Cliff Drysdale

Eric Clifford Drysdale is a South African former tennis player. After a career as a highly ranked professional player in the 1960s and early 1970s, he became a tennis... Wikipedia

  • Full name:  Eric Clifford Drysdale
  • Residence:  Austin, Texas, United States
  • Born:  May 26, 1941, Nelspruit, South Africa
  • Age:  84 years
  • Height:  1.89 m
  • Turned pro:  1968 (amateur from 1962)
  • Retired:  1980
  • Plays:  Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
  • Int. Tennis HoF:  2013 (member page)
  • Official website:  www.cliffdrysdale.com
  • Career record:  685–345 (66.5%) in pre Open-Era & Open Era
  • Career titles:  23
  • Highest ranking:  No. 4 (1965, Lance Tingay)
  • Australian Open:  QF (1971)
  • French Open:  SF (1965, 1966)
  • Wimbledon:  SF (1965, 1966)
  • US Open:  F (1965)
  • WCT Finals:  QF (1971, 1972, 1977)
  • Career record:  189–160 (54.15%)
  • Career titles:  6
  • Australian Open:  1R (1971)
  • French Open:  3R (1973)
  • Wimbledon:  SF (1974, 1977)
  • US Open:  W (1972)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo