Head to head
Rivalry summary
Ray Ruffels and John Alexander met 8 times on the ATP tour between 1969 and 1977. Ray Ruffels leads the head-to-head 5–3 against John Alexander. By surface, Ruffels leads 3–1 on grass; Alexander leads 2–1 on carpet. They contested 1 finals, with Ruffels winning 1 of them.
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Hard
0
3
Grass
1
1
Carpet
2
Ray Ruffels's wins on the left · John Alexander's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 1977 | Palm Springs | Hard | R64 | Ray Ruffels | 6-3 3-6 7-6 |
| 1974 | Sydney-3 | Grass | R16 | John Alexander | 7-6 6-4 |
| 1974 | Toronto WCT | Carpet | R16 | John Alexander | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1974 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | R32 | Ray Ruffels | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1972 | Denver WCT | Carpet | R32 | John Alexander | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1971 | Auckland | Grass | F | Ray Ruffels | 6-4 6-4 7-6 |
| 1969 | Brisbane | Grass | SF | Ray Ruffels | 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
| 1969 | Australian Open | Grass | R32 | Ray Ruffels | 6-2 10-8 6-4 |
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.