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Syd Ball v Ken Rosewall: stats compared | Lineball
Rosewall wins on games won. ATP Tour career: Ball 269 matches, Rosewall 730 matches.
Rosewall averages 14.2 games won a match to Ball’s 11.7 (21% more).
Rosewall has the better sets won %: 69.4 to Ball’s 41.6.
Rosewall averages 1.8 sets won a match to Ball’s 1.1 (66% more).
Best single match: Rosewall 35 games won, Ball 29.
Winners’ edge: Rosewall’s team won 74%, Ball’s team won 36% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Rosewall has 730 matches across 13 seasons, Ball 269 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, retired hurt): 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 game0.140 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
11.73,153 total · best 29Games wonper game14.210,336 total · best 35
41.6Sets won %69.4
47.2Games won %57.3
–Finalsper game0.169 total · best 1
1.1287 total · best 4Sets wonper game
Head to head
04 matches since 19744
Grass · 3 matchesBall 0Rosewall 3
Clay · 1 matchBall 0Rosewall 1
Grand Slams · 2 matchesBall 0Rosewall 2
Last meetings
9 Oct 1978 · Brisbane · Round of 16 · GrassRosewall won 6-2 7-6
1 Jan 1977 · Australian Open · Round of 64 · GrassRosewall won 6-2 6-3 7-5
26 Dec 1975 · Australian Open · Round of 16 · GrassRosewall won 3-6 7-6 6-0 6-4
7 Oct 1974 · Tokyo · Round of 16 · ClayRosewall won 3-6 6-4 6-2
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.81,302 total · best 3
1.5403 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.8575 total · best 3
13.13,526 total · best 31Games lostper game · lower is better10.67,714 total · best 37
0.264 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2132 total · best 2
0.247 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.2111 total · best 1
–Masters/1000 matchesper game0.111 total · best 1
0.13 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better–