Head to head
Rivalry summary
Syd Ball and Russell Simpson met 3 times on the ATP tour between 1974 and 1978. Syd Ball leads the head-to-head 2–1 against Russell Simpson. By surface, Ball leads 2–0 on grass.
2
Grass
0
0
Carpet
1
Syd Ball's wins on the left · Russell Simpson's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (3)
| 1978 | Sydney-2 | Grass | R64 | Syd Ball | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1976 | San Francisco | Carpet | R64 | Russell Simpson | 7-6 2-6 7-6 |
| 1974 | Auckland | Grass | R16 | Syd Ball | 6-3 6-3 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.