F Hamburg Open 1999

Marcelo Rios #6 def. Mariano Zabaleta #26

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

Marcelo Rios defeated Mariano Zabaleta 6-7(5) 7-5 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 1999 Hamburg Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 10, 1999*
Tournament: Hamburg Open
Edition: 1999
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 4h 7m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	5	7
Double faults	6	8
First serve %	62.0%	56.0%
First serve points won %	64.0%	70.0%
Second serve points won %	57.0%	36.0%
Break points saved %	60.0%	57.0%
Break points converted %	43.0%	40.0%
Service points won %	62.0%	55.0%
Return points won %	45.0%	38.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	CHI	ARG
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Feb 28, 1978
Age	23	21
Height	175 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	26
Ranking points (entering)	2,832	1,235
Elo (entering)	1,984	1,776
Current career W-L	366–180	201–208
Current career earnings	$9,713,771	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios #6 1 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta #26

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Moya #6	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	May 9, 1999	SF
Tommy Haas #20	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 9, 1999	QF
Wayne Ferreira #24	6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 8, 1999	R16
Oliver Gross #101	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1999	R32

Marcelo Rios's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Lapentti #41	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 9, 1999	SF
Tim Henman #7	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 9, 1999	QF
Francisco Clavet #21	7-6(5) 6-7(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 8, 1999	R16
Albert Costa #13	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1999	R32
Bohdan Ulihrach #37	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 5, 1999	R64