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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Lleyton Hewitt #48

6-1 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2009*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 6-3 6-1
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	7	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	76	61
First serve points won %	76	57
Second serve points won %	62	31
Break points saved %	67	46
Break points converted %	54	33
Service points won %	73	47
Return points won %	53	27
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Feb 24, 1981
Age	22	28
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	48
Ranking points (entering)	14,960	1,190
Elo (entering)	2,351	1,904
Career W-L	1,045–225	564–241
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 4 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Marcos Daniel	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2009	R16	Robin Soderling	2-6 7-6(2) 4-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Andrey Golubev	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Ivo Karlovic	6-7(1) 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data