former NHLer Bobby Hull (1958-71) apparently had the fastest slapshot 118 mph. His backhand was clocked at 90 mph.

[@manoalex6575]

In our school days.. We heard a lot about Rosco Tanner... Sadly those who win GS are related or remerbered... But as far as the land Was.. 'Roscoe was a champ without the GS title... I hope the US Tennis admin will recognize such players of the 70s and 80's for their contribution..

[@manoalex6575]

In Today tennis world he would be up-to a no 5 in the world to say the least.. Please have such unsung heroes admitted to the hall of fame... I think he could have finished off Pete and Federer..

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[@miguelbarahona6636]

Tanner won Australian Open 1977.

[@elseniorgallo]

Just a comment on this, Mano Alex. The good news is that Roscoe Tanner DID win a Grand Slam tournament. It was the 1977 Australian Open (January version). He won that version by defeating Guillermo Vilas in the final. At the end of that year, there was a 1977 Australian Open December version, and this was won by Vitas Gerulaitis, who defeated John Lloyd in the final.

[@TheMrBennito]

Federer watched a lot of Tanner matches, I assume. That backhand....

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[@trentv5456]

Tanner was possibly the OG servebot!!!

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[@user-lm7tt1ys3g]

Tanner killing service...🎾🙏 Wonderfull tennis era...❤

[@houstonbalaji4768]

Never seen Lendl come to the net as much as he did in this match!!

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[@MrJeepsters]

C'est en 1983 qu'il a été le plus proche du "volleyeur naturel". Il aurait surement proposé une autre opposition à Mc Enroe que celle de Chris Lewis (qui a fait un magnifique tournoi).

[@overkongen34]

He played S/V on grass constantly after 1985.

[@andrewtrainer3772]

Thanks for previously unavailable footage. World's highest service toss against world's lowest! I have a pictorial annual, signed by Chris Lewis, of the 1983 Wimbledon that prominently records this match.

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[@giacomovinci9350]

Lendl having the ball bounce only once before his first and second serve! Later he will juggle it four times before the first serve and three times before his 2nd, except in one of his last appearances in Wimbledon. I can only imagine how difficult is the break a routine to get into the zone before an automatic movement live a serve in tennis

[@mtklaric]

Wow great quality, Tanner has a killer backhand

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[@luisgonzalezalvarez1596]

the serve of roscoe tanner was measured in 1978 at 234 kms/hours

[@MrJeepsters]

Si Roscoe Tanner est un vétérant par rapport à Lendl, qu'est Djokovic par rapport à Alcaraz et Tsisipas ? Le service de Tanner était très difficile à gérer, même pour les joueurs qui sont arrivés après Borg.

[@PUMABASRHIN]

tanner avait la foudre dans son bras ! un service venu d'ailleur comme disait les chercheurs americains qui disaient un service de tanner avancait a plus de 33 metre seconde !!!!

[@alberts2208]

The heaviness of tanner serve reminds me of boris beckers.

[@ronaldwilson330]

IVAN LENDL!!! UM DOS MEUS ÍDOLOS!!!!

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[@777tractorboy]

Loved this era 🎾

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[@williamkoegler8616]

Watch the Australian Open Final when Roscoe played Guillermo Vilas !!!

[@philippefattoretto6909]

jamais vu, merci !

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[@PUMABASRHIN]

en grand chelem tout les matches de tanner etaient exellent !!!!!

[@jm7804]

Tanner had such a tremendous service delivery. I would love to see the big servers of today try to hit a serve like that with a wooden racquet. I always enjoyed watching Tanner play. Although I doubt very much that he is a person you would care to know in life. Dead-beat dad, ripped off friends, and went to jail several times. So unbecoming for a grand slam champion.

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[@opencurtin]

Was he , I never knew that , sounds like a good script for a movie.

[@albertostanghellini8684]

I remenber this match, I watched it, live, on italian television ; in the next round, Lendl lost to Mcenroe , 6-7 4-6 4-6, Mcenroe won the title.

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[@ericfreeman5795]

Constrasting styles of serve. Tanner, with a low toss, almost hitting the ball on its way up. Lendl, high toss, waiting for it to drop before hitting. Both very effective.

