TAG: Chile
Former world no. 1 ATP player Marcelo Rios didn’t like to talk to the mainstream media during his career (1994-2003) and so he rarely spoke his true feelings about tennis. This unfortunate reality of Rios distrusting the tennis media cost the sport to learn about what the Chilean grandmaster wizard really, deeply thought about the […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Sarasota · Yonex
This past week I had the good fortune to meet a couple of tennis figures who had some interesting encounters with Marcelo Rios during his playing career. Neno Cacic, a former player at Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy said he saw an incident where Rios was training on a practice court and did not want to […] Continue to read full article...
Chile · Marcelo Rios · Nike · Yonex
Mar/23
30
Marcelo Rios “Ate The World” 25 Years Ago In Miami
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By Scoop Malinowski When Diego Maradona saw a teenaged Marcelo Rios play live for the first time, in a Davis Cup match vs Argentina’s Franco Davin, which Rios lost, the soccer legend was so impressed by the Chilean’s tennis wizardry, he felt compelled to go meet him after the match. Rios told the story recently, […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Justin Gimelstob · Marcelo Rios · Miami Open · Sander Groen
Former ATP world no. 1 Marcelo Rios turns 47 today. Rios won 18 ATP titles from 1995-2001, the first coming in Bologna, Italy and the final in Hong Kong, China. Rios won Masters 1000 titles in Monte Carlo, Indian Wells, Miami, Rome and Hamburg. In 1998 Rios played the Australian Open Grand Slam final but […] Continue to read full article...
AO · ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Miami · Monte Carlo · Nike · Rome · Yonex
Nov/22
27
When Marcelo Rios First Shocked The Tennis World
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By Scoop Malinowski There are a few stories of young phenoms achieving stunning early success in pro tennis… Lleyton Hewitt won his first ATP title at his first ATP tournament in hometown Adelaide as a 15 year old unknown wildcard. John McEnroe reached the semis of Wimbledon as a Stanford University freshman qualifier. Boris Becker […] Continue to read full article...
Chile · IMG · Marcelo Rios · Nike · Yonex
By Scoop Malinowski Status: ATP no. 21. Won his first two ATP titles this year Auckland and Mallorca. Career best ranking was 19 in June 2024. Ht: 6-2 Wt: 165 DOB: June 2, 1997 In: Toronto, Ontario First Tennis Memory: Going after school. My dad (Ricardo) picked me up with my brother and we’d both […] Continue to read full article...
May/21
23
How a traveling snafu changed the career of Marcelo Rios
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In the summer of 1995 Marcelo Rios was 19 years old and rising up the ranks. He had won his first ATP title in Bologna in May (defeated Marcelo Filippini) which shot his ranking up from 69 and into the top 50 to 49. Rios lost second round at Roland Garros to Alberto Berasategui (after […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Yonex
Feb/21
23
Marcelo Rios Amazon Documentary In The Works
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Amazon has teamed up with a Chilean production company to produce a documentary about former ATP world no. 1 player Marcelo Rios. The usually media-shy winner of eighteen ATP singles titles is fully supporting the project and has an interest to have the story of his spectacular and controversial career and life told at last. […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Nike · No. 1 · Sarasota · Yonex
In our new series, former ATP no. 12, winner of four ATP singles titles (23 in doubles), and Roland Garros doubles finalist Hans Gildemeister discusses what he remembers to be the two best performances that were ever played against him. “Roland Garros quarterfinal 1978 against Vilas, lost 6-3 in the fifth set (64 26 61 […] Continue to read full article...
Borg · Chile · Hans Gildemeister · Vilas
Jul/20
19
Marcelo Rios: The Most Talented Of All Time
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Tennis enthusiasts probably don’t remember Emilio Benfele Alvarez, from Spain. He made it to 81 in the world and the finals of Kitzbuhel 2000, losing to Alex Corretja in the final 36 16 03 (ret.). In 1996 Alvarez lucky losered into the main draw from qualies to reach Kitzbuhel semis after beating Fabrice Santoro, Francisco […] Continue to read full article...
