Career 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 Cliff Drysdale takes it, 7–1 on categories Drysdale wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Taylor 654 matches, Drysdale 655 matches.
Drysdale has 8 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Taylor’s 9 titles (one every 50 matches). Drysdale averages 1 sets lost a match to Taylor’s 1.1. Drysdale averages 14.2 games lost a match to Taylor’s 15.4. Winners’ edge: Drysdale’s team won 62%, Taylor’s team won 56% of the matches they played. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, masters/1000 matches, retired hurt): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 9 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 8 total · best 1
15.9 10,366 total · best 91 Games wonper game 15.8 10,357 total · best 99
55.3 Sets won % 59.2
50.8 Games won % 52.7
0.0 17 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 27 total · best 1
1.4 916 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.5 949 total · best 3
Head to head 5 17 matches since 1968 12
Carpet · 8 matches Taylor 2 Drysdale 6 Hard · 7 matches Taylor 2 Drysdale 5 Grass · 2 matches Taylor 1 Drysdale 1 Last meetings 18 June 1973 · London / Queen's Club · Quarterfinal · Grass Taylor won 6-3 6-3 1 May 1972 · Las Vegas WCT · Quarterfinal · Hard Drysdale won 6-2 7-6 10 Apr 1972 · Quebec WCT · Quarterfinal · Carpet Drysdale won 3-6 6-3 6-4 2 Aug 1971 · Boston WCT · Round of 16 · Hard Drysdale won 7-5 7-5 21 Apr 1971 · Denver · Round robin · Carpet Drysdale won 6-2 6 Apr 1970 · Durban · Quarterfinal · Hard Drysdale won 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5 13 Nov 1969 · Vienna · Round robin · Hard Drysdale won 6-3 7-5 7 Nov 1969 · Paris · Round of 16 · Carpet Taylor won 3-6 6-3 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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