H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Brian Gottfried vs Cliff Drysdale H2H: 2-0

Brian Gottfried holds a 2–0 lead over Cliff Drysdale in their ATP head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Brian Gottfried leads 2–0 on carpet. Most recently, Brian Gottfried won the 1978 Los Angeles Open quarterfinal 6-3 6-4.

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Brian Gottfried
USA Age 74 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main draw meetings
Cliff Drysdale
RSA Age 85 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Brian Gottfried #6 6-3 6-4 Cliff Drysdale #44 Match data Sep 23, 1978* QF Los Angeles Open ATP 250 Carpet
Brian Gottfried #29 6-2 4-6 7-5 Cliff Drysdale #19 Match data Jan 23, 1975* R32 Philadelphia Wct ATP 250 Carpet

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Brian Gottfried #431 #3 0 2,250 690 321 68.2% 0 0 0 0 25 25
Cliff Drysdale #423 #13 0 2,135 397 251 61.3% 0 0 0 0 6 6

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Brian Gottfried Cliff Drysdale
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 1970 0–4 0.0% — 1,446 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 1971 5–8 38.5% — 1,524 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 1972 11–13 45.8% — 1,584 0 0 — — — — — — —
21 1973 52–33 61.2% #21 1,789 0 2 — — — — — — —
22 1974 53–32 62.4% #33 1,947 0 3 — — — — — — —
23 1975 68–30 69.4% #23 1,966 0 6 — — — — — — —
24 1976 68–29 70.1% #10 2,130 0 7 — — — — — — —
25 1977 107–22 82.9% #4 2,092 0 12 — — — — — — —
26 1978 72–25 74.2% #7 1,999 0 15 — — — — — — —
27 1979 54–23 70.1% #16 1,982 0 17 1968 53–37 58.9% — 1,674 0 1
28 1980 68–23 74.7% #11 1,998 0 21 1969 33–20 62.3% — 1,782 0 1
29 1981 47–22 68.1% #18 1,949 0 22 1970 45–25 64.3% — 1,911 0 1
30 1982 43–22 66.2% #22 1,950 0 24 1971 76–29 72.4% — 1,992 0 4
31 1983 29–17 63.0% #21 1,876 0 25 1972 51–29 63.8% — 1,937 0 4
32 1984 13–18 41.9% #90 1,723 0 25 1973 31–23 57.4% #23 1,882 0 4
33 — — — — — — — 1974 24–12 66.7% #18 1,900 0 5
34 — — — — — — — 1975 30–19 61.2% #36 1,816 0 5
35 — — — — — — — 1976 17–13 56.7% #25 1,831 0 5
36 — — — — — — — 1977 17–17 50.0% #27 1,880 0 5
37 — — — — — — — 1978 14–13 51.9% #47 1,869 0 6
38 — — — — — — — 1979 5–12 29.4% #217 1,715 0 6
39 — — — — — — — 1980 1–2 33.3% #423 1,712 0 6

