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Christo Steyn vs Mel Purcell Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Christo Steyn seasons:19881987198619851983
Mel Purcell seasons:19891988198719861985
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Christo Steyn
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Mel Purcell
Age: 64y 323d (1961-05-01)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1959-07-18) Age: 66y 245d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
2 - 1
Wins: 66.7% - 33.3%
Hard 0–0Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Others 2–1
WWL
LLW

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πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Christo Steyn and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell have met 3 times. Christo Steyn currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Christo Steyn has compiled an overall career record of 43–53 across 96 matches, translating to a win rate of 44.79%. On hard courts his record stands at 20–27 (42.55%), while on clay he holds a 4–7 (36.36%) mark. On grass the numbers read 16–12 (57.14%) , and on carpet 3–7 (30.00%). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 0–7 (0.00%).

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. The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Christo Steyn) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1987-02-02PhiladelphiaCarpetR6475πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell67πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Christo Steyn6-3 6-13------0/0
1986-11-10WembleyCarpetR3251πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Christo Steyn61πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell6-4 3-6 6-43------0/0
1986-07-28WashingtonClayR6463πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦Christo Steyn99πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell6-4 3-6 6-43------0/0

Wins

Christo Steyn
Mel Purcell
2–1Overall
2–1Others
1–0Clay
1–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%1
2 Sets
100.0%2
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Christo Steyn
Mel Purcell

Deciding

100.0%2
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Christo Steyn
Mel Purcell

Sets

50.0%4
50.0%4
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
66.7%2
33.3%1
Clay
40.0%2
60.0%3
Carpet
Christo Steyn
Mel Purcell

Games

45.9%34
54.1%40
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
51.7%15
48.3%14
Clay
42.2%19
57.8%26
Carpet
Christo Steyn
Mel Purcell

Overview

By Surface

Christo Steyn
Mel Purcell

By Tournament Level

Christo Steyn
Mel Purcell

By Round

Christo Steyn
Mel Purcell

By Opponent Ranking

Christo SteynMel Purcell
0%0-2
vs Top 1
0%0-3
0%0-3
vs Top 5
16%4-21
0%0-7
vs Top 10
21.4%9-33
6.3%1-15
vs Top 20
29.6%24-57
36.8%21-36
vs Top 100
45.5%110-132
56.4%22-17
vs +100
70.4%76-32
34.7%17-32
vs Higher
32.9%48-98
55.3%26-21
vs Lower
68%138-65

Opponent Breakdown

Christo SteynMel Purcell
43.1%22-29
Vs Younger
48.1%75-81
46.7%21-24
Vs Older
57.4%112-83
46.5%40-46
Vs Right-Handed
53.8%156-134
30%3-7
Vs Left-Handed
53.1%34-30
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Vs 2H Backhand
16.7%2-10
25%2-6
Vs 1H Backhand
29.6%8-19
46.8%22-25
Vs Shorter
69.6%32-14
41.2%14-20
Vs Taller
48.2%120-129

Pressure Situations