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Lleyton Hewitt at
Wimbledon
in 2004
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt
(born 24 February 1981) is an
Australian
former
tennis
player. He was born in
Adelaide
,
South Australia
. His father is retired
Australian rules footballer
Glynn Hewitt (born 1953).
Hewitt was ranked the No.1 in the world and was the youngest ever male player to reach this rank.
[1]
He played for Australia in the Davis Cup. In August 2000, the Australian Government gave him the
Australian Sports Medal
.
[2]
Hewitt won the US Open in 2001 and the Wimbledon Championships in 2002.
This table shows Hewitt's performance in each
Grand Slam
tournament in
singles
.
Year
|
Australian Open
|
French Open
|
Wimbledon
|
US Open
|
1997
|
Round 1
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
1998
|
Round 1
|
LQ
|
LQ
|
LQ
|
1999
|
Round 2
|
Round 1
|
Round 3
|
Round 3
|
2000
|
Round 4
|
Round 4
|
Round 1
|
Semi-final
|
2001
|
Round 3
|
Quarter-Final
|
Round 4
|
Winner
|
2002
|
Round 1
|
Round 4
|
Winner
|
Semi-Final
|
2003
|
Round 4
|
Round 3
|
Round 1
|
Quarter-Final
|
2004
|
Round 4
|
Quarter-Final
|
Quarter-Final
|
Final
|
2005
|
Final
|
A
|
Semi-Final
|
Semi-Final
|
2006
|
Round 2
|
Round 4
|
Quarter-Final
|
Quarter-Final
|
2007
|
Round 3
|
Round 4
|
Round 4
|
Round 2
|
2008
|
Round 4
|
Round 3
|
Round 4
|
A
|
2009
|
Round 1
|
Round 3
|
Quarter-Final
|
Round 3
|
2010
|
Round 4
|
Round 3
|
Round 4
|
Round 1
|
2011
|
Round 1
|
A
|
Round 2
|
A
|
2012
|
Round 4
|
Round 1
|
Round 1
|
Round 3
|
2013
|
Round 1
|
Round 1
|
Round 2
|
Round 4
|
2014
|
Round 1
|
Round 1
|
Round 2
|
Round 1
|
2015
|
Round 2
|
A
|
Round 1
|
Round 2
|
2016
|
Round 2
|
A
|
A
|
A
|