TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · 178 cm · b. 1959-07-18

Mel Purcell

Active 1978–1989 · best rank seen: 19

190–164
3
0
0
8
5,765
Hard
71–57 (55.5%)
Clay
89–66 (57.4%)
Grass
8–9 (47.1%)
Carpet
22–32 (40.7%)

Grand Slam record

'78'79'80'81'82'83'84'85'86'87'88
Australian Open
Roland Garros 4R 4R 3R 3R 2R 1R
Wimbledon 2R 1R QF 1R 1R 2R
US Open 1R 2R 3R 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1981–1983 828 1,657 1978: 15 pts 1979: 65 pts 1980: 515 pts 1981: 1,535 pts 1982: 1,030 pts 1983: 1,220 pts 1984: 520 pts 1985: 155 pts 1986: 275 pts 1987: 385 pts 1988: 50 pts 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Gold band: best three-year window (1981–1983).

Elo over time

1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2148.

Career titles (3)

Match results

Methodology

Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.