Head to head
3
Hard
0
2
Clay
1
0
Carpet
1
Marcelo Rios's wins on the left · Nicolas Lapentti's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (7)
| 2003 | Davis Cup G1 R1: ECU vs CHI | Clay | RR | Marcelo Rios | 3-6 6-4 7-6(0) 7-6(5) |
| 2002 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Marcelo Rios | 7-5 6-1 6-4 |
| 2000 | Basel | Carpet | R32 | Nicolas Lapentti | 3-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1999 | Stuttgart Masters | Hard | R16 | Marcelo Rios | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1998 | Auckland | Hard | R32 | Marcelo Rios | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1997 | Davis Cup G1 QF: CHI vs ECU | Clay | RR | Marcelo Rios | 7-5 6-7(6) 6-3 6-7(6) 8-6 |
| 1995 | Bogota | Clay | QF | Nicolas Lapentti | 6-3 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.