Head to head
Rivalry summary
Mel Purcell and Yannick Noah met 4 times on the ATP tour between 1980 and 1987. Yannick Noah leads the head-to-head 3–1 against Mel Purcell. By surface, Noah leads 2–1 on carpet.
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Hard
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Carpet
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Mel Purcell's wins on the left · Yannick Noah's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 1987 | Chicago | Carpet | R16 | Mel Purcell | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1985 | Chicago | Carpet | R32 | Yannick Noah | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1981 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | R16 | Yannick Noah | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1980 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Yannick Noah | 4-6 6-2 6-4 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.