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John Newcombe vs Ray Ruffels Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
Ray Ruffels seasons:19791978197719761975
🇦🇺 John Newcombe
🇦🇺 Ray Ruffels
Age: 81y 345d (1944-05-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1946-03-23) Age: 80y 41d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
7 - 1
Wins: 87.5% - 12.5%
Hard 3–1Clay 2–0Grass 1–0
Others 6–1Slam 1–0
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🇦🇺John Newcombe and 🇦🇺Ray Ruffels have met 8 times. John Newcombe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺John Newcombe has compiled an overall career record of 568–227 across 795 matches, translating to a win rate of 71.45%. On hard courts his record stands at 149–53 (73.76%), while on clay he holds a 134–57 (70.16%) mark. On grass the numbers read 164–45 (78.47%) , and on carpet 121–72 (62.69%). Throughout his career he has won 41 titles (16 hard, 7 clay, 7 grass, 11 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 20–30 (40.00%).

🇦🇺Ray 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 4 times, with John Newcombe leading 3–1 (75.00%). The clay record between them sits at 2–0 (100.00% for John Newcombe) across 2 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for John Newcombe).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1976-10-18Sydney-1HardR6461🇦🇺Ray Ruffels17🇦🇺John Newcombe3-6 7-5 6-43------0/0
1975-12-26Australian OpenGrassSF23🇦🇺John Newcombe (2)119🇦🇺Ray Ruffels6-4 6-4 7-65------0/0
1975-10-27ManilaClayR1626🇦🇺John Newcombe93🇦🇺Ray Ruffels7-6 4-6 6-43------0/0
1974-10-14Sydney-2HardR322🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)84🇦🇺Ray Ruffels6-4 6-43------0/0
1972-06-26St. Louis WCTHardR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺Ray Ruffels6-2 7-63------0/0
1972-02-02Richmond WCTCarpetR16-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺Ray Ruffels6-4 6-43------0/0
1971-10-18Barcelona WCTClayR16-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇦🇺Ray Ruffels4-6 6-4 6-03------0/0
1969-09-20Los Angeles-2HardR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe (2)-🇦🇺Ray Ruffels6-1 6-13------0/0

Wins

John Newcombe
Ray Ruffels
7–1Overall
1–0Grand Slam
6–1Others
3–1Hard
2–0Clay
1–0Grass
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

85.7%6
14.3%1
Bo3
100.0%1
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%4
0.0%0
2 Sets
75.0%3
25.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Newcombe
Ray Ruffels

Deciding

66.7%2
33.3%1
Decider Set
100.0%3
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Newcombe
Ray Ruffels

Sets

80.0%16
20.0%4
All
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
77.8%7
22.2%2
Hard
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grass
66.7%4
33.3%2
Clay
100.0%2
0.0%0
Carpet
John Newcombe
Ray Ruffels

Games

58.6%116
41.4%82
All
57.6%19
42.4%14
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
60.5%52
39.5%34
Hard
57.6%19
42.4%14
Grass
55.9%33
44.1%26
Clay
60.0%12
40.0%8
Carpet
John Newcombe
Ray Ruffels

Overview

By Surface

John Newcombe
Ray Ruffels

By Tournament Level

John Newcombe
Ray Ruffels

By Round

John Newcombe
Ray Ruffels

By Opponent Ranking

John NewcombeRay Ruffels
40%2-3
vs Top 1
0%0-1
27.3%6-16
vs Top 5
0%0-7
40%20-30
vs Top 10
10%1-9
41.7%35-49
vs Top 20
31.8%7-15
65%156-84
vs Top 100
40%44-66
91.4%53-5
vs +100
63.5%33-19
32.8%19-39
vs Higher
37.9%36-59
79.2%190-50
vs Lower
61.2%41-26

Opponent Breakdown

John NewcombeRay Ruffels
74.3%309-107
Vs Younger
55.5%117-94
66.1%234-120
Vs Older
43.8%84-108
73%463-171
Vs Right-Handed
54.1%199-169
63.2%96-56
Vs Left-Handed
39.7%23-35
45.5%5-6
Vs 2H Backhand
0%0-2
59.4%41-28
Vs 1H Backhand
24.3%9-28
58.5%120-85
Vs Shorter
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68.7%160-73
Vs Taller
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Pressure Situations