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Marcelo Rios #6 def. Mariano Zabaleta #26

6-7(5) 7-5 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 10, 1999*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-7(5) 7-5 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	4h 7m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	5	7
Double faults	6	8
First serve %	62	56
First serve points won %	64	70
Second serve points won %	57	36
Break points saved %	60	57
Break points converted %	43	40
Service points won %	62	55
Return points won %	45	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	CHI	ARG
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Feb 28, 1978
Age	23	21
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	26
Ranking points (entering)	2,832	1,235
Elo (entering)	1,978	1,775
Career W-L	366–179	199–206
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 1 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1999	SF	Carlos Moya	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1999	QF	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1999	R16	Wayne Ferreira	6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1999	R32	Oliver Gross	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1999	SF	Nicolas Lapentti	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1999	QF	Tim Henman	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1999	R16	Francisco Clavet	7-6(5) 6-7(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1999	R32	Albert Costa	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1999	R64	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data