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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Lleyton Hewitt #22

7-5 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	7-5 6-3 6-3
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	13	6
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	60	53
First serve points won %	73	58
Second serve points won %	45	43
Break points saved %	57	42
Break points converted %	58	43
Service points won %	62	51
Return points won %	49	38
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	SRB	AUS
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Feb 24, 1981
Age	20	26
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	22
Ranking points (entering)	4,315	1,385
Elo (entering)	2,078	1,936
Career W-L	1,122–223	564–241
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 1 – 1 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Sam Querrey	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Simone Bolelli	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Benjamin Becker	6-0 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	David Ferrer	6-0 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	4-6 7-5 7-5 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Denis Istomin	7-6(5) 6-3 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Steve Darcis	6-0 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data