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{{Short description|Australian tennis player (born 1981)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
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|name                       = Lleyton Hewitt<br>{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}}}}
|fullname                   = Lleyton Glynn Hewitt
|country                    = {{flagu|Australia}}
|residence                  = [[Gold Coast, Queensland]], Australia
|birth_date                 = {{birth date and age|df=y|1981|2|24}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Lleyton 41 Hewitt|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/lleyton-hewitt/h432/overview|website=atpworldtour.com|publisher=[[ATP World Tour]]|access-date=22 December 2016|archive-date=2 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202233504/https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/lleyton-hewitt/h432/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
|birth_place                = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Bec Cartwright]]|2005}}
| children = 3 }}
|height                     = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}}
|turnedpro                  = 1998
|retired                    = 2016 (singles) <br /> 2020; 2025 (doubles)
|plays                      = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney           = US$20,889,965
* <small>&nbsp;[[Open Era tennis records – Men's singles#Prize money|30th&nbsp;all-time&nbsp;leader&nbsp;in&nbsp;earnings]]</small>
|coach                      = ''[[#Coaches|Coaches list]]''
| tennishofyear         = 2021
| tennishofid           = lleyton-hewitt
|singlesrecord              = {{tennis record|won=616|lost=262}} (70.2%){{efn|in [[ATP Tour]] and [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] main draw matches, and in [[Davis Cup]]|small=yes}}
|singlestitles              = 30
|highestsinglesranking      = [[List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players|No. '''1''']] (19 November 2001)
|AustralianOpenresult       = F ([[2005 Australian Open – Men's singles|2005]])
|FrenchOpenresult           = QF ([[2001 French Open – Men's singles|2001]], [[2004 French Open – Men's singles|2004]])
|Wimbledonresult            = '''W''' ([[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2002]])
|USOpenresult               = '''W''' ([[2001 US Open – Men's singles|2001]])
|Othertournaments           = Yes
|MastersCupresult           = '''W''' ([[2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|2001]], [[2002 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|2002]])
|Olympicsresult             = 3R ([[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|2012]])
|doublesrecord              = {{tennis record|won=134|lost=112}} (54.5%)
|doublestitles              = 3
|highestdoublesranking      = No. 18 (23 October 2000)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF ([[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|2018]])
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R ([[1999 French Open – Men's doubles|1999]])
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R ([[1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1999]], [[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2012]], [[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2014]], [[2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2015]])
|USOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' ([[2000 US Open – Men's doubles|2000]])
|OthertournamentsDoubles = Yes
|OlympicsDoublesresult = QF ([[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|2008]])
|Mixed = Yes
|mixedtitles = 0
|mixedrecord = {{tennis record|won=9|lost=5}}
|AustralianOpenMixedresult = 1R ([[1998 Australian Open – Mixed doubles|1998]])
|FrenchOpenMixedresult = 3R ([[2000 French Open – Mixed doubles|2000]])
|WimbledonMixedresult = F ([[2000 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|2000]])
|USOpenMixedresult = 
|OthertournamentsMixedDoubles = Yes
|OlympicMixedDoublesresult = QF ([[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|2012]])
|Team = yes
|DavisCupresult = '''W''' ([[1999 Davis Cup|1999]], [[2003 Davis Cup|2003]])
|HopmanCupresult = F ([[2003 Hopman Cup|2003]])
}}

'''Lleyton Glynn Hewitt''' (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former professional [[tennis]] player. He was ranked as the [[List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players|world No. 1]] in men's singles by the [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP) for 80 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in [[2001 ATP Tour|2001]] and [[2002 ATP Tour|2002]]. Hewitt won [[Lleyton Hewitt career statistics|30 singles titles and 3 doubles titles]] on the [[ATP Tour]], including two singles [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments|major]]s at the [[2001 US Open – Men's singles|2001 US Open]] and [[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2002 Wimbledon Championships]], a doubles major at the [[2000 US Open – Men's doubles|2000 US Open]], the [[2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|2001]] and [[2002 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|2002 Tennis Masters Cup]]s in singles, and led [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]] to [[Davis Cup]] crowns in [[1999 Davis Cup|1999]] and [[2003 Davis Cup|2003]]. In November 2001, Hewitt became (at the time) the youngest man to reach No. 1 in the [[ATP rankings|ATP singles rankings]], at the age of {{Age in years, months and days|1981|2|24|2001|11|19}}. He was also the runner-up at the [[2004 US Open – Men's singles|2004 US Open]] and [[2005 Australian Open – Men's singles|2005 Australian Open]]. As of the end of 2025, he remains the most recent Australian man to win a singles major.
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== Early life ==
Hewitt was born in [[Adelaide]], South Australia. His father, [[Glynn Hewitt|Glynn]], is a former [[Australian rules football]] player, and his mother, Cherilyn, was a physical education teacher. He has a younger sister, [[Jaslyn Hewitt|Jaslyn]], a former tennis coach and bodybuilder, and his brother-in-law (Jaslyn's husband) is [[Rob Shehadie]]. Hewitt also played Australian Football until the age of 13, when he decided to pursue a tennis career.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bud Collins|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx|title=Lleyton Hewitt – Tennis Players|work=ATP World Tour|year=2008|access-date=19 January 2014|archive-date=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704172359/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> His junior tennis club was Seaside Tennis Club in Henley Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/lleyton-hewitt-takes-total--even-controversial--commitment-for-earliest-adelaide-days-to-rise-to-world-s-no-1-in-tennis|title=Lleyton Hewitt's total, even controversial, drive from Adelaide boyhood takes him to world tennis's No.1|website=adelaideaz.com|access-date=30 March 2023|archive-date=30 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330205751/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/lleyton-hewitt-takes-total--even-controversial--commitment-for-earliest-adelaide-days-to-rise-to-world-s-no-1-in-tennis|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also coached by Peter Smith at Denman Tennis Club in Mitcham.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/jLMePfVKOb0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160121165749/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLMePfVKOb0 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLMePfVKOb0|title=Lleyton Hewitt playing at age 7 in 1988, age 9, 11, 13, 15
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|date=4 January 2011
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== Tennis career ==

===Junior years===
As a junior Hewitt posted a 44–19 record in singles and reached as high as No. 17 in the world in 1997 (and No. 13 in doubles).

===1998-1999: Early pro career===
Hewitt commenced his professional career in 1998.<ref name=ATPstats/> He became one of the youngest winners of an [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP) tournament when he won the [[1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Singles|1998 Next Generation Adelaide International]], defeating [[Jason Stoltenberg]] in the final, having defeated [[Andre Agassi]] in the semi-finals.<ref name=ATPstats>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx|title=Lleyton Hewitt|author=Staff|year=2008|website=ATP World Tour|publisher=ATP Tour Inc|access-date=19 January 2014|archive-date=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704172359/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Both [[Aaron Krickstein]] winning [[Tel Aviv]] in 1983 and [[Michael Chang]] winning San Francisco in 1988 were younger than Hewitt when they claimed their first ATP title. Hewitt then left [[Immanuel College (Australia)|Immanuel College]] to concentrate on his tennis career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hewitt stuns Sampras, lifts US Open crown – Always had drive to succeed|work=The Tribune|location=India|publisher=The Tribune Trust|date=10 September 2001|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010911/sports.htm|access-date=15 January 2014|archive-date=2 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102072445/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010911/sports.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He was an [[Australian Institute of Sport]] scholarship holder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/136192/Autumn2004.pdf |title=AIS Alumni News |publisher=Australian Institute of Sport |date=1 August 2004 |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212114416/http://www.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/136192/Autumn2004.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis Doubles 2005.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|left|Hewitt and fellow Australian [[Mark Philippoussis]] confer during a doubles match at the 2005 [[Queen's Club Championships]].]]

===2000: US Open doubles title, Davis Cup finals===
In 2000, Hewitt reached his first Grand Slam final at the Wimbledon mixed doubles partnering Belgian [[Kim Clijsters]], his then girlfriend. They lost the match, to Americans [[Kimberly Po]] and [[Donald Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Veteran American duo claims Wimbledon title|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/2000/wimbledon/news/2000/07/09/mixed_doubles_ap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000824160201/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/2000/wimbledon/news/2000/07/09/mixed_doubles_ap/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2000|publisher=CNN|date=12 October 2000|access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref> Hewitt later won his first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] title at the [[US Open (tennis)|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lleyton Hewitt – Career Highlights|publisher=ATP|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx|access-date=19 April 2015|archive-date=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704172359/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web|title=Lleyton Hewitt – Career Highlights|publisher=ATP|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx|date=29 September 2009|access-date=29 September 2009|archive-date=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704172359/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2001: US Open title, Masters Cup trophy, No. 1===
Hewitt started off the [[2001 ATP Tour|2001 season]] well by winning the title in [[2001 Adidas International – Men's singles|Sydney]].<ref name="theherald">{{cite news|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/1236710/lleyton-hewitt-retrospective/|title=Lleyton Hewitt: Retrospective|work=Newcastle Herald|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> He went on to win back-to-back tournaments in [[2001 Stella Artois Championships – Singles|Queen's]] and [[2001 Heineken Trophy – Men's singles|'s-Hertogenbosch]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-05-02 |title=Hewitt heads Queen's Club entries |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/1964366.stm |access-date=2024-03-05 |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601001100/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/1964366.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He captured his first Grand Slam singles title at the [[2001 US Open – Men's singles|US Open]], comprehensively defeating former world No. 1 [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] in the semi-finals, and four-time champion [[Pete Sampras]] the next day in straight sets (7-6, 6-1, 6-1).<ref>{{cite web|title=Hewitt has the answer|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/2001/us_open/news/2001/09/09/usopen_sunday_ap/#more|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110808172705/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/2001/us_open/news/2001/09/09/usopen_sunday_ap/#more|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 August 2011|publisher=CNN|date=9 September 2001|access-date=19 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-09-09 |title=Hewitt destroys Sampras dream |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/us_open_tennis/1534676.stm |access-date=2024-03-05 |language=en-GB |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423123746/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2001/us_open_tennis/1534676.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> This win made Hewitt the most recent male player to win a Grand Slam singles and doubles title during his career. The Australian went on to win the [[2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles|Tokyo Open]],<ref name="news24">{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/Hewitt-wins-in-Japan-20011007|title=Hewitt wins in Japan|publisher=news24.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928235816/http://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/Hewitt-wins-in-Japan-20011007|url-status=live}}</ref> and he again qualified for the year-end [[2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|Tennis Masters Cup]], held in Sydney. During the tournament, Hewitt won all matches in his group;<ref>{{cite news |author= Neil Harman |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/atptour/3016852/Masters-Cup-Hewitt-heads-for-peak-as-Rafter-falls-to-earth.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/atptour/3016852/Masters-Cup-Hewitt-heads-for-peak-as-Rafter-falls-to-earth.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Masters Cup: Hewitt heads for peak as Rafter falls to earth |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=14 November 2001 |access-date=19 January 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> with his round-robin victory against [[Pat Rafter]], Hewitt secured the [[List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players|year-end world No. 1]] ranking for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nitto ATP Finals 50th Anniversary: Hewitt Soars In Sydney And Shanghai {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=http://www.atptour.com/en/news/hewitt-nitto-atp-finals-50-year-history-2020 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=ATP Tour |language=en |archive-date=25 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225091403/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/hewitt-nitto-atp-finals-50-year-history-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hewitt went on to defeat [[Sébastien Grosjean]] in the final to take the title and cement his position as the [[World number 1 ranked male tennis players|world number one]].<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/nov/19/tennis.richardevans |title=Lleyton Hewitt wins the Masters Cup |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-date=6 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206222551/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/nov/19/tennis.richardevans |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2002: Wimbledon victory and No. 1===
[[2002 ATP Tour|2002]] started with disappointment for Hewitt, as he lost in the first round of the [[2002 Australian Open – Men's singles|Australian Open]], his home Grand Slam. This was the first time the number 1 seed had lost in the opening round of the Australia Open, although Hewitt was still recovering from [[chickenpox]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-01-15 |title=Hewitt broken by 'shocking' Spaniard |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/jan/15/australianopen2002.australianopen |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The next few months proved more successful for Hewitt and he cemented his position as the best player in the world by winning three titles: [[SAP Open|San Jose]], [[2002 Pacific Life Open – Men's singles|Indian Wells]] and [[2002 Stella Artois Championships – Singles|Queen's]].<ref name="atpworldtour">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx?t=tf|title=Lleyton Hewitt – Tennis Players – Tennis – ATP World Tour|publisher=atpworldtour.com|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> His victory against [[Andre Agassi]] in the final of San Jose was heralded as one of the greatest matches of the season.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=2002-03-04 |title=Hewitt takes Agassi in classic |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/mar/04/tennis1 |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=3-Hour Thriller! Lleyton Hewitt vs Andre Agassi: San Jose 2002 Final Highlights |date=6 March 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpktiu_9i0s |access-date=2024-02-28 |language=en |archive-date=28 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228091814/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpktiu_9i0s |url-status=live }}</ref> He followed his [[2001 US Open – Men's singles|2001 US Open win]] by capturing the [[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|Wimbledon]] singles title. He defeated [[Jonas Björkman]], [[Grégory Carraz]], [[Julian Knowle]], [[Mikhail Youzhny]], [[Sjeng Schalken]] and dispatched home favourite [[Tim Henman]] - a rematch of their [[2002 Stella Artois Championships – Singles|recent Queen's final]] - before dominating first-time finalist [[David Nalbandian]] in straight sets in the championship match;<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rookwood |first=Dan |date=2002-07-07 |title=Hewitt wins in straight sets |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/jul/07/wimbledon2002.wimbledon6 |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Awesome Hewitt wins Wimbledon |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon/2107101.stm |access-date=19 January 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=25 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225222640/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/wimbledon/2107101.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title='Winning The Title Is An Amazing Feeling' - Lleyton Hewitt On His 2002 Wimbledon Glory |url=https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/winning-the-title-is-an-amazing-feeling-lleyton-hewitt-on-his-2002-wimbledon-glory |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=The Sportsman |language=EN |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115172204/https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/winning-the-title-is-an-amazing-feeling-lleyton-hewitt-on-his-2002-wimbledon-glory |url-status=live }}</ref> Hewitt lost only two sets (both to Schalken) throughout the championship.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=2002-07-04 |title=Hewitt survives quarter-final scare |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/jul/04/wimbledon2002.wimbledon8 |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> His victory reinforced the idea that, although the tournament had tended to be dominated by [[serve-and-volley]]ers, a [[baseliner]] could still triumph on grass (Hewitt was the first 'baseliner' to win the tournament since Agassi in 1992). Hewitt was the last man outside the so-called "[[Big Four (tennis)|Big Four]]" to win Wimbledon until [[Carlos Alcaraz]] in [[Wimbledon 2023|2023]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Gharib |first=Anthony |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/wimb/2023/07/16/novak-djokovic-carlos-alcaraz-wimbledon-mens-final-result/70417922007/ |title=Carlos Alcaraz wins Wimbledon, denies Novak Djokovic record 24th Grand Slam singles title |website=USA Today |date=July 16, 2023 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717061050/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/wimb/2023/07/16/novak-djokovic-carlos-alcaraz-wimbledon-mens-final-result/70417922007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hewitt Captures Masters Cup|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/sports/plus-tennis-hewitt-captures-masters-cup.html|work=The New York Times|date=18 November 2002|access-date=20 January 2014|archive-date=26 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226071420/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/sports/plus-tennis-hewitt-captures-masters-cup.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hewitt's win helped him finish the year ranked No. 1 for a second straight year, becoming the seventh man to achieve this feat.<ref>{{Citation |title=How Good Was Prime Lleyton Hewitt 🙌 |date=24 February 2024 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc6yk52qcmw |access-date=2024-02-28 |language=en |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227205758/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc6yk52qcmw |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2003: Second Masters and Davis Cup titles===
In [[2003 ATP Tour|2003]], Hewitt defeated former No. 1 [[Gustavo Kuerten]] for the championship at [[2003 Pacific Life Open – Men's singles|Indian Wells]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/sports/plus-tennis-hewitt-and-clijsters-win-at-indian-wells.html|title=PLUS – TENNIS – Hewitt and Clijsters Win at Indian Wells|work=The New York Times|date=17 March 2003|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=19 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419121034/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/sports/plus-tennis-hewitt-and-clijsters-win-at-indian-wells.html|url-status=live}}</ref> But at [[2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|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 [[Tennis open era|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]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3013820.stm|title=Hewitt crashes out|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=18 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218130728/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3013820.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 (tennis)|1999 US Open]]. After Wimbledon in 2003, Hewitt lost in the final of the tournament in [[2003 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Singles|Los Angeles]], the second round of the [[ATP Masters Series]] tournament in [[2003 Canada Masters – Singles|Montreal]], and the first round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in [[2003 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles|Cincinnati]].<ref name="atpworldtour2">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/top-players/lleyton-hewitt.aspx?t=pa&y=2003&m=s&e=0|title=Lleyton Hewitt – Tennis Players – Tennis – ATP World Tour|publisher=atpworldtour.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413184915/http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/top-players/lleyton-hewitt.aspx?t=pa&y=2003&m=s&e=0|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[2003 US Open – Men's singles|US Open]], Hewitt lost in the quarterfinals to [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]].<ref name="abc">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-09-06/ferrero-knocks-hewitt-out-of-us-open-agassi/1475396|title=Ferrero knocks Hewitt out of US Open, Agassi, Nalbandian, Roddick into semis – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|newspaper=ABC News|date=5 September 2003|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> Hewitt played only [[Davis Cup]] matches for the remainder of the year, recording five-set wins over [[Roger Federer]]<ref name="theage">{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/21/1064082858641.html?from=storyrhs|title=Hewitt beats Federer|work=The Age|date=21 September 2003|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=22 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022163103/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/21/1064082858641.html?from=storyrhs|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]] in the semi-finals and final respectively, as Australia went on to win the Davis Cup.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3247240.stm|title=Australia win Davis Cup|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913011151/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3247240.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Hewitt used much of his spare time in late 2003 to bulk up, gaining 7&nbsp;kg.

