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Juan Ignacio Chela #51 def. Lleyton Hewitt #6

6-4 6-4 6-7(8) 6-2

Match Information

Date Jan 20, 2006*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Juan Ignacio Chela
Score6-4 6-4 6-7(8) 6-2
Loser Lleyton Hewitt
Duration3h 23m
StatJuan Ignacio ChelaLleyton Hewitt
Aces68
Double faults03
First serve %6455
First serve points won %6365
Second serve points won %6443
Break points saved %6962
Break points converted %3831
Service points won %6455
Return points won %4536
Total points won %5347

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJuan Ignacio ChelaLleyton Hewitt
Country ARG AUS
Birth dateAug 30, 1979Feb 24, 1981
Age2624
Height190178
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)516
Ranking points (entering)6952,330
Elo (entering)1,6922,046
Career W-L306–268564–241
Career earnings$6,572,494$20,890,470
Pre-match H2H
Juan Ignacio Chela 1 2 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 18, 2006R128 Andy Murray 6-1 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data

Juan Ignacio Chela's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 22, 2006R32 Kristof Vliegen 6-1 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 18, 2006R128 Robin Vik 6-4 2-6 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3WH2HMatch data