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Lleyton Hewitt #3 def. Rafael Nadal #56

7-5 3-6 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	7-5 3-6 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	3h 53m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Rafael Nadal
Aces	18	5
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	51	69
First serve points won %	76	65
Second serve points won %	52	57
Break points saved %	67	71
Break points converted %	29	33
Service points won %	64	62
Return points won %	38	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Rafael Nadal
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jun 3, 1986
Age	23	18
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	56
Ranking points (entering)	3,590	715
Elo (entering)	2,092	1,799
Career W-L	564–241	1,045–225
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 2 – 0 Rafael Nadal

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	James Blake	4-6 7-6(8) 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	QF	David Nalbandian	6-3 6-2 1-6 3-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Bobby Reynolds	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Mikhail Youzhny	6-1 4-6 4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Julien Benneteau	6-0 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data