Rajeev Ram

Country	USA
Residence	Carmel, Indiana, United States
Born	(1984-03-18) March 18, 1984 (age 28) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	82 kg (180 lb)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$US$ 1,274,974 (January 16, 2012)
Singles
Career record	22-40
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 78 (November 16, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 117 (April 16, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2008, 2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2009, 2010)
US Open	1R (2004, 2005, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	77–80
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 33 (February 22, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 43 (January 16, 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2010, 2012)
French Open	QF (2011)
Wimbledon	QF (2007)
US Open	2R (2004, 2008, 2009)
Last updated on: January 24, 2012.

Rajeev Ram (born March 18, 1984 in Englewood, Colorado) is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2012 Australian Open. He won his only ATP singles tournament in Newport, Rhode Island in 2009—winning seven straight matches to claim the title (two in qualifying and five in the main draw). He also achieved the rare feat of winning both the singles and doubles title for that tournament on the same day.

Ram has claimed six ATP doubles titles in his career, with several different partners. His career high singles rank was No. 78, achieved on November 16, 2009. He reached as high as No. 33 in doubles on February 22, 2010.

Personal[link]

Rajeev is the son of Raghav and Sushma Ram. Ping pong, cricket (in particular, off spin bowling), and music are some of Ram's pastimes. His favourite cricket batsman is Lala Amarnath. His parents are from Bangalore, India.^[1]

Career[link]

Before professional career[link]

In his junior career, Ram won a total of nine national junior titles, including singles and doubles. Amongst his titles were the National Claycourt 14-and-under singles title, the boys 16 and under national championship, the 18 and under Easter Bowl title, Kalamazoo doubles and the Target Cup tournaments. In addition to his nine junior titles, Ram played high school tennis at Carmel High School, earned All-State honors, became the state singles champion, and earned a scholarship in both 1998 and 1999.

Ram then delayed enrollment at the University of Illinois until the second semester so that he could continue to play tennis as an amateur on the pro circuit. During his one semester at Illinois, he won the national doubles title with Brian Wilson and helped the Fighting Illini go undefeated (32–0) and win the NCAA team championship.

Rajeev earned a wild card entry into the Juniors' 2001 US Open. Ram participated in all of the Grand Slam junior tournaments [1]. He was the runner-up in juniors doubles at the 2002 Wimbledon, partnered with Brian Baker.

Professional years[link]

At the 2005 US Open, he lost in five tough sets to Stanislas Wawrinka. At the 2006 US Open, he lost in the second qualifying round to former college teammate Amer Delic. Rajeev made the 2007 Wimbledon doubles quarterfinals as qualifiers with Harel Levy before losing to eventual champions Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra. Along the way, Ram and Levy upset the 15th seeded team of Martín García and Sebastián Prieto. In 2007, he won 5 doubles challenger titles partnering Bobby Reynolds, and reached 3 other finals on his way to a career high doubles ranking of 62.

On July 5, 2008, Ram won the Nielsen USTA Pro Tennis Championship in Winnetka, Illinois for his first career challenger-level singles title.

He won his first ATP doubles title in Chennai, India 2009 with compatriot Eric Butorac.

On July 10, 2009, Ram accomplished the unusual feat of winning four professional-level tennis matches in one day. At the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Rhode Island, the tournament had been rained out early in the week, pushing back many scheduled matches. On July 10, Ram advanced to the singles semi-finals with wins over Samuel Groth and Jesse Levine and then partnered with Jordan Kerr to advance to the doubles semi-finals with wins over Arnaud Clément/Olivier Rochus and Nicolas Mahut/Fabrice Santoro. Mahut, Santoro, and Rochus each played three matches that day, though none of them won all their matches. Ram then went on to beat Rochus and world no. 39 Sam Querrey on consecutive days to capture his first ATP title.^[2] He also captured the doubles title, thus doubling up at the event.

In his return to Newport in July 2010, Ram lost to 417th-ranked qualifier Raven Klaasen after defeating Iván Navarro in the first round. Having raced to a 5–0 lead in the third set, Ram wasted several match points while serving at 5–1 before eventually losing 7–5 1–6 6–7.

In Atlanta in July 2010, partnering with American Scott Lipsky, the two won their first doubles title together defeating Rohan Bopanna and Kristof Vliegen for the outdoor hard court Atlanta Tennis Championships.^[3][4] In the semifinals, Lipsky and Ram had defeated John Isner and James Blake 7–6, 7–6.^[5] In November, they won a tournament in Eckental, Germany.^[6]

Ram started 2011 strong, partnering with Lipsky in February to take the indoor hard court San Jose Open (over Christopher Kas from Germany and Alexander Peya from Austria) and the outdoor hard court Delray Beach titles (over Alejandro Falla from Colombia and Xavier Malisse from Belgium).^[3][7][8] In March, he and Lipsky won the Challenger of Dallas.^[7] In June, he and Lipsky advanced as far as a Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance at the 2011 French Open, before being defeated.^[9]

Career titles[link]

Singles : 1 (1–0)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score	Outcome
1.	July 12, 2009	Newport, USA	Grass	Sam Querrey	6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–3	Winner

