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

Marty Riessen vs Cliff Drysdale H2H: 8-10

Cliff Drysdale holds a 10–8 lead over Marty Riessen in their ATP head-to-head. Across 18 main-draw meetings, Cliff Drysdale leads 4–3 on hard courts and 3–2 on clay. Most recently, Cliff Drysdale won the 1976 San Francisco round of 32 6-1 6-7 6-3.

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Marty Riessen

USA Age 84 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H

8 – 10

18 main draw meetings

Cliff Drysdale

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

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Cliff Drysdale	6-1 6-7 6-3	Marty Riessen	Match data	Sep 30, 1976*	R32	San Francisco	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale #27	(w/o)	Marty Riessen #11	Match data	Mar 20, 1975*	R32	Memphis	ATP 250	Carpet
Marty Riessen	6-4 6-3	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Feb 27, 1975*	R16	San Antonio Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Marty Riessen	7-5 6-3	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Apr 13, 1974*	QF	Monte-Carlo Masters	ATP 250	Clay
Cliff Drysdale #23	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3	Marty Riessen #22	Match data	Mar 6, 1974*	R32	Miami Open	ATP 250	Hard
Cliff Drysdale	6-3 6-3	Marty Riessen	Match data	Aug 18, 1972*	QF	Cleveland Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-4	Marty Riessen	Match data	Jul 11, 1972*	QF	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships	ATP 250	Hard
Marty Riessen	5-7 4-6 6-2 7-5 6-3	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	May 15, 1972*	QF	Dallas Wct	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-4	Marty Riessen	Match data	May 6, 1972*	SF	Las Vegas Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Marty Riessen	5-7 7-6 6-4	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Aug 27, 1971*	SF	Fort Worth Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-3	Marty Riessen	Match data	Aug 18, 1970*	QF	Canadian Open	ATP 250	Clay
Cliff Drysdale	6-3 6-0	Marty Riessen	Match data	Jul 23, 1970*	QF	Swiss Open Gstaad	ATP 250	Clay
Marty Riessen	8-4	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Sep 12, 1969*	R16	Chicago	ATP 250	Carpet
Cliff Drysdale	2-6 6-1 7-5 6-3	Marty Riessen	Match data	Aug 15, 1969*	R16	Hamburg Open	ATP 250	Clay
Marty Riessen	9-7	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Oct 21, 1968*	QF	Kimberley Wct	ATP 250	Clay
Marty Riessen	1-6 6-3 8-6	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Oct 11, 1968*	QF	Durban Wct	ATP 250	Hard
Marty Riessen	21-10 9-21 21-19	Cliff Drysdale	Match data	Aug 18, 1968*	F	Newport Wct	ATP 250	Grass
Cliff Drysdale	15-21 21-18 21-20	Marty Riessen	Match data	Aug 12, 1968	RR	Newport Wct	ATP 250	Grass

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
Marty Riessen	#382	#11	0	2,105	531	314	62.8%	0	0	0	0	11	11
Cliff Drysdale	#423	#13	0	2,135	397	251	61.3%	0	0	0	0	6	6

