Ray Ruffels

Ray Ruffels (born 23 March 1946) is a former professional tennis player.

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

In 1978, partnering with Billie Jean King in mixed doubles competition, Ruffels placed second at Wimbledon and third at the U.S. Open. He is currently living in Australia, where he was born and raised. After, he moved to California. In California Ray met AnnaMaria. They started a family and had two wonderful children. Today he lives with his wife AnnaMaria Ruffels and his two kids Ryan and Gabriela.

Doubles titles (16)

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

External links

• Davis Cup profile

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