Safina v Clijsters
WTA Tour 2003
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Kim Clijsters takes it, 15–0 on categories
Clijsters wins on titles. WTA Tour 2003: Safina 33 matches, Clijsters 102 matches.
- Clijsters has 9 titles (one every 11.1 matches) to Safina’s 1 title (one every 33.3 matches).
- Clijsters has the better break points saved %: 62.5 to Safina’s 36.1.
- Clijsters has the better first serve in %: 66.8 to Safina’s 53.2.
- Clijsters ranks 3rd of 29 in WTA Tour 2003 for titles per match.
- Clijsters ranks 10th of 71 in WTA Tour 2003 for first serve in %.
- Clijsters ranks 10th of 71 in WTA Tour 2003 for first-serve points won %.
- Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 88%, Safina’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Clijsters has 102 matches, Safina 33 — 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.
- 0.01 total · best 1#11 of 29Titlesper game0.19 total · best 1★ #3 of 29
- 53.2#64 of 71First serve in %66.8#10 of 71
- 64.4#30 of 71First-serve points won %69.3#10 of 71
- 36.1#70 of 71Break points saved %62.5#13 of 71
- 43.9#41 of 71Return points won %51.7★ #1 of 71
- 0.27 total · best 2
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 2003.
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