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Butch Walts #59 def. Steve Denton #403

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 22, 1981*
Tournament	Munich
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Butch Walts
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Steve Denton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Butch Walts	Steve Denton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 4, 1955	Sep 5, 1956
Age	25	24
Height	193	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	403
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,786	1,502
Career W-L	140–135	109–116
Career earnings	$454,343	$1,084,664

Pre-match H2H

Butch Walts 1 – 0 Steve Denton

Path

Butch Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1981	R32	Eddie Edwards	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Butch Walts's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1981	QF	Rolf Gehring	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Steve Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1981	R32	Denis Naegelen	6-0 7-6	W	H2H	Match data