Cruz Hewitt

==Junior tennis==

==Junior tennis==

Despite his early focus on Professional Tour, Hewitt had good results on the [[ITF junior circuit]], holding a singles win-loss record of 93–39 as of April 2026.{{cn|date=April 2026}} He entered his first [[ITF Men's World Tennis Tour|ITF]] junior tournament a month after his 13th birthday in January 2022, receiving a wildcard entry into the J1 [[Traralgon]] qualifying draw. He was defeated in straight sets by eventual quarterfinalist Daniel Verbeek 2–6, 0–6. Hewitt claimed his first junior ITF victory at a J5 [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] tournament in May 2022 when he was victorious in a main draw first-round match against Jett Grech 6–2, 6–2 before being defeated in the second round. In November 2022, still aged 13, Hewitt claimed his first junior ITF title in a Fijian J5 [[Lautoka]] tournament with victory in the final against fellow Australian Cristian Care. In doing so, he became the youngest male to win an ITF junior tournament that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/records-smashed-2022-itf-world-tennis-tour-juniors-in-numbers/|title=Records smashed: 2022 ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors in numbers|date=22 December 2022}}

Despite his early focus on Professional Tour, Hewitt had good results on the [[ITF junior circuit]], holding a singles win-loss record of 93–39 as of April 2026.{{cn}} He entered his first [[ITF Men's World Tennis Tour|ITF]] junior tournament a month after his 13th birthday in January 2022, receiving a wildcard entry into the J1 [[Traralgon]] qualifying draw. He was defeated in straight sets by eventual quarterfinalist Daniel Verbeek 2–6, 0–6. Hewitt claimed his first junior ITF victory at a J5 [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] tournament in May 2022 when he was victorious in a main draw first-round match against Jett Grech 6–2, 6–2 before being defeated in the second round. In November 2022, still aged 13, Hewitt claimed his first junior ITF title in a Fijian J5 [[Lautoka]] tournament with victory in the final against fellow Australian Cristian Care. In doing so, he became the youngest male to win an ITF junior tournament that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/records-smashed-2022-itf-world-tennis-tour-juniors-in-numbers/|title=Records smashed: 2022 ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors in numbers|date=22 December 2022}}

Hewitt began 2023 by entering the [[2023 Australian Open – Boys' singles#Qualifying|qualifying draw for the Australian Open]], where he was defeated in three sets by number-one seed [[Adhithya Ganesan]] in the first round. He won his second junior ITF title in the [[Virgin Islands]] at a J30 [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands|Christiansted]] tournament in May 2023 with a 6–3, 6–3 victory in the final against American Ryan Cozad. Hewitt claimed his third ITF junior title a month later with a win in a J60 Darwin tournament. Hewitt ended the 2023 season with a fourth junior ITF title in [[Thailand]] at a J60 [[Nonthaburi]] tournament with a 7–5, 6–1 final win against Russian Makar Krivoshchekov.

Hewitt began 2023 by entering the [[2023 Australian Open – Boys' singles#Qualifying|qualifying draw for the Australian Open]], where he was defeated in three sets by number-one seed [[Adhithya Ganesan]] in the first round. He won his second junior ITF title in the [[Virgin Islands]] at a J30 [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands|Christiansted]] tournament in May 2023 with a 6–3, 6–3 victory in the final against American Ryan Cozad. Hewitt claimed his third ITF junior title a month later with a win in a J60 Darwin tournament. Hewitt ended the 2023 season with a fourth junior ITF title in [[Thailand]] at a J60 [[Nonthaburi]] tournament with a 7–5, 6–1 final win against Russian Makar Krivoshchekov.

==Performance timeline==

==Performance timeline==

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=== Singles ===

===Singles===

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