Lleyton Hewitt vs Jiri Novak — Adelaide Round of 16

Adelaide · ATP · Round of 16
AUS
Lleyton Hewitt
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 4 January 1999
hard
CZE
Jiri Novak
51 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWLWW
Hewitt L.
7-6 2-6 6-4
Novak J.
Hewitt L.
77262
Novak J.
62641

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Jiri Novak 7-6 2-6 6-4 in the Adelaide round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Lleyton Hewitt came in leading the head-to-head 5–1, defending the title. Lleyton Hewitt extended the head-to-head to 6–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Lleyton Hewitt closed it out in three sets, 7–6 2–6 6–4.

Head to head

5–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-10-04TokyoSFhardJiri Novak6-4 4-6 6-2
2004-07-26Canada MastersR32hardLleyton Hewitt6-2 6-1
2003-05-19DusseldorfRRclayLleyton Hewitt6-3 6-2
2002-08-26US OpenR16hardLleyton Hewitt6-4 6-2 7-5
2002-05-13Hamburg MastersR16clayLleyton Hewitt6-4 6-3
2000-08-28US OpenR32hardLleyton Hewitt6-3 6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Hewitt L.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Novak J.

Novak J.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Hewitt L.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Hewitt L.Novak J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
54%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
39%
40%
Break points saved·Even
60%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.0
4.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.8
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
35°CClear
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 29%

Draw

Final
Enqvist T.
Hewitt L.
4-66-16-2
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Stoltenberg J.
6-16-3
Enqvist T.
Draper S.
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Hewitt L.
Dosedel S.
4-66-46-2
Enqvist T.
Hrbaty D.
6-26-4
Draper S.
Tebbutt M.
6-776-47-65
Stoltenberg J.
Black B.
6-36-2
R16
Hrbaty D.
Gross O.
W/O
Tebbutt M.
Kuerten G.
6-727-657-63
Stoltenberg J.
Pozzi G.
6-36-2
Enqvist T.
Prinosil D.
6-26-3
Hewitt L.
Novak J.
7-622-66-4
Dosedel S.
Rafter P.
7-56-4
Draper S.
Chang M.
6-37-66
Black B.
Pavel A.
6-36-2
R32
Kuerten G.
Golmard J.
7-56-1
Novak J.
Ilie A.
6-26-1
Dosedel S.
Courier J.
7-56-3
Draper S.
Gimelstob J.
3-67-666-3
Rafter P.
Suzuki T.
6-36-0
Tebbutt M.
Lareau S.
6-33-66-1
Chang M.
Grosjean S.
6-33-66-3
Gross O.
Draper M.
6-26-0
Pozzi G.
Woodbridge T.
6-46-2
Black B.
Spadea V.
1-67-666-2
Prinosil D.
Voinea A.
7-604-66-2
Pavel A.
Tillstrom M.
6-36-3
Enqvist T.
Woodforde M.
0-66-46-4
Hrbaty D.
Puerta M.
4-66-17-5
Stoltenberg J.
Di Pasquale A.
6-16-4
Hewitt L.
Kiefer N.
7-56-4