Bec and Lleyton Hewitt with their children Mia, Cruz and Ava. He faced Fernando Gonzlez in the first round and lost in five sets. In March Hewitt came out of retirement to replace the injured Nick Kyrgios in the first round Davis Cup against the US at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club. Despite the loss, Australia still advanced to the final where Hewitt would lose to Fernando Gonzlez and Australia would lose the final 21.[107]. [8], With Paul Annacone, Brad Gilbert and Darren Cahill, Rasheed developed ProTennisCoach.com a professional and open coaching website launched in 2013.[9]. He then lost in the second round in 3 straight competitive sets to 8th seed David Ferrer, 26, 46, 46. His next tournament was the 2012 Australian Open. Following this tournament, Hewitt played at Wimbledon where he won in the first round against Michal Przysiezny, 62, 67 (1416), 61, 64 before losing in the second round in five sets to Jerzy Janowicz, 57, 46, 76(7), 64, 36.[75]. Hewitt was 32nd seed at the US Open and lost his first-round match to Paul-Henri Mathieu in five sets. [131] He had once had a close friendship with Crows star Andrew McLeod, but this broke down amid much public controversy in 2005. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. At Wimbledon, Hewitt was awarded a wildcard and was defeated by Jarkko Nieminen 63, 36, 64, 06, 911 in the first round of his eighteenth and final appearance at the tournament. He was originally scheduled to face top seed Roger Federer in the opening round. In the group stages Hewitt recorded victories over Robby Ginepri and Martin Verkerk but fell to Gastn Gaudio in his last group singles match. 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Being in the spotlight for so long, the public often saw the two-time Grand Slam champion with his children, Mia, Cruz and Ava Hewitt, who he shares with wife Bec Hewitt. [72] After the tournament, Hewitt's singles rank rose to No. Following the retirement of Pat Rafter and the semi-retirement of Mark Philippoussis, Hewitt would be forced to lead the Australian Davis Cup team with little success from his peers. In the second round Hewitt took out 13th seeded Croatian Marin ili. A week later he teamed up with John-Patrick Smith at the Australian Open, yet again losing in the first round. In November 2001, Hewitt became, at the time, the youngest man to be singles world No. Hewitt is the sole holder of several Australian Davis Cup records, which include most wins, most singles wins, most ties played and most years played. As of 7 August 2007, his first appearance with a new racquet at the Montreal Masters, Hewitt used to use the Yonex RQiS 1 Tour. In the 2011 playoffs, he played against Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka on a grass court in Sydney, losing both matches. With this win, Hewitt went on to the semi-final (his first since Halle 2010), where he was victorious over American Rajeev Ram. Hewitt paid tribute to de Minaur's mentor and coach, Adolfo Gutierrez, who has been travelling the world with the Australian since he was nine years old. Best career match winning percentage in finals on grass (87.5%, 71). However, one of these was met with an excellent drop shot from Nalbandian, and he went on to save the other, securing victory. [100] Perth's grass courts would then be hosting yet another playoff tie for Australia in September 2014. In the 4th round, Hewitt faced returning champ and No. They reached the second round before losing to R. Klaasen and M. Venus in straight sets. 1 Lleyton Hewitt presents his former coach, Tony Roche, with the first Tim Gullikson Career Coach Award. While he retired in 2020, he continues to stay active in tennis as a commentator for the Australian Open. However, he withdrew due to a recurring injury. In a pairing with Jordan Thompson, they lost in the first round of the Sydney International. 