H2H data updated: 2026-09-05 00:00 UTC

Cliff Richey vs Nikola Pilic H2H: 5-2

Cliff Richey holds a 5–2 lead over Nikola Pilic in their ATP head-to-head. Across 7 main-draw meetings, Cliff Richey leads 3–2 on carpet and 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Cliff Richey won the 1973 Las Vegas round of 32 6-4 7-6.

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Cliff Richey

USA Age 79 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H

5 – 2

7 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 Richey	6-4 7-6	Nikola Pilic	Match data	May 17, 1973*	R32	Las Vegas	ATP 250	Hard
Cliff Richey	7-6(5) 7-6(4)	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Apr 6, 1973*	R16	Munich Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Nikola Pilic	4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4)	Cliff Richey	Match data	Mar 31, 1973*	QF	St. Louis Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Richey	6-4 7-6(3)	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Feb 15, 1973*	R16	Toronto Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Nikola Pilic	4-6 6-3 6-4	Cliff Richey	Match data	Nov 3, 1972*	SF	Essen Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Richey	6-4 6-4	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Sep 21, 1972*	R16	Montreal Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Richey	6-4 12-10	Nikola Pilic	Match data	Oct 9, 1969*	R32	Las Vegas	ATP 250	Hard

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 Richey	#662	#16	0	2,115	485	222	68.6%	0	0	0	0	21	21
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 Richey							Nikola Pilic
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
21	1968	46–15	75.4%	—	1,738	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1969	64–18	78.0%	—	1,948	0	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	1970	88–24	78.6%	—	2,045	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1971	67–23	74.4%	—	1,910	0	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1972	54–24	69.2%	—	1,958	0	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1973	47–26	64.4%	#19	1,848	0	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1974	24–15	61.5%	#23	1,907	0	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1975	35–23	60.3%	#32	1,857	0	19	1968	42–46	47.7%	—	1,636	0	0
29	1976	33–24	57.9%	#28	1,861	0	20	1969	27–24	52.9%	—	1,767	0	1
30	1977	14–17	45.2%	#87	1,720	0	20	1970	47–31	60.3%	—	1,887	0	2
31	1978	13–12	52.0%	#57	1,709	0	21	1971	39–31	55.7%	—	1,842	0	3
32	1979	0–1	0.0%	#662	1,697	0	21	1972	34–28	54.8%	—	1,891	0	4
33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1973	44–27	62.0%	#15	1,841	0	4
34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974	22–12	64.7%	#32	1,904	0	4
35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	20–15	57.1%	#50	1,871	0	5
36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	13–14	48.1%	#68	1,752	0	5
37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	11–14	44.0%	#82	1,697	0	5
38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	2–7	22.2%	#284	1,620	0	5

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 Richey																	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 %
21	1968	9	2	11	81.8%	22	7	29	75.9%	11	5	16	68.8%	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1969	23	5	28	82.1%	27	7	34	79.4%	10	3	13	76.9%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	1970	26	7	33	78.8%	37	5	42	88.1%	10	4	14	71.4%	15	8	23	65.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1971	26	7	33	78.8%	20	7	27	74.1%	8	3	11	72.7%	13	6	19	68.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1972	22	8	30	73.3%	8	3	11	72.7%	5	1	6	83.3%	19	12	31	61.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1973	9	5	14	64.3%	15	10	25	60.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	20	9	29	69.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1974	16	8	24	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1975	8	7	15	53.3%	10	8	18	55.6%	5	2	7	71.4%	12	6	18	66.7%	1968	7	11	18	38.9%	9	6	15	60.0%	10	9	19	52.6%	16	20	36	44.4%
29	1976	12	7	19	63.2%	16	6	22	72.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	10	15	33.3%	1969	6	4	10	60.0%	9	10	19	47.4%	9	6	15	60.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
30	1977	3	4	7	42.9%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	1970	5	6	11	45.5%	17	7	24	70.8%	20	11	31	64.5%	5	7	12	41.7%
31	1978	9	5	14	64.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%	1971	13	7	20	65.0%	7	10	17	41.2%	10	4	14	71.4%	9	10	19	47.4%
32	1979	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1972	11	9	20	55.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	15	13	28	53.6%
33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1973	3	5	8	37.5%	26	13	39	66.7%	4	1	5	80.0%	11	8	19	57.9%
34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	18	8	26	69.2%
35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	—	—	—	—	14	7	21	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	7	13	46.2%
36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	0	1	1	0.0%	7	10	17	41.2%	5	2	7	71.4%	1	1	2	50.0%
37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	1	1	2	50.0%	8	10	18	44.4%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%
38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	163	65	228	71.5%	161	64	225	71.6%	54	24	78	69.2%	107	69	176	60.8%	—	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 Richey																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
21	1968	1739	120.9	—	—	—	—	+76	-1	-80	68.3%	+1.05	12–4 (75%)	—	—	+2.22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1969	1948	136.7	—	—	—	—	+130	+23	-163	69.5%	+1.45	14–3 (82%)	—	—	+2.23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	1970	2046	149.9	—	—	—	—	+78	+58	-164	73.0%	+1.54	16–7 (70%)	6–3 (67%)	105.3	-0.55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1971	1911	147.5	—	—	—	—	+121	+58	+23	70.5%	+1.44	11–13 (46%)	13–6 (68%)	96.4	+4.89	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1972	1958	154.4	—	—	—	—	+25	+29	+43	64.0%	+1.09	16–12 (57%)	15–12 (56%)	100.7	-3.20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	1973	1849	146.1	—	—	—	—	+101	-3	+122	61.0%	+0.95	13–11 (54%)	14–11 (56%)	97.7	-1.67	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1974	1908	152.6	—	—	—	—	+81	-72	+58	59.8%	+0.95	8–7 (53%)	9–8 (53%)	101.2	-3.69	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1975	1858	145.3	—	—	—	—	+59	-38	+101	56.6%	+0.54	14–10 (58%)	8–7 (53%)	99.1	-3.96	1968	1636	111.3	—	—	—	—	-151	-16	-31	47.3%	-0.36	10–12 (45%)	—	—	-1.40
29	1976	1861	149.1	—	—	—	—	-31	+42	—	57.8%	+0.65	8–8 (50%)	8–10 (44%)	96.3	-1.58	1969	1768	124.1	—	—	—	—	-72	-209	-64	53.7%	+0.31	8–9 (47%)	1–0	—	-0.25
30	1977	1720	132.8	—	—	—	—	+62	+54	—	47.8%	-0.14	4–5 (44%)	7–6 (54%)	100.6	+1.06	1970	1888	148.2	—	—	—	—	-193	-47	+36	58.2%	+0.88	14–13 (52%)	5–4 (56%)	105.5	-3.73
31	1978	1710	129.8	—	—	—	—	+66	—	—	50.0%	-0.05	5–4 (56%)	4–3 (57%)	100.7	+0.66	1971	1842	144.2	—	—	—	—	-19	-83	+111	58.7%	+0.69	8–5 (62%)	12–13 (48%)	102.1	-3.55
32	1979	1698	102.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.06	1972	1892	147.9	—	—	—	—	-16	-78	+47	53.5%	+0.29	7–7 (50%)	16–18 (47%)	98.7	-5.81
33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1973	1841	145.7	—	—	—	—	-61	+43	+118	60.6%	+0.80	10–8 (56%)	15–13 (54%)	98.1	-3.46
34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1974	1905	139.1	—	—	—	—	-6	—	+73	56.0%	+0.54	11–3 (79%)	5–8 (38%)	105.7	-1.38
35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	1872	141.1	—	—	—	—	-40	+45	—	57.6%	+0.42	7–6 (54%)	4–3 (57%)	99.8	-0.41
36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	1752	126.5	—	—	—	—	+23	+27	+201	49.3%	-0.20	4–3 (57%)	2–5 (29%)	95.7	-0.02
37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	1698	136.2	—	—	—	—	+16	+18	+284	48.4%	+0.05	6–5 (55%)	2–5 (29%)	96.7	-0.64
38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	1620	117.9	—	—	—	—	—	+19	—	34.6%	-0.54	1–3 (25%)	1–4 (20%)	95.2	+0.12
Career	—	2116	148.8	—	—	—	—	+70	+24	-48	64.7%	+1.06	121–84 (59%)	84–66 (56%)	104.1	-0.52	—	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 Richey's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Stan Smith	5	20	25	Feb 15, 1978	H2H
Arthur Ashe	5	12	17	Mar 26, 1976	H2H
Ilie Nastase	5	9	14	Feb 17, 1978	H2H
Zeljko Franulovic	8	5	13	Dec 4, 1971	H2H
Rod Laver	5	7	12	Jan 17, 1975	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