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Mel Purcell #24 def. Mark Edmondson #79

3-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 10, 1981*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Mark Edmondson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Mark Edmondson
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Jun 24, 1954
Age	21	26
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	79
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,892	1,804
Career W-L	190–164	244–231
Career earnings	$796,760	$1,451,680

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Mark Edmondson

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1981	R32	Hans Gildemeister	6-3 7-6	W	—	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1981	QF	Bruce Manson	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mark Edmondson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1981	R32	Ricardo Ycaza	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data