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Lleyton Hewitt #20 def. Marat Safin #24

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 3, 2007*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Marat Safin
Aces	5	7
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	53	58
First serve points won %	70	63
Second serve points won %	55	45
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	63	56
Return points won %	44	37
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Marat Safin
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jan 27, 1980
Age	26	27
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	24
Ranking points (entering)	1,230	1,105
Elo (entering)	1,929	1,889
Career W-L	564–241	395–247
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 4 – 6 Marat Safin

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2007	QF	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2007	RR	Thomas Johansson	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2007	RR	Vincent Spadea	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2007	F	Jurgen Melzer	6-4 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2007	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2007	RR	Stefan Koubek	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2007	RR	Igor Kunitsyn	4-6 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data