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Lleyton Hewitt #11 def. Rafael Nadal #41

7-6(2) 7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	7-6(2) 7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 29m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Rafael Nadal
Aces	9	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	53	70
First serve points won %	72	65
Second serve points won %	61	52
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	67	61
Return points won %	39	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Rafael Nadal
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jun 3, 1986
Age	22	17
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	41
Ranking points (entering)	1,625	877
Elo (entering)	2,005	1,720
Career W-L	564–241	1,045–225
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 0 – 0 Rafael Nadal

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Karol Kucera	1-6 6-1 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Cecil Mamiit	6-2 6-4 0-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2004	R16	Roger Federer	6-4 3-6 0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Thierry Ascione	6-4 3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Michal Tabara	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data