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Lleyton Hewitt #12 def. Xavier Malisse #54

7-5 6-2 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2004*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	7-5 6-2 7-6(6)
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Xavier Malisse
Aces	1	4
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	56	50
First serve points won %	64	58
Second serve points won %	51	50
Break points saved %	67	30
Break points converted %	70	33
Service points won %	58	54
Return points won %	46	42
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Xavier Malisse
Country	AUS	BEL
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jul 19, 1980
Age	23	23
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	54
Ranking points (entering)	1,525	705
Elo (entering)	2,012	1,778
Career W-L	564–241	282–265
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 2 – 1 Xavier Malisse

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2004	R32	Martin Verkerk	6-2 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2004	R64	Jurgen Melzer	6-4 6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6-0 7-6(5) 4-6 6-1	W	—	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2004	QF	Gaston Gaudio	3-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2004	R32	Albert Costa	6-4 2-6 4-6 7-6(4) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2004	R64	Daniel Elsner	6-3 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Rainer Schuettler	6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data