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Brian Gottfried Cliff Drysdale
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
18 1970 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1971 2 4 6 33.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1972 2 3 5 40.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 3 3 6 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1973 28 11 39 71.8% 8 8 16 50.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 9 9 18 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1974 21 11 32 65.6% 17 12 29 58.6% 2 3 5 40.0% 13 6 19 68.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1975 24 12 36 66.7% 21 11 32 65.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 19 5 24 79.2% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1976 14 6 20 70.0% 23 11 34 67.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 28 10 38 73.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1977 34 5 39 87.2% 32 8 40 80.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 33 6 39 84.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 1978 16 6 22 72.7% 21 8 29 72.4% 8 2 10 80.0% 27 9 36 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 1979 23 6 29 79.3% 9 5 14 64.3% 7 3 10 70.0% 15 9 24 62.5% 1968 6 10 16 37.5% 12 4 16 75.0% 13 6 19 68.4% 22 17 39 56.4%
28 1980 15 5 20 75.0% 16 5 21 76.2% 16 4 20 80.0% 21 9 30 70.0% 1969 8 3 11 72.7% 19 9 28 67.9% 6 4 10 60.0% 0 4 4 0.0%
29 1981 27 9 36 75.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 11 8 19 57.9% 1970 16 8 24 66.7% 8 4 12 66.7% 14 7 21 66.7% 7 6 13 53.8%
30 1982 26 10 36 72.2% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 12 8 20 60.0% 1971 25 8 33 75.8% 20 7 27 74.1% 11 3 14 78.6% 20 11 31 64.5%
31 1983 13 7 20 65.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1972 18 8 26 69.2% 9 5 14 64.3% 3 1 4 75.0% 21 15 36 58.3%
32 1984 4 5 9 44.4% 7 6 13 53.8% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 1973 9 7 16 56.3% 12 6 18 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% 6 7 13 46.2%
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 9 4 13 69.2% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 11 6 17 64.7%
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975 6 4 10 60.0% 11 7 18 61.1% — — — — 13 8 21 61.9%
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976 5 3 8 62.5% 4 3 7 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 7 6 13 53.8%
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 5 5 10 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 10 10 20 50.0%
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — 13 10 23 56.5%
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979 3 5 8 37.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 4 4 0.0%
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
Career — 249 101 350 71.1% 169 92 261 64.8% 74 39 113 65.5% 198 89 287 69.0% — 111 68 179 62.0% 98 48 146 67.1% 58 30 88 65.9% 130 105 235 55.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Brian Gottfried Cliff Drysdale
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
18 1970 1446 93.4 — — — — — — — 25.0% -1.75 0–2 0–1 — +0.15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1971 1525 121.6 — — — — +18 +48 — 42.9% -0.57 3–4 (43%) 4–3 (57%) — -1.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1972 1584 123.4 — — — — +2 +10 -60 49.2% +0.03 2–4 (33%) 1–4 (20%) — -0.59 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1973 1790 142.5 — — — — +66 -132 -163 56.9% +0.58 13–8 (62%) 9–9 (50%) — -1.09 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1974 1948 144.7 — — — — +47 -172 -312 59.2% +0.66 16–10 (62%) 11–9 (55%) — -3.32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1975 1966 153.4 — — — — +58 -83 -266 65.3% +1.12 18–17 (51%) 6–9 (40%) — -2.87 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1976 2130 163.6 — — — — +44 -146 -384 64.8% +1.11 19–10 (66%) 16–10 (62%) — -9.58 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1977 2092 165.3 — — — — +120 -27 -298 73.9% +1.70 31–8 (79%) 11–13 (46%) — -2.47 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 1978 2000 164.6 — — — — +107 -19 -69 69.3% +1.32 17–14 (55%) 14–9 (61%) — -2.64 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 1979 1982 159.7 — — — — +81 -11 -51 67.2% +1.36 12–10 (55%) 9–10 (47%) — -2.54 1968 1675 114.3 — — — — -176 +56 +81 58.1% +0.92 13–19 (41%) — — +0.91
28 1980 1999 156.9 — — — — +21 +11 +43 70.0% +1.36 14–9 (61%) 16–10 (62%) — -2.29 1969 1782 128.9 — — — — -122 +107 -9 59.8% +0.44 8–7 (53%) — — -0.64
29 1981 1950 153.8 — — — — +48 +6 +46 62.4% +0.92 12–5 (71%) 10–9 (53%) — -2.94 1970 1912 140.6 — — — — +41 -52 -103 60.3% +0.51 10–8 (56%) 6–2 (75%) — -4.84
30 1982 1950 154.9 — — — — +55 -43 -5 62.1% +1.01 12–7 (63%) 11–11 (50%) — -1.35 1971 1992 155.5 — — — — +24 +4 -33 65.8% +0.98 23–14 (62%) 20–17 (54%) — -7.28
31 1983 1877 141.1 — — — — +60 -49 +102 56.9% +0.45 11–3 (79%) 9–8 (53%) — -1.19 1972 1938 158.1 — — — — +12 +53 +26 60.4% +0.73 9–7 (56%) 7–14 (33%) — -6.24
32 1984 1724 135.1 — — — — +113 +69 +143 46.3% -0.15 4–6 (40%) 4–1 (80%) — -1.29 1973 1882 141.7 — — — — +19 +74 +25 58.7% +0.63 6–2 (75%) 6–6 (50%) — -2.42
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 1900 147.0 — — — — +26 +50 +12 64.3% +1.12 4–3 (57%) 0–1 — -2.22
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975 1817 135.6 — — — — +37 +49 — 57.9% +0.41 11–8 (58%) 8–4 (67%) — +0.26
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976 1832 148.0 — — — — +51 +32 — 52.2% +0.36 5–2 (71%) 4–6 (40%) — -1.10
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 1880 157.3 — — — — +19 — +12 48.2% -0.18 7–3 (70%) 7–3 (70%) — -4.71
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 1869 151.0 — — — — -9 — — 50.0% +0.36 5–3 (63%) 1–7 (13%) — -2.21
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979 1715 125.5 — — — — +36 — +122 32.4% -0.73 0–2 2–4 (33%) — -1.22
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 1712 110.1 — — — — — — — 36.4% -1.45 1–1 2–0 — -0.40
Career — 2251 158.8 — — — — +67 -60 -86 63.8% +1.01 184–117 (61%) 131–116 (53%) 99.7 -3.50 — 2135 149.3 — — — — -8 +47 -5 58.6% +0.60 102–79 (56%) 63–64 (50%) 100.2 -5.02

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.