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Sjeng Schalken #79 def. Marcelo Rios #10

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 24, 1997*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Sjeng Schalken
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Marcelo Rios
Aces	4	5
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	57	53
First serve points won %	85	79
Second serve points won %	52	37
Break points saved %	0	57
Break points converted %	43	100
Service points won %	71	59
Return points won %	41	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Marcelo Rios
Country	NED	CHI
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	Dec 26, 1975
Age	20	21
Height	193	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	79	10
Ranking points (entering)	629	2,172
Elo (entering)	1,698	1,857
Career W-L	280–254	366–179
Career earnings	$5,192,798	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken 0 – 0 Marcelo Rios

Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1997	SF	Albert Costa	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1997	QF	Alex Corretja	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1997	R16	Slava Dosedel	2-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1997	R32	Lionel Roux	6-7(2) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1997	SF	Jeff Tarango	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1997	QF	Hernan Gumy	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1997	R16	Renzo Furlan	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1997	R32	Jonathan Stark	6-7(1) 6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data