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R. Ruffels #57 def. P. Dent #42

6-0 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 31, 1976*
Tournament	Perth
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	R. Ruffels
Score	6-0 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	P. Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Ruffels	P. Dent
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Mar 23, 1946	Feb 14, 1950
Age	30	26
Height	—	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	57	42
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,776	1,869
Career W-L	246–207	418–351

Pre-match H2H

R. Ruffels 5 – 1 P. Dent

Path

R. Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1976	SF	D. Stockton	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1976	QF	S. Ball	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1976	R16	B. Martin	6-0 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1976	R32	H. Pfister	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Ruffels's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

P. Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1976	SF	R. Tanner	3-6 6-3 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1976	QF	Tim Gullikson	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Oct 29, 1976	R16	B. Carmichael	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1976	R32	P. McNamee	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data