Lleyton Hewitt beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 7-5, 2-6, 2-6, 6-4 in the Year End Championship final, 2002 on indoor hard court in Shanghai, China
Hewitt was the defending champion. This was Ferrero’s only final at the event. Both players had finished second in their round robin groups with 2-1 records
Hewitt won 138 points, Ferrero 143
Serve Stats
Hewitt...
- 1st serve percentage (76/146) 52%
- 1st serve points won (57/76) 75%
- 2nd serve points won (33/70) 47%
- Aces 12
- Double Faults 6
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (39/146) 27%
Ferrero...
- 1st serve percentage (94/135) 70%
- 1st serve points won (65/94) 69%
- 2nd serve points won (22/41) 54%
- Aces 12
- Double Faults 2
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (36/135) 27%
Serve Pattern
Hewitt served...
- to FH 45%
- to BH 53%
- to Body 2%
Ferrero served...
- to FH 46%
- to BH 50%
- to Body 5%
Return Stats
Hewitt made...
- 97 (47 FH, 50 BH), including 1 runround FH
- 24 Errors, comprising...
- 9 Unforced (7 FH, 2 BH)
- 15 Forced (5 FH, 10 BH)
- Return Rate (97/133) 73%
Ferrero made...
- 101 (43 FH, 58 BH)
- 2 Winners (2 FH)
- 27 Errors, comprising...
- 13 Unforced (10 FH, 3 BH)
- 14 Forced (4 FH, 10 BH)
- Return Rate (101/140) 72%
Break Points
Hewitt 7/13 (8 games)
Ferrero 8/15 (8 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Hewitt 36 (12 FH, 7 BH, 5 FHV, 4 BHV, 8 OH)
Ferrero 25 (15 FH, 6 BH, 3 BHV, 1 OH)
Hewitt's FHs -4 cc (1 pass), 5 dtl (2 passes), 1 inside-out, 1 inside-in, 1 running-down-drop-shot dtl at net
- BHs - 1 cc, 4 dtl (1 not clean), 1 longline/inside-out, 1 lob
- 1 from a serve-volley a point, a second volley BHV
- 1 other FHV was a swinging shot and 1 OH was on the bounce
Ferrero's FHs - 4 cc (2 returns), 3 dtl, 6 inside-out, 1 inside-in, 1 drop shot/cc
- BHs - 2 cc (1 pass, 1 at net), 2 dtl (1 pass), 2 lobs
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Hewitt 76
- 57 Unforced (33 FH, 34 BH)... with 1 FH at net
- 19 Forced (9 FH, 7 BH, 1 FH1/2V, 2 BHV)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 47.9
Ferrero 61
- 32 Unforced (15 FH, 16 BH, 1 FHV)
- 29 Forced (17 FH, 10 BH, 1 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net & 1 FH can reasonably be called an OH on baseline on bounce against an at net smash (flagrantly forced)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46.9
(Note 1: all half-volleys refer to such shots played at net. Half -volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke counts)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Hewitt was...
- 34/46 (74%) at net, including...
- 1/2 serve-volleying, both 1st serves
---
- 0/3 forced back
Ferrero was 14/24 (58%) at net, with...
