Shaughnessy v Clijsters

WTA Tour career

Meghann ShaughnessyUnited States469 games · 1996–2009Most aces

Kim ClijstersBelgium611 games · 1999–2021Most titlesMost first serve in %

Lineball analyst2–12

Kim Clijsters takes it, 12–2 on categories

Clijsters wins on titles. Shaughnessy’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Shaughnessy 469 matches, Clijsters 611 matches.

Clijsters has 41 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Shaughnessy’s 6 titles (one every 50 matches).
Clijsters has the better first serve in %: 63.6 to Shaughnessy’s 53.5.
Shaughnessy averages 2.0 aces a match to Clijsters’ 1.2 (63% more).
Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 79%, Shaughnessy’s team won 50% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.

Tale of the tape

Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.

0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.141 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
53.5First serve in %63.6
69.3First-serve points won %67.4
56.9Break points saved %60.1
39.2Return points won %48.2
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Head to head

27 matches
since 20005

Hard · 6 matchesShaughnessy 2Clijsters 4
Grass · 1 matchShaughnessy 0Clijsters 1
Grand Slams · 2 matchesShaughnessy 0Clijsters 2

Last meetings

19 Oct 2009 · Luxembourg · Round of 32 · HardClijsters won 6-2 6-2
25 Aug 2003 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardClijsters won 6-2 6-4
24 Feb 2003 · Scottsdale · Semifinal · HardClijsters won 6-3 7-5
23 July 2001 · Stanford · Semifinal · HardClijsters won 6-3 2-6 6-1
25 June 2001 · Wimbledon · Round of 16 · GrassClijsters won 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
26 Feb 2001 · Scottsdale · Quarterfinal · HardShaughnessy won 6-2 6-4
24 July 2000 · Stanford · Round of 32 · HardShaughnessy won 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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