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Patrick Rafter #7 def. Lleyton Hewitt #5

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 12, 2001*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	6	2
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	57	49
First serve points won %	88	59
Second serve points won %	46	64
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	70	62
Return points won %	38	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Feb 24, 1981
Age	28	20
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	5
Ranking points (entering)	2,345	2,960
Elo (entering)	2,015	2,024
Career W-L	332–177	564–241
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 2 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	QF	Greg Rusedski	5-7 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	James Blake	7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Albert Portas	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2001	F	Gustavo Kuerten	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	7-6(3) 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2001	R16	Max Mirnyi	1-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Magnus Norman	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data