Marcelo Ríos Marcelo Ríos Marcelo Andrés 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 world 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 three clay-court Masters Series tournaments (Monte Carlo, Rome, and Hamburg) since the format
Francisco Clavet this was the best performance of a Spanish male tennis player in this surface, during this year. In 1998 he won two other titles: Santiago and Bucharest. He managed to reach two other semifinals: Mexico and Kitzbühel. He had also the best year performances in Grand Slams tournaments. He repeated his best achievements at Roland Garros and Australian Open (4th and 3rd round, respectively) and reached the 4th round at Wimbledon giving a big surprise by defeating the 2nd seeded and world No. 2, Chilean Marcelo Rios in an extraordinary five-set match of 1st round. Rios underestimated Clavet and justified