Lleyton Hewitt #104 def. Patrick Rafter #4

7-6(1) 6-1

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Patrick Rafter 7-6(1) 6-1 in the 1999 Sydney International round of 32 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 14, 1999*
Tournament: Sydney International
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R32
Duration: 1h 24m

Match Statistics

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Patrick Rafter
Aces	2	0
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	70	61
First serve points won %	63	67
Second serve points won %	64	35
Break points saved %	67	43
Break points converted %	57	33
Service points won %	63	54
Return points won %	46	37
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Patrick Rafter
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Dec 28, 1972
Age	17	26
Height	178 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	104	4
Ranking points (entering)	456	3,315
Elo (entering)	1,692	1,985
Current career W-L	567–244	333–178
Current career earnings	$20,890,470	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt #104 0 – 0 Patrick Rafter #4

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.