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Ray Ruffels vs Russell Simpson Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ray Ruffels seasons:19791978197719761975
Russell Simpson seasons:19871986198519841983
🇦🇺 Ray Ruffels
🇳🇿 Russell Simpson
Age: 80y 87d (1946-03-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1954-02-22) Age: 72y 116d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
5 - 0
Wins: 100.0% - 0.0%
Hard 0–0Clay 1–0Grass 3–0
Others 5–0
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🇦🇺Ray Ruffels and 🇳🇿Russell Simpson have met 5 times. Ray Ruffels currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–0.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺Ray Ruffels has compiled an overall career record of 246–204 across 450 matches, translating to a win rate of 54.67%. On hard courts his record stands at 32–46 (41.03%), while on clay he holds a 68–54 (55.74%) mark. On grass the numbers read 111–57 (66.07%) , and on carpet 35–47 (42.68%). Throughout his career he has won 5 titles (4 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 1–9 (10.00%).

🇳🇿Russell Simpson, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 147–207 from 354 matches (41.53% win rate). His hard-court record is 60–73 (45.11%), on clay he stands at 15–38 (28.30%), and on grass he has gone 58–61 (48.74%) , with a carpet record of 13–35 (27.08%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 3–18 (14.29%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Ray Ruffels) across 1 matches. On grass, their 3 encounters have yielded a record of 3–0 (100.00% for Ray Ruffels).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1977-10-31TokyoClayR6479🇦🇺Ray Ruffels101🇳🇿Russell Simpson3-6 6-2 6-43------0/0
1977-10-24PerthCarpetR3254🇦🇺Ray Ruffels95🇳🇿Russell Simpson7-5 6-33------0/0
1977-10-10BrisbaneGrassR3249🇦🇺Ray Ruffels89🇳🇿Russell Simpson7-6 6-33------0/0
1976-01-05AucklandGrassR1678🇦🇺Ray Ruffels177🇳🇿Russell Simpson5-7 6-4 6-23------0/0
1975-01-06AucklandGrassR1669🇦🇺Ray Ruffels274🇳🇿Russell Simpson6-7 6-3 7-5 7-65------0/0

Wins

Ray Ruffels
Russell Simpson
5–0Overall
5–0Others
1–0Clay
3–0Grass
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

100.0%4
0.0%0
Bo3
100.0%1
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%2
0.0%0
2 Sets
100.0%2
0.0%0
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Ray Ruffels
Russell Simpson

Deciding

100.0%2
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%2
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ray Ruffels
Russell Simpson

Sets

78.6%11
21.4%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
77.8%7
22.2%2
Grass
66.7%2
33.3%1
Clay
100.0%2
0.0%0
Carpet
Ray Ruffels
Russell Simpson

Games

57.1%84
42.9%63
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
56.6%56
43.4%43
Grass
55.6%15
44.4%12
Clay
61.9%13
38.1%8
Carpet
Ray Ruffels
Russell Simpson

Overview

By Surface

Ray Ruffels
Russell Simpson

By Tournament Level

Ray Ruffels
Russell Simpson

By Round

Ray Ruffels
Russell Simpson

By Opponent Ranking

Ray RuffelsRussell Simpson
0%0-1
vs Top 1
0%0-3
0%0-7
vs Top 5
0%0-8
10%1-9
vs Top 10
14.3%3-18
31.8%7-15
vs Top 20
17.8%8-37
40%44-66
vs Top 100
30.7%61-138
63.5%33-19
vs +100
52.9%72-64
37.9%36-59
vs Higher
30.6%64-145
61.2%41-26
vs Lower
54.6%65-54

Opponent Breakdown

Ray RuffelsRussell Simpson
55.5%117-94
Vs Younger
44.9%97-119
43.8%84-108
Vs Older
29%36-88
54.1%199-169
Vs Right-Handed
43%131-174
39.7%23-35
Vs Left-Handed
29.8%14-33
0%0-2
Vs 2H Backhand
12.5%1-7
24.3%9-28
Vs 1H Backhand
41.2%7-10
—
Vs Shorter
38.5%69-110
—
Vs Taller
34.4%22-42

Pressure Situations