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Kevin Curren#10 def. Mel Purcell#254

6-4 6-7 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 6, 1986*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Kevin Curren
Score	6-4 6-7 6-1
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Curren	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 2, 1958	Jul 18, 1959
Age	27	26
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	254
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,906	1,720
Career W-L	339–238	190–164
Career earnings	$3,054,423	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Curren 2 – 1 Mel Purcell

Path

Kevin Curren's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Kevin Curren's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1986	R16	David Pate	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1986	R64	Robert Seguso	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data