Head to head
1
Hard
3
1
Carpet
0
Mel Purcell's wins on the left · Johan Kriek's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (5)
| 1988 | Memphis | Hard | R32 | Johan Kriek | 6-7 6-1 6-2 |
| 1987 | Key Biscayne | Hard | R128 | Johan Kriek | 7-6 4-6 2-6 6-2 6-3 |
| 1982 | Las Vegas | Hard | R16 | Johan Kriek | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1981 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | R64 | Mel Purcell | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1980 | Maui | Hard | R16 | Mel Purcell | 7-5 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.