H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

Joakim Nystrom vs Mel Purcell H2H: 3-1

Joakim Nystrom holds a 3–1 lead over Mel Purcell in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Joakim Nystrom leads 2–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Mel Purcell won the 1988 Miami Open round of 64 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-0 7-5.

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Joakim Nystrom

SWE Age 63 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H

3 – 1

4 main draw meetings

Mel Purcell

USA Age 67 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Mel Purcell #145	6-4 4-6 3-6 6-0 7-5	Joakim Nystrom #17	Match data	Mar 16, 1988*	R64	Miami Open	ATP 500	Hard
Joakim Nystrom #11	2-6 6-3 7-6	Mel Purcell #95	Match data	Aug 21, 1985*	R64	Cincinnati Open	ATP 500	Hard
Joakim Nystrom #8	6-3 6-3	Mel Purcell #66	Match data	Nov 1, 1984*	R32	Stockholm Open	ATP 250	Hard
Joakim Nystrom	6-3 7-5	Mel Purcell #32	Match data	May 19, 1983*	R32	Munich Open	ATP 250	Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Joakim Nystrom	#977	#7	54	2,121	257	136	65.4%	0	0	0	0	13	13
Mel Purcell	#673	#21	21	1,992	190	164	53.7%	0	0	0	0	3	3

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age	Joakim Nystrom							Mel Purcell
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
17	1980	0–1	0.0%	#440	1,492	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	1981	13–12	52.0%	#69	1,645	0	0	1978	0–2	0.0%	#555	1,474	0	0
19	1982	9–14	39.1%	#98	1,617	0	0	1979	2–4	33.3%	#245	1,509	0	0
20	1983	26–12	68.4%	#27	1,867	0	1	1980	19–13	59.4%	#27	1,743	0	0
21	1984	56–20	73.7%	#11	1,969	0	5	1981	48–20	70.6%	#24	1,916	0	3
22	1985	50–21	70.4%	#11	1,943	0	7	1982	38–24	61.3%	#28	1,838	0	3
23	1986	55–17	76.4%	#7	1,926	0	12	1983	30–25	54.5%	#28	1,771	0	3
24	1987	33–16	67.3%	#16	1,879	0	13	1984	20–21	48.8%	#67	1,703	0	3
25	1988	13–15	46.4%	#69	1,730	0	13	1985	6–9	40.0%	#129	1,706	0	3
26	1989	2–8	20.0%	#331	1,607	0	13	1986	12–16	42.9%	#72	1,650	0	3
27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1987	12–23	34.3%	#140	1,529	0	3
28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1988	3–6	33.3%	#268	1,538	0	3
29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1989	0–1	0.0%	#504	1,525	0	3

