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Nicolas Escude #136 def. Marcelo Rios #10

6-2 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1999*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Nicolas Escude
Score	6-2 6-3 7-5
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	2h

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Marcelo Rios
Aces	9	1
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	45	54
First serve points won %	72	58
Second serve points won %	51	39
Break points saved %	71	33
Break points converted %	67	29
Service points won %	61	49
Return points won %	51	39
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Marcelo Rios
Country	FRA	CHI
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Dec 26, 1975
Age	23	23
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	136	10
Ranking points (entering)	337	2,237
Elo (entering)	1,700	1,932
Career W-L	157–124	366–179
Career earnings	$3,216,150	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude 0 – 2 Marcelo Rios

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1999	R64	Carlos Moya	6-1 6-4 0-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Magnus Gustafsson	4-6 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1999	QF	Andre Agassi	6-7(3) 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Jan Kroslak	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1999	R64	George Bastl	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Martin Damm Sr	6-4 7-6(5) 3-6 5-7 6-1	W	—	Match data