Davenport v Clijsters
WTA Tour 2006
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Kim Clijsters takes it, 12–2 on categories
Clijsters wins on break points saved %. Davenport’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2006: Davenport 29 matches, Clijsters 55 matches.
- Davenport averages 2.6 aces a match to Clijsters’ 1.2 — 2.2 times as many.
- Clijsters has the better break points saved %: 60.7 to Davenport’s 53.3.
- Clijsters has the better first serve in %: 63.5 to Davenport’s 57.7.
- Clijsters ranks 5th of 28 in WTA Tour 2006 for titles per match.
- Davenport ranks 8th of 85 in WTA Tour 2006 for first-serve points won %.
- Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 78%, Davenport’s team won 72% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Clijsters has 55 matches, Davenport 29 — 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.
- –Titlesper game0.13 total · best 1#5 of 28
- 57.7#73 of 85First serve in %63.5#41 of 85
- 66.8#8 of 85First-serve points won %65.9#13 of 85
- 53.3#47 of 85Break points saved %60.7#8 of 85
- 46.3#15 of 85Return points won %47.3#9 of 85
- 2.674 total · best 10#7 of 85Acesper game
Head to head
817 matches
since 20009
since 20009
- Hard · 13 matchesDavenport 4Clijsters 9
- Grass · 2 matchesDavenport 2Clijsters 0
- Clay · 1 matchDavenport 1Clijsters 0
- Carpet · 1 matchDavenport 1Clijsters 0
- Grand Slams · 6 matchesDavenport 5Clijsters 1
- Finals · 5 matchesDavenport 0Clijsters 5
Last meetings
- 20 June 2005 · Wimbledon · Round of 16 · GrassDavenport won 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3
- 23 May 2005 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · ClayDavenport won 1-6 7-5 6-3
- 9 Mar 2005 · Indian Wells · Final · HardClijsters won 6-4 4-6 6-2
- 25 Aug 2003 · US Open · Semifinal · HardClijsters won 6-2 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2006.
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