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B. Walts#57 def. M. Riessen#48

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 1, 1979*
Tournament	Dayton
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	B. Walts
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	M. Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Walts	M. Riessen
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 4, 1955	Dec 4, 1941
Age	23	37
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	57	48
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,811	1,890
Career W-L	140–135	533–316
Career earnings	$454,343	$465

Pre-match H2H

B. Walts 0 – 0 M. Riessen

Path

B. Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1979	SF	T. Gorman	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1979	QF	E. Teltscher	7-6 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1979	R16	B. Manson	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1979	R32	D. Stockton	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Walts's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1979	SF	Tim Gullikson	6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data
Mar 31, 1979	QF	V. Amaya	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1979	R16	T. Wilkison	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1979	R32	O. Bengtson	7-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data