SF Cincinnati Open 2007

Roger Federer #1 def. Lleyton Hewitt #20

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

Roger Federer defeated Lleyton Hewitt 6-3 6-7(7) 7-6(1) in the 2007 Cincinnati Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 18, 2007*
Tournament: Cincinnati Open
Edition: 2007
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 35m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	18	5
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	62.0%	44.0%
First serve points won %	71.0%	68.0%
Second serve points won %	62.0%	57.0%
Break points saved %	50.0%	73.0%
Break points converted %	27.0%	50.0%
Service points won %	68.0%	62.0%
Return points won %	38.0%	32.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	SUI	AUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 24, 1981
Age	26	26
Height	185 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	20
Ranking points (entering)	7,140	1,270
Elo (entering)	2,339	1,996
Current career W-L	1,219–272	567–244
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #1 12 – 5 Lleyton Hewitt #20

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Almagro #32	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2007	QF
Marcos Baghdatis #18	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 2007	R16
Julien Benneteau #68	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2007	R32

Roger Federer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
James Blake #8	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 2007	F

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Moya #19	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2007	QF
Jurgen Melzer #34	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 2007	R16
Richard Gasquet #13	6-1 3-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2007	R32
Stan Wawrinka #49	7-5 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 15, 2007	R64