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Cliff Drysdale vs Dennis Ralston Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Cliff Drysdale seasons:19801979197819771976
Dennis Ralston seasons:19801978197719761975
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Cliff Drysdale
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Dennis Ralston
Age: 84y 297d (1941-05-26)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1942-07-27) Age: 83y 235d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
6 - 6
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 1–2Clay 1–0Grass 0–1
Others 6–6
LWWWW
WLLLL

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πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 12 times. The series is tied 6–6.

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‡ΈDennis Ralston, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 152–128 from 280 matches (54.29% win rate). His hard-court record is 32–38 (45.71%), on clay he stands at 20–20 (50.00%), and on grass he has gone 46–23 (66.67%) , with a carpet record of 54–47 (53.47%). He has accumulated 6 titles in total (1 hard, 1 clay, 4 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 0–5 (0.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Dennis Ralston leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Cliff Drysdale) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Dennis Ralston).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1976-01-07Columbus WCTCarpetR1636πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale187πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston6-2 6-13------0/0
1971-08-16Fort Worth WCTHardQF-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston7-5 3-6 7-63------0/0
1971-07-19Louisville WCTClayQF-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston3-6 6-3 6-33------0/0
1970-11-16WembleyCarpetQF-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston9-8 6-8 6-33------0/0
1970-05-06AtlantaHardQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale6-4 6-8 6-43------0/0
1969-06-16Queen's ClubGrassR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale6-3 6-13------0/0
1968-05-31Baltimore WCTCarpetSF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale11-9 11-93------0/0
1968-04-20Evansville WCTCarpetQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale31-291------0/0
1968-02-27Tulsa WCTCarpetF-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston31-241------0/0
1968-02-16New Orleans WCTCarpetRR-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston31-24 31-293------0/0
1968-02-13Houston WCTCarpetRR-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale31-28 31-193------0/0
1968-02-08Shreveport WCTHardQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈDennis Ralston-πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale31-121------0/0

Wins

Cliff Drysdale
Dennis Ralston
6–6Overall
6–6Others
1–2Hard
1–0Clay
0–1Grass
4–3Indoor Hard

Sets Format

55.6%5
44.4%4
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
40.0%2
60.0%3
2 Sets
75.0%3
25.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Cliff Drysdale
Dennis Ralston

Deciding

57.1%4
42.9%3
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Cliff Drysdale
Dennis Ralston

Sets

48.0%12
52.0%13
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
42.9%3
57.1%4
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%2
Grass
66.7%2
33.3%1
Clay
53.8%7
46.2%6
Carpet
Cliff Drysdale
Dennis Ralston

Games

48.3%284
51.7%304
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
40.5%45
59.5%66
Hard
25.0%4
75.0%12
Grass
55.6%15
44.4%12
Clay
50.7%220
49.3%214
Carpet
Cliff Drysdale
Dennis Ralston

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Cliff Drysdale
Dennis Ralston

By Tournament Level

Cliff Drysdale
Dennis Ralston

By Round

Cliff Drysdale
Dennis Ralston

By Opponent Ranking

Cliff DrysdaleDennis Ralston
0%0-5
vs Top 1
0%0-1
21.1%4-15
vs Top 5
0%0-4
16.7%6-30
vs Top 10
0%0-5
28.4%19-48
vs Top 20
14.3%1-6
47.9%81-88
vs Top 100
21.4%6-22
91.3%42-4
vs +100
50%1-1
31.9%29-62
vs Higher
21.4%6-22
75.8%94-30
vs Lower
100%1-0

Opponent Breakdown

Cliff DrysdaleDennis Ralston
61.3%307-194
Vs Younger
53.4%79-69
57.7%75-55
Vs Older
52.8%66-59
60.5%303-198
Vs Right-Handed
57.3%122-91
63.3%88-51
Vs Left-Handed
44.8%30-37
0%0-7
Vs 2H Backhand
0%0-2
38.9%21-33
Vs 1H Backhand
31.8%7-15
50.2%159-158
Vs Shorter
46.5%66-76
52.5%31-28
Vs Taller
27.8%5-13

Pressure Situations