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Jelena Jankovic #20 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #7

6-7(5) 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 2006*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jelena Jankovic
Score	6-7(5) 6-3 6-2
Loser	Svetlana Kuznetsova

Stat	Jelena Jankovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Aces	4	1
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	74	62
First serve points won %	64	57
Second serve points won %	48	39
Break points saved %	84	50
Break points converted %	50	16
Service points won %	60	50
Return points won %	50	40
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jelena Jankovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Country	SRB	RUS
Birth date	Feb 28, 1985	Jun 27, 1985
Age	21	21
Height	177	174
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	7
Ranking points (entering)	849	2,074
Elo (entering)	1,880	2,042
Career W-L	547–332	580–319
Career earnings	$19,089,259	$25,816,890

Pre-match H2H

Jelena Jankovic 0 – 0 Svetlana Kuznetsova

Path

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2006	R32	Nicole Vaidisova	5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2006	R64	Kirsten Flipkens	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Gisela Dulko	6-7(2) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2006	QF	Elena Dementieva	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2006	R32	Anastasia Rodionova	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2006	R64	Lauren Albanese	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Sandra Kloesel	6-2 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data