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Lleyton Hewitt #16 def. Potito Starace #53

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 24, 2007*
Tournament	Poertschach
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Potito Starace
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Potito Starace
Aces	4	1
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	51	72
First serve points won %	83	70
Second serve points won %	58	59
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	71	67
Return points won %	33	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Potito Starace
Country	AUS	ITA
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jul 14, 1981
Age	26	25
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	53
Ranking points (entering)	1,480	639
Elo (entering)	1,946	1,714
Career W-L	564–241	147–188
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$3,796,316

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 0 – 0 Potito Starace

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2007	R32	Sergio Roitman	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2007	QF	Diego Hartfield	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2007	R32	Stefan Koubek	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2007	Q2	Marko Tkalec	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2007	Q1	Juan Antonio Marin	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data