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Ray Ruffels def. Herb Fitzgibbon

4-6 6-4 0-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date May 9, 1968*
Tournament Rome
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundR32
Winner Ray Ruffels
Score4-6 6-4 0-6 6-2 6-2
Loser Herb Fitzgibbon

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRay RuffelsHerb Fitzgibbon
Country AUS USA
Birth dateMar 23, 1946Jul 14, 1942
Age2225
Height
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)1,6001,606
Career W-L246–20746–38
Pre-match H2H
Ray Ruffels 1 1 Herb Fitzgibbon

Path

Ray Ruffels's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 8, 1968R64 Adriano Panatta 8-10 6-4 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data
May 7, 1968R128 Tadeusz Nowicki (w/o)WH2HMatch data

Ray Ruffels's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 11, 1968R16 Ion Tiriac 1-6 3-6 4-6LH2HMatch data

Herb Fitzgibbon's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 8, 1968R64 Phil Dent 3-6 6-4 6-4 10-8WH2HMatch data
May 7, 1968R128 Ingo Buding 6-2 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-4WMatch data