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A. Gimeno def. R. Ruffels

6-2 11-9 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 1969*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	A. Gimeno
Score	6-2 11-9 6-2
Loser	R. Ruffels

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Gimeno	R. Ruffels
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Aug 3, 1937	Mar 23, 1946
Age	31	22
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,817	1,771
Career W-L	246–131	246–207
Career earnings	$2,500	—

Pre-match H2H

A. Gimeno 1 – 0 R. Ruffels

Path

A. Gimeno's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1969	QF	E. Buchholz	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1969	R16	K. Rosewall	7-5 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1969	R32	G. Masters	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

A. Gimeno's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1969	F	R. Laver	3-6 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

R. Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1969	QF	B. Bowrey	9-11 2-6 6-0 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1969	R16	Thomas Lejus	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jan 26, 1969	R32	J. Alexander	6-2 10-8 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1969	R64	Sutarjo Sugiarto	6-1 6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data