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Kim Clijsters #2 def. Francesca Schiavone #12

7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kim Clijsters
Score	7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Francesca Schiavone

Stat	Kim Clijsters	Francesca Schiavone
Aces	3	0
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	63	59
First serve points won %	62	54
Second serve points won %	50	53
Break points saved %	80	33
Break points converted %	67	20
Service points won %	58	54
Return points won %	46	42
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kim Clijsters	Francesca Schiavone
Country	BEL	ITA
Birth date	Jun 8, 1983	Jun 23, 1980
Age	22	25
Height	174	166
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	12
Ranking points (entering)	3,213	1,242
Elo (entering)	2,194	1,984
Career W-L	463–127	439–367
Career earnings	$24,545,194	$11,324,245

Pre-match H2H

Kim Clijsters 8 – 1 Francesca Schiavone

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Kim Clijsters's next match

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

Francesca Schiavone's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2006	R32	María Sánchez Lorenzo	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2006	R64	Catalina Castano	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Antonella Serra Zanetti	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data