Career
Bud Collins ranked Lutz as World Number. 7 in 1972. Between 1967 and 1977 he was ranked among the top-10 American players 8 times, with his highest ranking being Number. 5 in both 1968 and 1970.
His doubles titles include the United States Open in 1980, 1978, 1974, and 1968, the Australian Open in 1970 and Cincinnati in 1969.
In addition, he also played on 5 winning Davis Cup teams and had a 14-2 record playing doubles in Davis Cup ties. Lutz, a University of Southern California graduate, was inducted into their Hall of Fame.