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Marcelo Rios #8 def. Thomas Enqvist #26

6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date Jan 23, 1998*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Marcelo Rios
Score6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4
Loser Thomas Enqvist
Duration2h 42m
StatMarcelo RiosThomas Enqvist
Aces811
Double faults84
First serve %6465
First serve points won %7571
Second serve points won %4946
Break points saved %5043
Break points converted %5750
Service points won %6562
Return points won %3835
Total points won %5149

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMarcelo RiosThomas Enqvist
Country CHI SWE
Birth dateDec 26, 1975Mar 13, 1974
Age2223
Height175190
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)826
Ranking points (entering)2,4461,355
Elo (entering)1,9131,885
Career W-L366–179422–281
Career earnings$9,713,771$10,461,641
Pre-match H2H
Marcelo Rios 1 3 Thomas Enqvist

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 1998R128 Grant Stafford 6-1 6-0 6-3WH2HMatch data

Marcelo Rios's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 25, 1998R32 Andrew Ilie 6-2 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data

Thomas Enqvist's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 1998R128 Juan Antonio Marin 6-3 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data