Marcelo Rios
Marcelo Ríos in 2004
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| Country (sports) |
 Chile
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| Residence | Santiago, Chile | |||||||||
| Born |
26 December 1975 Santiago, Chile |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||
| Turned pro | 1994 | |||||||||
| Retired | 2004 | |||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||
| Prize money | $9,713,771 | |||||||||
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| Career record | 391–192 (67.07%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||
| Career titles | 18 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (30 March 1998) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (1998) | |||||||||
| French Open | QF (1998, 1999) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 4R (1997) | |||||||||
| US Open | QF (1997) | |||||||||
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| Tour Finals | RR (1998) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Cup | W (1998) | |||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (2000) | |||||||||
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| Career record | 36–57 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||
| Career titles | 1 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 141 (7 May 2001) | |||||||||
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Marcelo Andres Ríos Mayorga (born 26 December 1975) is a former world No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino ("The Chinese") and El zurdo de Vitacura ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings in 1998. He held the No. 1 ranking for six weeks. He also held the top ranking in both juniors and seniors. He was the first player to win all 3 clay-court Masters Series tournaments (Monte Carlo, Rome, and Hamburg) since the format began in 1990. Despite winning five Masters titles overall, he is the only male player in the open era to have been world No. 1 while never managing to win a Grand Slam singles tournament in his career. He did reach the 1998 Australian Open final, losing to Petr Korda in straight sets. Until Rafael Nadal in 2008, Ríos was the last left-handed player to become world No. 1.
He retired prematurely in July 2004, after being overtaken by a back injury. He played his last ATP Tour level tournament while only 27 years old at the 2003 French Open.
Ríos turned professional in 1994, finishing 1997, 1998, and 1999 as a top 10 player. Ríos won a total of 18 top-level singles titles and 1 top-level doubles title during his career.
Ríos began playing tennis at the age of 11 at the Sport Francés golf club in Vitacura (Greater Santiago), adjacent to his house.
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