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Bjorn Borg #1 def. Mel Purcell #27

6-4 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 26, 1981*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-4 6-1 6-3
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Mel Purcell
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 18, 1959
Age	25	21
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	27
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,343	1,897
Career W-L	608–143	190–164
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 0 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1981	R128	Peter Rennert	7-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1981	R32	Rolf Gehring	6-4 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1981	R128	Dale Collings	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data