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John Alexander vs Syd Ball Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Alexander seasons:19851984198319821981
Syd Ball seasons:19821981198019791978
🇦🇺 John Alexander
🇦🇺 Syd Ball
Age: 74y 259d (1951-07-04)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1950-01-24) Age: 76y 55d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
2 - 1
Wins: 66.7% - 33.3%
Hard 1–0Clay 0–0Grass 1–1
Others 21
WLW
LWL

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🇦🇺John Alexander and 🇦🇺Syd Ball have met 3 times. John Alexander currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 21.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺John Alexander has compiled an overall career record of 591434 across 1025 matches, translating to a win rate of 57.66%. On hard courts his record stands at 10387 (54.21%), while on clay he holds a 225132 (63.03%) mark. On grass the numbers read 15396 (61.45%) , and on carpet 110119 (48.03%). Throughout his career he has won 8 titles (3 hard, 2 clay, 2 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 2481 (22.86%).

🇦🇺Syd Ball, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 124181 from 305 matches (40.66% win rate). His hard-court record is 1637 (30.19%), on clay he stands at 1334 (27.66%), and on grass he has gone 7780 (49.04%) , with a carpet record of 1830 (37.50%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 012 (0.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with John Alexander leading 10 (100.00%). On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 11 (50.00% each).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1976-03-22Palm SpringsHardR3211🇦🇺John Alexander92🇦🇺Syd Ball7-5 6-23------0/0
1974-12-16Sydney-3GrassQF109🇦🇺Syd Ball29🇦🇺John Alexander6-4 6-23------0/0
1969-12-01BrisbaneGrassQF-🇦🇺John Alexander-🇦🇺Syd Ball4-6 7-5 6-3 6-45------0/0

Wins

John Alexander
Syd Ball
21Overall
21Others
10Hard
11Grass

Sets Format

50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo3
100.0%1
0.0%0
Bo5
50.0%1
50.0%1
2 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Alexander
Syd Ball

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Alexander
Syd Ball

Sets

62.5%5
37.5%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%2
0.0%0
Hard
50.0%3
50.0%3
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
John Alexander
Syd Ball

Games

53.2%42
46.8%37
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
65.0%13
35.0%7
Hard
49.2%29
50.8%30
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
John Alexander
Syd Ball

Overview

By Surface

John Alexander
Syd Ball

By Tournament Level

John Alexander
Syd Ball

By Round

John Alexander
Syd Ball

By Opponent Ranking

John AlexanderSyd Ball
7.7%1-12
vs Top 1
0%0-1
14.6%7-41
vs Top 5
0%0-4
22.9%24-81
vs Top 10
0%0-12
32.6%60-124
vs Top 20
10.3%3-26
49.2%227-234
vs Top 100
17.2%21-101
74.4%160-55
vs +100
61.2%52-33
34.3%82-157
vs Higher
17.9%24-110
69.8%305-132
vs Lower
67.1%49-24

Opponent Breakdown

John AlexanderSyd Ball
54.5%234-195
Vs Younger
38.8%52-82
57.7%321-235
Vs Older
29.5%41-98
58.6%501-354
Vs Right-Handed
35.9%90-161
45.5%66-79
Vs Left-Handed
35.7%10-18
11.8%2-15
Vs 2H Backhand
0%0-3
42.4%36-49
Vs 1H Backhand
16.7%2-10
49.7%325-329
Vs Shorter
20.2%21-83
42.1%24-33
Vs Taller
23.8%5-16

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