How old is C. Drysdale?

C. Drysdale is 85 years old, born on May 26, 1941.

Which country is C. Drysdale from?

C. Drysdale is from South Africa.

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

C. Drysdale plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has C. Drysdale won?

C. Drysdale has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many Masters 1000 titles has C. Drysdale won?

C. Drysdale has not won a Masters 1000 title.

How many ATP titles has C. Drysdale won?

C. Drysdale has won 8 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Baltimore in 1978.

What is C. Drysdale's highest ATP ranking?

C. Drysdale's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 13, first achieved on May 6, 1974.

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

C. Drysdale has a career ATP singles record of 402 wins and 253 losses (61.4%).

When did C. Drysdale play professional tennis?

C. Drysdale turned professional in 1968 and was active through 1980.

What is C. Drysdale's best surface?

C. Drysdale's best surface is clay court with a 67.1% win rate (98W-48L).

Who is C. Drysdale's biggest rival?

C. Drysdale's most frequent opponent is N. Pilic, with a head-to-head record of 17–4 across 21 meetings.

C. Drysdale

RSA Age 85 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1968–1980

Peak ranking

13 (May 6, 1974)

Elo peak

2134 (96.8%ile)

Career record

402–253 (61.4%)

Career titles

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Jun 27, 1980*	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	R64	Grass	P. Dupre #15	2-6 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1980*	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	R128	Grass	B. Bertram #98	6-2 3-6 3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1980*	Milan	ATP 250	R32	Carpet	G. Vilas #5	7-6 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1979*	Tokyo Outdoor	ATP 250	R32	Clay	M. Edmondson #76	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1979*	Tokyo Outdoor	ATP 250	R64	Clay	J. Marks #92	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
N. Pilic	17	4	21	Mar 30, 1974	H2H
J. Newcombe	5	14	19	Mar 26, 1976	H2H
T. Roche	12	7	19	Mar 13, 1976	H2H
T. Okker	7	11	18	Jan 16, 1977	H2H
M. Riessen	10	8	18	Sep 30, 1976	H2H

Titles (8)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	M1000	500	250	Finals	Tournaments
1968	27	3	—	—	—	3	—	Gstaad , New Orleans Wct , Tulsa Wct
1971	30	3	—	—	—	3	—	Brussels , Dublin , Miami Wct
1974	33	1	—	—	—	1	—	Miami Wct
1978	37	1	—	—	—	1	—	Baltimore
Total		8	—	—	—	8	—

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	27	53	37	90	58.9%	—	—
1969	28	33	20	53	62.3%	—	—
1970	29	45	25	70	64.3%	—	—
1971	30	76	29	105	72.4%	—	—
1972	31	51	29	80	63.8%	—	—
1973	32	31	23	54	57.4%	40	23
1974	33	27	13	40	67.5%	23	18
1975	34	32	20	52	61.5%	19	36
1976	35	17	13	30	56.7%	35	25
1977	36	17	17	34	50.0%	26	27
1978	37	14	13	27	51.9%	27	47
1979	38	5	12	17	29.4%	48	217
1980	39	1	2	3	33.3%	423	423
Career		402	253	655	61.4%	—	—

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 %
1968	27	6	10	16	37.5%	12	4	16	75.0%	13	6	19	68.4%	22	17	39	56.4%	53	37	90	58.9%
1969	28	8	3	11	72.7%	19	9	28	67.9%	6	4	10	60.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	33	20	53	62.3%
1970	29	16	8	24	66.7%	8	4	12	66.7%	14	7	21	66.7%	7	6	13	53.8%	45	25	70	64.3%
1971	30	25	8	33	75.8%	20	7	27	74.1%	11	3	14	78.6%	20	11	31	64.5%	76	29	105	72.4%
1972	31	18	8	26	69.2%	9	5	14	64.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	21	15	36	58.3%	51	29	80	63.8%
1973	32	9	7	16	56.3%	12	6	18	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	7	13	46.2%	31	23	54	57.4%
1974	33	12	5	17	70.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	6	17	64.7%	27	13	40	67.5%
1975	34	8	5	13	61.5%	11	7	18	61.1%	—	—	—	—	13	8	21	61.9%	32	20	52	61.5%
1976	35	5	3	8	62.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	17	13	30	56.7%
1977	36	5	5	10	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	10	10	20	50.0%	17	17	34	50.0%
1978	37	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	10	23	56.5%	14	13	27	51.9%
1979	38	3	5	8	37.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	5	12	17	29.4%
1980	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	116	70	186	62.4%	98	48	146	67.1%	58	30	88	65.9%	130	105	235	55.3%	402	253	655	61.4%

