SF Japan Open 2001

Lleyton Hewitt #3 def. James Blake #109

6-4 6-0

Lleyton Hewitt defeated James Blake 6-4 6-0 in the 2001 Japan Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 6, 2001*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2001
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 6m

Match Statistics

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	James Blake
Aces	2	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	53.0%	62.0%
First serve points won %	90.0%	52.0%
Second serve points won %	46.0%	55.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	60.0%
Break points converted %	40.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	53.0%
Return points won %	47.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	58.0%	42.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	James Blake
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Dec 28, 1979
Age	20	21
Height	178 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	109
Ranking points (entering)	3,695	399
Elo (entering)	2,086	1,649
Current career W-L	567–244	349–237
Current career earnings	$20,890,470	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt #3 1 – 0 James Blake #109

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
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

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michel Kratochvil #57	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2001	F

James Blake's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marcelo Rios #45	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2001	QF
Jonas Bjorkman #51	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2001	R16
Wayne Arthurs #83	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2001	R32
Yaoki Ishii #260	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2001	R64