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Roger Federer #13 def. Marcelo Rios #47

6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date Jan 12, 2002*
Tournament Sydney
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Roger Federer
Score6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-3
Loser Marcelo Rios
Duration1h 51m
StatRoger FedererMarcelo Rios
Aces147
Double faults23
First serve %6066
First serve points won %7871
Second serve points won %5973
Break points saved %8333
Break points converted %6717
Service points won %7071
Return points won %2930
Total points won %5149

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRoger FedererMarcelo Rios
Country SUI CHI
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Dec 26, 1975
Age2026
Height185175
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1347
Ranking points (entering)1,745755
Elo (entering)1,9001,849
Career W-L1,206–267366–179
Career earnings$130,594,339$9,713,771
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer 0 0 Marcelo Rios

Path

Roger Federer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 11, 2002R16 Xavier Malisse 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 10, 2002R32 Tommy Robredo 7-6(5) 7-6(5)WH2HMatch data

Roger Federer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 12, 2002SF Andy Roddick 7-6(3) 6-4WH2HMatch data

Marcelo Rios's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 11, 2002R16 Andrei Pavel 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 10, 2002R32 Ivan Ljubicic 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(1)WH2HMatch data