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Maria Sharapova #5 def. Jelena Jankovic #4

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Maria Sharapova
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Jelena Jankovic

Stat	Maria Sharapova	Jelena Jankovic
Aces	8	0
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	55	73
First serve points won %	83	51
Second serve points won %	50	29
Break points saved %	0	58
Break points converted %	42	100
Service points won %	68	45
Return points won %	55	32
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sharapova	Jelena Jankovic
Country	RUS	SRB
Birth date	Apr 19, 1987	Feb 28, 1985
Age	20	22
Height	188	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,956	3,390
Elo (entering)	2,168	2,007
Career W-L	596–174	547–332
Career earnings	$38,777,962	$19,089,259

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sharapova 3 – 1 Jelena Jankovic

Path

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Justine Henin	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Elena Dementieva	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Elena Vesnina	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Lindsay Davenport	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Jelena Kostanic Tosic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2008	F	Ana Ivanovic	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Serena Williams	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Casey Dellacqua	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Virginie Razzano	6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Edina Gallovits Hall	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Tamira Paszek	2-6 6-2 12-10	W	H2H	Match data