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Mel Purcell#88 def. Yannick Noah#4

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 3, 1987*
Tournament	Chicago
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Yannick Noah

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Yannick Noah
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	May 18, 1960
Age	27	26
Height	178	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	88	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,644	2,048
Career W-L	190–164	456–194
Career earnings	$796,760	$3,440,660

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 3 Yannick Noah

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1987	R32	Barry Moir	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1987	QF	David Pate	7-5 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Yannick Noah's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1987	R32	Peter Lundgren	0-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data