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Butch Walts vs Cliff Drysdale Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Butch Walts seasons:19841983198219811980
Cliff Drysdale seasons:19801979197819771976
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Butch Walts
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Cliff Drysdale
Age: 70y 289d (1955-06-04)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1941-05-26) Age: 84y 298d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
3 - 1
Wins: 75.0% - 25.0%
Hard 2–0Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
Others 3–1
WLWW
LWLL

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈButch Walts and πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale have met 4 times. Butch Walts currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈButch Walts has compiled an overall career record of 140–134 across 274 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.09%. On hard courts his record stands at 51–48 (51.52%), while on clay he holds a 19–21 (47.50%) mark. On grass the numbers read 9–11 (45.00%) , and on carpet 61–54 (53.04%). Throughout his career he has won 4 titles (1 clay, 3 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 6–23 (20.69%).

πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦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 2 times, with Butch Walts leading 2–0 (100.00%).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1979-10-01MauiHardR3251πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈButch Walts (11)247πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale6-4 6-13------0/0
1979-04-09TulsaHardR3231πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈButch Walts (4)145πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale6-4 7-63------0/0
1978-10-30Tokyo-2CarpetR3246πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale103πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈButch Walts6-4 6-43------0/0
1976-09-27San FranciscoCarpetR16213πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈButch Walts28πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale (10)6-1 7-63------0/0

Wins

Butch Walts
Cliff Drysdale
3–1Overall
3–1Others
2–0Hard
1–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

75.0%3
25.0%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
75.0%3
25.0%1
2 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Butch Walts
Cliff Drysdale

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%2
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Butch Walts
Cliff Drysdale

Sets

75.0%6
25.0%2
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%4
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
50.0%2
50.0%2
Carpet
Butch Walts
Cliff Drysdale

Games

57.5%46
42.5%34
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
62.5%25
37.5%15
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
52.5%21
47.5%19
Carpet
Butch Walts
Cliff Drysdale

Overview

By Surface

Butch Walts
Cliff Drysdale

By Tournament Level

Butch Walts
Cliff Drysdale

By Round

Butch Walts
Cliff Drysdale

By Opponent Ranking

Butch WaltsCliff Drysdale
0%0-1
vs Top 1
0%0-5
28.6%6-15
vs Top 5
21.1%4-15
20.7%6-23
vs Top 10
16.7%6-30
22.4%13-45
vs Top 20
28.4%19-48
38%73-119
vs Top 100
47.9%81-88
81%64-15
vs +100
91.3%42-4
38.7%63-100
vs Higher
31.9%29-62
69.8%74-32
vs Lower
75.8%94-30

Opponent Breakdown

Butch WaltsCliff Drysdale
55.8%53-42
Vs Younger
61.3%307-194
47.4%83-92
Vs Older
57.7%75-55
51.4%114-108
Vs Right-Handed
60.5%303-198
49%25-26
Vs Left-Handed
63.3%88-51
0%0-5
Vs 2H Backhand
0%0-7
50%13-13
Vs 1H Backhand
38.9%21-33
49%100-104
Vs Shorter
50.2%159-158
75%6-2
Vs Taller
52.5%31-28

Pressure Situations