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Elena Dementieva v Kim Clijsters: stats compared | Lineball
Clijsters wins on titles. Dementieva’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2009: Dementieva 73 matches, Clijsters 16 matches.
Clijsters has 1 title (one every 16.7 matches) to Dementieva’s 3 titles (one every 25 matches).
Clijsters averages 2.8 aces a match to Dementieva’s 1.7 (61% more).
Dementieva ranks 7th of 29 in WTA Tour 2009 for titles per match.
Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 81%, Dementieva’s team won 75% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Dementieva has 73 matches, Clijsters 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
0.03 total · best 1#7 of 29Titlesper game0.11 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.11 total · best 1
60.2#46 of 71First serve in %62.5
66.4#14 of 71First-serve points won %67.5
58.0#11 of 71Break points saved %60.6
48.4★ #3 of 71Return points won %47.7
Head to head
314 matches since 200011
Hard · 9 matchesDementieva 1Clijsters 8
Clay · 3 matchesDementieva 1Clijsters 2
Carpet · 2 matchesDementieva 1Clijsters 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchDementieva 0Clijsters 1
Last meetings
6 Nov 2006 · WTA Tour Championships · Round robin · HardClijsters won 6-4 6-0
1 May 2006 · Warsaw · Semifinal · ClayClijsters won 7-5 6-4
22 Apr 2006 · Fed Cup WG R1: BEL vs RUS · Round robin · ClayDementieva won 6-4 6-3
13 Feb 2006 · Antwerp · Semifinal · HardClijsters won 5-7 6-1 6-2
7 Nov 2005 · WTA Tour Championships · Round robin · HardClijsters won 6-2 6-3
3 Oct 2005 · Filderstadt · Quarterfinal · HardDementieva won 6-3 3-6 6-2
23 Mar 2005 · Miami · Quarterfinal · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2009.
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1.7125 total · best 7#42 of 71Acesper game2.844 total · best 7
12.0873 total · best 18#12 of 73Games wonper game13.1210 total · best 17
50.6#9 of 71Break points converted %52.7
71.8★ #3 of 73Sets won %73.7
59.3★ #1 of 73Games won %60.2
0.14 total · best 1#8 of 47Finalsper game0.11 total · best 1
1.6117 total · best 2★ #3 of 73Sets wonper game1.828 total · best 2
0.646 total · best 2★ #3 of 73Sets lostper game · lower is better0.610 total · best 2
8.2599 total · best 21★ #1 of 73Games lostper game · lower is better8.7139 total · best 16
0.213 total · best 2#52 of 73Tiebreaksper game0.11 total · best 1
Clijsters won 6-2 6-1
9 Mar 2005 · Indian Wells · Semifinal · HardClijsters won 6-4 6-2
5 Nov 2003 · WTA Tour Championships · Round robin · HardClijsters won 6-2 6-2
11 Nov 2001 · Fed Cup WG F: BEL vs RUS · Round robin · ClayClijsters won 6-0 6-4