Editing Lleyton Hewitt (section)

===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=http://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]]]]