QF US Open 2005

Kim Clijsters #4 def. Venus Williams #10

4-6 7-5 6-1

Kim Clijsters defeated Venus Williams 4-6 7-5 6-1 in the 2005 US Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 8, 2005*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2005
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Stat	Kim Clijsters	Venus Williams
Aces	2	2
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	66.0%	58.0%
First serve points won %	63.0%	55.0%
Second serve points won %	47.0%	38.0%
Break points saved %	55.0%	33.0%
Break points converted %	67.0%	45.0%
Service points won %	57.0%	48.0%
Return points won %	52.0%	43.0%
Total points won %	55.0%	45.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Kim Clijsters	Venus Williams
Country	BEL	USA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1983	Jun 17, 1980
Age	22	25
Height	174 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	10
Ranking points (entering)	3,179	2,658
Elo (entering)	2,259	2,137
Current career W-L	466–128	782–299
Current career earnings	$24,545,194	$43,194,440

Pre-match H2H

Kim Clijsters #4 3 – 6 Venus Williams #10

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
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

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's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Serena Williams #8	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2005	R16
Daniela Hantuchova #19	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 2005	R32
Maria Kirilenko #44	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 2005	R64
Rika Fujiwara #85	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2005	R128