Cliff Drysdale def. Mark Cox

4-6 6-2 8-6 6-4

Cliff Drysdale defeated Mark Cox 4-6 6-2 8-6 6-4 in the 1970 Durban semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 11, 1970*
Tournament: Durban
Edition: 1970
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	Mark Cox
Country	RSA	GBR
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Jul 5, 1943
Age	28	26
Height	188 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,839	1,816
Current career W-L	397–251	406–272

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 2 – 0 Mark Cox

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Taylor	6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1970	QF
Pierre Barthes	7-9 6-3 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1970	R16
Colin Rees	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data	Apr 9, 1970	R32
Julian Krinsky	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data	Apr 8, 1970	R64

Cliff Drysdale's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bob Hewitt	4-6 6-3 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 12, 1970	F

Mark Cox's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrew Pattison	4-6 6-4 6-4 11-9	W	—	Match data	Apr 11, 1970	QF
Harald Elschenbroich	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1970	R16
Rohan Summers	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data	Apr 9, 1970	R32
Mel Baleson	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data	Apr 8, 1970	R64