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Marcelo Rios #11 def. Thomas Enqvist #9

4-6 6-4 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	4-6 6-4 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-3
Loser	Thomas Enqvist
Duration	3h 16m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Thomas Enqvist
Aces	30	19
Double faults	2	9
First serve %	60	51
First serve points won %	85	85
Second serve points won %	59	47
Break points saved %	60	60
Break points converted %	40	40
Service points won %	74	66
Return points won %	34	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Thomas Enqvist
Country	CHI	SWE
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Mar 13, 1974
Age	21	22
Height	175	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	9
Ranking points (entering)	2,114	2,191
Elo (entering)	1,875	1,981
Career W-L	366–179	422–281
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$10,461,641

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 0 – 2 Thomas Enqvist

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Gilbert Schaller	4-6 7-6(2) 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Michael Joyce	6-0 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Petr Korda	7-6(4) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1997	QF	Michael Chang	5-7 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Thomas Enqvist's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Sergi Bruguera	7-6(8) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Richard Fromberg	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Nicolas Pereira	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data