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Jose Luis Clerc#13 def. Mel Purcell#555

6-2 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Jose Luis Clerc
Score	6-2 7-6 6-4
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jose Luis Clerc	Mel Purcell
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Aug 16, 1958	Jul 18, 1959
Age	21	20
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	555
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,919	1,513
Career W-L	361–141	190–164
Career earnings	$1,987,036	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Jose Luis Clerc 0 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Jose Luis Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Bruce Nichols	6-1 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Luis Clerc's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	Robert Trogolo	4-6 6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Gilles Moretton	5-7 6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data