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Gene Mayer #56 def. Butch Walts #74

5-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1979*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Gene Mayer
Score	5-0 (ret.)
Loser	Butch Walts

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gene Mayer	Butch Walts
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Apr 11, 1956	Jun 4, 1955
Age	22	23
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	56	74
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,749	1,734
Career W-L	311–159	140–135
Career earnings	$1,382,422	$454,343

Pre-match H2H

Gene Mayer 2 – 0 Butch Walts

Path

Gene Mayer's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Gene Mayer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1979	R16	Yannick Noah	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Butch Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1979	R64	Guillermo Vilas	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data