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Marcelo Rios #10 def. Carlos Moya #8

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 1997*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Carlos Moya
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Carlos Moya
Aces	2	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	38	66
First serve points won %	85	73
Second serve points won %	69	62
Break points saved %	—	80
Break points converted %	20	—
Service points won %	75	69
Return points won %	31	25
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Carlos Moya
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Aug 27, 1976
Age	21	20
Height	175	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,977	2,156
Elo (entering)	1,859	1,929
Career W-L	366–179	551–309
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$13,443,970

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 0 – 0 Carlos Moya

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1997	F	Alex Corretja	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Moya's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1997	QF	Richard Krajicek	1-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Andrei Medvedev	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1997	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data