Horacio de la Pena #49 def. Mel Purcell #64

6-3 6-4 6-3

Horacio de la Pena defeated Mel Purcell 6-3 6-4 6-3 in the 1987 Roland Garros round of 64 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 29, 1987*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 1987
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Round: R64

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Horacio de la Pena	Mel Purcell
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 1, 1966	Jul 18, 1959
Age	20	27
Height	180 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	49	64
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,792	1,671
Current career W-L	185–173	190–164
Current career earnings	$1,234,768	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Horacio de la Pena #49 0 – 1 Mel Purcell #64

Path

Horacio de la Pena's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John McEnroe #7	4-6 6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1987	R128

Horacio de la Pena's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Emilio Sanchez #19	3-6 3-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1987	R32

Mel Purcell's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sammy Giammalva Jr	4-6 6-0 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data	May 27, 1987	R128