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	Marty Riessen							Cliff Drysdale
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
26	1968	95–36	72.5%	—	1,652	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1969	47–34	58.0%	—	1,806	0	3	1968	53–37	58.9%	—	1,674	0	1
28	1970	52–29	64.2%	—	1,944	0	5	1969	33–20	62.3%	—	1,782	0	1
29	1971	68–31	68.7%	—	1,990	0	6	1970	45–25	64.3%	—	1,911	0	1
30	1972	55–28	66.3%	—	1,964	0	7	1971	76–29	72.4%	—	1,992	0	4
31	1973	46–25	64.8%	#13	1,858	0	8	1972	51–29	63.8%	—	1,937	0	4
32	1974	55–23	70.5%	#12	1,959	0	9	1973	31–23	57.4%	#23	1,882	0	4
33	1975	21–15	58.3%	#24	1,895	0	10	1974	24–12	66.7%	#18	1,900	0	5
34	1976	18–23	43.9%	#59	1,831	0	10	1975	30–19	61.2%	#36	1,816	0	5
35	1977	18–19	48.6%	#54	1,834	0	10	1976	17–13	56.7%	#25	1,831	0	5
36	1978	11–11	50.0%	#83	1,789	0	10	1977	17–17	50.0%	#27	1,880	0	5
37	1979	34–23	59.6%	#37	1,831	0	11	1978	14–13	51.9%	#47	1,869	0	6
38	1980	10–13	43.5%	#92	1,691	0	11	1979	5–12	29.4%	#217	1,715	0	6
39	1981	1–4	20.0%	#93	1,695	0	11	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	Marty Riessen																	Cliff Drysdale
	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 %
26	1968	41	14	55	74.5%	34	14	48	70.8%	18	6	24	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1969	7	7	14	50.0%	13	8	21	61.9%	12	7	19	63.2%	15	12	27	55.6%	1968	6	10	16	37.5%	12	4	16	75.0%	13	6	19	68.4%	22	17	39	56.4%
28	1970	16	11	27	59.3%	7	4	11	63.6%	17	7	24	70.8%	12	7	19	63.2%	1969	8	3	11	72.7%	19	9	28	67.9%	6	4	10	60.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
29	1971	20	10	30	66.7%	24	8	32	75.0%	14	5	19	73.7%	10	8	18	55.6%	1970	16	8	24	66.7%	8	4	12	66.7%	14	7	21	66.7%	7	6	13	53.8%
30	1972	16	8	24	66.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	28	14	42	66.7%	1971	25	8	33	75.8%	20	7	27	74.1%	11	3	14	78.6%	20	11	31	64.5%
31	1973	7	5	12	58.3%	11	7	18	61.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	27	11	38	71.1%	1972	18	8	26	69.2%	9	5	14	64.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	21	15	36	58.3%
32	1974	11	7	18	61.1%	20	5	25	80.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	16	8	24	66.7%	1973	9	7	16	56.3%	12	6	18	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	6	7	13	46.2%
33	1975	6	4	10	60.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	11	6	17	64.7%	1974	9	4	13	69.2%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	6	17	64.7%
34	1976	4	7	11	36.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	10	10	20	50.0%	1975	6	4	10	60.0%	11	7	18	61.1%	—	—	—	—	13	8	21	61.9%
35	1977	9	7	16	56.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	5	5	10	50.0%	1976	5	3	8	62.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	6	13	53.8%
36	1978	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	1977	5	5	10	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	10	10	20	50.0%
37	1979	6	6	12	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	23	13	36	63.9%	1978	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	10	23	56.5%
38	1980	2	3	5	40.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	1979	3	5	8	37.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%
39	1981	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	1980	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	147	92	239	61.5%	128	65	193	66.3%	85	46	131	64.9%	171	111	282	60.6%	—	111	68	179	62.0%	98	48	146	67.1%	58	30	88	65.9%	130	105	235	55.3%

