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Butch Walts #45 def. Russell Simpson #90

6-7 7-5 6-2

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Butch Walts	Russell 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

Butch Walts 1 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

Butch Walts's path

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

Butch Walts's next match

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

Russell Simpson's path

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