H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Ray Ruffels vs Cliff Richey H2H: 4-5

Cliff Richey holds a 5–4 lead over Ray Ruffels in their ATP head-to-head. Across 9 main-draw meetings, they are tied 2–2 on clay, while Cliff Richey leads 2–1 on hard courts. Most recently, Ray Ruffels won the 1977 Virginia Beach round of 16 6-4 7-6.

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Ray Ruffels
AUS Age 80 Right-Handed
H2H
4 – 5
9 main draw meetings
Cliff Richey
USA Age 79 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Ray Ruffels 6-4 7-6 Cliff Richey Match data Apr 23, 1977* R16 Virginia Beach ATP 250 Clay
Cliff Richey 6-3 4-6 6-2 Ray Ruffels Match data Mar 24, 1976* R64 Indian Wells Open ATP 250 Hard
Cliff Richey #25 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(3) Ray Ruffels #75 Match data Jan 23, 1975* R32 Philadelphia Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Ray Ruffels 6-7 6-4 7-5 Cliff Richey Match data Nov 1, 1974* QF Christchurch ATP 250 Grass
Ray Ruffels #99 7-6 3-6 7-6 Cliff Richey #28 Match data Oct 10, 1974* R16 Maui ATP 250 Hard
Ray Ruffels 6-7 6-4 6-1 Cliff Richey Match data Jul 17, 1972* QF Washington Open ATP 250 Clay
Cliff Richey 6-3 8-10 6-3 Ray Ruffels Match data Jul 30, 1970* R32 Indianapolis ATP 250 Clay
Cliff Richey 6-3 8-10 6-3 Ray Ruffels Match data Jul 30, 1970* R32 Indianapolis ATP 250 Clay
Cliff Richey 5-7 6-1 6-1 Ray Ruffels Match data Mar 1, 1969* SF Curacao ATP 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Ray Ruffels #482 #27 0 1,905 246 205 54.5% 0 0 0 0 5 5
Cliff Richey #662 #16 0 2,115 485 222 68.6% 0 0 0 0 21 21

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Ray Ruffels Cliff Richey
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
21 — — — — — — — 1968 46–15 75.4% — 1,738 0 1
22 1968 41–19 68.3% — 1,721 0 1 1969 64–18 78.0% — 1,948 0 7
23 1969 35–21 62.5% — 1,757 0 2 1970 88–24 78.6% — 2,045 0 12
24 1970 35–22 61.4% — 1,785 0 3 1971 67–23 74.4% — 1,910 0 15
25 1971 32–32 50.0% — 1,826 0 3 1972 54–24 69.2% — 1,958 0 18
26 1972 19–22 46.3% — 1,797 0 4 1973 47–26 64.4% #19 1,848 0 18
27 1973 1–1 50.0% #141 1,777 0 4 1974 24–15 61.5% #23 1,907 0 19
28 1974 17–18 48.6% #76 1,756 0 4 1975 35–23 60.3% #32 1,857 0 19
29 1975 16–22 42.1% #112 1,713 0 4 1976 33–24 57.9% #28 1,861 0 20
30 1976 34–20 63.0% #27 1,791 0 5 1977 14–17 45.2% #87 1,720 0 20
31 1977 12–17 41.4% #79 1,702 0 5 1978 13–12 52.0% #57 1,709 0 21
32 1978 3–6 33.3% #279 1,620 0 5 1979 0–1 0.0% #662 1,697 0 21
33 1979 0–4 0.0% #480 1,546 0 5 — — — — — — —
34 1980 1–1 50.0% #482 1,541 0 5 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Ray Ruffels Cliff Richey
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
21 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1968 9 2 11 81.8% 22 7 29 75.9% 11 5 16 68.8% 4 1 5 80.0%
22 1968 3 3 6 50.0% 17 9 26 65.4% 21 6 27 77.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 1969 23 5 28 82.1% 27 7 34 79.4% 10 3 13 76.9% 4 3 7 57.1%
23 1969 3 4 7 42.9% 6 5 11 54.5% 25 10 35 71.4% 1 2 3 33.3% 1970 26 7 33 78.8% 37 5 42 88.1% 10 4 14 71.4% 15 8 23 65.2%
24 1970 6 7 13 46.2% 9 6 15 60.0% 20 7 27 74.1% 0 2 2 0.0% 1971 26 7 33 78.8% 20 7 27 74.1% 8 3 11 72.7% 13 6 19 68.4%
25 1971 8 9 17 47.1% 14 11 25 56.0% 4 5 9 44.4% 6 7 13 46.2% 1972 22 8 30 73.3% 8 3 11 72.7% 5 1 6 83.3% 19 12 31 61.3%
26 1972 5 7 12 41.7% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 1 8 87.5% 3 10 13 23.1% 1973 9 5 14 64.3% 15 10 25 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 20 9 29 69.0%
27 1973 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 16 8 24 66.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
28 1974 4 5 9 44.4% 3 2 5 60.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 3 7 10 30.0% 1975 8 7 15 53.3% 10 8 18 55.6% 5 2 7 71.4% 12 6 18 66.7%
29 1975 3 8 11 27.3% 1 5 6 16.7% 7 4 11 63.6% 5 5 10 50.0% 1976 12 7 19 63.2% 16 6 22 72.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 10 15 33.3%
30 1976 16 6 22 72.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 9 5 14 64.3% 6 5 11 54.5% 1977 3 4 7 42.9% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 6 14 57.1%
31 1977 2 5 7 28.6% 2 2 4 50.0% 8 8 16 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1978 9 5 14 64.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 4 5 9 44.4%
32 1978 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 1979 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
33 1979 — — — — — — — — 0 3 3 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 1980 — — — — — — — — 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% — 163 65 228 71.5% 161 64 225 71.6% 54 24 78 69.2% 107 69 176 60.8%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Ray Ruffels Cliff Richey
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
21 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1968 1739 120.9 — — — — +76 -1 -80 68.3% +1.05 12–4 (75%) — — +2.22
22 1968 1721 125.7 — — — — -212 -127 +147 64.1% +1.22 7–5 (58%) — — +3.54 1969 1948 136.7 — — — — +130 +23 -163 69.5% +1.45 14–3 (82%) — — +2.23
23 1969 1757 128.5 — — — — -210 -159 +156 58.9% +0.65 3–5 (38%) — — +3.43 1970 2046 149.9 — — — — +78 +58 -164 73.0% +1.54 16–7 (70%) 6–3 (67%) — -0.55
24 1970 1785 133.3 — — — — -187 -80 +164 58.6% +0.31 9–9 (50%) 8–3 (73%) — -1.28 1971 1911 147.5 — — — — +121 +58 +23 70.5% +1.44 11–13 (46%) 13–6 (68%) — +4.89
25 1971 1826 146.5 — — — — -57 -12 +37 52.6% +0.14 11–9 (55%) 12–9 (57%) — -7.83 1972 1958 154.4 — — — — +25 +29 +43 64.0% +1.09 16–12 (57%) 15–12 (56%) — -3.20
26 1972 1798 141.9 — — — — -97 +17 +138 52.0% +0.14 7–5 (58%) 4–5 (44%) — -4.35 1973 1849 146.1 — — — — +101 -3 +122 61.0% +0.95 13–11 (54%) 14–11 (56%) — -1.67
27 1973 1778 — — — — — — — — — — — — — +0.03 1974 1908 152.6 — — — — +81 -72 +58 59.8% +0.95 8–7 (53%) 9–8 (53%) — -3.69
28 1974 1757 135.8 — — — — -100 +47 +162 45.8% -0.10 8–3 (73%) 8–4 (67%) — -1.39 1975 1858 145.3 — — — — +59 -38 +101 56.6% +0.54 14–10 (58%) 8–7 (53%) — -3.96
29 1975 1714 143.7 — — — — -30 -20 +159 50.5% +0.31 3–11 (21%) 9–11 (45%) — -1.61 1976 1861 149.1 — — — — -31 +42 — 57.8% +0.65 8–8 (50%) 8–10 (44%) — -1.58
30 1976 1792 139.1 — — — — +77 -171 +107 61.3% +0.85 12–9 (57%) 8–12 (40%) — +5.63 1977 1720 132.8 — — — — +62 +54 — 47.8% -0.14 4–5 (44%) 7–6 (54%) — +1.06
31 1977 1703 119.9 — — — — -6 -71 +90 49.4% -0.08 2–9 (18%) 8–4 (67%) — +1.49 1978 1710 129.8 — — — — +66 — — 50.0% -0.05 5–4 (56%) 4–3 (57%) — +0.66
32 1978 1621 105.7 — — — — — +20 +87 39.1% -0.57 0–2 — — +0.98 1979 1698 102.8 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — -0.06
33 1979 1546 95.1 — — — — — — +75 10.0% -2.90 0–1 1–0 — +0.63 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 1980 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 — 2116 148.8 — — — — +70 +24 -48 64.7% +1.06 121–84 (59%) 84–66 (56%) 104.1 -0.52

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.