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Ray Ruffels#112 def. Russell Simpson#183

5-7 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 4, 1976*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ray Ruffels
Score	5-7 6-4 6-2
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ray Ruffels	Russell Simpson
Country	AUS	NZL
Birth date	Mar 23, 1946	Feb 22, 1954
Age	29	21
Height	—	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	112	183
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,727	1,503
Career W-L	246–207	131–195
Career earnings	—	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

Ray Ruffels 1 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

Ray Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1976	R32	Garry Slater	7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data

Ray Ruffels's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1976	QF	Bob Giltinan	6-4 6-2 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1976	R32	Robin Drysdale	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data