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Pat Dupre#23 def. Mel Purcell#555

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 17, 1979*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Pat Dupre
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pat Dupre	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 16, 1954	Jul 18, 1959
Age	24	19
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	555
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,910	1,493
Career W-L	179–198	190–164
Career earnings	$533,743	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Pat Dupre 0 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Pat Dupre's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1979	R64	Ben Testerman	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pat Dupre's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1979	R16	Jose Higueras	6-3 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1979	R64	Deon Joubert	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data