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Butch Walts #396 def. Cliff Richey #32

3-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 8, 1976*
Tournament	Boca Raton
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Butch Walts
Score	3-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Cliff Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Butch Walts	Cliff Richey
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 4, 1955	Dec 31, 1946
Age	20	29
Height	193	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	396	32
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,562	1,871
Career W-L	140–135	488–224
Career earnings	$454,343	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

Butch Walts 0 – 0 Cliff Richey

Path

Butch Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1976	SF	John Whitlinger	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1976	QF	Colin Dibley	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1976	R16	Victor Amaya	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1976	R32	Alex Metreveli	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data

Butch Walts's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1976	SF	Haroon Rahim	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1976	QF	Victor Pecci	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1976	R16	Jeff Austin	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
Feb 5, 1976	R32	Ian Crookenden	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data