Gustavo Kuerten #16 def. Marcelo Rios #8

6-4 2-1 (ret.)

The match ended when Marcelo Rios retired.

Gustavo Kuerten defeated Marcelo Rios 6-4 2-1 RET after Marcelo Rios retired in the 1999 Monte-Carlo Masters final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 26, 1999*
Tournament: Monte-Carlo Masters
Edition: 1999
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 54m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Marcelo Rios
Country	BRA	CHI
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Dec 26, 1975
Age	22	23
Height	190 cm	175 cm
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)	1,866	1,967
Current career W-L	339–184	366–180
Current career earnings	$14,807,000	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten #16 1 – 2 Marcelo Rios #8

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Felix Mantilla #17	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1999	SF
Vincent Spadea #33	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1999	QF
Fernando Meligeni #51	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 24, 1999	R16
Bohdan Ulihrach #34	6-7(5) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 22, 1999	R32
Marcio Carlsson #131	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 21, 1999	R64

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marcelo Rios's path

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 #8	6-2 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1999	QF
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