How old is R. Drysdale?

R. Drysdale is 73 years old, born on September 18, 1952.

Which country is R. Drysdale from?

R. Drysdale is from United Kingdom.

Is R. Drysdale left-handed or right-handed?

R. Drysdale plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has R. Drysdale won?

R. Drysdale has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many Masters 1000 titles has R. Drysdale won?

R. Drysdale has not won a Masters 1000 title.

What is R. Drysdale's highest ATP ranking?

R. Drysdale's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 60, first achieved on March 6, 1978.

What is R. Drysdale's career win-loss record?

R. Drysdale has a career ATP singles record of 35 wins and 77 losses (31.2%).

How much career prize money has R. Drysdale earned?

R. Drysdale has earned at least $9,754 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did R. Drysdale play professional tennis?

R. Drysdale turned professional in 1972 and was active through 1981.

What is R. Drysdale's best surface?

R. Drysdale's best surface is clay court with a 34.0% win rate (16W-31L).

Who is R. Drysdale's biggest rival?

R. Drysdale's most frequent opponent is M. Edmondson, with a head-to-head record of 2–1 across 3 meetings.

R. Drysdale

GBR Age 73 Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1972–1981

Peak ranking

60 (Mar 6, 1978)

Elo peak

1620 (36.8%ile)

Career record

35–77 (31.2%)

Career titles

Prize money

$9,754

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Jul 16, 1981*	Kitzbuhel	ATP 250	R32	Clay	P. Hutka #114	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1981*	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	R128	Grass	B. Mottram #49	1-6 4-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1981*	Queen's Club	ATP 250	R64	Grass	M. Edmondson #72	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1981*	Bournemouth	ATP 250	R32	Clay	G. Aubone #133	6-7 6-4 0-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1981*	San Juan	ATP 250	R16	Hard	Tim Gullikson	3-6 4-6	L	—	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
M. Edmondson	2	1	3	Jun 10, 1981	H2H
S. Menon	0	3	3	Jun 25, 1980	H2H
S. Docherty	1	2	3	Dec 30, 1978	H2H
W. Fibak	0	3	3	Sep 2, 1978	H2H
P. Bertolucci	0	2	2	Oct 30, 1980	H2H

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	19	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
1973	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1975	22	4	4	8	50.0%	205	205
1976	23	5	12	17	29.4%	168	131
1977	24	4	12	16	25.0%	176	101
1978	25	13	25	38	34.2%	101	158
1979	26	3	11	14	21.4%	226	226
1980	27	3	5	8	37.5%	185	185
1981	28	1	5	6	16.7%	185	185
Career		35	77	112	31.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1972	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	2	2	4	50.0%
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1975	22	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
1976	23	0	3	3	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	12	17	29.4%
1977	24	1	1	2	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	—	—	—	—	4	12	16	25.0%
1978	25	4	4	8	50.0%	7	15	22	31.8%	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—	—	—	13	25	38	34.2%
1979	26	1	3	4	25.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	11	14	21.4%
1980	27	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1981	28	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
Career	—	7	14	21	33.3%	16	31	47	34.0%	9	27	36	25.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	35	77	112	31.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1975	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%
1976	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	11	14	21.4%
1977	24	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1978	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	5	15	20	25.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	7	24	31	22.6%
1979	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	11	14	21.4%
1980	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1981	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	1	12	13	7.7%	15	32	47	31.9%	8	16	24	33.3%	24	66	90	26.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 90/112 (80.4%) of R. Drysdale's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1972	19	1544	76	79	—	—	50.0%	0.00	89	50	—	0	2	—
1973	20	1529	71	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.33	52	0	—	0	0	—
1975	22	1546	67	—	64	43	45.5%	-0.61	24	0	—	1	0	—
1976	23	1544	67	49	70	36	30.0%	-1.77	71	8	67	2	1	67
1977	24	1557	66	—	46	49	34.1%	-1.03	56	9	33	3	4	43
1978	25	1512	55	68	12	17	37.8%	-1.17	27	8	33	4	4	50
1979	26	1489	38	70	6	7	25.0%	-1.56	70	0	33	2	3	40
1980	27	1486	34	—	20	—	40.0%	-0.57	27	20	—	1	1	—
1981	28	1460	13	—	—	—	26.7%	-1.78	39	0	—	1	1	—
Career		1518	53	65	29	30	34.7%	-1.26	47	8	42	14	16	47

