Safina v Clijsters
WTA Tour career
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Kim Clijsters takes it, 12–2 on categories
Clijsters wins on titles. Safina’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Safina 464 matches, Clijsters 611 matches.
- Clijsters has 41 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Safina’s 11 titles (one every 25 matches).
- Safina averages 2.1 aces a match to Clijsters’ 1.2 (72% more).
- Clijsters averages a sets lost every 1.8 matches to Safina’s 0.9.
- Winners’ edge: Clijsters’s team won 79%, Safina’s team won 65% of the matches they played.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles): 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.
- 0.011 total · best 1Titlesper game0.141 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
- 63.9First serve in %63.6
- 65.1First-serve points won %67.4
- 54.6Break points saved %60.1
- 46.3Return points won %48.2
- 2.1
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.
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