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Mel Purcell #30 def. Derek Tarr #200

6-1 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 15, 1982*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-1 3-6 6-3
Loser	Derek Tarr

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Derek Tarr
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Sep 15, 1959
Age	22	22
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	30	200
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,897	1,476
Career W-L	190–164	18–40
Career earnings	$796,760	$128,284

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Derek Tarr

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 16, 1982	R16	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Derek Tarr's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1982	R64	Maurice Hunter	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data