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Jelena Jankovic #4 def. Serena Williams #7

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jelena Jankovic
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Jelena Jankovic	Serena Williams
Aces	2	4
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	63	59
First serve points won %	54	55
Second serve points won %	50	25
Break points saved %	64	53
Break points converted %	47	36
Service points won %	52	43
Return points won %	57	48
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	22	26
Height	177	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	7
Ranking points (entering)	3,390	2,772
Elo (entering)	1,987	2,078
Career W-L	547–332	825–170
Career earnings	$19,089,259	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Jelena Jankovic 2 – 2 Serena Williams

Path

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Jelena Jankovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2008	SF	Maria Sharapova	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Nicole Vaidisova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Victoria Azarenka	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Meng Yuan	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Jarmila Wolfe	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data