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Marcelo Rios #3 def. Gustavo Kuerten #9

6-0 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-0 7-5
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	1h

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	4	9
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	51	60
First serve points won %	92	68
Second serve points won %	61	39
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	77	56
Return points won %	44	23
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	CHI	BRA
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Sep 10, 1976
Age	22	21
Height	175	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	9
Ranking points (entering)	3,200	2,364
Elo (entering)	2,073	1,829
Career W-L	366–179	336–182
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 0 – 0 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1998	QF	Richard Krajicek	7-6(9) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Thomas Muster	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Tim Henman	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Marzio Martelli	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1998	F	Albert Costa	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1998	QF	Fernando Vicente	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1998	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Carlos Costa	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data