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Ivan Lendl#7 def. Mel Purcell#31

7-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 1980*
Tournament	Tokyo Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	7-6 6-1
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Jul 18, 1959
Age	20	21
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	31
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,174	1,769
Career W-L	1,051–229	190–164
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 0 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1980	QF	Peter Rennert	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1980	R16	Wolfgang Popp	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1980	R32	Tom Gullikson	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Oct 22, 1980	R64	Thierry Stevaux	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1980	F	Eliot Teltscher	3-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1980	QF	Terry Moor	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1980	R16	George Hardie	6-4 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1980	R32	Famiano Meneschincheri	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1980	R64	Robert Reininger	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data