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Marcelo Rios #10 def. Sergi Bruguera #8

7-5 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	7-5 6-2 6-4
Loser	Sergi Bruguera
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Sergi Bruguera
Aces	11	3
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	55	57
First serve points won %	86	70
Second serve points won %	53	42
Break points saved %	80	29
Break points converted %	71	20
Service points won %	71	58
Return points won %	42	29
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Sergi Bruguera
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Jan 16, 1971
Age	21	26
Height	175	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,117	2,342
Elo (entering)	1,868	1,931
Career W-L	366–179	414–255
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$11,632,199

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 1 – 0 Sergi Bruguera

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Tommy Haas	6-4 3-6 6-3 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Kenneth Carlsen	6-4 5-7 3-6 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Luke Smith	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1997	QF	Michael Chang	5-7 2-6 6-4 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sergi Bruguera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Hernan Gumy	6-1 6-4 5-7 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Grant Stafford	6-4 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Michael Tebbutt	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data