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Mel Purcell #145 def. Joakim Nystrom #17

6-4 4-6 3-6 6-0 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 1988*
Tournament	Key Biscayne
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-4 4-6 3-6 6-0 7-5
Loser	Joakim Nystrom

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Joakim Nystrom
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Feb 20, 1963
Age	28	25
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	145	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,572	1,866
Career W-L	190–164	257–136
Career earnings	$796,760	$2,067,447

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 3 Joakim Nystrom

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1988	R128	Guillermo Vilas	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1988	R32	Guy Forget	3-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Joakim Nystrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1988	R128	Eric Jelen	6-1 6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data