Cliff Drysdale vs Nikola Pilic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Cliff Drysdale and Nikola Pilic have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 21 times. Cliff Drysdale currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 17–4.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 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%).

Nikola Pilic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 310–251 from 561 matches (55.26% win rate). His hard-court record is 46–47 (49.46%), on clay he stands at 107–87 (55.15%), and on grass he has gone 64–39 (62.14%) , with a carpet record of 85–77 (52.47%). He has accumulated 6 titles in total (2 hard, 1 clay, 1 grass, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 2–17 (10.53%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 6 times, with Cliff Drysdale leading 5–1 (83.33%). The clay record between them sits at 2–0 (100.00% for Cliff Drysdale) across 2 matches. On grass, their 3 encounters have yielded a record of 2–1 (66.67% for Cliff Drysdale).