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Butch Walts #396 def. John Whitlinger #98

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date Feb 7, 1976*
Tournament Boca Raton
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundSF
Winner Butch Walts
Score7-5 6-3
Loser John Whitlinger

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldButch WaltsJohn Whitlinger
Country USA USA
Birth dateJun 4, 1955Feb 4, 1954
Age2022
Height193180
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)39698
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,5421,630
Career W-L140–13545–77
Career earnings$454,343
Pre-match H2H
Butch Walts 0 0 John Whitlinger

Path

Butch Walts's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 7, 1976QF Colin Dibley 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
Feb 6, 1976R16 Victor Amaya 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Feb 5, 1976R32 Alex Metreveli 6-2 6-1WMatch data

Butch Walts's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 8, 1976F Cliff Richey 3-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data

John Whitlinger's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 7, 1976QF Jimmy Connors 2-6 DEFWH2HMatch data
Feb 6, 1976R16 Milan Holecek 7-5 1-6 6-1WH2HMatch data
Feb 5, 1976R32 Ashok Amritraj 6-0 6-2WMatch data