Head to head
3
Hard
1
2
Clay
0
1
Grass
0
1
Carpet
0
John Newcombe's wins on the left · Ray Ruffels's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (8)
| 1976 | Sydney-1 | Hard | R64 | Ray Ruffels | 3-6 7-5 6-4 |
| 1975 | Australian Open | Grass | SF | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 7-6 |
| 1975 | Manila | Clay | R16 | John Newcombe | 7-6 4-6 6-4 |
| 1974 | Sydney-2 | Hard | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1972 | St. Louis WCT | Hard | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1972 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | R16 | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1971 | Barcelona WCT | Clay | R16 | John Newcombe | 4-6 6-4 6-0 |
| 1969 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | R32 | John Newcombe | 6-1 6-1 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.