===2004: US Open and Masters Cup finals===
In [[2004 ATP Tour|2004]], Hewitt became the first man in history to lose in each Grand Slam singles tournament to the eventual champion.<ref name="lleytonandbechewitt">{{cite web|url=http://www.lleytonandbechewitt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=303&Itemid=97|title=Lleyton and Bec Hewitt – Achievements|publisher=lleytonandbechewitt.com|access-date=8 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127011942/http://www.lleytonandbechewitt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=303&Itemid=97|archive-date=27 January 2011}}</ref> At the [[2004 Australian Open – Men's singles|Australian Open]], he was defeated in the fourth round by [[Roger Federer]]. At the [[2004 French Open – Men's singles|French Open]], he was defeated in a quarterfinal by [[Gastón Gaudio]]. At Wimbledon, he was defeated in a quarterfinal again by Federer. And, at the US Open, he was defeated in the final by Federer, losing two out of the three sets at love (6-0). At the year ending [[2004 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|2004 Tennis Masters Cup]], Hewitt defeated [[Andy Roddick]] to advance to the final, but was yet again defeated by defending champion Federer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3648700.stm |title=Awesome Federer takes title |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 September 2004 |access-date=20 April 2014}}</ref>

===2005: Australian Open final===

In [[2005 ATP Tour|2005]], Hewitt won his only title at the Sydney [[Medibank International]] defeating little-known Czech player [[Ivo Minář]].<ref name="go">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=1967442|title=Hewitt has won 20 straight at Sydney|date=15 January 2005|publisher=ESPN|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820065102/http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=1967442|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 No. 2 [[Andy Roddick]] to reach his first [[2005 Australian Open|Australian Open]] final in 2005. 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 No. 1 and defending champion [[Roger Federer]] in the semi-finals. After easily taking the first set, he was defeated by the Russian despite being up a break in the third set.<ref name="bbc3">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4217717.stm|title=Safin fightback ends Hewitt dream|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=9 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109070141/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4217717.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

At Wimbledon, Hewitt reached the semi-finals, but lost to eventual champion Federer. 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. 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).<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Tennis|author=Grasso, J.|date=2011|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated|isbn=9780810872370|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W39oSS7c2xAC|page=134|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="theguardian2">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/nov/15/tennis.gdnsport3 |title=Tennis: Pull-outs shanghai Masters Cup as Agassi and Nadal add to injury list |work=The Guardian |access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Hewitt 2006 US Open.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.7|Hewitt at the [[2006 US Open (tennis)|2006 US Open]]]]

=== 2006: 25th career title ===
Hewitt was defeated in the second round of the 2006 Australian Open by [[Juan Ignacio Chela]] of Argentina.<ref name="theguardian3">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/jan/19/tennis.uk|title=Chela sends Hewitt crashing |work=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> He then reached the finals of the San Jose and Las Vegas tournaments, losing to British youngster [[Andy Murray]] and American [[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]], respectively. 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.<ref name="atpworldtour3">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx?t=pa&y=2006&m=s&e=0|title=Lleyton Hewitt – Tennis Players – Tennis – ATP World Tour|publisher=atpworldtour.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413184929/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx?t=pa&y=2006&m=s&e=0|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[2006 French Open]], Hewitt reached the fourth round, where he lost to defending champion and eventual winner [[Rafael Nadal]] in four sets.<ref name="telegraph2">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/frenchopen/2337918/Hewitt-meets-his-match-in-tough-Nadal.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/frenchopen/2337918/Hewitt-meets-his-match-in-tough-Nadal.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hewitt meets his match in tough Nadal |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=6 June 2006 |access-date=8 April 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Hewitt won his first tournament of 2006 (after a 17-month hiatus from winning a tournament), when he beat Blake in the final of the [[Queen's Club Championships]]. This was his fourth title there, equalling the records of [[John McEnroe]] and [[Boris Becker]].<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2006-06-18-queens-club_x.htm|title=Hewitt beats Blake to win fourth Queen's Club title|work=USA Today|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225849/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2006-06-18-queens-club_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|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.<ref name="bbc4">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/5152080.stm|title=Inspired Baghdatis shocks Hewitt|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913011055/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/5152080.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> At the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C., Hewitt was defeated by [[Arnaud Clément]] in the quarterfinals, after defeating [[Vincent Spadea]] in the second round and [[Denis Gremelmayr]] in the third round.<ref name="abc2">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-08-05/clement-stuns-hewitt-to-reach-washington-semis/1232312|title=Clement stuns Hewitt to reach Washington semis – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225403/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-08-05/clement-stuns-hewitt-to-reach-washington-semis/1232312|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hewitt participated at the [[2006 US Open – Men's singles|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 Djokovic]]. He defeated [[Richard Gasquet]] in five sets to advance to the quarterfinals for the seventh consecutive year. He then lost to Roddick.<ref name="usatoday2">{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/open/2006-09-06-day-10_x.htm|title=Roddick beats Hewitt, Nadal falls at U.S. Open|work=USA Today|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

===2007: 26th career title===

At the [[2007 Australian Open]], Hewitt lost in the third round to tenth-seeded Chilean and eventual runner-up [[Fernando González]]. With his win in [[Tennis Channel Open|Las Vegas]] in March, Hewitt had won at least one [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] title annually for ten consecutive years. This was a record among active players at the time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hewitt wins Las Vegas ATP title|agency=Reuters|url=http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Hewitt_wins_Las_Vegas_ATP_title_03052007.html|date=5 March 2007|access-date=1 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001448/http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Hewitt_wins_Las_Vegas_ATP_title_03052007.html |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> Hewitt reached the [[2007 Hamburg Masters]] semi-finals, 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. At the [[2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|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.

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/18/sports/AS-SPT-TEN-Hewitt-Roche.php|title=Lleyton Hewitt hires celebrated tennis coach Tony Roche|work=International Herald Tribune|date=18 July 2007|access-date=19 July 2007|archive-date=25 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125084012/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/18/sports/AS-SPT-TEN-Hewitt-Roche.php|url-status=live}}</ref> At the Masters tournaments in [[Canada Masters|Montréal]] and [[Cincinnati Open|Cincinnati]] Hewitt reached the quarterfinals and semi-finals, respectively. In both cases, he lost to [[Roger Federer]].

He was seeded 16th at the [[2007 US Open (tennis)|2007 US 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: Injuries and year without titles===
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. The 282-minute match started at 11:52&nbsp;pm and ended at 4:34&nbsp;am<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2008-01-20/200801201200788933421.html |title=Saturday Night Fever |publisher=[[Tennis Australia]] |date=20 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120221230/http://www.australianopen.com./en_AU/news/articles/2008-01-20/200801201200788933421.html |archive-date=20 January 2008 }}</ref> 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]].

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 semi-final appearance at the Hamburg Masters, as well as compete in supplementary tournaments. However, Hewitt made the third round at [[French Open|Roland Garros]], before losing a five-set thriller to fifth seed [[David Ferrer]].

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. His good form continued into Wimbledon, Hewitt making the fourth round for the second successive year, before losing to No. 1 and top seed [[Roger Federer]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew Baker|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/atptour/2304464/Roger-Federer-through-to-the-last-eight-after-defeating-Lleyton-Hewitt.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/atptour/2304464/Roger-Federer-through-to-the-last-eight-after-defeating-Lleyton-Hewitt.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Roger Federer through to the last eight after defeating Lleyton Hewitt|work=The Telegraph|date=30 June 2008|access-date=20 January 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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 before losing to second seed [[Rafael Nadal]]. However, the more notable incident in the Olympics occurred in Hewitt's opening-round doubles match with [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en|title=Official Site of Men's Professional Tennis &#124; ATP Tour &#124; Tennis|website=ATP Tour|accessdate=17 December 2024|archive-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524160928/https://www.atptour.com/en|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2009: Clay title, Wimbledon quarters, top 20===
After returning from hip surgery, Hewitt played his first match in 2009 at the Hopman Cup, where he defeated [[Nicolas Kiefer]] in three sets. At [[Medibank International Sydney]], Hewitt lost in the quarterfinals to [[David Nalbandian]]. Hewitt then played 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.

