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===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 β 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 β TENNIS β 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 β Men's singles|Wimbledon]], as the defending champion, Hewitt lost in the first round to qualifier [[Ivo KarloviΔ]]. 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=http://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 β Singles|Los Angeles]], the second round of the [[ATP Masters Series]] tournament in [[2003 Canada Masters β Singles|Montreal]], and the first round of the ATP Masters Series tournament in [[2003 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters β 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 β Tennis Players β Tennis β 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 β 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 β 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=http://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 kg.
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