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M. Purcell #28 def. F. Buehning #34

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 8, 1981*
Tournament	Forest Hills Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	M. Purcell
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	F. Buehning

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Purcell	F. Buehning
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Mar 5, 1960
Age	21	21
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	28	34
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,899	1,876
Career W-L	190–164	113–121
Career earnings	$796,760	$608,506

Pre-match H2H

M. Purcell 0 – 0 F. Buehning

Path

M. Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1981	R32	K. Curren	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1981	QF	V. Pecci	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

F. Buehning's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1981	R32	V. Gerulaitis	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data