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Lleyton Hewitt #12 def. Mariano Puerta #38

6-3 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2000*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-3 3-6 6-1
Loser	Mariano Puerta
Duration	2h 12m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Mariano Puerta
Aces	12	6
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	64	59
First serve points won %	73	62
Second serve points won %	51	52
Break points saved %	88	70
Break points converted %	30	12
Service points won %	65	58
Return points won %	42	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Mariano Puerta
Country	AUS	ARG
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Sep 19, 1978
Age	19	21
Height	178	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	12	38
Ranking points (entering)	1,523	850
Elo (entering)	2,023	1,817
Career W-L	564–241	121–116
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$1,781,372

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 0 – 0 Mariano Puerta

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2000	R16	Thomas Enqvist	7-6(6) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2000	R32	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6-3 6-7(6) 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 10, 2000	R64	Stefan Koubek	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2000	SF	Magnus Norman	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2000	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-6(5) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2000	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2000	R64	Renzo Furlan	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data