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John McEnroe#14 def. Butch Walts#52

6-1 6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-1 6-2 7-6
Loser	Butch Walts

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Butch Walts
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jun 4, 1955
Age	19	23
Height	180	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	52
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,985	1,764
Career W-L	833–189	140–135
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$454,343

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 1 – 1 Butch Walts

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Colin Dowdeswell	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Peter Fleming	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	Jaime Fillol	6-4 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Sherwood Stewart	7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1978	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-2 6-2 7-5	L	H2H	Match data

Butch Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1978	R16	Guillermo Vilas	6-4 7-6 4-6 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Wojtek Fibak	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1978	R64	Rick Fisher	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Gilles Moretton	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data