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Allan Stone v Cliff Drysdale: stats compared | Lineball
Drysdale wins on games won. Stone’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Stone 487 matches, Drysdale 655 matches.
Drysdale averages 15.8 games won a match to Stone’s 13.4 (18% more).
Drysdale averages 1 sets lost a match to Stone’s 1.3.
Drysdale has the better sets won %: 59.2 to Stone’s 51.4.
Best single match: Drysdale 99 games won, Stone 42.
Winners’ edge: Drysdale’s team won 62%, Stone’s team won 50% of the matches they played.
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
13.46,538 total · best 42Games wonper game15.810,357 total · best 99
51.4Sets won %59.2
51.0Games won %52.7
0.06 total · best 1Finalsper game0.127 total · best 1
1.4657 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5949 total · best 3
Head to head
18 matches since 19687
Hard · 4 matchesStone 1Drysdale 3
Carpet · 3 matchesStone 0Drysdale 3
Grass · 1 matchStone 0Drysdale 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchStone 0Drysdale 1
Last meetings
18 Sept 1978 · Los Angeles · Round of 32 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-1 3-6 6-3
26 Mar 1973 · St. Louis WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-4 7-6(3)
22 Jan 1973 · Lacosta WCT · Round of 32 · HardStone won 6-1 6-4
31 July 1972 · Boston WCT · Round of 16 · HardDrysdale won 6-4 6-2
30 Oct 1971 · Stockholm WCT · Round of 64 · HardDrysdale won 3-6 6-3 6-4
9 Feb 1971 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-2 6-1
1 Sept 1970 · South Orange · Round of 32 · HardDrysdale won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.3621 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1654 total · best 3
12.96,295 total · best 45Games lostper game · lower is better14.29,300 total · best 74
0.3127 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2130 total · best 3
0.273 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.147 total · best 1
0.112 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.17 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game–
0.03 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better–
7-6 4-6 7-6
29 Aug 1968 · US Open · Round of 32 · GrassDrysdale won 6-3 6-2 6-1