Lleyton Hewitt def. Michel Kratochvil, 2001 Japan Open Final

Match Information

Date: Oct 7, 2001*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2001
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 24m

Match Statistics

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Michel Kratochvil
Serving
Aces Serves that land in and are not touched by the returner.	4	2
Double faults Service points lost by missing both first and second serve.	1	2
First serve % Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.	56.5%	51.9%
First serve points won % Percentage of points won after making a first serve.	74.3%	64.3%
Second serve points won % Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.	63.0%	46.2%
Break points saved % Percentage of break points won by the server.	100.0%	40.0%
Service points won % Percentage of all points won while serving.	69.4%	55.6%
Returning
Break points converted % Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.	60.0%	0.0%
Return points won % Percentage of all points won while returning.	44.4%	30.6%
Overall
Total points won % Percentage of all completed points won.	57.8%	42.2%
Match Serve+ This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	+7.3	-6.5
Match Return+ This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	+6.5	-7.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2001 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Michel Kratochvil
Country	AUS	SUI
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Apr 7, 1979
Age	20	22
Height	178 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	57
Ranking points (entering)	3,695	690
Elo (entering)	2,088	1,698
Current career W-L	567–244	70–89
Current career earnings	$20,890,470	$1,159,379

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt #3 0 – 0 Michel Kratochvil #57

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Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
James Blake #109	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2001	SF
Francisco Clavet #60	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2001	QF
Michael Russell #88	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2001	R16
Marc Kevin Goellner #180	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2001	R32

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Michel Kratochvil's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karol Kucera #151	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2001	SF
Sjeng Schalken #24	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2001	QF
Lars Burgsmuller #73	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2001	R16
Ota Fukarek #120	7-6(3) 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2001	R32