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Marcelo Rios #8 def. Alberto Berasategui #25

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 30, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 6-0
Loser	Alberto Berasategui
Duration	2h 33m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Alberto Berasategui
Aces	9	3
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	66	81
First serve points won %	78	57
Second serve points won %	46	45
Break points saved %	75	65
Break points converted %	35	25
Service points won %	67	55
Return points won %	45	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Alberto Berasategui
Country	CHI	ESP
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Jun 28, 1973
Age	22	24
Height	175	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	25
Ranking points (entering)	2,446	1,427
Elo (entering)	1,952	1,859
Career W-L	366–179	276–195
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$4,676,187

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 3 – 4 Alberto Berasategui

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

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

Marcelo Rios's next match

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

Alberto Berasategui's path

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