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Lleyton Hewitt #3 def. Andy Roddick #2

3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 30, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 6-1
Loser	Andy Roddick
Duration	2h 54m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Andy Roddick
Aces	14	31
Double faults	7	9
First serve %	62	56
First serve points won %	83	81
Second serve points won %	47	42
Break points saved %	75	75
Break points converted %	25	25
Service points won %	70	64
Return points won %	36	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Andy Roddick
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Aug 30, 1982
Age	23	22
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,590	3,655
Elo (entering)	2,114	2,109
Career W-L	564–241	577–196
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$20,640,030

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 4 – 1 Andy Roddick

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	QF	David Nalbandian	6-3 6-2 1-6 3-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Rafael Nadal	7-5 3-6 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	James Blake	4-6 7-6(8) 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2005	F	Marat Safin	6-1 3-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Andy Roddick's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 7-5 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Jurgen Melzer	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Greg Rusedski	6-0 3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Irakli Labadze	7-5 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data