| R64 | L | Guy Forget | 6-4 7-5 6-2 | H2H |
| R128 | W | Jonathan Smith | 4-6 6-4 6-3 3-6 7-5 | H2H |
🇦🇺 AUS · Right-handed · 188 cm · b. 1950-01-24
Syd Ball
Active 1968–1982 · best rank seen: 53
124–181
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4,270
Hard
16–37 (30.2%)
Clay
13–34 (27.7%)
Grass
77–80 (49.0%)
Carpet
18–30 (37.5%)
Grand Slam record
| '68 | '69 | '70 | '71 | '72 | '73 | '74 | '75 | '76 | '77 | '78 | '79 | '80 | '81 | '82 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 2R | ||
| Roland Garros | 1R | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||
| US Open | 4R | 3R | 1R | 1R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1973–1975).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1833.
Match results
| R128 | L | Eric Fromm | 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-2 | H2H |
| R64 | L | Charlie Fancutt | 5-7 6-1 6-1 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Steve Krulevitz | 6-4 6-2 | H2H |
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.