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Cliff Drysdale vs Jimmy Connors Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Cliff Drysdale seasons:19801979197819771976
Jimmy Connors seasons:19961995199419931992
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Cliff Drysdale
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jimmy Connors
Age: 84y 298d (1941-05-26)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1952-09-02) Age: 73y 199d
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
0 - 4
Wins: 0.0% - 100.0%
Hard 0–0Clay 0–0Grass 0–1
Others 0–3Slam 0–1
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πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors have met 4 times. Jimmy Connors currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–0.

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‡ΈJimmy Connors, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1274–283 from 1557 matches (81.82% win rate). His hard-court record is 490–100 (83.05%), on clay he stands at 208–63 (76.75%), and on grass he has gone 185–38 (82.96%) , with a carpet record of 391–82 (82.66%). He has accumulated 109 titles in total (43 hard, 12 clay, 9 grass, 45 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 134–111 (54.69%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Jimmy Connors).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-01-23Philadelphia WCTCarpetR641πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)20πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale7-6 6-03------0/0
1977-06-20WimbledonGrassR321πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)27πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale6-2 7-5 6-45------0/0
1977-01-24Philadelphia WCTCarpetSF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)30πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale6-2 6-2 6-25------0/0
1977-01-12Birmingham WCTCarpetQF1πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJimmy Connors (1)32πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Cliff Drysdale6-4 6-23------0/0

Wins

Cliff Drysdale
Jimmy Connors
0–4Overall
0–1Grand Slam
0–3Others
0–1Grass
0–3Indoor Hard

Sets Format

0.0%0
100.0%2
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%2
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%2
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Cliff Drysdale
Jimmy Connors

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Cliff Drysdale
Jimmy Connors

Sets

0.0%0
100.0%10
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%7
Carpet
Cliff Drysdale
Jimmy Connors

Games

31.9%29
68.1%62
All
36.7%11
63.3%19
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
36.7%11
63.3%19
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
29.5%18
70.5%43
Carpet
Cliff Drysdale
Jimmy Connors

Overview

By Surface

Cliff Drysdale
Jimmy Connors

By Tournament Level

Cliff Drysdale
Jimmy Connors

By Round

Cliff Drysdale
Jimmy Connors

By Opponent Ranking

Cliff DrysdaleJimmy Connors
0%0-5
vs Top 1
15.2%5-28
21.1%4-15
vs Top 5
37%51-87
16.7%6-30
vs Top 10
54.7%134-111
28.4%19-48
vs Top 20
66%279-144
47.9%81-88
vs Top 100
79.4%838-218
91.3%42-4
vs +100
95.6%263-12
31.9%29-62
vs Higher
29.1%34-83
75.8%94-30
vs Lower
87.9%1067-147

Opponent Breakdown

Cliff DrysdaleJimmy Connors
61.3%307-194
Vs Younger
78.3%708-196
57.7%75-55
Vs Older
86.4%552-87
60.5%303-198
Vs Right-Handed
82.1%1086-237
63.3%88-51
Vs Left-Handed
79.6%179-46
0%0-7
Vs 2H Backhand
44.4%20-25
38.9%21-33
Vs 1H Backhand
67.7%88-42
50.2%159-158
Vs Shorter
89.9%142-16
52.5%31-28
Vs Taller
76.9%780-234

Pressure Situations