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Jelena Jankovic vs Elena Likhovtseva H2H: 2-2

Jelena Jankovic and Elena Likhovtseva are tied 2–2 in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Elena Likhovtseva leads 2–1 on hard courts, while Jelena Jankovic leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Jelena Jankovic won the 2006 Italian Open round of 64 6-4 6-3.

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Jelena Jankovic
SRB Age 41 Right-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"
H2H
2 – 2
4 main-draw meetings
Elena Likhovtseva
RUS Age 51 Right-Handed 174 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Jelena Jankovic #38 6-4 6-3 Elena Likhovtseva #17 Match data May 17, 2006* R64 Italian Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Elena Likhovtseva #16 7-5 7-5 Jelena Jankovic #21 Match data Feb 23, 2006* R32 Dubai Tennis Championships Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Jelena Jankovic #28 4-6 6-2 6-4 Elena Likhovtseva #23 Match data Jan 13, 2005* R32 Sydney International Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Elena Likhovtseva #39 2-6 6-3 7-5 Jelena Jankovic #49 Match data Jul 22, 2004* R32 Los Angeles Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Jelena Jankovic #970 #1 9,200 2,138 552 337 62.1% 0 6 0 2 7 15
Elena Likhovtseva #1,092 #15 1,807 1,911 358 340 51.3% 0 0 0 0 3 3

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Jelena Jankovic Elena Likhovtseva
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2001 1–1 50.0% #364 1,512 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2002 2–4 33.3% #196 1,529 0 0 1993 11–8 57.9% #67 1,633 0 1
18 2003 4–9 30.8% #85 1,488 0 0 1994 17–19 47.2% #62 1,737 0 1
19 2004 27–26 50.9% #28 1,745 0 1 1995 18–18 50.0% #45 1,715 0 1
20 2005 36–29 55.4% #22 1,733 0 1 1996 30–22 57.7% #18 1,816 0 1
21 2006 45–28 61.6% #12 1,925 0 1 1997 24–24 50.0% #31 1,747 0 2
22 2007 73–26 73.7% #3 1,977 0 5 1998 35–29 54.7% #26 1,828 0 2
23 2008 66–19 77.6% #1 2,091 0 9 1999 34–29 54.0% #18 1,755 0 2
24 2009 42–19 68.9% #8 1,952 0 11 2000 29–28 50.9% #21 1,757 0 2
25 2010 35–22 61.4% #8 1,797 0 12 2001 25–24 51.0% #36 1,745 0 2
26 2011 38–22 63.3% #14 1,794 0 12 2002 24–27 47.1% #42 1,667 0 2
27 2012 31–28 52.5% #22 1,732 0 12 2003 26–26 50.0% #37 1,678 0 2
28 2013 46–21 68.7% #8 1,920 0 13 2004 26–24 52.0% #24 1,820 0 3
29 2014 38–22 63.3% #15 1,797 0 13 2005 30–22 57.7% #17 1,794 0 3
30 2015 39–21 65.0% #21 1,858 0 15 2006 16–20 44.4% #43 1,693 0 3
31 2016 23–21 52.3% #54 1,730 0 15 2007 13–17 43.3% #62 1,666 0 3
32 2017 6–19 24.0% #158 1,575 0 15 2008 0–3 0.0% #1044 1,634 0 3

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Jelena Jankovic Elena Likhovtseva
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 2001 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2002 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1993 6 6 12 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 0 5 100.0%
18 2003 2 6 8 25.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — 1994 14 12 26 53.8% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
19 2004 17 19 36 47.2% 6 3 9 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 1995 12 11 23 52.2% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 4 9 55.6%
