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Mel Purcell #38 def. Chip Hooper #18

6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Apr 16, 1982*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-4 7-6
Loser	Chip Hooper

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Chip Hooper
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Oct 24, 1958
Age	22	23
Height	178	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	38	18
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,869	1,802
Career W-L	190–164	104–119
Career earnings	$796,760	$479,123

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 1 Chip Hooper

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 1982	R32	Russell Simpson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1982	QF	Bruce Manson	6-4 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Chip Hooper's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 1982	R32	Ilie Nastase	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data