At [[2009 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup|Memphis]], he caused an upset in the first round by defeating [[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] in three sets. He lost to [[Andy Roddick]] in the semi-finals in a close match. Hewitt then lost in the first round of [[2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships|Delray Beach]] to [[Yen-Hsun Lu]]. In [[Indian Wells Open|Indian Wells, California]], he reached the second round, losing to Fernando González. In Miami, Hewitt lost to seventh seed [[Gilles Simon]] in straight sets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Standings Sony Ericsson Open 2009 – Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/sony-ericsson-open/2009/standing.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-date=6 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106233429/https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/sony-ericsson-open/2009/standing.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the [[2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships]], Hewitt defeated seventh seed [[Diego Junqueira]], [[Sergio Roitman]] in just 57 minutes, [[Guillermo García López]], [[Evgeny Korolev]] and [[Wayne Odesnik]] in the final, 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 to [[Marat Safin]].

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 Moyá]]. [[Andy Roddick]] would later achieve this feat. In the [[2009 French Open]], he defeated 26th seed [[Ivo Karlović]] in five sets in the first round, and [[Andrey Golubev]] in the second. He lost to No. 1 [[Rafael Nadal]] in the third round. At the [[2009 Aegon Championships]] in London he lost to former rival [[Andy Roddick]] in the third round, and the match did not disappoint.

[[File:Lleyton Hewitt at the 2009 US Open 01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.7|Hewitt at the 2009 US Open]]
In the [[2009 Wimbledon Championships]], Hewitt beat del Potro in straight sets. He reversed a two-set deficit to defeat [[Radek Štěpánek]] in the fourth round. His run ended in the quarterfinals against sixth seed [[Andy Roddick]]. It was a five-set thriller which featured two tiebreaks. Hewitt lost a heartbreaking match.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8129659.stm|title=Roddick win sets up Murray clash|date=1 July 2009|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=1 July 2009|first=Chris|last=Bevan|archive-date=2 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702012507/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8129659.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the first time Hewitt had reached the quarterfinals of a Major since the 2006 U.S. Open.

At the [[Legg Mason Classic]] in Washington, Hewitt lost in three sets in the third round to [[Juan Martín del Potro]]. At the [[Montreal Masters]], Hewitt lost in the first round to former No. 1 [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]]. [[Cincinnati Open|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cincytennis.com/Global/News/2009/08/M_Tuesday_Recap.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722180824/http://www.cincytennis.com/Global/News/2009/08/M_Tuesday_Recap.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2012|title=Hewitt Saves Match Points in Win|date=18 August 2009|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=9 October 2009}}</ref> At the U.S. Open, Hewitt progressed to 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 won the match in four sets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/match_reports/2009-09-05/200909051252176811015.html |title=Federer bends but does not break against Hewitt |date=5 September 2009 |work=USOpen.org |access-date=10 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908075858/http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/match_reports/2009-09-05/200909051252176811015.html |archive-date=8 September 2009 }}</ref>

In September, Hewitt lost in round one of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/DEUCE-Tennis/DEUCE-US-Open-2009/Lleyton-Hewitt-Last-Time.aspx|title=The Last Time... With Lleyton Hewitt|date=26 August 2009|work=ATP World Tour|access-date=9 October 2009|archive-date=1 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901161624/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/DEUCE-Tennis/DEUCE-US-Open-2009/Lleyton-Hewitt-Last-Time.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> to [[Joachim Johansson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26145949-2722,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215202349/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26145949-2722,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2012|title=Lleyton Hewitt falls flat against Joachim Johansson|date=30 August 2009|work=ATP World Tour|access-date=9 October 2009}}</ref> In Tokyo, Hewitt lost in the semi finals to [[Mikhail Youzhny]]. He then competed in the [[2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000]], where he lost to [[Gaël Monfils]] in round two.

===2010: Halle title and victory over Federer===

[[File:Lleyton Hewitt (4309089844).jpg|thumb|upright=.7|Lleyton Hewitt at the 2010 Australian Open]]

Hewitt lost in the quarter finals of [[2010 Medibank International Sydney|Medibank International]] to [[Marcos Baghdatis]]. At the [[2010 Australian Open – Men's singles|2010 Australian Open]], he lost to [[Roger Federer]] in the fourth round.

A week after his exit from the Australian Open, Hewitt 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 [[2010 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships|U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships]] as the singles defending champion.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kerry O'Keeffe|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/30/2805677.htm|title=ABC Sport – Hewitt undergoes second hip operation|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=30 January 2010|access-date=26 September 2010|archive-date=17 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117153440/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/30/2805677.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> With coach [[Nathan Healey]] in the doubles they lost to top seeds the Bryan brothers in the semi-finals. In singles, Hewitt lost to [[Juan Ignacio Chela]] in round two. 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]]. Hewitt then travelled back to Australia to participate in a Davis Cup tie against Japan, winning his two singles matches.

At the [[2010 French Open|French Open]], Hewitt reached the third round, before losing to [[Rafael Nadal]].

On 13 June, Hewitt defeated [[Roger Federer]] in the final of the [[2010 Gerry Weber Open|Gerry Weber Open]] in [[Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia|Halle, Germany]], a grass-court tuneup for [[Wimbledon Championships]]. The win was Hewitt's first over Federer since 2003, snapping a 15-match losing streak.

At [[2010 Wimbledon Championships|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 lost in four sets.

At the [[2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships|Atlanta Tennis Championship]], Hewitt lost in the first round to [[Lukáš Lacko]]. At the [[Legg Mason Classic]], Hewitt retired in the second round due to a leg injury. He returned in Cincinnati.

Hewitt was 32nd seed at the [[2010 US Open (tennis)|US Open]]<ref name="w318">{{cite news | title=Hewitt gets last US Open seeding | website=ABC News | date=2010-08-23 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-24/hewitt-gets-last-us-open-seeding/955886 | access-date=2024-06-07 | archive-date=7 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607130329/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-24/hewitt-gets-last-us-open-seeding/955886 | url-status=live }}</ref> and lost his first-round match to [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]] in five sets. It was his earliest exit at the US Open.<ref name="n967">{{cite web | title=Hewitt upset by Paul-Henri Mathieu in 5 sets | website=Tennis.com | date=2010-08-30 | url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/hewitt-upset-by-paul-henri-mathieu-in-5-sets | access-date=2024-06-07 | archive-date=7 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607130330/https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/hewitt-upset-by-paul-henri-mathieu-in-5-sets | url-status=live }}</ref>

He withdrew from the [[Malaysian Open (tennis)|Malaysian Open]] due to a wrist injury suffered during the Australian Davis Cup playoff loss to Belgium.<ref name="t568">{{cite news | last=Lumpur | first=Kuala | title=Injured Hewitt withdraws from Malaysian Open | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=2010-09-25 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/injured-hewitt-withdraws-from-malaysian-open-20100925-15rqb.html | access-date=2024-06-07 | archive-date=7 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607130950/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/injured-hewitt-withdraws-from-malaysian-open-20100925-15rqb.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

===2011: Surgery and out of Top 100===
At the [[2011 Australian Open – Men's singles|2011 Australian Open]], Hewitt was defeated in the first round in five sets by Argentina's [[David Nalbandian]]. Hewitt was up two sets to one and during the fourth set had the chance to finish off the match, when the scores were 3–1 and 0–40 in Hewitt's favour, but failed to capitalise on the situation. Furthermore, Hewitt had two match point opportunities in the final set to close out victory.

After the Australian Open, Hewitt participated in the [[SAP Open]], and lost in the quarterfinals to former US Open champion [[Juan Martín del Potro]], who was on a comeback from a wrist injury.

The next tournament that Hewitt took part in was the [[Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], where Hewitt lost to top seed [[Andy Roddick]] despite being a set up.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Teresa M. |title=Roddick downs Hewitt in 3 sets to reach semifinal |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-roddick-downs-hewitt-in-3-sets-to-reach-semifinal-2011feb18-story.html |access-date=20 March 2021 |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |agency=AP |date=18 February 2011 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728042146/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-roddick-downs-hewitt-in-3-sets-to-reach-semifinal-2011feb18-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

At [[2011 BNP Paribas Open]], he lost in round one to [[Lu Yen-hsun]]. This was to be Hewitt's last event on the ATP Tour for over three months after he underwent surgery on his left foot. He made his comeback at the [[2011 Gerry Weber Open]] in [[Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia|Halle, Germany]], where he returned as defending champion. 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. During this match, Hewitt turned his ankle when he came in to the net to try to reach a net cord ball. The following week, Hewitt had to retire during a first round match at the [[Aegon International]] against [[Olivier Rochus]]. This was a result of the niggling ankle injury he had picked up at Halle the week before.

Hewitt came into Wimbledon with doubts over his fitness and condition and was unseeded in the 2011 Wimbledon Championships draw. Hewitt faced [[Kei Nishikori]] in the first round and won in four sets. In the second round, Hewitt lost to fifth seed [[Robin Söderling]] in five sets.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jamie Jackson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/24/wimbledon-2011-robin-soderling-lleyton-hewitt|title=Robin Soderling fights back to beat Lleyton Hewitt|work=The Guardian|date=24 June 2011|access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref>

At the [[2011 Atlanta Tennis Championships]], Hewitt beat [[Phillip Simmonds]] in straight sets.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/07/20/tennis.hewitt.fish.atlanta/|title=Hewitt safely into Atlanta second round|publisher=CNN|access-date=20 April 2014|archive-date=4 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204152721/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/tennis/07/20/tennis.hewitt.fish.atlanta/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He lost his second round encounter against the American qualifier [[Rajeev Ram]]. 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. He then was offered a wild card to play at the [[2011 US Open (tennis)|2011 US Open]], but was unable to play due to foot injury which ended his season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/08/Features/US-Open-Hewitt-Withdraws.aspx|title=2011 US Open – Former Champion Hewitt Out – Tennis|publisher=ATP World Tour|access-date=20 April 2014|archive-date=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002090012/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/08/Features/US-Open-Hewitt-Withdraws.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2012: First ATP final in two years===
At the [[Apia International Sydney|Apia International]], Hewitt lost in the first round against [[Viktor Troicki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisworldusa.org/ATP-Syndey---Hewitt-goes-down-to-Troicki-articolo2939.html|title=ATP Sydney – Hewitt goes down to Troicki|date=10 January 2012|access-date=10 January 2012|archive-date=27 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527221318/http://www.tennisworldusa.org/ATP-Syndey---Hewitt-goes-down-to-Troicki-articolo2939.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the [[2012 Australian Open]], partnering countryman [[Peter Luczak]], the Aussies lost in straight sets to the Bryan Twins in round two. In singles, where he was awarded a wildcard, Hewitt faced Roddick in the second round. After dropping the first set, Hewitt won the next two. Roddick then retired due to a groin injury and Hewitt advanced. In the third round, he beat the 23rd seed [[Milos Raonic]] of Canada at night in front of a boisterous Aussie crowd. In the fourth round, Hewitt faced returning champ and No. 1-ranked [[Novak Djokovic]]. Djokovic won the 1st two sets fairly easily, and was leading 3–0 in the 3rd set when Hewitt launched a spirited comeback, taking the set 6–4. Djokovic eventually prevailed however, winning the match in four sets.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/16682208| title = Novak Djokovic beats Lleyton Hewitt in Australian Open – BBC Sport| work = BBC Sport| archive-date = 9 June 2020| access-date = 9 June 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200609104144/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/16682208| url-status = live}}</ref> Hewitt's two next matches were in February at the Davis Cup, where he won one singles and one doubles match partnering [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]], what awarded Australia to go to the playoffs once more. After this Hewitt needed an operation to have a plate inserted in his toe.

[[File:Lleyton Hewitt RG 2012.JPG|thumb|upright=.8|left|Lleyton Hewitt at the French Open in 2012]]

Hewitt returned with a wildcard at the [[2012 French Open – Men's singles|French Open]] where he lost in the first round to [[Blaž Kavčič]]. After this, Hewitt began his grass season at [[Queen's Club Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/LTA-summer-grass-court-events/AEGON-Championships/News/2012/Lleyton-Hewitt--James-Ward-receive-wild-cards/ |title=Aegon Championships – Lleyton Hewitt & James Ward receive AEGON Championships wild cards |publisher=LTA |date=17 June 2012 |access-date=20 April 2014 |archive-date=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420074211/http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/LTA-summer-grass-court-events/AEGON-Championships/News/2012/Lleyton-Hewitt--James-Ward-receive-wild-cards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He lost in the 1st round to Croatian [[Ivo Karlović]]. At [[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|Wimbledon]], he was defeated in the first round by 5th seed [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/9357270/Wimbledon-2012-former-champion-Lleyton-Hewitt-beaten-in-straight-sets-by-fifth-seed-Jo-Wilfried-Tsonga.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/9357270/Wimbledon-2012-former-champion-Lleyton-Hewitt-beaten-in-straight-sets-by-fifth-seed-Jo-Wilfried-Tsonga.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Wimbledon 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=26 June 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> I doubles at Wimbledon partnering countryman [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]], they made the third round before losing in 4 sets.

