Mel Purcell

🏳️ USARight-handed178 cm1959-07-18 (67 yrs)Career high: No. 21 (1980-11-03)

202–171Win–Loss

54.2%Win %

3Titles

Surface	W	L	%
Clay	97	70	58.1%
Hard	75	59	56.0%
Carpet	22	33	40.0%
Grass	8	9	47.1%

Season by season

Year	W	L	Titles	%
1989	2	4	0	33.3%
1988	5	7	0	41.7%
1987	12	23	0	34.3%
1986	16	17	0	48.5%
1985	6	9	0	40.0%
1984	20	21	0	48.8%
1983	30	25	0	54.5%
1982	38	24	0	61.3%
1981	50	21	3	70.4%
1980	19	13	0	59.4%
1979	4	5	0	44.4%
1978	0	2	0	0.0%

Ranking history

Matches

Date	Tournament	Round	W/L	Opponent	Opp. rank	Score
1987-02-09	Memphis	R64	L	Sergio Casal	55	6-3 2-6 6-3
1987-02-02	Philadelphia	R32	L	John McEnroe	15	6-2 6-1
1987-02-02	Philadelphia	R64	W	Christo Steyn	67	6-3 6-1
1986-11-17	Houston	R32	L	Derrick Rostagno	86	6-4 5-7 6-1
1986-11-10	Wembley	R32	L	Christo Steyn	51	6-4 3-6 6-4
1986-11-03	Stockholm	R64	L	Pat Cash	38	4-6 6-2 6-1
1986-10-06	Scottsdale	R32	L	Todd Witsken	59	3-6 6-3 6-2
1986-09-22	Barcelona	R64	L	Tarik Benhabiles	109	6-4 6-2
1986-09-15	Hamburg	QF	L	Emilio Sanchez	18	6-2 6-1
1986-09-15	Hamburg	R16	W	Horacio De La Pena	39	6-3 6-3
1986-09-15	Hamburg	R32	W	Boris Becker	2	7-5 2-6 7-6
1986-09-15	Hamburg	R64	W	Alex Stepanek	241	6-3 6-4
1986-09-08	Geneva	R16	L	Martin Wostenholme	130	6-2 6-1
1986-09-08	Geneva	R32	W	Nelson Aerts	189	6-1 3-6 6-2
1986-08-26	US Open	R32	L	Aaron Krickstein	38	6-3 6-2 6-1
1986-08-26	US Open	R64	W	Bob Green	95	6-3 6-4 6-2
1986-08-26	US Open	R128	W	Slobodan Zivojinovic	26	6-4 6-2 6-1
1986-08-18	Cincinnati	R32	L	Jonathan Canter	40	6-4 7-6
1986-08-18	Cincinnati	R64	W	Mark Woodforde	96	6-0 6-1
1986-08-04	Raleigh CH	F	L	Jimmy Brown	92	7-6 6-3
1986-08-04	Raleigh CH	SF	W	Jim Gurfein	208	7-5 6-4
1986-08-04	Raleigh CH	QF	W	Richard Matuszewski	277	6-4 6-1
1986-08-04	Raleigh CH	R16	W	Paul Chamberlin	289	7-5 6-0
1986-08-04	Raleigh CH	R32	W	Phillip Tuckniss	463	6-1 6-2
1986-07-28	Washington	R64	L	Christo Steyn	63	6-4 3-6 6-4
1986-07-21	Boston	R64	L	Jimmy Brown	90	6-3 6-3
1986-05-05	Forest Hills	R64	L	Paul Mcnamee	28	2-6 6-2 7-5
1986-04-28	Indianapolis	R16	L	Martin Jaite	19	6-0 6-1
1986-04-28	Indianapolis	R32	W	Glenn Layendecker	88	6-2 4-6 6-1
1986-04-28	Indianapolis	R64	W	Jonathan Canter	45	6-2 4-6 6-4
1986-03-31	Atlanta	R16	L	Brad Gilbert	11	6-4 6-4
1986-03-31	Atlanta	R32	W	Peter Fleming	146	4-6 6-4 7-6
1986-02-10	Boca West	R64	L	Tim Wilkison	41	6-4 6-3
1986-02-10	Boca West	R128	W	Slobodan Zivojinovic	33	6-2 6-4
1986-02-03	Memphis	R32	L	Kevin Curren	10	6-4 6-7 6-1
1986-02-03	Memphis	R64	W	Robert Seguso	50	7-5 6-0
1985-08-27	US Open	R64	L	Heinz Gunthardt	47	5-7 6-2 6-1 6-2
1985-08-27	US Open	R128	W	Libor Pimek	46	6-3 6-4 6-2
1985-08-19	Cincinnati	R64	L	Joakim Nystrom	11	2-6 6-3 7-6
1985-08-05	Stratton Mountain	R32	L	Bob Green	64	6-1 6-4
1985-08-05	Stratton Mountain	R64	W	Tim Gullikson	176	7-6 6-3
1985-07-22	Indianapolis	R64	L	Lawson Duncan	56	6-1 7-5
1985-07-15	Washington	R64	L	Mark Dickson	50	6-1 6-3
1985-06-24	Wimbledon	R128	L	Ivan Lendl	2	6-4 7-6 7-6
1985-04-01	Chicago	R32	L	Yannick Noah	14	6-3 6-2
1985-03-25	Fort Myers	R16	L	Scott Davis	17	6-2 6-1
1985-03-25	Fort Myers	R32	W	Tim Gullikson	131	6-4 6-3
1985-01-21	Philadelphia	QF	L	Jimmy Connors	2	6-4 7-6
1985-01-21	Philadelphia	R16	W	Ben Testerman	22	7-6 3-6 6-4
1985-01-21	Philadelphia	R32	W	Jimmy Arias	14	6-7 6-4 6-4

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