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Michael Chang #2 def. Marcelo Rios #11

7-5 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Michael Chang
Score	7-5 6-1 6-4
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	1h 57m

Stat	Michael Chang	Marcelo Rios
Aces	14	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	64	65
First serve points won %	81	65
Second serve points won %	56	42
Break points saved %	67	70
Break points converted %	30	33
Service points won %	72	57
Return points won %	43	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	Marcelo Rios
Country	USA	CHI
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Dec 26, 1975
Age	24	21
Height	175	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,597	2,114
Elo (entering)	2,031	1,906
Career W-L	648–303	366–179
Career earnings	$19,145,632	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang 3 – 0 Marcelo Rios

Path

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1997	R16	Andrei Medvedev	4-6 6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Tim Henman	6-1 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Richey Reneberg	6-2 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Kris Goossens	6-0 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1997	SF	Carlos Moya	5-7 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1997	R16	Thomas Enqvist	4-6 6-4 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Gilbert Schaller	4-6 7-6(2) 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Michael Joyce	6-0 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Petr Korda	7-6(4) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data