Doubles : 6 (6–2)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score	Outcome
1.	August 22, 2005	New Haven, USA	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Gastón Etlis Martin Rodríguez	6–4, 6–3	Runner-up
2.	January 11, 2009	Chennai, India	Hard	Eric Butorac	Jean-Claude Scherrer Stanislas Wawrinka	6–3, 6–4	Winner
3.	July 12, 2009	Newport, USA	Grass	Jordan Kerr	Michael Kohlmann Rogier Wassen	6–7(6–8), 7–6(9–7), [10–6]	Winner
4.	October 4, 2009	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Eric Butorac	Guillermo García-López Mischa Zverev	7–6(7–4), 6–3	Winner
5.	July 25, 2010	Atlanta, USA	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Rohan Bopanna Kristof Vliegen	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [12–10]	Winner
6.	February 6, 2011	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Scott Lipsky	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]	Runner-up
7.	February 13, 2011	San Jose, USA	Hard (i)	Scott Lipsky	Alejandro Falla Xavier Malisse	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]	Winner
8.	February 27, 2011	Delray Beach, USA	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]	Winner

Timeline in Singles and Doubles[link]

Men's Singles performance timeline[link]

Men's doubles performance timeline[link]

References[link]

1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Rajeev-Ram.aspx?t=pa

External links[link]

• Rajeev Ram at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ram Recent Match Results
• Ram World Ranking History
• Fighting Illini Men's Tennis Player Profile

Kei Nishikori
錦織 圭

Kei Nishikori at the 2011 French Open
Full name	Kei Nishikori
Country	Japan
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, United States
Born	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 22) Matsue, Shimane, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$ 1,594,955[1]
Singles
Career record	67–56 (in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1 (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam)
Highest ranking	No. 16 (March 19, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 17 (April 2, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (2012)
French Open	2R (2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2010, 2011)
US Open	4R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	7–11 (in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam)
Highest ranking	No. 181 (November 7, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 183 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	A
French Open	2R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	A
Last updated on: January 30, 2012.

Kei Nishikori (錦織 圭, Nishikori Kei^?) (born 29 December 1989 in Matsue, Shimane, Japan) is a Japanese tennis player, currently ranked World No. 17 as of April 2, 2012. He began playing tennis at the age of five and qualified for his first ATP main draw event at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, California at the age of 17.^{[citation needed]}

Career[link]

Junior career[link]

Nishikori won the 2004 title at the Riad 21 Tournament in Rabat, Morocco and was a quarterfinalist at the 2006 Junior French Open. He partnered with Emiliano Massa to win the 2006 Junior French Open. Nishikori won the 2007 Luxilon Cup held at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open by defeating Michael McClune.

2006[link]

Nishikori qualified and won the title at the ITF Futures event in Mazatlán, Mexico. He began the year by receiving a wildcard to the Kyoto Challenger in Kyoto, Japan.

2007[link]

A finalist in two USTA Pro Circuit events, Nishikori lost to Donald Young in Little Rock, Arkansas and Alex Bogomolov, Jr. in Carson, California. He partnered with Donald Young to win the doubles title at Little Rock. He paired with triple-French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida, where they lost in the first round. Nishikori served as a hitting partner for Roger Federer at Wimbledon.

After his ATP main draw debut in Los Angeles, he qualified for the Indianapolis Tennis Championships in July 2007. He beat Alejandro Falla in the first round, 6–4, 6–3, to record his first ATP main-draw win. He followed that up with a three-set win over Michael Berrer, the eliminator of seventh seed Robby Ginepri to advance to his first ATP quarterfinal. He lost to Dmitry Tursunov, but Nishikori became the youngest player to reach the quarterfinals at Indianapolis since Boris Becker, who went on to reach the semifinals in 1985.

In his third career ATP event, Nishikori defeated Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round in Washington, D.C., before falling to Julien Benneteau in the second. He qualified for the ATP event in Beijing and lost in the first round to Ivan Ljubičić. Nishikori received a wildcard to the ATP event in Tokyo, Japan, where he lost in the first round to Zack Fleishman. He participated in the draw ceremony in Tokyo and received the Tokyo Sports Writers Club award. Nishikori represented Japan at the Asian Hopman Cup 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.

2008[link]

Nishikori started the year by reaching the semifinals of the Miami challenger tournament. He then entered the Delray Beach tournament as a qualifier ranked no. 244. He gained entrance to the main draw by defeating Nicolas Todero and Alex Bogomolov Jr. In the first round, he defeated Florian Mayer due to a retirement in the second set. In the second round, Nishikri defeated Amer Delic, another qualifier. In the quarterfinals, he won against Bobby Reynolds. In the semifinals, he upset Sam Querrey. In the final, Nishikiori upset top seed James Blake in three sets, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, to become the first Japanese man in nearly 16 years to win an ATP event.^[2] He lost in the first round of the Miami Masters to the Spanish player Albert Montañés. He faced James Blake again, this time at the River Oaks International tournament in Houston, Texas in the first round, but Kei lost 4–6, 4–6. He went out in the third round of the 2008 Queen's Club Championships against Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, in just over two hours. Facing the world no. 2, Nishikori played well in the match and showed promise. His first Grand Slam appearance at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships on 23 June 2008 ended in a first-round forfeiture to French player Marc Gicquel. Suffering from an abdominal muscle strain, Nishikori retired after the second set, after winning the first set 6–4, but losing the second by 5–7. In August, he entered the Beijing Olympics on a wildcard.^[3] There, he lost in the first round to Rainer Schüttler of Germany.

