Cliff Richey

🏳️ USARight-handed175 cm1946-12-31 (79 yrs)Career high: No. 16 (1973-09-17)

490–224Win–Loss

68.6%Win %

23Titles

Surface	W	L	%
Hard	166	66	71.6%
Clay	156	62	71.6%
Carpet	92	59	60.9%
Grass	48	22	68.6%
Unknown	28	15	65.1%

Season by season

Year	W	L	Titles	%
1979	0	1	0	0.0%
1978	13	12	1	52.0%
1977	14	17	0	45.2%
1976	33	24	1	57.9%
1975	37	24	0	60.7%
1974	25	16	1	61.0%
1973	47	26	0	64.4%
1972	54	24	3	69.2%
1971	67	23	3	74.4%
1970	90	24	5	78.9%
1969	64	18	6	78.0%
1968	46	15	3	75.4%

Ranking history

Matches

Date	Tournament	Round	W/L	Opponent	Opp. rank	Score
1979-01-15	Baltimore WCT	R32	L	Marty Riessen	83	6-2 6-4
1978-12-04	Johannesburg	R32	L	Onny Parun	141	6-3 7-5
1978-09-18	Los Angeles	R32	L	Roscoe Tanner	10	6-2 6-2
1978-08-29	US Open	R128	L	Victor Amaya	30	7-5 4-6 6-3
1978-08-14	Stowe	QF	L	Bob Lutz	33	4-6 7-6 6-1
1978-08-14	Stowe	R16	W	John James	117	1-6 7-6 6-4
1978-08-14	Stowe	R32	W	Jim Delaney	169	6-2 6-2
1978-05-29	Roland Garros	R128	L	Bob Giltinan	65	6-2 6-2 7-5
1978-04-30	Tulsa	R32	L	Carlos Kirmayr	118	6-3 6-0
1978-04-17	Houston WCT	R32	L	Peter Fleming	43	4-6 6-2 6-2
1978-04-03	Johannesburg	F	W	Colin Dowdeswell	97	6-2 6-4
1978-04-03	Johannesburg	SF	W	Bernard Mitton	84	6-2 7-5
1978-04-03	Johannesburg	QF	W	Frew Mcmillan	71	5-7 6-4 6-3
1978-04-03	Johannesburg	R16	W	Andrew Pattison	94	6-4 5-7 6-4
1978-04-03	Johannesburg	R32	W	Frank Gebert	99	6-3 6-1
1978-02-27	Miami	QF	L	Brian Teacher	66	6-4 7-6
1978-02-27	Miami	R16	W	Bernard Mitton	84	7-6 6-1
1978-02-27	Miami	R32	W	Vijay Amritraj	46	3-6 7-5 6-2
1978-02-13	Palm Springs	R16	L	Ilie Nastase	14	6-2 7-5
1978-02-13	Palm Springs	R32	W	Cliff Drysdale	28	6-3 7-6
1978-02-13	Palm Springs	R64	W	Mike Harrington	–	6-3 5-7 6-3
1978-02-12	Springfield	R32	L	Stan Smith	22	6-3 6-4
1978-01-29	Sarasota	R32	L	Charlie Pasarell	137	7-5 7-6
1978-01-22	Baltimore	QF	L	Cliff Drysdale	22	3-6 6-4 6-2
1978-01-22	Baltimore	R16	W	Wojtek Fibak	12	6-1 7-6
1978-01-22	Baltimore	R32	W	Mike Fishbach	47	6-3 6-1
1977-11-28	Johannesburg WCT	R16	L	Buster C Mottram	25	7-5 6-1
1977-11-28	Johannesburg WCT	R32	W	Mike Fishbach	51	1-6 6-4 6-3
1977-09-26	San Francisco	R32	L	John McEnroe	25	6-2 6-7 6-3
1977-09-26	San Francisco	R64	W	Mike Cahill	107	2-6 6-2 6-4
1977-09-17	Tournament of Champions WCT	R16	L	Jimmy Connors	1	2-6 6-1 6-1
1977-08-31	US Open	R64	L	Jan Kodes	32	7-5 6-0
1977-08-31	US Open	R128	W	Tony Giammalva	322	6-2 6-2
1977-07-18	Washington	R64	L	John Yuill	75	6-3 6-2
1977-07-11	Cincinnati	R32	L	John James	143	6-1 3-1 RET
1977-07-11	Cincinnati	R64	W	Jeff Austin	185	6-1 6-4
1977-06-13	Queen's Club	R64	L	Kim Warwick	57	9-8 6-2
1977-04-25	Las Vegas	R32	L	Colin Dibley	59	6-3 2-6 6-4
1977-04-19	Virginia Beach	R16	L	Ray Ruffels	56	6-4 7-6
1977-04-14	Buenos Aires	QF	L	Wojtek Fibak	13	9-7 6-3
1977-04-14	Buenos Aires	R16	W	Carlos Lando	360	6-1 6-2
1977-04-04	Jackson	SF	L	Bill Scanlon	30	7-6 6-4
1977-04-04	Jackson	QF	W	Billy Martin	68	7-6 5-7 6-3
1977-04-04	Jackson	R16	W	Ricardo Ycaza	–	6-1 7-5
1977-03-28	Los Angeles PSW	QF	L	Brian Gottfried	7	6-1 7-6
1977-03-28	Los Angeles PSW	R16	W	Kim Warwick	67	7-5 6-3
1977-03-28	Los Angeles PSW	R32	W	Jim Delaney	82	6-4 2-6 6-2
1977-03-28	Los Angeles PSW	R64	W	Byron Bertram	65	6-3 6-2
1977-03-14	Washington Indoor	R16	L	Tom Gorman	59	4-6 7-6 7-6
1977-03-14	Washington Indoor	R32	W	Steve Docherty	169	7-6 6-3

Data: Jeff Sackmann / Tennis Abstract — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0