Arthur Ashe vs Cliff Drysdale Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Arthur Ashe and Cliff Drysdale have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 11 times. Arthur Ashe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 9–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, Arthur Ashe has compiled an overall career record of 798–260 across 1058 matches, translating to a win rate of 75.43%. On hard courts his record stands at 200–64 (75.76%), while on clay he holds a 176–74 (70.40%) mark. On grass the numbers read 137–36 (79.19%) , and on carpet 285–86 (76.82%). Throughout his career he has won 45 titles (9 hard, 6 clay, 7 grass, 23 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 35–41 (46.05%).

Cliff Drysdale, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 406–249 from 655 matches (61.98% win rate). His hard-court record is 101–68 (59.76%), on clay he stands at 103–45 (69.59%), and on grass he has gone 63–31 (67.02%) , with a carpet record of 139–105 (56.97%). He has accumulated 8 titles in total (1 hard, 2 clay, 1 grass, 4 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 6–30 (16.67%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 4 times, with Arthur Ashe leading 3–1 (75.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Arthur Ashe) across 1 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 2–0 (100.00% for Arthur Ashe).