Marcelo Ríos Masters Cup), Ríos withdrew at round robin stage after playing the first match. He was replaced by then world No. 11 Greg Rusedski." "At the 1998 Eurocard Open (Stuttgart Masters), Ríos withdrew prior to quarterfinals." "At the 2001 Monte Carlo Masters, Ríos withdrew prior to second round." 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
Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award The Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the professional male tennis player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.