H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

Cliff Drysdale vs Ion Tiriac H2H: 0-1

Ion Tiriac holds a 1–0 lead over Cliff Drysdale in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Ion Tiriac leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Ion Tiriac won the 1970 Monte-Carlo Masters round of 16 6-1 6-2.

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Cliff Drysdale

RSA Age 85 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H

0 – 1

1 main draw meetings

Ion Tiriac

ROU Age 87 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ion Tiriac	6-1 6-2	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Apr 17, 1970*	R16	Monte-Carlo Masters	ATP 250	Clay

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
Cliff Drysdale	#423	#13	0	2,135	397	251	61.3%	0	0	0	0	6	6
Ion Tiriac	#439	#55	0	1,888	230	190	54.8%	0	0	0	0	4	4

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	Cliff Drysdale							Ion Tiriac
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
27	1968	53–37	58.9%	—	1,674	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1969	33–20	62.3%	—	1,782	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1970	45–25	64.3%	—	1,911	0	1	1968	60–12	83.3%	—	1,832	0	2
30	1971	76–29	72.4%	—	1,992	0	4	1969	14–14	50.0%	—	1,763	0	2
31	1972	51–29	63.8%	—	1,937	0	4	1970	34–22	60.7%	—	1,809	0	3
32	1973	31–23	57.4%	#23	1,882	0	4	1971	27–16	62.8%	—	1,783	0	4
33	1974	24–12	66.7%	#18	1,900	0	5	1972	23–26	46.9%	—	1,675	0	4
34	1975	30–19	61.2%	#36	1,816	0	5	1973	36–36	50.0%	#74	1,681	0	4
35	1976	17–13	56.7%	#25	1,831	0	5	1974	9–14	39.1%	#72	1,620	0	4
36	1977	17–17	50.0%	#27	1,880	0	5	1975	8–10	44.4%	#138	1,595	0	4
37	1978	14–13	51.9%	#47	1,869	0	6	1976	1–7	12.5%	#248	1,548	0	4
38	1979	5–12	29.4%	#217	1,715	0	6	1977	15–20	42.9%	#97	1,631	0	4
39	1980	1–2	33.3%	#423	1,712	0	6	1978	2–10	16.7%	#263	1,522	0	4
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	1–3	25.0%	#439	1,525	0	4

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	Cliff Drysdale																	Ion Tiriac
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
27	1968	6	10	16	37.5%	12	4	16	75.0%	13	6	19	68.4%	22	17	39	56.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1969	8	3	11	72.7%	19	9	28	67.9%	6	4	10	60.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1970	16	8	24	66.7%	8	4	12	66.7%	14	7	21	66.7%	7	6	13	53.8%	1968	—	—	—	—	56	11	67	83.6%	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—
30	1971	25	8	33	75.8%	20	7	27	74.1%	11	3	14	78.6%	20	11	31	64.5%	1969	4	5	9	44.4%	7	5	12	58.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
31	1972	18	8	26	69.2%	9	5	14	64.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	21	15	36	58.3%	1970	6	5	11	54.5%	25	10	35	71.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
32	1973	9	7	16	56.3%	12	6	18	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	7	13	46.2%	1971	4	4	8	50.0%	20	7	27	74.1%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
33	1974	9	4	13	69.2%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	6	17	64.7%	1972	6	9	15	40.0%	10	10	20	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	3	4	7	42.9%
34	1975	6	4	10	60.0%	11	7	18	61.1%	—	—	—	—	13	8	21	61.9%	1973	2	9	11	18.2%	23	20	43	53.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	7	4	11	63.6%
35	1976	5	3	8	62.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	1974	2	3	5	40.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%
36	1977	5	5	10	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	10	10	20	50.0%	1975	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%
37	1978	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	10	23	56.5%	1976	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
38	1979	3	5	8	37.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	1977	1	2	3	33.3%	13	14	27	48.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
39	1980	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1978	1	2	3	33.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	111	68	179	62.0%	98	48	146	67.1%	58	30	88	65.9%	130	105	235	55.3%	—	28	42	70	40.0%	156	90	246	63.4%	21	21	42	50.0%	25	37	62	40.3%

