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Chip Hooper #45 def. Mel Purcell #28

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 1982*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Chip Hooper
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Chip Hooper	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 24, 1958	Jul 18, 1959
Age	23	22
Height	198	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	45	28
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,719	1,906
Career W-L	104–119	190–164
Career earnings	$479,123	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Chip Hooper 0 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Chip Hooper's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1982	R32	Tim Gullikson	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data

Chip Hooper's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1982	QF	Buster C Mottram	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1982	R32	Junie Chatman	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data