Fernando Meligeni vs Marcelo Rios, Washington 2002, Quarterfinal

ATP Intl Gold · Quarterfinal · Hard

Final

Fernando Meligeni

LostRank #6753.4028%

Rios won in 3 sets · 1h 59m

1–2

Set 16–3

Set 24–6

Set 35–7

Marcelo Rios

WinnerRank #9941.3072%

Venue

William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center

Washington, USA· Hard

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Fast

1.6vs last year

Wind

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No reading

Humidity

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No reading

Temperature

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No reading

Altitude

81 m

Low

Match stats

1h 59m

3Aces10

0Double faults7

56Service points won62

15Service games played16

11Service games won12

16Return games played15

3/743%Break points saved50%4/8

4/850%Break points converted57%4/7

Head to head

0Meligeni

1Rios

1 meeting

WashingtonQuarterfinal · 2002HardThis match
Marcelo Rios
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 7
Fernando Meligeni
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 4Set 3: 5

Form and path

Fernando Meligeni3–3

Roland GarrosClay

LQualifying R1
Marcelo Charpentier
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Fernando Meligeni
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 4

Aix En Provence CHClay

LQuarterfinal
Marc Rosset
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7¹⁰
Fernando Meligeni
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 6⁸
WRound of 16
Fernando Meligeni
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 4Set 3: 6
Arnaud Clement
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6³Set 2: 6Set 3: 4
WRound of 32
Fernando Meligeni
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Thomann
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 4

HoustonClay

Marcelo Rios2–4

San Luis Potosi CHClay

Salinas CHHard

Roland GarrosClay

LRound of 128
Mario Ancic
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 1
Marcelo Rios
Sets won: 0Set 1: 1Set 2: 0
Marcelo Rios · Retired

DusseldorfClay

LFinal
Radek Stepanek
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7⁷
Marcelo Rios
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 6⁵

Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Fernando Meligeni vs Marcelo Rios, Washington 2002, Quarterfinal

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research