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Lleyton Hewitt #5 def. Ivan Ljubicic #67

7-6(3) 6-7(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 12, 2001*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	7-6(3) 6-7(3) 6-4
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 52m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	7	10
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	56	47
First serve points won %	68	76
Second serve points won %	55	42
Break points saved %	43	29
Break points converted %	71	57
Service points won %	62	58
Return points won %	42	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	AUS	CRO
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Mar 19, 1979
Age	20	22
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	67
Ranking points (entering)	2,960	618
Elo (entering)	2,018	1,747
Career W-L	564–241	400–282
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	Max Mirnyi	1-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Magnus Norman	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	SF	Patrick Rafter	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Carlos Moya	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Franco Squillari	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data