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	Marty Riessen																Cliff Drysdale
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
26	1968	1653	132.0	—	—	—	—	+69	+87	+61	68.5%	+1.54	20–8 (71%)	—	—	-0.80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	1969	1807	136.9	—	—	—	—	-21	-43	-20	57.3%	+0.56	10–14 (42%)	—	—	-3.21	1968	1675	114.3	—	—	—	—	-176	+56	+81	58.1%	+0.92	13–19 (41%)	—	—	+0.91
28	1970	1945	146.2	—	—	—	—	+35	-163	-65	60.8%	+0.91	14–8 (64%)	5–3 (63%)	—	-1.75	1969	1782	128.9	—	—	—	—	-122	+107	-9	59.8%	+0.44	8–7 (53%)	—	—	-0.64
29	1971	1990	154.3	—	—	—	—	-35	-15	+39	59.4%	+0.60	26–10 (72%)	18–19 (49%)	—	-9.98	1970	1912	140.6	—	—	—	—	+41	-52	-103	60.3%	+0.51	10–8 (56%)	6–2 (75%)	—	-4.84
30	1972	1965	158.1	—	—	—	—	+28	+23	+41	61.7%	+0.70	17–14 (55%)	16–16 (50%)	—	-8.28	1971	1992	155.5	—	—	—	—	+24	+4	-33	65.8%	+0.98	23–14 (62%)	20–17 (54%)	—	-7.28
31	1973	1858	145.0	—	—	—	—	+69	+39	+86	58.6%	+0.64	17–6 (74%)	12–13 (48%)	—	-1.09	1972	1938	158.1	—	—	—	—	+12	+53	+26	60.4%	+0.73	9–7 (56%)	7–14 (33%)	—	-6.24
32	1974	1959	151.5	—	—	—	—	+21	+54	-7	67.7%	+0.98	11–12 (48%)	15–9 (63%)	—	-5.03	1973	1882	141.7	—	—	—	—	+19	+74	+25	58.7%	+0.63	6–2 (75%)	6–6 (50%)	—	-2.42
33	1975	1895	140.7	—	—	—	—	+39	+26	+50	61.2%	+0.68	4–6 (40%)	4–3 (57%)	—	-1.19	1974	1900	147.0	—	—	—	—	+26	+50	+12	64.3%	+1.12	4–3 (57%)	0–1	—	-2.22
34	1976	1832	149.5	—	—	—	—	+12	+33	+68	46.7%	-0.24	1–8 (11%)	5–2 (71%)	—	-5.35	1975	1817	135.6	—	—	—	—	+37	+49	—	57.9%	+0.41	11–8 (58%)	8–4 (67%)	—	+0.26
35	1977	1835	151.7	—	—	—	—	+43	+2	+6	52.7%	+0.16	2–8 (20%)	8–3 (73%)	—	-3.73	1976	1832	148.0	—	—	—	—	+51	+32	—	52.2%	+0.36	5–2 (71%)	4–6 (40%)	—	-1.10
36	1978	1789	132.2	—	—	—	—	+28	—	+31	50.0%	+0.14	5–5 (50%)	5–5 (50%)	—	-0.07	1977	1880	157.3	—	—	—	—	+19	—	+12	48.2%	-0.18	7–3 (70%)	7–3 (70%)	—	-4.71
37	1979	1832	145.5	—	—	—	—	+16	+5	+8	57.4%	+0.12	10–8 (56%)	16–8 (67%)	—	-0.40	1978	1869	151.0	—	—	—	—	-9	—	—	50.0%	+0.36	5–3 (63%)	1–7 (13%)	—	-2.21
38	1980	1691	124.0	—	—	—	—	+33	+84	—	48.1%	-0.33	1–4 (20%)	3–3 (50%)	—	+0.21	1979	1715	125.5	—	—	—	—	+36	—	+122	32.4%	-0.73	0–2	2–4 (33%)	—	-1.22
39	1981	1695	122.5	—	—	—	—	+17	—	—	30.0%	-0.80	1–1	1–3 (25%)	—	-0.89	1980	1712	110.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36.4%	-1.45	1–1	2–0	—	-0.40
Career	—	2106	150.4	—	—	—	—	+26	+22	+11	60.0%	+0.69	139–112 (55%)	108–87 (55%)	102.2	-5.02	—	2135	149.3	—	—	—	—	-8	+47	-5	58.6%	+0.60	102–79 (56%)	63–64 (50%)	100.2	-5.02

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.

Marty Riessen's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arthur Ashe	6	20	26	Jan 25, 1979	H2H
John Newcombe	13	11	24	May 18, 1974	H2H
Ken Rosewall	6	17	23	Jan 10, 1977	H2H
Tom Okker	6	14	20	Feb 8, 1976	H2H
Cliff Drysdale	8	10	18	Sep 30, 1976	H2H

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