Ball v Crealy
ATP Tour career
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Dick Crealy takes it, 7–0 on categories
Crealy wins on games won. ATP Tour career: Ball 269 matches, Crealy 650 matches.
- Crealy averages 13.3 games won a match to Ball’s 11.7 (14% more).
- Crealy averages 1.4 sets won a match to Ball’s 1.1 (27% more).
- Crealy has the better sets won %: 51.6 to Ball’s 41.6.
- Best single match: Crealy 37 games won, Ball 29.
- Winners’ edge: Crealy’s team won 52%, Ball’s team won 36% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Crealy has 650 matches across 14 seasons, Ball 269 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- –Titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 11.73,153 total · best 29Games wonper game13.38,670 total · best 37
- 41.6Sets won %51.6
- 47.2Games won %50.7
- –Finalsper game0.04 total · best 1
- 1.1287 total · best 4Sets wonper game1.4883 total · best 3
- 1.5
Head to head
14 matches
since 19683
since 19683
- Grass · 3 matchesBall 1Crealy 2
- Clay · 1 matchBall 0Crealy 1
Last meetings
- 5 Dec 1977 · Adelaide-2 · Round of 64 · GrassBall won 6-3 7-6
- 6 Jan 1975 · Auckland · Quarterfinal · GrassCrealy won 4-6 6-3 6-3 7-5
- 20 May 1974 · Bournemouth · Round of 64 · ClayCrealy won 8-9 6-2 7-5
- 30 Dec 1968 · Hobart · Round of 32 · GrassCrealy won 4-1 ret.
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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