After Wimbledon, Hewitt was granted a wild card at [[2012 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships|Newport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tennisfame.com/lleyton-hewitt-to-play-newport |title=Lleyton Hewitt to Play Newport! &#124; International Tennis Hall of Fame |publisher=Tennisfame.com |date=3 April 2012 |access-date=20 April 2014 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203015258/http://www.tennisfame.com/lleyton-hewitt-to-play-newport |url-status=live }}</ref> He lost to top seeded [[John Isner]] in the final.<ref name="atpworldtour4">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/news/tennis/2012/07/28/newport-sunday-isner-tops-hewitt-in-final.aspx|title=Newport 2012 Sunday – Isner Stops Hewitt To Retain Title – Tennis – ATP World Tour|publisher=atpworldtour.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=18 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718044139/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2012/07/28/Newport-Sunday-Isner-Tops-Hewitt-In-Final.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

Playing in the [[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Olympics]] after being awarded a wild card, Hewitt beat [[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] and [[Marin Čilić]], seeded 13th, to advance to the third round. There, he met 2nd seed [[Novak Djokovic]]. After losing the first set, Djokovic overpowered Hewitt to take the final two sets and eliminate Hewitt from the tournament.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/tennis/mixed-doubles-x|title = London 2012 – Tennis – Mixed Doubles|access-date = 21 January 2015|publisher = International Olympic Committee|archive-date = 2 December 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141202001133/http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/tennis/mixed-doubles-x|url-status = live}}</ref>

Hewitt received a WC to the Cincinnati Masters, where he lost to [[Viktor Troicki]] in the second round. The Aussie's next tournament was the [[2012 US Open – Men's singles|US Open]], where he received a WC, completing the "Wild Card Slam" (received wild cards in all of the four Grand Slams in 2012). Hewitt lost to 4th seed and No. 5-ranked [[David Ferrer]] in the third round, despite having set points in the 1st set.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/02/david-ferrer-lleyton-hewitt-us-open_n_1850656.html|title=David Ferrer Tops Lleyton Hewitt at U.S. Open in Third Round |work=HuffPost|access-date=20 April 2014}}</ref>

===2013: Five top ten wins===

Hewitt started off 2013 in Brisbane, where he lost in second round against [[Denis Istomin]] in straight sets. At exhibition event AAMI Kooyong Classic, he defeated [[Milos Raonic]], [[Tomáš Berdych]], and [[Juan Martín del Potro]] en route to claim his second title. At the [[2013 Australian Open – Men's singles|2013 Australian Open]], he suffered his sixth first-round exit in his home slam to No. 9 [[Janko Tipsarević]] in straight sets. Hewitt then played in the Davis Cup against [[Taiwan]] and won in both singles and doubles.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-02/australia-clinches-cup-win-over-taiwan/4497712 | title=Australia clinches Cup win over Taiwan | date=2 February 2013 | publisher=ABC | archive-date=31 October 2016 | access-date=14 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031152020/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-02/australia-clinches-cup-win-over-taiwan/4497712 | url-status=live }}</ref>

At [[SAP Open]] in San Jose, he lost his second-round match to [[Sam Querrey]] in a three-set thriller. He also claimed a wild card to play in doubles with fellow Aussie [[Marinko Matosevic]], beating the No. 1 American duo [[Mike Bryan]] and [[Bob Bryan]] in the quarterfinals, before losing to [[Xavier Malisse]] and [[Frank Moser (tennis)|Frank Moser]] in the final. With Hewitt's doubles run in the tournament, he surpassed the 100-wins mark in doubles. He next participated in the [[U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships]] in Memphis. He faced [[Yen-Hsun Lu]] in the opening round, saving two match points to edge Lu in three sets. He lost to [[Denis Istomin]], again in the second round.

At [[BNP Paribas Open]] in Indian Wells, he lost his third round match to [[Stanislas Wawrinka]]. Hewitt lost to [[Gilles Simon]] in the opening round at [[2013 French Open – Men's singles|Roland Garros]]. After winning the first two sets, he succumbed in five. In his first match at the Aegon Championships Queen's Club, he beat [[Juan Martín del Potro]] (in three sets), to progress to the semi-finals, where he lost to [[Marin Čilić]] in three sets. At [[2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|Wimbledon]], Hewitt beat top ten player [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] in the first round in straight sets. He was then defeated by German qualifier [[Dustin Brown (tennis)|Dustin Brown]] in the second round in four sets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/23067886|title=Wimbledon 2013: Lleyton Hewitt knocked out by Dustin Brown|publisher=BBC News|date=26 June 2013|access-date=20 April 2014|archive-date=1 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023849/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/23067886|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July he made it to his first final of the year at the Hall-of-Fame Championships, losing to [[Nicolas Mahut]] having served for the championship at 5–4 in the second set. His form continued at the [[2013 BB&T Atlanta Open|Atlanta Open]], where he lost to [[John Isner]] in the semi-finals in three tough sets. His [[2013 US Open – Men's singles|US Open]] run started well, beating [[Brian Baker (tennis)|Brian Baker]] in four sets and following up with a five-set epic upset against fellow former US Open champion [[Juan Martín del Potro]], where Hewitt came back from two sets to one down against the No. 6, winning a fourth set tiebreak and sealing the match 6–1 in the fifth. He beat [[Evgeny Donskoy]] in the third round to set up a fourth round match with [[Mikhail Youzhny]]. Hewitt then lost to Youzhny in five sets, despite leading 4–1 in the fourth set and serving for the match at 5–3 in the fifth set. A measure of the success of Hewitt's 2013 season is the fact that he won the [[John Newcombe|Newcombe medal]] as the most outstanding Australian tennis player in 2013, a year in which he returned to the world's top 100.<ref name="NewcombeMedal"/>

===2014: 30th career title, 600 wins, top 40===
In the semi-finals of [[2014 Brisbane International]] Hewitt beat second seed [[Kei Nishikori]]. Going into the final, Roger Federer held an 18–8 record head–to–head against Hewitt. Hewitt managed to turn the tide on Federer, winning in three sets and capturing the title, which was his 29th and first since 2010. As a result, his ranking increased from 60th to 43rd, becoming Australian number one again.<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/lleyton-hewitt-australian-no1-again-20140106-30cuz.html Lleyton Hewitt Australian No. 1 again] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801064811/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/lleyton-hewitt-australian-no1-again-20140106-30cuz.html |date=1 August 2021 }} ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''. Retrieved 27 January 2014.</ref> At AAMI Classic, he defeated Andy Murray in two tiebreaks.

[[File:Lleyton Hewitt (14418849771).jpg|thumb|upright=.8|left|Lleyton Hewitt at the Queen's Club in 2014]]

In the [[2014 Australian Open – Men's singles|2014 Australian Open]], Hewitt played both singles and doubles as an unseeded player. In his first round singles match, he lost in five sets to No. 24 seed [[Andreas Seppi]]. In doubles action, Hewitt partnered with retired and former Australian number one [[Pat Rafter|Patrick Rafter]]. They lost their first round match against [[Eric Butorac]] and [[Raven Klaasen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/01/3/Australian-Open-2014-Doubles-Day-3-Hutchins-Peya.aspx |title=Pat Rafter & Lleyton Hewitt Lose Doubles Opener – Tennis |publisher=ATP World Tour |access-date=20 April 2014 |archive-date=16 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216173446/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/01/3/Australian-Open-2014-Doubles-Day-3-Hutchins-Peya.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> After the tournament, Hewitt's singles rank rose to No. 38, his highest position since late 2010. Hewitt battled for his 600th ATP win, becoming only the third active player to reach that milestone by beating [[Robin Haase]] in the 1st round of the [[2014 Sony Open Tennis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/03/12/Miami-Thursday-Hewitt-600.aspx |title=Hewitt Battles For 600th Win, Faces Nadal Next |publisher=ATP World Tour |access-date=21 April 2014 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325014323/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/03/12/Miami-Thursday-Hewitt-600.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

After the Australian Open, Hewitt played as part of the Australian representative team for the Davis Cup. He lost his match against [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] in straight sets. He then competed in the 2014 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] beating [[Marcos Baghdatis]] in three sets before losing to [[Michael Russell (tennis)|Michael Russell]] in two sets. At the Delray Beach Tournament he won a round and then retired against [[Marinko Matosevic]] after injuring his shoulder.<ref name="sportal">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportal.com.au/tennis/news/haas-falls-at-delray-beach-hewitt-retires/y0zal21c3sq215scmapmaj6mg|title=Tennis &#124; SPORTAL|publisher=sportal.com.au|access-date=8 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216174122/http://www.sportal.com.au/tennis/news/haas-falls-at-delray-beach-hewitt-retires/y0zal21c3sq215scmapmaj6mg|archive-date=16 February 2015}}</ref>

Hewitt played at the [[BNP Paribas Open]] where he lost in round two to [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]]. Hewitt then played at the [[Sony Open Tennis]] where he lost in round two to No. 1 [[Rafael Nadal]]. Hewitt then played at the [[U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships]] where he lost in Round of 16 to [[Sam Querrey]].

[[File:Hewitt MA14 (24) (14426146875).jpg|thumb|upright=.8|Hewitt in Madrid in 2014]]

Hewitt suffered three consecutive first round losses at the BMW Open by FWU AG to [[Albert Ramos Viñolas]], [[Mutua Madrid Open]] to [[Santiago Giraldo]] and at the French Open [[2014 French Open – Men's singles|Roland Garros]] to [[Carlos Berlocq]] in four sets. This ended Hewitt's clay court season.

At the [[Aegon Championships]], Hewitt lost in the second round to [[Feliciano López]] in straight sets. Hewitt played at [[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|Wimbledon]] where he lost in the second round in five sets to [[Jerzy Janowicz]].<ref name="atpworldtour5">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx?t=pa|title=Lleyton Hewitt – Tennis Players – Tennis – ATP World Tour|publisher=atpworldtour.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=20 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420231051/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx?t=pa|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the [[2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships|Newport Hall of Fame Tennis Championships]] Hewitt advanced to the final for the third consecutive year where he beat [[Ivo Karlović]] in three sets. It was his 30th career singles title.<ref name="atpworldtour6">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/07/28/Newport-Final-Hewitt-Karlovic.aspx|title=Lleyton Hewitt Completes Newport Double – Tennis – ATP World Tour|publisher=atpworldtour.com|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> Hewitt went on to win the doubles title with countryman [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]] later that same day.

Hewitt defeated Austria's [[Jürgen Melzer]] in three sets at the [[2014 Western & Southern Open|Cincinnati Masters]] to reach 610 wins on the ATP Tour. That enabled him to rise to number 19 on the all-time wins list, topping [[Björn Borg]] and [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] in the process.<ref name="atpworldtour7">{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/08/32/Cincinnati-Sunday-Hewitt-Querrey.aspx|title=Lleyton Hewitt Fights Through To Cincinnati Second Round – Tennis|website=ATP World Tour|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

===2015: Farewell year===

Hewitt began his [[2015 ATP World Tour|2015 season]] as the defending champion of the Brisbane International. In the first round he lost in straight sets to [[Sam Groth]]. As a result, he dropped from rank No. 50 to No. 84 and lost his position of No. 1 Australian.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-06/groth-completes-hewitt-demolition-at-brisbane-international/6003510 Brisbane International: Sam Groth completes demolition of Lleyton Hewitt in all-Australian clash] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107204018/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-06/groth-completes-hewitt-demolition-at-brisbane-international/6003510 |date=7 January 2015 }} [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]. Retrieved 6 January 2015.</ref> Hewitt played the first [[Fast4 Tennis|Fast4]] short-form tennis exhibition match against Roger Federer but lost in five sets.<ref>[http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/tennis/roger-federer-and-lleyton-hewitt-put-on-a-show-with-fast4-tennis-exhibition-in-sydney/story-fnii0pkt-1227182701122 Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt put on a show with Fast4 tennis exhibition in Sydney] ''[[The Courier-Mail]]''. Retrieved 23 January 2015.</ref>

Hewitt then played his 19th consecutive [[2015 Australian Open – Men's singles|Australian Open]] appearance which is the fourth longest streak at any Grand Slam.<ref>[http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8948824 No Open swan song for Lleyton Hewitt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120122528/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8948824 |date=20 January 2015 }} [[Nine MSN]]. Retrieved 20 January 2015.</ref> In lost in five sets to his second round opponent [[Benjamin Becker]] despite winning the first two sets.

