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Kim Clijsters #3 def. Alisa Kleybanova #26

4-6 6-3 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 2011*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kim Clijsters
Score	4-6 6-3 7-6(1)
Loser	Alisa Kleybanova

Stat	Kim Clijsters	Alisa Kleybanova
Aces	6	6
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	67	57
First serve points won %	65	62
Second serve points won %	40	44
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	57	54
Return points won %	46	43
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kim Clijsters	Alisa Kleybanova
Country	BEL	RUS
Birth date	Jun 8, 1983	Jul 15, 1989
Age	27	21
Height	174	181
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	26
Ranking points (entering)	6,355	2,250
Elo (entering)	2,192	1,849
Career W-L	463–127	108–92
Career earnings	$24,545,194	$2,492,031

Pre-match H2H

Kim Clijsters 0 – 1 Alisa Kleybanova

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2011	QF	Victoria Azarenka	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2011	R16	Barbora Strycova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2011	R32	Alexandra Dulgheru	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kim Clijsters's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2011	F	Na Li	6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Alisa Kleybanova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2011	QF	Dominika Cibulkova	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2011	R16	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2011	R32	Francesca Schiavone	6-7(5) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data