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Victoria Azarenka #3 def. Kim Clijsters #14

6-4 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Victoria Azarenka
Score	6-4 1-6 6-3
Loser	Kim Clijsters

Stat	Victoria Azarenka	Kim Clijsters
Aces	1	1
Double faults	7	5
First serve %	58	63
First serve points won %	68	70
Second serve points won %	41	39
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	57	58
Return points won %	42	43
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Victoria Azarenka	Kim Clijsters
Country	BLR	BEL
Birth date	Jul 31, 1989	Jun 8, 1983
Age	22	28
Height	183	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	14
Ranking points (entering)	6,865	3,041
Elo (entering)	2,076	2,074
Career W-L	575–266	463–127
Career earnings	$38,890,473	$24,545,194

Pre-match H2H

Victoria Azarenka 2 – 4 Kim Clijsters

Path

Victoria Azarenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2012	QF	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-7(0) 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2012	R16	Iveta Benesova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Mona Barthel	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Casey Dellacqua	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Heather Watson	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Victoria Azarenka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2012	F	Maria Sharapova	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Kim Clijsters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2012	QF	Caroline Wozniacki	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2012	R16	Na Li	4-6 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2012	R64	Stephanie Foretz Gacon	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Maria Joao Koehler	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data