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Barry Mackay v Cliff Drysdale: stats compared | Lineball
Drysdale wins on sets lost. Mackay’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Mackay 48 matches, Drysdale 655 matches.
Drysdale averages 1 sets lost a match to Mackay’s 1.6.
Drysdale has the better sets won %: 59.2 to Mackay’s 39.7.
Drysdale averages 1.5 sets won a match to Mackay’s 1.0 (39% more).
Best single match: Drysdale 99 games won, Mackay 62.
Winners’ edge: Drysdale’s team won 62%, Mackay’s team won 31% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Drysdale has 655 matches across 13 seasons, Mackay 48 in 6 — 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
17.3829 total · best 62Games wonper game15.810,357 total · best 99
39.7Sets won %59.2
47.8Games won %52.7
0.01 total · best 1Finalsper game0.127 total · best 1
1.050 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5949 total · best 3
Head to head
02 matches since 19682
Clay · 1 matchMackay 0Drysdale 1
Grass · 1 matchMackay 0Drysdale 1
Last meetings
12 July 1971 · Washington WCT · Round of 64 · ClayDrysdale won 6-3 3-6 6-1
12 Aug 1968 · Newport WCT · Round robin · GrassDrysdale won 21-15 16-21 2-19
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.676 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1654 total · best 3
18.9907 total · best 60Games lostper game · lower is better14.29,300 total · best 74
0.14 total · best 1Tiebreaksper game0.2130 total · best 3
0.14 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.147 total · best 1
0.12 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.17 total · best 1