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Nicolas Kiefer #48 def. Marcelo Rios #8

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date Oct 11, 1997*
Tournament Singapore
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundQF
Winner Nicolas Kiefer
Score6-1 7-5
Loser Marcelo Rios
Duration58m
StatNicolas KieferMarcelo Rios
Aces54
Double faults25
First serve %6755
First serve points won %8367
Second serve points won %4555
Break points saved %10050
Break points converted %500
Service points won %7061
Return points won %3930
Total points won %5644

Pre-match Comparison

FieldNicolas KieferMarcelo Rios
Country GER CHI
Birth dateJul 5, 1977Dec 26, 1975
Age2021
Height183175
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)488
Ranking points (entering)8822,301
Elo (entering)1,7711,900
Career W-L343–252366–179
Career earnings$7,480,465$9,713,771
Pre-match H2H
Nicolas Kiefer 0 0 Marcelo Rios

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 1997R16 Chris Wilkinson 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Oct 9, 1997R32 Scott Draper 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 11, 1997SF Mikael Tillstrom 6-7(1) 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data

Marcelo Rios's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 1997R16 Byron Black 6-2 6-7(3) 7-6(3)WH2HMatch data
Oct 9, 1997R32 Justin Gimelstob 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data