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Serena Williams #8 def. Jelena Jankovic #3

6-1 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 30, 2008*
Tournament	Miami
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	6-1 5-7 6-3
Loser	Jelena Jankovic

Stat	Serena Williams	Jelena Jankovic
Aces	12	1
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	59	74
First serve points won %	69	46
Second serve points won %	33	50
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	55	47
Return points won %	53	45
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Jelena Jankovic
Country	USA	SRB
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Feb 28, 1985
Age	26	23
Height	175	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,297	3,790
Elo (entering)	2,131	2,030
Career W-L	825–170	547–332
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$19,089,259

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 3 Jelena Jankovic

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2008	SF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2008	QF	Justine Henin	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2008	R16	Kaia Kanepi	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2008	R32	Flavia Pennetta	6-7(6) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2008	R64	Edina Gallovits Hall	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2008	SF	Vera Zvonareva	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2008	QF	Elena Dementieva	6-1 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2008	R16	Jie Zheng	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 2008	R32	Lucie Safarova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2008	R64	Sofia Arvidsson	6-7(7) 6-2 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data