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Marcelo Rios #13 def. Mark Philippoussis #8

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

Match Information

Date Apr 25, 1999*
Tournament Monte Carlo Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundQF
Winner Marcelo Rios
Score6-2 6-7(2) 6-4
Loser Mark Philippoussis
Duration1h 54m
StatMarcelo RiosMark Philippoussis
Aces211
Double faults43
First serve %5156
First serve points won %7778
Second serve points won %5336
Break points saved %6038
Break points converted %6240
Service points won %6659
Return points won %4134
Total points won %5347

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMarcelo RiosMark Philippoussis
Country CHI AUS
Birth dateDec 26, 1975Nov 7, 1976
Age2322
Height175196
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)138
Ranking points (entering)2,1252,264
Elo (entering)1,9271,981
Career W-L366–179287–190
Career earnings$9,713,771$6,987,402
Pre-match H2H
Marcelo Rios 3 1 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 24, 1999R16 Hicham Arazi 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data
Apr 22, 1999R32 Andrei Pavel 0-6 6-4 7-6(6)WH2HMatch data

Marcelo Rios's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 25, 1999SF Jerome Golmard 6-4 3-6 6-2WH2HMatch data

Mark Philippoussis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 24, 1999R16 Sebastien Grosjean 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2WH2HMatch data
Apr 22, 1999R32 Ramon Delgado 7-6(4) 6-4WH2HMatch data