Lleyton Hewitt

Lleyton Hewitt
Hewitt at the 2015 US Open
Nickname:	Rusty
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	February 24, 1981
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	61 kg
1st professional season:	1997
Resignation:	2016
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Tony Roche , Jaymon Crabb
Prize money:	$ 20,717,156
singles
Career record:	615: 261
Career title:	30th
Highest ranking:	1 (November 19, 2001)
Weeks as No. 1:	80
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	122: 93
Career title:	3
Highest ranking:	18 (October 23, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Lleyton Glynn Hewitt , AM (born February 24, 1981 in Adelaide ) is a retired Australian tennis player . In 2001 he became the youngest number one in the world rankings .

Career

The Australian began his professional career in 1998 and has so far won the Grand Slam titles in Wimbledon (2002) and the US Open (2001) as well as the Tennis Masters Cup twice (2001, 2002). In 2004, Hewitt lost in all Grand Slam tournaments and in the Tennis Masters Cup (participation in the finals) to the eventual winner.

In 2005 he made it to the finals at the Australian Open for the first time , but lost to Marat Safin . In Wimbledon and at the US Open he failed again against the tournament winner, he lost in the semifinals to Roger Federer and thus continued his extraordinary series from the previous year. He was eliminated seven times in a row in a Grand Slam tournament against the eventual winner - a record that still exists today. In 2005 he had to cancel the French Open due to a broken rib, he renounced the Masters Cup because of the impending birth of his first child.

Since mid-2005, Hewitt has been struggling with knee and ankle problems. At the beginning of 2007 he separated from his trainer Roger Rasheed. He was then looked after by Scott Draper , but the collaboration was ended after the Australian Open. From August 2007 he was trained by Tony Roche , the former coach of Roger Federer. Nathan Healey was his trainer from September 2009 before Hewitt returned to Roche in November 2010.

In 2008, Hewitt slipped out of the top 50 for the first time since 2001 , partly because he was unable to take part in some tournaments due to persistent hip problems. Among other things, he was absent from the Hamburg Masters and the Cincinnati Masters, where he had reached the semi-finals the year before. After the Olympic Games , where he also competed in doubles (with Chris Guccione ), Hewitt decided to have an operation. He ended the season early, but announced his comeback for the Australian Open 2009 and that he wanted to play for at least two more years.

In early 2010, Hewitt had to undergo a second hip operation. He made his comeback at the French Open , where he lost in the third round to the eventual winner Rafael Nadal . On June 13th, Hewitt won his 28th career title in Halle , in the final he defeated the five-time champion Federer. After his defeat in the second round of the Australian Open 2016 , Hewitt ended his career, as he had already announced in advance. After his active career, Hewitt became Davis Cup captain and competed there in doubles for his country in the 2016 and 2018 seasons. He also played doubles at Wimbledon .

In early 2018, Hewitt returned to the tour for a short time to play doubles there with Sam Groth , who wants to end his career after the Australian Open 2018 . Thanks to a wildcard, he also played alongside fellow countryman Jordan Thompson in Brisbane , where they lost in the match tie-breaker at the start . They will also enter Wimbledon in 2019 with a wildcard .

Lleyton Hewitt was the youngest player to become number 1 in professional men's tennis, and he was also the third youngest professional tennis player to win a tournament. He also won a tournament with the worst ATP ranking (550, in Adelaide) and he made the fewest “unforced errors” in a match.

His trademark was the upside down baseball cap, which he wore this way at almost every game.

Davis Cup

Hewitt won the Davis Cup twice with the Australian Davis Cup team in the 1999 and 2003 seasons . With 59 games won, he is the best player in Australian Davis Cup history. In addition, he is a record player with 43 games played.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (2) ATP World Tour Finals (2) ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2) ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 (3) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (21) ATP Challenger Tour (3)