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age	Joakim Nystrom																	Mel Purcell
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
17	1980	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	1981	1	1	2	50.0%	10	7	17	58.8%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1978	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1982	0	3	3	0.0%	9	8	17	52.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1979	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	1983	5	4	9	55.6%	12	7	19	63.2%	9	1	10	90.0%	—	—	—	—	1980	7	5	12	58.3%	12	5	17	70.6%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
21	1984	20	4	24	83.3%	30	10	40	75.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	1981	20	3	23	87.0%	20	11	31	64.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	5	12	58.3%
22	1985	14	6	20	70.0%	23	7	30	76.7%	4	2	6	66.7%	9	6	15	60.0%	1982	14	8	22	63.6%	20	8	28	71.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%
23	1986	15	3	18	83.3%	20	8	28	71.4%	2	1	3	66.7%	18	5	23	78.3%	1983	9	8	17	52.9%	16	11	27	59.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
24	1987	4	4	8	50.0%	22	8	30	73.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	3	8	62.5%	1984	9	7	16	56.3%	8	8	16	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	4	6	33.3%
25	1988	1	4	5	20.0%	10	9	19	52.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	1985	3	4	7	42.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%
26	1989	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1986	4	5	9	44.4%	6	7	13	46.2%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1987	1	11	12	8.3%	6	7	13	46.2%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1988	3	2	5	60.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—
29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1989	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	60	31	91	65.9%	138	70	208	66.3%	23	12	35	65.7%	36	23	59	61.0%	—	71	57	128	55.5%	89	65	154	57.8%	8	9	17	47.1%	22	33	55	40.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age	Joakim Nystrom																Mel Purcell
Age	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
17	1980	1492	101.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	1981	1645	133.9	—	—	—	—	-78	+23	-103	46.8%	-0.24	5–1 (83%)	0–5 (0%)	—	-0.49	1978	1475	97.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.80	0–1	0–1	—	+0.28
19	1982	1618	133.1	—	—	—	—	-103	+115	—	43.5%	-0.32	2–4 (33%)	4–6 (40%)	—	-0.22	1979	1509	112.5	—	—	—	—	+27	+9	—	37.5%	-0.56	0–1	0–1	—	-0.34
20	1983	1868	149.9	—	—	—	—	-235	-70	-111	63.6%	+0.95	10–5 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	—	+0.17	1980	1744	150.1	—	—	—	—	-128	-24	—	56.8%	+0.69	4–5 (44%)	2–2 (50%)	—	-1.39
21	1984	1969	153.9	—	—	—	—	-39	-15	-234	65.1%	+0.98	19–4 (83%)	15–8 (65%)	—	-0.15	1981	1916	153.0	—	—	—	—	+9	-97	—	62.5%	+0.92	16–6 (73%)	7–4 (64%)	—	-2.73
22	1985	1943	156.7	—	—	—	—	+8	+26	-150	65.8%	+1.19	12–9 (57%)	12–5 (71%)	—	+0.33	1982	1838	155.1	—	—	—	—	-35	+108	—	60.0%	+0.68	6–5 (55%)	7–5 (58%)	—	-5.38
23	1986	1926	163.8	—	—	—	—	+108	+4	-113	70.2%	+1.58	13–7 (65%)	11–5 (69%)	—	-0.15	1983	1771	144.5	—	—	—	—	-61	+111	-55	54.8%	+0.29	8–13 (38%)	9–4 (69%)	—	+0.37
24	1987	1880	153.1	—	—	—	—	-25	+138	-78	62.8%	+0.97	9–5 (64%)	9–5 (64%)	—	-0.40	1984	1703	139.2	—	—	—	—	+12	+119	-31	49.5%	-0.08	7–8 (47%)	5–6 (45%)	—	-1.17
25	1988	1730	133.0	—	—	—	—	+3	+142	+66	47.5%	+0.11	5–3 (63%)	3–6 (33%)	—	-1.25	1985	1706	132.0	—	—	—	—	+24	—	—	39.5%	-0.89	3–1 (75%)	3–5 (38%)	—	-2.09
26	1989	1608	95.3	—	—	—	—	+49	+152	—	30.8%	-1.92	1–3 (25%)	—	—	+0.53	1986	1650	128.8	—	—	—	—	+22	+75	—	46.5%	-0.25	5–7 (42%)	3–1 (75%)	—	-1.07
27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1987	1530	132.0	—	—	—	—	+26	+134	+149	38.6%	-0.47	3–6 (33%)	2–5 (29%)	—	0.00
28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1988	1538	115.3	—	—	—	—	+78	+54	—	40.7%	-0.78	1–2 (33%)	3–0 (100%)	—	-0.36
29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1989	1526	103.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.00	—	0–1	—	-0.07
Career	—	2121	156.2	—	—	—	—	+2	+44	-117	60.9%	+0.82	76–41 (65%)	57–41 (58%)	108.6	-0.43	—	1993	150.0	—	—	—	—	-13	+49	+19	52.7%	+0.23	53–55 (49%)	41–35 (54%)	100.0	-3.94

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

Joakim Nystrom's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mats Wilander	1	12	13	Aug 1, 1987	H2H
Anders Jarryd	4	6	10	Aug 31, 1988	H2H
Henrik Sundstrom	3	5	8	Jun 24, 1987	H2H
Ivan Lendl	1	6	7	Apr 23, 1988	H2H
Miloslav Mecir	2	5	7	Sep 6, 1986	H2H

Mel Purcell's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ivan Lendl	1	7	8	Oct 1, 1987	H2H
Tim Wilkison	3	5	8	Feb 12, 1986	H2H
Jimmy Connors	0	6	6	Jun 8, 1988	H2H
Brian Gottfried	1	5	6	Oct 23, 1983	H2H
Jose Luis Clerc	0	6	6	Aug 8, 1982	H2H