Head to head
0
Hard
2
1
Clay
0
0
Carpet
1
Mel Purcell's wins on the left · Kevin Curren's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 1986 | Memphis | Carpet | R32 | Kevin Curren | 6-4 6-7 6-1 |
| 1984 | US Open | Hard | R128 | Kevin Curren | 7-6 3-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1981 | Forest Hills WCT | Clay | R32 | Mel Purcell | 4-6 6-2 6-4 |
| 1980 | Johannesburg-2 | Hard | R16 | Kevin Curren | 7-6 6-2 |
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.