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Petr Korda #2 def. Marcelo Rios #5

6-2 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Petr Korda
Score	6-2 6-2 6-2
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Petr Korda	Marcelo Rios
Aces	4	2
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	55	56
First serve points won %	81	63
Second serve points won %	47	24
Break points saved %	83	42
Break points converted %	58	17
Service points won %	66	45
Return points won %	55	34
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	Marcelo Rios
Country	CZE	CHI
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Dec 26, 1975
Age	30	22
Height	190	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	5
Ranking points (entering)	3,484	2,808
Elo (entering)	2,085	1,983
Career W-L	378–238	366–179
Career earnings	$10,448,900	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda 3 – 3 Marcelo Rios

Path

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1998	SF	Karol Kucera	6-1 6-4 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Vincent Spadea	6-2 7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Scott Draper	7-6(3) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Albert Portas	6-3 4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1998	SF	Nicolas Escude	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Alberto Berasategui	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Lionel Roux	6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Andrew Ilie	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Grant Stafford	6-1 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data