H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Kim Clijsters vs Anna Kournikova H2H: 3-1

Kim Clijsters holds a 3–1 lead over Anna Kournikova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on carpet, while Kim Clijsters leads 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Kim Clijsters won the 2001 Luxembourg quarterfinal 7-5 7-6(2).

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Kim Clijsters
BEL Age 43 Right-Handed 174 cm / 5'9"
H2H
3 – 1
4 main-draw meetings
Anna Kournikova
RUS Age 45 Right-Handed 173 cm / 5'8"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Kim Clijsters #5 7-5 7-6(2) Anna Kournikova #22 Match data Oct 27, 2001* QF Luxembourg Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
Kim Clijsters #31 6-2 6-3 Anna Kournikova #10 Match data Nov 4, 2000* SF Leipzig Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Carpet
Kim Clijsters #45 6-4 6-3 Anna Kournikova #12 Match data Oct 5, 2000* R32 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Anna Kournikova #13 6-7(1) 6-3 6-1 Kim Clijsters #47 Match data Sep 28, 2000* QF Luxembourg Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Carpet

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Kim Clijsters #1,140 #1 8,895 2,299 466 128 78.5% 4 7 3 18 9 41
Anna Kournikova #606 #8 2,158 2,080 184 121 60.3% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Kim Clijsters Anna Kournikova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 — — — — — — — 1995 1–1 50.0% #289 1,513 0 0
15 — — — — — — — 1996 5–5 50.0% #65 1,593 0 0
16 1999 16–7 69.6% #46 1,724 0 1 1997 17–10 63.0% #30 1,834 0 0
17 2000 28–15 65.1% #18 1,913 0 3 1998 40–20 66.7% #13 1,979 0 0
18 2001 54–19 74.0% #5 2,036 0 6 1999 35–19 64.8% #12 1,935 0 0
19 2002 50–17 74.6% #4 2,146 0 10 2000 47–26 64.4% #8 1,941 0 0
20 2003 86–12 87.8% #2 2,261 0 19 2001 10–10 50.0% #71 1,818 0 0
21 2004 18–4 81.8% #22 2,246 0 21 2002 28–25 52.8% #35 1,738 0 0
22 2005 66–9 88.0% #2 2,234 1 30 2003 1–5 16.7% #310 1,674 0 0
23 2006 41–12 77.4% #5 2,165 1 33 — — — — — — —
24 2007 14–4 77.8% #5 2,128 1 34 — — — — — — —
26 2009 13–3 81.2% #18 2,140 2 35 — — — — — — —
27 2010 39–7 84.8% #3 2,189 3 40 — — — — — — —
28 2011 21–7 75.0% #13 2,054 4 41 — — — — — — —
29 2012 20–7 74.1% #20 2,022 4 41 — — — — — — —
37 2020 0–3 0.0% #1030 1,956 4 41 — — — — — — —
38 2021 0–2 0.0% #1154 1,908 4 41 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Kim Clijsters Anna Kournikova
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — 1 2 3 33.3%
16 1999 6 2 8 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 1997 6 6 12 50.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — —
17 2000 17 9 26 65.4% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1998 19 10 29 65.5% 12 4 16 75.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 6 5 11 54.5%
18 2001 32 12 44 72.7% 11 5 16 68.8% 7 2 9 77.8% 4 0 4 100.0% 1999 11 7 18 61.1% 13 5 18 72.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 5 5 10 50.0%
19 2002 37 11 48 77.1% 9 3 12 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 2000 24 12 36 66.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 15 7 22 68.2%
20 2003 57 7 64 89.1% 15 2 17 88.2% 9 1 10 90.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 2001 7 6 13 53.8% — — — — — — — — 3 4 7 42.9%
21 2004 13 3 16 81.3% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 4 0 4 100.0% 2002 16 11 27 59.3% 6 8 14 42.9% 0 2 2 0.0% 6 4 10 60.0%
22 2005 50 5 55 90.9% 8 3 11 72.7% 8 1 9 88.9% — — — — 2003 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
