SF Italian Open 1998

Marcelo Rios #3 def. Gustavo Kuerten #9

6-0 7-5

Marcelo Rios defeated Gustavo Kuerten 6-0 7-5 in the 1998 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 17, 1998*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h

Match Statistics

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	4	9
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	51.0%	60.0%
First serve points won %	92.0%	68.0%
Second serve points won %	61.0%	39.0%
Break points saved %	—	50.0%
Break points converted %	50.0%	—
Service points won %	77.0%	56.0%
Return points won %	44.0%	23.0%
Total points won %	59.0%	41.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	CHI	BRA
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Sep 10, 1976
Age	22	21
Height	175 cm	190 cm
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
Current career W-L	366–180	339–184
Current career earnings	$9,713,771	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios #3 0 – 0 Gustavo Kuerten #9

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Richard Krajicek #11	7-6(9) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 1998	QF
Thomas Muster #24	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 1998	R16
Tim Henman #17	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 1998	R32
Marzio Martelli #140	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 13, 1998	R64

Marcelo Rios's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Albert Costa #13	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 1998	F

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Vicente #120	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 1998	QF
Tommy Haas #45	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 1998	R16
Nicolas Lapentti #55	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 1998	R32
Carlos Costa #56	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 13, 1998	R64