Davidson v Drysdale
ATP Tour career
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Cliff Drysdale takes it, 6–1 on categories
Drysdale wins on games won. Davidson’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Davidson 187 matches, Drysdale 655 matches.
- Drysdale averages 15.8 games won a match to Davidson’s 12.8 (23% more).
- Drysdale averages 1 sets lost a match to Davidson’s 1.4.
- Drysdale has the better sets won %: 59.2 to Davidson’s 46.
- Best single match: Drysdale 99 games won, Davidson 28.
- Winners’ edge: Drysdale’s team won 62%, Davidson’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Drysdale has 655 matches across 13 seasons, Davidson 187 in 10 — 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
- 12.82,399 total · best 28Games wonper game15.810,357 total · best 99
- 46.0Sets won %59.2
- 49.0Games won %52.7
- 0.02 total · best 1Finalsper game0.127 total · best 1
- 1.2224 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5949 total · best 3
Head to head
210 matches
since 19688
since 19688
- Carpet · 5 matchesDavidson 0Drysdale 5
- Grass · 3 matchesDavidson 2Drysdale 1
- Hard · 1 matchDavidson 0Drysdale 1
- Clay · 1 matchDavidson 0Drysdale 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesDavidson 1Drysdale 1
Last meetings
- 8 Feb 1972 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-2 6-3
- 26 July 1971 · Quebec WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-2 7-6
- 26 Apr 1971 · Dallas WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-3 7-6
- 30 Mar 1971 · Miami WCT · Round of 32 · HardDrysdale won 6-1 7-5
- 22 Mar 1971 · Chicago WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetDrysdale won 6-3 6-4
- 9 Feb 1971 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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