- 1/2 forced back
Match Report
Great match of open court, attacking tennis by both players, with Hewitt throwing in net play too, while Ferrero is more consistent off the ground. There’s nothing in the result, and its anybody’s ball game in the fifth set, Ferrero probably slightly more favoured. Court is quickish
Ferrero is twice up a break in the decider. After breaking for second time for 2-1 (having been broken in between), he’s won 6 of last 10 return games going back to start of third set, while only facing break points in one game other than the once he’s broken in. And Hewitt hasn’t played badly in being brushed aside so
Given the scoreline, its not surprising that Fer has better of match long stats
Fer wins 143 points while serving 135 of them, or in percentages 50.9% serving 48.0% of them
Break points - Hewitt 7/13, Fer 8/15, with both players having them in 8 games
Fluctuations in Hewitt’s first serve percentage seems to key to outcome of individual sets, but that’s a superficial statement
He serves at 63% and 61% in first two sets that he wins. Not that that’s any guarantee of result, with both scores being 7-5
He serves at 40% and 35% in the next 2 that he loses. Those are problematic numbers, very likely to see him lose, as evidenced by 2-6 scorelines
He serves at 52% in the decider - low enough not to be too tough for Fer, high enough not to be too easy either
Crucial change in fifth set is in fact Fer’s first serve figures
He serves at 58%. In other sets, range of his in count is 69 - 82%
He wins just 53% first serve points. In other sets, that ranges 65 - 93%
No real reason for the drop in Fer’s serve. He serves at about the same strength he’s been serving all match (other than first set, when he’s particularly banging them down). Percentage dropping can happen, but for winning rate to go down, some combo of Hewitt returning or playing particularly well or Fer playing badly would have to happen
None of it really does. Winning rates of the 3 other serves on show are middling compared to rest of match, which is evidence that balance of play hasn’t changed. Hewitt doesn’t return particularly differently of quality either. Just the way things play out
Match is better than the numbers would suggest. Dual winged, baseline play with both players hitting wide (Hewitt a little more). Crosscourt exchanges often become corner to corner. From there, there are dtl winners and errors trying, or still more sharply cc shots dragging opponent feet outside court. And with court open, lots of moving-opponent around sharply, close to corner to corner. Exciting, fluid, attacking tennis
Hewitt is more apt to go wider cc and more apt to take on dtl winner, but Fer’s not too far behind
Hewitt doesn’t just add net play to his offence, it’s the best part of it. Either coming in early after drawing weak return, or after overpowering/outmanuvering Fer. Fer’s less net hungry, though also coming in not infrequently after drawing weak return, but he’s also met by excellent passing from defensive positions
And Fer is more consistent off the ground, to offset his aggressive handicap, with both players being solid. Even when losing 2 & 2 in the middle, Hewitt at least never gets sloppy with the errors (i.e. giving up routine errors early in rallies)
The hitting is nothing special. Solidly, firm-to-hard hitting stock stuff, unlikely to be bothersome on power grounds alone. Fer’s FH is the most impressive shot of force and he edges BH hitting too. Its direction and angles that cause trouble, not raw weight of shot
Both players’ movement is outstanding, and with dynamics being what they are, there’s plenty of room for both to showcase it. Whose better? Hewitt appears to be a little quicker, but he also seems to be the one who has to be quick to reach wide balls, even though he’s at least as often (probably slightly more) moving Fer around. In other words, Fer seems to be reaching balls more efficiently, obviating the need for eye-catching foot-speed. I’d say Fer edges movement than, but Hewitt is a little tougher to force an error from baseline to baseline, as well as being dangerous on the pass
How does it look in numbers?
Winners - Hewitt 36, Fer 25
Errors Forced - Hewitt 29, Fer 19
(Aggressively ended points - Hewitt 65, Fer 44)
UEs - Hewitt 57, Fer 32
Points won when return is made - Hewitt 97, Fer 101
To start, neutral UEs - Hewitt 26, Fer 17
And total ground UEs -
- Fer FH 15, Fer BH 16
- Hewitt BH 24
- Hewitt FH 33
There’s plenty of stock rallies, and both players move so well that the added edge of wide angles don’t necessarily lead to recipient being out of position, so dynamic still stays one of basic consistency, not defence
Fer with sizable lead there, with Hewitt solid, so more credit to Fer for his advantage. Particularly on the FH, he’s just more secure than Hewitt, but untimely FH errors from him end up being very costly
Baseline-to-baseline winners, Fer 16, Hewitt 14, broken down as -
- Fer FH 15
- Hewitt FH 8, Hewitt BH 6
- Fer BH 1
Effectiveness of Fer’s FH shining through, with match low UEs, match high winners. Same number of winners and UEs (next best differential is his BH with -10). Variety too it to - he finishes points both dtl (3 winners - same as Hewitt), and inside-out (6 winners, Hewitt has 1)
Hewitt was the defending champion. This was Ferrero’s only final at the event. Both players had finished second in their round robin groups with 2-1 records
Hewitt won 138 points, Ferrero 143
Serve Stats
Hewitt...
