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Mel Purcell #28 def. Kevin Curren #43

4-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 7, 1981*
Tournament	Forest Hills Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	4-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Kevin Curren

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Kevin Curren
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Mar 2, 1958
Age	21	23
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	28	43
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,888	1,774
Career W-L	190–164	339–238
Career earnings	$796,760	$3,054,423

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 1 Kevin Curren

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
May 8, 1981	R16	Fritz Buehning	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Curren's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1981	R64	Jose Luis Damiani	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data