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Lleyton Hewitt #3 def. David Nalbandian #9

6-3 6-2 1-6 3-6 10-8

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-3 6-2 1-6 3-6 10-8
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	4h 5m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	David Nalbandian
Aces	16	4
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	50	62
First serve points won %	73	71
Second serve points won %	51	45
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	62	61
Return points won %	39	38
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	David Nalbandian
Country	AUS	ARG
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	23	23
Height	178	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	9
Ranking points (entering)	3,590	1,945
Elo (entering)	2,099	1,963
Career W-L	564–241	356–185
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 2 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Rafael Nadal	7-5 3-6 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	James Blake	4-6 7-6(8) 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2005	SF	Andy Roddick	3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Guillermo Coria	5-7 7-5 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Fernando Gonzalez	6-7(3) 7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Santiago Ventura	6-0 6-3 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	David Ferrer	7-6(1) 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data