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Marcelo Rios #9 def. Mariano Zabaleta #26

4-4 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	May 23, 1999*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	4-4 (ret.)
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	30m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	1	2
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	67	44
First serve points won %	75	64
Second serve points won %	38	50
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	62	56
Return points won %	44	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)	9	26
Ranking points (entering)	2,422	1,235
Elo (entering)	1,980	1,815
Career W-L	366–179	199–206
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 2 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1999	SF	Younes El Aynaoui	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1999	QF	Stefan Koubek	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1999	R16	Alberto Berasategui	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1999	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	7-6(4) 5-7 6-3	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 22, 1999	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1999	QF	Francisco Clavet	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1999	R16	Jan Kroslak	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
May 20, 1999	R32	Justin Gimelstob	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data