Marcelo Rios #8 def. Nicolas Escude #81

6-1 6-3 6-2

Marcelo Rios defeated Nicolas Escude 6-1 6-3 6-2 in the 1998 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 1, 1998*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 24m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Nicolas Escude
Country	CHI	FRA
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Apr 3, 1976
Age	22	21
Height	175 cm	185 cm
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)	1,971	1,801
Current career W-L	366–180	157–125
Current career earnings	$9,713,771	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios #8 0 – 0 Nicolas Escude #81

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alberto Berasategui #25	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 1998	QF
Lionel Roux #62	6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1998	R16
Andrew Ilie #282	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1998	R32
Thomas Enqvist #26	6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1998	R64
Grant Stafford #77	6-1 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1998	R128

Marcelo Rios's next match

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

Nicolas Escude's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Kiefer #29	4-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 1998	QF
Todd Woodbridge #33	7-6(4) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1998	R16
Richey Reneberg #70	1-6 6-7(0) 6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1998	R32
Gustavo Kuerten #14	5-7 6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1998	R64
Magnus Larsson #27	5-7 4-6 7-5 6-1 10-8	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1998	R128