Syd Ball

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 (7 titles, 14 runners-up)

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

External links

at the Association of Tennis Professionals
at the International Tennis Federation