Cliff Drysdale def. Nikola Pilic

31-17 27-31 31-19

Cliff Drysdale defeated Nikola Pilic 31-17 27-31 31-19 in the 1968 Newport Wct semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 17, 1968*
Tournament: Newport Wct
Edition: 1968
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	Nikola Pilic
Country	RSA	CRO
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Aug 27, 1939
Age	27	28
Height	188 cm	191 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,745	1,621
Current career W-L	397–251	301–249

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 5 – 1 Nikola Pilic

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Earl Butch Buchholz	21-20 21-12	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR
Pierre Barthes	21-18 21-15	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR
Marty Riessen	15-21 21-18 21-20	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR
Nikola Pilic	21-18 21-19	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR
Roger Taylor	21-18 2-15	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR
Barry Mackay	21-15 16-21 2-19	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR

Cliff Drysdale's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marty Riessen	10-21 21-9 19-21	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 1968	F

Nikola Pilic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Newcombe	21-14 21-16	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR
Barry Mackay	21-12 21-14	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR
Pierre Barthes	21-12 21-14	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR
Marty Riessen	21-20 18-21 21-15	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR