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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Lleyton Hewitt #181

6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	2h 56m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	15	3
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	62	53
First serve points won %	73	68
Second serve points won %	56	36
Break points saved %	33	33
Break points converted %	67	67
Service points won %	67	53
Return points won %	47	33
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	24	30
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	181
Ranking points (entering)	13,630	265
Elo (entering)	2,361	1,882
Career W-L	1,122–223	564–241
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 4 – 1 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-0 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Santiago Giraldo	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Paolo Lorenzi	6-2 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2012	QF	David Ferrer	6-4 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Milos Raonic	4-6 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Andy Roddick	3-6 6-3 6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	7-5 6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data