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Butch Walts #57 def. Marty Riessen #48

6-3 6-4

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Butch Walts	Marty 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

Butch Walts 0 – 0 Marty Riessen

Path

Butch Walts's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1979	SF	Tom Gorman	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1979	QF	Eliot Teltscher	7-6 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1979	R16	Bruce Manson	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1979	R32	Dick Stockton	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Butch Walts's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marty 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	Victor Amaya	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1979	R16	Tim Wilkison	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1979	R32	Ove Bengtson	7-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data