For Lleyton Hewitt, his first appearance at the GERRY WEBER OPEN ended with his first title in Halle. In the final, be defeated the big favourite Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. It was Federer’s first defeat in Halle after 29 consecutive wins.

4:6, 7:5, 10:7 - it took Sergiy Stakhovsky/Mikhail Youzhny three sets to win the doubles title which they celebrated by showering each other with champaign. They defeated Martin Damm/Filip Polasek.