[@jimmybrice6360]

are you kidding ? lendl's high toss was a detriment to his serve. roscoe is the only player i have ever seen who could do that. his serve came at you very fast

[@ericfreeman5795]

@@jimmybrice6360 Even though Tanner had a tremendous serve, kind of like the Andy Roddick of the 70s, others like Henri Leconte and Kevin Curren also hit the serve almost on the rise. But I disagree that the high toss was a detriment for Lendl. 8 Grand Slam titles, and 270 weeks at number 1 speak for themselves. Although Tanner's serve was one of the fastest in history, with that I totally agree.

[@jimmybrice6360]

@@ericfreeman5795 i dont know anything about leconte and curren - will have to look at their serve. the high toss is a detriment, no matter how many grand slams someone wins. if he had been able to toss the ball like tanner, and actually hit it, his serve would have been better. neither tanner nor lendl were great athletes. and lendl was never able to break thru against connors, borg or mcenroe, until they started downhill. no way was lendl as good as that triumvirate. if you werent there, you wouldnt know the following - but for years lendl was known as the choker who could not win the big one. when he was number one, i dont think he had anyone as good as those 3, who dominated tennis for 15 years or so. just a note on tanner - he was still using aluminum rackets, not the rackets of today. i think his record is in the low 30s, which was absolutely ridiculous at the time. i would like to see one of today's players take an aluminum racket and hit the ball like that - LOL. but his speed was not his biggest asset. it was the returner had no way to judge the ball, it left the racket so quickly. which is why a low toss is so good. but it takes both a quick delivery and unbelievably good timing. tanner had good volleys, but is somewhat awkward at the baseline. lendl has awkwardness in all of his movements. but he is known to have worked more diligently than most any other player (except maybe connors), to get the best from what he had.

[@ericfreeman5795]

@@jimmybrice6360 About the low toss vs. the high toss serve, the low toss was more frequent in players before the 80s. Players like Newcomb, Rosewall, Connors, Vilas, etc, all hit the ball at the apex of the toss. In the 80s, players like Lendl and Graf preferred the high toss. Hitting on the rise requires perfect timing, and a few players like Tanner and Curren preferred that style. But if we observe the big 3, Fed, Rafa, and Nole, in slow motion, all three hit the ball on its way down. The toss may be higher or lower, but it's definitely on it's way down. Sampras also had a higher toss and hit as the ball descended. On the other hand, Sam Groth, who has the fastest serve registered at 163 mph, hits the ball at it's apex. I think it depends on the individual. Being on the business end of a Tanner, or a Sampras serve, is equally as frightening. About Lendl being a "late bloomer", it's true. But he did reach a ton of finals, he just needed that final push. Another great that suffered a similar fate was Agassi, losing several grand slam finals, until he won the least expected, Wimbledon at 22 years of age. After he was 25 he won 7 more slams. Lendl also won all his slams after he turned 24. Connors, Borg, and McEnroe were early bloomers. Medvedev just won his first at 25. To each his own.

[@jimmybrice6360]

@@ericfreeman5795 i dont recall any player ever hitting it on the way up, which i think tanner did. although it probably was close to the top. if you watch beginners play, they all toss the ball real high. lendl's toss is so high, that it really looks poor. graf's forehand was effective, but terrible form. she jerked her shoulder something terribly. the physics of it is that you want the ball to be at the point where your racket would normally be, with the ball stationary. that is extremely difficult to do, even for most pros. rosewall and connors are my 2 favorites. but each of them had weak serves. rosewall and laver ruled tennis for a long time before connors, borg and mcenroe took over. of those 3, i think connors had the best overall game, cuz he was great from the baseline, and was good at the net. his serve was his only weak point.

[@ericwashington4236]

Hardly ever saw tanner play

[@imccorm]

Tanner's service action was so smooth.

[@seveglider8406]

Tanner's service motion is similar to Goran Ivanisvic. Both players made contact with the ball at the apex of their toss.

[@thebigmonstaandy6644]

@@seveglider8406 no.Goran had a break in trophy position.Kyrgius uses simular style of serve(very fast hand motion,without a break in trophy position)

[@thebigmonstaandy6644]

Kyrgius uses simular style of serve(very fast hand motion,without a break in trophy position)

[@seveglider8406]

@@thebigmonstaandy6644 I'm talking about how both Ivanisivic and Tanner make contact with the ball at the height of their toss.

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[@ignaciomardel9136]

Young Lendl by that time had already more titles than veteran Tanner

[@manoalex6575]

So what ur trying to say... Winning tilted is not the only stuff in life. U got to know.. That u have losers too.. But depends.. Can u have 2 winners for the same tournament???

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[@MrJeepsters]

Il n'avait pas encore gagné de grans chelem.

