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Marat Safin #4 def. Lleyton Hewitt #2

1-6 6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	1-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Marat Safin	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	18	7
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	60	49
First serve points won %	73	70
Second serve points won %	57	52
Break points saved %	62	64
Break points converted %	36	38
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Feb 24, 1981
Age	25	23
Height	193	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,360	4,140
Elo (entering)	2,071	2,138
Career W-L	395–247	564–241
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 5 – 4 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2005	SF	Roger Federer	5-7 6-4 5-7 7-6(6) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Olivier Rochus	4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Mario Ancic	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Novak Djokovic	6-0 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2005	SF	Andy Roddick	3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	QF	David Nalbandian	6-3 6-2 1-6 3-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Rafael Nadal	7-5 3-6 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	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