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Kim Clijsters #4 def. Venus Williams #10

4-6 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Kim Clijsters
Score	4-6 7-5 6-1
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Kim Clijsters	Venus Williams
Aces	2	2
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	66	58
First serve points won %	63	55
Second serve points won %	47	38
Break points saved %	55	33
Break points converted %	67	45
Service points won %	57	48
Return points won %	52	43
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kim Clijsters	Venus Williams
Country	BEL	USA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1983	Jun 17, 1980
Age	22	25
Height	174	185
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)	2,235	2,125
Career W-L	463–127	768–288
Career earnings	$24,545,194	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Kim Clijsters 3 – 6 Venus Williams

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2005	R16	Maria Vento-Kabchi	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2005	R32	Ai Sugiyama	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2005	R64	Fabiola Zuluaga	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Martina Müller	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kim Clijsters's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2005	SF	Maria Sharapova	6-2 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

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