SF Australian Open 2011

Kim Clijsters #3 def. Vera Zvonareva #2

6-3 6-3

Kim Clijsters defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-3 6-3 in the 2011 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKim ClijstersVera Zvonareva
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
21
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
21
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
63.3%65.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
77.4%67.6%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
55.6%27.8%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
66.7%42.9%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
69.4%53.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
57.1%33.3%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
46.2%30.6%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
57.4%42.6%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+13.5-2.0
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+2.0-13.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2011 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKim ClijstersVera Zvonareva
Country BEL RUS
Birth dateJun 8, 1983Sep 7, 1984
Age2726
Height174 cm172 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)32
Ranking points (entering)6,6756,785
Elo (entering)2,1882,054
Current career W-L466–128466–270
Current career earnings$24,545,194$16,995,231
Pre-match H2H

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Agnieszka Radwanska #146-3 7-6(4)WH2HMatch dataJan 28, 2011QF
Ekaterina Makarova #497-6(3) 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 2011R16
Alizé Cornet #837-6(3) 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2011R32
Carla Suárez Navarro #626-1 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2011R64
Dinara Safina #756-0 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2011R128

Kim Clijsters's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Na Li #73-6 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 31, 2011F

Vera Zvonareva's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Petra Kvitova #286-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 28, 2011QF
Iveta Benesova #606-4 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 2011R16
Lucie Safarova #356-3 7-6(9)WH2HMatch dataJan 23, 2011R32
Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic #582-6 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2011R64
Sybille Bammer #706-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2011R128