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Lleyton Hewitt #1 def. Jiri Novak #14

6-4 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2002*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-4 6-2 7-5
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Jiri Novak
Aces	19	3
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	58	67
First serve points won %	85	66
Second serve points won %	55	40
Break points saved %	80	44
Break points converted %	56	20
Service points won %	72	58
Return points won %	42	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Jiri Novak
Country	AUS	CZE
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Mar 22, 1975
Age	21	27
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	14
Ranking points (entering)	5,205	1,890
Elo (entering)	2,079	1,900
Career W-L	564–241	318–250
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 3 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2002	R32	James Blake	6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2002	R64	Noam Okun	7-6(7) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2002	R128	Nicolas Coutelot	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2002	QF	Younes El Aynaoui	6-1 7-6(6) 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2002	R32	Marcelo Rios	6-3 6-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2002	R64	John Van Lottum	6-4 7-6(3) 6-1	W	—	Match data
Aug 28, 2002	R128	Richard Krajicek	6-1 5-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data