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Roger Federer #34 def. Lleyton Hewitt #9

6-4 5-7 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 2000*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 5-7 7-6(6)
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	2h 31m

Stat	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	12	3
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	64	51
First serve points won %	66	67
Second serve points won %	55	60
Break points saved %	75	60
Break points converted %	40	25
Service points won %	62	64
Return points won %	36	38
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	SUI	AUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 24, 1981
Age	19	19
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	34	9
Ranking points (entering)	1,018	2,262
Elo (entering)	1,791	2,016
Career W-L	1,206–267	564–241
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 0 – 2 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2000	QF	Nicolas Thomann	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2000	R16	Andrei Pavel	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2000	R32	Tommy Haas	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2000	F	Thomas Enqvist	2-6 6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2000	QF	Greg Rusedski	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2000	R16	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2000	R32	Cyril Saulnier	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data