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Roger Federer #1 def. Lleyton Hewitt #20

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

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2007*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-7(7) 7-6(1)
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	2h 35m

Stat	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	18	5
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	62	44
First serve points won %	71	68
Second serve points won %	62	57
Break points saved %	50	73
Break points converted %	27	50
Service points won %	68	62
Return points won %	38	32
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	SUI	AUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 24, 1981
Age	26	26
Height	185	178
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)	2,344	2,005
Career W-L	1,206–267	564–241
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 12 – 5 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Roger Federer's path

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

Roger Federer's next match

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

Lleyton Hewitt's path

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