Head to head
Rivalry summary
Guillermo Vilas and Mel Purcell met 3 times on the ATP tour between 1979 and 1988. Guillermo Vilas leads the head-to-head 2–1 against Mel Purcell. By surface, Vilas leads 2–0 on clay. They contested 1 finals, with Vilas winning 1 of them.
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Guillermo Vilas's wins on the left · Mel Purcell's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (3)
| 1988 | Key Biscayne | Hard | R128 | Mel Purcell | 6-2 6-4 6-2 |
| 1982 | Boston | Clay | F | Guillermo Vilas | 6-4 6-0 |
| 1979 | Indianapolis | Clay | R64 | Guillermo Vilas | 6-2 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.