9 Janko Tipsarevi in straight sets. [11] The organisation's first project is developing the Rajah Street Community Reserve in the City of Marion, Adelaide. Hewitt then lost to Youzhny 36, 63, 76, 46, 75, despite leading 41 in the fourth set and serving for the match at 53 in the fifth set. Roger Rasheed (born 10 March 1969) is a former Australian rules football player, tennis player, tennis coach and tennis commentator with the Seven Network for 12 years. [63] In the opening round, he defeated Canadian Vasek Pospisil. In singles, where he was awarded a wildcard, Hewitt won his first round match defeating unseeded Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in almost four hours. Rafael Nadal and Lleyton Hewitt. Hewitt's second longest rivalry was against American Andy Roddick, in which the two played on 14 occasions. However, the Swiss withdrew after reaching the final of the French Open. In 2001 Hewitt would again be a part of the Australian team that would make the Davis Cup final but the Australians would lose the fifth rubber and hand France a 32 win. He lost in the second round to Argentine Agustn Calleri. Due to his excellent result in the preparation event before the 2013 Australian Open, people had high expectations of Hewitt. He was then defeated by German qualifier Dustin Brown in the second round in four sets. They ended up routing Poland 41 on their soil including a convincing 61 63 62 win for Hewitt over recent Wimbledon quarterfinalist ukasz Kubot. Prior to the Australian Open, Hewitt took part in the exhibition tournament AAMI Kooyong Classic, in which he defeated Milos Raonic, Tom Berdych, and Juan Martn del Potro en route to claim his second title. In doubles, together with Chris Guccione, he was able to defeat Federer and Wawrinka, but this was not enough to take Australia to the World Group. His form continued at the Atlanta Open, defeating douard Roger-Vasselin 64, 64, Rhyne Williams 76, 64 and Ivan Dodig 16, 63, 60 in the quarterfinals. Hewitt continued showed his commitment to the team by competing in the regional ties but the team fell in the playoff stages every year between 2008 and 2011. The Aussie's next tournament was the US Open, where he received a WC, completing the "Wild Card Slam" (received wild cards in all of the four Grand Slams in 2012). [81] "I had thought long and hard and I plan to play the Australian Open next year and then finish," he said. [40], Hewitt participated at the 2006 US Open, despite having an injured knee. He reached number 192 in ATP rankings and number 132 in the doubles rankings in 1992. A legendary coach and fellow Adelaide native was instrumental in Lleyton Hewitt's earliest development as a young champion. Federer eventually prevailed over the match in four sets.[49]. [5] Tsonga achieved considerable success over this period, including defeating Roger Federer in straight sets at the French Open. Hewitt returned with a wildcard at the French Open where he lost in the first round to Bla Kavi. At the age of 20 years, 8 months, and 26 days . Featuring news, bio, rankings, playing activity, coach, stats, win-loss, points breakdown, videos, and more. At the 2011 Australian Open, Hewitt was defeated in the first round in five sets by Argentina's David Nalbandian. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He then was offered a wild card to play at the 2011 US Open, but was unable to play due to foot injury which ended his season. #89 Twitter: @lleytonhewitt. Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is an Australian former professional tennis player and the youngest man to be No. They won the rubber against the Austrian duo Oliver Marach and Jrgen Melzer in four sets. Although Hewitt is not officially coaching the 19-year-old, he is acting as a mentor to the current World #96. 1 Lleyton, is proving he's a chip off the old block after winning an Australian Under-12s clay court tournament. 18 Stanislas Wawrinka. In the second round, he went three sets against Portuguese Frederico Gil. 13 in doubles). Lleyton vividly remembers rushing to the back courts to watch Lendl training with his coach, Tony Roche, who would later become Hewitt's longtime coach and mentor. 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. He followed this with victory over Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. 1 in May 2003. Hewitt holds several Australian Davis Cup records, including the total wins, most ties played and, most years played. He next competed at the Newport Hall of Fame Tennis Championships where he was seeded third. His first-round opponent was Chinese Taipei's Lu Yen-Hsun. Roddick then retired due to a groin injury and Hewitt advanced. 