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Johan Kriek #53 def. Mel Purcell #145

6-7 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 1988*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Johan Kriek
Score	6-7 6-1 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	29	28
Height	175	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	53	145
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,713	1,546
Career W-L	380–223	190–164
Career earnings	$2,383,794	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Johan Kriek 2 – 2 Mel Purcell

Path

Johan Kriek's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Johan Kriek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1988	R16	Andres Gomez	7-5 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1988	R64	Eddie Edwards	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data