R64 US Open 1980

Mel Purcell #42 def. Andres Gomez #56

6-3 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-4

Mel Purcell defeated Andres Gomez 6-3 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-4 in the 1980 US Open round of 64 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 30, 1980*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1980
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R64

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Andres Gomez
Country	USA	ECU
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Feb 27, 1960
Age	21	20
Height	178 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	42	56
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,723	1,792
Current career W-L	190–164	502–261
Current career earnings	$796,760	$4,385,130

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell #42 0 – 0 Andres Gomez #56

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stan Smith	7-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1980	R128

Mel Purcell's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yannick Noah #13	6-4 2-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1980	R32

Andres Gomez's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nick Saviano #74	6-3 6-3 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1980	R128