Cliff Drysdale

Cliff Drysdale

Full name	Eric Clifford Drysdale
Country	South Africa
Residence	Miami, Florida, United States
Born	May 26, 1941 (1941-05-26) (age 70) Nelspruit, South Africa
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1968
Retired	1980
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Official web site	www.cliffdrysdale.com
Singles
Career record	308–186 (62.34%)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 13 (May 10, 1974)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1971)
French Open	SF (1965, 1966)
Wimbledon	SF (1965, 1966)
US Open	F (1965), QF (1968)
Doubles
Career record	189–160 (54.15%)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	27 (1979)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1971)
French Open	3R (1973)
Wimbledon	SF (1974, 1977)
US Open	W (1972)

Cliff Drysdale (born May 26, 1941, Nelspruit (former Transvaal, present-day Mpumalanga), South Africa) is a former top-ranked professional tennis player of the 1960s and early 1970s who became a well-known tennis announcer. He was one of the Handsome Eight, signed by Lamar Hunt in 1968 for the newly formed World Championship Tennis (WCT) group. He became President of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) when it was formed by Jack Kramer, Donald Dell, and himself in 1972.

During his career, Drysdale captured five singles titles and six doubles titles including winning the 1972 U.S. Open doubles crown. He defeated Rod Laver in the first US Open in 1968. He became a naturalized United States citizen after retiring as a player. Today, he serves as a tennis commentator on ESPN. He is the founder of Cliff Drysdale Tennis (along with partners Don Henderson and Tom Brownhill) which specializes in resort, hotel, and club tennis management.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Association of Tennis Professionals

References

External links

• Cliff Drysdale at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Cliff Drysdale at the Internet Movie Database
• Grand Slam Sports with a profile of Drysdale
• 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"
• In action photo
• Cliff Drysdale ESPN Bio

Persondata
Name	Drysdale, Cliff
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	May 26, 1941
Place of birth	Nelspruit, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death