# John Newcombe vs Cliff Drysdale — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-newcombe-vs-cliff-drysdale?player1_id=4575861&player2_id=4580220
Tour: ATP

## Overall
- John Newcombe: 14 wins
- Cliff Drysdale: 5 wins
- Total meetings: 19

## By surface
- Carpet: John Newcombe 6 - 3 Cliff Drysdale
- Hard: John Newcombe 5 - 1 Cliff Drysdale
- Clay: John Newcombe 2 - 1 Cliff Drysdale
- Grass: John Newcombe 1 - 0 Cliff Drysdale

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: John Newcombe 14 - 5 Cliff Drysdale

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1976-03-26 | Palm Springs | R16 | Hard | John Newcombe | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1972-10-07 | Alamo Wct | F | Carpet | John Newcombe | 6-1 6-1 7-5 |
| 1972-05-07 | Las Vegas Wct | F | Hard | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1972-05-04 | Denver Wct | R16 | Carpet | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-7 7-5 |
| 1972-03-26 | Hilton Head | SF | Clay | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1972-02-11 | Richmond Wct | SF | Carpet | Cliff Drysdale | 4-6 6-4 6-3 |
| 1971-08-13 | Boston Wct | SF | Hard | Cliff Drysdale | 6-3 1-6 5-7 6-4 6-4 |
| 1971-02-14 | Philadelphia Wct | SF | Carpet | John Newcombe | 3-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(4) |
| 1970-08-07 | Louisville | QF | Hard | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1968-10-15 | East London Wct | F | Hard | John Newcombe | 10-6 |
| 1968-10-02 | Johannesburg Wct | BR | Hard | John Newcombe | 6-3 3-6 6-1 |
| 1968-08-19 | Hamburg | F | Clay | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-2 6-4 |
| 1968-08-12 | Newport Wct | RR | Grass | John Newcombe | 16-21 21-19 21-17 |
| 1968-07-26 | Gstaad | SF | Clay | Cliff Drysdale | 6-3 0-6 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 1968-05-15 | Buffalo Wct | QF | Carpet | Cliff Drysdale | 31-29 27-31 5-2 |
| 1968-04-07 | Bakersfield Wct | F | Carpet | John Newcombe | 31-12 31-22 |
| 1968-02-22 | New Orleans Wct | F | Carpet | Cliff Drysdale | 31-28 |
| 1968-02-01 | Wct World Cup | RR | Carpet | John Newcombe | 31-30 25-31 5-2 |
| 1968-01-20 | Sydney Wct | RR | Carpet | John Newcombe | 74-72 |

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Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)