23 2006 24 8 32 75.0% 10 2 12 83.3% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 2007 14 3 17 82.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 2009 13 3 16 81.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2010 32 4 36 88.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2011 16 4 20 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2012 11 4 15 73.3% — — — — 9 3 12 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2020 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2021 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 322 80 402 80.1% 59 23 82 72.0% 54 17 71 76.1% 31 8 39 79.5% — 88 58 146 60.3% 43 27 70 61.4% 16 8 24 66.7% 37 28 65 56.9%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Kim Clijsters Anna Kournikova
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 1513 106.8 — — — — — — — 40.0% -0.40 1–0 — — -0.07
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 1593 131.7 — — — — +17 — — 50.0% 0.00 2–2 (50%) 2–1 (67%) 102.9 +0.18
16 1999 1725 145.5 — — — — -30 -155 -56 67.3% +1.53 2–3 (40%) 0–2 — -0.43 1997 1834 148.8 — — — — -142 -148 -89 58.5% +0.48 7–4 (64%) 3–0 (100%) 110.7 -1.86
17 2000 1913 156.2 — — — — +15 -370 -218 60.2% +0.62 11–8 (58%) 8–2 (80%) 107.4 -1.40 1998 1980 169.2 — — — — -91 -84 -125 63.7% +1.00 11–8 (58%) 6–3 (67%) 107.6 -3.22
18 2001 2036 161.2 — — — — +15 -316 -171 69.3% +1.43 15–7 (68%) 7–2 (78%) 111.5 -0.33 1999 1936 156.5 — — — — -74 +28 -46 60.0% +0.58 10–8 (56%) 10–8 (56%) 102.0 -2.58
19 2002 2146 168.0 — — — — +28 -315 -318 69.1% +1.50 12–9 (57%) 5–6 (45%) 100.6 -1.80 2000 1942 166.7 — — — — +32 -52 -26 62.1% +0.97 9–10 (47%) 6–7 (46%) 95.8 -0.53
20 2003 2262 176.5 +7.01 +7.29 1.478 58.4% +19 -206 -246 83.9% +2.65 12–7 (63%) 5–1 (83%) 104.0 -2.52 2001 1818 134.7 — — — — +10 — — 55.1% -0.14 2–7 (22%) 5–2 (71%) 92.8 +0.40
21 2004 2247 155.4 +3.47 +3.81 1.426 57.9% +5 — — 90.2% +2.95 2–1 (67%) 4–0 (100%) 102.2 -0.05 2002 1739 140.7 — — — — +93 +2 — 54.3% +0.14 7–7 (50%) 7–7 (50%) 96.7 +0.31
22 2005 2235 173.2 +5.59 +5.46 1.367 56.6% +51 -182 -131 85.4% +2.89 7–5 (58%) 4–5 (44%) 97.3 -0.64 2003 1674 109.3 — — — — +111 — — 33.3% -1.17 0–2 — — -0.56
23 2006 2166 165.9 +5.11 +5.07 1.249 54.5% +47 -71 -23 75.2% +1.82 9–4 (69%) 6–2 (75%) 101.0 -2.33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 2007 2128 161.0 +4.97 +3.93 1.322 55.5% +66 — — 70.7% +1.95 4–1 (80%) 1–2 (33%) 99.6 +0.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 2009 2141 159.8 +6.04 +5.04 1.334 55.9% +56 — — 73.7% +1.87 4–2 (67%) 0–1 — -1.42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2010 2190 168.6 +6.21 +7.25 1.348 56.4% +54 — -96 76.2% +2.15 11–4 (73%) 6–4 (60%) 103.3 -2.07 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2011 2055 151.4 +3.98 +4.33 1.252 54.8% +97 — — 72.9% +1.73 6–1 (86%) 6–2 (75%) 101.4 +0.06 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2012 2023 145.0 +6.00 +3.05 1.314 55.0% +75 — +54 73.6% +1.85 4–1 (80%) 3–4 (43%) 99.1 -0.72 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2020 1956 116.1 +0.27 +0.94 0.751 45.5% +63 — — 14.3% -2.00 0–1 0–1 — -0.43 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2021 1908 106.1 +0.32 -1.68 0.864 46.7% — — — 33.3% -1.50 0–2 — — -0.16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2299 172.4 +5.39 +5.26 1.313 55.7% +36 -226 -114 74.6% +1.92 99–56 (64%) 55–34 (62%) 106.7 -2.42 — 2080 161.9 — — — — -6 -40 -68 58.8% +0.56 49–48 (51%) 39–28 (58%) 103.9 -2.62

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.