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Cliff Drysdale vs Cliff Richey Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Cliff Drysdale seasons:19801979197819771976
Cliff Richey seasons:19791978197719761975
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Cliff Drysdale
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Cliff Richey
Age: 84y 297d (1941-05-26)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1946-12-31) Age: 79y 78d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
3 - 4
Wins: 42.9% - 57.1%
Hard 1–2Clay 1–1Grass 0–0
Others 3–4
LWWWL
WLLLW

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πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey have met 7 times. Cliff Richey currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale has compiled an overall career record of 406–249 across 655 matches, translating to a win rate of 61.98%. On hard courts his record stands at 101–68 (59.76%), while on clay he holds a 103–45 (69.59%) mark. On grass the numbers read 63–31 (67.02%) , and on carpet 139–105 (56.97%). Throughout his career he has won 8 titles (1 hard, 2 clay, 1 grass, 4 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 6–30 (16.67%).

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 488–223 from 711 matches (68.64% win rate). His hard-court record is 140–66 (67.96%), on clay he stands at 172–63 (73.19%), and on grass he has gone 53–22 (70.67%) , with a carpet record of 123–72 (63.08%). He has accumulated 23 titles in total (7 hard, 10 clay, 1 grass, 5 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 5–22 (18.52%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Cliff Richey leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 1–1 (50.00% each) across 2 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-02-13Palm SpringsHardR3278πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey27πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale (14)6-3 7-63------0/0
1978-01-16BaltimoreCarpetQF28πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale (5)91πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey3-6 6-4 6-23------0/0
1975-08-18BostonClayR3238πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale21πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey2-6 6-3 6-43------0/0
1975-02-17Fort Worth WCTHardR1618πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale30πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey (3)3-6 7-6(5) 6-33------0/0
1972-10-23Essen WCTCarpetR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale7-5 6-33------0/0
1972-10-04Tokyo WCTHardQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale6-2 7-63------0/0
1972-04-18Charlotte WCTClaySF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale6-2 6-33------0/0

Wins

Cliff Drysdale
Cliff Richey
3–4Overall
3–4Others
1–2Hard
1–1Clay
1–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

42.9%3
57.1%4
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%4
2 Sets
100.0%3
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Cliff Drysdale
Cliff Richey

Deciding

100.0%3
0.0%0
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Cliff Drysdale
Cliff Richey

Sets

35.3%6
64.7%11
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
28.6%2
71.4%5
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
40.0%2
60.0%3
Clay
40.0%2
60.0%3
Carpet
Cliff Drysdale
Cliff Richey

Games

45.2%75
54.8%91
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
44.6%33
55.4%41
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
43.2%19
56.8%25
Clay
47.9%23
52.1%25
Carpet
Cliff Drysdale
Cliff Richey

Overview

By Surface

Cliff Drysdale
Cliff Richey

By Tournament Level

Cliff Drysdale
Cliff Richey

By Round

Cliff Drysdale
Cliff Richey

By Opponent Ranking

Cliff DrysdaleCliff Richey
0%0-5
vs Top 1
33.3%1-2
21.1%4-15
vs Top 5
16.7%2-10
16.7%6-30
vs Top 10
18.5%5-22
28.4%19-48
vs Top 20
25%13-39
47.9%81-88
vs Top 100
47.9%80-87
91.3%42-4
vs +100
83.9%47-9
31.9%29-62
vs Higher
29.2%21-51
75.8%94-30
vs Lower
70.2%106-45

Opponent Breakdown

Cliff DrysdaleCliff Richey
61.3%307-194
Vs Younger
70.8%199-82
57.7%75-55
Vs Older
64.6%257-141
60.5%303-198
Vs Right-Handed
69.1%423-189
63.3%88-51
Vs Left-Handed
59.5%50-34
0%0-7
Vs 2H Backhand
0%0-5
38.9%21-33
Vs 1H Backhand
46.9%30-34
50.2%159-158
Vs Shorter
51.9%27-25
52.5%31-28
Vs Taller
60%216-144

Pressure Situations