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Cara Black v Kim Clijsters: stats compared | Lineball
Clijsters wins on titles. Black’s case rests on break points converted %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Black 273 matches, Clijsters 611 matches.
Clijsters has 41 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Black’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
Clijsters averages 1.2 aces a match to Black’s 0.3 — 4.2 times as many.
Clijsters has the better sets won %: 74.9 to Black’s 44.3.
Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 79%, Black’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Clijsters has 611 matches across 15 seasons, Black 273 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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.
0.01 total · best 1Titlesper game0.141 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
59.0First serve in %63.6
59.2First-serve points won %67.4
52.7Break points saved %60.1
42.8Return points won %48.2
0.323 total · best 3
Head to head
07 matches since 20017
Hard · 5 matchesBlack 0Clijsters 5
Grass · 1 matchBlack 0Clijsters 1
Clay · 1 matchBlack 0Clijsters 1
Last meetings
16 June 2003 · s Hertogenbosch · Round of 16 · GrassClijsters won 6-4 6-4
12 May 2003 · Rome · Round of 16 · ClayClijsters won 6-0 6-3
24 Feb 2003 · Scottsdale · Round of 16 · HardClijsters won 6-2 6-3
18 Mar 2002 · Miami · Round of 16 · HardClijsters won 6-4 6-2
17 Sept 2001 · Tokyo · Round of 16 · HardClijsters won 6-0 6-3
6 Aug 2001 · Los Angeles · Round of 32 · HardClijsters won 4-6 6-3 6-1
23 July 2001 · Stanford · Round of 16 · HardClijsters won 6-2 3-6 7-5
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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Acesper game
1.2483 total · best 9
10.22,777 total · best 19Games wonper game12.37,493 total · best 20
54.3Break points converted %48.3
44.3Sets won %74.9
48.0Games won %60.9
0.02 total · best 1Finalsper game0.160 total · best 1
1.0277 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.71,021 total · best 2
1.3348 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.6343 total · best 2
11.03,008 total · best 19Games lostper game · lower is better7.94,818 total · best 21
0.261 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.295 total · best 2
