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Cliff Drysdale

RSA Age 85 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1980

Cliff Drysdale represented South Africa on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 13. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 397–251 and 6 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

13 (May 6, 1974)

Elo peak

2135 (97th percentile)

Singles record

397–251 (61.3%)

Singles titles

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 →

Cliff Drysdale's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Pat Dupre #15	2-6 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1980*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Byron Bertram	6-2 3-6 3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1980*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Guillermo Vilas #5	7-6 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 1980*	R32	Milan	ATP 250	Carpet
Mark Edmondson	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 1979*	R32	Japan Open	ATP 250	Clay
John Marks	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 24, 1979*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Clay

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Cliff Drysdale's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Nikola Pilic	17	4	21	Mar 30, 1974	H2H
John Newcombe	5	14	19	Mar 26, 1976	H2H
Tony Roche	12	7	19	Mar 13, 1976	H2H
Tom Okker	7	11	18	Jan 16, 1977	H2H
Marty Riessen	10	8	18	Sep 30, 1976	H2H

Singles Titles (6)

Cliff Drysdale singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1968	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Swiss Open Gstaad
1971	30	3	—	—	—	3	—	Brussels, Dublin, Miami Open
1974	33	1	—	—	—	1	—	Miami Open
1978	37	1	—	—	—	1	—	Baltimore
Total		6	—	—	—	6	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Cliff Drysdale career results by season
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	24	12	36	66.7%	23	18
1975	34	30	19	49	61.2%	19	36
1976	35	17	13	30	56.7%	31	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%	95	217
1980	39	1	2	3	33.3%	423	423
Career		397	251	648	61.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Cliff 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 %
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	9	4	13	69.2%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	6	17	64.7%	24	12	36	66.7%
1975	34	6	4	10	60.0%	11	7	18	61.1%	—	—	—	—	13	8	21	61.9%	30	19	49	61.2%
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	—	111	68	179	62.0%	98	48	146	67.1%	58	30	88	65.9%	130	105	235	55.3%	397	251	648	61.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Cliff 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 %
1973	32	0	3	3	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	9	5	14	64.3%
1974	33	1	1	2	50.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	8	2	10	80.0%
1975	34	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	2	0	2	100.0%	8	6	14	57.1%
1976	35	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%
1977	36	1	8	9	11.1%	3	3	6	50.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	0	0	—	—	12	14	26	46.2%
1978	37	1	8	9	11.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	6	3	9	66.7%	1	0	1	100.0%	10	12	22	45.5%
1979	38	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	0	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%
1980	39	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		3	24	27	11.1%	9	10	19	47.4%	30	15	45	66.7%	8	0	8	100.0%	50	49	99	50.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 99/648 (15.3%) of Cliff Drysdale's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Cliff 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
1968	27	1675	114.3	—	—	—	—	-176	+56	+81	58.1%	+0.92	13–19 (41%)	—	—	+0.91
1969	28	1782	128.9	—	—	—	—	-122	+107	-9	59.8%	+0.44	8–7 (53%)	—	—	-0.64
1970	29	1912	140.6	—	—	—	—	+41	-52	-103	60.3%	+0.51	10–8 (56%)	6–2 (75%)	102.0	-4.84
1971	30	1992	155.5	—	—	—	—	+24	+4	-33	65.8%	+0.98	23–14 (62%)	20–17 (54%)	104.3	-7.28
1972	31	1938	158.1	—	—	—	—	+12	+53	+26	60.4%	+0.73	9–7 (56%)	7–14 (33%)	95.7	-6.24
1973	32	1882	141.7	—	—	—	—	+19	+74	+25	58.7%	+0.63	6–2 (75%)	6–6 (50%)	99.4	-2.42
1974	33	1900	147.0	—	—	—	—	+26	+50	+12	64.3%	+1.12	4–3 (57%)	0–1	—	-2.22
1975	34	1817	135.6	—	—	—	—	+37	+49	—	57.9%	+0.41	11–8 (58%)	8–4 (67%)	103.8	+0.26
1976	35	1832	148.0	—	—	—	—	+51	+32	—	52.2%	+0.36	5–2 (71%)	4–6 (40%)	102.8	-1.10
1977	36	1880	157.3	—	—	—	—	+19	—	+12	48.2%	-0.18	7–3 (70%)	7–3 (70%)	107.9	-4.71
1978	37	1869	151.0	—	—	—	—	-9	—	—	50.0%	+0.36	5–3 (63%)	1–7 (13%)	97.4	-2.21
1979	38	1715	125.5	—	—	—	—	+36	—	+122	32.4%	-0.73	0–2	2–4 (33%)	—	-1.22
1980	39	1712	110.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36.4%	-1.45	1–1	2–0	—	-0.40
Career		2135	149.3	—	—	—	—	-8	+47	-5	58.6%	+0.60	102–79 (56%)	63–64 (50%)	100.2	-5.02

