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Ferdi Taygan#246 def. Mel Purcell#27

6-3 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 11, 1982*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Ferdi Taygan
Score	6-3 3-6 6-2
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ferdi Taygan	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 5, 1956	Jul 18, 1959
Age	25	22
Height	173	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	246	27
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,599	1,906
Career W-L	74–121	190–164
Career earnings	$668,104	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Ferdi Taygan 1 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Ferdi Taygan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 1982	R64	Ben Testerman	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ferdi Taygan's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1982	R16	Buster C Mottram	RET	L	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

No prior matches in this tournament.