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Marty Riessen def. Cliff Drysdale

1-6 6-3 8-6

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 1968*
Tournament	Durban Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Marty Riessen
Score	1-6 6-3 8-6
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marty Riessen	Cliff Drysdale
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	May 26, 1941
Age	26	27
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,723	1,726
Career W-L	533–316	402–253
Career earnings	$465	—

Pre-match H2H

Marty Riessen 1 – 1 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Marty Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1968	R16	Roger Taylor	6-3 11-13 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Marty Riessen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1968	SF	Tony Roche	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

No prior matches in this tournament.