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Marcelo Rios #6 def. Lleyton Hewitt #31

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 16, 1999*
Tournament	Singapore
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	1h 13m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	CHI	AUS
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Feb 24, 1981
Age	23	18
Height	175	178
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)	1,921	1,851
Career W-L	366–179	564–241
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 1 – 0 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

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

Marcelo Rios's next match

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

Lleyton Hewitt's path

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