Lleyton Hewitt
Australian tennis coach and former tennis player (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lleyton Glynn Hewitt AM (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 2001, Hewitt became, at the time, the youngest man to reach No. 1 in the ATP singles rankings, at the age of 20 years, 8 months and 26 days. In total, he won 30 singles titles and 3 doubles titles, including the 2000 US Open men's doubles title, back-to-back Tour Finals titles in 2001 and 2002, and the Davis Cup with Australia in 1999 and 2003. Between 1997 and 2016, Hewitt contested a record twenty consecutive Australian Open men's singles tournaments, his best result being runner-up in 2005. He was also the runner-up at the 2004 US Open.
Full name | Lleyton Glynn Hewitt |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Residence | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Born | (1981-02-24) 24 February 1981 (age 43)[1] Adelaide, South Australia |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1998 |
Retired | 2016 (singles) 2020 (doubles) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Coaches list |
Prize money | US$20,889,965 |
Int. Tennis HoF | 2021 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 616–262 (70.2% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 30 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (19 November 2001) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | F (2005) |
French Open | QF (2001, 2004) |
Wimbledon | W (2002) |
US Open | W (2001) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (2001, 2002) |
Olympic Games | 3R (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 134–112 (54.5% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 18 (23 October 2000) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2018) |
French Open | 2R (1999) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1999, 2012, 2014, 2015) |
US Open | W (2000) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (2008) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career record | 9–5 (64.3%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1998) |
French Open | 3R (2000) |
Wimbledon | F (2000) |
Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (2012) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1999, 2003) |
Hopman Cup | F (2003) |