Head to head
0
Hard
3
1
Clay
1
0
Grass
6
0
Carpet
3
Ray Ruffels's wins on the left · Arthur Ashe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (14)
| 1978 | Sydney-2 | Grass | R64 | Arthur Ashe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1976 | Indianapolis WCT | Carpet | SF | Arthur Ashe | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1974 | Tucson | Hard | R64 | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1972 | Fort Worth WCT | Hard | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1971 | Toronto WCT | Clay | R32 | Ray Ruffels | 6-3 3-6 7-6 |
| 1971 | Dallas WCT | Carpet | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 6-0 6-1 |
| 1971 | Chicago WCT | Carpet | QF | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1971 | Australian Open | Grass | R32 | Arthur Ashe | 6-4 6-1 6-7 0-6 7-5 |
| 1970 | Berkeley | Hard | R16 | Arthur Ashe | 3-6 6-3 6-1 |
| 1970 | Australian Open | Grass | QF | Arthur Ashe | 6-8 6-3 6-4 6-2 |
| 1969 | St. Petersburg | Clay | QF | Arthur Ashe | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1969 | Melbourne | Grass | SF | Arthur Ashe | 6-2 6-4 6-4 |
| 1968 | Davis Cup WG CR: AUS vs USA | Grass | RR | Arthur Ashe | 6-8 7-5 6-3 6-3 |
| 1968 | Brisbane | Grass | SF | Arthur Ashe | 8-6 6-4 6-8 8-6 |
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.