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Mark Dickson #96 def. Mel Purcell #30

6-3 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1983*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Mark Dickson
Score	6-3 6-2 6-4
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Dickson	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 8, 1959	Jul 18, 1959
Age	23	24
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	96	30
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,717	1,846
Career W-L	128–118	190–164
Career earnings	$686,138	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Mark Dickson 0 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Mark Dickson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1983	R128	Stefan Simonsson	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Dickson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1983	R32	Danie Visser	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1983	R128	Randy Druz	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data