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Cliff Drysdale#26 def. Marty Riessen#70

6-1 6-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 30, 1976*
Tournament	San Francisco
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Cliff Drysdale
Score	6-1 6-7 6-3
Loser	Marty Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	Marty Riessen
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Dec 4, 1941
Age	35	34
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	70
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,842	1,821
Career W-L	402–253	533–316
Career earnings	—	$465

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 9 – 8 Marty Riessen

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1976	R64	John Holladay	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1976	R16	Butch Walts	6-1 7-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marty Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1976	R64	Colin Dowdeswell	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data