Safina v Clijsters
WTA Tour 2005
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Kim Clijsters takes it, 13–1 on categories
Clijsters wins on titles. Safina’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2005: Safina 56 matches, Clijsters 76 matches.
- Clijsters has 9 titles (one every 8.3 matches) to Safina’s 2 titles (one every 25 matches).
- Clijsters averages 0.8 aces a match to Safina’s 0.5 (52% more).
- Clijsters averages a sets lost every 3.3 matches to Safina’s 0.9.
- Clijsters ranks 1st of 29 in WTA Tour 2005 for titles per match.
- Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 88%, Safina’s team won 64% of the matches they played.
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.
- 0.02 total · best 1#14 of 29Titlesper game0.19 total · best 1★ #1 of 29
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 65.6#19 of 90First serve in %62.3#35 of 90
- 62.9#34 of 90First-serve points won %69.0#13 of 90
- 48.5#72 of 90Break points saved %54.9#41 of 90
- 40.4#80 of 90Return points won %
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 2005.
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