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Cliff Richey vs Zeljko Franulovic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Cliff Richey seasons:19791978197719761975
Zeljko Franulovic seasons:19831982198119801979
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Cliff Richey
πŸ‡­πŸ‡· Zeljko Franulovic
Age: 79y 79d (1946-12-31)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1947-06-13) Age: 78y 280d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
7 - 5
Wins: 58.3% - 41.7%
Hard 4–0Clay 2–5Grass 0–0
Others 6–4Slam 0–1Finals 1–0
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey and πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 12 times. Cliff Richey currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–5.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey has compiled an overall career record of 488–223 across 711 matches, translating to a win rate of 68.64%. On hard courts his record stands at 140–66 (67.96%), while on clay he holds a 172–63 (73.19%) mark. On grass the numbers read 53–22 (70.67%) , and on carpet 123–72 (63.08%). Throughout his career he has won 23 titles (7 hard, 10 clay, 1 grass, 5 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 5–22 (18.52%).

πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 414–310 from 724 matches (57.18% win rate). His hard-court record is 33–52 (38.82%), on clay he stands at 305–167 (64.62%), and on grass he has gone 10–11 (47.62%) , with a carpet record of 55–75 (42.31%). He has accumulated 13 titles in total (11 clay, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 5–39 (11.36%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 4 times, with Cliff Richey leading 4–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 5–2 (71.43% for Zeljko Franulovic) across 7 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1971-12-04MastersHardRR-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-4 6-33------0/0
1971-08-09IndianapolisClayF-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic (2)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey (1)6-3 6-4 0-6 6-35------0/0
1970-11-23StockholmHardR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-1 8-10 6-33------0/0
1970-07-27IndianapolisClaySF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey (1)-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic (4)9-7 6-43------0/0
1970-05-25Roland GarrosClaySF-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic (5)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey (8)6-4 4-6 1-6 7-5 7-55------0/0
1970-03-30San JuanHardQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-2 6-43------0/0
1970-03-02HamptonCarpetQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-4 6-33------0/0
1969-11-10Buenos AiresClaySF-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey6-3 7-5 6-05------0/0
1969-07-21IndianapolisClayQF-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic (7)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey (1)6-2 6-23------0/0
1969-07-14CincinnatiClayQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey (3)-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic (9)6-3 6-13------0/0
1969-05-12BrusselsClayQF-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey12-14 6-1 6-3 6-45------0/0
1968-03-11CaracasHardR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈCliff Richey-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-2 7-53------0/0

Wins

Cliff Richey
Zeljko Franulovic
7–5Overall
0–1Grand Slam
6–4Others
1–0Tour Finals
4–0Hard
2–5Clay
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

87.5%7
12.5%1
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%4
Bo5
85.7%6
14.3%1
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
Cliff Richey
Zeljko Franulovic

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Cliff Richey
Zeljko Franulovic

Sets

54.5%18
45.5%15
All
40.0%2
60.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
88.9%8
11.1%1
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
36.4%8
63.6%14
Clay
100.0%2
0.0%0
Carpet
Cliff Richey
Zeljko Franulovic

Games

51.8%172
48.2%160
All
51.0%26
49.0%25
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
62.6%57
37.4%34
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
46.4%103
53.6%119
Clay
63.2%12
36.8%7
Carpet
Cliff Richey
Zeljko Franulovic

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Cliff Richey
Zeljko Franulovic

By Tournament Level

Cliff Richey
Zeljko Franulovic

By Round

Cliff Richey
Zeljko Franulovic

By Opponent Ranking

Cliff RicheyZeljko Franulovic
33.3%1-2
vs Top 1
0%0-2
16.7%2-10
vs Top 5
11.8%2-15
18.5%5-22
vs Top 10
11.4%5-39
25%13-39
vs Top 20
18.8%16-69
47.9%80-87
vs Top 100
40.3%108-160
83.9%47-9
vs +100
75%99-33
29.2%21-51
vs Higher
31.9%59-126
70.2%106-45
vs Lower
68.8%148-67

Opponent Breakdown

Cliff RicheyZeljko Franulovic
70.8%199-82
Vs Younger
54.3%197-166
64.6%257-141
Vs Older
55.8%179-142
69.1%423-189
Vs Right-Handed
57.1%350-263
59.5%50-34
Vs Left-Handed
48.4%44-47
0%0-5
Vs 2H Backhand
20%1-4
46.9%30-34
Vs 1H Backhand
37.1%23-39
51.9%27-25
Vs Shorter
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60%216-144
Vs Taller
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Pressure Situations