At a media conference, Hewitt mentioned plans to retire after the 2016 Australian Open to become the captain of the Australian Davis Cup team after Pat Rafter moved on from the position, becoming the seventh man to captain the team.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/hewitt-to-retire-after-2016-australian-open/6055726 Lleyton Hewitt to retire from tennis after 2016 Australian Open, Pat Rafter stands down as Davis Cup captain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202165041/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/hewitt-to-retire-after-2016-australian-open/6055726 |date=2 February 2015 }} [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]]. Retrieved 7 February 2015.</ref> "I had thought long and hard and I plan to play the Australian Open next year and then finish", he said. "At the moment, [the Davis Cup] is the main focus for us and then I will be looking towards the grass court season and finishing here in Melbourne, which would be special to play 20 Australian Opens". It will be Australia's first time in the world group of the Davis Cup in six years. Rafter and John Newcombe are the only other two Australian men to have been ranked No. 1 since ranks were established in 1973.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/lleyton-hewitt-to-end-career-with-20th-australian-open-campaign/6055870 Lleyton Hewitt to end career with 20th Australian Open campaign in 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130005317/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/lleyton-hewitt-to-end-career-with-20th-australian-open-campaign/6055870 |date=30 January 2015 }} ABC. Retrieved 7 February 2015.</ref>

Hewitt then played the [[2015 Miami Open|Miami Open]] and lost in the first round to [[Thomaz Bellucci]] in three sets. He was then awarded a wildcard to the [[2015 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships]] where he also lost in the first round to [[Go Soeda]].

Hewitt skipped the remainder of the clay court season including the [[2015 French Open]], instead opting to focus on the grass season and Wimbledon. He began his grass court season at the [[2015 Topshelf Open]] where he lost to [[Nicolas Mahut]] in the first round. He also was awarded a wildcard into the [[2015 Topshelf Open – Men's doubles|men's doubles]] where he partnered compatriot [[Matt Reid (tennis)|Matt Reid]].

At [[2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|Wimbledon]], Hewitt was awarded a wildcard and was defeated by [[Jarkko Nieminen]] 
11-9 in the fifth set in the first round of his eighteenth and final appearance at the tournament.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-30/lleyton-hewitt-wimbledon-farewell-ends-in-defeat/6582370 Wimbledon: Lleyton Hewitt bids final farewell to All England Club after five-set loss to Jarkko Nieminen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630195047/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-30/lleyton-hewitt-wimbledon-farewell-ends-in-defeat/6582370 |date=30 June 2015 }}. ABC. Retrieved 1 July 2015.</ref> It became his 44th five-set match of his Grand Slam career. Despite three straight breaks in the fifth set, Hewitt on serve faced and saved three match points at 4–5, and held serve each time until the 20th game of the fifth set.<ref>[http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/06/29/lleyton-hewitt-vs-jarkko-nieminen-2015-wimbledon-live-scores-blog/ (VIDEO) Lleyton Hewitt vs Jarkko Nieminen: 2015 Wimbledon scores, blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801194200/http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/06/29/lleyton-hewitt-vs-jarkko-nieminen-2015-wimbledon-live-scores-blog/ |date=1 August 2015 }}. www.theroar.com.au. Retrieved 1 July 2015.</ref> Afterwards both the crowd and Nieminen himself gave Hewitt a standing ovation. Partnering compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis, the wild card duo reached the third round of the Wimbledon men's doubles. 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.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-07/lleyton-hewitt-wimbledon-career-officially-ends-in-doubles/6600354 Wimbledon: Lleyton Hewitt's final All England Club campaign ends with dual doubles defeats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708040249/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-07/lleyton-hewitt-wimbledon-career-officially-ends-in-doubles/6600354 |date=8 July 2015 }} ABC. Retrieved 7 July 2015.</ref>

Hewitt partnered Sam Groth to win Australia's Davis Cup quarterfinals doubles rubber against Kazakhstan in Darwin on 18 July. With their spectacular performance, Groth and Hewitt were selected to play the last two reverse-singles rubbers, replacing Kyrgios and Kokkinakis respectively. After Groth's win, Hewitt won the deciding fifth rubber against Nedovyesov to put Australia at 3–2 to reach the semi-finals. It was Australia's first win from 0–2 down since 1939.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-19/lleyton-hewitt-guides-australia-to-davis-cup-quarter-final-win/6631494 Lleyton Hewitt guides Australia to Davis Cup quarter-final win over Kazakhstan in Darwin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721191405/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-19/lleyton-hewitt-guides-australia-to-davis-cup-quarter-final-win/6631494 |date=21 July 2015 }} ABC. Retrieved 19 July 2015.</ref>

Hewitt, on a wild card, lost in the second round of the [[2015 US Open – Men's singles|US Open]] to Tomic in five sets despite having two match points. Hewitt, partnered with Sam Groth, lost a tough Davis Cup semi-final doubles tie against the British Murray brothers in 5 sets. Todd Woodbridge hailed it as the "Best [doubles] I've watched for years."<ref>[https://twitter.com/toddwoodbridge/status/645273918484287489 Proud of @lleytonhewitt @SamGrothTennis valiant effort Congrats to @andy_murray @jamie_murray best doubs I've watched for years @DavisCup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305132617/https://twitter.com/toddwoodbridge/status/645273918484287489 |date=5 March 2016 }} Twitter/toddwoodbridge. Retrieved 20 September 2015.</ref>

===2016: Retirement===

[[File:Hewitt Blake Wimbledon 2023.png|thumb|upright=.9|Hewitt playing alongside James Blake in the 2023 Wimbledon Invitational Doubles tournament as a retired player.]]

Having previously announced his intentions to retire after the [[2016 Australian Open]], Hewitt confirmed that his final season would consist of that, the [[2016 Hopman Cup|Hopman Cup]] and the exhibition [[World Tennis Challenge]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Global tribute to Lleyton Hewitt begins|url=http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2016-01-02/global_tribute_to_lleyton_hewitt_begins.html|publisher=Australian Open|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=6 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106101255/http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2016-01-02/global_tribute_to_lleyton_hewitt_begins.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In his 20th appearance at the [[2016 Australian Open – Men's singles|Australian Open]], he won his first round match against fellow Australian [[James Duckworth (tennis)|James Duckworth]] in straight sets. He then lost in the second round in 3 straight competitive sets to 8th seed [[David Ferrer]], 2–6, 4–6, 4–6. Post-match he was remembered by players including [[Roger Federer]], [[Rafael Nadal]], [[Andy Murray]] and [[Nick Kyrgios]] as a man who was at the top of the game for years, and continually displayed the fighting spirit that he became synonymous with.

He was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] in the awards announced on Australia Day.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-26/australia-day-rod-laver-tina-arena-among-honourees/7110038|title=Australia Day: Rod Laver, seven-time ARIA award winner Tina Arena among 829 honourees – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|date=26 January 2016|work=[[ABC Online]]|publisher=ABC|access-date=25 January 2016|last1=|first1=|archive-date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125235415/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-26/australia-day-rod-laver-tina-arena-among-honourees/7110038|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2016/dvvsf4sc1d05nwgt/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20(A-L).pdf|title=Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (A-L)|date=26 January 2016|publisher=Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia|access-date=25 January 2016|location=Canberra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412033320/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2016/dvvsf4sc1d05nwgt/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20%28A-L%29.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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]]. He played doubles with [[John Peers]] against the [[Bryan brothers]]. The Australian duo came back from two sets to love but lost the fifth set.

Hewitt was the subject of a book titled "Facing Hewitt" which features fifty interviews with professional tennis players who competed against him.

In June it was announced that Hewitt would be taking a wildcard into the Wimbledon doubles competition, playing alongside young compatriot [[Jordan Thompson (tennis)|Jordan Thompson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/news/hewitt-returns-for-wimbledon-2016-doubles|title=Hewitt Returns For Wimbledon 2016 Doubles – ATP Tour – Tennis|website=ATP Tour|archive-date=1 June 2019|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601193831/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/hewitt-returns-for-wimbledon-2016-doubles|url-status=live}}</ref> In the first round, the pair saved eight match points to defeat [[Nicolás Almagro]] and [[David Marrero]] 19–17 in the deciding set.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/wimbledon-2016-lleyton-hewitt-wins-epic-comeback-with-jordan-thompson-20160703-gpx94f.html|title=Wimbledon 2016: Lleyton Hewitt wins epic comeback with Jordan Thompson|first=Joe|last=Barton|date=2 July 2016|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=1 June 2019|archive-date=1 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601193815/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/wimbledon-2016-lleyton-hewitt-wins-epic-comeback-with-jordan-thompson-20160703-gpx94f.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, they lost to the eighth seeds in the second round.

=== 2018: Comeback in doubles ===
In December 2017, it was announced that Hewitt would come out of retirement and accept a doubles wildcard with compatriot [[Sam Groth]] at the [[2018 Australian Open]].

Hewitt and [[Jordan Thompson (tennis)|Jordan Thompson]] accepted a wildcard to play [[2018 Brisbane International – Men's doubles|Doubles at the 2018 Brisbane International]]. They lost in the first round to [[Grigor Dimitrov]] and [[Ryan Harrison]].

Hewitt then played in the fast4 exhibition in Sydney where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov. Hewitt and [[Nick Kyrgios|Kyrgios]] won the doubles beating [[Alexander Zverev]] and [[Grigor Dimitrov]]. After that, he played the [[Tie Break Tens]] in Melbourne where he won his opening match against [[Novak Djokovic]], before losing to world No. 1 [[Rafael Nadal]].

In the [[2018 Australian Open – Men's doubles|Australian Open doubles]], Hewitt and Groth made a run to the quarterfinals, including a win over third seeds [[Jean-Julien Rojer]] and [[Horia Tecău]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/5182268/sam-groth-chases-fairytale-finish-to-his-playing-career-with-lleyton-hewitt/|title=Sam Groth chases fairytale finish to his playing career with Lleyton Hewitt|work=The Border Mail|date=22 January 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|access-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195650/http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/5182268/sam-groth-chases-fairytale-finish-to-his-playing-career-with-lleyton-hewitt/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was his best doubles result at the Australian Open in his career.

Hewitt's doubles comeback continued with Lleyton playing doubles at the [[2018 Estoril Open – Doubles|2018 Estoril Open]] with [[Alex de Minaur]] where they defeated second seeds [[Michael Venus (tennis)|Michael Venus]] and [[Raven Klaasen]] before losing in the quarterfinals. He then reached the semi-finals of the [[2018 Fuzion 100 Surbiton Trophy – Men's doubles]] with [[Alex Bolt]] before Venus and Klaasen gained revenge on Hewitt (this time with Alex Bolt) at the [[2018 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships – Men's doubles]].

Hewitt then teamed up with [[Nick Kyrgios]] at the [[2018 Queen's Club Championships – Doubles]] tournament where they defeated number 3 seeds [[Nicolas Mahut]] and [[Pierre-Hugues Herbert]] before losing in the quarterfinals. At the [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles]], Hewitt was again wildcard with Alex Bolt however the pair again lost in the first round to Venus and Klaasen. After this loss, Hewitt teamed up with [[Jordan Thompson (tennis)|Jordan Thompson]] and lost in the first round of the [[2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships]] in Newport.

Hewitt's last professional match of 2018 was in the [[2018 Davis Cup World Group play-offs]] against [[Austria Davis Cup team|Austria]] where Hewitt paired up with experienced doubles specialist [[John Peers]] to defeat the Austrian team of doubles specialist [[Oliver Marach]] and experienced clay-courier [[Juergen Melzer]].

=== 2019: Continuing to play doubles ===
In 2019, Hewitt played doubles at a number of tournaments. In a pairing with Jordan Thompson, they lost in the first round of the Sydney International. A week later he teamed up with John-Patrick Smith at the Australian Open, yet again losing in the first round. 
Hewitt and countryman Jordan Thompson received a wildcard to play at the [[2019 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|Wimbledon Championships]]. They reached the second round before losing to R. Klaasen and M. Venus in straight sets.

Also that year, he played doubles in New York, Houston, Surbiton, and 's-Hertogenbosch, playing with the likes of Alexei Popyrin and Thompson yet again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/team/tennis/hewitt-lleyton/14341|title=Lleyton Hewitt live score, schedule and results – Tennis – SofaScore|access-date=27 January 2020|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127050152/https://www.sofascore.com/team/tennis/hewitt-lleyton/14341|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2020: Back in hometown of Adelaide ===
Hewitt once again featured in the Australian summer of tennis, this time choosing to participate in the new [[2020 Adelaide International|Adelaide International]], the first time he had played tour-tennis in his home town for over a decade. He partnered Jordan Thompson but lost in the first round to Cristian Garín and Juan Ignacio Londero.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/On_the_ATP_results_with/82771/atp-adelaide-lleyton-hewitt-amp-jordan-thompson-fall-short-in-doubles-opener-/|title=ATP Adelaide: Lleyton Hewitt & Jordan Thompson fall short in doubles opener|date=13 January 2020|access-date=27 January 2020|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127045234/https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/On_the_ATP_results_with/82771/atp-adelaide-lleyton-hewitt-amp-jordan-thompson-fall-short-in-doubles-opener-/|url-status=live}}</ref> The two chose to compete at the [[2020 Australian Open – Men's doubles|Australian Open]] a week later, but lost in the first round in straight sets, to Korean duo [[Song Min-kyu (tennis)|Min-Kyu Song]] and [[Nam Ji-sung]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/australian-open-2020-lleyton-hewitt-crashes-out-of-doubles-with-jordan-thompson/81c96f7d-e911-4aa1-a523-f001cc4b1f9e|title='Retired' Hewitt crashes out of aus Open doubles|date=24 January 2020|access-date=27 January 2020|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127045240/https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/australian-open-2020-lleyton-hewitt-crashes-out-of-doubles-with-jordan-thompson/81c96f7d-e911-4aa1-a523-f001cc4b1f9e|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hewitt continues to commentate matches at the Australian Open.

