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Jimmy Connors#3 def. Butch Walts#44

6-3 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 30, 1980*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-3 6-1 6-3
Loser	Butch Walts

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Butch Walts
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jun 4, 1955
Age	27	25
Height	177	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	44
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,199	1,840
Career W-L	1,262–294	140–135
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$454,343

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 4 – 0 Butch Walts

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	Marcel Freeman	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1980	R32	Terry Moor	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Butch Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1980	R128	Brad Drewett	6-4 6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data