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Jose Luis Damiani #48 def. Mel Purcell #28

6-3 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 21, 1981*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Jose Luis Damiani
Score	6-3 6-0
Loser	Mel Purcell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jose Luis Damiani	Mel Purcell
Country	URU	USA
Birth date	Nov 21, 1956	Jul 18, 1959
Age	24	21
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	48	28
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,629	1,880
Career W-L	50–64	190–164
Career earnings	—	$796,760

Pre-match H2H

Jose Luis Damiani 0 – 0 Mel Purcell

Path

Jose Luis Damiani's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1981	R64	Trey Waltke	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Luis Damiani's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1981	R16	Jose Luis Clerc	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mel Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1981	R64	Alejandro Pierola	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data