Roscoe Tanner

Roscoe Tanner is, to me, the embodiment of the big-serve era. A Chattanooga kid polished at Stanford, he climbed to world No. 4 in 1979 and collected sixteen titles, but it is that ferocious left-handed serve that defines him in my mind. There is something clean and thrilling about a player who can end a point in a single explosive motion. He belongs to a generation that gets overlooked today, yet staying near the top of the rankings on the strength of one devastating weapon takes real nerve and discipline. I think Tanner deserves to be remembered as one of the great servers of his time.

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Name (English)

Roscoe Tanner

Name (Japanese)

ロスコー・タナー

Reading

ろすこー・たなー

Born

October 15, 1951 (age 74)

Origin

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Height

183 cm

Occupation

tennis player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

University

Stanford University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe%20Tanner
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54681

Tags

• Tennessee
• tennis player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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