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S. Ball#116 def. J. James#135

4-6 6-3 8-6

Match Information

Date	Dec 24, 1975*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	S. Ball
Score	4-6 6-3 8-6
Loser	J. James

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	S. Ball	J. James
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Jan 24, 1950	Mar 7, 1951
Age	25	24
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	116	135
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,587	1,528
Career W-L	126–181	98–144
Career earnings	—	$212

Pre-match H2H

S. Ball 1 – 1 J. James

Path

S. Ball's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

S. Ball's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 25, 1975	R16	R. Case	3-6 6-3 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. James's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 23, 1975	R64	A. Gardiner	6-1 1-0 DEF	W	H2H	Match data