Lleyton Hewitt

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Lleyton Hewitt

Nickname(s)	Rusty
Country	Australia
Residence	Sydney, New South Wales
Date of birth	24 February 1981 (1981-02-24) (age 28)
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$ 18,094,086
Singles
Career record	509–174 (74.7%)
Career titles	27
Highest ranking	No. 1 (19 November 2001)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (2005)
French Open	QF (2001, 2004)
Wimbledon	W (2002)
US Open	W (2001)
Major tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2001, 2002)
Olympic Games	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	75–54
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 18 (23 October 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1998, 2000)
French Open	2R (1999)
Wimbledon	3R (2000)
US Open	W (2000)
Last updated on: 6 July 2009.

Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (pronounced /ˈleɪtən ˈhjuː.ɨt/^[1]) (born 24 February 1981) is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces (Hard, Clay and Grass) and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one. His career best achievements are winning the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles titles, and winning back-to-back ATP World Tour Finals (2001 and 2002). In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Hewitt in 34th place on its list of the 40 greatest tennis players since 1965. ^[2]

Hewitt is known for his competitiveness ^[3][4][5] and has won most of his matches with fitness, consistency and skilled footwork. Hewitt spent much time in the late stages of 2004 working with his former coach and good friend, Roger Rasheed, on bulking up his physique. His hard work paid off after he made it to the final of the 2005 Australian Open, before losing to Marat Safin in 4 sets (1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4).

[edit] Tennis career

Hewitt might well have followed in the footsteps of his Australian rules football-playing father Glynn. Instead, he became one of the youngest winners of an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament when, as an almost unknown youngster, he won the 1998 Next Generation Adelaide International, defeating Andre Agassi in the semifinals. Only Aaron Krickstein winning Tel Aviv in 1983 and Michael Chang winning San Francisco in 1988 were younger when claiming their first ATP title.

Hewitt and fellow Australian Mark Philippoussis confer during a doubles match at the 2005 Queen's Club Championships.

In 2000, Hewitt won his first Grand Slam title when he and Max Mirnyi won the men's doubles championship at the US Open. Hewitt's first Grand Slam singles title was at the US Open in 2001, when he blitzed former World #1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semifinals, losing only four games. He followed this by defeating then-four time champion Pete Sampras the next day in straight sets, making himself, fellow countryman Pat Rafter, and Kafelnikov the only active ATP players to have won a Grand Slam singles and doubles title during their career. Hewitt has since been the last player to achieve this feat.

He followed his US Open win with a victory at Wimbledon in 2002, dominating David Nalbandian in the final in straight sets; Hewitt lost only two sets throughout the entire championship. His victory reinforced the idea that although the tournament had tended to be dominated by serve-and-volleyers, a baseliner like Hewitt or Agassi could still triumph on grass. (Hewitt was the first baseliner to win the tournament since Agassi did it ten years earlier.)

In 2003 Hewitt defeated former world #1 Gustavo Kuerten for the championship at Indian Wells. But at Wimbledon, as the defending champion, Hewitt lost in the first round of Wimbledon to qualifier Ivo Karlović. Hewitt became the first defending Wimbledon men's champion in the open era to lose in the first round. Only once before in the tournament's 126-year history had a defending men's champion lost in the opening round, in 1967, when Manuel Santana was beaten by Charles Pasarell. Hewitt also was only the third defending champion to lose in the first round of a Grand Slam singles tournament, after Boris Becker in the 1997 Australian Open and Pat Rafter in the 1999 US Open.

After Wimbledon in 2003, Hewitt lost in the final of the tournament in Los Angeles, the second round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal, and the first round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Cincinnati. At the US Open, Hewitt lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Carlos Ferrero 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(5), 6–1. Hewitt played only Davis Cup matches for the remainder of the year, using his time off to bulk up, gaining 7 kg.

