US EditionLleyton Hewitt Makes Shock Return From Retirement for His Son Cruz at Sydney Challenger, Racks up Dominating Win After 5 Years
Lleyton Hewitt, recently inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, and son Cruz won their doubles match 6-1, 6-0 in under an hour at the NSW Open.
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Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt has come out of retirement to team up with his 16-year-old son Cruz at a tournament in Australia.
The 44 year old had not played a competitive match for five years but took to the court at the second-tier NSW Open Challenger event in Sydney. The father-son duo wrapped up a victory in just 47 minutes defeating fellow Australian wild cards Hayden Jones and Pavle Marinkov.
This Wednesday, November 19, 2025, world tennis experienced a rather strange event, perhaps the first in all its history, as father and son played a professional tennis game; they were Lleyton and Cruz Hewitt, who received an invitation letter to compete in the Challenger of Sydney (Australia). Lleyton and Cruz’s debut could not have been more forceful. In their first match of doubles together, they beat locals Hayden Jones and Pavle Marinkov fo…
Buenos Aires, 19 November (NA) — The Australian tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt, who was number 1 in the world in the early 2000s, returned from retirement to play a doubles tournament with his son Cruz. Hewitt, 44, was able to fulfill the dream of playing professionally with his son, who at the age of 16 is taking his first steps on the Challenger circuit and is one of the great promises of Australian tennis. The match, corresponding to the first …
Lleyton Hewitt Returns to Professional Tennis to play Doubles with his Son
Australian tennis icon Lleyton Hewitt spent the anniversary of one of the biggest moments of his career on a tennis court, competing alongside his son. On the same date he became World #1 in 2001, the former champion teamed up with Cruz Hewitt to record a dominant straight-sets win over Hayden Jones and Pavle Marinkov in a relaxed but engaging doubles match at the Sydney Challenger. Hewitt, now 43, still showed the clean ball-striking and sharp …
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