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M. Purcell#31 def. S. Mayer#48

6-4 4-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Feb 19, 1981*
Tournament	La Quinta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	M. Purcell
Score	6-4 4-6 6-0
Loser	S. Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Purcell	S. Mayer
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Apr 5, 1952
Age	21	28
Height	178	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	31	48
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,770	1,848
Career W-L	190–164	372–206
Career earnings	$796,760	$1,057,783

Pre-match H2H

M. Purcell 0 – 0 S. Mayer

Path

M. Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1981	R64	P. Rennert	5-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

M. Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1981	R16	B. Gottfried	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

S. Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1981	R64	J. Alexander	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data