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Jelena Jankovic #7 def. Serena Williams #1

4-6 6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2010*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jelena Jankovic
Score	4-6 6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Serena Williams

Stat	Jelena Jankovic	Serena Williams
Aces	4	5
Double faults	8	9
First serve %	69	53
First serve points won %	66	69
Second serve points won %	31	37
Break points saved %	65	68
Break points converted %	32	35
Service points won %	55	54
Return points won %	46	45
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jelena Jankovic	Serena Williams
Country	SRB	USA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1985	Sep 26, 1981
Age	25	28
Height	177	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	1
Ranking points (entering)	4,740	7,946
Elo (entering)	1,975	2,162
Career W-L	547–332	825–170
Career earnings	$19,089,259	$94,932,862

Pre-match H2H

Jelena Jankovic 3 – 4 Serena Williams

Path

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2010	QF	Venus Williams	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2010	R16	Yanina Wickmayer	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2010	R32	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2010	F	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6-7(5) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2010	QF	Maria Kirilenko	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2010	R16	Andrea Petkovic	6-2 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2010	R32	Timea Bacsinszky	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data