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Lleyton Hewitt #4 def. Jarkko Nieminen #57

2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	Jarkko Nieminen
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Jarkko Nieminen
Aces	6	8
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	60	64
First serve points won %	82	63
Second serve points won %	52	52
Break points saved %	57	65
Break points converted %	35	43
Service points won %	70	59
Return points won %	41	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Jarkko Nieminen
Country	AUS	FIN
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jul 23, 1981
Age	24	24
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	57
Ranking points (entering)	3,335	667
Elo (entering)	2,120	1,839
Career W-L	564–241	357–334
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$7,743,345

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 2 – 0 Jarkko Nieminen

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2005	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Taylor Dent	6-3 3-6 6-7(2) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Jose Acasuso	7-6(6) 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Albert Costa	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2005	SF	Roger Federer	3-6 6-7(0) 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jarkko Nieminen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2005	R16	Fernando Verdasco	6-2 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Max Mirnyi	6-3 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Bjorn Phau	6-2 6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Karol Beck	6-4 2-6 7-5 0-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data