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Brian Fairlie v Ray Ruffels: stats compared | Lineball
Ruffels wins on games won. Fairlie’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Fairlie 459 matches, Ruffels 445 matches.
Ruffels averages 14.1 games won a match to Fairlie’s 12.4 (14% more).
Ruffels averages 1.5 sets won a match to Fairlie’s 1.3 (15% more).
Fairlie averages 11.7 games lost a match to Ruffels’ 13.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 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.
0.03 total · best 1Titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
12.45,674 total · best 31Games wonper game14.16,271 total · best 42
52.5Sets won %55.3
51.4Games won %52.1
0.08 total · best 1Finalsper game0.09 total · best 1
1.3603 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5666 total · best 3
Head to head
58 matches since 19693
Grass · 4 matchesFairlie 3Ruffels 1
Clay · 2 matchesFairlie 1Ruffels 1
Carpet · 1 matchFairlie 0Ruffels 1
Hard · 1 matchFairlie 1Ruffels 0
Grand Slams · 1 matchFairlie 1Ruffels 0
Finals · 1 matchFairlie 1Ruffels 0
Last meetings
13 June 1977 · London / Queen's Club · Round of 64 · GrassFairlie won 6-3 4-6 6-4
15 Nov 1976 · Manila · Final · ClayFairlie won 7-5 6-7 7-6
5 Jan 1976 · Auckland · Semifinal · GrassFairlie won 5-7 7-6 6-4 6-1
8 Nov 1971 · Bologna WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetRuffels won 6-2 6-2
12 July 1971 · Washington WCT · Round of 64 · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.2546 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.2539 total · best 3
11.75,365 total · best 29Games lostper game · lower is better13.05,770 total · best 46
0.3122 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2108 total · best 3
0.140 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.269 total · best 1
0.18 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.16 total · best 1
0.17 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.18 total · best 1
0.03 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.16 total · best 1
Ruffels won 7-5 6-2
2 Sept 1970 · US Open · Round of 32 · GrassFairlie won 4-6 6-7 6-2 6-0 7-5
17 Aug 1970 · Merion · Semifinal · GrassRuffels won 6-3 6-3 7-6
31 Mar 1969 · San Juan · Round of 32 · HardFairlie won 6-3 6-1