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Jelena Jankovic #2 def. Elena Dementieva #6

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jelena Jankovic
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Elena Dementieva

Stat	Jelena Jankovic	Elena Dementieva
Aces	1	0
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	84	65
First serve points won %	58	56
Second serve points won %	33	43
Break points saved %	73	45
Break points converted %	55	27
Service points won %	54	52
Return points won %	48	46
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jelena Jankovic	Elena Dementieva
Country	SRB	RUS
Birth date	Feb 28, 1985	Oct 14, 1981
Age	23	26
Height	177	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,515	3,070
Elo (entering)	2,042	2,012
Career W-L	547–332	472–243
Career earnings	$19,089,259	$14,867,437

Pre-match H2H

Jelena Jankovic 4 – 3 Elena Dementieva

Path

Jelena Jankovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Sybille Bammer	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Jie Zheng	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Sofia Arvidsson	6-3 6-7(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Coco Vandeweghe	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jelena Jankovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2008	F	Serena Williams	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Elena Dementieva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Patty Schnyder	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Na Li	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Anne Keothavong	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Pauline Parmentier	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Akgul Amanmuradova	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data