 Ríos in 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  Chile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residence | Santiago, Chile | |||||||||||
| Born | (1975-12-26)26 December 1975 (age 49) Santiago, Chile | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1994 | |||||||||||
| Retired | 2004 | |||||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
| Prize money | US$9,713,771 | |||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 391–192 (67.1%) | |||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | RR (1998) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam Cup | W (1998) | |||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 1R (2000) | |||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 36–57 (38.7%) | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 1 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 141 (7 May 2001) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
| US Open | Q2 (1995) | |||||||||||
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Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (Latin American Spanish:[maɾˈseloˈri.os]; born 26 December 1975) is a Chilean former professionaltennis player. He was ranked as theworld No. 1 in men's singles by theAssociation of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the first Latin American Male to reach the top position. Ríos won 18ATP Tour-level singles titles, including fiveMasters events, and was the runner-up at the1998 Australian Open. He is the only man to have been world No. 1 on the ATP singles rankings without ever winning amajor singles tournament.
Ríos was the first player to win all threeclay court Masters tournaments (Monte Carlo,Rome, andHamburg) since the format began in 1990. He was also the third man (afterMichael Chang andPete Sampras) to complete theSunshine Double (winningIndian Wells andMiami Masters in the same year), which he achieved in 1998. At 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in), Ríos is the shortest man to hold the number 1 ranking. He also held the top ranking in juniors.
Ríos retired from the sport in July 2004, due to a long-term back injury. He played his last ATP Tour-level tournament while only 27 years old at the2003 French Open.
Ríos turned professional in 1994 and finished 1997, 1998, and 1999 as a top-ten player. Ríos won a total of 18 top-level singles titles and one top-level doubles title during his career.
Ríos began playing tennis at the age of 11 at theSport Francés golf club inVitacura (Greater Santiago), adjacent to his house.
As a junior, Ríos reached as high as No. 1 in singles and No. 141 in doubles.
Ríos reached the semifinals of the junior French Open in 1993 without dropping a set, where he was defeated byRoberto Carretero-Diaz in straight sets, and won the junior US Open in 1993 while only dropping one set during the entire tournament. He also won his firstSatellite tournament in Chile.
This was Ríos' first year as a professional player, and he quickly began to acquire international fame after his participation atRoland Garros, where, at just 18 years of age, he facedPete Sampras in the second round, fighting a hard battle before eventually losing 6–7, 6–7, 4–6. His left-handed ability, plus his novel long hair and backwards visor, drew the attention of the media. The same year he won his firstChallenger in Dresden, Germany.
In May 1995, aged 19, Ríos won his first tournament title inBologna defeatingMarcelo Filippini of Uruguay 6–2, 6–4, and breaking into the world's top 50 for the first time. Then in June, he won atAmsterdam in both singles (againstJan Siemerink, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4) and doubles (withSjeng Schalken) and won the tournament inKuala Lumpur againstMark Philippoussis 7–6, 6–2. He also reached the final of his home country's ATP tournament inSantiago. Ríos ended the year ranked No. 25 in the world.
His achievements this year included excellent performances in theMasters Series (then called Super 9) tournaments. He reached the quarterfinals inMasters Series ofStuttgart andRome, and the semifinals inIndian Wells,Monte Carlo, andCanada. InSankt Pölten, Austria, he won his fourth career title by defeating the SpaniardFélix Mantilla 6–1, 6–4. Ríos again reached the final in Santiago, and also reached the finals inBarcelona andScottsdale. For much of the year Ríos would be ranked in the top 10, becoming the first Chilean in history to do so. He finished the year ranked number 11.
In 1997 for the first time in Ríos' career he reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament at theAustralian Open and again at theUS Open. He also won his first Masters title atMonte Carlo; after a first round bye, he beatAndrea Gaudenzi,Albert Costa,Carlos Moyá,Magnus Larsson, and, in the final,Àlex Corretja, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. Two weeks later, he lost in the final of theRome Masters against the same Spaniard. Other successes for the year included the quarterfinals (again) in theStuttgart Masters and the finals inMarseille,Boston, and (for the third time) inSantiago. Ríos had a very consistent 1997 season, being the only player to reach the fourth round or better on all Grand Slams. Ríos went as high as No. 6 during the year, and ended the year in the top ten for the first time, being No. 10.
