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Russell Simpson vs Syd Ball Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Russell Simpson seasons:19871986198519841983
Syd Ball seasons:19821981198019791978
🇳🇿 Russell Simpson
🇦🇺 Syd Ball
Age: 72y 71d (1954-02-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1950-01-24) Age: 76y 100d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
1 - 2
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 0–0Clay 0–0Grass 0–2
Others 1–2
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🇳🇿Russell Simpson and 🇦🇺Syd Ball have met 3 times. Syd Ball currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇳🇿Russell Simpson has compiled an overall career record of 147–207 across 354 matches, translating to a win rate of 41.53%. On hard courts his record stands at 60–73 (45.11%), while on clay he holds a 15–38 (28.30%) mark. On grass the numbers read 58–61 (48.74%) , and on carpet 13–35 (27.08%). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 3–18 (14.29%).

🇦🇺Syd Ball, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 124–181 from 305 matches (40.66% win rate). His hard-court record is 16–37 (30.19%), on clay he stands at 13–34 (27.66%), and on grass he has gone 77–80 (49.04%) , with a carpet record of 18–30 (37.50%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 0–12 (0.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 2–0 (100.00% for Syd Ball).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-12-18Sydney-2GrassR64334🇦🇺Syd Ball99🇳🇿Russell Simpson7-5 6-33------0/0
1976-09-27San FranciscoCarpetR64139🇳🇿Russell Simpson91🇦🇺Syd Ball7-6 2-6 7-63------0/0
1974-01-07AucklandGrassR16101🇦🇺Syd Ball-🇳🇿Russell Simpson6-3 6-33------0/0

Wins

Russell Simpson
Syd Ball
1–2Overall
1–2Others
0–2Grass
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%2
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Russell Simpson
Syd Ball

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Russell Simpson
Syd Ball

Sets

28.6%2
71.4%5
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%4
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
66.7%2
33.3%1
Carpet
Russell Simpson
Syd Ball

Games

41.1%30
58.9%43
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
35.9%14
64.1%25
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
47.1%16
52.9%18
Carpet
Russell Simpson
Syd Ball

Overview

By Surface

Russell Simpson
Syd Ball

By Tournament Level

Russell Simpson
Syd Ball

By Round

Russell Simpson
Syd Ball

By Opponent Ranking

Russell SimpsonSyd Ball
0%0-3
vs Top 1
0%0-1
0%0-8
vs Top 5
0%0-4
14.3%3-18
vs Top 10
0%0-12
17.8%8-37
vs Top 20
10.3%3-26
30.7%61-138
vs Top 100
17.2%21-101
52.9%72-64
vs +100
61.2%52-33
30.6%64-145
vs Higher
17.9%24-110
54.6%65-54
vs Lower
67.1%49-24

Opponent Breakdown

Russell SimpsonSyd Ball
44.9%97-119
Vs Younger
38.8%52-82
29%36-88
Vs Older
29.5%41-98
43%131-174
Vs Right-Handed
35.9%90-161
29.8%14-33
Vs Left-Handed
35.7%10-18
12.5%1-7
Vs 2H Backhand
0%0-3
41.2%7-10
Vs 1H Backhand
16.7%2-10
38.5%69-110
Vs Shorter
20.2%21-83
34.4%22-42
Vs Taller
23.8%5-16

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