Lleyton Hewitt vs Takao Suzuki — Tokyo Round of 16

Tokyo · ATP · Round of 16
AUS
Lleyton Hewitt
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 4 October 2004
hard
JPN
Takao Suzuki
49 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLL
Hewitt L.
6-7 6-2 6-4
Suzuki T.
Hewitt L.
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Suzuki T.
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Lleyton Hewitt defeated Takao Suzuki 6-7 6-2 6-4 in the Tokyo round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Takao Suzuki came in defending last year's round of 16, but Lleyton Hewitt had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 6 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Hewitt L.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Suzuki T.

Suzuki T.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Hewitt L.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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.Suzuki T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
54%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
54%
Service points won·Even
62%
66%
Return points won·Slight edge
39%
32%
Break points saved·Even
60%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.0
8.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.8
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 21). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
18°CDrizzle
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 86%

Draw

Final
Novak J.
Dent T.
5-76-16-3
Semi-finals
Novak J.
Hewitt L.
6-44-66-2
Dent T.
Ulihrach B.
4-66-46-1
Quarter-finals
Hewitt L.
Saulnier C.
7-56-1
Dent T.
Muller G.
6-44-66-2
Novak J.
Srichaphan P.
6-46-4
Ulihrach B.
Phau B.
7-56-4
R16
Saulnier C.
Johansson T.
6-767-637-65
Ulihrach B.
Kohlmann M.
6-46-2
Srichaphan P.
Chiudinelli M.
6-34-1
Phau B.
Gambill J.
7-612-66-2
Dent T.
Lee H.
7-645-76-3
Novak J.
Mello R.
6-16-2
Muller G.
Nalbandian D.
7-643-66-4
Hewitt L.
Suzuki T.
6-736-26-4
R32
Gambill J.
Terachi T.
7-656-1
Suzuki T.
Hernych J.
7-643-67-5
Saulnier C.
Thomann N.
2-66-16-4
Johansson T.
Gimelstob J.
6-46-4
Srichaphan P.
Levy H.
2-67-636-4
Chiudinelli M.
Van Scheppingen D.
6-47-63
Mello R.
Saretta F.
5-76-27-65
Novak J.
Garcia Lopez G.
7-56-2
Kohlmann M.
Canas G.
4-67-626-3
Ulihrach B.
Nieminen J.
6-37-65
Nalbandian D.
Wang J.
3-67-646-2
Muller G.
Bogomolov Jr A.
6-36-1
Lee H.
Arthurs W.
6-27-62
Dent T.
Zib T.
6-36-4
Hewitt L.
Motomura G.
6-03-66-1
Phau B.
Pavel A.
6-26-1
R64
Suzuki T.
Garcia A.
7-667-64
Zib T.
Philippoussis M.
6-36-4
Phau B.
Iwami T.
6-46-1
Arthurs W.
Lisnard J.
6-47-5
Levy H.
Lu Y.
7-617-61
Gimelstob J.
Rochus C.
6-6
Thomann N.
Pless K.
7-627-60
Motomura G.
Weiner G.
6-46-3
Ulihrach B.
Okun N.
6-46-1
Terachi T.
Iwabuchi S.
6-16-3
Chiudinelli M.
Peya A.
4-66-36-4
Saretta F.
Vacek J.
6-36-4
Garcia Lopez G.
Burgsmuller L.
6-42-66-3
Kohlmann M.
Carlsen K.
7-56-2
Bogomolov Jr A.
Tipsarevic J.
6-33-67-62
Wang J.
Morrison J.
6-37-61