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Mel Purcell #21 def. Tom Cain #219

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 22, 1982*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Mel Purcell
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Tom Cain

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Tom Cain
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Oct 11, 1958
Age	23	23
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	219
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,945	1,578
Career W-L	190–164	43–67
Career earnings	$796,760	$139,482

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell 0 – 0 Tom Cain

Path

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1982	R64	Pender Murphy	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1982	R16	Van Winitsky	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tom Cain's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1982	R64	Georges Goven	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data