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Cliff Richey def. Cliff Drysdale

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 1972*
Tournament	Essen Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Cliff Drysdale
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	May 26, 1941
Age	25	31
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,008	1,975
Career W-L	488–224	402–253
Career earnings	$7,500	—

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 2 – 0 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1972	R32	John Alexander	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1972	QF	Wilhelm Bungert	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1972	R32	Bob Carmichael	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data