Lleyton Hewitt

In 2004, Hewitt became the first man in history to lose in each Grand Slam singles tournament to the eventual champion. At the Australian Open, he was defeated in the fourth round by Swiss Roger Federer. At the French Open, he was defeated in a quarterfinal by Argentine Gastón Gaudio. At Wimbledon, he was defeated in a quarterfinal by Federer. And at the US Open, he was defeated in the final by Federer, losing two out of the three sets at love. At the year ending 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Hewitt defeated Andy Roddick to advance to the final but was yet again defeated by defending champion Federer.

In 2005, Hewitt won his only title at the Sydney Medibank International. He reached his first Australian Open final by defeating World No. 2 Roddick, but was defeated by Marat Safin. At Wimbledon, he reached the semifinals, but lost to eventual champion Federer. Almost three months later, Hewitt again lost to Federer in the US Open semifinal, although this time he was able to take one set from the Swiss. Hewitt had at this point lost to the eventual champion at seven consecutive Grand Slam tournaments he played (he missed the 2005 French Open because of injury). Hewitt pulled out of the Tennis Masters Cup tournament in Shanghai in November 2005 so that he could be with his wife Bec, who was due to give birth. He was replaced by Gastón Gaudio.

[edit] 2006

After a fairly frosty start to 2006, where Hewitt was defeated in the second round of the Australian Open, his results improved after some time away from the tour. He reached the finals of the San Jose and Las Vegas tournaments, losing to British youngster Andy Murray and American James Blake, respectively. But he lost to Tim Henman 7–6(5), 6–3 in the second round of the Miami Masters, a player he had defeated eight times previously in as many matches. At the 2006 French Open, Hewitt reached the fourth round where he lost to defending champion, and eventual winner, Rafael Nadal in four sets.

Hewitt won his first tournament of 2006 (after a 17 month hiatus from winning a tournament) when he beat Blake 6–4, 6–4 in the finals of the Queen's Club Championships. This was his fourth title there, thereby equalling the records of John McEnroe and Boris Becker. During the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Hewitt survived a five-set match against South Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee that was played over two days. He then defeated Olivier Rochus and David Ferrer before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the quarterfinals. At the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C., Hewitt was defeated by Arnaud Clément 7–6(1), 6–4 in a quarterfinal after defeating Vincent Spadea in the second round and Denis Gremelmayr in the third round. Hewitt participated at the 2006 US Open despite having an injured knee. Hewitt won his first three matches in straight sets against, respectively, Albert Montañés, Jan Hernych, and Novak Đoković. He defeated Richard Gasquet 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3 in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals for the seventh consecutive year. He then lost to Roddick 6–3, 7–5, 6–4.

[edit] 2007

At the 2007 Australian Open, Hewitt lost in the third round to the tenth seeded Chilean and eventual runner-up Fernando González 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4. With his win in Las Vegas in March 2007, Hewitt has won at least one ATP title annually for ten consecutive years. This was a record among active players at the time.^[6]

Hewitt reached the 2007 Hamburg Masters semifinals, where he pushed eventual finalist Rafael Nadal to three sets. At the 2007 French Open, Hewitt, for the 2nd straight time at Roland Garros, lost in the 4th round to Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–1, 7–6(5). At the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, Hewitt won his first three matches, including a four-set third round victory over Guillermo Cañas. He then faced 4th seed Novak Djokovic in the fourth round which he lost 7–6, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6.

After Wimbledon, it was announced that he had hired former Australian tennis pro, Tony Roche, to coach him during Grand Slam and Masters tournaments in 2007 and 2008.^[7] At the Masters tournaments in Montréal and Cincinnati Hewitt reached the quarter- and semifinals, respectively. In both cases, he lost to Roger Federer.

He was seeded 16 at the 2007 U.S. Open, but for the first time in eight consecutive appearances at Flushing Meadows, he did not reach the quarterfinals or further. He lost in the second round to Argentine Agustín Calleri.

[edit] 2008

At the 2008 Australian Open, he advanced to the fourth round as the 19th seed, defeating 15th-seeded and 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis in a thrilling match, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–7 (4), 6–3. Destined to be his last win at the Australian Open, the 282 minute match started at 11:52pm and ended at 4:34am^[8] the following morning, Melbourne time. It was a characteristically "gutsy" performance and cemented Hewitt's reputation as a tough competitor. Hewitt lost his fourth round match in straight sets to the 3rd seeded and eventual champion Novak Đoković 7–5, 6–3, 6–3.