===2025: Doubles appearance===
In November 2025, Hewitt briefly came out of retirement to partner son [[Cruz Hewitt|Cruz]] in the [[2025 NSW Open – Men's doubles|NSW Open]] doubles draw.<ref>https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/shot-mate-lleyton-and-cruz-hewitt-dominate-in-rare-fatherson-match/news-story/35ecd968a93d250476174878e5ef674e?amp</ref>

==National representation==

===Davis Cup===
Hewitt made his [[Davis Cup]] debut for [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]] in the [[1999 Davis Cup]] quarterfinals at age 18 against the [[United States Davis Cup team|United States]] in [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts]]. In the first rubber of the tie Hewitt faced No. 8 and Wimbledon quarter finalist [[Todd Martin]]. Hewitt caused a major upset over Martin and would go on to win his second singles rubber against Alex O'Brien as well. The great start to his Davis Cup career would continue in the 1999 semi-finals against [[Russia Davis Cup team|Russia]] where he would record another two wins against [[Marat Safin]] and [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]]. He would taste his first defeat in Davis Cup in the 1999 final against [[France Davis Cup team|France]] but would become a Davis Cup champion anyway. In [[2000 Davis Cup|2000]] Hewitt and Australia would again make the Davis Cup final but fell to [[Spain Davis Cup team|Spain]] in Barcelona.

In [[2001 Davis Cup|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 3–2 win. Determined to make amends for his last few finals, Hewitt led the Australian team to the [[2003 Davis Cup]] final against Spain where he defeated [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]] in five sets. The team came away victorious 3–1 overall and Hewitt claimed his second Davis Cup title. By the age of 22, he had recorded more wins in Davis Cup singles than any other Australian player. 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 2006 quarterfinals in Melbourne, Hewitt defeated Belarusian [[Vladimir Voltchkov]] in just 91 minutes. Voltchkov said before the match that "Hewitt has no weapons to hurt me." Hewitt responded, "Voltchkov doesn't have a ranking [of 457] to hurt me." In the semi-finals in [[Buenos Aires]] on clay, Hewitt lost to Argentine [[José Acasuso]] in five sets.

Despite a world group semi-final appearance in 2006, Hewitt and Australia would be relegated to the Asia/Oceania region in 2008. 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. In the 2011 playoffs, he played against [[Roger Federer]] and [[Stanislas Wawrinka]] on a grass court in Sydney, losing both matches. In doubles, together with [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]], he was able to defeat Federer and Wawrinka, but this was not enough to take Australia to the World Group.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archives/old-sport-pages/players-left-in-the-dark-as-davis-cup-tie-suspended-because-of-bad-light/story-e6frfgao-1226140133272|title=Stanislas Wawrinka seals Davis Cup win over Australia in three minutes|date=19 September 2012|work=Herald Sun|access-date=2 August 2012|first=Leo|last=Schlink}}</ref>

In 2012, Hewitt won his single and doubles match against China in February, which allowed Australia to return to the playoffs where they lost to Germany. After defeating Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan, Australia earned the right to get to the playoffs again in 2013. They ended up routing Poland 4–1 on their soil including a convincing 6–1 6–3 6–2 win for Hewitt over recent Wimbledon quarterfinalist [[Łukasz Kubot]].<ref name="daviscup">{{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2013-WG-PO-AUS-POL-01|title=Davis Cup – Draw & Results|publisher=daviscup.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201753/http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2013-WG-PO-AUS-POL-01|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, Australia crashed out 5–0 in the World Group first round on the French clay of La Roche-sur-Yon. [[Jo-Wilfried Tsonga]] beat Hewitt both in singles and doubles.<ref name="daviscup2">{{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2014-WG-M-FRA-AUS-01|title=Davis Cup – Draw & Results|publisher=daviscup.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406203317/http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2014-WG-M-FRA-AUS-01|url-status=live}}</ref> Perth's grass courts would then be hosting yet another playoff tie for Australia in September 2014. Hewitt won both his singles match (against [[Farrukh Dustov]]) and the subsequent doubles rubber (partnering [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]] v. Dustov and Istomin) in straight sets while up and coming [[Nick Kyrgios]] won his encounter with [[Denis Istomin]] to give Australia an unassailable 3–0 lead over Uzbekistan, thus enabling their country to return to the World Group in 2015. [[Sam Groth]] and Nick Kyrgios wrapped up a 5–0 victory a day later.<ref name="daviscup3">{{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2014-WG-PO-AUS-UZB-01|title=Davis Cup – Draw & Results|publisher=daviscup.com|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> Australia will open their 2015 campaign in Czech Republic for a 6–8 March tie that is one of two worst-case scenarios for Australia.<ref name="heraldsun">{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/davis-cup-australia-face-tough-task-against-czech-republic/story-fnibcgxs-1227063583711|title=Davis Cup: Australia face tough task against Czech Republic|work=Herald Sun|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927083952/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/davis-cup-australia-face-tough-task-against-czech-republic/story-fnibcgxs-1227063583711|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hewitt played the Davis Cup match against Great Britain in the semi-finals of the [[2015 Davis Cup]]. He played doubles with [[Sam Groth]] losing in five sets to brothers [[Andy Murray|Andy]] and [[Jamie Murray]].<ref>{{Cite news|title = Murray hails Hewitt after ending his Davis Cup career|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-21/murray-hails-hewitt-after-ending-his-davis-cup-career/6790914|work = ABC News|date = 20 September 2015|access-date = 21 September 2015}}</ref>

He came out of retirement to play the first round match against the United States at the [[2016 Davis Cup]] as a player-captain, where he and partner [[John Peers]] lost to the [[Bryan brothers]] in a five-setter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2016-WG-M-USA-AUS-01|title=Davis Cup – Draw & Results|publisher=daviscup.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720074024/http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-2016-WG-M-USA-AUS-01|url-status=live}}</ref>

He competed in the [[2018 Davis Cup World Group play-offs]], again as a player-captain in doubles with Peers. They won the rubber against the Austrian duo [[Oliver Marach]] and [[Jürgen Melzer]] in four sets.

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=AUS|title=Davis Cup – Teams|publisher=daviscup.com|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916114150/http://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=AUS|url-status=live}}</ref> 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]], [[Sébastien Grosjean]] and [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]].

===World Team Cup===

Hewitt made his [[World Team Cup]] debut for Australia in 2000 at the age of 19. He recorded two singles victories over [[Albert Costa]] and [[Marcelo Ríos]] but fell to [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] in his last group stage match. Hewitt returned to the World Team Cup in 2001 and led Australia to the title by recording singles wins over [[Àlex Corretja]], [[Magnus Norman]], [[Tommy Haas]] in the group stages. In the final Hewitt defeated No. 2 [[Marat Safin]].

Hewitt made his third appearance at the tournament in 2003 where he entered as the No. 1 singles player and went undefeated in his singles matches by recording wins over [[Jiří Novák]], [[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] and [[Carlos Moyá]] but it was not enough to send Australia through to the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/tennis/australian-underdogs-surprise-russia-for-team-497543|title=Australian underdogs surprise Russia for team|date=27 May 2001|work=IOL|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204430/https://www.iol.co.za/sport/tennis/australian-underdogs-surprise-russia-for-team-497543|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fresh from their [[2003 Davis Cup]] victory, Hewitt and [[Mark Philippoussis]] entered the [[2004 World Team Cup]] with high hopes. In the group stages Hewitt recorded victories over [[Robby Ginepri]] and [[Martin Verkerk]] but fell to [[Gastón Gaudio]] in his last group singles match. Despite the loss, Australia still advanced to the final where Hewitt would lose to [[Fernando González]] and Australia would lose the final 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2004-05-22-world-cup_x.htm|title=Chile wins second straight ATP World Team Championship|date=22 May 2004|work=USA Today|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315042608/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2004-05-22-world-cup_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

After a six-year hiatus Hewitt returned to compete in the [[2010 ARAG World Team Cup|2010 World Team Cup]] and won his first match against [[John Isner]] but fell to [[Nicolás Almagro]] in his last match.

===Olympics===

[[File:Lleyton Hewitt - JO 2012.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|Hewitt at the London Olympics in 2012.]]

A 19-year-old Hewitt entered his first Olympics in [[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] and was given the fourth seeding in the draw. Hewitt was considered a strong favourite 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]] 6–3 6–3.<ref name="theage2">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Tennis/Hewitt-to-face-nemesis/2005/01/13/1105582651642.html|title=Hewitt to face nemesis – Tennis – www.theage.com.au|newspaper=The Age|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=2 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002003541/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Tennis/Hewitt-to-face-nemesis/2005/01/13/1105582651642.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hewitt elected not to compete in the [[Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympic Games]],<ref name="bbc5">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/tennis/3329493.stm|title=Hewitt to miss Olympics|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> deciding instead to focus on the [[2004 US Open (tennis)|2004 US Open]] which would result in a runner-up showing.<ref name="usatoday3">{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/open/2004-09-12-men-championship_x.htm?csp=34|title=Federer dominates Hewitt for third Slam win|work=USA Today|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225850/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/open/2004-09-12-men-championship_x.htm?csp=34|url-status=live}}</ref> He would return for his second Olympic Games in [[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing]] for both the singles and doubles competitions. A first round 7–5 7–6 victory over [[Jonas Björkman]] would set up a second round clash with the number 2 seed [[Rafael Nadal]]. Nadal eliminated Hewitt in the second round 6–1 6–2 and would go on to win the singles gold medal.<ref name="abc3">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/12/2333375.htm?site=olympics/2008|title=Nadal sends Hewitt crashing in Beijing – 2008 Beijing Olympic Games – ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|newspaper=ABC News|date=12 August 2008|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225330/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/12/2333375.htm?site=olympics/2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pairing up with [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]] in the doubles, the team would record victories over [[Agustín Calleri]]/[[Juan Mónaco]]<ref name="abc4">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/12/2332039.htm?site=olympics/2008|title=Hewitt, Guccione prevail in Beijing doubles epic – 2008 Beijing Olympic Games – ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|newspaper=ABC News|date=11 August 2008|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225316/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/12/2332039.htm?site=olympics/2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Rafael Nadal]]/[[Tommy Robredo]] before falling to the [[Bryan brothers]] in the quarterfinals.<ref name="abc5">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-08-15/bryan-brothers-take-care-of-aussies-in-straight/477076|title=Bryan brothers take care of Aussies in straight sets – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|newspaper=ABC News|date=14 August 2008|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225323/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-08-15/bryan-brothers-take-care-of-aussies-in-straight/477076|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hewitt competed in his third Olympics in [[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012]] where he entered the [[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|men's singles]] event and defeated Ukrainian [[Sergiy Stakhovsky]] in the first round. He was the only Australian in any tennis event to progress past the first round. In the second round Hewitt took out 13th seeded Croatian [[Marin Čilić]]. In the third round Hewitt stunned the tennis world when he won the first set against the number 2 ranked [[Novak Djokovic]], he would end up falling in three sets.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-02/hewitt-goes-down-fighting-to-djokovic/4170876|title=Hewitt goes down fighting to Djokovic – London 2012 Olympic Games – ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|newspaper=ABC News|date=August 2012|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913010912/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-02/hewitt-goes-down-fighting-to-djokovic/4170876|url-status=live}}</ref> He also sent an application to the [[International Olympic Committee]] to enter the men's doubles competition with [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]] but the application was rejected.<ref name="theaustralian">{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/no-olympics-doubles-wildcard-for-lleyton-hewitt-and-chris-guccione/story-fnbe6xeb-1226410447817?nk=b16caea9a074e86a6870b79800debf40 |title=No Olympics doubles wildcard for Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione |work=The Australian |access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> Following his men's doubles rejection, Hewitt decided to apply for a spot in the [[Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|mixed doubles]] competition with [[Sam Stosur]]. The pair were granted entry and defeated Polish pair [[Marcin Matkowski]] and [[Agnieszka Radwańska]] in the first round. In the quarterfinals, Hewitt/Stosur faced British pair [[Andy Murray]] and [[Laura Robson]], they would lose the encounter.<ref name="theguardian4">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/04/murray-robson-hewitt-stosur-olympics|title=Andy Murray and Laura Robson reach Olympic mixed doubles semi-finals|work=The Guardian|location=London|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

==Coaches==
Hewitt's coaches in his time on the ATP Tour:
* Peter Smith (January 1997 – December 1998)
* [[Darren Cahill]] (December 1998 – December 2001)
* [[Jason Stoltenberg]] (December 2001 – June 2003)
* [[Roger Rasheed]] (June 2003 – January 2007)
* [[Scott Draper]] (January 2007)
* [[Tony Roche]] (July 2007 – August 2009)
* [[Nathan Healey]] (August 2009 – August 2010)
* Brett Smith (August 2010 – November 2010)
* [[Tony Roche]] (November 2010 – January 2016)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/roche-to-coach-lleyton-hewitt-20101126-18ah3.html|title=Roche to coach Lleyton Hewitt|work=Herald Sun|date=26 November 2010|access-date=27 August 2009|first=Leo|last=Schlink}}</ref>
* [[Peter Luczak]] (January 2013 – January 2016)

==Rivalries==
{{BLP sources section|date=January 2014}}

===Hewitt vs Federer===
Hewitt and [[Roger Federer]] played each other on 27 occasions. 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. However, from 2004 onward, Federer dominated the rivalry, winning 16 of the last 18 meetings to finish with an 18–9 overall head-to-head record.<ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=F324&oId=H432 ATP HEAD2HEAD Roger Federer/Lleyton Hewitt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126074951/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=F324&oId=H432 |date=26 January 2010 }} [[Association of Tennis Professionals]]. Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref> This is Hewitt's longest rivalry as these two first played each other as juniors in 1996. 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 6–0 and the second set on a tiebreak. 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. Their last meeting was at the [[2014 Brisbane International]], where Hewitt triumphed over Federer in three sets, for his first title since 2010, when he also beat Federer to the [[2010 Gerry Weber Open|Halle]] title.

