Hewitt To Make Brief Return To ATP World Tour

Aussie great and former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt will make another return to the ATP World Tour this month.

Hewitt and #NextGenATP Aussie Alex de Minaur, whom Hewitt helps coach, will play doubles at the Millennium Estoril Open, which starts Monday. It’s the third time Hewitt has come out of retirement to play doubles since he retired from tennis after the 2016 Australian Open.

He played doubles with John Peers during a Davis Cup World Group tie in March 2016. Hewitt also played doubles at 2016 Wimbledon, with compatriot Jordan Thompson, and at 2018 Australian Open, when he joined countryman Sam Groth during his final tournament.

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The 19-year-old de Minaur will look to kickstart his tour-level clay-court season. The 5’11” right-hander reached the final of the Ferrero Challenger Open, an ATP Challenger Tour event in Alicante, Spain, earlier this month (l. to Andujar).