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John Newcombe#8 def. Ray Ruffels#74

7-6 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 31, 1975*
Tournament	Manila
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	7-6 4-6 6-4
Loser	Ray Ruffels

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Ray Ruffels
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Mar 23, 1946
Age	31	29
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	74
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,053	1,675
Career W-L	556–224	246–207
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 5 – 0 Ray Ruffels

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1975	R32	Robert Rheinberger	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1975	QF	Jose Higueras	6-3 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Ray Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1975	R32	Woody Blocher	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data