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Marcelo Rios #3 def. Emilio Benfele Alvarez #144

6-4 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date May 29, 1998*
Tournament Roland Garros
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR64
Winner Marcelo Rios
Score6-4 6-2 6-2
Loser Emilio Benfele Alvarez
Duration1h 30m

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldMarcelo RiosEmilio Benfele Alvarez
Country CHI ESP
Birth dateDec 26, 1975Nov 15, 1972
Age2225
Height175183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand—
Ranking (entering)3144
Ranking points (entering)3,484324
Elo (entering)2,1091,582
Career W-L366–17945–67
Career earnings$9,713,771$902,099
Pre-match H2H
Marcelo Rios 1 – 0 Emilio Benfele Alvarez

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Path

Marcelo Rios's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1998R128 Brett Steven 7-5 6-2 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data

Marcelo Rios's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 31, 1998R32 Wayne Ferreira 6-1 3-3 (ret.)WH2HMatch data

Emilio Benfele Alvarez's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1998R128 Michael Tebbutt 5-7 7-5 6-7(12) 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data