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Brian Gottfried #19 def. Mel Purcell #30

6-2 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 23, 1983*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Brian Gottfried
Score	6-2 6-3 7-5
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Gottfried	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Jul 18, 1959
Age	31	24
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	30
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,885	1,853
Career W-L	695–322	190–164
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Brian Gottfried 4 – 1 Mel Purcell

Path

Brian Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1983	SF	Stefan Edberg	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1983	QF	Michiel Schapers	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 1983	R16	Tim Wilkison	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1983	R32	Hans Simonsson	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Gottfried's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1983	SF	Anders Jarryd	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1983	QF	Peter Feigl	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 1983	R16	Scott Lipton	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1983	R32	Florin Segarceanu	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data