Safina v Clijsters
WTA Tour 2011
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Kim Clijsters takes it, 10–2 on categories
Clijsters wins on first-serve points won %. Safina’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2011: Safina 19 matches, Clijsters 30 matches.
- Clijsters averages a sets lost every 1.8 matches to Safina’s 0.9.
- Safina averages 2.5 aces a match to Clijsters’ 1.8 (37% more).
- Clijsters averages 8.2 games lost a match to Safina’s 10.2.
- Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 77%, Safina’s team won 58% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Clijsters has 30 matches, Safina 19 — 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 game0.01 total · best 1#13 of 33
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 62.2First serve in %64.6#30 of 85
- 62.7First-serve points won %66.5#17 of 85
- 51.7Break points saved %59.7#8 of 85
- 46.1Return points won %48.9#5 of 85
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 2011.
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