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Serena Williams #81 def. Jelena Jankovic #11

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2007*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Jelena Jankovic

Stat	Serena Williams	Jelena Jankovic
Aces	8	3
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	63	69
First serve points won %	70	50
Second serve points won %	46	53
Break points saved %	80	67
Break points converted %	33	20
Service points won %	61	51
Return points won %	49	39
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Jelena Jankovic
Country	USA	SRB
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Feb 28, 1985
Age	25	21
Height	175	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	81	11
Ranking points (entering)	331	1,456
Elo (entering)	2,013	2,010
Career W-L	825–170	547–332
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$19,089,259

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 1 – 2 Jelena Jankovic

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2007	R32	Nadia Petrova	1-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Anne Kremer	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Mara Santangelo	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2007	QF	Shahar Peer	3-6 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2007	R32	Victoria Azarenka	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2007	R64	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2007	R128	Aleksandra Wozniak	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data