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Butch Seewagen

USA Age 80 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1981

Butch Seewagen represented the United States on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 87. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 63–82 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

87 (Oct 15, 1973)

Elo peak

1675 (49th percentile)

Singles record

63–82 (43.4%)

Singles titles

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Butch Seewagen's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Dick Stockton	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 31, 1981*	R32	South Orange	ATP 250	Clay
Hans Gildemeister	3-6 6-7	L	—	Match data	Aug 17, 1978*	R32	Canadian Open	ATP 500	Clay
Guillermo Vilas #2	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 2, 1978*	R32	South Orange	ATP 250	Clay
Rod Frawley	6-1 4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 1, 1978*	R64	Louisville	ATP 250	Clay
Harold Solomon #12	6-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 1978*	R16	Cincinnati Open	ATP 250	Clay

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Butch Seewagen's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Dick Stockton	0	3	3	Jul 31, 1981	H2H
Colin Dibley	0	3	3	Jun 8, 1977	H2H
Frew Mcmillan	0	3	3	Aug 15, 1973	H2H
Jan Kodes	1	2	3	Sep 4, 1972	H2H
Patricio Cornejo	1	2	3	Aug 5, 1971	H2H

Career Results

Butch Seewagen career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	22	6	8	14	42.9%	—	—
1969	23	8	6	14	57.1%	—	—
1970	24	10	12	22	45.5%	—	—
1971	25	9	9	18	50.0%	—	—
1972	26	10	11	21	47.6%	—	—
1973	27	7	15	22	31.8%	106	96
1974	28	1	4	5	20.0%	96	200
1976	30	3	3	6	50.0%	183	183
1977	31	7	9	16	43.8%	191	191
1978	32	2	4	6	33.3%	147	227
1981	35	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		63	82	145	43.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Butch Seewagen career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	22	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—	—	—	6	8	14	42.9%
1969	23	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	7	4	11	63.6%	—	—	—	—	8	6	14	57.1%
1970	24	0	2	2	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	12	22	45.5%
1971	25	3	3	6	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	9	9	18	50.0%
1972	26	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	10	11	21	47.6%
1973	27	1	6	7	14.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	15	22	31.8%
1974	28	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1976	30	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1977	31	—	—	—	—	5	6	11	45.5%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	7	9	16	43.8%
1978	32	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1981	35	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	6	13	19	31.6%	25	35	60	41.7%	30	29	59	50.8%	2	5	7	28.6%	63	82	145	43.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Butch Seewagen career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1974	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	31	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	0	0	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%
1978	32	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	0	0	—	—	4	12	16	25.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 16/145 (11.0%) of Butch Seewagen's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Butch Seewagen advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	22	1482	104.8	—	—	—	—	—	+37	-14	45.5%	-0.03	0–1	—	—	-0.07
1969	23	1533	111.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	+17	58.8%	+0.47	3–3 (50%)	—	—	+0.89
1970	24	1570	121.9	—	—	—	—	-51	+32	0	44.0%	-0.68	0–4 (0%)	1–1	—	-0.45
1971	25	1607	104.0	—	—	—	—	-93	-9	-23	45.7%	-0.26	2–2 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	96.8	+1.36
1972	26	1663	115.8	—	—	—	—	-110	-60	-40	49.1%	-0.38	2–5 (29%)	4–1 (80%)	100.7	-0.55
1973	27	1594	102.1	—	—	—	—	-67	-48	+23	39.3%	-1.27	2–8 (20%)	3–1 (75%)	93.9	+0.58
1974	28	1568	107.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	+30	31.3%	-0.75	0–1	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.05
1976	30	1593	110.3	—	—	—	—	—	-32	—	46.7%	+0.07	1–1	0–2	—	+0.27
1977	31	1607	120.1	—	—	—	—	—	-16	-25	46.2%	-0.41	2–4 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	99.7	+0.42
1978	32	1598	128.6	—	—	—	—	—	-5	—	38.5%	0.00	0–1	1–3 (25%)	—	-0.11
1981	35	1585	100.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.01
Career		1675	118.6	—	—	—	—	-83	-12	-6	45.1%	-0.45	12–30 (29%)	13–17 (43%)	88.3	+1.68

