Kim Clijsters cannot complain about her form heading into the year-end WTA Tour Championships.

The top seed from Belgium, Clijsters claimed her tour-leading ninth title of the year on Sunday with a 6-2 6-3 triumph over Italian Francesca Schiavone at the Gaz de France Stars tennis tournament.

The reigning US Open champion, Clijsters rolled through five rounds of the Tier III indoor event without losing any more than three games in any set.

Overall, she lost just 17 of 77 total games.

"I played very well, played within myself because she forces you to go for a lot of different shots," Clijsters said.

"I'm very happy with my week overall - played some solid matches and put myself in a good position to go to LA."

Clijsters, who has won five of her last six tournaments, leads the tour with 66 victories. She became the first woman to win nine titles in a year since she accomplished the feat two years ago.

The third seed from Italy, Schiavone came up short in her third final in her last six events.

Two weeks ago, Schiavone reached the final at Moscow before falling to Mary Pierce, then advanced to the quarter-finals at Zurich last week before being defeated by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport.

Overall, Schiavone is 0-4 in career finals.

"Physically I wasn't the best today," Schiavone said. "It's been a great week for me, but yesterday's match took a lot out of me, and it can't be like this when you play Kim. She's up there with Lindsay (Davenport) this year as the best player, and it will be interesting to see what will happen in LA.

"I am taking a vacation now and hopefully my good play over these last weeks will translate into more success next year."