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Mel Purcell #27 def. Steve Meister #510

6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Mar 13, 1981*
Tournament	Tampa
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-4 7-6
Loser	Steve Meister

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Steve Meister
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Apr 21, 1958
Age	21	22
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	510
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,846	1,524
Career W-L	190–164	30–63
Career earnings	$796,760	$233,795

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Steve Meister

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 1981	R32	Rodney Harmon	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1981	QF	Chris Mayotte	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Steve Meister's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 1981	R32	John Hayes	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data