Robin Drysdale

{{short description|British tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Robin Drysdale

| image =

| country = {{GBR}}

| residence = Fulham, London, UK

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1952|9|18}}

| birth_place = Dedham, Essex, UK

| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| turnedpro =

| retired =

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney =

| singlesrecord = 31–73

| singlestitles = 0

| highestsinglesranking = No. 60 (6 March 1978)

| AustralianOpenresult = QF (1977Dec)

| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1977, 1978)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1975, 1978)

| USOpenresult = 2R (1978)

| doublesrecord = 57–72

| doublestitles = 1

| highestdoublesranking = No. 300 (2 January 1984)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1976, 1977)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult =

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1976)

| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1978)

}}

Robin Drysdale (born 18 September 1952) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain.{{cite news |title=Robin Drysdale Puts Out No 5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/750611738 |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=24 December 1977}}{{cite news |title='Wild card' Robin trumps Gorman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/722000913 |work=Evening Standard|location=London |date=13 November 1979}}{{cite news |title=Drysdale is swept aside |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/784932280 |work=The Birmingham Post |date=16 November 1979}}

A native of Dedham, Essex, Drysdale is well known for being a quarterfinalist at the December edition of the 1977 Australian Open.[http://www.tennistalk.com/en/player/statistics/Robin_Drysdale Robin Drydale's Statistics]

Career finals

=Singles (1 runner-up)=

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| 0–1

| Mar 1978

| Lagos, Nigeria

| Clay

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kjell Johansson

| 8–9, 3–6

=Doubles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)=

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style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–0

| Aug 1978

| North Conway, U.S.

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Van Winitsky

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Fishbach
{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Bernard Mitton

| 4–6, 7–6, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–1

| Mar 1979

| Nancy, France

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Andrew Jarrett

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Eberhard
{{flagicon|FRG}} Karl Meiler

| 6–4, 6–7, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–2

| Sep 1979

| Madrid, Spain

| Clay

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Feaver

| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Carlos Kirmayr
{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Cássio Motta

| 6–7, 4–6

References

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