Butch Walts

Butch Walts

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona
Born	(1955-06-04) June 4, 1955 Modesto, California
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Turned pro	1975
Retired	1984
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$454,343
Singles
Career record	137–134
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 32 (April 23, 1979)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	1R (1979)
Wimbledon	2R (1977)
US Open	QF (1978)
Doubles
Career record	172–146
Career titles	15
Highest ranking	No. 23 (June 18, 1984)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (1984)
Wimbledon	2R (1977)
US Open	QF (1980)
Last updated on: December 10, 2012.

Butch Walts (born June 4, 1955), is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

During his career Walts won 4 singles titles and 15 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 32 in 1979 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 23 in 1984.

Singles titles (4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1976	Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Richey	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	1977	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	3.	1979	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	1979	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Gianni Ocleppo	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	1983	Ferrara, Italy	Carpet	Thomas Högstedt	4–6, 4–6

Doubles titles (15)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1976	Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Bruce Manson	Vitas Gerulaitis Clark Graebner	2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1976	Hong Kong	Hard	Hank Pfister	Anand Amritraj Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	1977	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Hank Pfister	Jeff Borowiak Andrew Pattison	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	2.	1978	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Hank Pfister	Brian Gottfried Geoff Masters	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1978	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	John Alexander	Mike Cahill Marcello Lara	3–6, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	4.	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	1980	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Andrew Pattison	Vijay Amritraj Stan Smith	7–6, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	1980	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Andrew Pattison	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	1980	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Brian Teacher	Anand Amritraj John Austin	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Andrew Pattison	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 13–15
Winner	6.	1980	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Andrew Pattison	Fritz Buehning Peter Rennert	7–6, 6–4
Winner	7.	1980	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Tom Gullikson	Anand Amritraj John Austin	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Winner	8.	1980	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Steve Denton Paul McNamee	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	9.	1981	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Andrew Pattison	Mel Purcell Dick Stockton	6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	1981	Tampa, U.S.	Hard	Bernard Mitton	David Carter Paul Kronk	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	11.	1981	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Brian Teacher	Vitas Gerulaitis John McEnroe	7–5, 6–7, 7–5
Winner	12.	1981	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Tom Gullikson	John McEnroe Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–4
Winner	13.	1983	Ferrara, Italy	Carpet	Bernard Mitton	Stanislav Birner Stefan Simonsson	7–6, 0–6, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	1983	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Bernard Mitton	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	14.	1984	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Scott Davis Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	1984	Florence, Italy	Clay	Bernard Mitton	Mark Dickson Chip Hooper	6–7, 6–4, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	1984	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Bernard Mitton	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	4–6, 3–6
Winner	15.	1984	Honolulu, U.S.	Hard	Gary Donnelly	Mark Dickson Mike Leach	7–6, 6–4

External links

• Butch Walts at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Butch Walts at the International Tennis Federation