- 1st serve percentage (76/146) 52%
- 1st serve points won (57/76) 75%
- 2nd serve points won (33/70) 47%
- Aces 12
- Double Faults 6
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (39/146) 27%
Ferrero...
- 1st serve percentage (94/135) 70%
- 1st serve points won (65/94) 69%
- 2nd serve points won (22/41) 54%
- Aces 12
- Double Faults 2
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (36/135) 27%
Serve Pattern
Hewitt served...
- to FH 45%
- to BH 53%
- to Body 2%
Ferrero served...
- to FH 46%
- to BH 50%
- to Body 5%
Return Stats
Hewitt made...
- 97 (47 FH, 50 BH), including 1 runround FH
- 24 Errors, comprising...
- 9 Unforced (7 FH, 2 BH)
- 15 Forced (5 FH, 10 BH)
- Return Rate (97/133) 73%
Ferrero made...
- 101 (43 FH, 58 BH)
- 2 Winners (2 FH)
- 27 Errors, comprising...
- 13 Unforced (10 FH, 3 BH)
- 14 Forced (4 FH, 10 BH)
- Return Rate (101/140) 72%
Break Points
Hewitt 7/13 (8 games)
Ferrero 8/15 (8 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Hewitt 36 (12 FH, 7 BH, 5 FHV, 4 BHV, 8 OH)
Ferrero 25 (15 FH, 6 BH, 3 BHV, 1 OH)
Hewitt's FHs -4 cc (1 pass), 5 dtl (2 passes), 1 inside-out, 1 inside-in, 1 running-down-drop-shot dtl at net
- BHs - 1 cc, 4 dtl (1 not clean), 1 longline/inside-out, 1 lob
- 1 from a serve-volley a point, a second volley BHV
- 1 other FHV was a swinging shot and 1 OH was on the bounce
Ferrero's FHs - 4 cc (2 returns), 3 dtl, 6 inside-out, 1 inside-in, 1 drop shot/cc
- BHs - 2 cc (1 pass, 1 at net), 2 dtl (1 pass), 2 lobs
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Hewitt 76
- 57 Unforced (33 FH, 34 BH)... with 1 FH at net
- 19 Forced (9 FH, 7 BH, 1 FH1/2V, 2 BHV)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 47.9
Ferrero 61
- 32 Unforced (15 FH, 16 BH, 1 FHV)
- 29 Forced (17 FH, 10 BH, 1 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net & 1 FH can reasonably be called an OH on baseline on bounce against an at net smash (flagrantly forced)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46.9
(Note 1: all half-volleys refer to such shots played at net. Half -volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke counts)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Hewitt was...
- 34/46 (74%) at net, including...
- 1/2 serve-volleying, both 1st serves
---
- 0/3 forced back
Ferrero was 14/24 (58%) at net, with...