The year 1998 brought the peak of his career, when he reached the No. 1 spot in the world. He won the tournament (the first of the year) inAuckland, New Zealand, againstRichard Fromberg, then reached the final of theAustralian Open, beatingGrant Stafford,Thomas Enqvist,Andrew Ilie,Lionel Roux,Alberto Berasategui andNicolas Escudé before losing toPetr Korda in a lopsided 2–6, 2–6, 2–6 that lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. The following months brought successes such as the title of the Super 9 (the current Masters Series) atIndian Wells, where he defeated BritishGreg Rusedski in the final.
The consummation came in the final atKey Biscayne, Florida, under the guidance of his coachLarry Stefanki. After victories overHendrik Dreekmann,Tommy Haas, andGoran Ivanišević, Ríos beat Thomas Enqvist in the quarterfinals andTim Henman in the semifinals. In the final on 29 March, Ríos defeatedAndre Agassi 7–5, 6–3, 6–4. In Chile, thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate the triumph of the first Chilean, Latin and indeed Spanish speaking player to reach the sport's No. 1 ranking, grabbing the position fromPete Sampras (who had maintained 102 consecutive weeks at No. 1, and five years ending the season as the leader). In the days ahead, there was a crowded reception leading Ríos to then presidentEduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle onLa Moneda Palace, with around 10,000 people cheering at the palace's surroundings. Ríos' No. 1 ranking lasted four weeks; he lost it after being unable to defend the title at Monte Carlo because of an injury suffered in theDavis Cup while defeatingHernán Gumy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In May, he reached the quarterfinals of theFrench Open losing to eventual champion Carlos Moyá.
In June, atWimbledon, Ríos was upset in the first round byFrancisco Clavet. However, on 10 August, Ríos regained the No. 1 spot for another two weeks. In September, he lost at third round of theUS Open toMagnus Larsson. During this season, Ríos also won theRome Masters againstAlbert Costa, who withdrew from the final,Sankt Pölten by defeatingVincent Spadea, theGrand Slam Cup against Andre Agassi, andSingapore by defeatingMark Woodforde. Furthermore, he reached the quarterfinals of the Stuttgart Masters and Paris Masters. In 1998, Ríos won seven titles, including three Masters Series titles, and reached the final of the Australian Open. On 27 July of that year, he reached the maximum number of points achieved throughout his career: 3719 (according to the scoring system used prior to the year 2000). He ended the year ranked No. 2 behind Pete Sampras, who topped the world rankings for a sixth consecutive year.
Ríos maintained a high level throughout 1999, although his game was interrupted by repeated injuries and surgeries. This prevented him from defending the points achieved by reaching the final of the Australian Open the previous year, so he fell several places in the rankings. He reached the final of theMonte Carlo Masters, but after trailing 4–6, 1–2, he had to retire due to a new injury, handing the tournament toGustavo Kuerten. Ríos subsequently won theHamburg Masters in a match that lasted more than four hours againstMariano Zabaleta; two weeks later he became champion inSankt Pölten for the second consecutive time against the same Argentine, who, this time, had to retire during the first set at 4–4. In October, he won atSingapore and reached the final in Beijing, losing toMagnus Norman. He also reached the quarterfinals atRoland Garros and theStuttgart Masters. Despite many injuries he suffered and surgeries he underwent, Ríos would complete his third consecutive year as a top-ten player, at world No. 9.
Since 2000 until the end of Ríos' career on the main tour, he was not able to keep up his level of play to the standards he set in the previous decade, as it was marked by repeated and disabling injuries. He still won the tournament ofUmag, Croatia beating the ArgentineMariano Puerta in the final. He also reached the semifinals at theHamburg Masters losing toMarat Safin. Ríos finished the year No. 37 in the world.
In 2001, Ríos won the first tournament of the year inDoha. However, his performance in the following tournaments was weaker, weakened by an ankle operation, which resulted in him dropping out of the top 50 in the world for the first time since he was a teenager. In September, Ríos won another title, this time inHong Kong, defeatingRainer Schüttler in the final. Ríos decided to return in October to play aChallenger event in Santiago in an effort to end his curse of not winning an ATP tournament in his home country. He won the title, beatingEdgardo Massa in the final.[1] He also reached a doubles final inScottsdale. Ríos ended the year as No. 39 in the world.