A hip injury Hewitt acquired in March 2008 affected his preparation for the French open, and forced the loss of 300 rankings points as Hewitt was unable to defend his Semi Final appearance at the Hamburg Masters as well as compete in supplementary tournaments. However, Hewitt made the third round at Roland Garros before losing a 5 set thriller to fifth seed David Ferrer 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Despite his ongoing hip problem Hewitt was able to compete at the Queens Club Championship with moderate success, falling to second seed Novak Djokovic in the Quarter Finals 2-6, 2-6. His good form continued into Wimbledon, Hewitt making the fourth round for the second successive year before facing world number 1 and first seed Roger Federer, a match that Federer took 7-6(7), 6-2, 6-4.

After Wimbledon Hewitt elected to miss the Montreal and Cincinnati Masters in an effort to give his hip sufficient rest to enable him to play at the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he defeated Jonas Björkman in the first round 7-5 7-6(7-2) before losing to second seed Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-2. However, the more notable incident in the Olympics occurred in Hewitt's opening round doubles match with Chris Guccione against Argentines Juan Mónaco and Agustín Calleri. The match went to an advantage 3rd set with Hewitt and Guccione prevailing 18-16.

After the Olympics due to the further damage Hewitt's hip sustained at the Olympics, he was left with no option but to pull out of the US open and skip the rest of the season to have hip surgery.

2008 was the first year that Hewitt didn't win a title since 1998.

[edit] 2009

After returning from hip surgery Hewitt played his first match in 2009 at the Hopman Cup where he defeated Nicolas Kiefer in 3 sets. Hewitt lost his 2009 first round match against Fernando Gonzalez in the 2009 Australian Open after 5 sets for the first time.

At the 2009 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup he caused an upset by defeating James Blake in three sets, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. He then defeated fellow Australian Chris Guccione in the second round 6-2, 7-6(4), and Christophe Rochus in the quarterfinals 6-2, 6-3. He faced Andy Roddick in the semifinals but lost in a close match 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4.

Hewitt lost in the first round of the 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships to Yen-Hsun Lu, the eighth seed, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2. Hewitt also competed in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, he reached the second round, being defeated by Fernando Gonzalez.

At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Hewitt played Israeli Dudi Sela in the first round. Hewitt lost the first set before recovering to win the match 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Hewitt was then defeated by 7th seed Gilles Simon of France 6-1, 6-2.

At the 2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Hewitt defeated the number 7 seed Diego Junqueira 6-0, 6-2. Hewitt advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating Sergio Roitman 6-1, 6-3 in just 57 minutes, and defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the semi finals where he defeated Evgeny Korolev 7-6(4), 6-4. He defeated Wayne Odesnik in the final 6-2, 7-5, for his first title since 2007 and his first clay court title in a decade.

Hewitt entered the Monte Carlo Masters as a wild card. He lost in the first round 6-4, 7-5 to Marat Safin who lives in Monte Carlo. After missing his scheduled flight out of Houston due to his match being delayed by rain Hewitt was forced to arrive in Monte Carlo the afternoon of the match against Safin after a further 3 hour flight delay and was carrying a slight muscle tear. Hewitt admitted to running out of energy in the second set.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2009 BMW Open, Hewitt recorded his 500th career win after defeating Philipp Petzschner in the first round, becoming one of only three active players to achieve this milestone; the others being Roger Federer and Carlos Moya.

In the 2009 French Open, he defeated No.26 seed Ivo Karlovic in five sets 6-7(1) 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-4 6-3 in the first round, and then defeated Andrey Golubev 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 in the second. He lost to No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in the third round.

Lleyton's next tournament was the 2009 AEGON Championships in London. He was the 15th seed and drew Eduardo Schwank in the first round, who he easily dispatched 6-1 6-0. In the second round he went 3 sets against Portugese Frederico Gil. Hewitt dropped the first set but went on to win 3-6 6-2 6-2. Former rival Andy Roddick awaited Lleyton in the third round, and the match certainly did not disappoint. As they have many times in the past, the former World Number 1 players battled through a tough and intense match, which Roddick ended up taking. Hewitt lost in a heartbreaking 7-6(4) 7-6(2).