Hewitt and Federer teamed up in the men's doubles at Wimbledon in [[1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1999]]. They got to the third round before losing to [[Jonas Björkman]] and [[Pat Rafter]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-28/federer-praises-hewitt-on-the-eve-of-his-final-wimbledon/6578372|title=Wimbledon: Lleyton Hewitt praised by Roger Federer ahead of SW19 finale|newspaper=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=27 June 2015|access-date=8 July 2016|archive-date=16 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716012557/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-28/federer-praises-hewitt-on-the-eve-of-his-final-wimbledon/6578372|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Hewitt vs Roddick===
Hewitt's second longest rivalry was against American [[Andy Roddick]], in which the two played on 14 occasions. Early on, Hewitt dominated the rivalry, with six wins from their first seven meetings. One of those wins included a five-set victory at the [[2001 US Open (tennis)|2001 US Open]], the tournament in which Hewitt captured his first Singles Grand Slam title. In later years, Roddick began to dominate Hewitt, with the rivalry finishing at 7 wins each.

===Hewitt vs Argentinian players===
A rivalry and feud<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/5367164.stm Nalbandian stokes up Hewitt feud]  [[BBC Sport]]. Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref> between Hewitt and Argentinian tennis players began at the [[2002 Wimbledon]] final where Hewitt defeated Argentina's [[David Nalbandian]] in straight sets.<ref>[http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8196967 Luckless Hewitt to resume bitter rivalry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115230751/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8196967 |date=15 January 2011 }} [[Nine MSN]]. Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref><ref name="Heartbreaker">[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/sport-old/lleyton-hewitt-gone-in-five-set-heart-breaker/story-fn79h9tu-1225990703643?nk=da3562975c0f8f1d9d65e22151cdaf0b Lleyton Hewitt gone in five-set heart-breaker] ''[[The Australian]]''. Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref> 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 Davis Cup team|Australia]] and [[Argentina Davis Cup team|Argentina]].<ref name="Heartbreaker"/> 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.<ref name="Footy">[http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/lleyton-hewitt-talks-footy-dreams-and-on-court-rivalries-ahead-of-the-brisbane-international/story-fndkzym4-1226542479434 Lleyton Hewitt talks footy dreams and on-court rivalries ahead of the Brisbane International] [[News.com.au]]. Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref> Hewitt would then face [[David Nalbandian]] in the quarterfinals on [[Australia Day]] with Hewitt coming out victorious 10–8 in the fifth set.<ref name="Footy"/> Later in 2005 Hewitt would face [[Guillermo Coria]] in the Davis Cup quarterfinals, where their rivalry would flare up. It did, however, die down the following year in the [[2006 Davis Cup]] semi-finals, where Argentina came out victorious 5–0 over Hewitt and the Australians.

==Playing style==
[[File:Lleyton Hewitt practice.JPG|thumb|upright=.9|Lleyton Hewitt preparing to return a serve]]
Hewitt is a defensive counterpuncher. He typically likes to stay back towards the [[tennis court|baseline]] during a [[rally (tennis)|rally]] and will usually approach the net only to catch a short reply or [[drop shot]] from his opponent. Hewitt's lack of penetration in his groundstrokes, most notably in his forehand, a typically dominant shot for most male players, forces him to rely on placement rather than simply "dominating" the point.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/616272-top-shot-ranking-the-top-18-forehands-in-mens-tennis-2000-2010/page/2 |title=Men's Tennis: Ranking the Top 18 Forehands from 2000–2010 |website=Bleacher Report |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=20 April 2014 |archive-date=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420092853/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/616272-top-shot-ranking-the-top-18-forehands-in-mens-tennis-2000-2010/page/2 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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. Hewitt's tactics typically involve putting difficult service returns in play, consistently chasing down attempted winning shots from his opponent, and keeping the ball deep until he feels he can hit a winner.

Although he is known primarily as a baseliner, Hewitt is a skilled [[volley (tennis)|volleyer]] and is known for having one of the best [[smash (tennis)|overhead smashes]] in the game. His signature shot, however, is the offensive topspin [[lob (tennis)|lob]], a shot that he executes efficiently off both wings when his opponent approaches the net. US Davis Cup captain [[Patrick McEnroe]], [[Jim Courier]] and [[Tim Henman]] have all described Hewitt's lob as being the best in the world (although Henman has since declared [[Andy Murray]] to have succeeded him).<ref>{{citation|title=Wimbledon 2013|publisher=BBC Sport|date=26 June 2013}}</ref> In Andre Agassi's book "Open", Hewitt is described as one of the best shot selectors in the history of Men's Tennis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/lleyton-hewitt-earns-praise-from-andre-agassi/story-e6frfgao-1225814846611|title=Lleyton Hewitt earns praise from Andre Agassi|work=Herald Sun|date=31 December 2009|access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 2001 – ATP Player of the Year
* 2001 – Most Popular South Australian
* 2002 – ATP Player of the Year
* 2002 – Australia's Male Athlete
* 2002 – ESPY Best Male Tennis Player
* 2003 – Young Australian of the Year
* 2003 – Vogue Australia Sportsman of the Year
* 2003 – Most Popular South Australian
* 2011 – Newcombe Medal. Spirit of Tennis Award
* 2013 – Newcombe Medal. Most outstanding Australian player in 2013<ref name="NewcombeMedal">{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/lleyton-hewitts-career-resurgence-sees-him-honoured-with-newcombe-medal/story-fnibcgxs-1226773760058 |title=Lleyton Hewitt's career resurgence sees him honoured with Newcombe Medal |last=Matthews |first=Bruce |date=2 December 2013 |website=Herald Sun |publisher=News Ltd |access-date=3 December 2013 |archive-date=5 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205020829/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/tennis/lleyton-hewitts-career-resurgence-sees-him-honoured-with-newcombe-medal/story-fnibcgxs-1226773760058 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Davis Cup]] Commitment Award
* 2016 – [[Member of the Order of Australia]] for significant service to tennis as a player at the national and international level, and to the community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2016/dvvsf4sc1d05nwgt/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20%28A-L%29%281%29.pdf |title=Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (A-L) |work=Australia Day 2016 Honours Lists |publisher=[[Governor-General of Australia|Office of the Governor-General of Australia]] |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=8 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204212005/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2016/dvvsf4sc1d05nwgt/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20%28A-L%29%281%29.pdf |archive-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
2025 - 
*2025 - Inducted into [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards|Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] as athlete member.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-07 |title=Sport Australia Hall of Fame announces seven new Inductees for 2025 {{!}} Sport Australia Hall of Fame |url=https://sahof.org.au/sport-australia-hall-of-fame-announces-seven-new-inductees-for-2025/ |access-date=2025-08-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Equipment==
In July 2000, Hewitt signed a multiyear endorsement deal with [[Nike Inc.|Nike]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2000/07/20000710/No-Topic-Name/Nike-Banks-On-Aussie-Hewitt-For-The-Future.aspx |title=Nike banks on Aussie Hewitt for the future |publisher=SportsBusiness Journal |date=10 July 2000 |first=Daniel |last=Kaplan |access-date=9 September 2014 |archive-date=10 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910204812/http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2000/07/20000710/No-Topic-Name/Nike-Banks-On-Aussie-Hewitt-For-The-Future.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> He is currently sponsored by American athletic apparel company [[Athletic DNA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticdna.com/Athletic-DNA-Inks-Lleyton-Hewitt|title=Athletic DNA Inks Lleyton Hewitt|publisher=AthleticDNA.com|access-date=17 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419011603/http://www.athleticdna.com/Athletic-DNA-Inks-Lleyton-Hewitt|archive-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> and the Japanese sports manufacturer [[Yonex]], with whom he signed a "Head to Toe" deal in late 2005. Hewitt has used Yonex racquets as early as 2000, having used the Yonex Super RD Tour 95.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2000/08/20000828/No-Topic-Name/WHAT-THEYRE-WEARING-AND-HITTING-WITH-AT-THE-US-OPEN.aspx |title=WHAT THEY'RE WEARING (AND HITTING WITH) AT THE U.S. OPEN |publisher=SportsBusiness Journal |date=28 August 2000 |access-date=9 September 2014 |archive-date=27 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084440/http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2000/08/20000828/No-Topic-Name/WHAT-THEYRE-WEARING-AND-HITTING-WITH-AT-THE-US-OPEN.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Yonex provides Hewitt's racquets, shoes and accessories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yonexusa.com/content/Lleyton_contact.pdf|title=PDF of Yonex Press Release|publisher=Yonexusa.com|access-date=11 July 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711182740/http://www.yonexusa.com/content/Lleyton_contact.pdf|archive-date=11 July 2007}}</ref> Hewitt's Yonex shoes (SHT-306) are inscribed with his nickname "Rusty" along with an image of an Australian flag. 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. He used to use the Yonex RDS tour 90 Model, but switched to the Yonex RDiS 100 mid in 2009. In 2011, he switched to Yonex VCORE 95 D, using a grip size of 4 3/8 (L3). Since mid-2011, he began alternating between Yonex, Nike, Adidas, Asics and Fila shoes.

==Personal life==
Hewitt is a keen supporter of [[Australian rules football]], having played the game earlier in his career, and is currently the joint [[Number-one ticket holder|No. 1 ticket holder]] for the [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide Crows]], alongside former Adelaide [[Australian Parliament|MP]] [[Kate Ellis (politician)|Kate Ellis]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.afc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4417/newsid/109965/default.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717133851/http://www.afc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4417/newsid/109965/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2012 |title=Kate Ellis joins Crows |publisher=Adelaide Football Club |date=28 March 2011 |access-date=26 March 2012 }}</ref> He had once had a close friendship with Crows star [[Andrew McLeod]], but this broke down amid much public controversy in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/hewitt-and-mcleod-in-court/2005/10/20/1129775882381.html|author=Gregory, Peter|title=Hewitt and McLeod in court|work=The Age|location=Australia|date=20 October 2005|access-date=11 July 2007|archive-date=16 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816054919/http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/hewitt-and-mcleod-in-court/2005/10/20/1129775882381.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hewitt had produced a DVD titled ''Lleyton Hewitt: The Other Side'' which precipitated the falling out between him and McLeod over filming of certain Aboriginal sites.

