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Mark Philippoussis #16 def. Marcelo Rios #7

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 1998*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Marcelo Rios
Aces	17	9
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	65	52
First serve points won %	86	91
Second serve points won %	61	50
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	77	72
Return points won %	28	23
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Marcelo Rios
Country	AUS	CHI
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Dec 26, 1975
Age	21	22
Height	196	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	7
Ranking points (entering)	1,809	2,702
Elo (entering)	1,838	1,958
Career W-L	287–190	366–179
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 2 Marcelo Rios

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1998	QF	Thomas Enqvist	3-6 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1998	R16	Sjeng Schalken	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1998	R32	Wayne Black	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1998	F	Michael Chang	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1998	QF	Grant Stafford	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1998	R16	Vincent Spadea	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1998	R32	Steve Campbell	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data