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

Cliff Drysdale vs Nikola Pilic H2H: 17-4

Cliff Drysdale holds a 17–4 lead over Nikola Pilic in their ATP head-to-head. Across 21 main-draw meetings, Cliff Drysdale leads 8–3 on carpet and 5–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Cliff Drysdale won the 1974 ABN AMRO Open quarterfinal 6-2 6-4.

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Cliff Drysdale

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

H2H

17 – 4

21 main draw meetings

Nikola Pilic

CRO Left-Handed 191 cm / 6'3"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Cliff Drysdale	6-2 6-4	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Mar 30, 1974*	QF	ABN AMRO Open	ATP 250	Carpet
Nikola Pilic	6-0 6-3	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Feb 3, 1974*	QF	Richmond-Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Nikola Pilic	4-6 7-6 7-6	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Jul 6, 1972*	SF	St. Louis Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	7-5 7-6	Nikola Pilic	Match data	May 5, 1972*	R16	Las Vegas Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Cliff Drysdale	6-3 6-3	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Apr 19, 1972*	R32	Quebec Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	7-6 7-6	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Oct 21, 1971*	R16	Cologne Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	7-6 6-3	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Oct 1, 1971*	R16	Berkeley	ATP 250	Hard
Cliff Drysdale	6-4 2-6 7-6	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Aug 25, 1971*	R32	Fort Worth Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Cliff Drysdale	6-3 6-3	Nikola Pilic	Match data	May 4, 1971*	R32	Dallas Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	6-2	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Apr 21, 1971	RR	Denver	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	6-3 6-2	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Apr 9, 1971*	QF	Miami Open	ATP 250	Hard
Nikola Pilic	6-1 2-6 6-4	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Jul 10, 1970*	QF	Newport	ATP 250	Grass
Cliff Drysdale	9-7 2-6 6-2	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Jul 30, 1969	RR	Portschach	ATP 250	Clay
Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-4	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Oct 16, 1968*	QF	Cape Town Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Cliff Drysdale	31-17 27-31 31-19	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Aug 17, 1968*	SF	Newport Wct	ATP 250	Grass
Cliff Drysdale	21-18 21-19	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR	Newport Wct	ATP 250	Grass
Cliff Drysdale	9-7 3-6 6-0	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Jul 26, 1968*	QF	Swiss Open Gstaad	ATP 250	Clay
Nikola Pilic	31-30	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	May 9, 1968*	QF	Minneapolis Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	31-29 31-30	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Feb 27, 1968	RR	Tulsa Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	31-30 30-31 5-4	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Feb 20, 1968	RR	Orlando Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	31-20 31-16	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Feb 1, 1968	RR	Wct World Cup	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
Cliff Drysdale	#423	#13	0	2,135	397	251	61.3%	0	0	0	0	6	6
Nikola Pilic	#284	#12	0	1,950	301	249	54.7%	0	0	0	0	5	5

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							Nikola Pilic
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	1968	42–46	47.7%	—	1,636	0	0
29	1970	45–25	64.3%	—	1,911	0	1	1969	27–24	52.9%	—	1,767	0	1
30	1971	76–29	72.4%	—	1,992	0	4	1970	47–31	60.3%	—	1,887	0	2
31	1972	51–29	63.8%	—	1,937	0	4	1971	39–31	55.7%	—	1,842	0	3
32	1973	31–23	57.4%	#23	1,882	0	4	1972	34–28	54.8%	—	1,891	0	4
33	1974	24–12	66.7%	#18	1,900	0	5	1973	44–27	62.0%	#15	1,841	0	4
34	1975	30–19	61.2%	#36	1,816	0	5	1974	22–12	64.7%	#32	1,904	0	4
35	1976	17–13	56.7%	#25	1,831	0	5	1975	20–15	57.1%	#50	1,871	0	5
36	1977	17–17	50.0%	#27	1,880	0	5	1976	13–14	48.1%	#68	1,752	0	5
37	1978	14–13	51.9%	#47	1,869	0	6	1977	11–14	44.0%	#82	1,697	0	5
38	1979	5–12	29.4%	#217	1,715	0	6	1978	2–7	22.2%	#284	1,620	0	5
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	Cliff Drysdale																	Nikola Pilic
	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%	1968	7	11	18	38.9%	9	6	15	60.0%	10	9	19	52.6%	16	20	36	44.4%
29	1970	16	8	24	66.7%	8	4	12	66.7%	14	7	21	66.7%	7	6	13	53.8%	1969	6	4	10	60.0%	9	10	19	47.4%	9	6	15	60.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
30	1971	25	8	33	75.8%	20	7	27	74.1%	11	3	14	78.6%	20	11	31	64.5%	1970	5	6	11	45.5%	17	7	24	70.8%	20	11	31	64.5%	5	7	12	41.7%
31	1972	18	8	26	69.2%	9	5	14	64.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	21	15	36	58.3%	1971	13	7	20	65.0%	7	10	17	41.2%	10	4	14	71.4%	9	10	19	47.4%
32	1973	9	7	16	56.3%	12	6	18	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	7	13	46.2%	1972	11	9	20	55.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	15	13	28	53.6%
33	1974	9	4	13	69.2%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	6	17	64.7%	1973	3	5	8	37.5%	26	13	39	66.7%	4	1	5	80.0%	11	8	19	57.9%
34	1975	6	4	10	60.0%	11	7	18	61.1%	—	—	—	—	13	8	21	61.9%	1974	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	18	8	26	69.2%
35	1976	5	3	8	62.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	1975	—	—	—	—	14	7	21	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	7	13	46.2%
36	1977	5	5	10	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	10	10	20	50.0%	1976	0	1	1	0.0%	7	10	17	41.2%	5	2	7	71.4%	1	1	2	50.0%
37	1978	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	10	23	56.5%	1977	1	1	2	50.0%	8	10	18	44.4%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%
38	1979	3	5	8	37.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	1978	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	1980	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	111	68	179	62.0%	98	48	146	67.1%	58	30	88	65.9%	130	105	235	55.3%	—	48	46	94	51.1%	105	86	191	55.0%	64	37	101	63.4%	84	80	164	51.2%

