Ralston v Drysdale
ATP Tour career
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Too close to call — 3–5 on categories
Ralston wins on titles. Drysdale’s case rests on games lost. ATP Tour career: Ralston 268 matches, Drysdale 655 matches.
- Ralston has 6 titles (one every 25 matches) to Drysdale’s 8 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Ralston averages 20.2 games won a match to Drysdale’s 15.8 (27% more).
- Drysdale averages 14.2 games lost a match to Ralston’s 19.3.
- Winners’ edge: Drysdale’s team won 62%, Ralston’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Drysdale has 655 matches across 13 seasons, Ralston 268 in 12 — 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
- 20.25,401 total · best 78Games wonper game15.810,357 total · best 99
- 54.4Sets won %59.2
- 51.1Games won %52.7
- 0.113 total · best 1Finalsper game0.127 total · best 1
- 1.3355 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5949 total · best 3
Head to head
612 matches
since 19686
since 19686
- Carpet · 7 matchesRalston 3Drysdale 4
- Hard · 3 matchesRalston 2Drysdale 1
- Clay · 1 matchRalston 0Drysdale 1
- Grass · 1 matchRalston 1Drysdale 0
- Finals · 1 matchRalston 0Drysdale 1
Last meetings
- 7 Jan 1976 · Columbus WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-2 6-1
- 16 Aug 1971 · Fort Worth WCT · Quarterfinal · HardDrysdale won 7-5 3-6 7-6
- 19 July 1971 · Louisville WCT · Quarterfinal · ClayDrysdale won 3-6 6-3 6-3
- 16 Nov 1970 · Wembley · Quarterfinal · CarpetDrysdale won 9-8 6-8 6-3
- 6 May 1970 · Atlanta · Quarterfinal · HardRalston won 6-4 6-8 6-4
- 16 June 1969 · London / Queen's Club · Round of 16 · Grass
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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