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Lleyton Hewitt

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Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 2001, Hewitt became, at the time, the youngest man to be singles world No. 1 in the ATP rankings, at the age of 20 years, 8 months and 26 days, though this record was surpassed in 2022 by Carlos Alcaraz, who ascended to the top at 19 years, 4 months and 7 days
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Played Australian football until he decided to pursue tennis at age 13
Formerly engaged to WTA tennis player Kim Clijsters
Youngest player ever to claim the #1 spot in professional tennis.
As of August 2005, he has won 25 major singles titles including the 2001 US Open, 2002 Wimbledon, the 2001 and 2002 Tennis Masters Cup and the 2000 US Open doubles championships. He also reached the finals of the 2004 US Open and Tennis Masters Cup as well as the 2005 Australian Open.
He and his wife, Bec Hewitt, welcomed their first child, a daughter named Mia Rebecca Hewitt, on the November 29, 2005 at 1:45 a.m. in Sydney.

I am two different people. What you see on the court is just natural for me. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have always said 'C'mon' purely to fire myself up. Off the court, I am a lot shyer. I stick to my team and my family and people I trust.
I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.
I don't have too much spare time, but I try to play games as much as possible. I played a little growing up, but I never played any tennis games before.
I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.
You always love playing in finals at any tournament. The grand slams and stuff like that are obviously the priorities but any titles go on your record.

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