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Mel Purcell#33 def. Diego Perez#52

2-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 21, 1983*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Diego Perez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Diego Perez
Country	USA	URU
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Feb 9, 1962
Age	24	21
Height	178	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	33	52
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,787	1,741
Career W-L	190–164	195–213
Career earnings	$796,760	$1,042,224

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Diego Perez

Path

Mel Purcell's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1983	R16	Mario Martinez	4-6 7-6 6-1	L	—	Match data

Diego Perez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1983	R64	Juan Avendano	1-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data