30 November 2015 | Tennis Tasmania

Australian tennis great and former World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt will play upcoming young Australian star Thanasi Kokkinakis in a special Exhibition Match at the Domain Tennis Centre in Hobart on Friday 18 December, 2015. Events will start from 6.45 pm.

It will be the first time Hewitt has played in Hobart and will be the last chance for Tasmanians to see him play before he retires after the Australian Open in January, 2016. Hewitt is an Australian sporting icon, a winner of Wimbledon in 2002 and the US Open in 2001, 30 career titles, the most wins in Australian Davis Cup history and was the youngest ever World No 1, spending 80 weeks at the pinnacle of the game.

19 year old Kokkinakis is one of the major talents showing promise in Australian tennis, he has been a member of the Australian Davis Cup team the past two years, with Hewitt, and is currently ranked 71 in the world.

The Domain Tennis Challenge will also feature a match between Tasmania’s best ever player Richard Fromberg and young professional Harry Bourchier, with a “Kid ’n’ Coach” match between local Domain coach Mickey Conallin and his 8-year old son Ethan, up against Lleyton Hewitt’s coach Jaymon Crabb and 7-year old Cruz Hewitt.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online via Tixtas

Corporate Boxes can also be purchased by contacting David Drysdale 0418 210 795

View the full Media Release: Hewitt-Kokkinakis Exhibition Match

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