In the 2009 Wimbledon Championships Hewitt faced the prospect of Rafael Nadal in the second round, however Nadal withdrew due to injury and his slot was replaced by World # 5 Juan Martin Del Potro. Hewitt defeated American Robby Ginepri, 6-4 6-1 6-1 in the first round. Del Potro awaited Lleyton in the second round as expected. Hewitt used his strong service game to his advantage, losing only one service game the entire match. He upended Del Potro in straight sets, 6-3 7-5 7-5. The third round also produced a straight set victory for Hewitt, as he defeated Philipp Petzschner 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-3. He reversed a two set deficit to defeat Radek Stepanek in the fourth round 4-6 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-2. It was another classic Hewitt fightback to thrill the many Australians on hand to witness the match. His Cinderella run ended in the quarter-finals against #6 seed Andy Roddick. It was a 5 set thriller which featured two tiebreaks. Hewitt lost 3-6, 7-6 (10), 6-7 (1), 6-4, 4-6.^[9] It was the first time Lleyton had reached the quarter-finals of a major since the 2006 U.S. Open.

[edit] Davis Cup

Hewitt was a part of the Australian Davis Cup Team that won the Davis Cup in 1999 and 2003 and reached the final in 2000 and 2001. By the age of 22, he had recorded more wins in Davis Cup singles than any other Australian player.

In 2003, Hewitt led the Australian team to victory when he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the opening rubber 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–2.

In the 2006 quarter-finals in Melbourne, Hewitt defeated Belarusian Vladimir Voltchkov 6–2, 6–1, 6–2 in just 91 minutes. Voltchkov said before the match that "Hewitt has no weapons to hurt me." Hewitt responded, "Voltchkov doesn't have a ranking [of 457] to hurt me." In the semi-finals in Buenos Aires on clay, Hewitt lost to Argentine José Acasuso 1–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1.

In February 2007, Australia led by Hewitt lost in the first round to Belgium in Belgium on clay. Hewitt lost to then World No. 41 Kristof Vliegen, and his teammate Chris Guccione also lost his first singles match. Although Hewitt won both his doubles match with Paul Hanley and singles match against Olivier Rochus to get Australia back in contention, Guccione could not prevent an Australian first round exit, their first since 2004.

[edit] Coaches

Darren Cahill, Jason Stoltenberg and Roger Rasheed are all former coaches of his. Hewitt is currently coached by Tony Roche ^[10].

[edit] Playing style

Hewitt is a defensive baseline counterpuncher. He typically likes to stay back towards the baseline during a rally and will usually approach the net only to catch a short reply or drop shot from his opponent. At the 2004 Cincinnati Masters Final, commentator MaliVai Washington said that Hewitt was even more difficult to "ace" than Agassi because he gets more returns in play. Hewitt's tactics typically involve putting difficult service returns in play, consistently chasing down attempted winning shots from his opponent, and waiting for his opponent to make an error.

Although he is known primarily as a baseline defender, Hewitt is actually a skilled volleyer and is known for having one of the best overhead smashes in the game. His signature shot, however, is the offensive topspin lob, a shot that he executes efficiently off both wings when his opponent approaches the net. US Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe and Jim Courier have both described Hewitt's lob as being the best in the world.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Controversies

In a five set match with James Blake at the 2001 US Open, Hewitt complained to umpire Andreas Egli and asked for a black linesman to be moved after being called for two foot-faults in the third set. Hewitt approached the chair umpire and, pointing first to the offending linesman and then to Blake, said, "Look at him [the linesman] and you tell me what the similarity is."^[11] Some witnesses, including Blake, had suggested that the "similarity" referred to the color shared by Blake and the linesman.^[12] Hewitt claimed he had merely pointed out that the same linesman had foot-faulted him on both occasions, while other officials had made no such calls.

