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Lleyton Hewitt #17 def. Richard Gasquet #29

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2006*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-4 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3
Loser	Richard Gasquet
Duration	3h 30m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Richard Gasquet
Aces	17	7
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	54	67
First serve points won %	62	69
Second serve points won %	57	46
Break points saved %	60	50
Break points converted %	50	40
Service points won %	60	61
Return points won %	39	40
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Richard Gasquet
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jun 18, 1986
Age	25	20
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	29
Ranking points (entering)	1,515	1,060
Elo (entering)	1,968	1,917
Career W-L	564–241	596–406
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$21,504,662

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 0 – 0 Richard Gasquet

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Novak Djokovic	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Jan Hernych	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Albert Montanes	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2006	QF	Andy Roddick	3-6 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Richard Gasquet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Marco Chiudinelli	7-6(2) 6-3 2-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Gilles Simon	6-0 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Phillip Simmonds	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data