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 %
1973	32	0	4	4	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	2	0	2	100.0%	11	6	17	64.7%
1974	33	2	7	9	22.2%	3	2	5	60.0%	12	2	14	85.7%	7	0	7	100.0%	24	11	35	68.6%
1975	34	0	3	3	0.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	11	8	19	57.9%	10	0	10	100.0%	25	19	44	56.8%
1976	35	3	0	3	100.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	15	9	24	62.5%
1977	36	1	8	9	11.1%	4	5	9	44.4%	10	4	14	71.4%	1	0	1	100.0%	16	17	33	48.5%
1978	37	1	8	9	11.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	4	11	63.6%	2	0	2	100.0%	12	13	25	48.0%
1979	38	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	1	0	1	100.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1980	39	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		7	33	40	17.5%	18	25	43	41.9%	58	29	87	66.7%	26	1	27	96.3%	109	88	197	55.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 197/655 (30.1%) of C. 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%
1968	27	1676	97	18	97	98	57.6%	+0.88	67	73	42	0	0	—
1969	28	1782	96	84	97	93	59.5%	+0.48	78	48	53	0	0	—
1970	29	1908	98	96	95	94	60.3%	+0.63	83	58	56	6	2	75
1971	30	1998	99	98	98	97	65.8%	+1.16	92	77	62	20	17	54
1972	31	1935	98	97	96	97	60.4%	+0.86	94	62	56	7	14	33
1973	32	1872	97	94	97	94	58.7%	+0.57	84	43	75	6	6	50
1974	33	1901	96	95	97	93	65.6%	+1.33	89	50	50	0	1	—
1975	34	1827	92	90	92	—	58.7%	+0.61	65	35	55	9	4	69
1976	35	1833	93	91	91	—	52.2%	+0.34	87	46	71	4	6	40
1977	36	1870	94	93	—	89	48.2%	-0.21	95	53	70	7	3	70
1978	37	1862	94	91	—	—	50.0%	+0.36	93	21	63	1	7	13
1979	38	1710	86	85	—	84	32.4%	-0.66	70	0	—	2	4	33
1980	39	1708	86	—	—	—	36.4%	-1.82	95	0	—	2	0	—
Career		1851	96	84	96	94	58.7%	+0.61	83	52	56	64	64	50

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1968	27	—	—	R32	QF
1969	28	—	R128	QF	R128
1970	29	—	—	R32	R64
1971	30	QF	—	R128	—
1972	31	—	—	—	R16
1973	32	—	R64	—	R32
1974	33	—	—	R32	—
1975	34	—	—	—	R64
1976	35	—	—	R64	—
1977	36	—	—	R32	R128
1978	37	—	—	—	R128
1979	38	—	—	R128	—
1980	39	—	—	R64	—

Masters 1000

Season	Age	CIN	ROM	MON	TOR
1969	28	—	QF	—	—
1970	29	—	—	SF	—
1971	30	—	QF	QF	—
1973	32	—	R32	—	SF
1975	34	QF	—	—	R64

