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John Newcombe#20 def. Ray Ruffels#112

6-4 6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1976*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-4 6-4 7-6
Loser	Ray Ruffels

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Ray Ruffels
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Mar 23, 1946
Age	31	29
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	112
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,041	1,778
Career W-L	556–224	246–207
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 6 – 0 Ray Ruffels

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1976	QF	Ross Case	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1976	R16	Raymond Moore	7-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1976	R32	Jan Kukal	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1975	R64	Rolf Gehring	7-6 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1976	F	Mark Edmondson	6-7 6-3 7-6 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Ray Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1976	QF	Tony Roche	7-6 2-6 6-7 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1976	R16	Patrice Hagelauer	6-0 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1976	R32	Bob Giltinan	6-4 6-7 4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1975	R64	Enzo Vattuone	6-1 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data