Hewitt and Belgian tennis player [[Kim Clijsters]] started a relationship in January 2000, during the Australian Open. The two announced their engagement just before Christmas 2003, but separated in October 2004, cancelling a planned February 2005 wedding.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3345341.stm|title=Hewitt and Clijsters reveal split|publisher=BBC Sport|date=22 October 2004|access-date=29 July 2007|archive-date=28 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628035621/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3345341.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 30 January 2005, shortly after losing the 2005 Australian Open final to Marat Safin, Hewitt proposed to Australian actress [[Bec Hewitt|Bec Cartwright]] after they had been dating for six weeks. They married on 21 July 2005 at the Sydney Opera House and they have three children together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/player.html?ccode=LHEWITT|title=Lleyton Hewitt|publisher=Tennis Warehouse|access-date=11 July 2007|archive-date=3 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803224258/http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/player.html?ccode=LHEWITT|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20247009,00.html Lleyton Hewitt Welcomes New Son] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222102640/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20247009,00.html |date=22 December 2015 }} 16 December 2008</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/hewitts-want-cash-to-reveal-their-babys-name/story-e6frf96o-1225944363281|title=Hewitts want cash to reveal their baby's name|work=Herald Sun|access-date=29 October 2010}}</ref>

In late 2008, to extend his tennis career and reduce the amount of tax he would otherwise have had to pay, Hewitt relocated his family for the European and North American season to their home in the Old Fort Bay estate, in [[Nassau, Bahamas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25613192-661,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907180321/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25613192-661,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 September 2012 |title=Lleyton Hewitt's $3.8m beachside hideaway |date=10 June 2009 }}</ref>

Hewitt has a nickname, "Rusty", which was given to him by Darren Cahill who at the time thought Hewitt resembled the character Rusty, from the [[National Lampoon's Vacation (film series)|National Lampoon film series]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/aussie-hewitt-back-in-3rd-round-after-injuries/ |title=Aussie Hewitt back in 3rd round after injuries |date=19 January 2014 |publisher=Fox News Channel |access-date=19 January 2014 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108050045/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/aussie-hewitt-back-in-3rd-round-after-injuries |url-status=live }}</ref> Hewitt has also been given the nickname 'Rocky' by fans, which originated from his shouts of "C'mon Balboa", in reference to the character [[Rocky Balboa]] from the [[Sylvester Stallone]] film ''[[Rocky]]''. Hewitt has also been compared to the character.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/boxing-clever-rocky-pumps-up-australias-little-fella-20021204-gdfwv7.html |date=4 December 2002 |access-date=7 January 2019 |title=Boxing clever: Rocky pumps up Australia's 'little fella' |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |agency=Australian Associated Press |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107124640/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/boxing-clever-rocky-pumps-up-australias-little-fella-20021204-gdfwv7.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2021, his twelve-year-old son, [[Cruz Hewitt|Cruz]], won the Australian junior tennis clay-court title in Canberra.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=2021-04-12|title=Lleyton Hewitt's son Cruz, 12, wins Australian junior tennis clay-court title|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/apr/12/lleyton-hewitts-son-cruz-12-wins-australian-junior-tennis-clay-court-title|access-date=2021-04-15|website=the Guardian}}</ref> In January 2024, his son made a major jr. debut in the [[2024 Australian Open &ndash; Boys' singles|boys' singles]] tournament of the [[2024 Australian Open]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/tennis/cruz-hewitt-makes-australian-open-junior-debut-in-front-of-huge-crowd-on-court-3-c-13301986|title=Cruz Hewitt makes Australian Open junior debut in front of huge crowd on Court 3|publisher=[[Seven News]]|first=Glenn|last=Valencich|date=21 January 2024|accessdate=21 January 2024|archive-date=21 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121041133/https://7news.com.au/sport/tennis/cruz-hewitt-makes-australian-open-junior-debut-in-front-of-huge-crowd-on-court-3-c-13301986|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2021, Hewitt sold their family home in [[Toorak, Victoria|Toorak]] (Victoria), and purchased a new house in [[Burleigh Heads, Queensland|Burleigh Heads]] (Queensland) where he and his family now live.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-01|title=Bec and Lleyton Hewitt sell Heyington Place, Toorak mansion|url=https://www.realestate.com.au/news/bec-and-lleyton-hewitt-sell-heyington-place-toorak-mansion/|website=RealEstate.com.au|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202000437/https://www.realestate.com.au/news/bec-and-lleyton-hewitt-sell-heyington-place-toorak-mansion/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Controversies==

Hewitt has been involved in several public controversies. He was involved in a racism dispute while playing the [[mixed-race]] American player [[James Blake (tennis)|James Blake]] at the [[2001 US Open (tennis)|2001 US Open]]. After a black linesman called a foot-fault on two critical points in the third set, Hewitt implied that the similarity in skin colour between Blake and the official influenced the decision to penalise him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/john-isner-drags-up-lleyton-hewitts-past-in-stingi/3593859/ |date=5 December 2018 |access-date=19 June 2019 |title=Hewitt dragged back into racism row |website=The Morning Bulletin }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/hewitt-berates-umpire-20030515-gdgrns.html |date=15 May 2003 |access-date=19 June 2019 |title=Hewitt berates umpire |website=The Sydney Morning Herald }}</ref><ref name="smh"/>

Hewitt's frequent "c'mons" when he won a point or his opponents made an error have been remarked upon as poor sportsmanship by opponents and media commentators.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/corretja-reveals-apology-to-hewitt-20031121-gdhtlw.html |date=21 November 2003 |access-date=19 June 2019 |title=Corretja reveals apology to Hewitt |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801071304/https://www.smh.com.au/national/corretja-reveals-apology-to-hewitt-20031121-gdhtlw.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/hewitt-in-control-of-opponents-and-emotions-20050630-ge0fmp.html |date=30 June 2005 |access-date=19 June 2019 |title=Hewitt in control of opponents – and emotions |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727095853/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/hewitt-in-control-of-opponents-and-emotions-20050630-ge0fmp.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/hewitt-has-last-say-in-nasty-spat-20050123-gdzf5d.html |date=23 January 2005 |access-date=19 June 2019 |title=Hewitt has last say in nasty spat |website=The Age |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727094007/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/hewitt-has-last-say-in-nasty-spat-20050123-gdzf5d.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This behaviour particularly riled his 2005 Australian Open second-round opponent James Blake.<ref name="smh">{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/hewitt-why-we-love-him-and-why-we-dont-20050131-gdklhg.html |date=31 January 2005 |access-date=19 June 2019 |title=Hewitt – why we love him ... and why we don't |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801081542/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/hewitt-why-we-love-him-and-why-we-dont-20050131-gdklhg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{Main|Lleyton Hewitt career statistics}}

===Singles performance timeline===
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:90%
!Tournament!![[1997 ATP Tour|1997]]!![[1998 ATP Tour|1998]]!![[1999 ATP Tour|1999]]!![[2000 ATP Tour|2000]]!![[2001 ATP Tour|2001]]!![[2002 ATP Tour|2002]]!![[2003 ATP Tour|2003]]!![[2004 ATP Tour|2004]]!![[2005 ATP Tour|2005]]!![[2006 ATP Tour|2006]]!![[2007 ATP Tour|2007]]!![[2008 ATP Tour|2008]]!![[2009 ATP World Tour|2009]]!![[2010 ATP World Tour|2010]]!![[2011 ATP World Tour|2011]]!![[2012 ATP World Tour|2012]]!![[2013 ATP World Tour|2013]]!![[2014 ATP World Tour|2014]]!![[2015 ATP World Tour|2015]]
![[2016 ATP World Tour|2016]]!!{{abbr| SR | Strike rate}}!!{{abbr| W–L | Win–loss}}!!Win%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="24" |'''Grand Slam tournaments'''
|-
|align=left|[[Australian Open]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1997 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1998 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1999 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 Australian Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 Australian Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2002 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2003 Australian Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2004 Australian Open – Men's singles|4R]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[2005 Australian Open – Men's singles|F]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Australian Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2008 Australian Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2009 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 Australian Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Australian Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2015 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2016 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|0 / 20
|32–20
|62%
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|A
|[[1998 French Open – Men's singles|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1999 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 French Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[2001 French Open – Men's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2002 French Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2003 French Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[2004 French Open – Men's singles|QF]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2006 French Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 French Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2008 French Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2009 French Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 French Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|0 / 14
|28–14
|67%
|-
|align=left|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|A
|[[1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|'''W''']]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[2004 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|QF]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[2006 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2015 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|1 / 17
|41–16
|72%
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|[[1998 US Open – Men's singles|Q2]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1999 US Open – Men's singles|3R]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[2000 US Open – Men's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[2001 US Open – Men's singles|'''W''']]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[2002 US Open – Men's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[2003 US Open – Men's singles|QF]]
| style="background:thistle;"|[[2004 US Open – Men's singles|F]]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[2005 US Open – Men's singles|SF]]
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[[2006 US Open – Men's singles|QF]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2007 US Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2009 US Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2010 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2012 US Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2013 US Open – Men's singles|4R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2014 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2015 US Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
|1 / 15
|47–14
|77%
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–1
!0–1
!5–4
!11–4
!16–3
!15–3
!9–4
!17–4
!16–3
!12–4
!9–4
!8–3
!8–4
!8–4
!1–2
!5–4
!4–4
!1–4
!2–3
!1–1
!2 / 66
!148–64
!70%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="24" |'''Year-end championship'''
|-
|align=left|[[ATP Finals]]
|colspan=3 |Did not qualify
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[2000 Tennis Masters Cup|RR]]
|bgcolor=lime|[[2001 Tennis Masters Cup|'''W''']]
|bgcolor=lime|[[2002 Tennis Masters Cup|'''W''']]
|DNQ
| style="background:thistle;"|[[2004 Tennis Masters Cup|F]]
|A
| colspan="11" |Did not qualify
!2 / 4
!13–5
!72%
|}

===Grand Slam finals===

====Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)====

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:150px"|Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:160px"|Opponent
!style="width:130px"  class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[2001 US Open – Men's singles|2001]]||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Sampras]]||7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–1, 6–1
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2002]]||[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]||Grass||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[David Nalbandian]]||6–1, 6–3, 6–2
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[2004 US Open – Men's singles|2004]]||US Open||Hard||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]]||0–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 0–6
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[2005 Australian Open – Men's singles|2005]]||[[Australian Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Marat Safin]]||6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
|}

====Doubles: 1 (1–0)====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:150px"|Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:160px"|Partner
!style="width:160px"|Opponents
!style="width:130px"  class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[2000 US Open – Men's doubles|2000]]||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]||Hard||{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Max Mirnyi]]||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Ellis Ferreira]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rick Leach]]||6–4, 5–7, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>
|}

====Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:150px"|Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:160px"|Partner
!style="width:160px"|Opponents
!style="width:130px"  class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss 
|[[2000 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|2000]]
|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|Grass
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kimberly Po]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Donald Johnson]]
|4–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|}

===Year-end championships finals===

====Singles: 3 (2–1)====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:150px"|Championship
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:160px"|Opponent
!style="width:190px"  class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[2001 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|2001]]||[[Sydney]]||Hard (i)||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sébastien Grosjean]]||6–3, 6–3, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[2002 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|2002]]||[[Shanghai]]||Hard (i)||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]]||7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[2004 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles|2004]]||[[Houston]]||Hard||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]]||3–6, 2–6
|}

===Masters Series finals===

====Singles: 7 (2–5)====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:150px"|Tournament
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:160px"|Opponent
!style="width:230px"  class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[2000 Stuttgart Masters – Singles|2000]]||[[Eurocard Open|Stuttgart]], Germany||Hard (i)||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Wayne Ferreira]]||6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 2–6
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[2002 Pacific Life Open – Men's singles|2002]]||[[Indian Wells Open|Indian Wells]], US||Hard||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tim Henman]]||6–1, 6–2
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[2002 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles|2002]]||[[Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open|Cincinnati]], US||Hard||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Moyá]]||5–7, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>
|-bgcolor=thistle
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[2002 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles|2002]]||[[BNP Paribas Masters|Paris]], France||Carpet (i)||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Marat Safin]]||6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 0–6, 4–6
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||[[2003 Pacific Life Open – Men's singles|2003]]||Indian Wells, US (2)||Hard||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gustavo Kuerten]]||6–1, 6–1
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[2004 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Singles|2004]]||Cincinnati, US||Hard||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Agassi]]||3–6, 6–3, 2–6
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||[[2005 Pacific Life Open – Men's singles|2005]]||Indian Wells, US||Hard||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Roger Federer]]||2–6, 4–6, 4–6
|}

==Records==
{|class=wikitable
|- style="background:#efefef;"
!Event!!Since!!Record accomplished!!Player matched
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Grand Slam (tennis)|'''Grand Slam''']]
|1877
|Youngest qualifier at the [[Australian Open]] (15 years, 11 months old), in [[1997 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|1997]].<ref name="Lleyton Hewitt – Career Highlights">{{cite web |title=Lleyton Hewitt – Career Highlights |url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx |access-date=July 21, 2012 |publisher=ATP World Tour |archive-date=4 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704172359/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Lleyton-Hewitt.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
|'''Stands alone'''
|-
|1877
|Youngest male doubles champion (19 years, 6 months old), at the [[2000 US Open – Men's doubles|2000 US Open]].<ref name="Lleyton Hewitt – Career Highlights" />
|'''Stands alone'''
|-
|'''[[ATP Tour]]'''
|1970
|Lowest-ranked title winner (550), at the [[1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Singles|1998 Adelaide International]].<ref name="Lleyton Hewitt – Career Highlights" />
|'''Stands alone'''
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Australia|South Australia|New South Wales|Caribbean|Tennis}}
* [[Lleyton Hewitt career statistics]]
* [[List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions|Wimbledon gentleman's singles champions]]
* [[List of US Open men's singles champions|US Open men's singles champions]]
* [[List of Grand Slam men's singles champions]]
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== Notes ==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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