In early 2002, Ríos had some good results, but a back injury prevented him from continuing the season successfully. It was the same injury that he had already had two operations on, and finally prevented him from returning to a competitive level. His best results were the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, the semifinals at theMiami Masters, and the final in theStockholm tournament playing theParadorn Srichaphan. Ríos would finish in the top 25 in the world for the first time since 1999 at No. 24, but without managing to recover from the injuries that beset him since late 1999.
Ríos reached the final of theViña del Mar tournament (formerly the Santiago tournament) but lost to SpaniardDavid Sánchez. This was the fourth final he has reached and lost in his home country but failed to win. However, representing Chile alongsideFernando González andNicolás Massú, he won theWorld Team Cup in Düsseldorf. In the same year, he also won silver medals in singles and doubles withAdrián García in the2003 Pan American Games. In May, Ríos played his last ATP-level match, losing in the first round of Roland Garros toMario Ančić and retiring at 1–6, 0–1. In 2003, Ríos played in very few tournaments, most of which he had to withdraw from due to injuries. As a result, he ended the year at No. 105 in the world, his worst year-end ranking on the main tour yet.
In 2004, six years after claiming the world No. 1 ranking, and after a long absence from the tour, Ríos returned to competition with a victory at aChallenger Series tournament in Ecuador. He played his last competitive match in early April 2004 at a Challenger inSan Luis Potosí, Mexico, where he retired in the round of 16.
Finally, on 16 July 2004, after years of constant injuries—and at just 28 years old—Ríos announced his retirement from tennis during a press conference in Santiago. He organized a farewell tour across his home country, travelling through several cities, meeting with fans, offering tennis clinics, and playing friendly matches with international and local tennis players such as Petr Korda and Goran Ivanišević. The tour ended on 22 December 2004, at a soccer stadium in Santiago, where he played his final tennis match of his career on the main tour againstGuillermo Coria.
In 2015, it was announced that theChile Tennis Federation and Ríos himself were to request a probe by theInternational Tennis Federation into his1998 Australian Open final opponentPetr Korda's possible doping activity during the tournament.[2]
Following successful elbow surgery in November 2018, Ríos announced a comeback as part of his desire to become the oldest ever winner of a Challenger tournament,[3] though his plans ultimately did not come to fruition.
On 21 December 2018, Ríos defeatedNicolás Lapentti 6–4, 5–7, [11–9] in an exhibition in Chile.[4]
On 29 March 2006, Ríos, aged 30, debuted on theATP Champions Tour, a tour for former tour players, having met the requirement of at least two years after retirement. At his first tournament on the tour in Doha, Qatar, he defeatedThomas Muster,Henri Leconte,Pat Cash, andCédric Pioline to claim the title. The following week he repeated, this time winning the crown in Hong Kong, where he won the final against Muster. Ríos won six tournaments in a row, adding Algarve, Graz, Paris and Eindhoven to the above. His inclusion on the senior circuit caused mild controversy, as he was significantly younger than many of his fellow competitors.[5] He ended the year as No. 1, winning a total of six tournaments and holding a winning streak of 25 matches, achieving the record of being the only player in history to be No. 1 in the world as a junior, professional and veteran.
Ríos did not take part at the Champions Tour in 2007.
He actually intended to return to the ATP Tour in February at the Viña del Mar tournament (Movistar Open), but he defaulted because of the same back injury that made him retire from the tour.
On 30 March 2007, Ríos played an exhibition match in theMovistar Arena againstAndre Agassi, both as a way to commemorate the match where Ríos rose to world No. 1 and as a way of having the American play in Chile.
In 2008, Ríos came back to veteran's tour where he won the tournaments in Barcelona and Algarve. On 22 June 2008, he was defeated byPete Sampras in the final of a seniors tournament in São Paulo, Brazil. Ríos ended the year as No. 3 in the veteran's world rankings.
On 24 June 2008, Ríos defeated Sampras in an exhibition match that commemorated the 10-year anniversary of having reached the No. 1 ranking in the world.
Ríos was born in Santiago, Chile to Jorge Ríos Jarvis, an engineer and businessman, and Alicia Mayorga, a teacher. He has an older sister, Paula.
