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Head to head

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Rivalry summary

Arthur Ashe and Ray Ruffels met 14 times on the ATP tour between 1968 and 1978. Arthur Ashe leads the head-to-head 13–1 against Ray Ruffels. By surface, Ashe leads 3–0 on hard; they are level 1–1 on clay; Ashe leads 6–0 on grass; Ashe leads 3–0 on carpet.

🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe

13

45 titles · 3 Slams

🇦🇺 Ray Ruffels

1

5 titles · 0 Slams

3
Hard
0
1
Clay
1
6
Grass
0
3
Carpet
0

Arthur Ashe's wins on the left · Ray Ruffels's on the right · bar lengths share one scale

Momentum

Arthur Ashe leads ↑ Ray Ruffels leads ↓

Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).

All meetings (14)

1978 Sydney-2 Grass R64 Arthur Ashe 6-3 6-4
1976 Indianapolis WCT Carpet SF Arthur Ashe 6-1 6-2
1974 Tucson Hard R64 Arthur Ashe 6-4 7-6
1972 Fort Worth WCT Hard R16 Arthur Ashe 6-2 6-2
1971 Toronto WCT Clay R32 Ray Ruffels 6-3 3-6 7-6
1971 Dallas WCT Carpet R16 Arthur Ashe 6-0 6-1
1971 Chicago WCT Carpet QF Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-4
1971 Australian Open Grass R32 Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-1 6-7 0-6 7-5
1970 Berkeley Hard R16 Arthur Ashe 3-6 6-3 6-1
1970 Australian Open Grass QF Arthur Ashe 6-8 6-3 6-4 6-2
1969 St. Petersburg Clay QF Arthur Ashe 6-3 6-2
1969 Melbourne Grass SF Arthur Ashe 6-2 6-4 6-4
1968 Davis Cup WG CR: AUS vs USA Grass RR Arthur Ashe 6-8 7-5 6-3 6-3
1968 Brisbane Grass SF Arthur Ashe 8-6 6-4 6-8 8-6
Methodology

Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.