[@irfanbokhari185]

Legend

[@hemil]

In Spain, ROSCO its called to "6-0"...So Roscoe its like the Man Who makes 6-0's 😁

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[@potkula1]

what happened to tanner's hair?

[@PUMABASRHIN]

DOMMAGE pour roscoe tanner , il avait des balles de set au 1er set et 2 eme set pour finalement perdre : 7-5/7-6/6-3 . il avait de quoi passer contre lendl !!

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[@christisgod3354]

Lendl looks like he is 11. Tanner has a very smooth serve.

[@fabienh3943]

Tanner was a kind of Andy Roddick back then. I remember his reputation was to be the biggest server of that era. Times they are a changin 😊

[@thebigmonstaandy6644]

Kyrgius uses simular style of serve(very fast hand motion,without a break in trophy position)

[@hakimanozz1974]

@@fabienh3943 yeah we used to see big serving like goran, roddick, dustin brown n so on but this one was so fast. very strong arm

[@sayresrudy2644]

11! 😂

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[@ashotmm]

The real pity is that such a talented player as Roscoe Tanner ended up doing time later in life ...

[@amandodoronila9585]

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[@amandodoronila9585]

82

[@crsantin]

Lendl serving and volleying 👍

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[@williamc4221]

Roscoe had a terrific 1st serve. His second serve was very average, though.

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[@KingCast65]

Holy shit this has to have been '83??? Tanner beat Mats that year. 1983 Wimbledon England Outdoor Grass QF Ivan Lendl 75 76 63

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[@MrJeepsters]

C'est pas plutôt en 1982 ?

[@PUMABASRHIN]

@@MrJeepsters 1983 !!

[@weyman4317]

@@MrJeepstersLendl didn’t play Wimbledon 82

[@weyman4317]

Quarter final 1983 Wimbledon

[@robrawlings4402]

winner?

[@voduke]

Lendl

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[@PUMABASRHIN]

@@voduke lendl a gagner certe ! mais tanner avait balle de set au premier set ! et balle de set au deuxieme set ! en 1979 a l' u s open tanner a exploser lendl au troisieme tour : 6 -3 / 6 - 2 / 6 - 1 !!!

[@mikemichaelmas4251]

Roscoe is wearing Pony's. I remember those, wonder what happened.

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[@user-sc1pq3jx8k]

Класс игры невысокий..)

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[@richbb1479]

Ivanek ve vrcholné formě

[@DrBroncanuus]

Roscoe, had the fastest arm ever and it got him to the final of Wimbledon 1979.....one of the very few players who could hit the ball on the rise on serve....

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[@fundhund62]

Leconte was similar.

[@DrBroncanuus]

@@fundhund62 true, Henri, was an amazing talent sadly he never took tennis seriously..

[@Jimbo-qd5zz]

White balls! Thanks for posting.

[@tennisking3300]

You bet

[@fab.ulations]

Ivan n.1

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[@Fdux]

Rafa vs Federer of that time….

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[@per-axeljonsson2717]

Tanner had a BIG serve ,but he was no sampras🎾

[@weyman4317]

Quarter final 1983

[@dominikferens1154]

It just shows that Lendl chose not to play volley later in his career. Cause he surely could play it well

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[@livingtribunal4110]

Tanner 153mph. _Please_ . Not even close. Just shows you how dodgy 1970s technology was for measuring stuff like speeds. Look at some of Tanner´s 1st serves in this match and on a few aces, the ball probably hits the back-screen level with the ball boys´ kneecaps. That´s probably 110-115mph _maximum_ . On a couple of Tanner´s serves down the T, the ball sits up for Lendl to return no problem. (go and watch the first few minutes of Federer v Roddick from 2009 and see by comparison, the speed of Roddick´s 130-135mph serves to what Tanner is dishing up here. Not even comparable.) What made Tanner´s serve so effective was the contact at top of ball-toss. And, the put the clincher on it, Wimbledon´s grass was much quicker surface in the 1980s.

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[@PUMABASRHIN]

si tanner jouerais actuellement avec la technologie actuelle il servirait a 255 / 265 km/h avec la biomecanique parfaite qu'il avait !!!!

[@absoluteb22]

In the early 2000's Wimbledon grass was changed and the bounce no longer kept low and therefore lost its uniqueness. You can't compare the type of grass from the 70/80's to 2009. Obviously the rackets and strings changed too and made harder hitting much easier.

[@MrX-wd8cm]

@@absoluteb22 this ...