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Brad Gilbert#11 def. Mel Purcell#231

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 4, 1986*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Brad Gilbert
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brad Gilbert	Mel Purcell
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1961	Jul 18, 1959
Age	24	26
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	231
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,959	1,733
Career W-L	502–275	190–164
Career earnings	$5,507,973	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Brad Gilbert 0 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Brad Gilbert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1986	R32	Ricardo Acuna	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Brad Gilbert's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1986	QF	David Pate	2-6 6-3 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1986	R32	Peter Fleming	4-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data