Roscoe Tanner

Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is a former professional American male tennis player and World No. 4 in 1979.
Tanner is best remembered for his devastating left-handed serve. On the court, Tanner enjoyed his finest years in the middle and late 1970s. In 1976, he won titles in Cincinnati, Columbus, San Francisco and Tokyo. In 1977, he won the Australian Open, defeating Guillermo Vilas in a straight-sets final. We have to remember, in the 1979, the 5-set loss to Björn Borg in Wimbledon finals. He won $1.7 million in official prize money and probably more than that in appearance fees and endorsements for brands such as Sergio Tacchini sportswear, PDP rackets and Pony shoes. After he retired in 1984, however, the rougher battles began. He had gone through a bitter divorce with his first wife before he put the racquet down. Following retirement, he married again; this one ended acrimoniously in 2000 after 15 years (because of a relationship with Connie Romano, that gave him a daughter).
After has suffered a number of failed business ventures, including a Tanner Tennis Village in Atlanta and the Roscoe Tanner Tennis Academy in St Lucia.
Now he's behind bars. He had been sentenced in November 2003 to 10 years probation for bouncing a $35,595 check used to buy a 32-foot boat in 2000.