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Stan Smith#7 def. Syd Ball#160

7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 1974*
Tournament	New Orleans Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	7-6 6-4
Loser	Syd Ball

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	Syd Ball
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	Jan 24, 1950
Age	27	24
Height	—	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	160
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,995	1,616
Career W-L	—	126–181
Career earnings	$1,774,811	—

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 0 – 0 Syd Ball

Path

Stan Smith's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Stan Smith's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1974	QF	Jeff Borowiak	6-4 7-6	L	—	Match data

Syd Ball's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1974	R32	Boro Jovanovic	6-2 7-6	W	—	Match data