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Richard Purser

New Zealand · Men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles · 1965 to 2007

Born 28 February 1942

22
matches
50%
won
0
senior titles
0
finals
World ranking

Not on a world ranking list we hold: the full lists are kept from September 2026 and the weekly top lists from 2013, so a player outside them has none.

Our ratingHow it works
1,485Men's singles
last rated 1978

Highest 1,498. Men's doubles: 1,503. Mixed doubles: 1,532.

Form
7/10won of the last
10 matches
  1. L
  2. W
  3. W
  4. W
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. L
  9. W
  10. W

Latest: lost to J Wu / Kevin Dennerly-Minturn, New Zealand Open 2007, round of 16. Newest on the left.

Season by season

Matches played and won, year by year.

  • Played
  • Won
  • A title that year
'65
'70
'75
'80
'85
'90
'95
'00
'05
'07
Show the numbers
YearPlayedWonTitles
2007210
1978430
1976320
1974430
1972110
1970510
1966200
1965100
Recent matches

The last 20 matches.

Scores read from Richard Purser's side.

New Zealand Open 2007Men's doubles, with Phil Horne Round of 16 J Wu / Kevin Dennerly-Minturn 22–20 17–21 12–21 Lost
Round of 32 J Liu / V Vazifdar 21–19 15–21 21–15 Won
Commonwealth Games 1978Mixed doubles, with Alison Branfield Quarter-final Greg Carter / Wendy Clarkson 15–7 15–12 Won
Commonwealth Games 1978Men's doubles, with Bryan Purser Quarter-final Abu Bakar Sufian / James Selvaraj 15–9 15–8 Won
Commonwealth Games 1978Men's singles Round of 16 Keith Priestman 15–13 15–4 Won
All England Open 1978Men's singles Round of 32 Michael Wilks 6–15 14–17 Lost
Thomas Cup 1976Men's doubles, with Bryan Purser First round James Selvaraj / Moo Foot Lian 7–15 15–4 15–11 Won
Thomas Cup 1976Men's singles First round James Selvaraj 15–12 11–15 5–15 Lost
Thomas Cup 1976Men's doubles, with Bryan Purser First round Cheah Hong Chong / Dominic Soong 15–9 10–15 15–6 Won
Commonwealth Games 1974Mixed doubles, with Alison Branfield Quarter-final Fraser Gow / Christine Stewart 15–13 15–7 Won
Commonwealth Games 1974Men's singles Quarter-final Jamie Paulson 15–6 10–15 9–15 Lost
Round of 16 Moo F L 15–6 15–10 Won
Round of 32 Mike Tredgett 15–12 12–15 15–5 Won
All England Open 1972Men's singles Round of 32 Michael Schnaase 15–8 15–4 Won
Commonwealth Games 1970Men's singles Round of 16 Satish Bhatia 15–7 18–14 Won
Thomas Cup 1970Men's doubles, with Bryan Purser First round Indra Gunawan / Mintarja 5–15 0–15 Lost
Thomas Cup 1970Men's singles First round Muljadi 4–15 2–15 Lost
Thomas Cup 1970Men's doubles, with Bryan Purser First round Rudy Hartono / Indratno 4–15 12–15 Lost
Thomas Cup 1970Men's singles First round Rudy Hartono 4–15 3–15 Lost
Commonwealth Games 1966Men's doubles, with Donald Higgins Quarter-final Tan Aik Huang / Yew Cheng Hoe 7–15 7–15 Lost
Partners and rivals

Who with, and who against.

Head to head counts every draw match between them, in any event.

Partners

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