Nishikori made his debut at the US Open, defeating 29th seeded Juan Mónaco, 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, in the first round. He cruised to the third round, after downing Croatian Roko Karanušić. On 30 August 2008, he became the first Japanese player to reach the round of 16 at the US Open in 71 years, when he beat fourth seed David Ferrer in five sets, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, in what was considered one of the tournament's major upsets. He lost his chance, however, to compete in the quarterfinals when he was beaten by 17th seed Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6.

In the Japan Open Tennis Championships, he made it to the round of 16, before losing to Frenchman Richard Gasquet 1–6, 2–6.

Nishikori was given a wildcard for the Stockholm Open, where he made it to his second ATP level semifinal of the year, despite playing with a knee injury. He received a walkover in his quarterfinal match against Mario Ančić, who had to withdraw due to illness. In the semifinals, he was beaten by fourth seed Robin Söderling, 1–6, 0–6.

2009[link]

Nishikori made a disappointing start to the season, losing to Jürgen Melzer, 5–7, 2–6, 1–6, in the first round of the Australian Open. On 25 March, Nishikori was named 2008 ATP Newcomer of the Year and became the first Asian player to win the award.^[4] He withdrew from the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open because of an injured right elbow.

2010[link]

Kei made his comeback after his injury of the previous year. After receiving a wildcard at Delray Beach, he was beaten in the first round by Benjamin Becker. Kei returned to the Challenger tour later in April with great success, reaching quarterfinals at both Baton Rouge and Tallahassee events, followed by a victory at the Savannah Challenger over Ryan Sweeting, 6–4, 6–0, in the final. On 15 May 2010, he won the Sarasota open by defeating Brian Dabul, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4.

Nishikori played in his first French Open. He rebounded from two sets down to defeat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia in the first round, 2–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4, but he lost his second match against Novak Djokovic, 1–6, 4–6, 4–6. He lost to Richard Gasquet in the first round of the 2010 AEGON Championships, 3–6, 3–6. At Wimbledon, he played second seed Rafael Nadal in the first round and lost, 2–6, 4–6, 4–6,

At the U.S. Open, the Japanese no. 1 met Croatian Marin Čilić in the second round. Nishikori ousted the 11th seed, 5–7, 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–1, to advance to the third round, his best Grand Slam showing in 2010.

2011[link]

Nishikori at the 2011 Australian Open.

Nishikiori opened the season in Chennai, where he upset two-time defending champion Marin Čilić in the first round, before falling in the quarterfinals to Janko Tipsarević. In the 2011 Australian Open, Nishikori reached the third round. In the first round, he defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy, 6–1, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4. He then ousted Florian Mayer of Germany in the second round, 6–4, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3. His run was ended in the third round by ninth seed Fernando Verdasco of Spain, 2–6, 4–6, 3–6. After the third-round appearance in Melbourne, his ranking rose to no. 70. At the first two ATP Masters Series events of the year, Nishikori suffered a first-round loss in Indian Wells and a second-round loss in Miami. Nishikori then reached his second final at the 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. He was defeated by American wildcard Ryan Sweeting. At Roland Garros, Nishikori lost in the second round to Sergiy Stakhovsky, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–7. He faced Lleyton Hewitt in the first round at Wimbledon, but lost in four sets, 1–6, 6–7, 7–6, 3–6. Nishikori then retired in his first-round match against Flavio Cipolla at the US Open. At the 2011 Shanghai Masters, Nishikori reached his first Masters 1000 semifinal. In the second round, he defeated Robin Haase in three sets, after losing the first set 0-6. In the third round, Nishikiori scored the biggest upset of the tournament by defeating fourth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4. Nishikiori followed up that impressive performance with another three-set victory, this time over Santiago Giraldo, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3. In the quarterfinals, Nishikori upset 12th-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3. He lost to no. 2 Andy Murray in his first Masters 1000 semifinal. He reached a career-high of world no. 30. In the Swiss Indoors Basel tournament Nishikori defeated an ailing world no. 1 Novak Djokovic to reach the final in three sets, 2–6, 7–6, 6–0, coming back from a 4–5, 0–30 deficit in the second set. The win was only Djokovic's fourth loss of the season, second loss in a completed match, and first loss of a completed match on a non-clay surface. On the heels of the victory, Nishikori was granted special exemption into the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters and achieved a ranking of world no. 24.

2012[link]

Nishikori started the season at the Brisbane International, where he lost in the second round to Marcos Baghdatis. At the Australian Open, Nishikori came back from a set down to defeat number sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where he was then defeated by fourth seed Andy Murray. Nishikori was the first Japanese male player to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 80 years.^[5]

Personal[link]

Nishikori lives in Florida and trains at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. His parents are Kiyoshi and Eri, and he has a sister, Reina. His hobbies include baseball, golf, reading, and listening to music. He is represented by Olivier van Lindonk of IMG.
In the video game Grand Slam Tennis, Kei is classed as an all-court player, and his special ability is his endurance.

In December 2010, it was announced that Nishikori would be coached by Brad Gilbert for the 2011 season.^[6] Gilbert has also coached Andy Murray and former world no. 1s Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick.

Playing Style

Nishikori is well-known for his endurance during long matches. He uses a semi-western grip on his forehand and a combo of continental/semi-western for his backhand. He generally relies on his accurate groundstrokes to win matches. His serve is reliable but lack power at times. His game is describe as offensive baseliner with excellent depth and consistency.

Equipment[link]

Nishikori currently uses the Wilson BLX Steam 100 racquet and wears Uniqlo clothing and adidas Barricade 7.0 shoes. ^[7] He is also sponsored by Nissin Foods. He is often seen wearing a Cup Noodles badge on his sleeve during matches.

ATP Career Finals[link]

Singles: 3 (1–2)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	February 11, 2008	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	James Blake	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	April 10, 2011	Houston, United States	Clay	Ryan Sweeting	4–6, 6–7(7–3)
Runner-up	2.	November 6, 2011	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	1–6, 3–6

Singles performance timeline[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Japanese male singles tennis players as April 30, 2012 Kei Nishikori (17 ) Go Soeda (59 15) Tatsuma Ito (80 15) Yūichi Sugita (167 3) Hiroki Moriya (216 13) Yasutaka Uchiyama (348 6) Junn Mitsuhashi (369 6) Toshihide Matsui (423 19) Daniel Taro (428 1) Takuto Niki (475 24)

Paul-Henri Mathieu

Country	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	(1982-01-12) 12 January 1982 (age 30) Strasbourg, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	74 kg (160 lb; 11.7 st)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$4,077,472
Singles
Career record	214–208
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 12 (7 April 2008)
Current ranking	No. 275 (23 April 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2006, 2008)
French Open	4R (2002, 2008)
Wimbledon	4R (2007, 2010)
US Open	3R (2004, 2010)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2008)
Doubles
Career record	26–68
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 103 (15 September 2008)
Last updated on: 13 April 2012.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (born 12 January 1982 in Strasbourg, France) is a French tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 12.

Tennis career[link]

Mathieu was born in Strasbourg, France. He first began playing tennis at age 3, with his older brother Pierre-Yves. Between 1997 and 2000 he trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida. After having won the Junior title at the French Open (defeating Tommy Robredo), he made his ATP tour debut in July 2000, in Kitzbühel.

2002 was Mathieu's breakthrough year. He made the 4th round of the French Open, losing to Andre Agassi in 5 sets, despite having a 2 set lead. Later on in the year, he confirmed his potential by winning back to back tournaments in Moscow and Lyon. On 14 October he became world no. 36 and his progess won him the ATP Newcomer of the Year award for 2002. He also nearly won the Davis Cup in 2002 with the French Davis Cup team, but lost the deciding rubber of the final to Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, once more after relinquishing a 2 set advantage.

In 2005, he achieved his best ever result in an ATP Masters Series event, knocking out Andy Roddick on his way to the semi-finals at Montreal. He had a record of 2–2 in the 4 Davis Cup matches he played that year. He won both his matches against the Swedish opponents Thomas Johansson and Joachim Johansson, but lost to Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev in the quarter final tie.

2006 saw him equal his best result at a Grand Slam tournament by reaching the 4th round of the Australian Open. In May a career-high ranking of 32 was attained. In the 3rd round of the French Open, he lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in a gruelling encounter which lasted 4 hours and 53 minutes, but amazingly only saw 42 games played (Nadal won the match 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4, with the first set lasting 93 minutes and each of the following sets longer than an hour). Many tennis players and commentators, including two-time French Open runner-up Àlex Corretja, hailed it as a classic.

Mathieu is known for being able to hit heavy groundstrokes from both wings and his topspin forehand is probably his biggest weapon. A relatively popular, well-liked player despite his inconsistent career results, Mathieu is often affectionately known by his initials, "PHM". His favourite surfaces are clay and hard, and he admired Boris Becker while growing up. His brother Pierre-Yves is now a tennis coach in Strasbourg.

2007[link]

2007 started poorly for Mathieu when he injured himself at the Australian Open during a 1st round encounter against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco and was forced to retire from the match. This was unfortunate as Mathieu was up 2 sets and 3–0 in the 3rd set tiebreak at the time. After returning from his injury, he reached the 4th round in Miami, beating then world number 5 Fernando González of Chile along the way, before bowing out to Andy Murray in 3 sets.

On 29 April 2007, Mathieu won his 3rd career title, the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca defeating Álbert Montañés 6–1, 6–1. At Wimbledon, he reached round 4 for the first time, defeating Radek Štěpánek, #17 seed (15th-ranked) David Ferrer, and 15th seed (12th-ranked) Ivan Ljubičić. He attained a career high ranking of 28 in singles after this result, entering the world's top 30 for the first time. The week after Wimbledon, he beat Italian Andreas Seppi 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 in a difficult final to claim his fourth ATP Tour title in Gstaad, Switzerland. He rose to #23 in the rankings, making his top 25 breakthrough.

At the Montreal Masters, he produced one of the comebacks of the season to beat 15th seed Guillermo Cañas. Trailing 4–6, 0–4, he managed to up his level of play to win 13 of the next 14 games and record a win by the score of 4–6, 7–5, 6–0. He followed that up with a win over Mario Ančić in round 2. In round 3, he ran into Rafael Nadal, and actually won the first set 6–3 before losing the next two 6–3, 6–2.

He then made the semi-finals of New Haven losing to world number 6 James Blake in a 3rd set tiebreak. This result projected him in the world's top 20 for the 1st time, at the 20th rank.

