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T. Roche def. R. Ruffels

6-3 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 17, 1972*
Tournament	Washington Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	T. Roche
Score	6-3 2-6 6-3
Loser	R. Ruffels

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	T. Roche	R. Ruffels
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 17, 1945	Mar 23, 1946
Age	27	26
Height	178	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,806
Career W-L	360–191	246–207
Career earnings	$529,199	—

Pre-match H2H

T. Roche 2 – 0 R. Ruffels

Path

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	QF	J. Alexander	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1972	R16	F. Stolle	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1972	R32	Jasjit Singh	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jul 14, 1972	R64	Bill Monan	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data

T. Roche's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1972	F	M. Riessen	3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

R. Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1972	QF	C. Richey	6-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1972	R16	C. Pasarell	6-4 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1972	R32	R. Barth	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1972	R64	L. Baraldi	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data