H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC

Cliff Drysdale vs Manuel Santana H2H: 0-1

Manuel Santana holds a 1–0 lead over Cliff Drysdale in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Manuel Santana leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Manuel Santana won the 1969 Roland Garros round of 128 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-0.

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Cliff Drysdale

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

H2H

0 – 1

1 main draw meetings

Manuel Santana

ESP Right-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Manuel Santana	5-7 6-4 6-2 6-0	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	May 30, 1969*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	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
Manuel Santana	#374	#145	0	1,993	113	50	69.3%	0	0	0	0	8	8

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							Manuel Santana
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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	1971	76–29	72.4%	—	1,992	0	4	1968	38–11	77.6%	—	1,814	0	4
31	1972	51–29	63.8%	—	1,937	0	4	1969	25–6	80.6%	—	1,907	0	6
32	1973	31–23	57.4%	#23	1,882	0	4	1970	25–8	75.8%	—	1,990	0	8
33	1974	24–12	66.7%	#18	1,900	0	5	1971	14–7	66.7%	—	1,930	0	8
34	1975	30–19	61.2%	#36	1,816	0	5	1972	2–2	50.0%	—	1,865	0	8
35	1976	17–13	56.7%	#25	1,831	0	5	1973	0–1	0.0%	—	1,839	0	8
36	1977	17–17	50.0%	#27	1,880	0	5	1974	2–3	40.0%	#188	1,810	0	8
37	1978	14–13	51.9%	#47	1,869	0	6	1975	2–3	40.0%	#212	1,758	0	8
38	1979	5–12	29.4%	#217	1,715	0	6	1976	4–6	40.0%	#169	1,693	0	8
39	1980	1–2	33.3%	#423	1,712	0	6	1977	0–2	0.0%	#234	1,678	0	8
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	1–1	50.0%	#374	1,677	0	8

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																	Manuel Santana
	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%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	1971	25	8	33	75.8%	20	7	27	74.1%	11	3	14	78.6%	20	11	31	64.5%	1968	0	3	3	0.0%	31	4	35	88.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	3	8	62.5%
31	1972	18	8	26	69.2%	9	5	14	64.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	21	15	36	58.3%	1969	—	—	—	—	20	4	24	83.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
32	1973	9	7	16	56.3%	12	6	18	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	7	13	46.2%	1970	2	2	4	50.0%	14	4	18	77.8%	3	1	4	75.0%	6	1	7	85.7%
33	1974	9	4	13	69.2%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	6	17	64.7%	1971	5	2	7	71.4%	8	4	12	66.7%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
34	1975	6	4	10	60.0%	11	7	18	61.1%	—	—	—	—	13	8	21	61.9%	1972	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
35	1976	5	3	8	62.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	1973	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
36	1977	5	5	10	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	10	10	20	50.0%	1974	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
37	1978	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	10	23	56.5%	1975	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
38	1979	3	5	8	37.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	1976	—	—	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	1980	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1977	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—
Career	—	111	68	179	62.0%	98	48	146	67.1%	58	30	88	65.9%	130	105	235	55.3%	—	9	10	19	47.4%	79	24	103	76.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	16	11	27	59.3%

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																Manuel Santana
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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	1971	1992	155.5	—	—	—	—	+24	+4	-33	65.8%	+0.98	23–14 (62%)	20–17 (54%)	—	-7.28	1968	1814	136.4	—	—	—	—	-240	+129	-240	74.5%	+1.84	5–6 (45%)	—	—	+0.50
31	1972	1938	158.1	—	—	—	—	+12	+53	+26	60.4%	+0.73	9–7 (56%)	7–14 (33%)	—	-6.24	1969	1908	142.2	—	—	—	—	-262	+167	-244	73.9%	+1.81	3–2 (60%)	—	—	+1.37
32	1973	1882	141.7	—	—	—	—	+19	+74	+25	58.7%	+0.63	6–2 (75%)	6–6 (50%)	—	-2.42	1970	1990	137.8	—	—	—	—	-171	+56	-251	70.9%	+1.45	3–3 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	—	+0.51
33	1974	1900	147.0	—	—	—	—	+26	+50	+12	64.3%	+1.12	4–3 (57%)	0–1	—	-2.22	1971	1930	121.8	—	—	—	—	-88	+70	—	75.5%	+1.69	1–0	1–1	—	+2.58
34	1975	1817	135.6	—	—	—	—	+37	+49	—	57.9%	+0.41	11–8 (58%)	8–4 (67%)	—	+0.26	1972	1865	102.4	—	—	—	—	-91	—	—	53.8%	+0.46	—	0–1	—	+0.61
35	1976	1832	148.0	—	—	—	—	+51	+32	—	52.2%	+0.36	5–2 (71%)	4–6 (40%)	—	-1.10	1973	1839	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+0.11
36	1977	1880	157.3	—	—	—	—	+19	—	+12	48.2%	-0.18	7–3 (70%)	7–3 (70%)	—	-4.71	1974	1810	107.0	—	—	—	—	—	+168	—	50.0%	+0.30	1–1	1–1	—	+0.35
37	1978	1869	151.0	—	—	—	—	-9	—	—	50.0%	+0.36	5–3 (63%)	1–7 (13%)	—	-2.21	1975	1759	107.5	—	—	—	—	-73	—	—	46.2%	+0.15	1–2 (33%)	0–1	—	+0.70
38	1979	1715	125.5	—	—	—	—	+36	—	+122	32.4%	-0.73	0–2	2–4 (33%)	—	-1.22	1976	1693	110.9	—	—	—	—	—	+128	—	40.9%	-0.77	1–1	—	—	+1.30
39	1980	1712	110.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36.4%	-1.45	1–1	2–0	—	-0.40	1977	1679	112.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.75	—	0–1	—	-0.60
40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	1678	106.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.20	1–0	0–1	—	+0.12
Career	—	2135	149.3	—	—	—	—	-8	+47	-5	58.6%	+0.60	102–79 (56%)	63–64 (50%)	100.2	-5.02	—	1993	138.0	—	—	—	—	-159	+119	-245	68.9%	+1.40	16–15 (52%)	5–9 (36%)	94.0	+4.78

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

Manuel Santana's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arthur Ashe	2	4	6	Jul 14, 1978	H2H
Manuel Orantes	3	2	5	Aug 17, 1969	H2H
Clark Graebner	0	4	4	Apr 26, 1970	H2H
Marty Riessen	4	0	4	Mar 28, 1969	H2H
Jim Osborne	1	2	3	Feb 18, 1971	H2H