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Yannick Noah #39 def. Butch Walts #48

7-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date Sep 3, 1979*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Yannick Noah
Score7-6 6-3 6-2
Loser Butch Walts

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldYannick NoahButch Walts
Country FRA USA
Birth dateMay 18, 1960Jun 4, 1955
Age1924
Height194193
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)3948
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,8261,842
Career W-L456–194140–135
Career earnings$3,440,660$454,343
Pre-match H2H
Yannick Noah 0 0 Butch Walts

Path

Yannick Noah's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1979R64 Wojtek Fibak 6-4 6-4 7-6WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Pat Cramer 6-3 6-0 4-6 7-6WH2HMatch data

Yannick Noah's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 6, 1979R16 Johan Kriek 3-6 6-7 6-4 6-1 4-6LH2HMatch data

Butch Walts's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1979R64 Steve Krulevitz 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-0 6-2WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1979R128 Chris Lewis 6-3 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data