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Marcelo Rios #23 def. Mariano Puerta #21

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 2000*
Tournament	Umag
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	7-6(1) 4-6 6-3
Loser	Mariano Puerta
Duration	2h 34m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Mariano Puerta
Country	CHI	ARG
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Sep 19, 1978
Age	24	21
Height	175	180
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
Career W-L	366–179	121–116
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$1,781,372

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 1 – 0 Mariano Puerta

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

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

Marcelo Rios's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mariano Puerta's path

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