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Arthur Ashe vs Ray Ruffels Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Arthur Ashe seasons:19791978197719761975
Ray Ruffels seasons:19791978197719761975
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Arthur Ashe
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Ray Ruffels
Age: 82y 252d (1943-07-10)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1946-03-23) Age: 79y 361d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
13 - 1
Wins: 92.9% - 7.1%
Hard 3–0Clay 1–1Grass 6–0
Others 10–1Davis Cup 1–0Slam 2–0
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe and πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 14 times. Arthur Ashe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 13–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe has compiled an overall career record of 798–260 across 1058 matches, translating to a win rate of 75.43%. On hard courts his record stands at 200–64 (75.76%), while on clay he holds a 176–74 (70.40%) mark. On grass the numbers read 137–36 (79.19%) , and on carpet 285–86 (76.82%). Throughout his career he has won 45 titles (9 hard, 6 clay, 7 grass, 23 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 35–41 (46.05%).

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 246–204 from 450 matches (54.67% win rate). His hard-court record is 32–46 (41.03%), on clay he stands at 68–54 (55.74%), and on grass he has gone 111–57 (66.07%) , with a carpet record of 35–47 (42.68%). He has accumulated 5 titles in total (4 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 1–9 (10.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Arthur Ashe leading 3–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–1 (50.00% each) across 2 matches. On grass, their 6 encounters have yielded a record of 6–0 (100.00% for Arthur Ashe).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-12-18Sydney-2GrassR6415πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (3)153πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-3 6-43------0/0
1976-01-12Indianapolis WCTCarpetSF4πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (1)78πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-1 6-23------0/0
1974-03-18TucsonHardR646πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (4)150πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-4 7-63------0/0
1972-08-14Fort Worth WCTHardR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (2)-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-2 6-23------0/0
1971-08-09Toronto WCTClayR32-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe6-3 3-6 7-63------0/0
1971-04-26Dallas WCTCarpetR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (2)-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-0 6-13------0/0
1971-03-22Chicago WCTCarpetQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (2)-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-4 6-43------0/0
1971-03-07Australian OpenGrassR32-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (3)-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-4 6-1 6-7 0-6 7-55------0/0
1970-09-28BerkeleyHardR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (2)-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels (13)3-6 6-3 6-13------0/0
1970-01-19Australian OpenGrassQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (4)-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels (10)6-8 6-3 6-4 6-25------0/0
1969-03-17St. PetersburgClayQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-3 6-23------0/0
1969-01-06MelbourneGrassSF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-2 6-4 6-45------0/0
1968-12-26Davis Cup WG CR: AUS vs USAGrassRR-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels6-8 7-5 6-3 6-35------0/0
1968-12-09BrisbaneGrassSF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊRay Ruffels8-6 6-4 6-8 8-65------0/0

Wins

Arthur Ashe
Ray Ruffels
13–1Overall
2–0Grand Slam
10–1Others
1–0Davis Cup
3–0Hard
1–1Clay
6–0Grass
3–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

88.9%8
11.1%1
Bo3
100.0%5
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%7
0.0%0
2 Sets
66.7%2
33.3%1
3 Sets
100.0%3
0.0%0
4 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
5 Sets
Arthur Ashe
Ray Ruffels

Deciding

66.7%2
33.3%1
Decider Set
66.7%2
33.3%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Arthur Ashe
Ray Ruffels

Sets

80.0%32
20.0%8
All
66.7%6
33.3%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
85.7%6
14.3%1
Hard
77.3%17
22.7%5
Grass
60.0%3
40.0%2
Clay
100.0%6
0.0%0
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Ray Ruffels

Games

59.9%235
40.1%157
All
55.1%49
44.9%40
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
62.5%40
37.5%24
Hard
56.9%132
43.1%100
Grass
56.3%27
43.8%21
Clay
75.0%36
25.0%12
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Ray Ruffels

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Arthur Ashe
Ray Ruffels

By Tournament Level

Arthur Ashe
Ray Ruffels

By Round

Arthur Ashe
Ray Ruffels

By Opponent Ranking

Arthur AsheRay Ruffels
28.6%2-5
vs Top 1
0%0-1
34.1%14-27
vs Top 5
0%0-7
46.1%35-41
vs Top 10
10%1-9
51.4%76-72
vs Top 20
31.8%7-15
70.1%270-115
vs Top 100
40%44-66
89.6%95-11
vs +100
63.5%33-19
45.8%33-39
vs Higher
37.9%36-59
79.2%332-87
vs Lower
61.2%41-26

Opponent Breakdown

Arthur AsheRay Ruffels
75.5%584-190
Vs Younger
55.5%117-94
71.9%179-70
Vs Older
43.8%84-108
77.9%688-195
Vs Right-Handed
54.1%199-169
60.1%98-65
Vs Left-Handed
39.7%23-35
37.5%9-15
Vs 2H Backhand
0%0-2
64.8%68-37
Vs 1H Backhand
24.3%9-28
66.7%314-157
Vs Shorter
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78.4%138-38
Vs Taller
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Pressure Situations