World Team Cup Lleyton Hewitt

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hewitt made world team cup debut australia in 2000 @ age of 19. recorded 2 singles victories on albert costa , marcelo ríos fell yevgeny kafelnikov in last group stage match. hewitt returned world team cup in 2001 , led australia title recording singles wins on Àlex corretja, magnus norman, tommy haas in group stages. in final hewitt defeated world number 2 marat safin. hewitt made third appearance @ tournament in 2003 entered world number 1 singles player , went undefeated in singles matches recording wins on jiří novák, james blake , carlos moyá wasn t enough send australia through final.


fresh 2003 davis cup victory, hewitt , mark philippoussis entered 2004 world team cup high hopes. in group stages hewitt recorded victories on robby ginepri , martin verkerk fell gastón gaudio in last group singles match. despite loss, australia still advanced final hewitt lose fernando gonzález , australia lose final 2–1. after six-year hiatus hewitt returned compete in 2010 world team cup , won first match against john isner fell nicolás almagro in last match.


finals matches

lleyton hewitt @ 2012 london olympics









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