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Marcelo Rios #7 def. Nicolas Kiefer #27

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date Mar 14, 1998*
Tournament Indian Wells Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Marcelo Rios
Score6-4 6-3
Loser Nicolas Kiefer
Duration1h 13m
StatMarcelo RiosNicolas Kiefer
Aces43
Double faults15
First serve %6952
First serve points won %7975
Second serve points won %5341
Break points saved %10050
Break points converted %500
Service points won %7159
Return points won %4129
Total points won %5545

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMarcelo RiosNicolas Kiefer
Country CHI GER
Birth dateDec 26, 1975Jul 5, 1977
Age2220
Height175183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)727
Ranking points (entering)2,7771,323
Elo (entering)1,9411,816
Career W-L366–179343–252
Career earnings$9,713,771$7,480,465
Pre-match H2H
Marcelo Rios 0 1 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 12, 1998R32 Hendrik Dreekmann 6-4 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data

Marcelo Rios's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 15, 1998QF Petr Korda 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 12, 1998R32 MaliVai Washington 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Mar 11, 1998R64 Gustavo Kuerten 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2WH2HMatch data