Syd Ball

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Syd Ball’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of his tournament results, showing how far he progressed in each Grand Slam event across his career.

Insights

Best Grand Slam run came at the 1979 Australian Open

His top Open Era result was a round of 16, achieved once at the 1979 Australian Open at age 29. That was his deepest finish across all 29 Grand Slam tournaments listed.

Australian Open was by far his most productive major

He reached at least the round of 64 in every Australian Open appearance shown, and his best results there include one R16, two R32s, and four R64s. Across the full record, his strongest results are concentrated in Australia rather than at the other majors.

Wimbledon and the US Open were mostly early exits

At Wimbledon, his results are four R128s, two R64s, and one R32; at the US Open, they are two R128s, one R32, and one R16. Neither event produced a result better than the round of 16.

His career peaked in the mid-1970s before tapering off

From 1974 to 1976 he produced his strongest cluster: R16 at the Australian Open in 1974 and 1976, plus an R16 at the 1974 US Open and an R32 at the 1975 US Open. After that, his best result was the 1979 Australian Open R16, followed by only R32 or worse.

He played Grand Slams across two eras, but the Amateur Era sample is tiny

The record spans 1968-1977 and 1979-1982, with only one Amateur Era result listed: a 1968 Australian Open R64 at age 17. All other 28 tournaments are in the Open Era.

Basics

Born	24 January 1950
Gender	Male
Nation	Australia
Era	Amateur Era and Open Era
Grand Slam careerCareer	1968-1977, 1979-1982

Grand Slam statistics

Tournaments	29
Best results Open Era	4 x R16 5 x R32 9 x R64
Best results Amateur Era	1 x R64
Total matches	61
W/L-record	32-29 (52% won)

During the Amateur Era, only top results (quarterfinals or better) from 1945 onwards are listed on this site. Therefore, the list below may not include all Amateur Era results.

Syd Ball – Grand Slam results (year, tournament, result, age)
Year	Tournament	Era	Result	Age
1982	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	32
1982	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	32
1981	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	31
1981	US Open	Open Era	R128	31
1980	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	30
1980	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	30
1979	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	29
1977	Australian Open (Jan)	Open Era	R64	27
1977	Australian Open (Dec)	Open Era	R64	26
1976	US Open	Open Era	R128	26
1976	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	26
1976	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	25
1975	US Open	Open Era	R32	25
1975	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	25
1975	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	24
1974	US Open	Open Era	R16	24
1974	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	24
1974	Australian Open	Open Era	R16	23
1973	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	23
1973	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	22
1972	Wimbledon	Open Era	R64	22
1972	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	21
1971	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	21
1971	French Open	Open Era	R128	21
1971	Australian Open	Open Era	R32	21
1970	Wimbledon	Open Era	R128	20
1970	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	19
1969	Australian Open	Open Era	R64	18^?
1968	Australian Open	Amateur Era	R64	17