Head to head
1
Hard
0
1
Carpet
0
David Pate's wins on the left · Mel Purcell's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (2)
| 1987 | Scottsdale | Hard | R32 | David Pate | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1987 | Chicago | Carpet | QF | David Pate | 7-5 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.