Title after covering Hard Court (20) Sand (2) Grass (8)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 5, 1998	Adelaide (1)	Hard court	Jason Stoltenberg	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 4
2.	May 3, 1999	Delray Beach	sand	Xavier Malisse	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , 6: 1
3.	January 3, 2000	Adelaide (2)	Hard court	Thomas Enqvist	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
4th	January 10, 2000	Sydney (1)	Hard court	Jason Stoltenberg	6: 4, 6: 0
5.	March 6, 2000	Scottsdale (1)	Hard court	Tim Henman	6: 4, 7: 6 2
6th	June 12, 2000	Queen's Club (1)	race	Pete Sampras	6: 4, 6: 4
7th	January 8, 2001	Sydney (2)	Hard court	Magnus Norman	6: 4, 6: 1
8th.	June 11, 2001	Queen's Club (2)	race	Tim Henman	7: 6 3 , 7: 6 3
9.	June 18, 2001	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Guillermo Cañas	6: 3, 6: 4
10.	September 10, 2001	US Open	Hard court	Pete Sampras	7: 6 4 , 6: 1, 6: 1
11.	October 1, 2001	Tokyo	Hard court	Michel Kratochvil	6: 4, 6: 2
12.	November 12, 2001	Sydney (1)	Hard court (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 4
13.	February 25, 2002	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Andre Agassi	4: 6, 7: 6 6 , 7: 6 4
14th	March 11, 2002	Indian Wells (1)	Hard court	Tim Henman	6: 1, 6: 2
15th	June 10, 2002	Queen's Club (3)	race	Tim Henman	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
16.	June 24, 2002	Wimbledon	race	David Nalbandian	6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 2
17th	November 11, 2002	Shanghai (2)	Hard court (i)	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7: 5, 7: 5, 2: 6, 2: 6, 6: 4
18th	March 3, 2003	Scottsdale (3)	Hard court	Mark Philippoussis	6: 4, 6: 4
19th	March 10, 2003	Indian Wells (2)	Hard court	Gustavo Kuerten	6: 1, 6: 1
20th	January 12, 2004	Sydney (3)	Hard court	Carlos Moyá	4: 3 task
21st	February 16, 2004	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6: 7 1 , 7: 5, 6: 4
22nd	August 16, 2004	Washington, DC	Hard court	Gilles Muller	6: 3, 6: 4
23.	August 23, 2004	long Island	Hard court	Luis Horna	6: 3, 6: 1
24.	January 10, 2005	Sydney (4)	Hard court	Ivo Minář	7: 5, 6: 0
25th	June 18, 2006	Queen's Club (4)	race	James Blake	6: 4, 6: 4
26th	March 5, 2007	Las Vegas (3)	Hard court	Jürgen Melzer	6: 4, 7: 6 10
27.	April 12, 2009	Houston	sand	Wayne Odesnik	6: 2, 7: 5
28.	June 13, 2010	Hall	race	Roger Federer	3: 6, 7: 6 4 , 6: 4
29	5th January 2014	Brisbane	Hard court	Roger Federer	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3
30th	July 13, 2014	Newport	race	Ivo Karlović	6: 3, 6: 7 4 , 7: 6 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 11, 1999	Adelaide	Hard court	Thomas Enqvist	6: 4, 1: 6, 2: 6
2.	March 8, 1999	Scottsdale	Hard court	Jan-Michael Gambill	6: 7 2 , 6: 4, 4: 6
3.	October 25, 1999	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Nicolás Lapentti	3: 6, 2: 6
4th	November 6, 2000	Stuttgart	Hard court (i)	Wayne Ferreira	6: 7 6 , 6: 3, 7: 6 5 , 6: 7 2 , 2: 6
5.	August 12, 2002	Cincinnati	Hard court	Carlos Moyá	5: 7, 6: 7 5
6th	November 4, 2002	Paris	Carpet (i)	Marat Safin	6: 7 4 , 0: 6, 4: 6
7th	August 4, 2003	los Angeles	Hard court	Wayne Ferreira	3: 6, 6: 4, 5: 7
8th.	August 9, 2004	Cincinnati	Hard court	Andre Agassi	3: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6
9.	September 13, 2004	US Open	Hard court	Roger Federer	0: 6, 6: 7 3 , 0: 6
10.	November 22, 2004	Houston	Hard court	Roger Federer	3: 6, 2: 6
11.	January 31, 2005	Australian Open	Hard court	Marat Safin	6: 1, 3: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6
12.	March 21, 2005	Indian Wells	Hard court	Roger Federer	2: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6
13.	February 20, 2006	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Andy Murray	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 7 3
14th	March 6, 2006	Las Vegas	Hard court	James Blake	5: 7, 6: 2, 3: 6
15th	July 15, 2012	Newport	race	John Isner	6: 7 1 , 4: 6
16.	July 14, 2013	Newport	race	Nicolas Mahut	7: 5, 5: 7, 3: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 21, 2000	Indianapolis	Hard court	Sandon Stolle	Jonas Björkman Max Mirny	7: 6 3 , 4: 6, 7: 6 3
2.	September 11, 2000	US Open	Hard court	Max Mirny	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6 5
3.	July 13, 2014	Newport	race	Chris Guccione	Jonathan Erlich Rajeev Ram	7: 5, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 9, 2000	Adelaide	Hard court	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4: 6, 2: 6
2.	January 16, 2000	Sydney	Hard court	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Marc Woodforde	5: 7, 4: 6
3.	March 9, 2003	Scottsdale	Hard court	Mark Philippoussis	James Blake Mark Merklein	4: 6, 7: 6 2 , 6: 7 5
4th	April 25, 2010	Barcelona	sand	Mark Knowles	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6: 4, 3: 6, [6:10]
5.	17th February 2013	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Marinko Matosevic	Xavier Malisse Frank Moser	0: 6, 7: 6 5 , [4:10]

