QF Australian Open 2008

Jelena Jankovic #4 def. Serena Williams #7

6-3 6-4

Jelena Jankovic defeated Serena Williams 6-3 6-4 in the 2008 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 24, 2008*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2008
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Stat	Jelena Jankovic	Serena Williams
Aces	2	4
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	63.0%	59.0%
First serve points won %	54.0%	55.0%
Second serve points won %	50.0%	25.0%
Break points saved %	64.0%	53.0%
Break points converted %	47.0%	36.0%
Service points won %	52.0%	43.0%
Return points won %	57.0%	48.0%
Total points won %	55.0%	45.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Jelena Jankovic	Serena Williams
Country	SRB	USA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1985	Sep 26, 1981
Age	22	26
Height	177 cm	175 cm
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)	1,996	2,096
Current career W-L	552–337	837–172
Current career earnings	$19,089,259	$94,948,662

Pre-match H2H

Jelena Jankovic #4 2 – 2 Serena Williams #7

Path

Jelena Jankovic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Casey Dellacqua #78	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2008	R16
Virginie Razzano #29	6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2008	R32
Edina Gallovits Hall	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2008	R64
Tamira Paszek	2-6 6-2 12-10	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2008	R128

Jelena Jankovic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Maria Sharapova #5	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 2008	SF

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicole Vaidisova #12	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2008	R16
Victoria Azarenka #25	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2008	R32
Meng Yuan #121	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2008	R64
Jarmila Wolfe #145	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2008	R128