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Mel Purcell #245 def. Mario Martinez

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 4, 1980
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Mario Martinez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Mario Martinez
Country	USA	BOL
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Sep 12, 1961
Age	21	18
Height	178	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	—
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	245	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,659	1,578
Career W-L	190–164	—
Career earnings	$796,760	$2,102

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 1 – 0 Mario Martinez

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1980	QF	Wojtek Fibak	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1980	R16	Harold Solomon	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1980	R32	Hank Pfister	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1980	R64	Pascal Portes	6-0 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1980	F	Jose Luis Clerc	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mario Martinez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1980	QF	Eddie Dibbs	7-6 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 4, 1980	R16	Jose Luis Damiani	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 4, 1980	R64	Jan Kodes	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data