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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8 def. Marcelo Rios #2

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 8, 1998*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	1h

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Marcelo Rios
Aces	7	7
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	55	66
First serve points won %	83	62
Second serve points won %	48	24
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	67	49
Return points won %	51	33
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Marcelo Rios
Country	RUS	CHI
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Dec 26, 1975
Age	24	22
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,581	3,702
Elo (entering)	1,934	2,008
Career W-L	568–281	366–179
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 – 1 Marcelo Rios

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1998	R16	Tim Henman	6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1998	R32	Magnus Norman	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1998	SF	Greg Rusedski	3-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1998	R16	Vincent Spadea	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1998	R32	Todd Woodbridge	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data