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Marcelo Rios #3 def. Galo Blanco #42

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 23, 1998*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Galo Blanco
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Galo Blanco
Aces	6	6
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	58	58
First serve points won %	76	67
Second serve points won %	56	27
Break points saved %	100	64
Break points converted %	36	0
Service points won %	68	50
Return points won %	50	32
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Galo Blanco
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Oct 8, 1976
Age	22	21
Height	175	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	42
Ranking points (entering)	3,348	922
Elo (entering)	2,095	1,653
Career W-L	366–179	122–175
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$1,832,691

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 1 – 0 Galo Blanco

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1998	R16	Marc Kevin Goellner	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1998	R32	Scott Draper	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1998	SF	Andrea Gaudenzi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1998	R16	Tomas Nydahl	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1998	R32	Marco Meneschincheri	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data