Safina v Clijsters
WTA Tour 2010
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Kim Clijsters takes it, 11–1 on categories
Clijsters wins on first-serve points won %. Safina’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2010: Safina 29 matches, Clijsters 47 matches.
- Clijsters averages 2.6 aces a match to Safina’s 1.6 (57% more).
- Clijsters has the better sets won %: 76.6 to Safina’s 48.4.
- Clijsters averages 1.7 sets won a match to Safina’s 1.1 (63% more).
- Clijsters ranks 1st of 34 in WTA Tour 2010 for titles per match.
- Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 85%, Safina’s team won 45% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Clijsters has 47 matches, Safina 29 — 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 game0.15 total · best 1★ #1 of 34
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 65.6#20 of 86First serve in %62.1#46 of 86
- 61.4#53 of 86First-serve points won %67.3#15 of 86
- 55.3#37 of 86Break points saved %61.0#4 of 86
- 45.0#35 of 86Return points won %48.8★ #3 of 86
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 2010.
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