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

Roscoe Tanner vs Ray Ruffels H2H: 1-2

Ray Ruffels holds a 2–1 lead over Roscoe Tanner in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Ray Ruffels leads 2–0 on clay, while Roscoe Tanner leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Roscoe Tanner won the 1974 Christchurch final 6-4 6-2.

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Roscoe Tanner

USA Age 74 Left-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H

1 – 2

3 main draw meetings

Ray Ruffels

AUS Age 80 Right-Handed

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Roscoe Tanner	6-4 6-2	Ray Ruffels	Match data	Nov 2, 1974*	F	Christchurch	ATP 250	Grass
Ray Ruffels	10-8 2-6 7-5	Roscoe Tanner	Match data	Jul 29, 1970*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP 250	Clay
Ray Ruffels	10-8 2-6 7-5	Roscoe Tanner	Match data	Jul 29, 1970*	R64	Indianapolis	ATP 250	Clay

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
Roscoe Tanner	#789	#4	0	2,162	592	294	66.8%	1	0	0	0	16	17
Ray Ruffels	#482	#27	0	1,905	246	205	54.5%	0	0	0	0	5	5

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	Roscoe Tanner							Ray Ruffels
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
17	1969	0–2	0.0%	—	1,479	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	1970	0–9	0.0%	—	1,416	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1971	16–10	61.5%	—	1,706	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1972	29–14	67.4%	—	1,910	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	1973	45–30	60.0%	#24	1,837	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1974	65–27	70.7%	#14	1,963	0	2	1968	41–19	68.3%	—	1,721	0	1
23	1975	65–23	73.9%	#9	1,972	0	5	1969	35–21	62.5%	—	1,757	0	2
24	1976	70–28	71.4%	#11	2,018	0	9	1970	35–22	61.4%	—	1,785	0	3
25	1977	52–30	63.4%	#13	1,889	1	11	1971	32–32	50.0%	—	1,826	0	3
26	1978	57–22	72.2%	#11	1,940	1	13	1972	19–22	46.3%	—	1,797	0	4
27	1979	61–19	76.2%	#5	2,032	1	15	1973	1–1	50.0%	#141	1,777	0	4
28	1980	42–16	72.4%	#13	1,996	1	16	1974	17–18	48.6%	#76	1,756	0	4
29	1981	51–22	69.9%	#12	1,925	1	17	1975	16–22	42.1%	#112	1,713	0	4
30	1982	20–17	54.1%	#43	1,785	1	17	1976	34–20	63.0%	#27	1,791	0	5
31	1983	16–13	55.2%	#36	1,874	1	17	1977	12–17	41.4%	#79	1,702	0	5
32	1984	3–11	21.4%	#249	1,680	1	17	1978	3–6	33.3%	#279	1,620	0	5
33	1985	0–1	0.0%	#794	1,662	1	17	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	Roscoe Tanner																	Ray Ruffels
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
17	1969	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	1970	0	4	4	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1971	10	5	15	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1972	9	3	12	75.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	9	3	12	75.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	1973	12	8	20	60.0%	15	9	24	62.5%	3	4	7	42.9%	15	9	24	62.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1974	30	11	41	73.2%	8	7	15	53.3%	17	3	20	85.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	1968	3	3	6	50.0%	17	9	26	65.4%	21	6	27	77.8%	0	1	1	0.0%
23	1975	27	7	34	79.4%	16	8	24	66.7%	9	2	11	81.8%	13	6	19	68.4%	1969	3	4	7	42.9%	6	5	11	54.5%	25	10	35	71.4%	1	2	3	33.3%
24	1976	22	10	32	68.8%	22	6	28	78.6%	10	3	13	76.9%	16	9	25	64.0%	1970	6	7	13	46.2%	9	6	15	60.0%	20	7	27	74.1%	0	2	2	0.0%
25	1977	8	6	14	57.1%	16	9	25	64.0%	22	6	28	78.6%	6	9	15	40.0%	1971	8	9	17	47.1%	14	11	25	56.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	6	7	13	46.2%
26	1978	19	8	27	70.4%	6	3	9	66.7%	7	2	9	77.8%	25	9	34	73.5%	1972	5	7	12	41.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	7	1	8	87.5%	3	10	13	23.1%
27	1979	21	5	26	80.8%	5	2	7	71.4%	10	2	12	83.3%	25	10	35	71.4%	1973	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	1980	14	6	20	70.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	2	14	85.7%	16	7	23	69.6%	1974	4	5	9	44.4%	3	2	5	60.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	3	7	10	30.0%
29	1981	19	8	27	70.4%	1	1	2	50.0%	10	5	15	66.7%	21	8	29	72.4%	1975	3	8	11	27.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	7	4	11	63.6%	5	5	10	50.0%
30	1982	10	8	18	55.6%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	6	7	13	46.2%	1976	16	6	22	72.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	9	5	14	64.3%	6	5	11	54.5%
31	1983	7	5	12	58.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	1977	2	5	7	28.6%	2	2	4	50.0%	8	8	16	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
32	1984	1	8	9	11.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1978	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—
33	1985	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1979	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—
Career	—	209	102	311	67.2%	99	59	158	62.7%	121	42	163	74.2%	163	91	254	64.2%	—	51	56	107	47.7%	61	49	110	55.5%	110	58	168	65.5%	24	42	66	36.4%

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	Roscoe Tanner																Ray Ruffels
Age	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
17	1969	1479	102.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.6%	-1.14	0–1	—	—	-0.17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	1970	1417	113.2	—	—	—	—	+103	+73	—	13.6%	-1.45	0–2	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1971	1706	127.5	—	—	—	—	-2	-129	-172	56.9%	+0.31	6–2 (75%)	5–4 (56%)	—	-0.17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1972	1910	135.7	—	—	—	—	-21	-296	-167	59.5%	+0.43	11–3 (79%)	14–8 (64%)	—	-0.27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	1973	1838	144.5	—	—	—	—	+53	-90	-106	56.7%	+0.51	11–10 (52%)	15–15 (50%)	—	-3.40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1974	1963	154.0	—	—	—	—	-10	-226	+137	65.9%	+1.12	16–13 (55%)	15–17 (47%)	—	-2.27	1968	1721	125.7	—	—	—	—	-212	-127	+147	64.1%	+1.22	7–5 (58%)	—	—	+3.54
23	1975	1972	153.3	—	—	—	—	+62	-153	+164	67.7%	+1.19	19–14 (58%)	17–14 (55%)	—	-0.74	1969	1757	128.5	—	—	—	—	-210	-159	+156	58.9%	+0.65	3–5 (38%)	—	—	+3.43
24	1976	2018	159.4	—	—	—	—	+24	-49	+104	66.7%	+1.29	18–11 (62%)	18–20 (47%)	—	-2.11	1970	1785	133.3	—	—	—	—	-187	-80	+164	58.6%	+0.31	9–9 (50%)	8–3 (73%)	—	-1.28
25	1977	1890	153.2	—	—	—	—	-1	+22	+206	62.7%	+0.94	13–18 (42%)	11–12 (48%)	—	-0.49	1971	1826	146.5	—	—	—	—	-57	-12	+37	52.6%	+0.14	11–9 (55%)	12–9 (57%)	—	-7.83
26	1978	1941	160.3	—	—	—	—	+36	-25	+162	67.2%	+1.20	10–8 (56%)	23–10 (70%)	—	-1.59	1972	1798	141.9	—	—	—	—	-97	+17	+138	52.0%	+0.14	7–5 (58%)	4–5 (44%)	—	-4.35
27	1979	2032	164.1	—	—	—	—	+32	-91	+131	71.3%	+1.27	13–8 (62%)	22–14 (61%)	—	-3.91	1973	1778	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+0.03
28	1980	1997	154.8	—	—	—	—	+23	—	+198	70.9%	+1.29	6–10 (38%)	17–5 (77%)	—	-1.79	1974	1757	135.8	—	—	—	—	-100	+47	+162	45.8%	-0.10	8–3 (73%)	8–4 (67%)	—	-1.39
29	1981	1926	156.1	—	—	—	—	+117	—	+82	66.0%	+1.02	14–9 (61%)	19–13 (59%)	—	-0.51	1975	1714	143.7	—	—	—	—	-30	-20	+159	50.5%	+0.31	3–11 (21%)	9–11 (45%)	—	-1.61
30	1982	1786	138.8	—	—	—	—	+4	—	+208	51.5%	-0.01	9–6 (60%)	10–12 (45%)	—	-2.07	1976	1792	139.1	—	—	—	—	+77	-171	+107	61.3%	+0.85	12–9 (57%)	8–12 (40%)	—	+5.63
31	1983	1874	146.4	—	—	—	—	-44	—	+125	53.4%	+0.14	7–5 (58%)	11–7 (61%)	—	-4.29	1977	1703	119.9	—	—	—	—	-6	-71	+90	49.4%	-0.08	2–9 (18%)	8–4 (67%)	—	+1.49
32	1984	1681	120.1	—	—	—	—	-28	—	—	25.8%	-1.52	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.69	1978	1621	105.7	—	—	—	—	—	+20	+87	39.1%	-0.57	0–2	—	—	+0.98
33	1985	1662	99.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	1–0	—	+0.08	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	—	2162	157.4	—	—	—	—	+30	-96	+112	63.1%	+0.88	155–123 (56%)	200–155 (56%)	99.8	-2.84	—	1906	139.6	—	—	—	—	-63	-70	+135	55.3%	+0.40	62–69 (47%)	58–49 (54%)	99.8	-0.07

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.

Roscoe Tanner's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jimmy Connors	4	17	21	Aug 22, 1984	H2H
Bjorn Borg	4	12	16	Sep 12, 1981	H2H
Brian Teacher	11	3	14	Mar 29, 1984	H2H
Dick Stockton	9	4	13	Sep 23, 1982	H2H
Raul Ramirez	4	9	13	Feb 20, 1982	H2H

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