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Cliff Drysdale Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	27	—	—	R32	QF	5–2 (71%)
1969	28	—	R128	QF	R128	4–3 (57%)
1970	29	—	—	R32	R64	3–2 (60%)
1971	30	QF	—	R128	—	2–2 (50%)
1972	31	—	—	—	R16	3–1 (75%)
1973	32	—	R64	—	R32	3–2 (60%)
1974	33	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1975	34	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1976	35	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1977	36	—	—	R32	R128	2–2 (50%)
1978	37	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1979	38	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	39	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	14–9 (61%)	10–8 (56%)	27–20 (57%)

ATP 500

Cliff Drysdale ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	W-L Win %
1973	32	R32	SF	5–2 (71%)
1975	34	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	5–3 (62%)

ATP 250

Cliff Drysdale ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BAR	BAS	BRI	CIN	DAL	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	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	KAN	KIM	LAC	LAK	LAS	LAS	LEI	LON	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOU	LOU	MAC	MAU	MEM	MEM	MER	MEX	MID	MIL	MIL	MIN	MON	CAN	MON	NEW	NOT	ORL	OSA	IW	PHI	PHI	POR	POR	PRE	QUE	IW	RIC	RIC	SAN	SAN	SAN	SHR	SOU	SOU	ST.	SYD	SYD	TEH	TOR	TOR	TOU	TUL	TUL	U.S	VAN	VAN	WCT	WEM	WEM	W-L Win %
1968	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	RR	—	—	BR	—	—	F	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	QF	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	—	QF	—	BR	—	—	BR	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	—	RR	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	W	R16	—	—	RR	—	R16	48–35 (58%)
1969	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	QF	—	R32	—	RR	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	29–17 (63%)
1970	29	QF	R16	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	R16	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	SF	—	42–23 (65%)
1971	30	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	R32	QF	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	QF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	F	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	QF	—	72–26 (73%)
1972	31	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	QF	—	R16	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	SF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	48–28 (63%)
1973	32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	SF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	SF	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23–19 (55%)
1974	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	W	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22–11 (67%)
1975	34	R16	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	29–17 (63%)
1976	35	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16–12 (57%)
1977	36	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15–15 (50%)
1978	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14–12 (54%)
1979	38	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–11 (31%)
1980	39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		6–4 (60%)	6–3 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	11–2 (85%)	8–2 (80%)	6–3 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	15–4 (79%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	9–3 (75%)	4–4 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	7–4 (64%)	4–2 (67%)	8–4 (67%)	8–6 (57%)	1–0 (100%)	8–6 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	1–3 (25%)	3–1 (75%)	4–1 (80%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	6–1 (86%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	6–4 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	8–2 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–4 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	7–5 (58%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	5–4 (56%)	1–1 (50%)	7–2 (78%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	4–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	14–8 (64%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	6–2 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	13–5 (72%)	2–1 (67%)	7–5 (58%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	12–6 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	363–227 (62%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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

Cliff Drysdale ranking history by month and season
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 with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Cliff Drysdale's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Roy Emerson	AUS	#12	2,007	449	275	174	61.2%	—	5	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Jaime Fillol	CHI	#14	2,063	898	534	364	59.5%	$187,169	8	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Paolo Bertolucci	ITA	#12	1,934	339	194	145	57.2%	—	6	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Mark Cox	GBR	#12	2,023	678	406	272	59.9%	—	13	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Nikola Pilic	CRO	#12	1,950	550	301	249	54.7%	—	5	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Marty Riessen	USA	#11	2,105	845	531	314	62.8%	$465	11	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Tony Roche	AUS	#12	2,138	551	360	191	65.3%	$529,199	20	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Roger Taylor	GBR	#11	2,003	666	369	297	55.4%	—	9	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Buster C Mottram	GBR	#15	1,979	445	271	174	60.9%	$14,500	3	1970–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Tom Gorman	USA	#10	2,006	706	415	291	58.8%	$10,000	9	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Balazs Taroczy	HUN	#12	2,002	610	381	229	62.5%	$1,437,443	13	1972–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Alexander Volkov	RUS	#14	1,922	537	291	246	54.2%	$3,362,840	3	1968–1997	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Cliff Drysdale?: Cliff Drysdale is 85 years old, born on May 26, 1941.
Which country does Cliff Drysdale represent?: Cliff Drysdale represents South Africa in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Cliff Drysdale?: Cliff Drysdale is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Cliff Drysdale left-handed or right-handed?: Cliff Drysdale plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Cliff Drysdale won?: Cliff Drysdale has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Cliff Drysdale won?: TennisDB does not group any of Cliff Drysdale's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Cliff Drysdale won?: Cliff Drysdale has won 6 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Baltimore in 1978.
What is Cliff Drysdale's highest ATP ranking?: Cliff Drysdale's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 13, first achieved on May 6, 1974.
What is Cliff Drysdale's career win-loss record?: Cliff Drysdale has a career ATP singles record of 397 wins and 251 losses (61.3%).
Which seasons of Cliff Drysdale's career appear in TennisDB?: Cliff Drysdale appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1980.
On which surface does Cliff Drysdale have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Cliff Drysdale's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 67.1% (98–48).
Who has Cliff Drysdale faced most often?: Cliff Drysdale's most frequent opponent is Nikola Pilic, with a head-to-head record of 17–4 across 21 meetings.