1 American duo Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan in the quarterfinals, before losing to Xavier Malisse and Frank Moser in the final. [32], At Wimbledon, Hewitt reached the semi-finals, but lost to eventual champion Federer. [56] He went on to lose his second round encounter against the American qualifier Rajeev Ram. At the 2007 Australian Open, Hewitt lost in the third round to tenth-seeded Chilean and eventual runner-up Fernando Gonzlez. It will be Australia's first time in the world group of the Davis Cup in six years. [87] He lost in the second round of the US Open to Tomic in five sets despite having two match points. CNN . Hewitt then participated in the Medibank International Sydney, winning his first two matches, but losing in the quarterfinals to David Nalbandian. Hewitt had some problems with Dabul, losing the first set, but managed to defeat him. Hewitt then played the Miami Open and lost in the first round to Thomaz Bellucci in three sets. He lost his match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 36, 26, 67 (27). Hewitt kicked off the 2014 season as an unseeded entrant into the 2014 Brisbane International. He withdrew from the Asian hard-court swing due to a wrist injury suffered during the Australian Davis Cup playoff loss to Belgium. He defeated Richard Gasquet in five sets to advance to the quarterfinals for the seventh consecutive year. (Instagram) Mia Hewitt, 15. [142], At the 2001 French Open Hewitt twice called the Chair Umpire and net judge "spastics" and was subsequently forced to apologise following a public backlash. In the 1st round, Hewitt met Tobias Kamke, winning his first match at Flushing Meadows since 2009. 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. It was another classic Hewitt fightback to thrill the many Australians on hand to witness the match. Federer met Hewitt at six of the Grand Slam tournaments in which he lifted the trophy, including all five of his triumphs between 2004 and 2005. Hewitt made his third appearance at the tournament in 2003 where he entered as the No. At AAMI Classic, he defeated Andy Murray in two tiebreaks. Sderling fought back to take the match in five sets. Hewitt used his strong service game to advantage, losing only one service game the entire match. Djokovic won the 1st two sets fairly easily, and was leading 30 in the 3rd set when Hewitt launched a spirited comeback, taking the set 64. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, former World No. He played the SAP Open next in San Jose, losing his second-round match to third-seeded American Sam Querrey in a three-set thriller. Hewitt became the youngest World No. He then lost to Kevin Anderson 67(57), 46. A first round 75 76 victory over Jonas Bjrkman would set up a second round clash with the number 2 seed Rafael Nadal. In the final, he defeated Frenchman Gal Monfils. That enabled him to rise to number 19 on the all-time wins list, topping Bjrn Borg and Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the process. He beat Evgeny Donskoy in the third round to set up a fourth round match with Mikhail Youzhny. Former US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt, the trailblazing Original 9 and coach Dennis Van der Meer will achieve tennis immortality this summer when they are enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame as the Class of 2021. [77], Hewitt began his 2015 season as the defending champion of the Brisbane International. In his first round singles match, he lost in five sets to No. 1 ranking. [121] In the third round of 2005 Australian Open Hewitt faced Argentinian Juan Ignacio Chela in which Hewitt fired up Chela with his over-zealous celebrations for Chela's unforced errors, causing the Argentinian to spit at Hewitt during a change of ends. This was the second time in a row the two had played each other in the first round, and he suffered a shock defeat. In the quarterfinals, Hewitt played top seed Andy Roddick. Since October 2013, Rasheed agreed to coach Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the most successful Bulgarian male tennis player, both in financial and ranking terms, in history. After that, he played the Tie Break Tens in Melbourne where he won his opening match against Novak Djokovic, before losing to world No. [80] In the first round he beat wild card Zhang Ze in 4 sets. After dropping the first two sets, Hewitt took advantage of a stomach illness had by Djokovic to take the third set. This ended Hewitt's clay court season. [96] The two chose to compete at the Australian Open a week later, but lost in the first round in straight sets, to Korean duo Min-Kyu Song and Nam Ji-sung.[97]. 