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B. Walts#45 def. R. Simpson#90

6-7 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 1980*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	B. Walts
Score	6-7 7-5 6-2
Loser	R. Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Walts	R. Simpson
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Jun 4, 1955	Feb 22, 1954
Age	25	26
Height	193	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	45	90
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,839	1,615
Career W-L	140–135	131–195
Career earnings	$454,343	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

B. Walts 1 – 0 R. Simpson

Path

B. Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1980	R32	S. Krulevitz	1-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Walts's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1980	QF	E. Teltscher	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

R. Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1980	R32	E. Fromm	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data