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Jelena Jankovic #2 def. Venus Williams #8

6-7(8) 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 2008*
Tournament	Stuttgart
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jelena Jankovic
Score	6-7(8) 7-5 6-2
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Jelena Jankovic	Venus Williams
Aces	2	8
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	73	57
First serve points won %	70	78
Second serve points won %	47	40
Break points saved %	88	55
Break points converted %	45	12
Service points won %	64	62
Return points won %	38	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jelena Jankovic	Venus Williams
Country	SRB	USA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1985	Jun 17, 1980
Age	23	28
Height	177	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	4,070	2,271
Elo (entering)	2,079	2,066
Career W-L	547–332	768–288
Career earnings	$19,089,259	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Jelena Jankovic 4 – 3 Venus Williams

Path

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2008	QF	Vera Zvonareva	7-6(8) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2008	R16	Alona Bondarenko	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2008	F	Nadia Petrova	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2008	QF	Dinara Safina	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2008	R16	Kateryna Volodko	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2008	R32	Anna-Lena Groenefeld	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data