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Mel Purcell #30 def. Peter Fleming #389

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 1983*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Peter Fleming

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Peter Fleming
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Jan 21, 1955
Age	24	28
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	30	389
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,833	1,713
Career W-L	190–164	224–214
Career earnings	$796,760	$1,986,799

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Peter Fleming

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1983	R64	Harold Solomon	7-5 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1983	R16	Jimmy Connors	4-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Peter Fleming's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1983	R64	Henrik Sundstrom	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data