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																Nikola Pilic
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	1968	1636	111.3	—	—	—	—	-151	-16	-31	47.3%	-0.36	10–12 (45%)	—	—	-1.40
29	1970	1912	140.6	—	—	—	—	+41	-52	-103	60.3%	+0.51	10–8 (56%)	6–2 (75%)	—	-4.84	1969	1768	124.1	—	—	—	—	-72	-209	-64	53.7%	+0.31	8–9 (47%)	1–0	—	-0.25
30	1971	1992	155.5	—	—	—	—	+24	+4	-33	65.8%	+0.98	23–14 (62%)	20–17 (54%)	—	-7.28	1970	1888	148.2	—	—	—	—	-193	-47	+36	58.2%	+0.88	14–13 (52%)	5–4 (56%)	—	-3.73
31	1972	1938	158.1	—	—	—	—	+12	+53	+26	60.4%	+0.73	9–7 (56%)	7–14 (33%)	—	-6.24	1971	1842	144.2	—	—	—	—	-19	-83	+111	58.7%	+0.69	8–5 (62%)	12–13 (48%)	—	-3.55
32	1973	1882	141.7	—	—	—	—	+19	+74	+25	58.7%	+0.63	6–2 (75%)	6–6 (50%)	—	-2.42	1972	1892	147.9	—	—	—	—	-16	-78	+47	53.5%	+0.29	7–7 (50%)	16–18 (47%)	—	-5.81
33	1974	1900	147.0	—	—	—	—	+26	+50	+12	64.3%	+1.12	4–3 (57%)	0–1	—	-2.22	1973	1841	145.7	—	—	—	—	-61	+43	+118	60.6%	+0.80	10–8 (56%)	15–13 (54%)	—	-3.46
34	1975	1817	135.6	—	—	—	—	+37	+49	—	57.9%	+0.41	11–8 (58%)	8–4 (67%)	—	+0.26	1974	1905	139.1	—	—	—	—	-6	—	+73	56.0%	+0.54	11–3 (79%)	5–8 (38%)	—	-1.38
35	1976	1832	148.0	—	—	—	—	+51	+32	—	52.2%	+0.36	5–2 (71%)	4–6 (40%)	—	-1.10	1975	1872	141.1	—	—	—	—	-40	+45	—	57.6%	+0.42	7–6 (54%)	4–3 (57%)	—	-0.41
36	1977	1880	157.3	—	—	—	—	+19	—	+12	48.2%	-0.18	7–3 (70%)	7–3 (70%)	—	-4.71	1976	1752	126.5	—	—	—	—	+23	+27	+201	49.3%	-0.20	4–3 (57%)	2–5 (29%)	—	-0.02
37	1978	1869	151.0	—	—	—	—	-9	—	—	50.0%	+0.36	5–3 (63%)	1–7 (13%)	—	-2.21	1977	1698	136.2	—	—	—	—	+16	+18	+284	48.4%	+0.05	6–5 (55%)	2–5 (29%)	—	-0.64
38	1979	1715	125.5	—	—	—	—	+36	—	+122	32.4%	-0.73	0–2	2–4 (33%)	—	-1.22	1978	1620	117.9	—	—	—	—	—	+19	—	34.6%	-0.54	1–3 (25%)	1–4 (20%)	—	+0.12
39	1980	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	—	1950	142.6	—	—	—	—	-68	-21	+43	54.6%	+0.39	86–74 (54%)	63–73 (46%)	98.1	-3.78

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

Nikola Pilic's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
John Newcombe	6	20	26	Jun 30, 1974	H2H
Cliff Drysdale	4	17	21	Mar 30, 1974	H2H
Earl Butch Buchholz	8	9	17	Feb 5, 1970	H2H
Tom Okker	5	10	15	Jun 25, 1975	H2H
Pierre Barthes	9	4	13	Mar 13, 1975	H2H