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Lleyton Hewitt #22 def. Denis Istomin #216

7-6(5) 6-3 5-7 6-1

Match Information

Date Jan 17, 2008*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Lleyton Hewitt
Score7-6(5) 6-3 5-7 6-1
Loser Denis Istomin
Duration3h 4m
StatLleyton HewittDenis Istomin
Aces139
Double faults21
First serve %5855
First serve points won %6670
Second serve points won %6942
Break points saved %7550
Break points converted %5025
Service points won %6757
Return points won %4333
Total points won %5446

Pre-match Comparison

FieldLleyton HewittDenis Istomin
Country AUS UZB
Birth dateFeb 24, 1981Sep 7, 1986
Age2621
Height178188
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)22216
Ranking points (entering)1,385193
Elo (entering)1,9051,512
Career W-L564–241191–245
Career earnings$20,890,470$6,339,469
Pre-match H2H
Lleyton Hewitt 0 0 Denis Istomin

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2008R128 Steve Darcis 6-0 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 20, 2008R32 Marcos Baghdatis 4-6 7-5 7-5 6-7(4) 6-3WH2HMatch data

Denis Istomin's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2008R128 Lukas Lacko 6-3 6-7(1) 7-6(4) 6-1WH2HMatch data