Lleyton Hewitt
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| Full name | Lleyton Glynn Hewitt |
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| Country (sports) | Australia |
| Residence |
Nassau, Bahamas Kenthurst, Australia |
| Born |
24 February 1981 Adelaide, Australia |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 1998 |
| Retired | 2016 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$20,787,686 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 616–262 (70.16% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour 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 | 125–96 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 18 (23 October 2000) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1998, 2000, 2016) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Last updated on: 22 December 2016. | |
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt AM (/ˈleɪtən ˈhjuːᵻt/; born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world no. 1 professional tennis player.
In November 2001 Hewitt became the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 in the world in singles, aged 20. He won the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles titles, the 2000 US Open men's doubles title, back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup titles in 2001 and 2002, and the Davis Cup with Australia in 1999 and 2003. Hewitt reached the final of the 2004 US Open, where he was defeated by Roger Federer in straight sets. Between 1997 and 2016, he contested twenty consecutive Australian Open men's singles tournaments, reaching the 2005 final where he was defeated by Marat Safin in four sets.
He concluded his professional tennis career at Wimbledon 2016 in the Gentlemen's doubles competition, where he played alongside countryman Jordan Thompson and lost to eighth seeds Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock in the second round.
Hewitt was born in Adelaide, South Australia. His father, Glynn, is a former Australian Rules Football player, and his mother, Cherilyn, was a physical education teacher. His younger sister is Jaslyn Hewitt, a former tennis coach and bodybuilder and his brother-in-law (Jaslyn's husband) is Rob Shehadie. Lleyton also played Australian Football until the age of 13, when he decided to pursue a tennis career.
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