Marcelo Rios #23 def. Mariano Puerta #21

7-6(1) 4-6 6-3

Marcelo Rios defeated Mariano Puerta 7-6(1) 4-6 6-3 in the 2000 Croatia Open Umag final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 23, 2000*
Tournament: Croatia Open Umag
Edition: 2000
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 2h 34m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Mariano Puerta
Aces	13	5
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	51	62
First serve points won %	81	62
Second serve points won %	45	48
Break points saved %	75	84
Break points converted %	16	25
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Mariano Puerta
Country	CHI	ARG
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Sep 19, 1978
Age	24	21
Height	175 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	23	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,118	1,211
Elo (entering)	1,862	1,893
Current career W-L	366–180	121–116
Current career earnings	$9,713,771	$1,781,372

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios #23 1 – 0 Mariano Puerta #21

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Moya #54	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2000	SF
David Sanchez #104	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2000	QF
German Puentes #128	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2000	R16
Jan Kroslak	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 2000	R32

Marcelo Rios's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mariano Puerta's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bohdan Ulihrach #85	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2000	SF
Martin Damm Sr	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data	Jul 22, 2000	QF
Ivan Ljubicic #79	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2000	R16
Julian Alonso #113	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 2000	R32