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Brian Teacher #15 def. Mel Purcell #28

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date Apr 24, 1981*
Tournament Las Vegas
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Brian Teacher
Score6-4 6-1
Loser Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldBrian TeacherMel Purcell
Country USA USA
Birth dateDec 23, 1954Jul 18, 1959
Age2621
Height190178
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)1528
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9981,899
Career W-L338–237190–164
Career earnings$1,426,514$796,760
Pre-match H2H
Brian Teacher 0 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Brian Teacher's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 23, 1981R32 Bill Scanlon 6-1 6-3WH2HMatch data

Brian Teacher's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 25, 1981QF Vitas Gerulaitis 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch data

Mel Purcell's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 23, 1981R32 John Sadri 4-6 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data