Cox v Drysdale
ATP Tour career
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Cliff Drysdale takes it, 5–2 on categories
Drysdale wins on games won. Cox’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Cox 697 matches, Drysdale 655 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.
- 0.015 total · best 1Titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
- 13.49,318 total · best 38Games wonper game15.810,357 total · best 99
- 57.1Sets won %59.2
- 52.5Games won %52.7
- 0.028 total · best 1Finalsper game0.127 total · best 1
- 1.51,020 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5949 total · best 3
Head to head
617 matches
since 196811
since 196811
- Carpet · 7 matchesCox 3Drysdale 4
- Clay · 6 matchesCox 2Drysdale 4
- Hard · 3 matchesCox 1Drysdale 2
- Grass · 1 matchCox 0Drysdale 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchCox 0Drysdale 1
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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