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J. Newcombe def. R. Ruffels

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 10, 1972*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	R. Ruffels

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	R. Ruffels
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Mar 23, 1946
Age	27	25
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,052	1,886
Career W-L	556–224	246–207
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 2 – 0 R. Ruffels

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1972	R32	F. Stolle	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 1972	QF	R. Taylor	7-5 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

R. Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1972	R32	P. Dent	6-2 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data