Kim Clijsters vs Julia Vakulenko — Warsaw Round of 16

Warsaw · WTA · Round of 16
BEL
Kim Clijsters
43 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 May 2006
clay
UKR
Julia Vakulenko
43 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Clijsters K.
6-3 6-2
Vakulenko J.
Clijsters K.
662
Vakulenko J.
32–

Kim Clijsters defeated Julia Vakulenko 6-3 6-2 in the Warsaw round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Julia Vakulenko came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Kim Clijsters claimed a first win over Julia Vakulenko in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-04-30WarsawR16clayJulia Vakulenko7-6(3) 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Clijsters K.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Vakulenko J.

Vakulenko J.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Clijsters K.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Clijsters K.Vakulenko J.
1st serve in·Even
63%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
67%
63%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
48%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
60%
55%
Return points won·Even
48%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
51%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.4
3.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.3
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (157 vs 57). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Kuznetsova S.
7-56-2
Semi-finals
Clijsters K.
Dementieva E.
7-56-4
Kuznetsova S.
Chakvetadze A.
6-16-1
Quarter-finals
Dementieva E.
Radwanska A.
5-76-36-1
Kuznetsova S.
Williams V.
6-46-2
Clijsters K.
Schiavone F.
6-46-4
Chakvetadze A.
Ivanovic A.
4-66-26-4
R16
Kuznetsova S.
Pironkova T.
6-36-1
Ivanovic A.
Schnyder P.
6-36-2
Radwanska A.
Koukalova K.
6-16-2
Chakvetadze A.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-3
Dementieva E.
Perebiynis T.
6-26-0
Williams V.
Hingis M.
4-67-56-4
Schiavone F.
Likhovtseva E.
6-46-1
Clijsters K.
Vakulenko J.
6-36-2
R32
Williams V.
Radwanska U.
6-36-3
Chakvetadze A.
Jankovic J.
7-56-3
Hantuchova D.
Smashnova A.
4-67-56-3
Pironkova T.
Srebotnik K.
6-16-1
Hingis M.
Kirilenko M.
7-57-61
Radwanska A.
Myskina A.
6-44-66-4
Koukalova K.
Benesova I.
7-636-4
Perebiynis T.
Voskoboeva G.
6-34-66-4
Schiavone F.
Laine E.
6-06-1
Likhovtseva E.
Medina Garrigues A.
7-54-66-1
Vakulenko J.
Gagliardi E.
6-46-1
Ivanovic A.
Domachowska M.
6-47-5