2012[link]

At the 2012 French Open, Mathieu won his first round match from two sets down before defeating John Isner in five sets, 18–16 in the decider in what proved to be the second longest match in French Open history and fourth longest in Grand Slam history.^[1]

Personal life[link]

In the first half of 2012, Mathieu became a father for the first time when his compagnon, Quiterie Camus, gave birth to the couple's first child, a son named Gabriel.^[2]

Career finals[link]

Singles: 8 (4–4)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 October 2002	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Sjeng Schalken	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Winner	2.	13 October 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Gustavo Kuerten	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	28 September 2003	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Nicolás Massú	6–1, 2–6, 6–7(0–7)
Winner	3.	29 April 2007	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Álbert Montañés	6–1, 6–1
Winner	4.	15 July 2007	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Andreas Seppi	6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	14 October 2007	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Nikolay Davydenko	5–7, 6–7(9–11)
Runner-up	3.	5 October 2008	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Dmitry Tursunov	6–7(6–8), 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	26 July 2009	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1–1)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	13 September 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Nicolas Devilder	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–6(7–4), 6–7(9–11), [22–20]
Runner-up	1.	25 July 2010	Hamburg	Clay	Jérémy Chardy	David Marrero Marc López	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]

Singles performance timeline[link]

Key

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

Current through 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.

External links[link]

• Paul-Henri Mathieu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bio - File interview with Paul-Henri Mathieu
• Paul-Henri Mathieu at the International Tennis Federation
• Paul-Henri Mathieu at the Davis Cup

References[link]

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten French male singles tennis players as of May 28, 2012 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5 ) Gilles Simon (12 ) Gaël Monfils (14 1) Richard Gasquet (20 ) Julien Benneteau (32 ) Jérémy Chardy (55 1) Michaël Llodra (57 ) Benoît Paire (69 3) Édouard Roger-Vasselin (82 1) Nicolas Mahut (89 1)

Lleyton Hewitt

Country	Australia
Residence	Adelaide Sydney Nassau, Bahamas[1]
Born	(1981-02-24) 24 February 1981 (age 31) Adelaide
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$19,001,021
Singles
Career record	546–197 (68.85%) (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	29
Highest ranking	No. 1 (19 November 2001)
Current ranking	No. 175 (2 April 2012)
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	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	85–58 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 18 (23 October 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1998, 2000)
French Open	2R (1999)
Wimbledon	3R (2000)
US Open	W (2000)
Last updated on: April 10, 2012.

Lleyton Glynn Hewitt ( /ˈleɪtən ˈhjuːɨt/;^[2] born 24 February 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player and former world no. 1, who has a current ATP ranking of 176.

Hewitt is the youngest male ever to be ranked no. 1 at the age of 20. His career achievements include winning the 2000 US Open men's doubles, the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles, and back-to-back Tennis Masters Cup titles (2001 and 2002). In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Hewitt in 34th place on its list of the 40 greatest tennis players since 1965.^[3]

Tennis career[link]

Hewitt might well have followed in the footsteps of his Australian rules football-playing father Glynn. Instead, he became one of the youngest winners of an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament when, as an almost unknown youngster, he won the 1998 Next Generation Adelaide International, defeating Andre Agassi in the semifinals. Only Aaron Krickstein winning Tel Aviv in 1983 and Michael Chang winning San Francisco in 1988 were younger when claiming their first ATP title. Hewitt then left Immanuel College to concentrate on his tennis career.^[4]. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. ^[5]

Hewitt and fellow Australian Mark Philippoussis confer during a doubles match at the 2005 Queen's Club Championships.

2000[link]

In 2000, Hewitt reached his first Grand Slam final at the Wimbledon mixed doubles partnering Belgian Kim Clijsters. They lost the match, 4–6, 6–7, to Americans Kimberly Po and Donald Johnson. Hewitt later won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open when he along with Max Mirnyi claimed the men's doubles championship; thus becoming the youngest male (at 19 years, 6 months) to win a Grand Slam doubles crown in the open era.^[6] At the end of the year, Hewitt became the first teenager in ATP history to qualify for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup (ATP World Tour Finals).^[7]

2001[link]

Hewitt started off the 2001 season well by winning the Medibank International in Sydney, and went on to win tournaments in London (Queen's Club) and 's-Hertogenbosch. He captured his first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in 2001, when he beat former world no. 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semifinals and defeated then-four-time champion Pete Sampras the next day in straight sets. This win made Hewitt, Pat Rafter, and Kafelnikov the only active ATP players to win a Grand Slam singles and doubles title during their career. Hewitt is still the last player to achieve this feat. Lleyton went on to win the Tokyo Open and again qualify for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup held in Sydney. During the tournament, Hewitt won all matches in his group, before defeating Sébastien Grosjean, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4, in the finals to take the title and gain the world no. 1 ranking.

Hewitt won a total of six titles in 2001.

2002[link]

The year 2002 was once again a solid year for Hewitt, winning three titles in San Jose, Indian Wells and London (Queen's Club). He followed his 2001 US Open win by capturing the Wimbledon singles title, dominating first-time finalist David Nalbandian in straight sets; Hewitt lost only two sets throughout the championship. His victory reinforced the idea that, although the tournament had tended to be dominated by serve-and-volleyers, a baseliner could still triumph on grass (Hewitt was the first 'baseliner' to win the tournament since Agassi in 1992). Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who are also baseliners, won all titles between them from 2003 to 2010, with Novak Djokovic, also a baseliner, winning the tournament in 2011.

