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Syd Ball def. Adriano Panatta

6-3 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 26, 1968*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Syd Ball
Score	6-3 6-2 6-3
Loser	Adriano Panatta

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Syd Ball	Adriano Panatta
Country	AUS	ITA
Birth date	Jan 24, 1950	Jul 9, 1950
Age	18	18
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,476	1,503
Career W-L	126–181	379–226
Career earnings	—	$776,187

Pre-match H2H

Syd Ball 0 – 0 Adriano Panatta

Path

Syd Ball's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Syd Ball's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 27, 1968	R16	Ray Ruffels	2-6 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Adriano Panatta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 25, 1968	R64	D Tunnock	3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data