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Stefan Edberg#4 def. Mel Purcell#68

6-4 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 26, 1987*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	Stefan Edberg
Score	6-4 6-3 6-4
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Mel Purcell
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Jul 18, 1959
Age	21	27
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	68
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,107	1,673
Career W-L	744–246	190–164
Career earnings	$20,630,941	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg 0 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1987	R128	Stefan Eriksson	6-0 6-0 6-0	W	—	Match data

Stefan Edberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1987	R32	Matt Anger	7-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1987	R128	Stephen Botfield	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data