R16 Salisbury 1976

Vitas Gerulaitis def. Butch Walts

6-1 6-4

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Butch Walts 6-1 6-4 in the 1976 Salisbury round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 18, 1976*
Tournament: Salisbury
Edition: 1976
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	Butch Walts
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jun 4, 1955
Age	21	20
Height	183 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,970	1,612
Current career W-L	528–234	140–135
Current career earnings	$2,778,748	$454,343

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 0 – 0 Butch Walts

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Andrews	7-6 6-7 6-3	W	—	Match data	Feb 17, 1976	R32
Dave Kanter	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 1976	R64

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Haroon Rahim	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 19, 1976	QF

Butch Walts's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Clark Graebner	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 1976	R32