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Jelena Jankovic #28 def. Serena Williams #110

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 12, 2006*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jelena Jankovic
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Jelena Jankovic	Serena Williams
Aces	5	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	65	60
First serve points won %	73	57
Second serve points won %	46	52
Break points saved %	86	50
Break points converted %	50	14
Service points won %	64	55
Return points won %	45	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jelena Jankovic	Serena Williams
Country	SRB	USA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1985	Sep 26, 1981
Age	21	24
Height	177	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	28	110
Ranking points (entering)	672	256
Elo (entering)	1,826	2,024
Career W-L	547–332	825–170
Career earnings	$19,089,259	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Jelena Jankovic 1 – 1 Serena Williams

Path

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2006	QF	Ana Ivanovic	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2006	R16	Samantha Stosur	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2006	R32	Lucie Safarova	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2006	R64	Sania Mirza	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2006	F	Elena Dementieva	3-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2006	QF	Meghann Shaughnessy	6-7(4) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2006	R16	Daniela Hantuchova	1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2006	R32	Ashley Harkleroad	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2006	R64	Maria Kirilenko	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data