Career 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Marcelo Rios takes it, 12–3 on categories Rios wins on titles. Pavel’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Pavel 498 matches, Rios 548 matches.
Rios has 17 titles (one every 25 matches) to Pavel’s 3 titles (one every 50 matches). Rios averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Pavel’s 1.2. Pavel has the better first serve in %: 64.6 to Rios’s 57.7. Winners’ edge: Rios’s team won 67%, Pavel’s team won 50% of the matches they played. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 3 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 17 total · best 1
64.6 First serve in % 57.7
68.9 First-serve points won % 71.4
58.7 Break points saved % 59.8
38.3 Return points won % 40.6
4.8 2,374 total · best 28 Acesper game 4.5 2,490 total · best 30
Head to head 1 8 matches since 1996 7
Hard · 5 matches Pavel 1 Rios 4 Clay · 3 matches Pavel 0 Rios 3 Grand Slams · 2 matches Pavel 0 Rios 2 Last meetings 7 Jan 2002 · Sydney · Round of 16 · Hard Rios won 6-1 6-4 27 Aug 2001 · US Open · Round of 64 · Hard Rios won 7-5 6-4 6-0 24 Apr 2000 · Barcelona · Round of 32 · Clay Rios won 6-3 4-6 7-6(1) 19 Apr 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 32 · Clay Rios won 0-6 6-4 7-6(6) 12 Apr 1999 · Barcelona · Round of 32 · Clay Rios won 3-6 6-3 6-2 11 Jan 1999 · Auckland · Round of 32 · Hard Pavel won 5-7 2-0 12 Oct 1998 · Singapore · Round of 16 · Hard Rios won 6-2 6-4 26 Aug 1996 · US Open · Round of 128 · Hard Rios won 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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