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Boris Becker #18 def. Marcelo Rios #10

6-2 6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 1997*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-2 6-2 7-6(5)
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Boris Becker	Marcelo Rios
Aces	15	4
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	68	55
First serve points won %	87	61
Second serve points won %	39	50
Break points saved %	33	45
Break points converted %	55	67
Service points won %	72	56
Return points won %	44	28
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Marcelo Rios
Country	GER	CHI
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Dec 26, 1975
Age	29	21
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	18	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,692	2,092
Elo (entering)	1,975	1,876
Career W-L	670–219	366–179
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 1 – 1 Marcelo Rios

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1997	R32	Mark Petchey	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1997	R64	Thomas Johansson	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1997	R128	Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1997	QF	Pete Sampras	1-6 7-6(5) 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1997	R32	John Van Lottum	7-6(4) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 27, 1997	R64	Dennis van Scheppingen	6-2 6-3 6-7(1) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1997	R128	Mahesh Bhupathi	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data