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Brian Gottfried vs Mel Purcell Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Brian Gottfried seasons:19841983198219811980
Mel Purcell seasons:19891988198719861985
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Brian Gottfried
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Mel Purcell
Age: 74y 51d (1952-01-27)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1959-07-18) Age: 66y 244d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
5 - 1
Wins: 83.3% - 16.7%
Hard 3–0Clay 1–0Grass 0–1
Others 5–0Slam 0–1
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBrian Gottfried and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell have met 6 times. Brian Gottfried currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBrian Gottfried has compiled an overall career record of 702–330 across 1032 matches, translating to a win rate of 68.02%. On hard courts his record stands at 243–90 (72.97%), while on clay he holds a 170–94 (64.39%) mark. On grass the numbers read 73–44 (62.39%) , and on carpet 216–102 (67.92%). Throughout his career he has won 25 titles (13 hard, 4 clay, 1 grass, 7 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 41–101 (28.87%).

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 190–164 from 354 matches (53.67% win rate). His hard-court record is 71–57 (55.47%), on clay he stands at 89–66 (57.42%), and on grass he has gone 8–9 (47.06%) , with a carpet record of 22–32 (40.74%). He has accumulated 3 titles in total (3 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 9–33 (21.43%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Brian Gottfried leading 3–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Brian Gottfried) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Mel Purcell).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1983-10-17ViennaHardF19πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBrian Gottfried (1)30πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell (5)6-2 6-3 7-55------0/0
1983-06-20WimbledonGrassR1635πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell16πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBrian Gottfried (13)4-6 6-3 6-3 6-25------0/0
1982-11-08WembleyCarpetR3223πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBrian Gottfried (6)26πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell7-6 6-33------0/0
1982-04-26TampaHardQF19πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBrian Gottfried (4)24πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell (5)6-4 6-23------0/0
1981-02-16La QuintaHardR1614πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBrian Gottfried (8)32πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell (16)6-4 6-33------0/0
1980-07-27North ConwayClayR3211πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBrian Gottfried (9)192πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell6-3 6-33------0/0

Wins

Brian Gottfried
Mel Purcell
5–1Overall
0–1Grand Slam
5–0Others
3–0Hard
1–0Clay
0–1Grass
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

100.0%4
0.0%0
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
100.0%4
0.0%0
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Brian Gottfried
Mel Purcell

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Brian Gottfried
Mel Purcell

Sets

80.0%12
20.0%3
All
25.0%1
75.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%7
0.0%0
Hard
25.0%1
75.0%3
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%2
0.0%0
Carpet
Brian Gottfried
Mel Purcell

Games

57.7%82
42.3%60
All
38.9%14
61.1%22
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
65.2%43
34.8%23
Hard
38.9%14
61.1%22
Grass
66.7%12
33.3%6
Clay
59.1%13
40.9%9
Carpet
Brian Gottfried
Mel Purcell

Overview

By Surface

Brian Gottfried
Mel Purcell

By Tournament Level

Brian Gottfried
Mel Purcell

By Round

Brian Gottfried
Mel Purcell

By Opponent Ranking

Brian GottfriedMel Purcell
6.7%1-14
vs Top 1
0%0-3
16%12-63
vs Top 5
16%4-21
28.9%41-101
vs Top 10
21.4%9-33
40.1%93-139
vs Top 20
29.6%24-57
63.2%438-255
vs Top 100
45.5%110-132
88.6%210-27
vs +100
70.4%76-32
34.1%61-118
vs Higher
32.9%48-98
78.2%587-164
vs Lower
68%138-65

Opponent Breakdown

Brian GottfriedMel Purcell
65%334-180
Vs Younger
48.1%75-81
70.4%356-150
Vs Older
57.4%112-83
69.2%599-266
Vs Right-Handed
53.8%156-134
60.5%98-64
Vs Left-Handed
53.1%34-30
21.2%7-26
Vs 2H Backhand
16.7%2-10
58.1%61-44
Vs 1H Backhand
29.6%8-19
59.9%220-147
Vs Shorter
69.6%32-14
68.6%203-93
Vs Taller
48.2%120-129

Pressure Situations