Marcelo Rios #3 def. Mark Philippoussis #15

7-6(4) 6-3 6-4

Marcelo Rios defeated Mark Philippoussis 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 in the 1998 Grand Slam Cup semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 3, 1998*
Tournament: Grand Slam Cup
Edition: 1998
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Mark Philippoussis
Country	CHI	AUS
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Nov 7, 1976
Age	22	21
Height	175 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	15
Ranking points (entering)	3,467	1,987
Elo (entering)	1,936	1,939
Current career W-L	366–180	291–193
Current career earnings	$9,713,771	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios #3 2 – 1 Mark Philippoussis #15

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Felix Mantilla #21	7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 1998	QF

Marcelo Rios's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #8	6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 1998	F

Mark Philippoussis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jonas Bjorkman #13	4-6 7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 1998	QF