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Ray Ruffels #57 def. Phil 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	Ray Ruffels
Score	6-0 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Phil Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ray Ruffels	Phil 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

Ray Ruffels 5 – 1 Phil Dent

Path

Ray Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1976	SF	Dick Stockton	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1976	QF	Syd Ball	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1976	R16	Billy Martin	6-0 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1976	R32	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ray Ruffels's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Phil Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1976	SF	Roscoe 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	Bob Carmichael	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1976	R32	Paul Mcnamee	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data