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Cliff Drysdale

Davis-cup wedstrijd Nederland tegen Zuid-Afika, Drysdale in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 919-1520.jpg
Drysdale at the 1966 Davis Cup in the Netherlands

Full name Eric Clifford Drysdale
Country (sports)
 South Africa
Residence
Austin, Texas, United States[1]
Born
(1941-05-26) 26 May 1941 (age 77)
Nelspruit, South Africa
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro 1968 (amateur tour from 1962)
Retired 1980
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF 2013 (member page)
Official website www.cliffdrysdale.com
Singles
Career record 685-345 (66.5%) [2]
Career titles 23 [3]
Highest ranking No. 4 (1965, Lance Tingay)[4]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open QF (1971)
French Open SF (1965, 1966)
Wimbledon SF (1965, 1966)
US Open F (1965)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals QF (1971, 1972, 1977)
Doubles
Career record 189–160 (54.15%)
Career titles 6
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1971)
French Open 3R (1973)
Wimbledon SF (1974, 1977)
US Open
W (1972)



Drysdale in 2009


Eric Clifford Drysdale (born 26 May 1941 in Nelspruit, South Africa) is a former top-ranked professional tennis player of the 1960s and early 1970s who became a well-known tennis announcer. Drysdale reached the singles final of the U. S. championships in 1965 (beating Dennis Ralston and Rafael Osuna before losing to Manuel Santana).[5] He was one of the Handsome Eight, a group of players signed by Lamar Hunt in 1968 for the newly formed professional World Championship Tennis (WCT) group.[6] He became President of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) when it was formed by Jack Kramer, Donald Dell, and himself in 1972. Drysdale was ranked World No. 4 in 1965 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.[4][7]


Drysdale won the singles title at the Dutch Open in Hilversum in 1963 and 1964. In 1965 he won the singles title at the German Championships by defeating Boro Jovanović in the final. During his Open era career, Drysdale captured five singles titles and six doubles titles including winning the 1972 U.S. Open doubles crown with Roger Taylor.[8] He defeated Rod Laver in the fourth round of the first US Open in 1968. He was a pioneer of the two-handed backhand which he used to great effect in the 1960s [USA Today, 11 July 2013]. He became a naturalized United States citizen after retiring as a player. Today, he serves as a tennis commentator on ESPN.[7] He is the founder of Cliff Drysdale Tennis (along with partner Don Henderson) which specializes in resort, hotel, and club tennis management.[9]


In 1998 Drysdale won the William M. Johnston Award for contribution to men’s tennis, given by the USTA.[10] In 2013 Drysdale was elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[11]




Contents






  • 1 Grand Slam finals


    • 1.1 Singles


    • 1.2 Doubles




  • 2 Grand Prix Championship Series singles finals


    • 2.1 Runner-up (2)




  • 3 Open Era titles


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links


  • 6 See also





Grand Slam finals



Singles


Runner-up (1)

















Year
Championship
Surface
Opponent in final
Score
1965 U.S. Championships Grass
Spain Manuel Santana
 2–6, 9–7, 5–7, 1–6


Doubles


Title (1)



















Year
Championship
Surface
Partnering
Opponent in final
Score
1972
US Open
 Grass
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
Australia Owen Davidson
Australia John Newcombe
 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–3


Grand Prix Championship Series singles finals



Runner-up (2)






















Year
Championship
Opponent in Final
Score in Final
1971 Boston WCT
Australia Ken Rosewall
 4–6, 3–6, 0–6
1972 Las Vegas
Australia John Newcombe
 3–6, 4–6


Open Era titles



















































No.
 Date
 Championship
 Surface
 Opponent
 Score
1. 22 July 1968
Gstaad, Switzerland		 Clay
Netherlands Tom Okker
 6–3, 6–3, 6–0
2. 5 April 1971
Miami WCT, U. S.		 Hard
Australia Rod Laver
 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
3. 24 May 1971
Brussels, Belgium		 Clay
Romania Ilie Năstase
 6–0, 6–1, 7–5
4. 4 March 1974 Miami WCT (2)
 Hard
United States Tom Gorman
 6–4, 7–5
5. 23 January 1978
Baltimore, U. S.		 Carpet
United States Tom Gorman
 7–5, 6–3


References


Notes





  1. ^ Cliff rysdal partners


  2. ^ Garcia, Gabriel. "Cliff Drysdale: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 17 November 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Garcia, Gabriel. "Cliff Drysdale: Career tournament results". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 17 November 2017.


  4. ^ ab United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 427.


  5. ^ "U. S. Open 1965". www.tennis.co.nf.


  6. ^ Wind, Herbert Warren (1979). Game, Set, and Match : The Tennis Boom of the 1960s and 70s (1. ed.). New York: Dutton. pp. 65–70. ISBN 0525111409.


  7. ^ ab "Gear Talk: Q&A with Cliff Drysdale". Tennis.com.


  8. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins history of tennis : an authoritative encyclopedia and record book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 478. ISBN 9780942257700.


  9. ^ http://cliffdrysdale.com/


  10. ^ "The William M. Johnston Award". USTA.


  11. ^ "Hingis elected to International Tennis Hall of Fame". ITF Tennis. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.




External links








  • Cliff Drysdale at the Association of Tennis Professionals


  • Cliff Drysdale at the International Tennis Hall of Fame


  • Cliff Drysdale on IMDb

  • Biography and images of Cliff on the Cliff Drysdale site

  • Legends of Tennis:Cliff Drysdale


  • Red Ledges Cliff Drysdale Tennis Academy in Utah

  • ESPN's Cliff Drysdale to emcee "Legends Ball"

  • Cliff Drysdale ESPN Bio



See also


  • Association of Tennis Professionals








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