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B. Teacher #15 def. M. Purcell #28

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 1981*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	B. Teacher
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	M. Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Teacher	M. Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 23, 1954	Jul 18, 1959
Age	26	21
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	28
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,998	1,899
Career W-L	338–237	190–164
Career earnings	$1,426,514	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

B. Teacher 0 – 0 M. Purcell

Path

B. Teacher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1981	R32	B. Scanlon	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

B. Teacher's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1981	QF	V. Gerulaitis	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

M. Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1981	R32	J. Sadri	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data