Lleyton Hewitt vs Patrick Rafter — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · ATP · Round of 32
AUS
Lleyton Hewitt
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 January 1999
hard
AUS
Patrick Rafter
53 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLWLWWW
Hewitt L.
7-6 6-1
Rafter P.
Hewitt L.
7762
Rafter P.
611–

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Patrick Rafter 7-6 6-1 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Lleyton Hewitt came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Lleyton Hewitt extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Lleyton Hewitt came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 6–1.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-11-12Masters CupRRhardLleyton Hewitt7-5 6-2
2001-08-06Cincinnati MastersSFhardPatrick Rafter6-4 6-3
1999-03-01ScottsdaleR16hardLleyton Hewitt7-6(5) 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Hewitt L.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Rafter P.

Rafter P.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Hewitt L.

Serve advantage — Rafter P.

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.Rafter P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
54%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
76%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
54%
Service points won·Slight edge
62%
68%
Return points won·Even
39%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
66%
Aces / match·Slight edge
6.0
7.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.8
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 157). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Martin T.
Corretja A.
6-37-65
Semi-finals
Martin T.
Muster T.
6-26-1
Corretja A.
Kucera K.
7-56-4
Quarter-finals
Corretja A.
Costa A.
6-34-62-0
Muster T.
Stoltenberg J.
3-66-26-3
Kucera K.
Kuerten G.
3-66-46-1
Martin T.
Hewitt L.
6-36-746-4
R16
Hewitt L.
Kiefer N.
6-46-2
Corretja A.
Rosset M.
4-66-37-62
Costa A.
Gambill J.
6-37-5
Kucera K.
Pioline C.
6-46-0
Kuerten G.
Woodbridge T.
6-46-0
Stoltenberg J.
Krajicek R.
6-36-4
Muster T.
Moya C.
7-647-5
Martin T.
Puerta M.
7-676-4
R32
Krajicek R.
Golmard J.
6-44-0
Puerta M.
Siemerink J.
6-26-4
Hewitt L.
Rafter P.
7-616-1
Kiefer N.
Damm Sr M.
5-76-36-2
Martin T.
Arazi H.
6-16-3
Moya C.
Johansson T.
6-37-64
Muster T.
Bjorkman J.
7-56-726-3
Stoltenberg J.
Berasategui A.
6-16-737-65
Kuerten G.
Rusedski G.
1-66-36-4
Woodbridge T.
Tebbutt M.
1-66-07-65
Pioline C.
Draper S.
6-47-62
Kucera K.
Clavet F.
6-47-68
Costa A.
Haarhuis P.
6-26-4
Corretja A.
Dreekmann H.
4-66-36-3
Gambill J.
Stolle S.
7-672-66-1
Rosset M.
Ulihrach B.
6-46-0