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

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