Kim Clijsters #4 def. Mary Pierce #12

6-3 6-1

Kim Clijsters defeated Mary Pierce 6-3 6-1 in the 2005 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 10, 2005*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2005
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Stat	Kim Clijsters	Mary Pierce
Aces	5	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	69	67
First serve points won %	79	52
Second serve points won %	33	38
Break points saved %	75	55
Break points converted %	45	25
Service points won %	65	47
Return points won %	53	35
Total points won %	59	41

Player Comparison

Field	Kim Clijsters	Mary Pierce
Country	BEL	FRA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1983	Jan 15, 1975
Age	22	30
Height	174 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	12
Ranking points (entering)	3,179	2,286
Elo (entering)	2,281	2,053
Current career W-L	466–128	465–218
Current career earnings	$24,545,194	$9,793,119

Pre-match H2H

Kim Clijsters #4 2 – 0 Mary Pierce #12

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Maria Sharapova #2	6-2 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 2005	SF
Venus Williams #10	4-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 2005	QF
Maria Vento-Kabchi #72	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2005	R16
Ai Sugiyama #33	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 2005	R32
Fabiola Zuluaga #58	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2005	R64
Martina Müller #135	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2005	R128

Kim Clijsters's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mary Pierce's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Elena Dementieva #6	3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 2005	SF
Amélie Mauresmo #3	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 2005	QF
Justine Henin #7	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2005	R16
Jelena Jankovic #17	6-3 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 2005	R32
Katarina Srebotnik #50	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2005	R64
Mara Santangelo #94	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2005	R128