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Karol Kucera #16 def. Marcelo Rios #2

6-1 6-7(8) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 25, 1998*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Karol Kucera
Score	6-1 6-7(8) 6-4
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Karol Kucera	Marcelo Rios
Aces	5	4
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	61	52
First serve points won %	73	58
Second serve points won %	62	56
Break points saved %	91	69
Break points converted %	31	9
Service points won %	68	57
Return points won %	43	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Marcelo Rios
Country	SVK	CHI
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Dec 26, 1975
Age	24	22
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,856	3,666
Elo (entering)	1,820	2,040
Career W-L	259–230	366–179
Career earnings	$5,061,125	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera 1 – 2 Marcelo Rios

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1998	QF	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1998	R16	Magnus Gustafsson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1998	R32	Slava Dosedel	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1998	F	Gustavo Kuerten	6-4 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1998	QF	Boris Becker	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1998	R16	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1998	R32	Jens Knippschild	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data