Ríos met the 14-year-old Costa Rican Giuliana Sotela in September 1998 while he was training at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida. Ríos and Sotela got married in December 2000 in Santiago. They have a daughter, Constanza, who was born in June 2001. In March 2004, the marriage ended in divorce, which legally took place in Costa Rica, as Chile did not allow married couples the right of divorce until November 2004. During 2004, Ríos worked as a sports commentator for a radio station in Chile.
In April 2005, Ríos married modelMaría Eugenia "Kenita" Larraín, a former fiancée of football playerIván Zamorano. The couple subsequently experienced a very public break-up in September of the same year after an incident inCosta Rica in which Larraín was injured when Ríos allegedly threw her out of his car while he was driving to visit his daughter. Ríos claimed that marrying Larraín was "the biggest mistake of my life." Ríos had previously been in a relationship with Larraín's cousin, Patricia Larraín, from 1995 to 1998.
In May 2008, Ríos married Paula Pavic.[6] They have five children together, daughter Isidora (born December 2008), daughter Colomba (born June 2010), and alsotriplets, which are a son named Marcelo jr. and two daughters named Antonella and Agustina (all born December 2011).[7][8] Ríos and Pavic divorced in 2023.
In March 2008, on the tenth anniversary of Ríos reaching the No. 1 ranking, journalist Nelson Flores published a book in Spanish titledEl extraño del pelo largo (The strange man with long hair), recounting his experiences following the player from his junior days up to his ascent to the top of the ATP singles ranking.
In May 2014, Ríos said in an interview withEl Mercurio that he could haveAsperger's syndrome.[9] On 17 November 2016, he confirmed in an interview withChilevisión that he was diagnosed with Asperger's twice in his life, as a child and during aDavis Cup tie, but he did not care that much until the 2014 interview.[10]
He relocated his family to Sarasota, Florida, in late 2018, according to the website tennis-prose.com.[citation needed]
Ríos' career was marked by a number of controversies.
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1998 | Australian Open | Hard |  Petr Korda | 2–6, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1998 | Munich | Hard (i) |  Andre Agassi | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–3 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1997 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay |  Àlex Corretja | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1997 | Italian Open | Clay | Àlex Corretja | 5–7, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 1998 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard |  Greg Rusedski | 6–3, 6–7(15–17), 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Win | 1998 | Miami Open | Hard | Andre Agassi | 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 1998 | Italian Open | Clay | Albert Costa | w/o |
| Loss | 1999 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay |  Gustavo Kuerten | 4–6, 1–2 ret. |
| Win | 1999 | German Open | Clay |  Mariano Zabaleta | 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0–1) |
| Grand Slam Cup (1–0) |
| ATP Masters Series (5–2) |
| ATP International Series Gold (2–1) |
| ATP International Series (10–9) |
| Fimals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (8–6) |
| Clay (9–7) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (1–0) |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | May 1995 | Bologna Outdoor, Italy | Clay |  Marcelo Filippini | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | Jul 1995 | Dutch Open, Netherlands | Clay |  Jan Siemerink | 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 3. | Oct 1995 | Kuala Lumpur Open, Malaysia | Carpet (i) |  Mark Philippoussis | 7–6(8–6), 6–2 |
| Loss | 1. | Oct 1995 | Chile Open, Santiago | Clay | Sláva Doseděl | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Mar 1996 | Tennis Channel Open, United States | Hard |  Wayne Ferreira | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Apr 1996 | Barcelona Open, Spain | Clay |  Thomas Muster | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 4. | May 1996 | Sankt Pölten Open, Austria | Clay | Fèlix Mantilla | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | Nov 1996 | Chile Open, Santiago | Clay | Hernán Gumy | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 5. | Feb 1997 | Marseille Open, France | Hard (i) |  Thomas Enqvist | 4–6, 0–1 ret. |
| Win | 5. | Apr 1997 | Monte Carlo Masters, Monaco | Clay | Àlex Corretja | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6. | May 1997 | Italian Open, Rome | Clay | Àlex Corretja | 5–7, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7. | Aug 1997 | Boston, United States | Hard | Sjeng Schalken | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8. | Nov 1997 | Chile Open, Santiago | Clay | Julián Alonso | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 6. | Jan 1998 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | Hard | Richard Fromberg | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| Loss | 9. | Feb 1998 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | Petr Korda | 2–6, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7. | Mar 1998 | Indian Wells Masters, United States | Hard | Greg Rusedski | 6–3, 6–7(15–17), 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | Mar 1998 | Miami Open, United States | Hard | Andre Agassi | 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 9. | May 1998 | Italian Open, Rome | Clay | Albert Costa | w/o |
