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Jonathan Canter#110 def. Mel Purcell#85

6-2 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 20, 1987*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Jonathan Canter
Score	6-2 3-6 6-1
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jonathan Canter	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 4, 1965	Jul 18, 1959
Age	22	28
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	110	85
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,627	1,624
Career W-L	68–96	190–164
Career earnings	$474,516	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Jonathan Canter 1 – 1 Mel Purcell

Path

Jonathan Canter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1987	R64	Henri Leconte	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jonathan Canter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1987	R16	Nduka Odizor	6-4 7-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1987	R64	Gary Donnelly	6-7 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data