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Jiri Novak #28 def. Lleyton Hewitt #3

6-4 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 2004*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	1h 36m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	CZE	AUS
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Feb 24, 1981
Age	29	23
Height	190	178
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)	1,831	2,101
Career W-L	318–250	564–241
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 0 – 6 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Jiri Novak's path

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

Jiri Novak's next match

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

Lleyton Hewitt's path

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