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Arthur Ashe def. Ray Ruffels

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date Mar 22, 1969*
Tournament St. Petersburg
Category ATP 250
Surface Clay
RoundQF
Winner Arthur Ashe
Score6-3 6-2
Loser Ray Ruffels

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldArthur AsheRay Ruffels
Country USA AUS
Birth dateJul 10, 1943Mar 23, 1946
Age2522
Height185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)1,9041,762
Career W-L800–258246–207
Career earnings$1,584,909
Pre-match H2H
Arthur Ashe 2 0 Ray Ruffels

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 21, 1969R16 Peter Curtis 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Mar 20, 1969R32 Ove Bengtson (w/o)WH2HMatch data

Arthur Ashe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 22, 1969SF Zeljko Franulovic 6-3 1-6 1-6LH2HMatch data

Ray Ruffels's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 21, 1969R16 Jim Mcmanus 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch data
Mar 20, 1969R32 Onny Parun 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data