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Marcelo Rios #8 def. Alex Corretja #13

6-4 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 1997*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-4 6-3 6-3
Loser	Alex Corretja
Duration	2h 14m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Alex Corretja
Aces	5	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	48	46
First serve points won %	65	65
Second serve points won %	56	36
Break points saved %	73	53
Break points converted %	47	27
Service points won %	60	49
Return points won %	51	40
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Alex Corretja
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Apr 11, 1974
Age	21	23
Height	175	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	13
Ranking points (entering)	2,240	1,792
Elo (entering)	1,878	1,835
Career W-L	366–179	415–277
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$10,411,354

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 2 – 2 Alex Corretja

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	SF	Carlos Moya	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	QF	Magnus Larsson	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Albert Costa	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Andrea Gaudenzi	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	SF	Fabrice Santoro	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	QF	Christian Ruud	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	4-6 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Nuno Marques	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data