1 Australian which he had held for many consecutive months. He was the only Australian in any tennis event to progress past the first round. Nick Kyrgios brings in Lleyton Hewitt as coach and mentor | Nick Kyrgios | The Guardian Nick Kyrgios This article is more than 7 years old Nick Kyrgios brings in Lleyton Hewitt as coach and. [73], After the Australian Open, Hewitt played as part of the Australian representative team for the Davis Cup. [117] This is Hewitt's longest rivalry as these two first played each other as juniors in 1996. After defeating Fabrice Santoro in the second round, Hewitt downed Roger-Vasselin, to reach his first semi-finals since winning the US Men's Clay Court Championships in April, but lost to Mikhail Youzhny. At the tournament in Memphis, he caused an upset in the first round by defeating James Blake in three sets. In the 2nd round, he won in three sets, ousting American Tim Smyczek. Jaymon has particular expertise in the use of video. He then competed in the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, where he won in the first round, defeating John Isner, before losing to Gal Monfils. The Australian duo came back from two sets to love but lost the fifth set. [12], He is Australian of Lebanese descent. The third set was tight, and both players saved multiple break points. In 2004, Hewitt became the first man in history to lose in each Grand Slam singles tournament to the eventual champion. Hewitt admitted to running out of energy in the second set. He played doubles with Sam Groth losing in five sets to brothers Andy and Jamie Murray. Two months later, Hewitt again lost to Federer in the US Open semi-final, although this time he was able to take one set from the Swiss. In a weak performance, Hewitt lost. A 19-year-old Hewitt entered his first Olympics in 2000 and was given the fourth seeding in the draw. [65] He also sent an application to the International Olympic Committee to enter the men's doubles competition with Chris Guccione but the application was rejected. However, he suffered his sixth first-round exit in his home slam to No. Official tennis player profile of Lleyton Hewitt on the ATP Tour. Hewitt and Jordan Thompson accepted a wildcard to play Doubles at the 2018 Brisbane International. Hewitt was considered a strong favorite for a medal given his victory at the Sydney International earlier in the year but despite competing in his home nation Hewitt went out in the first round to Max Mirnyi 63 63. They, however, fared worse than expected, losing ties against Romania and Spain, and therefore failing to reach the final. 3 Grigor Dimitrov and through his own website . There, he met 2nd seed Novak Djokovic. Partnering compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis, the wild card duo reached the third round of the Wimbledon men's doubles with two five-set matches, including defeating the 15th seed, but they lost to the 4th seed. [139], In April 2021, his twelve year old son, Cruz Hewitt, won the Australian junior tennis clay-court title in Canberra. 1 Rafael Nadal in the third round. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, former World No. Hewitt began his 15th season on the ATP Tour at the Hopman Cup in Perth. Lleyton Hewitt had not lost a straight-sets match at the US Open since Andy Roddick defeated him in 2006. Hewitt and Federer teamed up in the men's doubles at Wimbledon in 1999. 158K followers. He also was awarded a wildcard into the men's doubles where he partnered compatriot Matt Reid. [92] In the first round, the pair saved eight match points to defeat Nicols Almagro and David Marrero 1917 in the deciding set. Early in their careers, Hewitt dominated Federer, winning seven of their first nine meetings, including a victory from two sets down in the 2003 Davis Cup semi-final, which allowed Australia to defeat Switzerland. He was also awarded the Davis Cup commitment award. He defeated his first-round opponent Bjrn Phau, and proceeded to the second round against Brian Dabul. 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semi-finals and defeated then four-time champion Pete Sampras the next day in straight sets. But he lost to Tim Henman in the second round of the Miami Masters, a player he had defeated eight times previously in as many matches. . They lost the match, to Americans Kimberly Po and Donald Johnson. [85], Hewitt partnered Sam Groth to win Australia's Davis Cup quarterfinals doubles rubber against Kazakhstan in Darwin on 18 July. Rasheed is best known as Grand Slam coach of Australian former World No. In June it was announced that Hewitt would be taking a wildcard into the Wimbledon doubles competition, playing alongside young compatriot Jordan Thompson. They met in one Grand Slam final, the 2004 US Open final, where Federer won his first US Open title in a lopsided encounter in which Federer won the first and third sets 60 and the second set on a tiebreak. 