Lleyton Hewitt vs Nicolas Kiefer — Los Angeles Semi-final

Los Angeles · ATP · Semi-final
AUS
Lleyton Hewitt
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 July 2003
hard
GER
Nicolas Kiefer
49 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLLWL
Hewitt L.
6-2 6-4
Kiefer N.
Hewitt L.
662
Kiefer N.
24–

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Nicolas Kiefer 6-2 6-4 in the Los Angeles semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Lleyton Hewitt came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Lleyton Hewitt extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-01-11SydneyR16hardLleyton Hewitt6-4 6-2
1999-01-04AdelaideR32hardLleyton Hewitt7-5 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Hewitt L.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Kiefer N.

Kiefer N.serving82% hold

wins 64% 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.Kiefer N.
1st serve in·Even
54%
53%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
76%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
64%
Return points won·Even
39%
39%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.0
7.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.8
3.3

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Hewitt L.Kiefer N.
Clutch Rating·Even
63
59
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
81
Break points won·Even
57
58
Deciding sets·Slight edge
71
61
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
58
68

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Draw

Final
Ferreira W.
Hewitt L.
6-34-67-5
Semi-finals
Ferreira W.
Philippoussis M.
6-47-5
Hewitt L.
Kiefer N.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Kiefer N.
Spadea V.
1-67-56-3
Hewitt L.
Carlsen K.
6-736-46-3
Philippoussis M.
Kuerten G.
6-33-67-65
Ferreira W.
Grosjean S.
7-646-746-2
R16
Hewitt L.
Joyce M.
6-36-0
Kiefer N.
Schalken S.
6-46-4
Spadea V.
Vacek J.
7-52-66-2
Carlsen K.
Amritraj P.
6-46-2
Philippoussis M.
Chang M.
6-26-4
Kuerten G.
Taino E.
6-37-65
Ferreira W.
Bogomolov Jr A.
7-616-3
Grosjean S.
Ginepri R.
6-26-3
R32
Ferreira W.
Yim R.
6-46-4
Amritraj P.
Safin M.
5-3
Kuerten G.
Niemeyer F.
3-67-626-4
Taino E.
Lee H.
3-67-656-2
Chang M.
Fleishman Z.
6-16-1
Philippoussis M.
Kennedy A.
6-36-2
Spadea V.
Gimelstob J.
6-46-3
Vacek J.
Kim K.
2-66-16-4
Kiefer N.
Thomann N.
6-16-4
Schalken S.
Golovanov D.
6-46-4
Carlsen K.
Reynolds B.
6-24-67-63
Joyce M.
Gambill J.
7-652-67-64
Hewitt L.
Mamiit C.
6-07-5
Grosjean S.
Malisse X.
4-67-56-3
Ginepri R.
Ilie A.
6-16-1
Bogomolov Jr A.
Mello R.
6-36-2