For his third straight year, He qualified for the year-end Tennis Masters Cup held in Shanghai and successfully defended his title by defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4. Hewitt's win helped him finish the year as world no. 1 for a second straight year.

2003[link]

In 2003 Hewitt defeated former world no. 1 Gustavo Kuerten for the championship at Indian Wells. But at Wimbledon, as the defending champion, Hewitt lost in the first round to qualifier Ivo Karlović. Hewitt became the first defending Wimbledon men's champion in the open era to lose in the first round. Only once before in the tournament's 126-year history had a defending men's champion lost in the opening round, in 1967, when Manuel Santana was beaten by Charlie Pasarell. Hewitt was only the third defending Grand Slam champion in the open era to lose in the first round, after Boris Becker at the 1997 Australian Open and Patrick Rafter at the 1999 US Open. After Wimbledon in 2003, Hewitt lost in the final of the tournament in Los Angeles, the second round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal, and the first round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in Cincinnati. At the US Open, Hewitt lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(5), 1–6. Hewitt played only Davis Cup matches for the remainder of the year, recording five-set wins over Roger Federer and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semifinals and final respectively, as Australia went on to win the Davis Cup. Hewitt used much of his spare time in late 2003 to bulk up, gaining 7 kg.

Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon, 2004

2004[link]

In 2004, Hewitt became the first man in history to lose in each Grand Slam singles tournament to the eventual champion. At the Australian Open, he was defeated in the fourth round by Swiss Roger Federer. At the French Open, he was defeated in a quarterfinal by Argentine Gastón Gaudio. At Wimbledon, he was defeated in a quarterfinal by Federer, and at the US Open, he was defeated in the final by Federer, losing two out of the three sets at love. At the year ending 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Hewitt defeated Andy Roddick to advance to the final, but was yet again defeated by defending champion Federer.

2005[link]

In 2005, Hewitt won his only title at the Sydney Medibank International defeating little-known Czech player Ivo Minář. Hewitt spent much time in the late stages of 2004 working with his former coach and good friend, Roger Rasheed, on bulking up his physique. His hard work paid off during the Australian summer, when he defeated an in-form world no. 2 Andy Roddick, 3–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–1, to reach his first Australian Open final. He was the first Australian player to reach the final since Pat Cash in 1988. In the final, he faced fourth seed, Marat Safin, who had defeated world no. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer in the semifinals. After easily taking the first set, he was defeated by the Russian, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4, despite being up a break in the third set. At Wimbledon, he reached the semifinals, but lost to eventual champion Federer. Two months later, Hewitt again lost to Federer in the US Open semifinal, although this time he was able to take one set from the Swiss. Hewitt had at this point lost to the eventual champion at seven consecutive Grand Slam tournaments he played (he missed the 2005 French Open because of injury). Hewitt pulled out of the Tennis Masters Cup tournament in Shanghai in November 2005 so that he could be with his wife Bec, who was due to give birth.

Hewitt at the 2006 US Open

2006[link]

Hewitt was defeated in the second round of the 2006 Australian Open by Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina. He then reached the finals of the San Jose and Las Vegas tournaments, losing to British youngster Andy Murray and American James Blake, respectively. But he lost to Tim Henman, 6–7(5), 3–6, in the second round of the Miami Masters, a player he had defeated eight times previously in as many matches. At the 2006 French Open, Hewitt reached the fourth round, where he lost to defending champion and eventual winner Rafael Nadal in four sets.

Hewitt won his first tournament of 2006 (after a 17 month hiatus from winning a tournament), when he beat Blake, 6–4, 6–4, in the final of the Queen's Club Championships. This was his fourth title there, equalling the records of John McEnroe and Boris Becker. During the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, Hewitt survived a five-set match against South Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee that was played over two days. He then defeated Olivier Rochus and David Ferrer, before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the quarterfinals. At the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C., Hewitt was defeated by Arnaud Clément, 6–7(1), 4–6, in a quarterfinals, after defeating Vincent Spadea in the second round and Denis Gremelmayr in the third round.

Hewitt participated at the 2006 US Open, despite having an injured knee. Hewitt won his first three matches in straight sets against, respectively, Albert Montañés, Jan Hernych, and Novak Đoković. He defeated Richard Gasquet, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3, in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals for the seventh consecutive year. He then lost to Roddick, 3–6, 5–7, 4–6.

2007[link]

At the 2007 Australian Open, Hewitt lost in the third round to tenth-seeded Chilean and eventual runner-up Fernando González, 2–6, 2–6, 7–5, 4–6. With his win in Las Vegas in March, Hewitt had won at least one ATP title annually for ten consecutive years. This was a record among active players at the time.^[8]

Hewitt reached the 2007 Hamburg Masters semifinals, where he pushed eventual finalist Rafael Nadal to three sets. At the 2007 French Open, Hewitt, for the second straight time lost in the fourth round to Nadal, 3–6, 1–6, 6–7(5). At the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, Hewitt won his first three matches, including a four-set third round victory over Guillermo Cañas. He then faced fourth seed Novak Djokovic in the fourth round, which he lost, 6–7, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7.

After Wimbledon, it was announced that he had hired former Australian tennis pro Tony Roche to coach him during Grand Slam and Masters tournaments in 2007 and 2008.^[9] At the Masters tournaments in Montréal and Cincinnati Hewitt reached the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. In both cases, he lost to Roger Federer.

