F US Open 2008

Serena Williams #3 def. Jelena Jankovic #2

6-4 7-5

Serena Williams defeated Jelena Jankovic 6-4 7-5 in the 2008 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSerena WilliamsJelena Jankovic
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
33
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
34
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
61.6%68.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
60.0%53.8%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
53.6%43.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
62.5%68.8%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
57.5%50.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
31.2%37.5%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
49.5%42.5%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.0%47.0%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+1.9-5.1
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+5.2-1.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsJelena Jankovic
Country USA SRB
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Feb 28, 1985
Age2623
Height175 cm177 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)32
Ranking points (entering)3,3413,515
Elo (entering)2,1462,055
Current career W-L837–172552–337
Current career earnings$94,948,662$19,089,259
Pre-match H2H

Path

Serena Williams's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Dinara Safina #76-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 6, 2008SF
Venus Williams #87-6(6) 7-6(7)WH2HMatch dataSep 4, 2008QF
Severine Beltrame #1216-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 2, 2008R16
Ai Sugiyama #326-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 31, 2008R32
Elena Vesnina #716-1 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 28, 2008R64
Kateryna Volodko #466-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 27, 2008R128

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jelena Jankovic's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Elena Dementieva #66-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 6, 2008SF
Sybille Bammer #306-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 4, 2008QF
Caroline Wozniacki #183-6 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataSep 2, 2008R16
Jie Zheng #377-5 7-5WH2HMatch dataAug 31, 2008R32
Sofia Arvidsson #636-3 6-7(5) 7-5WH2HMatch dataAug 28, 2008R64
Coco Vandeweghe #5126-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 27, 2008R128