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Mel Purcell #30 def. Fernando Luna #63

6-1 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 17, 1982*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-1 4-6 6-3
Loser	Fernando Luna

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Fernando Luna
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Apr 24, 1958
Age	22	24
Height	178	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	30	63
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,940	1,769
Career W-L	190–164	167–160
Career earnings	$796,760	$561,404

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Fernando Luna

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1982	QF	Ivan Lendl	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1982	R16	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1982	R32	Derek Tarr	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1982	R64	Alejandro Gattiker	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1982	F	Guillermo Vilas	4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Luna's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1982	QF	Alejandro Ganzabal	7-6 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1982	R16	Jim Delaney	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1982	R32	John Hayes	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1982	R64	Gonzalo Nunez	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data