| R64 | L | John James | 6-1 6-2 6-3 | H2H |
🇦🇺 AUS · Right-handed · b. 1946-03-23
Ray Ruffels
Active 1968–1979 · best rank seen: 26
246–204
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Career summary
Ray Ruffels of Australia is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1968 to 1979. He won 5 tour-level singles titles, from a career match record of 246–204 (54.7%). His strongest surface by win rate was grass, where he went 111–57 (66%). His best three-year stretch came in 1968–1970, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 1988. His most frequent opponent was Arthur Ashe, whom he faced 14 times with a record of 1–13.
Hard
32–46 (41.0%)
Clay
68–54 (55.7%)
Grass
111–57 (66.1%)
Carpet
35–47 (42.7%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe | 1–13 | 14 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '68 | '69 | '70 | '71 | '72 | '73 | '74 | '75 | '76 | '77 | '78 | '79 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | SF | SF | QF | 3R | 3R | SF | QF | 2R | 2R | |||
| Roland Garros | 4R | 1R | 3R | 3R | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | ||||
| US Open | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1968–1970).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1988.
Career titles (5)
- 1976 Perth Carpet
- 1971 Auckland Grass
- 1970 Haverford Grass
- 1969 Brisbane Grass
- 1968 Hobart Grass
Match results
| R64 | L | John Fitzgerald | 6-2 6-4 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Bill Scanlon | 6-3 6-3 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Victor Eke | 6-7 6-2 7-5 | H2H |
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.