Marcelo Rios #13 def. Mark Philippoussis #8

6-2 6-7(2) 6-4

Marcelo Rios defeated Mark Philippoussis 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 in the 1999 Monte-Carlo Masters quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 25, 1999*
Tournament: Monte-Carlo Masters
Edition: 1999
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 54m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	2	11
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	51	56
First serve points won %	77	78
Second serve points won %	53	36
Break points saved %	60	38
Break points converted %	62	40
Service points won %	66	59
Return points won %	41	34
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Mark Philippoussis
Country	CHI	AUS
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Nov 7, 1976
Age	23	22
Height	175 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	13	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,125	2,264
Elo (entering)	1,936	1,970
Current career W-L	366–180	291–193
Current career earnings	$9,713,771	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios #13 3 – 1 Mark Philippoussis #8

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hicham Arazi #37	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 24, 1999	R16
Andrei Pavel #75	0-6 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 22, 1999	R32

Marcelo Rios's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jerome Golmard #25	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1999	SF

Mark Philippoussis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sebastien Grosjean #44	4-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 24, 1999	R16
Ramon Delgado #54	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 22, 1999	R32