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Marcelo Rios #8 def. Andrew Ilie #282

6-2 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date Jan 25, 1998*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Marcelo Rios
Score6-2 6-3 6-2
Loser Andrew Ilie
Duration1h 15m
StatMarcelo RiosAndrew Ilie
Aces71
Double faults22
First serve %6860
First serve points won %7845
Second serve points won %4831
Break points saved %4040
Break points converted %6060
Service points won %6840
Return points won %6032
Total points won %6436

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMarcelo RiosAndrew Ilie
Country CHI AUS
Birth dateDec 26, 1975Apr 18, 1976
Age2221
Height175180
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)8282
Ranking points (entering)2,446130
Elo (entering)1,9351,612
Career W-L366–17989–114
Career earnings$9,713,771$1,327,838
Pre-match H2H
Marcelo Rios 0 0 Andrew Ilie

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 23, 1998R64 Thomas Enqvist 6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 1998R128 Grant Stafford 6-1 6-0 6-3WH2HMatch data

Marcelo Rios's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 28, 1998R16 Lionel Roux 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Andrew Ilie's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 23, 1998R64 Jason Stoltenberg 6-3 6-2 7-6(6)WH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 1998R128 Jens Knippschild 6-4 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data