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Jimmy Connors #3 def. Mel Purcell #38

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1982*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 18, 1959
Age	29	22
Height	177	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	38
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,176	1,913
Career W-L	1,262–294	190–164
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 2 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1982	SF	Victor Amaya	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1982	QF	Tim Gullikson	6-3 7-6	W	—	Match data
Apr 16, 1982	R16	Ferdi Taygan	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 1982	R32	Harold Solomon	6-1 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1982	SF	Brian Teacher	1-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1982	QF	Bruce Manson	6-4 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1982	R16	Chip Hooper	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 1982	R32	Russell Simpson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data