Safina v Clijsters
WTA Tour 2006
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Kim Clijsters takes it, 11–3 on categories
Clijsters wins on break points saved %. Safina’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2006: Safina 65 matches, Clijsters 55 matches.
- Safina averages 1.9 aces a match to Clijsters’ 1.2 (64% more).
- Clijsters averages 1.9 double faults a match to Safina’s 3.1.
- Clijsters averages a sets lost every 1.8 matches to Safina’s 0.8.
- Clijsters ranks 5th of 28 in WTA Tour 2006 for titles per match.
- Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 78%, Safina’s team won 68% 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.
- –Titlesper game0.13 total · best 1#5 of 28
- 65.8#28 of 85First serve in %63.5#41 of 85
- 63.1#28 of 85First-serve points won %65.9#13 of 85
- 56.2#30 of 85Break points saved %60.7#8 of 85
- 46.7#13 of 85Return points won %47.3#9 of 85
- 1.9123 total · best 12#21 of 85Acesper 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 2006.
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