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Butch Walts #44 def. Ken Rosewall #61

6-2 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 9, 1979*
Tournament	Hong Kong
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Butch Walts
Score	6-2 5-7 6-4
Loser	Ken Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Butch Walts	Ken Rosewall
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jun 4, 1955	Nov 2, 1934
Age	24	45
Height	193	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	44	61
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,817	1,777
Career W-L	140–135	541–195
Career earnings	$454,343	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

Butch Walts 0 – 0 Ken Rosewall

Path

Butch Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1979	R32	Rod Frawley	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Butch Walts's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 10, 1979	QF	Jimmy Connors	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1979	R32	Mike Cahill	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data