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Ray Ruffels

AUS Age 80 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1980

Ray Ruffels represented Australia on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 27. In TennisDB's records, Ray Ruffels finished with a career record of 246–205 and 5 singles titles.

Peak ranking

27 (Dec 13, 1976)

Elo peak

1906 (83rd percentile)

Career record

246–205 (54.5%)

Career titles

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Ray Ruffels's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Wayne Pascoe	6-7 6-2 8-10	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1980*	R32	Perth	ATP 250	Grass
Harry Fritz	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1980*	R64	Perth	ATP 250	Grass
John James #91	1-6 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 28, 1979*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
John Fitzgerald	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 19, 1979*	R64	Sydney International	ATP 250	Grass
Bill Scanlon	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 29, 1979*	R32	Dayton	ATP 250	Carpet

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Ray Ruffels's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arthur Ashe	1	11	12	Dec 26, 1978	H2H
Brian Fairlie	4	5	9	Jun 15, 1977	H2H
Cliff Richey	4	5	9	Apr 23, 1977	H2H
Allan Stone	6	3	9	Oct 16, 1976	H2H
Phil Dent	6	2	8	Dec 15, 1977	H2H

Titles (5)

Ray Ruffels titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1968	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Hobart
1969	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Adelaide International
1970	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Merion
1972	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	ASB Classic
1976	30	1	—	—	—	1	—	Perth
Total		5	—	—	—	5	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Ray Ruffels career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	22	41	19	60	68.3%	—	—
1969	23	35	21	56	62.5%	—	—
1970	24	35	22	57	61.4%	—	—
1971	25	32	32	64	50.0%	—	—
1972	26	19	22	41	46.3%	—	—
1973	27	1	1	2	50.0%	139	141
1974	28	17	18	35	48.6%	157	76
1975	29	16	22	38	42.1%	75	112
1976	30	34	20	54	63.0%	61	27
1977	31	12	17	29	41.4%	29	79
1978	32	3	6	9	33.3%	96	279
1979	33	0	4	4	0.0%	480	480
1980	34	1	1	2	50.0%	482	482
Career		246	205	451	54.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ray Ruffels career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	22	3	3	6	50.0%	17	9	26	65.4%	21	6	27	77.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	41	19	60	68.3%
1969	23	3	4	7	42.9%	6	5	11	54.5%	25	10	35	71.4%	1	2	3	33.3%	35	21	56	62.5%
1970	24	6	7	13	46.2%	9	6	15	60.0%	20	7	27	74.1%	0	2	2	0.0%	35	22	57	61.4%
1971	25	8	9	17	47.1%	14	11	25	56.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	6	7	13	46.2%	32	32	64	50.0%
1972	26	5	7	12	41.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	7	1	8	87.5%	3	10	13	23.1%	19	22	41	46.3%
1973	27	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1974	28	4	5	9	44.4%	3	2	5	60.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	3	7	10	30.0%	17	18	35	48.6%
1975	29	3	8	11	27.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	7	4	11	63.6%	5	5	10	50.0%	16	22	38	42.1%
1976	30	16	6	22	72.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	9	5	14	64.3%	6	5	11	54.5%	34	20	54	63.0%
1977	31	2	5	7	28.6%	2	2	4	50.0%	8	8	16	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	12	17	29	41.4%
1978	32	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
1979	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
1980	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	51	56	107	47.7%	61	49	110	55.5%	110	58	168	65.5%	24	42	66	36.4%	246	205	451	54.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Ray Ruffels career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1974	28	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	0	2	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	3	7	57.1%
1975	29	1	0	1	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	1	3	66.7%	8	8	16	50.0%
1976	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1977	31	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	5	10	15	33.3%	0	0	—	—	6	11	17	35.3%
1978	32	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1979	33	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		1	1	2	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	10	20	30	33.3%	4	2	6	66.7%	19	29	48	39.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 48/451 (10.6%) of Ray Ruffels's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Ray Ruffels advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	22	1721	125.7	—	—	—	—	-212	-127	+147	64.1%	+1.22	7–5 (58%)	—	—	+3.54
1969	23	1757	128.5	—	—	—	—	-210	-159	+156	58.9%	+0.65	3–5 (38%)	—	—	+3.43
1970	24	1785	133.3	—	—	—	—	-187	-80	+164	58.6%	+0.31	9–9 (50%)	8–3 (73%)	104.0	-1.28
1971	25	1826	146.5	—	—	—	—	-57	-12	+37	52.6%	+0.14	11–9 (55%)	12–9 (57%)	103.2	-7.83
1972	26	1798	141.9	—	—	—	—	-97	+17	+138	52.0%	+0.14	7–5 (58%)	4–5 (44%)	101.2	-4.35
1973	27	1778	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+0.03
1974	28	1757	135.8	—	—	—	—	-100	+47	+162	45.8%	-0.10	8–3 (73%)	8–4 (67%)	109.2	-1.39
1975	29	1714	143.7	—	—	—	—	-30	-20	+159	50.5%	+0.31	3–11 (21%)	9–11 (45%)	91.5	-1.61
1976	30	1792	139.1	—	—	—	—	+77	-171	+107	61.3%	+0.85	12–9 (57%)	8–12 (40%)	100.1	+5.63
1977	31	1703	119.9	—	—	—	—	-6	-71	+90	49.4%	-0.08	2–9 (18%)	8–4 (67%)	92.4	+1.49
1978	32	1621	105.7	—	—	—	—	—	+20	+87	39.1%	-0.57	0–2	—	—	+0.98
1979	33	1546	95.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	+75	10.0%	-2.90	0–1	1–0	—	+0.63
1980	34	1541	101.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.0%	+1.00	0–1	0–1	—	+0.41
Career		1906	139.6	—	—	—	—	-63	-70	+135	55.3%	+0.40	62–69 (47%)	58–49 (54%)	99.8	-0.07

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Ray Ruffels Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	AO	W-L Win %
1968	22	—	R16	R32	—	SF	9–3 (75%)
1969	23	SF	R128	R128	R64	—	5–4 (56%)
1970	24	QF	R32	R64	R32	—	7–4 (64%)
1971	25	R32	R32	R64	R128	—	4–4 (50%)
1972	26	—	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1974	28	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	29	R32	—	R64	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1976	30	SF	—	R64	R64	—	6–3 (67%)
1977	31	QF	—	R64	—	—	4–2 (67%)
1978	32	R64	—	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1979	33	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		15–8 (65%)	7–4 (64%)	8–8 (50%)	6–7 (46%)	4–1 (80%)	40–28 (59%)

ATP 500

Ray Ruffels ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	W-L Win %
1970	24	R16	2–1 (67%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)

ATP 250

Ray Ruffels ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	SWE	BAR	BRI	BUE	DAL	HAM	HKG	HOU	MC	MEL	MIA	MUN	NAP	PAR	QUE	ITA	ROT	SPB	STO	TKY	WAS	ALA	BAL	BAN	BAR	BEC	BER	BER	BOL	BOS	BRE	BRI	BRU	CAL	CAR	CAR	CED	CHA	CHA	CHI	CHR	CLE	COL	COL	CUR	DAY	DAY	DEN	DUB	FOR	GUA	HAV	HOB	JOH	LA	LA	LAS	LIT	QUE	LON	LOS	LOU	LUG	MAC	MAN	MAU	MER	MON	CAN	MON	NEW	NEW	EAS	ORL	IW	PER	PHI	PHO	QUE	RIC	RIC	SAN	SAN	SAN	SAO	SOU	ST.	ST.	SYD	SYD	TAM	TEH	TOR	U.S	VAN	VIR	WEM	W-L Win %
1968	22	SF	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	32–16 (67%)
1969	23	—	R16	—	—	W	—	QF	R32	—	R32	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30–17 (64%)
1970	24	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	26–17 (60%)
1971	25	—	R16	SF	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	R64	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	QF	28–28 (50%)
1972	26	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	17–21 (45%)
1973	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1974	28	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	17–17 (50%)
1975	29	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14–20 (41%)
1976	30	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	W	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	28–17 (62%)
1977	31	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	7–14 (33%)
1978	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1979	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1980	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		4–3 (57%)	15–6 (71%)	3–1 (75%)	3–2 (60%)	12–3 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	3–2 (60%)	4–3 (57%)	0–2 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	5–5 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	4–1 (80%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	7–2 (78%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–6 (25%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	6–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	11–4 (73%)	1–5 (17%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	8–6 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	203–175 (54%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Dec 13, 1976

First Top 100

Sep 30, 1974

First Top 50

Dec 13, 1976

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Ray Ruffels ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	139	148	127	141	141
1974	28	—	—	157	188	102	199	116	117	99	—	94	76
1975	29	75	—	76	67	67	71	—	—	—	—	—	112
1976	30	—	—	—	—	—	61	—	—	—	—	—	27
1977	31	32	48	48	52	54	58	59	60	49	81	79	—
1978	32	98	95	95	90	88	91	95	96	92	—	—	279
1979	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	480
1980	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	482

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Ray Ruffels's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Fred Stolle	AUS	30	1,922	6	344	177	167	51.5%	1968–1982	Match log
Ross Case	AUS	24	1,962	4	567	293	274	51.7%	1968–1983	Match log
Jiri Hrebec	CZE	25	1,910	4	342	171	171	50.0%	1968–1981	Match log
Colin Dibley	AUS	33	1,877	5	651	341	310	52.4%	1968–1981	Match log
Thomaz Koch	BRA	24	1,880	6	356	199	157	55.9%	1968–1983	Match log
Brian Fairlie	NZL	24	1,903	3	453	233	220	51.4%	1968–1979	Match log
Jurgen Fassbender	GER	31	1,883	3	352	184	168	52.3%	1968–1979	Match log
Zeljko Franulovic	CRO	30	2,016	13	717	410	307	57.2%	1968–1983	Match log
Patrick Proisy	FRA	23	1,876	1	418	222	196	53.1%	1968–1981	Match log
Hans Jurgen Pohmann	GER	30	1,828	2	253	125	128	49.4%	1968–1979	Match log
Dick Crealy	AUS	33	1,903	2	655	338	317	51.6%	1968–1981	Match log
Charlie Pasarell	USA	35	1,936	4	573	300	273	52.4%	1968–1979	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ray Ruffels?: Ray Ruffels is 80 years old, born on March 23, 1946.
Which country does Ray Ruffels represent?: Ray Ruffels represents Australia in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Ray Ruffels left-handed or right-handed?: Ray Ruffels plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Ray Ruffels won?: Ray Ruffels has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Ray Ruffels won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ray Ruffels's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Ray Ruffels won?: Ray Ruffels has won 5 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Perth in 1976.
What is Ray Ruffels' highest ATP ranking?: Ray Ruffels' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 27, first achieved on December 13, 1976.
What is Ray Ruffels' career win-loss record?: Ray Ruffels has a career ATP singles record of 246 wins and 205 losses (54.5%).
Which seasons of Ray Ruffels's career appear in TennisDB?: Ray Ruffels appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1980.
On which surface does Ray Ruffels have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Ray Ruffels's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 65.5% (110–58).
Who has Ray Ruffels faced most often?: Ray Ruffels' most frequent opponent is Arthur Ashe, with a head-to-head record of 1–11 across 12 meetings.