- 1/2 forced back
Match Report
Great match of open court, attacking tennis by both players, with Hewitt throwing in net play too, while Ferrero is more consistent off the ground. There’s nothing in the result, and its anybody’s ball game in the fifth set, Ferrero probably slightly more favoured. Court is quickish
Ferrero is twice up a break in the decider. After breaking for second time for 2-1 (having been broken in between), he’s won 6 of last 10 return games going back to start of third set, while only facing break points in one game other than the once he’s broken in. And Hewitt hasn’t played badly in being brushed aside so
Given the scoreline, its not surprising that Fer has better of match long stats
Fer wins 143 points while serving 135 of them, or in percentages 50.9% serving 48.0% of them
Break points - Hewitt 7/13, Fer 8/15, with both players having them in 8 games
Fluctuations in Hewitt’s first serve percentage seems to key to outcome of individual sets, but that’s a superficial statement
He serves at 63% and 61% in first two sets that he wins. Not that that’s any guarantee of result, with both scores being 7-5
He serves at 40% and 35% in the next 2 that he loses. Those are problematic numbers, very likely to see him lose, as evidenced by 2-6 scorelines
He serves at 52% in the decider - low enough not to be too tough for Fer, high enough not to be too easy either
Crucial change in fifth set is in fact Fer’s first serve figures
He serves at 58%. In other sets, range of his in count is 69 - 82%
He wins just 53% first serve points. In other sets, that ranges 65 - 93%
No real reason for the drop in Fer’s serve. He serves at about the same strength he’s been serving all match (other than first set, when he’s particularly banging them down). Percentage dropping can happen, but for winning rate to go down, some combo of Hewitt returning or playing particularly well or Fer playing badly would have to happen
None of it really does. Winning rates of the 3 other serves on show are middling compared to rest of match, which is evidence that balance of play hasn’t changed. Hewitt doesn’t return particularly differently of quality either. Just the way things play out
Match is better than the numbers would suggest. Dual winged, baseline play with both players hitting wide (Hewitt a little more). Crosscourt exchanges often become corner to corner. From there, there are dtl winners and errors trying, or still more sharply cc shots dragging opponent feet outside court. And with court open, lots of moving-opponent around sharply, close to corner to corner. Exciting, fluid, attacking tennis
Hewitt is more apt to go wider cc and more apt to take on dtl winner, but Fer’s not too far behind
Hewitt doesn’t just add net play to his offence, it’s the best part of it. Either coming in early after drawing weak return, or after overpowering/outmanuvering Fer. Fer’s less net hungry, though also coming in not infrequently after drawing weak return, but he’s also met by excellent passing from defensive positions
And Fer is more consistent off the ground, to offset his aggressive handicap, with both players being solid. Even when losing 2 & 2 in the middle, Hewitt at least never gets sloppy with the errors (i.e. giving up routine errors early in rallies)
The hitting is nothing special. Solidly, firm-to-hard hitting stock stuff, unlikely to be bothersome on power grounds alone. Fer’s FH is the most impressive shot of force and he edges BH hitting too. Its direction and angles that cause trouble, not raw weight of shot
Both players’ movement is outstanding, and with dynamics being what they are, there’s plenty of room for both to showcase it. Whose better? Hewitt appears to be a little quicker, but he also seems to be the one who has to be quick to reach wide balls, even though he’s at least as often (probably slightly more) moving Fer around. In other words, Fer seems to be reaching balls more efficiently, obviating the need for eye-catching foot-speed. I’d say Fer edges movement than, but Hewitt is a little tougher to force an error from baseline to baseline, as well as being dangerous on the pass
How does it look in numbers?
Winners - Hewitt 36, Fer 25
Errors Forced - Hewitt 29, Fer 19
(Aggressively ended points - Hewitt 65, Fer 44)
UEs - Hewitt 57, Fer 32
Points won when return is made - Hewitt 97, Fer 101
To start, neutral UEs - Hewitt 26, Fer 17
And total ground UEs -
- Fer FH 15, Fer BH 16
- Hewitt BH 24
- Hewitt FH 33
There’s plenty of stock rallies, and both players move so well that the added edge of wide angles don’t necessarily lead to recipient being out of position, so dynamic still stays one of basic consistency, not defence
Fer with sizable lead there, with Hewitt solid, so more credit to Fer for his advantage. Particularly on the FH, he’s just more secure than Hewitt, but untimely FH errors from him end up being very costly
Baseline-to-baseline winners, Fer 16, Hewitt 14, broken down as -
- Fer FH 15
- Hewitt FH 8, Hewitt BH 6
- Fer BH 1
Effectiveness of Fer’s FH shining through, with match low UEs, match high winners. Same number of winners and UEs (next best differential is his BH with -10). Variety too it to - he finishes points both dtl (3 winners - same as Hewitt), and inside-out (6 winners, Hewitt has 1)