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Kim Clijsters v Lindsay Davenport: stats compared | Lineball
Clijsters wins on grand slam titles. Davenport’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Clijsters 611 matches, Davenport 918 matches.
Clijsters has 4 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Davenport’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
Davenport averages 2.1 aces a match to Clijsters’ 1.2 (68% more).
Clijsters has the better first serve in %: 63.6 to Davenport’s 59.2.
Longevity: Davenport has 918 matches across 18 seasons, Clijsters 611 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.141 total · best 1Titlesper game0.155 total · best 1
0.04 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
63.6First serve in %59.2
67.4First-serve points won %71.5
60.1Break points saved %57.8
48.2Return points won %48.1
Head to head
917 matches since 20008
Hard · 13 matchesClijsters 9Davenport 4
Grass · 2 matchesClijsters 0Davenport 2
Clay · 1 matchClijsters 0Davenport 1
Carpet · 1 matchClijsters 0Davenport 1
Grand Slams · 6 matchesClijsters 1Davenport 5
Finals · 5 matchesClijsters 5Davenport 0
Last meetings
20 June 2005 · Wimbledon · Round of 16 · GrassDavenport won 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3
23 May 2005 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · ClayDavenport won 1-6 7-5 6-3
9 Mar 2005 · Indian Wells · Final · HardClijsters won 6-4 4-6 6-2
25 Aug 2003 · US Open · Semifinal · HardClijsters won 6-2 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.2
483 total · best 9
Acesper game
2.1565 total · best 17
12.37,493 total · best 20Games wonper game12.311,259 total · best 19
48.3Break points converted %51.1
74.9Sets won %74.7
60.9Games won %60.4
0.160 total · best 1Finalsper game0.192 total · best 1
1.71,021 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.71,534 total · best 2
0.6343 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.6519 total · best 3
7.94,818 total · best 21Games lostper game · lower is better8.17,386 total · best 23
0.295 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2173 total · best 3
4 Aug 2003 · Los Angeles · Final · Hard
Clijsters won 6-1 3-6 6-1
28 July 2003 · San Diego · Semifinal · HardClijsters won 6-3 6-3
5 Mar 2003 · Indian Wells · Final · HardClijsters won 6-4 7-5
6 Jan 2003 · Sydney · Final · HardClijsters won 6-4 6-3
14 Oct 2002 · Zurich · Quarterfinal · HardDavenport won 6-3 7-6(5)
7 Oct 2002 · Filderstadt · Quarterfinal · HardClijsters won 4-6 6-3 6-4
