Barthes v Drysdale
ATP Tour career
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Cliff Drysdale takes it, 6–1 on categories
Drysdale wins on games lost. Barthes’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Barthes 365 matches, Drysdale 655 matches.
- Barthes averages 17.3 games won a match to Drysdale’s 15.8 (9% more).
- Drysdale averages 14.2 games lost a match to Barthes’ 18.1.
- Drysdale averages 1 sets lost a match to Barthes’ 1.3.
- Best single match: Drysdale 99 games won, Barthes 83.
- Winners’ edge: Drysdale’s team won 62%, Barthes’s team won 50% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Drysdale has 655 matches across 13 seasons, Barthes 365 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 matches…): 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.
- –Titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
- 17.36,319 total · best 83Games wonper game15.810,357 total · best 99
- 49.6Sets won %59.2
- 48.9Games won %52.7
- 0.06 total · best 1Finalsper game0.127 total · best 1
- 1.3455 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5949 total · best 3
Head to head
414 matches
since 196810
since 196810
- Carpet · 9 matchesBarthes 4Drysdale 5
- Hard · 4 matchesBarthes 0Drysdale 4
- Grass · 1 matchBarthes 0Drysdale 1
Last meetings
- 24 Oct 1971 · Wembley · Round of 32 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-1 6-3
- 3 June 1970 · St. Louis WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetBarthes won 6-2 3-6 6-2
- 6 Apr 1970 · Durban · Round of 16 · HardDrysdale won 7-9 6-3 9-7
- 11 Oct 1968 · Cape Town WCT · Semifinal · HardDrysdale won 8-2
- 9 Oct 1968 · East London WCT · Semifinal · HardDrysdale won 11-9
- 2 Oct 1968 · Johannesburg WCT · Quarterfinal · HardDrysdale won 6-0 8-6
- 12 Aug 1968 · Newport WCT · Round robin · GrassDrysdale won 21-18 21-15
- 10 May 1968 · Buffalo WCT · Bronze medal match · CarpetBarthes won 23-31 31-30 5-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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