ATP 250

Season	Age	ATL	BAR	BAS	BRI	DAL	EAS	GST	HAM	HOU	MAD	MC	MIA	MUN	NAP	NWP	PAR	QUE	ROM	ROT	STO	TKY	VIE	WAS	AIX	ALA	BAK	BAL	BAL	BER	BER	BIR	BOL	BOS	BOS	BOS	BOU	BRI	BRU	BRU	BUF	CAN	CAP	CHA	CHI	CHI	CLE	COL	COL	DAY	DEN	DEN	DUB	DUR	DUR	EAS	ESS	EVA	FOR	FRE	GOT	HIL	JOH	JOH	JOH	KAN	KIM	LAC	LAK	LAS	LAS	LEI	LON	LOS	LOS	LOU	LOU	MAC	MAU	MEM	MEM	MER	MEX	MID	MIL	MIL	MIN	MON	MON	NEW	ORL	OSA	PAL	PHI	PHI	POR	POR	PRE	QUE	RAN	RIC	RIC	SAN	SAN	SAN	SHR	SOU	ST.	SYD	SYD	TEH	TOR	TOR	TOU	TUL	TUL	TUS	VAN	VAN	WCT	WEM	WEM
1968	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	RR	—	—	SF	—	—	F	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	W	RR	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	RR	—	R16
1969	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	RR	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—
1970	29	QF	R16	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	R16	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	—
1971	30	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	F	—	QF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	F	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—
1972	31	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	QF	—	R16	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	SF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—
1973	32	SF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	SF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	R32	—	SF	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1974	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	W	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—
1975	34	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—
1976	35	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	36	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979	38	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 6, 1974

First top 100

Aug 27, 1973

First top 50

Aug 27, 1973

First top 20

Apr 22, 1974

First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40	26	27	24	23
1974	33	—	—	23	15	13	13	13	14	17	—	18	18
1975	34	19	—	27	37	31	34	—	—	—	—	—	36
1976	35	—	—	—	—	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	25
1977	36	19	25	22	24	24	27	25	27	26	26	26	27
1978	37	22	27	33	39	41	43	42	44	44	47	47	47
1979	38	95	94	—	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	217
1980	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	423

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
R. Moore	RSA	32	1,892	1	733	357	376	48.7%	1968-1982	Match log
B. Hewitt	RSA	34	2,005	11	463	285	178	61.6%	1968-1980	Match log
B. Mitton	RSA	42	1,813	2	429	206	223	48.0%	1971-1984	Match log
M. Riessen	USA	11	2,101	15	849	533	316	62.8%	1968-1981	Match log
J. Fillol	CHI	14	2,041	7	899	532	367	59.2%	1968-1983	Match log
T. Smid	CZE	11	1,998	10	815	497	318	61.0%	1976-1989	Match log
C. Richey	USA	16	2,112	23	712	488	224	68.5%	1968-1979	Match log
P. Dent	AUS	17	1,953	3	769	418	351	54.4%	1968-1983	Match log
M. Cox	GBR	12	2,009	15	682	408	274	59.8%	1968-1981	Match log
V. Amritraj	IND	18	2,005	16	684	390	294	57.0%	1970-1993	Match log
B. Taroczy	HUN	12	2,003	13	609	381	228	62.6%	1972-1986	Match log
O. Parun	NZL	19	1,990	6	717	375	342	52.3%	1968-1982	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is C. Drysdale?: C. Drysdale is 85 years old, born on May 26, 1941.
Which country is C. Drysdale from?: C. Drysdale is from South Africa.
How tall is C. Drysdale?: C. Drysdale is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is C. Drysdale left-handed or right-handed?: C. Drysdale plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has C. Drysdale won?: C. Drysdale has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has C. Drysdale won?: C. Drysdale has not won a Masters 1000 title.
How many ATP titles has C. Drysdale won?: C. Drysdale has won 8 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Baltimore in 1978.
What is C. Drysdale's highest ATP ranking?: C. Drysdale's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 13, first achieved on May 6, 1974.
What is C. Drysdale's career win-loss record?: C. Drysdale has a career ATP singles record of 402 wins and 253 losses (61.4%).
When did C. Drysdale play professional tennis?: C. Drysdale turned professional in 1968 and was active through 1980.
What is C. Drysdale's best surface?: C. Drysdale's best surface is clay court with a 67.1% win rate (98W-48L).
Who is C. Drysdale's biggest rival?: C. Drysdale's most frequent opponent is N. Pilic, with a head-to-head record of 17–4 across 21 meetings.