Hewitt: I Came, I Saw, I Conquered Lleyton Hewitt was born in Adelaide, Australia on 24 February, 1981. His mother is a former champion netballer, his father is a league footballer, and his sister is already ranked number one in Australia for her age in tennis. She has achieved already more in tennis than Lleyton had at the same age. The Hewitt's have a grass court at their home. This was where young Lleyton began his tennis career. When Lleyton showed an unusual ability for a 4-year-old and he was hitting balls consistently over the net, his parents decided it was time to find him a coach. “Rather than get into bad habits, it was best he learnt how to hit the ball correctly.” says his father. Two years later, they got Peter Smith as his coach. At the age of five, when most children that age are playing hide and seek or getting into all sorts of trouble, Lleyton and his family would make the trip to Melbourne for the Australian Open. Lleyton would sit for up to 12 hours a day watching players practise. Lleyton's career as a tennis player was planned by his parents who tried their best to keep him away from football. Lleyton's parents thought it was too risky to play football since he might get hurt. Had Lleyton played football, it is quite possible he may have ended up playing for his favorite team—the Adelaide Crows. As his mother says, “I guess we've guided him into things we felt good for him before he did.” By the time Lleyton was eight, he was winning “under-10 games” and always won a year ahead of his age. A professional career was looking very promising. Lleyton officially turned pro in 1997. 網球界的巨匠--休一特：一網打盡 萊頓·休伊特1981年2月24日出生在澳大利亞阿德萊德市，他母親是前無擋板籃球冠軍，父親在澳大利亞足球聯賽踢球，他的妹妹已經是澳大利亞她那個年齡段排名第一的網球小選手。萊頓在她這個年齡的時候可沒有這麼好的成績。 休伊特家裏有一個草地網球場，小萊頓正是在那兒開始他的網球生涯的。他4歲的時候就表現出了非凡的才華，能不斷地將球打過球網，這時候他父母決定給他請個教練。 “最好是讓他學習正確的擊球方法，而不要養成壞習慣，”他父親說。兩年後，他們請了彼得·斯密斯當他的教練。 5歲的時候，當多數孩子還在玩捉迷藏、淘氣的時候，而萊頓則同家人常常去墨爾本觀看澳大利亞網球公開賽。萊頓常常一連12個小時坐在那兒，觀看選手們訓練。 萊頓的網球生涯是他的父母一手安排的，他們想辦法不讓他踢足球。他們認爲踢足球風險太大，因爲他可能會受傷。如果萊頓去踢足球，他最終可能會加入他最喜歡的球隊——阿德萊德烏鴉隊。他母親說，“我想我們在他自行決定之前就已經引導他涉足對他有益的事情。” 到萊頓8歲的時候，他就開始在“10歲以下賽事”中獲勝，而且總是在比他大一歲的年齡組的比賽中獲勝。一個大有前途的職業網球生涯已經初露端倪。1997年他正式成爲職業網球運動員。
