R128 US Open 1981

Mel Purcell #28 def. Ilie Nastase #78

3-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3

Mel Purcell defeated Ilie Nastase 3-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1981 US Open round of 128 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 3, 1981*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1981
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R128

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

Field	Mel Purcell	Ilie Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Jul 18, 1959	Jul 19, 1946
Age	22	35
Height	178 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	28	78
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,948	1,680
Current career W-L	190–164	860–330
Current career earnings	$796,760	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Mel Purcell #28 0 – 0 Ilie Nastase #78

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