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Chris Johnstone vs Syd Ball H2H: 1-0

Chris Johnstone holds a 1–0 lead over Syd Ball in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Chris Johnstone leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Chris Johnstone won the 1981 Sydney International round of 64 4-6 6-3 6-4.

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Chris Johnstone

AUS Age 65 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H

1 – 0

1 main draw meetings

Syd Ball

AUS Age 76 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Chris Johnstone	4-6 6-3 6-4	Syd Ball	Match data	Dec 16, 1981*	R64	Sydney International	ATP 250	Grass

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Chris Johnstone	#721	#70	0	1,631	36	63	36.4%	0	0	0	0	0	0
Syd Ball	#748	#63	0	1,726	125	181	40.8%	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age	Chris Johnstone							Syd Ball
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
18	1979	0–2	0.0%	#339	1,463	0	0	1968	1–3	25.0%	—	1,491	0	0
19	1980	4–9	30.8%	#137	1,501	0	0	1969	5–5	50.0%	—	1,466	0	0
20	1981	11–15	42.3%	#93	1,587	0	0	1970	6–8	42.9%	—	1,450	0	0
21	1982	15–18	45.5%	#94	1,604	0	0	1971	8–13	38.1%	—	1,455	0	0
22	1983	6–15	28.6%	#100	1,539	0	0	1972	7–9	43.8%	—	1,510	0	0
23	1984	0–4	0.0%	#311	1,485	0	0	1973	14–13	51.9%	#155	1,595	0	0
24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974	34–35	49.3%	#104	1,649	0	0
25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	13–27	32.5%	#116	1,593	0	0
26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	8–19	29.6%	#89	1,547	0	0
27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	3–10	23.1%	#168	1,511	0	0
28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	2–5	28.6%	#294	1,492	0	0
29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	3–5	37.5%	#368	1,518	0	0
30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	12–13	48.0%	#146	1,560	0	0
31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	8–12	40.0%	—	1,547	0	0
32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	1–4	20.0%	—	1,512	0	0

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age	Chris Johnstone																	Syd Ball
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
18	1979	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1968	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—
19	1980	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1969	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—
20	1981	1	4	5	20.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	1970	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	7	13	46.2%	—	—	—	—
21	1982	1	2	3	33.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	10	7	17	58.8%	1	3	4	25.0%	1971	1	1	2	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	7	8	15	46.7%	—	—	—	—
22	1983	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%	2	7	9	22.2%	2	3	5	40.0%	1972	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	5	7	12	41.7%	—	—	—	—
23	1984	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1973	1	2	3	33.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	9	8	17	52.9%	—	—	—	—
24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974	4	9	13	30.8%	3	7	10	30.0%	23	11	34	67.6%	4	8	12	33.3%
25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	3	5	8	37.5%	2	9	11	18.2%	3	5	8	37.5%	5	8	13	38.5%
26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	4	4	8	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	1	8	9	11.1%
27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	2	1	3	66.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	2	3	5	40.0%
31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	0	1	1	0.0%
32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—
Career	—	3	9	12	25.0%	6	17	23	26.1%	21	28	49	42.9%	6	9	15	40.0%	—	18	36	54	33.3%	11	33	44	25.0%	83	81	164	50.6%	13	31	44	29.5%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age	Chris Johnstone																Syd Ball
Age	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
18	1979	1463	99.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.5%	-0.37	0–2	1–0	—	+0.42	1968	1491	101.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	+18	33.3%	-0.89	—	—	—	0.00
19	1980	1502	113.5	—	—	—	—	+32	—	+8	42.1%	-0.82	1–5 (17%)	3–1 (75%)	—	+0.25	1969	1467	103.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	+73	48.0%	-0.24	2–0	—	—	+1.21
20	1981	1587	122.6	—	—	—	—	-15	-89	0	42.4%	-0.12	4–3 (57%)	1–5 (17%)	—	+1.34	1970	1450	101.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	+38	43.8%	-0.47	0–3 (0%)	—	—	+1.37
21	1982	1605	122.3	—	—	—	—	-62	-112	+35	51.1%	+0.32	3–11 (21%)	6–8 (43%)	—	+2.64	1971	1456	110.8	—	—	—	—	—	+18	+55	41.4%	-0.31	2–4 (33%)	1–1	—	+2.04
22	1983	1540	109.6	—	—	—	—	+9	-61	+16	36.2%	-0.72	4–6 (40%)	3–7 (30%)	—	+0.91	1972	1511	114.2	—	—	—	—	-4	—	+40	47.6%	-0.14	0–1	—	—	+0.82
23	1984	1485	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.20	0–2	—	—	+0.54	1973	1596	110.6	—	—	—	—	-85	-49	-17	56.1%	+0.32	4–7 (36%)	5–3 (63%)	—	+1.84
24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974	1649	131.7	—	—	—	—	-143	-127	+153	50.3%	+0.21	11–13 (46%)	9–7 (56%)	—	+3.66
25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	1593	119.5	—	—	—	—	-42	-76	+115	37.3%	-0.92	7–6 (54%)	4–4 (50%)	—	+0.67
26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	1548	129.8	—	—	—	—	-19	-48	+143	36.9%	-0.57	0–7 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	—	+1.86
27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	1511	113.6	—	—	—	—	-24	—	+92	36.1%	-0.95	1–6 (14%)	2–3 (40%)	—	+0.29
28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	1493	105.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	+139	26.7%	-1.47	1–0	1–1	—	+0.87
29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	1518	105.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	+121	40.0%	-0.85	—	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.88
30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	1561	118.5	—	—	—	—	-80	-98	+126	50.0%	+0.02	3–6 (33%)	5–2 (71%)	—	+3.76
31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	1547	113.1	—	—	—	—	-107	—	+156	46.3%	-0.44	2–7 (22%)	3–2 (60%)	—	+1.73
32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	1512	93.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	+73	29.4%	-1.41	1–1	0–1	—	+0.29
Career	—	1632	119.6	—	—	—	—	-16	-90	+17	42.9%	-0.29	12–29 (29%)	14–21 (40%)	87.8	+6.16	—	1727	122.5	—	—	—	—	-73	-75	+91	44.5%	-0.31	34–61 (36%)	36–32 (53%)	95.2	+6.98

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

Chris Johnstone's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Paul Mcnamee	0	3	3	Dec 3, 1983	H2H
Rod Frawley	1	2	3	Jun 9, 1982	H2H
Jonathan Canter	1	1	2	Dec 22, 1983	H2H
Mike De Palmer	2	0	2	Dec 1, 1983	—
Mike Bauer	0	2	2	Nov 11, 1983	H2H

Syd Ball's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ross Case	2	4	6	Oct 15, 1981	H2H
Jaime Fillol	0	4	4	Mar 12, 1981	H2H
Jean Francois Caujolle	2	2	4	May 16, 1980	H2H
John James	2	2	4	Oct 12, 1979	H2H
Ken Rosewall	0	4	4	Oct 13, 1978	H2H