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Marcelo Rios #9 def. Alberto Berasategui #16

6-3 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1997*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-3 3-6 6-1
Loser	Alberto Berasategui
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Alberto Berasategui
Aces	7	4
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	62	69
First serve points won %	80	65
Second serve points won %	54	48
Break points saved %	71	43
Break points converted %	57	29
Service points won %	70	60
Return points won %	40	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Alberto Berasategui
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Jun 28, 1973
Age	21	23
Height	175	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	16
Ranking points (entering)	2,072	1,619
Elo (entering)	1,918	1,849
Career W-L	366–179	276–195
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$4,676,187

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 2 – 4 Alberto Berasategui

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	QF	Jim Courier	6-3 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Magnus Larsson	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Omar Camporese	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1997	F	Alex Corretja	5-7 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	QF	Marc Kevin Goellner	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Patrick Rafter	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Daniel Vacek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data