Syd Ball (born 24 January 1950) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. 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 The 1974 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1973 to 1 January 1974. It was the 62nd edition of the Australian Open and t ...

. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 22 in 1977. Syd is the father of former tour professional Carsten Ball. On 30 August 2000, Ball was awarded the

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for his commitment to tennis.

Career finals

Doubles (7 titles, 14 runner-ups)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ball, Syd 1950 births Living people Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal