Ruffels v Newcombe
ATP Tour career
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John Newcombe takes it, 8–1 on categories
Newcombe wins on titles. Ruffels’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Ruffels 445 matches, Newcombe 773 matches.
- Newcombe has 42 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Ruffels’ 5 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Newcombe averages 17.2 games won a match to Ruffels’ 14.1 (22% more).
- Newcombe averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Ruffels’ 1.2.
- Winners’ edge: Newcombe’s team won 72%, Ruffels’s team won 54% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Newcombe has 773 matches across 14 seasons, Ruffels 445 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.05 total · best 1Titlesper game0.142 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
- 14.16,271 total · best 42Games wonper game17.213,301 total · best 83
- 55.3Sets won %67.0
- 52.1Games won %54.6
- 0.09 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
18 matches
since 19697
since 19697
- Hard · 4 matchesRuffels 1Newcombe 3
- Clay · 2 matchesRuffels 0Newcombe 2
- Grass · 1 matchRuffels 0Newcombe 1
- Carpet · 1 matchRuffels 0Newcombe 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchRuffels 0Newcombe 1
Last meetings
- 18 Oct 1976 · Sydney Indoor · Round of 64 · HardRuffels won 3-6 7-5 6-4
- 26 Dec 1975 · Australian Open · Semifinal · GrassNewcombe won 6-4 6-4 7-6
- 27 Oct 1975 · Manila · Round of 16 · ClayNewcombe won 7-6 4-6 6-4
- 14 Oct 1974 · Sydney Indoor · Round of 32 · HardNewcombe won 6-4 6-4
- 26 June 1972 · St. Louis WCT · Round of 32 · HardNewcombe won 6-2 7-6
- 2 Feb 1972 · Richmond WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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