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Bob Giltinan v Cliff Drysdale: stats compared | Lineball
Drysdale wins on games won. Giltinan’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Giltinan 207 matches, Drysdale 655 matches.
Giltinan has 1 title (one every 20 matches) to Drysdale’s 8 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Drysdale averages 15.8 games won a match to Giltinan’s 13.6 (16% more).
Drysdale averages 1 sets lost a match to Giltinan’s 1.5.
Winners’ edge: Drysdale’s team won 62%, Giltinan’s team won 45% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Drysdale has 655 matches across 13 seasons, Giltinan 207 in 12 — 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.
0.11 total · best 1Titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
13.62,821 total · best 35Games wonper game15.810,357 total · best 99
47.8Sets won %59.2
48.9Games won %52.7
0.12 total · best 1Finalsper game0.127 total · best 1
1.3275 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5949 total · best 3
Head to head
04 matches since 19694
Hard · 3 matchesGiltinan 0Drysdale 3
Clay · 1 matchGiltinan 0Drysdale 1
Last meetings
6 Apr 1976 · Johannesburg WCT · Round of 16 · HardDrysdale won 6-3 6-1
6 Apr 1976 · Johannesburg WCT · Round of 16 · HardDrysdale won 6-3 6-1
22 Mar 1976 · Palm Springs · Round of 64 · HardDrysdale won 6-4 6-2
21 May 1969 · Rome · Round of 64 · ClayDrysdale won 2-6 6-3 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.5300 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1654 total · best 3
14.32,950 total · best 37Games lostper game · lower is better14.29,300 total · best 74
0.365 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2130 total · best 3
0.242 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.147 total · best 1
0.13 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.17 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better–