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M. Edmondson#23 def. S. Ball#146

5-7 1-6 7-5 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 30, 1981*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	M. Edmondson
Score	5-7 1-6 7-5 7-5 6-4
Loser	S. Ball

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Edmondson	S. Ball
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Jun 24, 1954	Jan 24, 1950
Age	27	31
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	146
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,885	1,552
Career W-L	244–231	126–181
Career earnings	$1,451,680	—

Pre-match H2H

M. Edmondson 1 – 0 S. Ball

Path

M. Edmondson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1981	R64	Pat Cash	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

M. Edmondson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1982	R16	Cliff Letcher	6-2 6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data

S. Ball's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1981	R64	S. Meister	6-2 6-4 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data