# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-purcell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:59:27.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-purcell"
name: "Mel Purcell"
slug: "mel-purcell"
description: "Mel Purcell is a former professional tennis player and coach from the U.S. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 21, achieved in November 1980. Purcell's finest moment was when he reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1983. He was head coach of the Murray State University men's tennis team from 1996 to 2016."
tagline: "US tennis player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_Purcell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Tennis Players"
  slug: "tennis-players"
profileType:
  name: "Tennis Player"
  slug: "tennis-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10833314"
birthDate: "1959-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.27
  momentum:             6.743515850144092
  historical:           9.820916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Mel Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ميل بورسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Мел Пърсел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Purcell"
    title: "Mel Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Purcell"
    title: "Mel Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Purcell"
    title: "Mel Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "مل پرسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Purcell"
    title: "Mel Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Purcell"
    title: "Mel Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Purcell"
    title: "Mel Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Мел Перселл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325724"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump