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Venus Williams #14 def. Jelena Jankovic #3

4-6 6-1 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2007*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Venus Williams
Score	4-6 6-1 7-6(4)
Loser	Jelena Jankovic

Stat	Venus Williams	Jelena Jankovic
Aces	9	0
Double faults	8	2
First serve %	61	74
First serve points won %	73	62
Second serve points won %	41	36
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	61	55
Return points won %	45	39
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Jelena Jankovic
Country	USA	SRB
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Feb 28, 1985
Age	27	22
Height	185	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,765	3,429
Elo (entering)	2,070	2,073
Career W-L	768–288	547–332
Career earnings	$43,095,580	$19,089,259

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams 2 – 3 Jelena Jankovic

Path

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2007	R16	Ana Ivanovic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2007	R32	Alona Bondarenko	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2007	R64	Raluca Olaru	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2007	R128	Kyra Nagy	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2007	SF	Justine Henin	6-7(2) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2007	R16	Sybille Bammer	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2007	R32	Alizé Cornet	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2007	R64	Olga Govortsova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2007	R128	Jarmila Wolfe	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data