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Gustavo Kuerten #16 def. Marcelo Rios #8

6-4 2-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 1999*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-4 2-1 (ret.)
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	54m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Marcelo Rios
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	65	52
First serve points won %	80	63
Second serve points won %	73	48
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	77	56
Return points won %	44	23
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Marcelo Rios
Country	BRA	CHI
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Dec 26, 1975
Age	22	23
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,053	2,422
Elo (entering)	1,865	1,960
Career W-L	336–182	366–179
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 2 Marcelo Rios

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1999	SF	Felix Mantilla	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1999	QF	Vincent Spadea	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1999	R16	Fernando Meligeni	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1999	R32	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-7(5) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1999	R64	Marcio Carlsson	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1999	SF	Jerome Golmard	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1999	QF	Mark Philippoussis	6-2 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1999	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1999	R32	Andrei Pavel	0-6 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data