| Win | 10. | May 1998 | Sankt Pölten Open, Austria(2) | Clay | Vincent Spadea | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Win | 11. | Oct 1998 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich | Hard (i) | Andre Agassi | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–3 |
| Win | 12. | Oct 1998 | Singapore Open | Hard | Mark Woodforde | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 10. | Apr 1999 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Clay | Gustavo Kuerten | 4–6, 1–2 ret. |
| Win | 13. | May 1999 | Hamburg Masters, Germany | Clay | Mariano Zabaleta | 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Win | 14. | May 1999 | Sankt Pölten Open, Austria(3) | Clay | Mariano Zabaleta | 4–4 ret. |
| Loss | 11. | Oct 1999 | Shanghai Open, China | Hard | Magnus Norman | 6–2, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 15. | Oct 1999 | Singapore Open(2) | Hard | Mikael Tillström | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 16. | Jul 2000 | Croatia Open, Umag | Clay | Mariano Puerta | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 17. | Jan 2001 | Qatar Open, Doha | Hard | Bohdan Ulihrach | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 18. | Sep 2001 | Hong Kong Open, China | Hard |  Rainer Schüttler | 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Loss | 12. | Oct 2002 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | Hard (i) |  Paradorn Srichaphan | 7–6(7–2), 0–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 13. | Feb 2003 | Chile Open, Viña del Mar | Clay | David Sánchez | 6–1, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Jul 1995 | Dutch Open, Netherlands | Clay | Sjeng Schalken | Wayne ArthursNeil Broad | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | Mar 2001 | Tennis Channel Open, United States | Hard | Sjeng Schalken | Donald JohnsonJared Palmer | 6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partners | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | May 2003 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf | Clay | Fernando GonzálezNicolás Massú | Jiří NovákRadek Štěpánek | 2–1 |
| Result | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Aug 2003 | Pan American Games, Santo Domingo | Hard | Fernando Meligeni | 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7) |
| Result | Date | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Aug 2003 | Pan American Games, Santo Domingo | Hard | Adrián García |  Santiago GonzálezAlejandro Hernández | 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 3–6 |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses.
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | SR | W–L | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | QF | F | A | A | 1R | QF | A | A | 0 / 5 | 14–5 | |||||
| French Open | A | 2R | 2R | 4R | 4R | QF | QF | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 9 | 17–9 | |||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | 4R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | |||||
| US Open | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 3R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 3R | A | A | 0 / 9 | 17–9 | |||||
| Win–loss | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 14–4 | 12–4 | 7–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 26 | 51–26 | ||||||
| Year-end championships | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tennis Masters Cup | Did not qualify | RR1 | Did not qualify | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Cup | Did not qualify | QF | W | A | Not Held | 1 / 2 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | 3R | SF | 2R | W | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | 1 / 9 | 16–8 | |||||
| Miami Open | A | A | 3R | 3R | 3R | W | 4R | 4R | 2R | SF | 4R | A | 1 / 9 | 20–7 | |||||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | Q2 | SF | W | A | F | 1R | 2R3 | 3R | A | A | 1 / 6 | 16–4 | |||||
| Italian Open | A | A | 2R | QF | F | W | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 1 / 7 | 15–6 | |||||
| German Open | A | A | A | SF | 3R | 2R | W | SF | 2R | A | A | A | 1 / 6 | 14–5 | |||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | SF | A | A | A | 3R | A | 3R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 7–3 | |||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | A | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | |||||
| Stuttgart Masters[a] | A | A | A | QF | QF | QF2 | QF | A | 3R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 11–5 | |||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | |||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 5–4 | 20–8 | 16–7 | 20–3 | 14–6 | 10–7 | 5–5 | 12–7 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5 / 56 | 105–48 | ||||||
| National Representation | |||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
| Davis Cup | Z1 | A | Z1 | Z1 | PO | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | Z1 | Z1 | A | 0 / 10 | 25–10 | |||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | ||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 12–11 | 41–21 | 57–25 | 60–26 | 68–17 | 47–18 | 29–23 | 31–19 | 32–21 | 14–10 | 0–0 | 391–192 | ||||||
| Win % | 0% | 52% | 66% | 70% | 70% | 80% | 72% | 56% | 62% | 60% | 58% | – | 67.07% | ||||||
| Year-end ranking | 562 | 107 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 24 | 105 | 842 | $9,567,686 | ||||||
1At the 1998 ATP Tour World Championships (Tennis Masters Cup), Ríos withdrew at round robin stage after playing the first match. He was replaced by then world No. 11 Greg Rusedski.
