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Cliff Drysdale v Mark Cox: stats compared | Lineball
Drysdale wins on games won. Cox’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Drysdale 655 matches, Cox 697 matches.
Drysdale averages 15.8 games won a match to Cox’s 13.4 (18% more).
Cox averages 12.1 games lost a match to Drysdale’s 14.2.
Drysdale averages 1 sets lost a match to Cox’s 1.1.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, masters/1000 matches, davis/bjk cup 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.
0.08 total · best 1Titlesper game0.015 total · best 1
15.810,357 total · best 99Games wonper game13.49,318 total · best 38
59.2Sets won %57.1
52.7Games won %52.5
0.127 total · best 1Finalsper game0.028 total · best 1
1.5949 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.51,020 total · best 3
Head to head
1117 matches since 19686
Carpet · 7 matchesDrysdale 4Cox 3
Clay · 6 matchesDrysdale 4Cox 2
Hard · 3 matchesDrysdale 2Cox 1
Grass · 1 matchDrysdale 1Cox 0
Grand Slams · 1 matchDrysdale 1Cox 0
Last meetings
21 Mar 1977 · Rotterdam WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetCox won 6-3 6-3
24 Jan 1977 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-3 6-1
31 Mar 1975 · Tuscon · Round of 32 · HardDrysdale won 6-3 7-6
17 Mar 1975 · Memphis WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetCox won 7-5 6-2
22 Nov 1972 · Rome WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetDrysdale won 6-4 6-3
7 Aug 1972 · Cleveland WCT · Semifinal · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1654 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1767 total · best 3
14.29,300 total · best 74Games lostper game · lower is better12.18,423 total · best 40
0.2130 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.3188 total · best 3
0.147 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.164 total · best 1
0.17 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.04 total · best 1
–Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.115 total · best 1
–Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.02 total · best 1
Cox won 3-6 6-3 7-6
24 July 1972 · Louisville WCT · Semifinal · ClayCox won 7-5 6-0
3 Apr 1972 · Houston WCT · Round of 32 · ClayCox won 6-3 6-2
28 Feb 1972 · Miami WCT · Quarterfinal · ClayDrysdale won 6-4 6-2
8 Nov 1971 · Bologna WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-3 7-6