Ray Ruffels

Ray Ruffels
Ray Ruffels (1981)
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	March 23, 1946
1st professional season:	1968
Resignation:	1980
Playing hand:	left, one-handed backhand
singles
Career record:	164: 167
Career title:	6th
Highest ranking:	27 (December 12 1976)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	219: 137
Career title:	16
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Raymond Owen "Ray" Ruffels (born March 23, 1946 in Sydney ) is a former Australian tennis player .

Career

At the Australian Open he reached the semi-finals in 1968, 1969 and 1975, and the quarter-finals in 1970 and 1977. In 1978 he reached the finals at Wimbledon and at the US Open in mixed - together with partner Billie Jean King . Double.

He currently resides in Australia, where he was born and raised before moving to California . There he met Anna Maria, with whom he has two children, Ryan and Gabriela. Ryan is an aspiring amateur golfer.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	August 30, 1970	Merion	race	Jaime Fillol	6: 3, 7: 6, 6: 3
2.	October 31, 1976	Perth	Hard court	Phil Dent	6: 0, 4: 6, 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	1970	Merion	Hard court	Bill Bowrey	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
2.	1970	Phoenix	Hard court	Dick Crealy	Jan Kodeš Charlie Pasarell	7: 6, 6: 3
3.	1970	Buenos Aires	sand	Bob Carmichael	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	7: 5, 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 7, 6: 3
4th	1971	Auckland	Hard court	Bob Carmichael	Brian Fairlie Raymond Moore	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
5.	1972	Toronto WCT	carpet	Bob Carmichael	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
6th	1972	Quebec WCT	Hall	Bob Carmichael	John Alexander Terry Addison	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
7th	1975	Auckland	race	Bob Carmichael	Brian Fairlie Onny Parun	7: 6, exercise
8th.	1975	Baltimore WCT	carpet	Dick Crealy	Ismail El Shafei Frew McMillan	6: 4, 6: 3
9.	1975	Dayton Indoor	carpet	Allan Stone	Paul Gerken Brian Gottfried	7: 6, 7: 5
10.	1975	St. Louis	sand	Colin Dibley	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6: 4, 6: 4
11.	1976	Dayton	carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Jaime Fillol Charlie Pasarell	6: 2, 3: 6, 7: 5
12.	1976	Little rock	carpet	Syd ball	Giuliano Pecci Haroon Rahim	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3
13.	1976	Boston	sand	Allan Stone	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
14th	1976	Bangalore	sand	Bob Carmichael	Chiraid Mukherjea Bhanu Nunna	6: 2, 7: 6
15th	1977	Perth	Hard court	Allan Stone	Nick Saviano John Whitlinger	6: 2, 6: 1
16.	1977	Australian Open	race	Allan Stone	John Alexander Phil Dent	7: 6, 7: 6

Web links

• ATP profile of Ray Ruffels (English)
• ITF profile of Ray Ruffels (English)