BEC and Lleyton Hewitt have welcomed the birth of their first child, a girl.
"Lleyton and Bec Hewitt are pleased to announce the overnight arrival of their first child, a healthy baby girl," publicist Rob Aivatoglou said today.
The baby was born at Sydney's North Shore Private Hospital at 1.45 am (AEDT). "At this stage Lleyton and Bec have not announced a name for their new arrival," Mr Aivatoglou said.
"Mother and baby are both doing extremely well. Lleyton and Bec are absolutely thrilled.
"Most importantly, everything went smoothly and mother and daughter are well.
"Bec and Lleyton very much look forward to taking their daughter home in the coming days."
Mr Aivatoglou said the couple had no further comment other than to thank the public for their "generous support" in recent weeks.
"They have genuinely appreciated the thoughts of well wishes as this most exciting time in their lives has approached," he said.
<... FERNANDO GONZALEZ ...> LLEYTON HEWITT
Richard Gasquet/Tomas Berdych/Marat Safin/Tommy Haas/Rafael Nadal/Andy Roddick/Marcos Baghdatis
All the chilean players and some others
"Just give 100 percent.
And that's not just in tennis or sports; that's in life.
If you give 100 percent, you'll have no regrets."
Lleyton Hewitt