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Robin Drysdale

GBR Age 73 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1972–1981

Robin Drysdale represented the United Kingdom on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 60. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 35–77 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

60 (Mar 6, 1978)

Elo peak

1619 (37th percentile)

Singles record

35–77 (31.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$9,754

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Robin Drysdale's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Pavel Hutka	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 1981*	R32	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	ATP 250	Clay
Buster C Mottram #49	1-6 4-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1981*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Mark Edmondson #72	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 10, 1981*	R64	Queen's Club Championships	ATP 250	Grass
Guillermo Aubone	6-7 6-4 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 23, 1981*	R32	Bournemouth	ATP 250	Clay
Tim Gullikson	3-6 4-6	L	—	Match data	Jan 23, 1981*	R16	San Juan	ATP 250	Hard

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Robin Drysdale's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mark Edmondson	2	1	3	Jun 10, 1981	H2H
Sashi Menon	0	3	3	Jun 25, 1980	H2H
Steve Docherty	1	2	3	Dec 30, 1978	H2H
Wojtek Fibak	0	3	3	Sep 2, 1978	H2H
Paolo Bertolucci	0	2	2	Oct 30, 1980	H2H

Career Results

Robin Drysdale career results by season
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	176
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%	—	—
Career		35	77	112	31.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Robin Drysdale career results by season and 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

Robin Drysdale career results by season and 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	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1976	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1977	24	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
1978	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	11	13	15.4%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	16	19	15.8%
1979	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	0	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%
1980	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1981	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	8	24	32	25.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	11	36	47	23.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 47/112 (42.0%) of Robin Drysdale's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Robin Drysdale advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1972	19	1545	110.9	—	—	—	—	+52	—	—	50.0%	0.00	—	0–2	—	-0.18
1973	20	1529	100.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.33	—	—	—	-0.07
1975	22	1546	109.1	—	—	—	—	—	+21	-15	45.5%	-0.32	2–0	1–0	—	+0.95
1976	23	1544	117.7	—	—	—	—	+2	+36	-13	30.0%	-1.65	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.16
1977	24	1556	117.5	—	—	—	—	—	-27	-22	34.1%	-0.75	1–2 (33%)	3–4 (43%)	99.5	+0.36
1978	25	1514	113.0	—	—	—	—	+107	-24	-12	37.8%	-1.12	4–8 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	98.8	+3.18
1979	26	1490	119.2	—	—	—	—	+113	-35	-27	25.0%	-1.47	1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	98.6	+0.14
1980	27	1487	101.6	—	—	—	—	—	+16	—	40.0%	-0.55	1–1	1–1	—	+1.03
1981	28	1461	104.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26.7%	-1.80	0–1	1–1	—	+0.18
Career		1619	118.5	—	—	—	—	+81	-6	-18	34.7%	-1.09	11–15 (42%)	14–16 (47%)	99.5	+4.85

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Robin Drysdale Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1973	20	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	22	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1976	23	R64	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1977	24	QF	R128	R128	—	3–3 (50%)
1978	25	R64	R128	R64	R64	2–4 (33%)
1979	26	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	27	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	28	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–8 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	6–14 (30%)

ATP 500

Robin Drysdale ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1978	25	R64	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 250

Robin Drysdale ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BAR	GST	HAM	AUS	MAD	NAP	NWP	PAR	QUE	ROT	STO	WAS	AVI	BIR	BOL	BOU	CAI	CAL	CLE	COL	DUT	JOH	LAG	LON	LOU	MER	NOR	EAS	SAN	SOU	SUR	SYD	TEH	TEL	U.S	WEM	W-L Win %
1972	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1975	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1976	23	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	5–10 (33%)
1977	24	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	1–8 (11%)
1978	25	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	R64	—	R16	QF	R64	—	R32	R32	—	R64	—	R32	R16	R16	—	R16	—	R32	F	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	11–19 (37%)
1979	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	3–10 (23%)
1980	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1981	28	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–4 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	29–60 (33%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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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

Robin Drysdale ranking history by month and season
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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Robin Drysdale's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Rick Fagel	USA	#60	1,615	146	47	99	32.2%	$64,787	1972–1983	Rivalries	Match log
John Marks	AUS	#60	1,632	111	30	81	27.0%	—	1970–1980	Rivalries	Match log
David Schneider	USA	#62	1,586	117	30	87	25.6%	—	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Keith Richardson	USA	#63	1,538	61	18	43	29.5%	—	1976–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Jeff Simpson	NZL	#66	1,587	141	47	94	33.3%	$276	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jim Delaney	USA	#64	1,678	209	78	131	37.3%	—	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Jean Louis Haillet	FRA	#68	1,668	140	48	92	34.3%	—	1972–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Belus Prajoux	CHI	#62	1,729	210	81	129	38.6%	$7,084	1972–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Ferdi Taygan	USA	#59	1,745	195	74	121	37.9%	$668,104	1973–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jorge Andrew	VEN	#66	1,625	141	36	105	25.5%	—	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Deon Joubert	RSA	#52	1,633	115	39	76	33.9%	—	1971–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Jean Francois Caujolle	FRA	#59	1,713	203	85	118	41.9%	—	1970–1982	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Robin Drysdale?: Robin Drysdale is 73 years old, born on September 18, 1952.
Which country does Robin Drysdale represent?: Robin Drysdale represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Robin Drysdale left-handed or right-handed?: Robin Drysdale plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Robin Drysdale won?: Robin Drysdale has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Robin Drysdale won?: TennisDB does not group any of Robin Drysdale's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Robin Drysdale's highest ATP ranking?: Robin Drysdale's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 60, first achieved on March 6, 1978.
What is Robin Drysdale's career win-loss record?: Robin Drysdale has a career ATP singles record of 35 wins and 77 losses (31.2%).
How much career prize money has Robin Drysdale earned?: Robin Drysdale has earned at least $9,754 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Robin Drysdale's career appear in TennisDB?: Robin Drysdale appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1972 through 1981.
On which surface does Robin Drysdale have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Robin Drysdale's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 34.0% (16–31).
Who has Robin Drysdale faced most often?: Robin Drysdale's most frequent opponent is Mark Edmondson, with a head-to-head record of 2–1 across 3 meetings.