He was seeded 16th at the 2007 U.S. Open, but for the first time in eight consecutive appearances at Flushing Meadows, he did not reach the quarterfinals or further. He lost in the second round to Argentine Agustín Calleri.

2008[link]

At the 2008 Australian Open, he advanced to the fourth round as the 19th seed, defeating 15th-seeded and 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis in a thrilling third-round match, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–7 (4), 6–3. The 282 minute match started at 11:52 pm and ended at 4:34 am^[10] the following morning. It was a characteristically "gutsy" performance and cemented Hewitt's reputation as a tough competitor. Hewitt lost his fourth-round match in straight sets to third-seeded and eventual champion Novak Djokovic, 5–7, 3–6, 3–6.

A hip injury Hewitt acquired in March 2008 affected his preparation for the French Open and forced the loss of 300 rankings points as Hewitt was unable to defend his semifinal appearance at the Hamburg Masters, as well as compete in supplementary tournaments. However, Hewitt made the third round at Roland Garros, before losing a five-set thriller to fifth seed David Ferrer, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6.

Despite his ongoing hip problem, Hewitt was able to compete at the Queens Club Championship with moderate success, falling to second seed Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, 2–6, 2–6. His good form continued into Wimbledon, Hewitt making the fourth round for the second successive year, before facing world no. 1 and first seed Roger Federer and losing, 6–7(7), 2–6, 4–6.

After Wimbledon, Hewitt elected to miss the Montreal and Cincinnati Masters in an effort to give his hip sufficient rest to enable him to play at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he defeated Jonas Björkman in the first round, 7–5, 7–6(7–2), before losing to second seed Rafael Nadal, 1–6, 2–6. However, the more notable incident in the Olympics occurred in Hewitt's opening-round doubles match with Chris Guccione against Argentines Juan Mónaco and Agustín Calleri. The match went to an advantage third set with Hewitt and Guccione prevailing 18–16.

After the Olympics, due to the further damage Hewitt's hip sustained at the Olympics, he was left with no option but to pull out of the US Open and skip the rest of the season to have hip surgery.

2008 was the first year since 1997 in which Hewitt did not win a title.

2009[link]

After returning from hip surgery, Hewitt played his first match in 2009 at the Hopman Cup, where he defeated Nicolas Kiefer in three sets. Hewitt then participated in the Medibank International Sydney, winning his first two matches, but losing in the quarterfinals to David Nalbandian. Hewitt then went on to play in the 2009 Australian Open, where he was unseeded in a Grand Slam for the first time since 2000. He faced Fernando González in the first round and lost in five sets, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6.

At the tournament in Memphis, he caused an upset in the first round by defeating James Blake in three sets, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4. He then defeated fellow Australian Chris Guccione in the second round, 6–2, 7–6(4), and Christophe Rochus in the quarterfinals, 6–2, 6–3. He faced Andy Roddick in the semifinals, but lost in a close match, 6–2, 6–7(4), 4–6. Hewitt then lost in the first round of Delray Beach to Yen-Hsun Lu, the eighth seed, 5–7, 6–2, 2–6. Hewitt also competed in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, and reached the second round, being defeated by Fernando González.

At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Hewitt played Israeli Dudi Sela in the first round. Hewitt lost the first set, before recovering to win the match, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3. Hewitt was then defeated by seventh seed Gilles Simon of France, 1–6, 2–6.

At the 2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Hewitt defeated seventh seed Diego Junqueira, 6–0, 6–2. Hewitt advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Sergio Roitman, 6–1, 6–3, in just 57 minutes, and then defeated Guillermo García López, 6–3, 6–4, to advance to the semifinals, where he defeated Evgeny Korolev, 7–6(4), 6–4. He defeated Wayne Odesnik in the final, 6–2, 7–5, for his first title since 2007 and his first clay-court title in a decade.

Hewitt entered the Monte Carlo Masters as a wild card. He lost in the first round, 4–6, 5–7 to Marat Safin. Hewitt admitted to running out of energy in the second set.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2009 BMW Open, Hewitt recorded his 500th career win after defeating Philipp Petzschner in the first round, becoming one of only four active players to achieve this milestone; the others being Roger Federer and Carlos Moyà. Andy Roddick would later achieve this feat at the 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Tournament in Washington, D.C..

In the 2009 French Open, he defeated 26th seed Ivo Karlović in five sets, 6–7(1) 6–7(4) 7–6(4) 6–4 6–3 in the first round, and then defeated Andrey Golubev, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1, in the second. He lost to no. 1 Rafael Nadal, 1–6, 3–6, 1–6, in the third round.

Lleyton's next tournament was the 2009 AEGON Championships in London. He was 15th seed and drew Eduardo Schwank in the first round, who he easily dispatched, 6–1 6–0. In the second round, he went three sets against Portuguese Frederico Gil. Hewitt dropped the first set, but went on to win, 3–6 6–2 6–2. Former rival Andy Roddick awaited Lleyton in the third round, and the match certainly did not disappoint. As they have many times in the past, the former world no. 1 players battled through a tough and intense match, which Roddick ended up taking. Hewitt lost in a thrilling 6–7(4), 6–7(2) match.

