Ray Ruffels

Ray Ruffels

Full name	Raymond Owen Ruffels
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	23 March 1946 Sydney, Australia
Turned pro	1968 (amateur tour from 1964)
Retired	1980
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	164–167 (Open era)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 27 (12 December 1976)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1968, 1969, 1975)
French Open	4R (1968)
Wimbledon	QF (1967)
US Open	4R (1966)
Doubles
Career record	219–137
Career titles	16
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	F (1978)
US Open	F (1978)

Raymond Owen "Ray" Ruffels (born 23 March 1946) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

Ruffels was an Australian Open semi-finalist in 1968, 1969 and 1975, and a quarter-finalist in 1970 and 1977.

In 1978, partnering with Billie Jean King in mixed doubles competition, Ruffels reached the final at Wimbledon and the US Open. He is currently living in Australia, where he was born and raised. After, he moved to California. In California Ray met Anna-Maria Fernandez. They started a family and had two children, Ryan and Gabriela. Ryan is an up-and-coming amateur Australian golfer.

Doubles titles (16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1970	Merion, US	Hard	Bill Bowrey	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	2.	1970	Phoenix, US	Hard	Dick Crealy	Jan Kodeš Charlie Pasarell	7–6, 6–3
Winner	3.	1970	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš	7–5, 6–2, 5–7, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	4.	1971	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bob Carmichael	Brian Fairlie Raymond Moore	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	1971	Tehran WCT, Iran	Clay	Bob Carmichael	John Newcombe Tony Roche	4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	1971	Washington WCT, US	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–7, 2–6
Winner	5.	1972	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Bob Carmichael	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	6.	1972	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Bob Carmichael	John Alexander Terry Addison	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	1974	Christchurch, New Zealand		Syd Ball	Ismail El Shafei Roscoe Tanner	W/O
Winner	7.	1975	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Bob Carmichael	Brian Fairlie Onny Parun	7–6, RET.
Winner	8.	1975	Baltimore WCT, US	Carpet	Dick Crealy	Ismail El Shafei Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–3
Winner	9.	1975	Dayton Indoor, US	Carpet	Allan Stone	Paul Gerken Brian Gottfried	7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	1975	Orlando WCT, US	Hard	Colin Dibley	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	1975	St. Louis, US	Clay	Colin Dibley	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	1976	Dayton, US	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Jaime Fillol Charlie Pasarell	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	12.	1976	Little Rock, US	Carpet	Syd Ball	Giuliano Pecci Haroon Rahim	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	13.	1976	Boston, US	Clay	Allan Stone	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	5.	1976	Bermuda	Clay	Dick Crealy	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	14.	1976	Bangalore, India	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Chiraid Mukherjea Bhanu Nunna	6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	6.	1977	La Costa WCT, US	Hard	Allan Stone	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 2–6
Winner	15.	1977	Perth, Australia	Hard	Allan Stone	Nick Saviano John Whitlinger	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	1977	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Allan Stone	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–7, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	16.	1977	Australian Open-2, Melbourne	Grass	Allan Stone	John Alexander Phil Dent	7–6, 7–6

External links

• Ray Ruffels at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ray Ruffels at the International Tennis Federation
• Ray Ruffels at the Davis Cup