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Mel Purcell#44 def. Tim Wilkison#84

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 1980*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Tim Wilkison

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Tim Wilkison
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Nov 23, 1959
Age	21	20
Height	178	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	44	84
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,679	1,659
Career W-L	190–164	294–298
Career earnings	$796,760	$1,278,210

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Tim Wilkison

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1980	R32	Deon Joubert	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1980	QF	Buster C Mottram	2-6 6-3 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Tim Wilkison's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1980	R32	Raymond Moore	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data