Safina v Clijsters
WTA Tour 2009
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Kim Clijsters takes it, 11–3 on categories
Clijsters wins on titles. WTA Tour 2009: Safina 71 matches, Clijsters 16 matches.
- Clijsters has 1 title (one every 16.7 matches) to Safina’s 3 titles (one every 25 matches).
- Clijsters averages 2.8 aces a match to Safina’s 2.4 (16% more).
- Safina ranks 6th of 29 in WTA Tour 2009 for titles per match.
- Safina ranks 8th of 71 in WTA Tour 2009 for first-serve points won %.
- Longevity: Safina has 71 matches, Clijsters 16 — 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.
- 0.03 total · best 1#6 of 29Titlesper game0.11 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.11 total · best 1
- 65.1#16 of 71First serve in %62.5
- 67.1#8 of 71First-serve points won %67.5
- 55.4#26 of 71Break points saved %60.6
- 48.4#4 of 71Return points won %47.7
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 2009.
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