During the 2001 French Open he was fined US$1000 for calling Egli (see above), a "spastic". Hewitt denied this. ^[13][14]

Hewitt blamed his losses at the 2005 and 2006 Australian Open on uncooperative maintenance of the courts by the tournament directors. "I don't think there's been a lot of homework done on how the balls play on this surface ... Mate, it could be slower than the French Open." Hewitt was disappointed that the organisers had ignored his concerns about the courts. "I feel like I'm fighting with people that we should be working together to try and make Australian tennis better".^[15] Since then, long-time Australian Open chief executive Paul McNamee has resigned, leaving new tournament director Craig Tiley to confirm that the main aim for 2007 was to provide "uniformity and consistency" when the stadium's match and practice courts were resurfaced in November 2006. The courts will be as fast as they were in the second week of the 2006 tournament.^[16]

Hewitt is disliked by some Pro Tour players. Mary Carillo said: "He makes guys crazy, they try hard to ignore him, but he's always barking on the other side of the net." In his 2005 Australian Open match against Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela, Hewitt angered his opponent by his celebration of an unforced error, to the point where Chela served directly at Hewitt, and spat at him during the changeover.^[11]

In 2006 Hewitt was nominated by GQ magazine as one of the '10 Most Hated Athletes' in Sport ^[11]. That year, he also came under criticism from Australian child psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg for "exploiting" his child during the 2006 Logie Awards. ^[17] During a match at the 2005 Australian Open, David Nalbandian and Hewitt purposefully bumped into each other at a change of ends. Nalbandian later remarked that "no-one on the tour is friends with Hewitt" and that Hewitt is "not a gentleman".^[18]

During the 2009 Wimbledon, Hewitt said that some of the female players on tour may not be fit enough to last five sets or be able to play seven best of five sets to win a grand slam. His remarks were seized upon by the local media and sparked instant men v women debate around the tennis circuit.^[19]

[edit] Awards

• 2001–ATP Player of the Year
• 2001–Most Popular South Australian
• 2002–ATP Player of the Year
• 2002–Australia's Male Athlete
• 2002–ESPY Best Male Tennis Player
• 2003–Young Australian of the Year
• 2003–Vogue Australia Sportsman of the Year
• 2003–Most Popular South Australian

[edit] Personal life

Hewitt is a keen supporter of Australian rules football, having played the game earlier in his career and is no.1 ticket holder for the Adelaide Crows. He once had a close friendship with Crows star Andrew McLeod, but this broke down over much public controversy.^[20]

Hewitt had a four-year relationship with highly-ranked Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters. The two announced their engagement just before Christmas 2003 but separated in October 2004, in effect canceling a planned February 2005 wedding.^[21]

Shortly after losing the final of the 2005 Australian Open, Hewitt proposed to Australian actress Bec Cartwright on 30 January after they had been dating for six weeks. They married on 21 July 2005. Their first child, a daughter named Mia Rebecca Hewitt, was born on 29 November 2005. ^[22]. Their second child, a son named Cruz Lleyton Hewitt, was born in Sydney on 11 December 2008. ^[23]

In late 2008, to extend his tennis career and reduce the amount of travel, the couple relocated for the European and North American season to their future holiday home in the Old Fort Bay estate, in Nassau, Bahamas.^[24]

Hewitt is currently sponsored by the Japanese sports manufacterer Yonex, with whom he signed a "Head to Toe" deal in late 2005. Yonex provides all of Hewitt's clothing, racquets, shoes and accessories. ^[25] Hewitt's Yonex shoes (SHT-306) are inscribed with his nickname "Rusty" along with an image of an Australian flag. As of 7 August 2007, his first appearance with a new racquet at the Montreal Masters, Hewitt used to use the Yonex RQiS 1 Tour. He used to use the Yonex SRD tour 90 Model, but switched to the Yonex RDiS 100 mid in 2009.

Hewitt's sister, Jaslyn Hewitt, is a former tennis player, and currently a bodybuilder.

