Head to head
Rivalry summary
Ben Testerman and Mel Purcell met 4 times on the ATP tour between 1981 and 1987. Their head-to-head is level at 2–2. By surface, they are level 1–1 on hard; they are level 1–1 on carpet.
1
Hard
1
1
Carpet
1
Ben Testerman's wins on the left · Mel Purcell's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 1987 | Toulouse | Hard | R32 | Ben Testerman | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1985 | Philadelphia | Carpet | R16 | Mel Purcell | 7-6 3-6 6-4 |
| 1984 | Memphis | Carpet | R32 | Ben Testerman | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1981 | Atlanta | Hard | R32 | 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.