Hewitt at the Wimbledon Championships 2009

In the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Hewitt faced the prospect of Rafael Nadal in the second round. However, Nadal withdrew due to injury, and his slot was replaced by world no. 5 Juan Martín del Potro. Hewitt defeated American Robby Ginepri, 6–4, 6–1, 6–1, in the first round. Hewitt used his strong service game to advantage, losing only one service game the entire match. He upended Del Potro in straight sets, 6–3, 7–5, 7–5. The third round also produced a straight-set victory for Hewitt, as he defeated Philipp Petzschner, 7–5, 7–6(3), 6–3. He reversed a two-set deficit to defeat Radek Štěpánek in the fourth round, 4–6 2–6 6–1 6–2 6–2. It was another classic Hewitt fightback to thrill the many Australians on hand to witness the match. His Cinderella run ended in the quarterfinals against sixth seed Andy Roddick. It was a five-set thriller which featured two tiebreaks. Hewitt lost a heartbreaking 3–6, 7–6 (10), 6–7 (1), 6–4, 4–6 match.^[11] It was the first time Lleyton had reached the quarterfinals of a Major since the 2006 U.S. Open.

After an extended break, Hewitt began working his way into the U.S Open series by playing in Washington at the Legg Mason Classic. There Hewitt made it into the third round, before losing in a three-set battle with Juan Martín del Potro, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7. At the Montreal Masters, Hewitt lost in the first round to former world no. 1, Juan Carlos Ferrero, 1–6, 4–6. Cincinnati saw Hewitt reach the quarterfinals for the sixth time, where he lost to Roger Federer in straight sets. During the first round of the tournament, Hewitt showed his trademark fighting abilities by saving two match points to win against an in-form Robin Söderling.^[12] At the U.S Open, Hewitt progressed into the third round, where he played Federer for the 23rd time of their decade-long rivalry. Hewitt managed to take the first set 6–4 from Federer, before the 15-time Grand Slam champion took control of the second. The third set was tight, and both players saved multiple break points. Federer eventually prevailed the match in four sets, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4.^[13]

In late September, Hewitt travelled to Malaysia for his first time to take part in the inaugural Malaysian Open held in Kuala Lumpur.^[14] The new tournament was part of the ATP's new dedicated Asian swing. Hewitt lost, 6–7, 3–6, in the first round to Swedish player Joachim Johansson.^[15] In Tokyo, Hewitt was drawn to once again meet del Potro in the quarterfinals, but was given a clear path when del Potro was knocked out by qualifier Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the first round. After defeating Fabrice Santoro in the second round, Hewitt downed Roger-Vasselin, 6–4, 6–0, to reach his first semifinals since winning the US Men's Clay Court Championships in April, but lost to Mikhail Youzhny, 2–6, 7–5, 5–7. He then competed in the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, where he won in the first round, defeating John Isner, 6–2, 6–4, before losing to Gaël Monfils, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6.

2010[link]

Hewitt began his 2010 season partnering Samantha Stosur at the Hopman Cup. The Australians were the top seeds for the exhibition tournament. They, however, fared worse than expected, losing ties against Romania and Spain, and therefore failing to reach the final.

He was seeded fourth in the Medibank International and, like the previous year, reached the quarterfinals, losing to eventual champion Marcos Baghdatis. At the Australian Open, he lost to Roger Federer in the fourth round, 2–6, 3–6, 4–6.

A week after his exit from the Australian Open, Hewitt announced at a press conference at Melbourne Park that he underwent another hip operation similar to his left hip operation this time on his right hip on 28 January 2010 in Hobart.

Hewitt returned to the tour at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships as the singles defending champion.^[16] He won his first match since the Australian Open, partnering coach Nathan Healey in the doubles, defeating James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin, 7–6, 7–5, but lost to top seeds the Bryan brothers in the semifinals, 2–6, 6–7. Hewitt received a first-round bye, as he was seeded fourth in singles. In his first match, against lucky loser Somdev Devvarman, Hewitt dropped the first set, before battling to win in three sets, 1–6, 6–0, 7–6. He then lost to Juan Ignacio Chela, 4–6, 3–6. Hewitt's next tournament was scheduled to be the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. However, he withdrew due to a recurring injury.

Hewitt then reached the second round in Barcelona, before losing to Eduardo Schwank, and lost in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to Guillermo García López, 2–6, 3–6. Hewitt then travelled back to Australia to parcicipate in a Davis Cup tie against Japan, winning his two singles matches.

At the French Open, Hewitt reached the third round, before losing 3–6, 4–6, 3–6 to Rafael Nadal, who went on to win the title without dropping a set and take the no. 1 ranking.

On 13 June, Hewitt defeated Roger Federer, 3–6, 7–6 (4), 6–4, in the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, a grass-court tuneup for Wimbledon Championships. The win was Hewitt's first over Federer since 2003 and snapped a 15-match losing streak against the Swiss.

At Wimbledon, Hewitt was seeded 15th and lost to third seed, Novak Djokovic in the fourth round. After dropping the first two sets, Hewitt took advantage of a stomach illness had by Djokovic to take the third set. However, Hewitt could not mount a comeback, and ended up losing in four sets, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6.

At the Atlanta Tennis Championship, Hewitt lost in the first round to Lukáš Lacko, 4–6, 2–6. After receiving a first-round bye at the Legg Mason Classic, Hewitt retired in the second round due to a leg injury. He pulled out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto in order to recover, and returned in Cincinnati. Hewitt defeated Yen-Hsun Lu in the opening round, 6–4, 4–0 retired, before losing in three sets to fifth seed Robin Söderling, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7.