[edit] Major finals

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Singles: 4 (2-2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2001	US Open	Hard	Pete Sampras	7–6(4), 6–1, 6–1
Winner	2002	Wimbledon	Grass	David Nalbandian	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2004	US Open	Hard	Roger Federer	6–0, 7–6(3), 6–0
Runner-up	2005	Australian Open	Hard	Marat Safin	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2000	US Open	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(5)

[edit] Mixed doubles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2000	Wimbledon	Grass	Kim Clijsters	Kimberly Po Donald Johnson	6–4, 7–6(3)

[edit] Masters Series finals

[edit] Singles: 7 (2-5)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2000	Stuttgart	Hard (i)	Wayne Ferreira	7–6(6), 3–6, 6–7(5), 7–6(2), 6–2
Winner	2002	Indian Wells	Hard	Tim Henman	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2002	Cincinnati	Hard	Carlos Moya	7–5, 7–6(5)
Runner-up	2002	Paris	Carpet (i)	Marat Safin	7–6(4), 6–0, 6–4
Winner	2003	Indian Wells	Hard	Gustavo Kuerten	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	2004	Cincinnati	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2005	Indian Wells	Hard	Roger Federer	6–2, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Tennis Masters Cup finals

[edit] Singles: 3 (2-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2001	Sydney	Hard	Sébastien Grosjean	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	2002	Shanghai	Hard (i)	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2004	Houston	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	6–3, 6–2

[edit] Career finals

[edit] Singles: 41 (27-14)

Wins (27)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	5 January 1998	Adelaide, Australia (1)	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(4)
2.	3 May 1999	Delray Beach, USA	Clay	Xavier Malisse	6–4, 6–7(2), 6–1
3.	3 January 2000	Adelaide, Australia (2)	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
4.	10 January 2000	Sydney, Australia (1)	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	6–4, 6–0
5.	6 March 2000	Scottsdale, USA (1)	Hard	Tim Henman	6–4, 7–6(2)
6.	12 June 2000	London (Queen's Club), UK (1)	Grass	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–4
7.	8 January 2001	Sydney, Australia (2)	Hard	Magnus Norman	6–4, 6–1
8.	11 June 2001	London (Queen's Club), UK (2)	Grass	Tim Henman	7–6(3), 7–6(3)
9.	18 June 2001	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Guillermo Cañas	6–3, 6–4
10.	10 September 2001	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Pete Sampras	7–6(4), 6–1, 6–1
11.	1 October 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Michel Kratochvil	6–4, 6–2
12.	12 November 2001	Year-End Championships, Sydney, Australia (1)	Hard	Sébastien Grosjean	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
13.	25 February 2002	San José, USA	Hard	Andre Agassi	4–6, 7–6(6), 7–6(4)
14.	11 March 2002	Indian Wells, USA (1)	Hard	Tim Henman	6–1, 6–2
15.	10 June 2002	London (Queen's Club), UK (3)	Grass	Tim Henman	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
16.	24 June 2002	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	David Nalbandian	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
17.	11 November 2002	Year-End Championships, Shanghai, China (2)	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4
18.	3 March 2003	Scottsdale, USA (2)	Hard	Mark Philippoussis	6–4, 6–4
19.	10 March 2003	Indian Wells, USA (2)	Hard	Gustavo Kuerten	6–1, 6–1
20.	12 January 2004	Sydney, Australia (3)	Hard	Carlos Moyà	4–3 retired
21.	16 February 2004	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–7(1), 7–5, 6–4
22.	16 August 2004	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Gilles Müller	6–3, 6–4
23.	23 August 2004	Long Island, USA	Hard	Luis Horna	6–3, 6–1
24.	10 January 2005	Sydney, Australia (4)	Hard	Ivo Minář	7–5, 6–0
25.	18 June 2006	London (Queen's Club), UK (4)	Grass	James Blake	6–4, 6–4
26.	5 March 2007	Las Vegas, USA (3)	Hard	Jurgen Melzer	6–4, 7–6(10)
27.	12 April 2009	Houston, USA	Clay	Wayne Odesnik	6–2, 7–5

