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Steve Denton#12 def. Mel Purcell#30

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 1983*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Steve Denton
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steve Denton	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 5, 1956	Jul 18, 1959
Age	26	23
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	30
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,872	1,779
Career W-L	109–116	190–164
Career earnings	$1,084,664	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Steve Denton 1 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Steve Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1983	R32	Thomas Hogstedt	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Steve Denton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 1983	QF	Jimmy Connors	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1983	R32	Mike Bauer	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data