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 reached the quarter finals of the 1978 US Open, beating defending champion Guillermo Vilas before losing to John McEnroe. 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. In 1981 Walts overcame testicular cancer and had surgery and chemotherapy.
Career finals Singles: 5 (4 titles / 1 runner-up) ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Feb 1976 Boca Raton, US Hard Cliff Richey 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 2–0 Oct 1977 San Francisco, US Carpet Brian Gottfried 4–6, 6–3, 7–5Win 3–0 Apr 1979 Dayton, US Carpet Marty Riessen 6–3, 6–4Win 4–0 Nov 1979 Bologna, Italy Carpet Gianni Ocleppo 6–3, 6–2Loss 4–1 Nov 1983 Ferrara, Italy Carpet Thomas Högstedt 4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 23 (15 titles / 8 runner-ups) ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Feb 1976 Boca Raton, US Hard Bruce Manson Vitas Gerulaitis Clark Graebner 2–6, 4–6Win 1–1 Nov 1976 Hong Kong Hard Hank Pfister Anand Amritraj Ilie Năstase 6–4, 6–2Win 2–1 Feb 1977 Dayton, US Carpet Hank Pfister Jeff Borowiak Andrew Pattison 6–4, 7–6Loss 2–2 Apr 1978 Dayton, US Carpet Hank Pfister Brian Gottfried Geoff Masters 3–6, 4–6Win 3–2 Aug 1978 Atlanta, US Hard John Alexander Mike Cahill Marcello Lara 3–6, 6–4, 7–6Win 4–2 Nov 1978 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet Sherwood Stewart Mark Edmondson John Marks 6–2, 6–7, 7–6Loss 4–3 Mar 1980 Frankfurt, Germany Carpet Andrew Pattison Vijay Amritraj Stan Smith 7–6, 2–6, 2–6Loss 4–4 Mar 1980 Milan, Italy Carpet Andrew Pattison Peter Fleming John McEnroe 2–6, 7–6, 2–6Win 5–4 Apr 1980 Los Angeles, US Hard Brian Teacher Anand Amritraj John Austin 6–2, 6–4Loss 5–5 Jun 1980 Surbiton, U.K. Grass Andrew Pattison Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 13–15Win 6–5 Jul 1980 Newport, US Grass Andrew Pattison Fritz Buehning Peter Rennert 7–6, 6–4Win 7–5 Aug 1980 Atlanta, US Hard Tom Gullikson Anand Amritraj John Austin 6–7, 7–6, 7–5Win 8–5 Nov 1980 Bologna, Italy Carpet Balázs Taróczy Steve Denton Paul McNamee 2–6, 6–3, 6–0Win 9–5 Mar 1981 Denver, US Carpet Andrew Pattison Mel Purcell Dick Stockton 6–3, 6–4Win 10–5 Mar 1981 Tampa, US Hard Bernard Mitton David Carter Paul Kronk 6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win 11–5 Apr 1981 Frankfurt, Germany Carpet Brian Teacher Vitas Gerulaitis John McEnroe 7–5, 6–7, 7–5Win 12–5 Apr 1981 Los Angeles, US Hard Tom Gullikson John McEnroe Ferdi Taygan 6–4, 6–4Win 13–5 Nov 1983 Ferrara, Italy Carpet Bernard Mitton Stanislav Birner Stefan Simonsson 7–6, 0–6, 6–3Loss 13–6 Nov 1983 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Bernard Mitton Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil 7–5, 5–7, 4–6Win 14–6 Feb 1984 La Quinta, US Hard Bernard Mitton Scott Davis Ferdi Taygan 5–7, 6–3, 6–2Loss 14–7 May 1984 Florence, Italy Clay Bernard Mitton Mark Dickson Chip Hooper 6–7, 6–4, 5–7Loss 14–8 Jun 1984 London/Queen's, UK Grass Bernard Mitton Pat Cash Paul McNamee 4–6, 3–6Win 15–8 Sep 1984 Honolulu, US Hard Gary Donnelly Mark Dickson Mike Leach 7–6, 6–4
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