Fitzgibbon v Ruffels

ATP Tour career

Herb FitzgibbonUnited States83 games · 1968–1973Most games won

Ray RuffelsAustralia445 games · 1968–1979

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Ray Ruffels takes it, 5–2 on categories

Ruffels wins on games lost. Fitzgibbon’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Fitzgibbon 83 matches, Ruffels 445 matches.

Fitzgibbon averages 14.9 games won a match to Ruffels’ 14.1 (6% more).
Ruffels averages 13 games lost a match to Fitzgibbon’s 14.
Longevity: Ruffels has 445 matches across 12 seasons, Fitzgibbon 83 in 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, masters/1000 matches, davis/bjk cup 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.

0.01 total · best 1Titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
14.91,234 total · best 35Games wonper game14.16,271 total · best 42
53.1Sets won %55.3
51.5Games won %52.1
0.13 total · best 1Finalsper game0.09 total · best 1
1.4119 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5666 total · best 3

Head to head

13 matches
since 19682

Clay · 3 matchesFitzgibbon 1Ruffels 2

Last meetings

6 May 1968 · Rome · Round of 32 · ClayRuffels won 4-6 6-4 0-6 6-2 6-2
8 Apr 1968 · Tampa · Quarterfinal · ClayFitzgibbon won 8-6 6-2
4 Mar 1968 · Barranquilla · Round of 16 · ClayRuffels won 6-4 1-6 6-3

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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