Marcelo Rios #7 def. Sergi Bruguera #53

6-3 6-7(3) 6-4

Marcelo Rios defeated Sergi Bruguera 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 in the 1997 Marseille semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 15, 1997*
Tournament: Marseille
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 1m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Sergi Bruguera
Aces	6	9
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	66	48
First serve points won %	72	89
Second serve points won %	51	46
Break points saved %	83	60
Break points converted %	40	17
Service points won %	65	67
Return points won %	33	35
Total points won %	50	50

Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Sergi Bruguera
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Jan 16, 1971
Age	21	26
Height	175 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	53
Ranking points (entering)	2,329	796
Elo (entering)	1,911	1,860
Current career W-L	366–180	420–257
Current career earnings	$9,713,771	$11,632,199

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios #7 0 – 0 Sergi Bruguera #53

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Magnus Larsson #46	3-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	QF
Johan Van Herck	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data	Feb 14, 1997	R16
Juan Albert Viloca Puig	7-6(4) 6-4	W	—	Match data	Feb 13, 1997	R32

Marcelo Rios's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomas Enqvist #10	4-6 0-1 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 1997	F

Sergi Bruguera's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrei Chesnokov #73	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	QF
Lionel Roux #97	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 14, 1997	R16
Cedric Pioline #26	6-1 6-7(9) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 1997	R32