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Cliff Drysdale def. Mark Cox

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

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 1970*
Tournament	Durban
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Cliff Drysdale
Score	4-6 6-2 8-6 6-4
Loser	Mark Cox

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	Mark Cox
Country	RSA	GBR
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Jul 5, 1943
Age	28	26
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,838	1,813
Career W-L	402–253	408–274

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 2 – 0 Mark Cox

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

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

Cliff Drysdale's next match

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

Mark Cox's path

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