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Alex Corretja #8 def. Marcelo Rios #7

7-5 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 19, 1997*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	7-5 7-5 6-3
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Marcelo Rios
Aces	7	2
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	59	57
First serve points won %	71	48
Second serve points won %	49	60
Break points saved %	56	22
Break points converted %	78	44
Service points won %	62	53
Return points won %	47	38
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Marcelo Rios
Country	ESP	CHI
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Dec 26, 1975
Age	23	21
Height	180	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	7
Ranking points (entering)	2,162	2,270
Elo (entering)	1,919	1,931
Career W-L	415–277	366–179
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 2 – 3 Marcelo Rios

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	7-6(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	QF	Karim Alami	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Carlos Moya	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Arnaud Boetsch	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Hicham Arazi	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja'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
May 18, 1997	SF	Alberto Berasategui	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	QF	Jim Courier	6-3 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Magnus Larsson	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Omar Camporese	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data