Thomas Enqvist #10 def. Marcelo Rios #7

6-4 1-0 (ret.)

The match ended when Marcelo Rios retired.

Thomas Enqvist defeated Marcelo Rios 6-4 1-0 RET after Marcelo Rios retired in the 1997 Marseille final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 16, 1997*
Tournament: Marseille
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 39m

Match Statistics

Stat	Thomas Enqvist	Marcelo Rios
Aces	5	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	52	47
First serve points won %	92	71
Second serve points won %	100	62
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	96	67
Return points won %	33	4
Total points won %	62	38

Player Comparison

Field	Thomas Enqvist	Marcelo Rios
Country	SWE	CHI
Birth date	Mar 13, 1974	Dec 26, 1975
Age	22	21
Height	190 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	7
Ranking points (entering)	2,109	2,329
Elo (entering)	1,957	1,925
Current career W-L	424–283	366–180
Current career earnings	$10,461,641	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Enqvist #10 2 – 1 Marcelo Rios #7

Path

Thomas Enqvist's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fabrice Santoro #110	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	SF
Hendrik Dreekmann #43	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	QF
Dominik Hrbaty #58	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 14, 1997	R16
Patrik Fredriksson #91	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 1997	R32

Thomas Enqvist's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sergi Bruguera #53	6-3 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	SF
Magnus Larsson #46	3-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	QF
Johan Van Herck	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data	Feb 14, 1997	R16
Juan Albert Viloca Puig	7-6(4) 6-4	W	—	Match data	Feb 13, 1997	R32