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Michael Chang #5 def. Marcelo Rios #20

7-6(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 1996*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Michael Chang
Score	7-6(6) 6-3
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Michael Chang	Marcelo Rios
Aces	5	3
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	46	54
First serve points won %	80	73
Second serve points won %	49	45
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	63	60
Return points won %	40	37
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	Marcelo Rios
Country	USA	CHI
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Dec 26, 1975
Age	24	20
Height	175	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	20
Ranking points (entering)	3,470	1,251
Elo (entering)	2,084	1,824
Career W-L	648–303	366–179
Career earnings	$19,145,632	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang 1 – 0 Marcelo Rios

Path

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1996	QF	Andre Agassi	6-7(3) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1996	R16	Arnaud Boetsch	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1996	R32	Stefan Edberg	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1996	F	Paul Haarhuis	7-5 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1996	QF	Wayne Ferreira	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1996	R16	Adrian Voinea	6-3 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1996	R32	Jonathan Stark	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1996	R64	Mark Knowles	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data