QF Australian Open 1998

Marcelo Rios #8 def. Alberto Berasategui #25

6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 6-0

Marcelo Rios defeated Alberto Berasategui 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 6-0 in the 1998 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 30, 1998*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 2h 33m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Alberto Berasategui
Aces	9	3
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	66.0%	81.0%
First serve points won %	78.0%	57.0%
Second serve points won %	46.0%	45.0%
Break points saved %	75.0%	65.0%
Break points converted %	35.0%	25.0%
Service points won %	67.0%	55.0%
Return points won %	45.0%	33.0%
Total points won %	55.0%	45.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Alberto Berasategui
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Jun 28, 1973
Age	22	24
Height	175 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	25
Ranking points (entering)	2,446	1,427
Elo (entering)	1,954	1,859
Current career W-L	366–180	276–195
Current career earnings	$9,713,771	$4,676,187

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios #8 3 – 4 Alberto Berasategui #25

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lionel Roux #62	6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1998	R16
Andrew Ilie #282	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1998	R32
Thomas Enqvist #26	6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1998	R64
Grant Stafford #77	6-1 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1998	R128

Marcelo Rios's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Escude #81	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 1, 1998	SF

Alberto Berasategui's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #87	3-6 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1998	R16
Patrick Rafter #2	6-7(2) 7-6(7) 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1998	R32
Andrei Medvedev #24	6-4 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1998	R64
Karsten Braasch #203	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1998	R128