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Mel Purcell #26 def. Jan Gunnarsson #143

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 8, 1983*
Tournament	Gstaad
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Jan Gunnarsson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Jan Gunnarsson
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	May 30, 1962
Age	23	21
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	143
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,780	1,659
Career W-L	190–164	190–203
Career earnings	$796,760	$1,285,040

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Jan Gunnarsson

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1983	R32	David Carter	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1983	QF	Jose Higueras	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Gunnarsson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1983	R32	Bernard Fritz	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data