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Butch Walts #272 def. Phil Dent #42

7-6 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 1976*
Tournament	Sydney Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Butch Walts
Score	7-6 2-6 6-3
Loser	Phil Dent

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Butch Walts	Phil Dent
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jun 4, 1955	Feb 14, 1950
Age	21	26
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	272	42
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,656	1,853
Career W-L	140–135	418–351
Career earnings	$454,343	—

Pre-match H2H

Butch Walts 0 – 0 Phil Dent

Path

Butch Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1976	R64	Eric Friedler	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Butch Walts's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1976	R16	Geoff Masters	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Phil Dent's path

No prior matches in this tournament.