Other titles

• 1999: Davis Cup
• 2001: World Team Cup , Düsseldorf
• 2003: Davis Cup
• 2011: Koyoong Classics, Melbourne
• 2013: Koyoong Classics, Melbourne

statistics

singles

Tournament 1	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	total
Australian Open	2R	2R	1R	1R	AF	1R	AF	1R	AF	3R	2R	F.	AF	AF	1R	3R	AF	2R	1R	1R	0
French Open	-	-	1R	1R	1R	-	3R	3R	3R	AF	AF	-	VF	3R	AF	VF	AF	1R	-	-	0
Wimbledon	-	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	AF	VF	AF	AF	VF	HF	VF	1R	S.	AF	1R	3R	-	-	1
US Open	-	2R	1R	AF	3R	-	1R	3R	-	2R	VF	HF	F.	VF	HF	S.	HF	3R	-	-	1
Individual titles won	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	4th	2	5	6th	4th	1	1	0	30th
Overall wins / defeats 2	1: 1	4: 9	20:16	24:18	16:14	9:11	22:12	34:20	20:11	35:16	33:15	37: 9	68:18	37:10	61:15	80:18	61:19	44:20	10: 9	0: 1	616: 262
Year-end position	636	307	50	60	83	186	54	22nd	67	21st	20th	4th	3	17th	1	1	7th	25th	100	550	N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1R, 2R, 3R = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round

• ¹ tournament result in brackets means that the player has not yet finished the tournament; it shows its current tournament status. After the player finishes the tournament, the bracket is removed.
• ² Status: end of career

Awards

• 2001: ATP Player of the Year
• 2001–2003: Most popular sportsman in South Australia
• 2002: "Male Athlete of the Year" in Australia
• 2003: "Sportsman of the Year" by Australian Vogue
• 2003: "Young Australian of the Year"
• 2006: "Fairest Player"
• 2016: Member of the Order of Australia

Private

Hewitt supports several child charities in Australia, including the Starlight Foundation and McGuinisses-McDermott Cancer Foundation. He also works with the Special Olympics organization, which dedicates its work to promoting sport for the mentally disabled.

In early December 2004, Hewitt split from his long-time girlfriend Kim Clijsters , who was one of the best tennis players in the world. He has been married to the Australian actress Rebecca Cartwright since July 2005 . The couple's first child was born on November 29, 2005, followed by their second on December 11, 2008. The third child was born on October 19, 2010.

Web links

Commons : Lleyton Hewitt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile Lleyton Hewitt (English)
• ITF profile Lleyton Hewitt (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Lleyton Hewitt (English)
• Profile of Lleyton Hewitt on "tennis.com.au" (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Linda Pearce: Under the knife again, but Hewitt won't quit. In: The Sydney Morning Herald Sun. Retrieved January 31, 2010 (English). 
2. ↑ Farewell Tears - David Ferrer ends Lleyton Hewitt's career. In: tennisnet.com. January 21, 2016, archived from the original on January 31, 2016 ; accessed on September 19, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Austria first class again. In: sport.orf. September 16, 2018, accessed September 19, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Australia Day: Rod Laver, seven-time ARIA award winner Tina Arena among 829 honors. In: ABC. Retrieved September 19, 2019 .