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May 26, 1941 Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa 82 years old
South African tennis player
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About Cliff Drysdale
- Eric Clifford Drysdale (born 26 May 1941) is a retired tennis player from South Africa.
- The former highly-ranked professional player of the 1960s and early 1970s 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).
- 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.
- 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.He 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 Jovanovic in the final.
- During his Open era career, Drysdale captured five singles titles and six doubles titles including winning the 1972 US Open doubles crown with Roger Taylor.
- 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.
- He is the founder of Cliff Drysdale Tennis (along with partner Don Henderson) which specializes in resort, hotel, and club tennis management.In 1998, Drysdale won the William M.
- Johnston award for contribution to men’s tennis, given by the USTA.
- In 2013, Drysdale was elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
