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Roger Federer #1 def. Lleyton Hewitt #4

6-3 7-6(0) 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 7-6(0) 4-6 6-3
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	2h 58m

Stat	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	8	6
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	61	49
First serve points won %	68	77
Second serve points won %	58	39
Break points saved %	77	73
Break points converted %	27	23
Service points won %	64	58
Return points won %	42	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	SUI	AUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 24, 1981
Age	24	24
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	6,975	3,335
Elo (entering)	2,365	2,128
Career W-L	1,206–267	564–241
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 10 – 5 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2005	QF	David Nalbandian	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2005	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Olivier Rochus	6-3 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Fabrice Santoro	7-5 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Ivo Minar	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 2005	F	Andre Agassi	6-3 2-6 7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2005	QF	Jarkko Nieminen	2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2005	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Taylor Dent	6-3 3-6 6-7(2) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Jose Acasuso	7-6(6) 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Albert Costa	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data