Syd Ball

Syd Ball

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1950-01-24) 24 January 1950 (age 76) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	96–161
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 63 (3 June 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1974, 1976, 1979)
French Open	1R (1978)
Wimbledon	2R (1972, 1973)
US Open	4R (1974)
Doubles
Career record	240–202
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 22 (30 August 1977)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1974)
French Open	3R (1971)
Wimbledon	QF (1976, 1977)
US Open	SF (1974, 1976)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	SF (1969)

Syd Ball (born 24 January 1950) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

Ball enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won seven doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 14 times. Partnering Bob Giltinan, Ball finished runner-up at the 1974 Australian Open. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 22 in 1977. In August 2000, Ball was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his commitment to tennis.

Syd Ball is the father of former tour professional Carsten Ball.

Career finals

Doubles: 21 (7 titles / 14 runners-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1974	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Bob Giltinan	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1974	San Francisco, US	Carpet	John Alexander	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0–3	Oct 1974	Christchurch, New Zealand	Hard	Ray Ruffels	Ismail El Shafei Roscoe Tanner	W/O
Win	1–3	Nov 1974	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Ross Case	Mike Estep Marcello Lara	6–3, 7–6, 9–7
Loss	1–4	May 1975	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Dick Crealy	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	6–8, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Nov 1975	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Kim Warwick	Ross Case Geoff Masters	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–5	Mar 1976	Little Rock, US	Carpet	Ray Ruffels	Giuliano Pecci Haroon Rahim	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	3–5	Oct 1976	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–6	Oct 1976	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard	Kim Warwick	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Win	4–6	Jan 1977	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–7	Jan 1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	Cliff Letcher Dick Stockton	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	4–8	Apr 1977	Denver, US	Carpet	Kim Warwick	Colin Dibley Geoff Masters	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–8	Nov 1977	Hong Kong	Hard	Kim Warwick	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 6–3
Win	6–8	Dec 1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	6–9	Oct 1978	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Allan Stone	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 6–7
Loss	6–10	Dec 1978	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Bob Carmichael	Hank Pfister Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–10	Jan 1980	Perth, Australia	Hard	Cliff Letcher	Dale Collings Dick Crealy	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–11	Aug 1981	Cleveland, US	Grass	Ross Case	Erik van Dillen Van Winitsky	4–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss	7–12	Feb 1982	Richmond WCT, US	Carpet	Rolf Gehring	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	4–6, 2–6
Loss	7–13	Jul 1982	Newport, US	Grass	Rod Frawley	John Andrews John Sadri	6–3, 6–7, 5–7
Loss	7–14	Oct 1982	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet (i)	Rod Frawley	Francisco González Matt Mitchell	6–7, 6–7

References

External links

• Syd Ball at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Syd Ball at World Tennis