Safina v Clijsters
WTA Tour 2002
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Kim Clijsters takes it, 7–0 on categories
Clijsters wins on sets lost. WTA Tour 2002: Safina 17 matches, Clijsters 68 matches.
- Clijsters averages a sets lost every 1.5 matches to Safina’s 0.8.
- Clijsters has the better sets won %: 69.9 to Safina’s 64.1.
- Clijsters averages 1.6 sets won a match to Safina’s 1.5 (7% more).
- Clijsters ranks 4th of 35 in WTA Tour 2002 for titles per match.
- Clijsters ranks 9th of 89 in WTA Tour 2002 for games won per match.
- Longevity: Clijsters has 68 matches, Safina 17 — 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.
- 0.11 total · best 1Titlesper game0.14 total · best 1#4 of 35
- 12.1206 total · best 18Games wonper game12.3834 total · best 18#9 of 89
- 64.1Sets won %69.9#7 of 89
- 56.9Games won %58.6#7 of 89
- 0.11 total · best 1Finalsper game0.16 total · best 1#5 of 53
- 1.525 total · best 2Sets wonper game
Head to head
210 matches
since 20048
since 20048
- Hard · 7 matchesSafina 1Clijsters 6
- Clay · 2 matchesSafina 1Clijsters 1
- Carpet · 1 matchSafina 0Clijsters 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesSafina 0Clijsters 2
Last meetings
- 17 Jan 2011 · Australian Open · Round of 128 · HardClijsters won 6-0 6-0
- 9 Aug 2010 · Cincinnati · Round of 32 · HardClijsters won 7-5 6-2
- 10 Aug 2009 · Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · HardSafina won 6-2 7-5
- 15 May 2006 · Rome · Round of 16 · ClaySafina won 6-4 7-6(2)
- 13 Feb 2006 · Antwerp · Quarterfinal · HardClijsters won 7-6(1) 6-4
- 24 Oct 2005 · Hasselt · Semifinal · HardClijsters won 6-0 6-1
- 8 Aug 2005 · Los Angeles · Round of 16 · HardClijsters won 6-0 7-5
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2002.
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