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Lleyton Hewitt #88 def. Evgeny Korolev #83

7-6(4) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 2009*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	Evgeny Korolev
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Evgeny Korolev
Aces	3	4
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	56	61
First serve points won %	82	70
Second serve points won %	63	57
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	74	65
Return points won %	35	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Evgeny Korolev
Country	AUS	KAZ
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Feb 14, 1988
Age	28	21
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	88	83
Ranking points (entering)	895	922
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,760
Career W-L	564–241	72–91
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$1,510,466

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 0 – 0 Evgeny Korolev

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 2009	QF	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 2009	R16	Sergio Roitman	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2009	R32	Diego Junqueira	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2009	F	Wayne Odesnik	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Evgeny Korolev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 2009	QF	Guillermo Canas	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 2009	R16	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2009	R32	Leonardo Mayer	7-6(2) 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data