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Mel Purcell #21 def. Nduka Odizor #73

6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 30, 1984*
Tournament	Boca West
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	Nduka Odizor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Nduka Odizor
Country	USA	NGR
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Aug 9, 1958
Age	24	25
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	73
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,797	1,706
Career W-L	190–164	81–120
Career earnings	$796,760	$674,873

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Nduka Odizor

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1984	R32	Henri Leconte	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1984	QF	Jimmy Arias	2-6 7-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nduka Odizor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1984	R32	Balazs Taroczy	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data