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