South Africa
Cliff Drysdale
Key facts
- Height
- 188 cm
- Born
- 26 May 1941
- Plays
- Right-handed
- Tour
- ATP
- Born in
- Mbombela
Official profile
Every game we hold
Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.
| Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Atp tourSouth Africa | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 7 | 44 | 60 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 1979 Atp tourSouth Africa | 17 | 5 | – | – | 12 | 25 | 167 | 194 | 6 | 1 | – |
| 1978 Atp tourSouth Africa | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 30 | 313 | 291 | 8 | 1 | – |
| 1977 Atp tourSouth Africa | 33 | 17 | – | – | 40 | 41 | 393 | 408 | 10 | 4 | – |
| 1976 Atp tourSouth Africa | 33 | 20 | – | 3 | 41 | 32 | 362 | 311 | 11 | 2 | – |
| 1975 Atp tourSouth Africa | 49 | 30 | – | 1 | 71 | 50 | 613 | 557 | 13 | 2 | – |
| 1974 Atp tourSouth Africa | 44 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 34 | 520 | 387 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 1973 Atp tourSouth Africa | 52 | 31 | – | – | 71 | 51 | 608 | 538 | 11 | 5 | – |
| 1972 Atp tourSouth Africa | 82 | 52 | – | 4 | 115 | 77 | 996 | 861 | 21 | 4 | – |
| 1971 Atp tourSouth Africa | 102 | 74 | 3 | 6 | 172 | 89 | 1,406 | 1,143 | 39 | 4 | – |
| 1970 Atp tourSouth Africa | 70 | 45 | – | 1 | 106 | 71 | 950 | 860 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 1969 Atp tourSouth Africa | 53 | 33 | – | 2 | 100 | 69 | 882 | 814 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 1968 Atp tourSouth Africa | 90 | 53 | 3 | 8 | 118 | 78 | 3,103 | 2,876 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Career13 seasons | 655 | 405 | 8 | 27 | 949 | 654 | 10,357 | 9,300 | 130 | 47 | 7 |
Game log, 1980 Atp tour
| Game | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon: Round of 64 v Pat DupreL 0-3 23 June | 0 | – | – | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Wimbledon: Round of 128 v Byron BertramW 3-2 23 June | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Milan WCT: Round of 32 v Guillermo VilasL 1-2 24 Mar | 0 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 1 | – | – |
Splits, Atp tour
| Split | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WinsResult | 405 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 17.5 | 11.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| LossesResult | 250 | 0.0 | – | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 13.0 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Regular seasonStage · won 306 of 430 | 430 | 0.7 | – | – | 1.6 | 0.8 | 16.4 | 13.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| FinalsStage · won 99 of 225 | 225 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 14.7 | 15.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nikola PilicOpponent · won 17 of 21 | 21 | 0.8 | – | – | 1.5 | 0.5 | 25.7 | 21.3 | 0.3 | – | – |
| John NewcombeOpponent · won 5 of 19 | 19 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 25.3 | 29.3 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Tony RocheOpponent · won 12 of 19 | 19 | 0.6 | – | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 27.2 | 25.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Tom OkkerOpponent · won 7 of 18 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – |
| Mark CoxOpponent · won 11 of 17 | 17 | 0.6 | – | – | 1.5 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 11.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – |
| Marty RiessenOpponent · won 9 of 17 | 17 | 0.5 | – | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 17.9 | 16.8 | 0.2 | – | 0.1 |
| Rod LaverOpponent · won 4 of 17 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 10.4 | 14.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Roger TaylorOpponent · won 12 of 17 | 17 | 0.7 | – | – | 1.3 | 0.8 | 23.8 | 21.8 | 0.1 | – | – |
| John AlexanderOpponent · won 7 of 16 | 16 | 0.4 | – | – | 1.0 | 1.4 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | – |
| Ken RosewallOpponent · won 5 of 15 | 15 | 0.3 | – | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Pierre BarthesOpponent · won 10 of 14 | 14 | 0.7 | – | – | 1.5 | 0.4 | 39.4 | 32.6 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Charlie PasarellOpponent · won 9 of 12 | 12 | 0.8 | – | – | 1.6 | 0.6 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| Dennis RalstonOpponent · won 6 of 12 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 23.7 | 25.3 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Arthur AsheOpponent · won 2 of 11 | 11 | 0.2 | – | – | 0.7 | 2.0 | 12.1 | 15.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | – |
| Earl Butch BuchholzOpponent · won 4 of 10 | 10 | 0.4 | – | – | 0.6 | 0.9 | 42.2 | 39.1 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Owen DavidsonOpponent · won 8 of 10 | 10 | 0.8 | – | – | 1.8 | 0.6 | 14.0 | 10.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – |
| Bob CarmichaelOpponent · won 6 of 9 | 9 | 0.7 | – | – | 1.6 | 0.7 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Roy EmersonOpponent · won 4 of 9 | 9 | 0.4 | – | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Stan SmithOpponent · won 2 of 9 | 9 | 0.2 | – | – | 1.0 | 1.7 | 11.4 | 13.9 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Tom GormanOpponent · won 6 of 9 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 14.8 | 12.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | – |
| Allan StoneOpponent · won 7 of 8 | 8 | 0.9 | – | – | 1.9 | 0.6 | 13.5 | 9.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | – |
| Dick CrealyOpponent · won 6 of 8 | 8 | 0.8 | – | – | 2.0 | 0.9 | 16.8 | 14.0 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Robert LutzOpponent · won 5 of 8 | 8 | 0.6 | – | – | 1.4 | 0.9 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Robert MaudOpponent · won 7 of 8 | 8 | 0.9 | – | – | 1.9 | 0.9 | 14.4 | 11.4 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Cliff RicheyOpponent · won 3 of 7 | 7 | 0.4 | – | – | 0.9 | 1.6 | 10.7 | 13.0 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Eddie DibbsOpponent · won 2 of 7 | 7 | 0.3 | – | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Fred StolleOpponent · won 5 of 7 | 7 | 0.7 | – | – | 1.7 | 1.1 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | – |
| Ismail El ShafeiOpponent · won 6 of 7 | 7 | 0.9 | – | – | 2.0 | 0.4 | 14.3 | 8.9 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Phil DentOpponent · won 5 of 7 | 7 | 0.7 | – | – | 1.7 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 11.3 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Erik Van DillenOpponent · won 3 of 6 | 6 | 0.5 | – | – | 1.2 | 1.0 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – |
| Harold SolomonOpponent · won 1 of 6 | 6 | 0.2 | – | – | 0.8 | 1.7 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 0.5 | – | – |
| Jeff BorowiakOpponent · won 5 of 6 | 6 | 0.8 | – | – | 2.0 | 0.3 | 15.7 | 9.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | – |
| Mike EstepOpponent · won 6 of 6 | 6 | 1.0 | – | – | 2.2 | 0.2 | 14.2 | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | – |
| Andrew PattisonOpponent · won 0 of 5 | 5 | 0.0 | – | – | 0.4 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 13.2 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Bill BowreyOpponent · won 5 of 5 | 5 | 1.0 | – | – | 2.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 6.4 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Brian FairlieOpponent · won 3 of 5 | 5 | 0.6 | – | – | 1.6 | 1.6 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | – |
| Clark GraebnerOpponent · won 4 of 5 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 13.2 | 10.8 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Graham StilwellOpponent · won 5 of 5 | 5 | 1.0 | – | – | 2.2 | 0.0 | 13.6 | 6.6 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Ilie NastaseOpponent · won 1 of 5 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Manuel OrantesOpponent · won 2 of 5 | 5 | 0.4 | – | – | 1.0 | 1.6 | 12.0 | 14.2 | 0.4 | – | 0.2 |
| Onny ParunOpponent · won 3 of 5 | 5 | 0.6 | – | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 0.8 | – | – |
| Ray RuffelsOpponent · won 4 of 5 | 5 | 0.8 | – | – | 2.0 | 0.8 | 14.2 | 11.8 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Ross CaseOpponent · won 4 of 5 | 5 | 0.8 | – | – | 1.8 | 0.6 | 13.6 | 8.6 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Bob GiltinanOpponent · won 4 of 4 | 4 | 1.0 | – | – | 2.0 | 0.3 | 12.5 | 6.5 | 0.0 | – | 0.3 |
| Bob HewittOpponent · won 2 of 4 | 4 | 0.5 | – | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Butch WaltsOpponent · won 1 of 4 | 4 | 0.3 | – | – | 0.5 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 0.5 | – | – |
| Colin DibleyOpponent · won 4 of 4 | 4 | 1.0 | – | – | 2.0 | 0.3 | 13.8 | 9.0 | 0.5 | – | – |
| Guillermo VilasOpponent · won 1 of 4 | 4 | 0.3 | – | – | 0.8 | 1.5 | 9.8 | 12.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | – |
| Jaime FillolOpponent · won 2 of 4 | 4 | 0.5 | – | – | 1.3 | 1.5 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 0.8 | – | – |
| Jimmy ConnorsOpponent · won 0 of 4 | 4 | 0.0 | – | – | 0.0 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 15.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | – |
| Kim WarwickOpponent · won 2 of 4 | 4 | 0.5 | – | – | 0.5 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Raymond MooreOpponent · won 1 of 4 | 4 | 0.3 | – | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Roscoe TannerOpponent · won 2 of 4 | 4 | 0.5 | – | – | 1.3 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 0.5 | – | – |
| Torben UlrichOpponent · won 4 of 4 | 4 | 1.0 | – | – | 1.8 | 0.3 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Vijay AmritrajOpponent · won 2 of 4 | 4 | 0.5 | – | – | 1.3 | 1.5 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Zeljko FranulovicOpponent · won 3 of 4 | 4 | 0.8 | – | – | 1.8 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 0.3 | – | – |
Most played opponents
- 21 matchesNikola Pilic 17-4
- 19 matchesJohn Newcombe 5-14
- 19 matchesTony Roche 12-7
- 18 matchesTom Okker 7-11
- 17 matchesMark Cox 11-6
- 17 matchesMarty Riessen 9-8
Wins-losses for Drysdale. Tap a rival for the full head to head.
Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Tennis history by Jeff Sackmann / Tennis Abstract (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).