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Marcelo Rios #20 def. Wayne Ferreira #10

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 1996*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	0	7
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	79	83
Second serve points won %	56	42
Break points saved %	67	0
Break points converted %	100	33
Service points won %	69	64
Return points won %	36	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Wayne Ferreira
Country	CHI	RSA
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Sep 15, 1971
Age	20	24
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,251	2,072
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,953
Career W-L	366–179	483–314
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 0 – 2 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1996	R16	Adrian Voinea	6-3 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1996	R32	Jonathan Stark	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1996	R64	Mark Knowles	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1996	SF	Michael Chang	6-7(6) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1996	R16	Jim Courier	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1996	R32	Mark Philippoussis	2-6 7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1996	R64	Hernan Gumy	6-7(1) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data