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P. Walthall#322 def. R. Simpson#109

2-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 4, 1978*
Tournament	Tulsa
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	P. Walthall
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	R. Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	P. Walthall	R. Simpson
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Jan 1, 1950	Feb 22, 1954
Age	28	24
Height	—	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	322	109
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,491	1,490
Career W-L	8–20	131–195
Career earnings	—	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

P. Walthall 0 – 0 R. Simpson

Path

P. Walthall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1978	R32	S. Menon	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

P. Walthall's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1978	QF	S. Docherty	4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

R. Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1978	R32	N. Saviano	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data