Safina v Clijsters
WTA Tour 2004
Lineball analyst2–12
Kim Clijsters takes it, 12–2 on categories
Clijsters wins on break points saved %. Safina’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2004: Safina 39 matches, Clijsters 22 matches.
- Clijsters has the better break points saved %: 57.9 to Safina’s 42.6.
- Safina averages 0.8 aces a match to Clijsters’ 0.3 — 2.6 times as many.
- Clijsters has the better sets won %: 87.2 to Safina’s 51.1.
- Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 91%, Safina’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Safina has 39 matches, Clijsters 22 — 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 game0.12 total · best 1
- 54.2#75 of 86First serve in %61.6
- 64.8#27 of 86First-serve points won %68.1
- 42.6#79 of 86Break points saved %57.9
- 42.7#60 of 86Return points won %51.8
- 0.832 total · best 21#13 of 84Acesper game0.37 total · best 3
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 2004.
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