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1973	20	—	—	R128	—
1975	22	—	—	R64	—
1976	23	R64	—	R128	—
1977	24	QF	R128	R128	—
1978	25	R64	R128	R64	R64
1979	26	—	—	R128	—
1980	27	—	—	R128	—
1981	28	—	—	R128	—

Masters 1000

Season	Age	ROM	MON
1978	25	R64	R64

ATP 250

Season	Age	ADE	AUC	BAR	GST	HAM	HOU	KIT	MAD	NWP	PAR	QUE	ROT	STO	WAS	AVI	BIR	BOL	BOS	BOU	CAI	CAL	CLE	COL	HIL	JOH	LAG	LON	LOU	MER	NOR	NOT	SAN	SOU	SUR	SYD	TEH	TEL	WEM
1972	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—
1976	23	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—
1977	24	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—
1978	25	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	R64	R16	QF	R64	—	R32	R32	—	R64	—	R64	R32	R16	R16	—	R16	—	R32	F	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—
1979	26	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	R16
1980	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—
1981	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 6, 1978

First top 100

Jan 16, 1978

First top 50

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First top 20

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First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1975	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	205
1976	23	—	—	—	—	—	168	—	—	—	—	—	131
1977	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	176	—	—	—	—	—
1978	25	69	74	64	67	70	76	75	89	—	—	—	158
1979	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	226
1980	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	185
1985	32	748	736	630	628	534	531	557	565	567	558	558	558
1986	33	556	548	549	538	644	639	665	691	704	706	706	720
1987	34	723	718	718	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
G. Battrick	GBR	59	1,888	4	386	186	200	48.2%	1968-1976	Match log
G. Stilwell	GBR	62	1,734	0	278	97	181	34.9%	1968-1975	Match log
R. Lewis	GBR	77	1,669	0	182	67	115	36.8%	1972-1984	Match log
I. Tiriac	ROU	55	1,899	8	418	228	190	54.5%	1968-1979	Match log
B. Carmichael	AUS	55	1,903	1	471	215	256	45.6%	1968-1979	Match log
G. Goven	FRA	56	1,871	1	433	203	230	46.9%	1968-1984	Match log
P. Barthes	FRA	57	1,887	0	375	185	190	49.3%	1968-1977	Match log
H. Kary	AUT	54	1,772	1	366	150	216	41.0%	1968-1982	Match log
P. Cornejo	CHI	65	1,708	0	344	142	202	41.3%	1968-1978	Match log
J. McManus	USA	90	1,730	0	354	132	222	37.3%	1968-1978	Match log
S. Ball	AUS	63	1,725	0	307	126	181	41.0%	1968-1982	Match log
R. Maud	RSA	57	1,804	3	254	123	131	48.4%	1968-1975	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is R. Drysdale?: R. Drysdale is 73 years old, born on September 18, 1952.
Which country is R. Drysdale from?: R. Drysdale is from United Kingdom.
Is R. Drysdale left-handed or right-handed?: R. Drysdale plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has R. Drysdale won?: R. Drysdale has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has R. Drysdale won?: R. Drysdale has not won a Masters 1000 title.
What is R. Drysdale's highest ATP ranking?: R. Drysdale's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 60, first achieved on March 6, 1978.
What is R. Drysdale's career win-loss record?: R. Drysdale has a career ATP singles record of 35 wins and 77 losses (31.2%).
How much career prize money has R. Drysdale earned?: R. Drysdale has earned at least $9,754 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did R. Drysdale play professional tennis?: R. Drysdale turned professional in 1972 and was active through 1981.
What is R. Drysdale's best surface?: R. Drysdale's best surface is clay court with a 34.0% win rate (16W-31L).
Who is R. Drysdale's biggest rival?: R. Drysdale's most frequent opponent is M. Edmondson, with a head-to-head record of 2–1 across 3 meetings.