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	Cliff Drysdale																Ion Tiriac
Age	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
27	1968	1675	114.3	—	—	—	—	-176	+56	+81	58.1%	+0.92	13–19 (41%)	—	—	+0.91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1969	1782	128.9	—	—	—	—	-122	+107	-9	59.8%	+0.44	8–7 (53%)	—	—	-0.64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1970	1912	140.6	—	—	—	—	+41	-52	-103	60.3%	+0.51	10–8 (56%)	6–2 (75%)	—	-4.84	1968	1833	137.7	—	—	—	—	—	+131	-203	75.3%	+1.86	9–2 (82%)	—	—	+2.01
30	1971	1992	155.5	—	—	—	—	+24	+4	-33	65.8%	+0.98	23–14 (62%)	20–17 (54%)	—	-7.28	1969	1763	123.3	—	—	—	—	-148	+136	-139	51.5%	+0.17	1–0	—	—	-1.83
31	1972	1938	158.1	—	—	—	—	+12	+53	+26	60.4%	+0.73	9–7 (56%)	7–14 (33%)	—	-6.24	1970	1810	138.9	—	—	—	—	-162	+93	-151	63.9%	+0.98	3–10 (23%)	—	—	-0.73
32	1973	1882	141.7	—	—	—	—	+19	+74	+25	58.7%	+0.63	6–2 (75%)	6–6 (50%)	—	-2.42	1971	1783	135.6	—	—	—	—	-170	+109	-57	58.1%	+0.67	5–1 (83%)	2–4 (33%)	—	+3.37
33	1974	1900	147.0	—	—	—	—	+26	+50	+12	64.3%	+1.12	4–3 (57%)	0–1	—	-2.22	1972	1676	128.9	—	—	—	—	-62	+101	+65	51.5%	+0.05	6–15 (29%)	3–4 (43%)	—	+3.07
34	1975	1817	135.6	—	—	—	—	+37	+49	—	57.9%	+0.41	11–8 (58%)	8–4 (67%)	—	+0.26	1973	1682	130.0	—	—	—	—	-58	-1	+83	51.4%	+0.18	10–14 (42%)	7–6 (54%)	—	+4.22
35	1976	1832	148.0	—	—	—	—	+51	+32	—	52.2%	+0.36	5–2 (71%)	4–6 (40%)	—	-1.10	1974	1621	121.7	—	—	—	—	+70	-34	—	38.5%	-0.69	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	—	+0.02
36	1977	1880	157.3	—	—	—	—	+19	—	+12	48.2%	-0.18	7–3 (70%)	7–3 (70%)	—	-4.71	1975	1596	116.1	—	—	—	—	+70	-20	—	43.5%	-0.11	4–4 (50%)	1–8 (11%)	—	+2.98
37	1978	1869	151.0	—	—	—	—	-9	—	—	50.0%	+0.36	5–3 (63%)	1–7 (13%)	—	-2.21	1976	1549	112.0	—	—	—	—	+52	—	—	20.0%	-2.20	0–1	0–1	—	+0.52
38	1979	1715	125.5	—	—	—	—	+36	—	+122	32.4%	-0.73	0–2	2–4 (33%)	—	-1.22	1977	1631	139.0	—	—	—	—	-93	+39	—	44.9%	-0.49	2–6 (25%)	6–4 (60%)	—	-0.45
39	1980	1712	110.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36.4%	-1.45	1–1	2–0	—	-0.40	1978	1523	117.6	—	—	—	—	+24	+99	+113	23.3%	-1.60	1–2 (33%)	0–1	—	+0.15
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	1525	117.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.10	0–2	1–0	—	-0.12
Career	—	2135	149.3	—	—	—	—	-8	+47	-5	58.6%	+0.60	102–79 (56%)	63–64 (50%)	100.2	-5.02	—	1888	137.2	—	—	—	—	-54	+82	-31	55.5%	+0.44	44–59 (43%)	21–31 (40%)	92.2	+3.21

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.

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

Ion Tiriac's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ilie Nastase	2	7	9	Feb 17, 1973	H2H
Raymond Moore	2	6	8	Apr 25, 1974	H2H
Manuel Orantes	1	6	7	Jul 21, 1973	H2H
Guillermo Vilas	0	6	6	Jan 18, 1979	H2H
Zeljko Franulovic	3	3	6	Aug 9, 1978	H2H