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B. Scanlon #36 def. R. Ruffels #79

7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 8, 1977*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	B. Scanlon
Score	7-6 6-3
Loser	R. Ruffels

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Scanlon	R. Ruffels
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Nov 13, 1956	Mar 23, 1946
Age	21	31
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	36	79
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,693	1,641
Career W-L	307–259	246–207
Career earnings	$1,427,007	—

Pre-match H2H

B. Scanlon 2 – 0 R. Ruffels

Path

B. Scanlon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1977	R64	R. Drysdale	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

B. Scanlon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 9, 1977	R16	S. Docherty	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

R. Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1977	R64	G. Hardie	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data