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Jonathan Canter vs Mel Purcell Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jonathan Canter seasons:19941993199119901989
Mel Purcell seasons:19891988198719861985
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jonathan Canter
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Mel Purcell
Age: 60y 288d (1965-06-04)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1959-07-18) Age: 66y 244d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
2 - 1
Wins: 66.7% - 33.3%
Hard 2–0Clay 0–1Grass 0–0
Others 2–1
LWW
WLL

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJonathan Canter and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell have met 3 times. Jonathan Canter currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJonathan Canter has compiled an overall career record of 68–96 across 164 matches, translating to a win rate of 41.46%. On hard courts his record stands at 47–52 (47.47%), while on clay he holds a 3–11 (21.43%) mark. On grass the numbers read 9–15 (37.50%) , and on carpet 9–18 (33.33%). Throughout his career he has won 1 title (1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 1–12 (7.69%).

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 2 times, with Jonathan Canter leading 2–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Mel Purcell) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1987-08-17CincinnatiHardR32110πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJonathan Canter85πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell6-2 3-6 6-13------0/0
1986-08-18CincinnatiHardR3240πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJonathan Canter88πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell6-4 7-63------0/0
1986-04-28IndianapolisClayR64194πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMel Purcell45πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJonathan Canter (14)6-2 4-6 6-43------0/0

Wins

Jonathan Canter
Mel Purcell
2–1Overall
2–1Others
2–0Hard
0–1Clay

Sets Format

66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%1
0.0%0
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Jonathan Canter
Mel Purcell

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jonathan Canter
Mel Purcell

Sets

62.5%5
37.5%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
80.0%4
20.0%1
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
33.3%1
66.7%2
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jonathan Canter
Mel Purcell

Games

53.3%40
46.7%35
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
59.6%28
40.4%19
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
42.9%12
57.1%16
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jonathan Canter
Mel Purcell

Overview

By Surface

Jonathan Canter
Mel Purcell

By Tournament Level

Jonathan Canter
Mel Purcell

By Round

Jonathan Canter
Mel Purcell

By Opponent Ranking

Jonathan CanterMel Purcell
0%0-2
vs Top 1
0%0-3
16.7%1-5
vs Top 5
16%4-21
7.7%1-12
vs Top 10
21.4%9-33
20%5-20
vs Top 20
29.6%24-57
34%32-62
vs Top 100
45.5%110-132
50.7%35-34
vs +100
70.4%76-32
30.3%30-69
vs Higher
32.9%48-98
57.8%37-27
vs Lower
68%138-65

Opponent Breakdown

Jonathan CanterMel Purcell
33.3%13-26
Vs Younger
48.1%75-81
43.1%53-70
Vs Older
57.4%112-83
41%55-79
Vs Right-Handed
53.8%156-134
41.4%12-17
Vs Left-Handed
53.1%34-30
33.3%3-6
Vs 2H Backhand
16.7%2-10
18.2%2-9
Vs 1H Backhand
29.6%8-19
48.2%41-44
Vs Shorter
69.6%32-14
34.6%18-34
Vs Taller
48.2%120-129

Pressure Situations