Guillermo Vilas #3 def. Mel Purcell #30

6-4 6-0

Guillermo Vilas defeated Mel Purcell 6-4 6-0 in the 1982 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 18, 1982*
Tournament: U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Edition: 1982
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	Mel Purcell
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Jul 18, 1959
Age	29	23
Height	180 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	30
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,188	1,950
Current career W-L	890–283	190–164
Current career earnings	$4,923,882	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas #3 1 – 0 Mel Purcell #30

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yannick Noah #14	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1982	SF
Eric Fromm	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1982	QF
Tom Cain	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 1982	R16
Craig Wittus	3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 1982	R32
Brad Drewett	3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 14, 1982	R64

Guillermo Vilas's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mel Purcell's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Luna #63	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1982	SF
Ivan Lendl #4	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1982	QF
Harold Solomon #88	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 1982	R16
Derek Tarr	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 1982	R32
Alejandro Gattiker	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 14, 1982	R64