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Mel Purcell #27 def. Jeff Borowiak #189

4-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 1981*
Tournament	Tampa
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Jeff Borowiak

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Jeff Borowiak
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Sep 25, 1949
Age	21	31
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	189
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,868	1,722
Career W-L	190–164	289–305
Career earnings	$796,760	$598

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Jeff Borowiak

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1981	SF	Tom Gullikson	6-4 7-6	W	—	Match data
Mar 14, 1981	QF	Chris Mayotte	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1981	R16	Steve Meister	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 1981	R32	Rodney Harmon	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jeff Borowiak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1981	SF	Butch Walts	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1981	QF	Robert Vant Hof	7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Mar 13, 1981	R16	Rick Fagel	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 1981	R32	Billy Martin	6-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data