Marcelo Rios vs Mariano Zabaleta Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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Marcelo Rios and Mariano Zabaleta have met 7 times. Mariano Zabaleta currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–3.
Looking at their individual career profiles, Marcelo Rios has compiled an overall career record of 391–191 across 582 matches, translating to a win rate of 67.18%. On hard courts his record stands at 180–85 (67.92%), while on clay he holds a 179–81 (68.85%) mark. On grass the numbers read 6–6 (50.00%) , and on carpet 26–19 (57.78%). Throughout his career he has won 18 titles (8 hard, 9 clay, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 22–39 (36.07%).
Mariano Zabaleta, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 202–212 from 414 matches (48.79% win rate). His hard-court record is 51–81 (38.64%), on clay he stands at 149–120 (55.39%), and on grass he has gone 0–5 (0.00%) , with a carpet record of 2–6 (25.00%). He has accumulated 3 titles in total (3 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 16–27 (37.21%).
When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, with Mariano Zabaleta leading 2–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 3–2 (60.00% for Marcelo Rios) across 5 matches.
Dateâ–¼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-02-18 | Buenos Aires | Clay | R16 | 78 | Mariano Zabaleta | 36 | Marcelo Rios (7) | 7-6(4) 1-6 6-3 | 3 | 127 | 3 | 4 | 57.1% | 66.1% | 52.4% | 5/8 |
| 2002-02-11 | Vina del Mar | Clay | R32 | 65 | Mariano Zabaleta | 38 | Marcelo Rios (4) | 6-4 7-6(6) | 3 | 112 | 5 | 5 | 53.2% | 61.9% | 51.4% | 3/7 |
| 2000-09-18 | Sydney Olympics | Hard | R64 | 55 | Mariano Zabaleta | 17 | Marcelo Rios (12) | 6-7(8) 6-4 7-5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/0 |
| 2000-03-13 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | 28 | Mariano Zabaleta | 7 | Marcelo Rios (7) | 7-6(4) 6-3 | 3 | 94 | 6 | 5 | 51.4% | 89.5% | 52.8% | 5/5 |
| 1999-05-17 | St. Poelten | Clay | F | 9 | Marcelo Rios (2) | 26 | Mariano Zabaleta (5) | 4-4 RET | 3 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 66.7% | 75.0% | 37.5% | 1/2 |
| 1999-05-03 | Hamburg Masters | Clay | F | 8 | Marcelo Rios (4) | 48 | Mariano Zabaleta | 6-7(5) 7-5 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2 | 5 | 247 | 5 | 6 | 61.5% | 64.3% | 57.1% | 12/20 |
| 1996-11-04 | Santiago | Clay | R16 | 11 | Marcelo Rios (1) | 105 | Mariano Zabaleta | 6-3 7-6(3) | 3 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 64.6% | 71.4% | 52.2% | 1/4 |