SF Shanghai Masters 1999

Marcelo Rios #7 def. Jonas Bjorkman #63

6-4 6-1

Marcelo Rios defeated Jonas Bjorkman 6-4 6-1 in the 1999 Shanghai Masters semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date
Oct 9, 1999*
Tournament
Shanghai Masters
Edition
1999
Category
ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface
Hard
Round
SF
Duration
1h 11m

Match Statistics

StatMarcelo RiosJonas Bjorkman
Aces43
Double faults03
First serve %61.0%51.0%
First serve points won %75.0%65.0%
Second serve points won %61.0%33.0%
Break points saved %0.0%58.0%
Break points converted %42.0%100.0%
Service points won %70.0%49.0%
Return points won %51.0%30.0%
Total points won %58.0%42.0%
Match Serve++7.6-12.7
Match Return++12.7-7.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1999 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMarcelo RiosJonas Bjorkman
Country CHI SWE
Birth dateDec 26, 1975Mar 23, 1972
Age2327
Height175 cm183 cm
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)763
Ranking points (entering)2,276771
Elo (entering)1,9121,767
Current career W-L366–180395–344
Current career earnings$9,713,771$14,610,671
Pre-match H2H
Marcelo Rios #7 1 – 1 Jonas Bjorkman #63

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Path

Marcelo Rios's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Todd Woodbridge #1536-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataOct 9, 1999QF
Ivan Ljubicic #996-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataOct 8, 1999R16
Laurence Tieleman #906-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataOct 7, 1999R32

Marcelo Rios's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Magnus Norman #236-2 3-6 5-7LH2HMatch dataOct 10, 1999F

Jonas Bjorkman's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Andreas Vinciguerra #1316-3 3-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 9, 1999QF
Lars Burgsmuller #1267-5 3-6 6-2WH2HMatch dataOct 8, 1999R16
Paul Goldstein #876-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataOct 7, 1999R32