Butch Walts

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 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W-L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	1976	Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cliff Richey	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	1977	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	3–0	1979	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–0	1979	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Gianni Ocleppo	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–1	1983	Ferrara, Italy	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Thomas Högstedt	4–6, 4–6

Doubles (15 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1976	Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	1976	Hong Kong	Hard	Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–1	1977	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	Template:Flagicon Jeff Borowiak Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	6–4, 7–6
Loss	2–2	1978	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Geoff Masters	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	1978	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Alexander	Template:Flagicon Mike Cahill Template:Flagicon Marcello Lara	3–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	4–2	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon John Marks	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	4–3	1980	Frankfurt, West Germany	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	7–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	4–4	1980	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	2–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win	5–4	1980	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon John Austin	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–5	1980	Surbiton, U.K.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 13–15
Win	6–5	1980	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning Template:Flagicon Peter Rennert	7–6, 6–4
Win	7–5	1980	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon John Austin	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Win	8–5	1980	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win	9–5	1981	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	Template:Flagicon Mel Purcell Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–5	1981	Tampa, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	Template:Flagicon David Carter Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	11–5	1981	Frankfurt, West Germany	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	7–5, 6–7, 7–5
Win	12–5	1981	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–4
Win	13–5	1983	Ferrara, Italy	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Birner Template:Flagicon Stefan Simonsson	7–6, 0–6, 6–3
Loss	13–6	1983	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win	14–6	1984	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	14–7	1984	Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	Template:Flagicon Mark Dickson Template:Flagicon Chip Hooper	6–7, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	14–8	1984	London/Queen's Club, U.K.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee	4–6, 3–6
Win	15–8	1984	Honolulu, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	Template:Flagicon Mark Dickson Template:Flagicon Mike Leach	7–6, 6–4

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