Buchholz v Drysdale
ATP Tour career
Earl Butch BuchholzUnited States178 games · 1968–1978
Cliff DrysdaleSouth Africa655 games · 1968–1980
Cliff DrysdaleSouth Africa655 games · 1968–1980Lineball analyst3–5
Too close to call — 3–5 on categories
Butch Buchholz wins on titles. Drysdale’s case rests on games lost. ATP Tour career: Butch Buchholz 178 matches, Drysdale 655 matches.
- Butch Buchholz has 6 titles (one every 25 matches) to Drysdale’s 8 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Butch Buchholz averages 24.3 games won a match to Drysdale’s 15.8 (54% more).
- Drysdale averages 14.2 games lost a match to Butch Buchholz’s 24.
- Winners’ edge: Drysdale’s team won 62%, Butch Buchholz’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Drysdale has 655 matches across 13 seasons, Butch Buchholz 178 in 8 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, masters/1000 matches, retired hurt): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
- 24.34,322 total · best 69Games wonper game15.810,357 total · best 99
- 52.3Sets won %59.2
- 50.3Games won %52.7
- 0.112 total · best 1Finalsper game0.127 total · best 1
- 1.2217 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5949 total · best 3
Head to head
610 matches
since 19684
since 19684
- Carpet · 7 matchesBuchholz 4Drysdale 3
- Hard · 1 matchBuchholz 1Drysdale 0
- Clay · 1 matchBuchholz 1Drysdale 0
- Grass · 1 matchBuchholz 0Drysdale 1
Last meetings
- 24 Nov 1969 · Stockholm Open · Round of 32 · HardBuchholz won 7-5 6-2
- 26 Sept 1968 · Pretoria WCT · Quarterfinal · ClayBuchholz won 6-3 7-5
- 12 Aug 1968 · Newport WCT · Round robin · GrassDrysdale won 21-20 21-12
- 31 May 1968 · Baltimore WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetDrysdale won 8-5
- 10 May 1968 · Buffalo WCT · Semifinal · CarpetBuchholz won 25-31 31-23 5-2
- 5 Apr 1968 · Fresno WCT · Semifinal · CarpetBuchholz won 31-25 31-28
- 1 Apr 1968 · Bakersfield WCT · Semifinal · CarpetDrysdale won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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