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Marcelo Rios beat Greg Rusedski 6-3, 6-7(15), 7-6(4), 6-4 in the Indian Wells final, 1998 on hard court Rios had recently been runner-up at the Australian Open and would shortly after win Miami to complete the ‘Sunshine Double’ and rise to world #1. This was Rusedski’s first Masters final, and...

Marcelo Rios beat Carlos Moya 6-4, 7-6(4) in the Hamburg semi-final, 1999 on clay Rios would go onto win the title, beating Mariano Zabaleta in the final and becoming the first player to win all 3 Masters titles on clay. Moya was the reigning French Open champion Rios won 81 points, Moya 69...

Petr Korda beat Marcelo Rios 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in the Australian Open final, 1998 on hard court It would turn out be be Korda’s only Slam title. Previously, he’d lost the French Open final to Jim Courier in 1992. It would be Rios’ only Slam final but he would win Indian Wells and Miami shortly...

Marcelo Rios beat Alex Corretja 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the Monte Carlo final, 1997 on clay Both players were going for their first Masters final. They would meet again shortly after in the Rome final, with Corretja winning Rios won 109 points, Corretja 87 Serve Stats Rios... - 1st serve...

Marcelo Rios beat Mariano Zabaleta 6-7(5), 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2 in the Hamburg final, 1999 on clay It would turn out to be Rios’ only title at the event and with it, he completed the full set of Masters titles on clay. This was the unseeded Zabaleta’s only Masters final Rios won...

Marcelo Rios beat Andre Agassi 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1), 5-7, 6-3 in the Grand Slam Cup final, 1998 on indoor hard court in Munich, Germany It was the only final at the event for both players. Rios finished the year ranked #2 and had risen to #1 earlier in the year. Agassi would go onto reach...

Gustavo Kuerten beat Marcelo Rios 6-4, 2-1 retired in the Monte Carlo final, 1999 on clay It was Kuerten's first Masters title and he'd follow up by winning Rome soon after. Rios had won the event in 1997 and shortly after, would win Hamburg to complete his collection of Masters titles...

Marcelo Rios beat Andre Agassi 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 in the Miami final, 1998 on hard court The win took Rios to the world number 1 position. He had recently won the title at Indian Wells, following a runner-up showing at the Australian Open. Agassi had previously won the title in 1990, '95 and...

Andre Agassi beat Marcelo Rios 6-7(7), 6-4 retired in the Miami semi-final, 2002 on hard court Agassi was the defending champion and would go onto retain his title by beating Roger Federer in the final. The two had previously played the final in 1998 with Rios winning Agassi won 92...