Editing Lleyton Hewitt (section)

===2014: 30th career title, 600 wins, top 40===
Hewitt kicked off the [[2014 ATP World Tour|2014 season]] as an unseeded entrant into the [[2014 Brisbane International]]. He beat [[Thanasi Kokkinakis]], [[Feliciano López]] and [[Marius Copil]]. In the semi-finals 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 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 and capturing the title, which was his 29th and first since 2010. As a result, his rank 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]], losing 4–6, 5–7.<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 beat [[Bradley Klahn]] in straight sets before retiring 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 defeated [[Matthew Ebden]] and lost to [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]]. Hewitt then played at the [[Sony Open Tennis]] where he defeated [[Robin Haase]] but lost 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 won in the first round against [[Daniel Gimeno Traver]] in straight sets before losing to [[Feliciano López]] in straight sets. Hewitt played at [[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|Wimbledon]] where he won in the first round against [[Michał Przysiężny]], in four sets before losing 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>