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Venus Williams #12 def. Jelena Jankovic #38

5-7 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 20, 2006*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	5-7 6-4 6-1
Loser	Jelena Jankovic

Stat	Venus Williams	Jelena Jankovic
Aces	5	0
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	60	67
First serve points won %	61	54
Second serve points won %	41	20
Break points saved %	59	36
Break points converted %	64	41
Service points won %	53	43
Return points won %	57	47
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Jelena Jankovic
Country	USA	SRB
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Feb 28, 1985
Age	25	21
Height	185	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	38
Ranking points (entering)	1,293	514
Elo (entering)	2,070	1,636
Career W-L	768–288	547–332
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$19,089,259

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 1 – 0 Jelena Jankovic

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2006	R16	Patty Schnyder	7-6(2) 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2006	R32	Lucie Safarova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2006	R64	Zuzana Ondraskova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2006	SF	Martina Hingis	6-0 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2006	R16	Katarina Srebotnik	7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2006	R32	María Sánchez Lorenzo	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2006	R64	Elena Likhovtseva	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data