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Bob Giltinan v Ray Ruffels: stats compared | Lineball
Ruffels wins on sets lost. Giltinan’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Giltinan 207 matches, Ruffels 445 matches.
Giltinan has 1 title (one every 20 matches) to Ruffels’ 5 titles (one every 50 matches).
Ruffels averages 1.2 sets lost a match to Giltinan’s 1.5.
Ruffels has the better sets won %: 55.3 to Giltinan’s 47.8.
Winners’ edge: Ruffels’s team won 54%, Giltinan’s team won 45% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Ruffels has 445 matches across 12 seasons, Giltinan 207 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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.
0.11 total · best 1Titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
13.62,821 total · best 35Games wonper game14.16,271 total · best 42
47.8Sets won %55.3
48.9Games won %52.1
0.12 total · best 1Finalsper game0.09 total · best 1
1.3275 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5666 total · best 3
Head to head
14 matches since 19693
Grass · 4 matchesGiltinan 1Ruffels 3
Grand Slams · 1 matchGiltinan 0Ruffels 1
Last meetings
5 Jan 1976 · Auckland · Quarterfinal · GrassRuffels won 6-4 6-2 1-6 6-4
26 Dec 1975 · Australian Open · Round of 32 · GrassRuffels won 6-4 6-7 4-6 6-2 6-2
1 Mar 1971 · Auckland · Round of 16 · GrassGiltinan won 6-7 7-6 6-1 6-7 6-1
1 Dec 1969 · Brisbane · Quarterfinal · GrassRuffels won 6-1 3-6 8-10 6-3 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.5300 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.2539 total · best 3
14.32,950 total · best 37Games lostper game · lower is better13.05,770 total · best 46
0.365 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2108 total · best 3
0.242 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.269 total · best 1
0.13 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.16 total · best 1
–Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.18 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.16 total · best 1