Jiri Novak #28 def. Lleyton Hewitt #3

6-4 4-6 6-2

Jiri Novak defeated Lleyton Hewitt 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the 2004 Japan Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 9, 2004*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2004
Category: International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 36m

Match Statistics

Stat	Jiri Novak	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	3	10
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	65	51
First serve points won %	75	83
Second serve points won %	54	38
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	68	61
Return points won %	39	32
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	CZE	AUS
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Feb 24, 1981
Age	29	23
Height	190 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	28	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,085	3,055
Elo (entering)	1,834	2,099
Current career W-L	319–253	567–244
Current career earnings	$7,618,613	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak #28 0 – 5 Lleyton Hewitt #3

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paradorn Srichaphan #21	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2004	QF
Ricardo Mello #60	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2004	R16
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #128	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2004	R32

Jiri Novak's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Taylor Dent #55	5-7 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2004	F

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cyril Saulnier #64	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2004	QF
Takao Suzuki #231	6-7(3) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2004	R16
Gouichi Motomura #315	6-0 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2004	R32