Lleyton Hewitt #88 def. Evgeny Korolev #83

7-6(4) 6-4

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Evgeny Korolev 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 11, 2009*
Tournament: U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship
Edition: 2009
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 33m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Evgeny Korolev
Country	AUS	KAZ
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Feb 14, 1988
Age	28	21
Height	178 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	88	83
Ranking points (entering)	895	922
Elo (entering)	1,896	1,761
Current career W-L	567–244	72–92
Current career earnings	$20,890,470	$1,510,466

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt #88 0 – 0 Evgeny Korolev #83

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #73	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 2009	QF
Sergio Roitman #98	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 2009	R16
Diego Junqueira #78	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 2009	R32

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Wayne Odesnik #100	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 12, 2009	F

Evgeny Korolev's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Canas #113	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 2009	QF
Daniel Gimeno-Traver #81	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 2009	R16
Leonardo Mayer #106	7-6(2) 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 2009	R32