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Lleyton Hewitt #55 def. Xavier Malisse #131

6-4 6-7(2) 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 9, 1999*
Tournament	Delray Beach
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-4 6-7(2) 6-1
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	2h 14m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Xavier Malisse
Aces	4	7
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	64	50
First serve points won %	73	69
Second serve points won %	61	44
Break points saved %	67	38
Break points converted %	62	33
Service points won %	69	56
Return points won %	44	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Xavier Malisse
Country	AUS	BEL
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jul 19, 1980
Age	18	18
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	55	131
Ranking points (entering)	801	355
Elo (entering)	1,804	1,696
Career W-L	564–241	282–265
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 0 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1999	SF	Sebastien Grosjean	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1999	QF	Sargis Sargsian	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1999	R16	Stefan Koubek	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1999	R32	Guillermo Canas	6-7(12) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1999	SF	Scott Draper	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1999	QF	Hernan Gumy	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1999	R16	Mikael Tillstrom	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1999	R32	Paul Goldstein	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data