Marcelo Rios #6 def. Lleyton Hewitt #31

7-5 6-3

Marcelo Rios defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7-5 6-3 in the 1999 Brisbane International semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 16, 1999*
Tournament: Brisbane International
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 13m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	6	3
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	52	60
First serve points won %	96	57
Second serve points won %	57	55
Break points saved %	0	56
Break points converted %	44	100
Service points won %	77	56
Return points won %	44	23
Total points won %	57	43

Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	CHI	AUS
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Feb 24, 1981
Age	23	18
Height	175 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	31
Ranking points (entering)	2,357	1,217
Elo (entering)	1,924	1,853
Current career W-L	366–180	567–244
Current career earnings	$9,713,771	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios #6 1 – 0 Lleyton Hewitt #31

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jan-Michael Gambill #58	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1999	QF
Daniel Nestor #70	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1999	R16
Fredrik Jonsson #125	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1999	R32

Marcelo Rios's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mikael Tillstrom #142	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 1999	F

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Van Lottum	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data	Oct 16, 1999	QF
Kenneth Carlsen #81	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 1999	R16
Paul Goldstein #85	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 1999	R32