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Ben Testerman#194 def. Mel Purcell#26

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 9, 1984*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Ben Testerman
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ben Testerman	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 2, 1962	Jul 18, 1959
Age	22	24
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	194	26
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,615	1,770
Career W-L	87–102	190–164
Career earnings	$371,244	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Ben Testerman 0 – 1 Mel Purcell

Path

Ben Testerman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 1984	R64	Bernie Mitton	6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Testerman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 1984	R16	Kevin Curren	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

No prior matches in this tournament.