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Kim Clijsters #5 def. Serena Williams #2

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kim Clijsters
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Kim Clijsters	Serena Williams
Aces	4	7
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	69	55
First serve points won %	62	71
Second serve points won %	72	32
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	66	54
Return points won %	46	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kim Clijsters	Serena Williams
Country	BEL	USA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1983	Sep 26, 1981
Age	26	27
Height	174	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,505	8,907
Elo (entering)	2,133	2,085
Career W-L	463–127	825–170
Career earnings	$24,545,194	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Kim Clijsters 1 – 7 Serena Williams

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Na Li	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Venus Williams	6-0 0-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Kirsten Flipkens	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Marion Bartoli	5-7 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Viktoriya Kutuzova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Kim Clijsters's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2009	F	Caroline Wozniacki	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Flavia Pennetta	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Melinda Czink	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Alexa Glatch	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data