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Butch Seewagen Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	22	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1969	23	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1970	24	R128	R128	R64	0–3 (0%)
1971	25	—	R128	R32	2–2 (50%)
1972	26	—	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1973	27	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1974	28	—	R128	R64	1–2 (33%)
1976	30	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1977	31	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	6–8 (43%)	7–14 (33%)

ATP 500

Butch Seewagen ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	CAN	W-L Win %
1971	25	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1978	32	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)

ATP 250

Butch Seewagen ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	CIN	EAS	HAM	HOU	NAP	NWP	WAS	BAL	BEC	BER	BOS	BOS	BRE	CED	COL	COL	HAM	HAV	LOU	MAN	MER	MIL	NEW	NOR	EAS	OMA	PHI	ROA	SAL	SOU	SOU	TAN	CAN	W-L Win %
1968	22	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	6–7 (46%)
1969	23	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	8–5 (62%)
1970	24	R32	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	8–8 (50%)
1971	25	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	6–6 (50%)
1972	26	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	8–8 (50%)
1973	27	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R16	R64	R16	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	R64	R16	—	R32	—	6–14 (30%)
1974	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1976	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1977	31	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	7–8 (47%)
1978	32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1981	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–7 (46%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	6–3 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	8–8 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	53–64 (45%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Oct 15, 1973

First Top 100

Sep 17, 1973

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Butch Seewagen ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	106	100	87	95	96
1974	28	—	—	96	96	93	197	134	155	205	—	202	200
1975	29	205	—	228	235	247	249	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	183
1977	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	191	—	—	—	—	—
1978	32	144	—	—	—	—	—	150	—	—	—	—	227
1982	36	826	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Butch Seewagen's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Attila Korpas	GER	#87	1,658	74	32	42	43.2%	—	0	1968–1976	Rivalries	Match log
Szabolcz Baranyi	HUN	#94	1,736	126	55	71	43.7%	—	0	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Pavel Hutka	CZE	#84	1,657	102	39	63	38.2%	—	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
John James	AUS	#81	1,682	242	98	144	40.5%	$2,210	0	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
J. Mandarino	BRA	#81	1,714	185	86	99	46.5%	$172	0	1968–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Jim Mcmanus	USA	#90	1,727	351	131	220	37.3%	—	0	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Louk Sanders	NED	#86	1,646	126	47	79	37.3%	—	0	1972–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Terry Rocavert	AUS	#92	1,630	98	37	61	37.8%	—	0	1975–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Jun Kamiwazumi	JPN	#78	1,624	163	64	99	39.3%	—	0	1968–1984	Rivalries	Match log
John Paish	GBR	#80	1,690	111	43	68	38.7%	—	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Tom Edlefsen	USA	#94	1,739	254	109	145	42.9%	—	2	1968–1975	Rivalries	Match log
Michael Grant	USA	#88	1,568	46	15	31	32.6%	$12,600	0	1974–1981	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Butch Seewagen?: Butch Seewagen is 80 years old, born on June 13, 1946.
Which country does Butch Seewagen represent?: Butch Seewagen represents United States in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Butch Seewagen?: Butch Seewagen is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Butch Seewagen left-handed or right-handed?: Butch Seewagen plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Butch Seewagen won?: Butch Seewagen has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Butch Seewagen won?: TennisDB does not group any of Butch Seewagen's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Butch Seewagen's highest ATP ranking?: Butch Seewagen's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 87, first achieved on October 15, 1973.
What is Butch Seewagen's career win-loss record?: Butch Seewagen has a career ATP singles record of 63 wins and 82 losses (43.4%).
Which seasons of Butch Seewagen's career appear in TennisDB?: Butch Seewagen appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1981.
On which surface does Butch Seewagen have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Butch Seewagen's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 50.8% (30–29).
Who has Butch Seewagen faced most often?: Butch Seewagen's most frequent opponent is Dick Stockton, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.