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Emilio Sanchez #14 def. Mel Purcell #72

6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 17, 1987*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Emilio Sanchez
Score	6-0 6-1
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Emilio Sanchez	Mel Purcell
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	May 29, 1965	Jul 18, 1959
Age	21	27
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	72
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,815	1,670
Career W-L	402–272	190–164
Career earnings	$5,332,145	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Emilio Sanchez 2 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Emilio Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1987	R32	Sergio Casal	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Emilio Sanchez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1987	QF	Marian Vajda	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1987	R32	Paul Chaput	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data