National representation Lleyton Hewitt

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1 national representation

1.1 davis cup

1.1.1 finals matches


1.2 world team cup

1.2.1 finals matches


1.3 olympics





national representation
davis cup

hewitt made davis cup debut australia in 1999 davis cup quarterfinals @ age 18 against united states in chestnut hill, massachusetts. in first rubber of tie hewitt faced world number 8 , wimbledon quarter finalist todd martin. hewitt cause major upset on martin , go on win second singles rubber against alex o brien well. great start davis cup career continue in 1999 semifinals against russia record 2 wins against marat safin , yevgeny kafelnikov. taste first defeat in davis cup in 1999 final against france become davis cup champion anyway. in 2000 hewitt , australia again make davis cup final fell spain in barcelona.


in 2001 hewitt again part of australian team make davis cup final australians lose fifth rubber , hand france 3–2 win. determined make amends last few finals, hewitt led australian team 2003 davis cup final against spain defeated juan carlos ferrero in 5 sets. team came away victorious 3–1 overall , hewitt claimed second davis cup title. age of 22, had recorded more wins in davis cup singles other australian player. following retirement of pat rafter , semi-retirement of mark philippoussis, hewitt forced lead australian davis cup team little success peers. in 2006 quarterfinals in melbourne, hewitt defeated belarusian vladimir voltchkov in 91 minutes. voltchkov said before match hewitt has no weapons hurt me. hewitt responded, voltchkov doesn t have ranking [of 457] hurt me. in semifinals in buenos aires on clay, hewitt lost argentine josé acasuso in 5 sets.


despite world group semifinal appearance in 2006, hewitt , australia relegated asia/oceania region in 2008. hewitt continued showed commitment team competing in regional ties team fell in playoff stages every year between 2008 , 2011. in 2011 playoffs, played against roger federer , stanislas wawrinka on grass court in sydney, losing both matches. in doubles, chris guccione, able defeat federer , wawrinka, not enough take australia world group.


in 2012, hewitt won single , doubles match against china in february, allowed australia return playoffs lost germany. after defeating chinese taipei , uzbekistan, australia earned right playoffs again in 2013. ended routing poland 4–1 on soil including convincing 6–1 6–3 6–2 win hewitt on recent wimbledon quarterfinalist Łukasz kubot. in 2014, australia crashed out 5–0 in world group first round on french clay of la roche sur yon. jo-wilfried tsonga beat hewitt both in singles , doubles. perth s grass courts hosting yet playoff tie australia in september 2014. hewitt won both singles match (against farrukh dustov) , subsequent doubles rubber (partnering chris guccione v. dustov , istomin) in straight sets while , coming nick kyrgios won encounter denis istomin give australia unassailable 3–0 lead on uzbekistan, enabling country return world group in 2015. sam groth , nick kyrgios wrapped 5–0 victory day later. australia open 2015 campaign in czech republic 6–8 march tie 1 of 2 worst-case scenarios australia.


hewitt played penultimate davis cup match against great britain in semifinals of 2015 davis cup. played doubles sam groth losing in 5 sets brothers andy , jamie murray.


hewitt sole holder of several australian davis cup records, include wins, singles wins, ties played , years played. davis cup career has included wins on players top ten @ time, include todd martin, marat safin, yevgeny kafelnikov, roger federer, gustavo kuerten, sébastien grosjean , juan carlos ferrero, of retirement played in 2016 davis cup.



finals matches

world team cup

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



olympics

a 19-year-old hewitt entered first olympics in 2000 , given fourth seeding in draw. hewitt considered strong favorite medal given victory @ sydney international earlier in year despite competing in home nation hewitt went out in first round max mirnyi 6–3 6–3. hewitt elected not compete in 2004 athens olympic games, deciding instead focus on 2004 open result in runner-up showing. return second olympic games in beijing both singles , doubles competitions. first round 7–5 7–6 victory on jonas björkman set second round clash number 2 seed rafael nadal. nadal eliminated hewitt in second round 6–1 6–2 , go on win singles gold medal. pairing chris guccione in doubles, team record victories on agustín calleri/juan mónaco , rafael nadal/tommy robredo before falling bryan brothers in quarterfinals.


hewitt competed in third olympics in london 2012 entered men s singles event , defeated ukrainian sergiy stakhovsky in first round. australian in tennis event progress past first round. in second round hewitt took out 13th seeded croatian marin Čilić. in third round hewitt stunned tennis world when won first set against number 2 ranked novak djokovic, end falling in 3 sets. sent application international olympic committee enter men s doubles competition chris guccione application rejected. following men s doubles rejection, hewitt decided apply spot in mixed doubles competition sam stosur. pair granted entry , defeated polish pair marcin matkowski , agnieszka radwańska in first round. in quarterfinals, hewitt/stosur faced british pair andy murray , laura robson, lose encounter.








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