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Marcelo Rios #8 def. Lionel Roux #62

6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Lionel Roux
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Lionel Roux
Aces	6	13
Double faults	0	7
First serve %	57	57
First serve points won %	80	75
Second serve points won %	76	36
Break points saved %	33	50
Break points converted %	50	67
Service points won %	78	58
Return points won %	42	22
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Lionel Roux
Country	CHI	FRA
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Apr 12, 1973
Age	22	24
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	62
Ranking points (entering)	2,446	721
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,716
Career W-L	366–179	76–116
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$1,255,648

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 1 – 0 Lionel Roux

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Alberto Berasategui	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Lionel Roux's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Karim Alami	7-6(2) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Jan Apell	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Tomas Nydahl	6-3 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data