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). 1, 2002: Wimbledon victory and maintaining the No. [111] Pairing up with Chris Guccione in the doubles, the team would record victories over Agustn Calleri/Juan Mnaco[112] and Rafael Nadal/Tommy Robredo before falling to the Bryan brothers in the quarterfinals. [23] But at Wimbledon, as the defending champion, Hewitt lost in the first round to qualifier Ivo Karlovi. His second round match was against sixth seed Feliciano Lpez, whom he defeated. [2] During Rasheed's tenure as coach, Hewitt enjoyed significant domestic and international success, including becoming the first Australian in seventeen years to reach the Australian Open final and winning the 2006 Queen's Club Championships. [22] Hewitt's win helped him finish the year ranked No. 1 at the end of 2001, after winning his first major title at the US Open then winning the Tokyo Open a couple months later. In 2019, Hewitt played doubles at a number of tournaments. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In addition, Rasheed is a media personality on Channel Seven and is the founder of the Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation. He was seeded fourth in the Medibank International and, like the previous year, reached the quarterfinals, losing to eventual champion Marcos Baghdatis. [4] Since, Rasheed coached Frenchman and former Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga between October 2012 and 2013. [7] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. 1 players battled through a tough and intense match, which Roddick won. [122] Hewitt would then face David Nalbandian in the quarterfinals on Australia Day with Hewitt coming out victorious 108 in the fifth set. Hewitt then played in the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. [12], Hewitt started off the 2001 season well by winning the Medibank International in Sydney,[13] and went on to win tournaments in London (Queen's Club)[14] and 's-Hertogenbosch. [105] His Davis Cup career has included wins over players who were top ten at the time, which include Todd Martin, Marat Safin, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Roger Federer, Gustavo Kuerten, Sbastien Grosjean and Juan Carlos Ferrero. He would taste his first defeat in Davis Cup in the 1999 final against France but would become a Davis Cup champion anyway. By the age of 22, he had recorded more wins in Davis Cup singles than any other Australian player. Husband & Father of 3! Hewitt prevailed, thus setting the final match against seventeentime Grand Slam winner Roger Federer. After this defeat, Hewitt who had been scheduled to play in Los Angeles the following week, opted not to take up the offer of a wildcard and withdrew from the event to recover from his foot injury. At the French Open, he was defeated in a quarterfinal by Argentine Gastn Gaudio. [120][121] The rivalry would hit boiling point in 2005 over a series of matches spread between the 2005 Australian Open and the 2005 Davis Cup Quarterfinals between Australia and Argentina. [48] At the U.S Open, Hewitt progressed into the third round, where he played Federer for the 23rd time of their decade-long rivalry. He pulled out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto to recover, and returned in Cincinnati. He was beaten by Nicolas Mahut having served for the championship at 54 in the second set. [13] Born in Adelaide, Rasheed played Australian rules football, including seven games in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) with the Sturt Football Club. He was the first Australian player to reach the final since Pat Cash in 1988. 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. In the final Hewitt defeated No. Hewitt won a total of six titles in 2001. [33] 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. The win was Hewitt's first over Federer since 2003 and snapped a 15-match losing streak against the Swiss. He also claimed a wild card to play in doubles with fellow Aussie Marinko Matosevic, beating the No. His quarterfinal encounter against qualifier Marius Copil resulted in a straight-set victory. With his win in Las Vegas in March, Hewitt had won at least one ATP title annually for ten consecutive years. Hewitt defeated American Robby Ginepri in the first round. Hewitt lost his fourth-round match in straight sets to third-seeded and eventual champion Novak Djokovic. In the quarterfinals, he defeated No. In the quarterfinals, Hewitt played against former US Open champion Juan Martn del Potro, who was on a comeback from a wrist injury. Lleyton Glynn Hewitt AM (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. The top womenSharapova, Serena, Azarenkaare known to keep full-time sparring partners on staff. Sam Groth and Nick Kyrgios wrapped up a 50 victory a day later. 