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Mel Purcell #32 def. Christophe Roger-Vasselin #58

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 26, 1981*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Christophe Roger-Vasselin

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Jul 8, 1957
Age	21	23
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	32	58
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,717
Career W-L	190–164	90–128
Career earnings	$796,760	$8,937

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Christophe Roger-Vasselin

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1981	R64	Tim Gullikson	6-3 7-6	W	—	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1981	R16	Gene Mayer	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Christophe Roger-Vasselin's path

No prior matches in this tournament.