Rios v Berasategui

ATP Tour career

Marcelo RiosChile548 games · 1994–2003Most acesMost first-serve points won %Alberto BerasateguiSpain473 games · 1992–2001Most first serve in %

Lineball analyst10–4

Marcelo Rios takes it, 10–4 on categories

Rios wins on first-serve points won %. Berasategui’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Rios 548 matches, Berasategui 473 matches.

Berasategui has the better first serve in %: 73.7 to Rios’s 57.7.
Rios averages 4.5 aces a match to Berasategui’s 1.6 — 2.9 times as many.
Rios has the better first-serve points won %: 71.4 to Berasategui’s 63.2.
Winners’ edge: Rios’s team won 67%, Berasategui’s team won 58% of the matches they played.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.

Tale of the tape

Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.

0.017 total · best 1Titlesper game0.014 total · best 1
57.7First serve in %73.7
71.4First-serve points won %63.2
59.8Break points saved %57.2
40.6Return points won %42.3
4.52,490 total · best 30Acesper game1.6751 total · best 10

Head to head

610 matches
since 19944

Clay · 9 matchesRios 5Berasategui 4
Hard · 1 matchRios 1Berasategui 0
Grand Slams · 3 matchesRios 2Berasategui 1

Last meetings

24 May 1999 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · ClayRios won 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3
17 May 1999 · St. Poelten · Round of 16 · ClayRios won 7-6(4) 6-2
19 Jan 1998 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · HardRios won 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 6-0
12 May 1997 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Semifinal · ClayRios won 6-3 3-6 6-1
5 May 1997 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 16 · ClayBerasategui won 6-4 6-1
4 Nov 1996 · Santiago · Semifinal · ClayRios won 6-2 6-4
29 May 1995 · Roland Garros · Round of 64 · ClayBerasategui won 6-4 7-5 6-7(3) 3-6 6-1
24 Oct 1994 · Santiago · Round of 32 · ClayBerasategui won

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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