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Lleyton Hewitt #4 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7

6-1 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2001*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-1 6-2 6-1
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	5	5
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	58	59
First serve points won %	79	62
Second serve points won %	56	8
Break points saved %	75	20
Break points converted %	80	25
Service points won %	69	40
Return points won %	60	31
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Feb 18, 1974
Age	20	27
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	7
Ranking points (entering)	3,145	2,575
Elo (entering)	2,042	1,924
Career W-L	564–241	568–281
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 3 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2001	QF	Andy Roddick	6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2001	R16	Tommy Haas	3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	Albert Portas	6-1 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	James Blake	6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Magnus Gustafsson	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2001	F	Pete Sampras	7-6(4) 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2001	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-4 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2001	R16	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	David Nalbandian	3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	George Bastl	2-6 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Michel Kratochvil	1-6 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data