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Mel Purcell#28 def. Roscoe Tanner#16

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 26, 1982*
Tournament	Monterrey
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Roscoe Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Oct 15, 1951
Age	22	30
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	28	16
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,892	1,928
Career W-L	190–164	595–298
Career earnings	$796,760	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 1 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1982	R32	Carlos Kirmayr	6-3 1-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1982	QF	Jimmy Connors	6-3 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1982	R32	Phil Dent	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data