F Indian Wells Open 2001

Serena Williams #10 def. Kim Clijsters #19

4-6 6-4 6-2

Serena Williams defeated Kim Clijsters 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2001 Indian Wells Open final on hard courts on March 8, 2001.

Match Information

Date: Mar 8, 2001
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 2001
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Kim Clijsters
Country	USA	BEL
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 8, 1983
Age	19	17
Height	175 cm	174 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	19
Ranking points (entering)	1,957	1,383
Elo (entering)	2,204	1,957
Current career W-L	837–172	466–128
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$24,545,194

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #10 2 – 0 Kim Clijsters #19

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Venus Williams #3	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	SF
Lindsay Davenport #2	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	QF
Magdalena Maleeva #16	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	R16
Gala Leon Garcia #30	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	R32
Adriana Rikl Gersi #59	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	R64

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kim Clijsters's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martina Hingis #1	6-2 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	SF
Elena Bovina #141	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	QF
Ai Sugiyama #44	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	R16
Justine Henin #21	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	R32
Sylvia Plischke #90	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 8, 2001	R64