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Cliff Drysdale def. Tom Gorman

7-5 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 26, 1971*
Tournament	Brussels
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Cliff Drysdale
Score	7-5 6-1 7-5
Loser	Tom Gorman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	Tom Gorman
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Jan 19, 1946
Age	30	25
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,978	1,816
Career W-L	402–253	418–293
Career earnings	—	$10,000

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 1 – 1 Tom Gorman

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1971	R32	Terry Addison	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1971	QF	Stan Smith	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1971	R32	Barry Phillips Moore	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data