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Marcelo Rios #10 def. Richard Fromberg #73

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 1998*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	4-6 6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Richard Fromberg
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Richard Fromberg
Aces	2	10
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	62	54
First serve points won %	75	73
Second serve points won %	59	54
Break points saved %	0	60
Break points converted %	40	100
Service points won %	69	64
Return points won %	36	31
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Richard Fromberg
Country	CHI	AUS
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Apr 28, 1970
Age	22	27
Height	175	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	73
Ranking points (entering)	2,316	631
Elo (entering)	1,896	1,730
Career W-L	366–179	247–282
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$2,605,740

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 0 – 0 Richard Fromberg

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	SF	Byron Black	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Kenneth Carlsen	5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1998	R16	Mark Nielsen	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Richard Fromberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	SF	Felix Mantilla	6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1998	R16	Brett Steven	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Karim Alami	3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data