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Yannick Noah#13 def. Mel Purcell#42

4-6 6-2 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date Sep 1, 1980*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Yannick Noah
Score4-6 6-2 6-4 6-4
Loser Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldYannick NoahMel Purcell
Country FRA USA
Birth dateMay 18, 1960Jul 18, 1959
Age2021
Height194178
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)1342
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9721,750
Career W-L456–194190–164
Career earnings$3,440,660$796,760
Pre-match H2H
Yannick Noah 0 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Yannick Noah's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1980R64 Bruce Manson 6-7 7-6 6-0 6-2WH2HMatch data
Aug 28, 1980R128 David Schneider 6-1 6-0 6-3WH2HMatch data

Yannick Noah's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 4, 1980R16 Bjorn Borg 6-3 6-3 6-0LH2HMatch data

Mel Purcell's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1980R64 Andres Gomez 6-3 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 28, 1980R128 Stan Smith 7-6 6-4 6-0WMatch data