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Jelena Jankovic #22 def. Jie Zheng #32

6-7(2) 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 16, 2012*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Jelena Jankovic
Score	6-7(2) 7-5 6-1
Loser	Jie Zheng

Stat	Jelena Jankovic	Jie Zheng
Aces	5	0
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	67	76
First serve points won %	66	57
Second serve points won %	51	40
Break points saved %	67	45
Break points converted %	55	33
Service points won %	61	53
Return points won %	47	39
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jelena Jankovic	Jie Zheng
Country	SRB	CHN
Birth date	Feb 28, 1985	Jul 5, 1983
Age	27	28
Height	177	164
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	32
Ranking points (entering)	2,080	1,730
Elo (entering)	1,735	1,748
Career W-L	547–332	216–193
Career earnings	$19,089,259	$6,157,773

Pre-match H2H

Jelena Jankovic 4 – 1 Jie Zheng

Path

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2012	QF	Misaki Doi	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2012	R16	Casey Dellacqua	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2012	R32	Melanie South	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 2012	F	Melanie Oudin	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jie Zheng's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2012	QF	Roberta Vinci	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2012	R16	Andrea Sestini Hlavackova	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2012	R32	Anne Keothavong	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2012	R64	Alla Kudryavtseva	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data