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Marcelo Rios #8 def. Nicolas Escude #81

6-1 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 1, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-1 6-3 6-2
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Nicolas Escude
Aces	7	2
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	69	53
First serve points won %	75	55
Second serve points won %	52	26
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	68	41
Return points won %	59	32
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Nicolas Escude
Country	CHI	FRA
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Apr 3, 1976
Age	22	21
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	81
Ranking points (entering)	2,446	581
Elo (entering)	1,970	1,799
Career W-L	366–179	157–124
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 0 – 0 Nicolas Escude

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Alberto Berasategui	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Lionel Roux	6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Andrew Ilie	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Grant Stafford	6-1 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1998	F	Petr Korda	2-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Nicolas Kiefer	4-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Todd Woodbridge	7-6(4) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Richey Reneberg	1-6 6-7(0) 6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Gustavo Kuerten	5-7 6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Magnus Larsson	5-7 4-6 7-5 6-1 10-8	W	H2H	Match data