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Mel Purcell #32 def. Colin Dibley #99

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 6, 1981*
Tournament	Denver
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Colin Dibley

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Colin Dibley
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Sep 19, 1944
Age	21	36
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	32	99
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,817	1,635
Career W-L	190–164	338–310
Career earnings	$796,760	—

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Colin Dibley

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 1981	R32	Richard Meyer	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1981	QF	Terry Moor	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Colin Dibley's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 1981	R32	Jaime Fillol	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data