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Amélie Mauresmo #3 def. Kim Clijsters #2

5-7 6-2 3-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Amélie Mauresmo
Score	5-7 6-2 3-2 (ret.)
Loser	Kim Clijsters

Stat	Amélie Mauresmo	Kim Clijsters
Aces	2	1
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	67	70
First serve points won %	68	55
Second serve points won %	41	46
Break points saved %	67	44
Break points converted %	56	33
Service points won %	59	52
Return points won %	48	41
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Amélie Mauresmo	Kim Clijsters
Country	FRA	BEL
Birth date	Jul 5, 1979	Jun 8, 1983
Age	26	22
Height	175	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,851	3,213
Elo (entering)	2,124	2,209
Career W-L	458–183	463–127
Career earnings	$15,022,476	$24,545,194

Pre-match H2H

Amélie Mauresmo 3 – 8 Kim Clijsters

Path

Amélie Mauresmo's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2006	QF	Patty Schnyder	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2006	R16	Nicole Vaidisova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	Michaella Krajicek	6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Emilie Loit	7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Tiantian Sun	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Amélie Mauresmo's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2006	F	Justine Henin	6-1 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Kim Clijsters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2006	QF	Martina Hingis	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2006	R16	Francesca Schiavone	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	Roberta Vinci	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Meng Yuan	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Yoon Jeong Cho	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data