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Marcelo Rios #3 def. Richard Krajicek #11

7-6(9) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	7-6(9) 6-3
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Richard Krajicek
Aces	3	9
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	71	54
First serve points won %	86	91
Second serve points won %	55	47
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	77	71
Return points won %	29	23
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Richard Krajicek
Country	CHI	NED
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Dec 6, 1971
Age	22	26
Height	175	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,200	2,148
Elo (entering)	2,060	1,984
Career W-L	366–179	408–207
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 1 – 0 Richard Krajicek

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Thomas Muster	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Tim Henman	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Marzio Martelli	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1998	SF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2 3-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Nicolas Escude	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Mark Philippoussis	5-7 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data