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Karl Meiler #52 def. Syd Ball #168

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 8, 1977*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Karl Meiler
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Syd Ball

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karl Meiler	Syd Ball
Country	GER	AUS
Birth date	Apr 30, 1949	Jan 24, 1950
Age	28	27
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	52	168
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,815	1,519
Career W-L	252–189	126–181
Career earnings	$2,148	—

Pre-match H2H

Karl Meiler 1 – 0 Syd Ball

Path

Karl Meiler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1977	R64	Raymond Pascale	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Karl Meiler's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 9, 1977	R16	Phil Dent	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Syd Ball's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1977	R64	Dick Crealy	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data