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Mel Purcell#245 def. Eddie Dibbs#8

6-1 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 24, 1980*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-1 7-6
Loser	Eddie Dibbs

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Eddie Dibbs
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Feb 23, 1951
Age	21	29
Height	178	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	245	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,521	2,018
Career W-L	190–164	607–264
Career earnings	$796,760	$2,016,426

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Eddie Dibbs

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1980	R64	Howard Schoenfield	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1980	R16	Ricardo Ycaza	6-2 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Eddie Dibbs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1980	R64	Nick Saviano	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data