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Kim Clijsters #5 def. Venus Williams #3

6-0 0-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kim Clijsters
Score	6-0 0-6 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Kim Clijsters	Venus Williams
Aces	0	2
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	68	56
First serve points won %	64	65
Second serve points won %	46	45
Break points saved %	57	43
Break points converted %	57	43
Service points won %	58	56
Return points won %	44	42
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kim Clijsters	Venus Williams
Country	BEL	USA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1983	Jun 17, 1980
Age	26	29
Height	174	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,505	6,865
Elo (entering)	2,113	2,053
Career W-L	463–127	768–288
Career earnings	$24,545,194	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Kim Clijsters 4 – 6 Venus Williams

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Kirsten Flipkens	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Marion Bartoli	5-7 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Viktoriya Kutuzova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Kim Clijsters's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Na Li	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Vera Dushevina	6-7(5) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data