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R. Ruffels def. M. Cox

9-8 3-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Nov 5, 1971*
Tournament	Wembley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	R. Ruffels
Score	9-8 3-6 7-5
Loser	M. Cox

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Ruffels	M. Cox
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Mar 23, 1946	Jul 5, 1943
Age	25	28
Height	—	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,812	1,862
Career W-L	246–207	408–274

Pre-match H2H

R. Ruffels 1 – 2 M. Cox

Path

R. Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1971	R32	Stan Smith	9-8 6-4	W	—	Match data

R. Ruffels's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1971	QF	B. Hewitt	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

M. Cox's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1971	R32	Z. Franulovic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data