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Johan Kriek #8 def. Mel Purcell #26

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 29, 1982*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Johan Kriek
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Johan Kriek	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Apr 5, 1958	Jul 18, 1959
Age	24	22
Height	175	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	26
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,997	1,925
Career W-L	380–223	190–164
Career earnings	$2,383,794	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Johan Kriek 0 – 2 Mel Purcell

Path

Johan Kriek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1982	R32	Dick Stockton	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Johan Kriek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1982	QF	Gene Mayer	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1982	R32	Carlos Kirmayr	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data