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Kim Clijsters #1 def. Meghann Shaughnessy #21

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 2003*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kim Clijsters
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Meghann Shaughnessy

Stat	Kim Clijsters	Meghann Shaughnessy
Aces	1	1
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	68	48
First serve points won %	79	69
Second serve points won %	62	41
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	74	55
Return points won %	45	26
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kim Clijsters	Meghann Shaughnessy
Country	BEL	USA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1983	Apr 13, 1979
Age	20	24
Height	174	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	21
Ranking points (entering)	6,039	1,383
Elo (entering)	2,230	1,774
Career W-L	463–127	233–233
Career earnings	$24,545,194	$3,975,223

Pre-match H2H

Kim Clijsters 3 – 2 Meghann Shaughnessy

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2003	R32	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2003	R64	Laura Granville	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Amber Liu	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kim Clijsters's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2003	QF	Amélie Mauresmo	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Meghann Shaughnessy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2003	R32	Vera Zvonareva	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2003	R64	Maja Matevzic	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Karolina Sprem	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data