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Lleyton Hewitt #5 def. Nicolas Kiefer #75

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 2, 2003*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	4	7
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	52	56
First serve points won %	69	55
Second serve points won %	52	42
Break points saved %	33	29
Break points converted %	71	67
Service points won %	61	49
Return points won %	51	39
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	AUS	GER
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jul 5, 1977
Age	22	26
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	75
Ranking points (entering)	2,945	516
Elo (entering)	1,968	1,727
Career W-L	564–241	343–252
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 2 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2003	QF	Kenneth Carlsen	6-7(3) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2003	R16	Michael Joyce	6-3 6-0	W	—	Match data
Jul 31, 2003	R32	Cecil Mamiit	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2003	F	Wayne Ferreira	3-6 6-4 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2003	QF	Vincent Spadea	1-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2003	R16	Sjeng Schalken	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2003	R32	Nicolas Thomann	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data