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Ray Keldie def. Syd Ball

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 31, 1971
Tournament	Manchester
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Ray Keldie
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Syd Ball

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ray Keldie	Syd Ball
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Jan 17, 1946	Jan 24, 1950
Age	25	21
Height	—	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,523	1,510
Career W-L	64–106	126–181

Pre-match H2H

Ray Keldie 1 – 0 Syd Ball

Path

Ray Keldie's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	R16	Ross Case	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	R32	Eddie Fox	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1971	R64	John Anthony Southworth	6-1 6-0	W	—	Match data

Ray Keldie's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	SF	Bob Hewitt	6-8 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Syd Ball's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	R16	Byron Bertram	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	R32	Butch Seewagen	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1971	R64	Simon Partridge	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1971	R128	B A Razik	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data