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Marcelo Rios #48 def. Nicolas Lapentti #27

7-5 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2002*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	7-5 6-1 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	5	8
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	62	60
First serve points won %	81	69
Second serve points won %	62	35
Break points saved %	67	14
Break points converted %	86	33
Service points won %	74	55
Return points won %	45	26
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	CHI	ECU
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Aug 13, 1976
Age	26	25
Height	175	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	27
Ranking points (entering)	755	1,170
Elo (entering)	1,877	1,851
Career W-L	366–179	282–280
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 2 – 2 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Alberto Martin	6-4 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Karol Kucera	7-6(5) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Jaymon Crabb	6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2002	QF	Tommy Haas	6-7(2) 4-6 7-6(2) 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Gaston Gaudio	4-6 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Jose Acasuso	7-6(5) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Axel Pretzsch	7-5 4-6 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data