Australia’s Cruz Hewitt has reached the Wimbledon boys’ final – 24 years after his father, Lleyton, claimed the men’s singles title.
The 17-year-old beat Dutch player Thijs Boogaard 6-4 6-4 to set up a title decider on Sunday against American Jordan Lee.
It was Hewitt’s fifth successive straight-set win at this year’s championships, and he has been taken to a tie-break just once in that impressive run.
Hewitt has been supported at court-side during the tournament by Lleyton, who beat David Nalbandian in the 2002 Wimbledon final.
Former world number one Lleyton also won the 2001 US Open and reached the final of the 2005 Australian Open.
Cruz, meanwhile, made his senior Grand Slam debut at the 2025 Australian Open after being given a wildcard into qualifying, but lost in the first round.
“When my dad played, we were here for a while and I was always at the tennis,” Cruz told the Wimbledon website.
“I wanted to watch all the matches, just be around all the Australian players as well and I was fortunate enough to be here from such a young age.”
He has now become Australia’s first boys’ singles finalist at Wimbledon since world number six Alex de Minaur in 2016.
Final opponent Lee won 6-3 6-2 against Germany’s Vincent Reisach.
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