2At the 1998 Eurocard Open (Stuttgart Masters), Ríos withdrew prior to quarterfinals.
3At the 2001 Monte Carlo Masters, Ríos withdrew prior to second round.
| Season | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Ríos Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | |||||||
| 1. | Wayne Ferreira | 10 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | QF | 7–5, 7–5 | 20 |
| 2. | Jim Courier | 9 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | SF | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–5) | 16 |
| 3. | Boris Becker | 5 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 3R | 6–4, 6–3 | 13 |
| 4. | Wayne Ferreira | 10 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | QF | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | 11 |
| 5. | Richard Krajicek | 7 | Stuttgart, Germany | Carpet (i) | 3R | 6–4, 6–4 | 10 |
| 1997 | |||||||
| 6. | Thomas Enqvist | 9 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | 4R | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | 11 |
| 7. | Albert Costa | 9 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 3R | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | 10 |
| 8. | Carlos Moyà | 8 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Clay | QF | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | 10 |
| 9. | Sergi Bruguera | 8 | US Open, New York | Hard | 4R | 7–5, 6–2, 6–4 | 10 |
| 10. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | Stuttgart, Germany | Carpet (i) | 3R | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 | 10 |
| 1998 | |||||||
| 11. | Petr Korda | 2 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | QF | 6–4, 6–2 | 7 |
| 12. | Greg Rusedski | 6 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | F | 6–3, 6–7(15–17), 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | 7 |
| 13. | Gustavo Kuerten | 9 | Rome, Italy | Clay | SF | 6–0, 7–5 | 3 |
| 14. | Andre Agassi | 8 | Grand Slam Cup, Munich | Hard (i) | F | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–3 | 3 |
| 1999 | |||||||
| 15. | Mark Philippoussis | 8 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Clay | QF | 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–4 | 13 |
| 16. | Carlos Moyà | 6 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | SF | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | 8 |
| 2001 | |||||||
| 17. | Àlex Corretja | 10 | Washington D.C., United States | Hard | 3R | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 | 64 |
| 18. | Sébastien Grosjean | 9 | Hong Kong, China (S.A.R.) | Hard | QF | 6–2, 6–3 | 58 |
| 19. | Marat Safin | 7 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | 2R | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | 46 |
| 20. | Sébastien Grosjean | 8 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–3, 6–4 | 44 |
| 2002 | |||||||
| 21. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | Miami, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | 33 |
| 2003 | |||||||
| 22. | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 3 | Miami, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–3, 7–6(7–2) | 31 |
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| Year | Majors | ATP wins | Total wins | Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $1,397,445 | 12 |
| 1998 | 0 | 6 | 7 | $3,420,054 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 | $1,794,244 | 5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $493,816 | 40 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 | $466,025 | 43 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $506,160 | 39 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $308,140 | 73 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career | 0 | 17 | 18 | $9,713,771 |
For the record, it will stand that Ríos did obtain a title within our borderlands, if we consider his win at the Santiago Challenger in 2001 to argentine Edgardo Massa.
I've been diagnosed with this when I was a kid, but I let it pass. I remember that at the Davis Cup we had a psychologist who made us some exams and she told me that I had Asperger. I didn't know what it meant and didn't care. But now I've researched about it, and I realized that out of 50 things, I had 60.
Hace rato que me vienen comparando con Guillermo Vilas y para ser sincero no lo conozco mucho (...) lo único que sé es que él fue número dos y yo soy el uno del mundo
| Preceded by Pete Sampras Pete Sampras | World No. 1 30 March 1998 – 26 April 1998 10 August 1998 – 23 August 1998 | Succeeded by Pete Sampras Pete Sampras |
| Preceded by | ATP Champions Tour Year-End No.1 2006 | Succeeded by |
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