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Mel Purcell#56 def. Brian Teacher#34

4-6 7-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 23, 1984*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	4-6 7-6 7-5
Loser	Brian Teacher

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Brian Teacher
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Dec 23, 1954
Age	25	29
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	56	34
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,735	1,813
Career W-L	190–164	338–237
Career earnings	$796,760	$1,426,514

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 1 – 1 Brian Teacher

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1984	R64	Francisco Gonzalez	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1984	R16	Dan Cassidy	7-6 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Brian Teacher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1984	R64	Colin Dowdeswell	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data