Runner-ups (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	11 January 1999	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
2.	8 March 1999	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill	7–6(2), 4–6, 6–4
3.	25 October 1999	Lyon, France	Carpet	Nicolás Lapentti	6–3, 6–2
4.	6 November 2000	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	7–6(6), 3–6, 6–7(5), 7–6(2), 6–2
5.	12 August 2002	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Carlos Moyà	7–5, 7–6(5)
6.	4 November 2002	Paris, France	Carpet	Marat Safin	7–6(4), 6–0, 6–4
7.	4 August 2003	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
8.	9 August 2004	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
9.	13 September 2004	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Roger Federer	6–0, 7–6(3), 6–0
10.	22 November 2004	Year-End Championships, Houston, USA	Hard	Roger Federer	6–3, 6–2
11.	31 January 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Marat Safin	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
12.	21 March 2005	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Roger Federer	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
13.	20 February 2006	San José, USA	Hard (i)	Andy Murray	2–6, 6–1, 7–6(3)
14.	6 March 2006	Las Vegas, USA	Hard	James Blake	7–5, 2–6, 6–3

[edit] Doubles: 2 (2-0)

Wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	21 August 2000	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	7–6(3), 4–6, 7–6(3)
2.	11 September 2000	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Max Mirnyi	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(5)

[edit] Singles performance record

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table stops before the 2008 French Open, which started on 25 May 2008.

[edit] ATP Tour career earnings

[edit] See also

• Wimbledon champions (Men's Singles)
• US Open champions (Men's Singles)
• List of Grand Slam Men's Singles champions

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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Lleyton Hewitt’s Achievements v • d • e Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World No. 1 players Ilie Năstase (1973/1974 - 40 w) · John Newcombe (1974 - 8 w) · Jimmy Connors (1974/1983 - 268 w) · Björn Borg (1977/1981 - 109 w) · John McEnroe (1980/1985 - 170 w) · Ivan Lendl (1983/1990 - 270 w) · Mats Wilander (1988/1989 - 20 w) · Stefan Edberg (1990/1992 - 72 w) · Boris Becker (1991 - 12 w) · Jim Courier (1992/1993 - 58 w) · Pete Sampras (1993/2000 - 286 w) · Andre Agassi (1995/2003 - 101 w) · Thomas Muster (1996 - 6 w) · Marcelo Ríos (1998 - 6 w) · Carlos Moyà (1999 - 2 w) · Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1999 - 6 w)  · Patrick Rafter (1999 - 1 w) · Marat Safin (2000/2001 - 9 w) · Gustavo Kuerten (2000/2001 - 43 w) · Lleyton Hewitt (2001/2003 - 80 w) · Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003 - 8 w) · Andy Roddick (2003/2004 - 13 w) · Roger Federer (2004/2009 - 239 w) · Rafael Nadal (2008/2009 - 46 w) ATP rankings incepted on August 23, 1973 · (year first held/year last held - number of weeks (w)) · current No. 1 in bold, as of July 13, 2009 v • d • e Year-end championships winners (1970) Stan Smith · (1971) Ilie Năstase · (1972) Ilie Năstase · (1973) Ilie Năstase · (1974) Guillermo Vilas · (1975) Ilie Năstase · (1976) Manuel Orantes · (1977) Jimmy Connors · (1978) John McEnroe · (1979) Björn Borg · (1980) Björn Borg · (1981) Ivan Lendl · (1982) Ivan Lendl · (1983) John McEnroe · (1984) John McEnroe · (1985) Ivan Lendl · (1986) Ivan Lendl · (1987) Ivan Lendl · (1988) Boris Becker · (1989) Stefan Edberg · (1990) Andre Agassi · (1991) Pete Sampras · (1992) Boris Becker · (1993) Michael Stich · (1994) Pete Sampras · (1995) Boris Becker · (1996) Pete Sampras · (1997) Pete Sampras · (1998) Alex Corretja · (1999) Pete Sampras · (2000) Gustavo Kuerten · (2001) Lleyton Hewitt · (2002) Lleyton Hewitt · (2003) Roger Federer · (2004) Roger Federer · (2005) David Nalbandian · (2006) Roger Federer · (2007) Roger Federer · (2008) Novak Djokovic