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K. Rosewall #24 def. S. Ball #244

6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Oct 13, 1978*
Tournament	Brisbane
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	K. Rosewall
Score	6-2 7-6
Loser	S. Ball

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	K. Rosewall	S. Ball
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Jan 24, 1950
Age	43	28
Height	170	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	244
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,812	1,499
Career W-L	541–195	126–181
Career earnings	$1,602,700	—

Pre-match H2H

K. Rosewall 3 – 0 S. Ball

Path

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R32	C. Kachel	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

K. Rosewall's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1978	QF	T. Gorman	7-6 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

S. Ball's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R32	G. Braun	2-6 7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data