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M. Cox def. R. Ruffels

6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 19, 1972*
Tournament	Cleveland Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	M. Cox
Score	6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	R. Ruffels

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Cox	R. Ruffels
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Jul 5, 1943	Mar 23, 1946
Age	29	26
Height	185	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,838
Career W-L	408–274	246–207

Pre-match H2H

M. Cox 4 – 2 R. Ruffels

Path

M. Cox's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1972	SF	C. Drysdale	3-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1972	QF	Ismail El Shafei	6-3 7-6	W	—	Match data
Aug 17, 1972	R16	T. Okker	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1972	R32	F. Froehling	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Cox's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1972	SF	R. Taylor	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1972	QF	N. Pilic	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1972	R16	T. Richey	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1972	R32	G. Battrick	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data