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Lleyton Hewitt #15 def. Martin Verkerk #17

6-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2004*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-2 (ret.)
Loser	Martin Verkerk
Duration	36m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Martin Verkerk
Aces	2	3
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	56	29
First serve points won %	89	78
Second serve points won %	57	23
Break points saved %	0	25
Break points converted %	75	100
Service points won %	75	39
Return points won %	61	25
Total points won %	66	34

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Martin Verkerk
Country	AUS	NED
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Oct 31, 1978
Age	22	25
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	15	17
Ranking points (entering)	1,450	1,420
Elo (entering)	1,968	1,755
Career W-L	564–241	56–64
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$1,564,520

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 0 – 0 Martin Verkerk

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2004	QF	Arnaud Clement	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2004	R16	Karol Kucera	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2004	R32	Sargis Sargsian	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2004	F	Carlos Moya	4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Martin Verkerk's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2004	QF	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2004	R16	Max Mirnyi	6-7(0) 7-6(6) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2004	R32	Wayne Arthurs	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data