R16 Los Angeles Open 1999

Lleyton Hewitt #33 def. Axel Pretzsch #125

6-3 6-1

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Axel Pretzsch 6-3 6-1 in the 1999 Los Angeles Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 30, 1999*
Tournament: Los Angeles Open
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 57m

Match Statistics

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Axel Pretzsch
Aces	7	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	56.0%	49.0%
First serve points won %	68.0%	60.0%
Second serve points won %	68.0%	29.0%
Break points saved %	67.0%	29.0%
Break points converted %	71.0%	33.0%
Service points won %	68.0%	44.0%
Return points won %	56.0%	32.0%
Total points won %	63.0%	37.0%
Match Serve+	+6.0	-18.1
Match Return+	+18.1	-6.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1999 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Axel Pretzsch
Country	AUS	GER
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Jun 16, 1976
Age	18	23
Height	178 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	33	125
Ranking points (entering)	1,149	377
Elo (entering)	1,836	1,500
Current career W-L	567–244	11–25
Current career earnings	$20,890,470	$336,815

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt #33 0 – 0 Axel Pretzsch #125

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alex Obrien	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data	Jul 29, 1999	R32

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #3	4-5 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 31, 1999	QF

Axel Pretzsch's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Daniel Nestor #65	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 29, 1999	R32