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. Hewitt played in the mixed doubles with compatriot Casey Dellacqua on a wild card and lost in the second round, seemingly ending his Wimbledon career. After an extended break, Hewitt began working his way into the U.S Open series by playing in Washington at the Legg Mason Classic. At the French Open, Hewitt reached the third round, before losing to Rafael Nadal, who went on to win the title without dropping a set and take the No. In the opening singles tie against Spain, Hewitt lost in singles to Fernando Verdasco. 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. [127] He is currently sponsored by American athletic apparel company Athletic DNA[128] and the Japanese sports manufacturer Yonex, with whom he signed a "Head to Toe" deal in late 2005. "That was a nervous moment, not so much actually playing the match," Hewitt said of Lendl being on the court. As a junior Hewitt posted a 4419 record in singles and reached as high as No. The team came away victorious 31 overall and Hewitt claimed his second Davis Cup title. Hewitt played Marin ili in the semi-finals, but was beaten in three sets. Rasheed regularly commentated both men's and women's matches in the Australian Open for the Seven Network between 2007 and 2018. Lleyton Hewitt is currently the Australian Davis Cup Team Captain. [29] At the Australian Open, he was defeated in the fourth round by Swiss Roger Federer. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer in the semi-finals. Hewitt moved on to play the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, ousting Luk Rosol and 15th seed John Isner, before losing to No. Since mid-2011, he began alternating between Yonex, Nike, Adidas, Asics and Fila shoes. In doubles action, Hewitt partnered with retired and former Australian number one Patrick Rafter. Lleyton Hewitt. At the Aegon Championships, Hewitt won in the first round against Daniel Gimeno-Traver in straight sets before losing to Feliciano Lopez in straight sets 36, 46. [65] In the mixed doubles, he and Sam Stosur reached the quarterfinals, where they lost two sets to one to Britain's Andy Murray and Laura Robson. Hewitt is a defensive counterpuncher. [54] However, Hewitt's reign as champion of Halle came to an end at the hands of home favourite Philipp Kohlschreiber, when the Australian went down in straight sets. Cincinnati saw Hewitt reach the quarterfinals for the sixth time, where he lost to Roger Federer in straight sets. After his loss against Tsonga, Hewitt played doubles at Wimbledon partnering countryman Chris Guccione, where they made the 3rd round before losing in 4 sets. [93] However, they lost to the eighth seeds in the second round. He finished his professional tennis career on 24 January 2016 after 20 straight Australian Open appearances. [101] Australia will open their 2015 campaign in Czech Republic for a 68 March tie that is one of two worst-case scenarios for Australia. Hewitt played Lu Yen-Hsun in the opening round, which he won. [123] At the 2004 Cincinnati Masters Final, commentator MaliVai Washington said that Hewitt was even more difficult to "ace" than Agassi because he gets more returns in play. [4][non-primary source needed] He was also coached by Peter Smith at Denman Tennis Club in Mitcham. He then lost to Juan Ignacio Chela. He then defeated Olivier Rochus and David Ferrer, before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the quarterfinals. He defeated Wayne Odesnik in the final, for his first title since 2007 and his first clay-court title in a decade. His US Open run started well, beating Brian Baker in four sets and following up with a five-set epic upset against fellow former US Open champion Juan Martn del Potro, where Hewitt came back from two sets to one down against the No. [145][146][147][148] Notably this behaviour particularly riled his 2005 Australian Open second-round opponent James Blake.[149]. 1 in the ATP rankings. [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 Moy. [8] The eighth seed from Spain . Hewitt was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013 and has turned his efforts to coaching top Australian players. 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