Son of an Australian tennis player! Lleyton Hewitt’s son Cruz to make junior Davis Cup debut

Cruz Hewitt has been selected to make his debut for Australia in the Junior Davis Cup, following in the footsteps of his illustrious father Lleyton in team tennis.

Hewitt senior is the captain of the senior Davis Cup team in the ‘Tennis World Cup’ which has long been one of the favorite parts of his sporting life – and the man who won the Cup twice in as a player will be proud of his talent. my son now continues the tradition.

NSW youngster Cruz, 226th in the ITF junior rankings, will don the green and gold for the first time after earlier this year making his Grand Slam debut in the men’s singles at the Australian Open.

Twenty-seven years after Hewitt senior became the youngest qualifier to enter the Open main draw at just 15 years old, Cruz lost in his first appearance at Melbourne Park.

Hewitt will play alongside West Australian Cameron Burton, 16, and South Australian Jeffrey Strydom, 15, in the Asia-Oceania qualifying event in Kazakhstan from May 20-25.

Cruz Hewitt has been selected to make his debut for Australia in the Junior Davis Cup, following in the footsteps of his illustrious father Lleyton.

Cruz, the New South Wales youngster, 226th in the ITF junior rankings, will don the green and gold for the first time after earlier this year making his Grand Slam debut in the men’s singles at the Australian Open.

Cruz’s father Lleyton Hewitt (pictured with his wife Bec) is an Australian tennis legend

The top four qualifying nations will advance to the final in November.

The team will be led by Sandon Stolle, the former world number 2 doubles player who was himself the son of famous tennis father, two-time Grand Slam winner Fred Stolle.

“I’m looking forward to taking my first junior Davis Cup team and continuing to support our high-performance athletes,” said Stolle, Tennis Australia’s national development team coach in South Australia.

“It’s a great experience for these young guys to play for Australia and be part of the green and gold history of tennis.”

The competition for teams made up of players aged 16 and under will take place after qualifying for the equivalent girls’ event, the Junior Billie Jean King Cup, at the same Shymkent venue next week.

The Australian junior BJK Cup team is made up of Renee Alame (NSW), 14, Ava Beck (15, Victoria) and Tahlia Kokkinis (15, Queensland) and will be captained by Jessica Moore, who played in the senior competition for Australia.