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Marcelo Rios #7 def. Sergi Bruguera #53

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

Match Information

Date	Feb 15, 1997*
Tournament	Marseille
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-3 6-7(3) 6-4
Loser	Sergi Bruguera
Duration	2h 1m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Sergi Bruguera
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Jan 16, 1971
Age	21	26
Height	175	188
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)	1,909	1,844
Career W-L	366–179	414–255
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$11,632,199

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 0 – 0 Sergi Bruguera

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

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

Marcelo Rios's next match

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

Sergi Bruguera's path

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