20 2005 22 18 40 55.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 1 3 4 25.0% 1996 12 12 24 50.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 6 4 10 60.0%
21 2006 31 17 48 64.6% 8 7 15 53.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 1997 15 10 25 60.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 3 6 9 33.3%
22 2007 38 18 56 67.9% 23 5 28 82.1% 11 2 13 84.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 1998 11 13 24 45.8% 11 7 18 61.1% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 7 14 50.0%
23 2008 49 15 64 76.6% 14 3 17 82.4% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 1999 13 13 26 50.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 8 15 46.7%
24 2009 22 12 34 64.7% 15 4 19 78.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 2000 15 15 30 50.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 6 5 11 54.5%
25 2010 17 16 33 51.5% 15 5 20 75.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2001 9 11 20 45.0% 7 6 13 53.8% 7 3 10 70.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
26 2011 27 15 42 64.3% 11 6 17 64.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2002 10 14 24 41.7% 8 7 15 53.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 0 3 3 0.0%
27 2012 26 18 44 59.1% 1 6 7 14.3% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2003 18 14 32 56.3% 6 7 13 46.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
28 2013 24 14 38 63.2% 21 6 27 77.8% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2004 19 14 33 57.6% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
29 2014 22 14 36 61.1% 16 6 22 72.7% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2005 15 13 28 53.6% 8 5 13 61.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
30 2015 26 14 40 65.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — — 2006 6 10 16 37.5% 1 5 6 16.7% 6 3 9 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0%
31 2016 18 14 32 56.3% 0 4 4 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — 2007 6 9 15 40.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0%
32 2017 4 11 15 26.7% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2008 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 348 225 573 60.7% 146 73 219 66.7% 53 32 85 62.4% 5 7 12 41.7% — 181 180 361 50.1% 77 73 150 51.3% 47 34 81 58.0% 53 53 106 50.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 647/868 of Jelena Jankovic's and 83/223 of Elena Likhovtseva's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Jelena Jankovic Elena Likhovtseva
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
19 2004 5/53 1.0 8.6 68.2% 57.5% 34.2% 47.2% 52.3% 50.5% 49.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2005 9/65 2.8 3.3 65.5% 66.3% 40.5% 58.7% 57.0% 57.4% 45.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2006 46/73 2.7 4.6 67.7% 62.7% 43.4% 50.1% 49.7% 56.6% 46.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2007 87/99 2.0 3.0 70.3% 65.5% 46.9% 48.7% 51.9% 59.9% 50.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2008 69/85 2.1 3.5 69.2% 65.0% 46.8% 57.5% 56.7% 59.5% 49.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
24 2009 53/61 2.0 3.5 63.7% 64.2% 49.0% 53.7% 51.3% 58.7% 47.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
25 2010 51/57 2.4 3.6 65.3% 63.1% 46.0% 53.7% 54.0% 57.2% 47.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
26 2011 53/60 2.8 4.0 63.9% 66.8% 47.8% 50.7% 48.4% 60.0% 48.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
27 2012 53/59 2.7 4.6 60.5% 63.6% 43.8% 55.9% 48.2% 56.1% 46.5% 2003 7/52 3.3 4.6 61.6% 67.0% 46.2% 62.5% 46.7% 58.7% 44.9%
28 2013 62/67 2.5 3.7 62.0% 63.7% 46.5% 55.7% 50.7% 57.1% 47.3% 2004 5/50 1.6 4.4 63.3% 65.5% 42.0% 46.7% 46.9% 57.0% 46.9%
29 2014 56/60 2.6 3.3 63.2% 66.5% 49.0% 57.1% 50.7% 59.7% 47.0% 2005 18/52 2.3 3.8 61.4% 62.1% 44.7% 53.8% 52.4% 54.8% 45.6%
30 2015 41/60 3.2 4.0 63.4% 64.1% 52.6% 53.5% 47.2% 59.9% 41.6% 2006 27/36 1.9 3.1 65.2% 59.3% 47.6% 51.3% 48.8% 55.2% 46.4%
31 2016 37/44 2.7 3.2 62.2% 65.3% 45.6% 58.3% 52.0% 57.9% 47.4% 2007 23/30 1.8 3.5 64.9% 64.2% 45.9% 55.1% 47.9% 57.6% 42.7%
32 2017 25/25 3.4 5.0 60.6% 61.5% 42.6% 54.0% 57.1% 54.2% 39.9% 2008 3/3 1.0 3.7 59.7% 57.8% 41.5% 36.1% 22.8% 51.0% 39.1%
Career — 647/889 2.5 3.8 65.0% 64.5% 46.7% 53.9% 51.5% 58.3% 47.2% — 83/698 2.0 3.6 63.7% 62.2% 45.8% 53.0% 48.1% 56.0% 44.8%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Jelena Jankovic Elena Likhovtseva
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 2001 1512 104.6 — — — — — — — 40.0% -0.40 1–0 1–0 — -0.03 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2002 1529 120.6 — — — — +38 — — 35.7% -0.79 1–1 1–1 — +0.14 1993 1634 127.1 — — — — +37 — — 56.8% +0.48 3–3 (50%) 2–0 — +1.42
18 2003 1488 112.5 — — — — +49 -9 — 39.3% -0.36 1–5 (17%) 0–2 — +0.62 1994 1737 144.1 — — — — +23 — — 49.4% -0.07 4–7 (36%) 2–0 — -2.34
19 2004 1746 139.9 -1.12 +2.19 0.989 49.7% -43 -137 -129 53.7% +0.12 8–11 (42%) 11–2 (85%) 107.5 -0.93 1995 1716 139.9 — — — — +42 -182 — 48.1% -0.27 6–3 (67%) 4–5 (44%) 102.0 -1.00
20 2005 1733 142.6 +1.39 +0.98 1.067 51.2% -36 -21 -3 56.8% +0.58 9–15 (38%) 3–6 (33%) 91.2 -0.92 1996 1816 147.2 — — — — -25 -115 -207 52.0% +0.03 15–4 (79%) 9–5 (64%) 114.1 -0.96
21 2006 1925 155.2 +0.93 +2.16 1.062 51.3% -25 -178 -93 62.0% +0.98 16–10 (62%) 8–9 (47%) 105.8 -1.57 1997 1748 148.3 — — — — +20 -67 -109 50.9% +0.16 6–8 (43%) 4–5 (44%) 95.9 -1.89
22 2007 1977 166.7 +4.61 +7.29 1.259 54.9% -66 +125 -9 71.8% +1.76 15–14 (52%) 9–8 (53%) 99.5 -2.33 1998 1829 147.2 — — — — -41 -55 -44 52.5% +0.22 10–11 (48%) 5–4 (56%) 102.2 -1.26
23 2008 2091 167.1 +4.57 +5.72 1.211 54.2% 0 +6 -122 72.3% +1.59 14–12 (54%) 9–6 (60%) 97.6 -0.03 1999 1756 151.4 — — — — -21 +65 +33 52.5% +0.32 8–7 (53%) 5–10 (33%) 98.6 -0.89
24 2009 1953 153.9 +3.33 +4.18 1.158 53.2% +35 +106 -56 65.7% +0.99 10–10 (50%) 13–6 (68%) 96.3 +1.47 2000 1757 148.3 — — — — +3 +17 +50 50.4% +0.05 11–12 (48%) 8–4 (67%) 99.7 +0.59
25 2010 1797 148.2 +1.63 +4.10 1.111 52.3% -26 +268 +127 59.5% +0.69 11–5 (69%) 6–6 (50%) 98.9 +1.90 2001 1746 140.2 — — — — -54 +47 +174 53.5% +0.30 7–11 (39%) 3–7 (30%) 92.1 +0.51
26 2011 1795 152.5 +3.98 +4.60 1.215 54.2% -5 +179 — 63.5% +1.32 6–15 (29%) 3–2 (60%) 89.2 +2.37 2002 1667 127.8 — — — — -65 +102 +297 48.7% -0.15 8–9 (47%) 8–6 (57%) 99.0 +0.12
27 2012 1733 140.2 +0.76 +2.74 1.061 51.2% +44 +108 +82 51.6% +0.25 6–10 (38%) 8–11 (42%) 90.7 -0.18 2003 1679 134.9 +1.49 +0.52 1.089 52.0% -25 +64 +194 50.9% +0.17 7–7 (50%) 4–5 (44%) 99.4 -0.21
28 2013 1921 155.5 +1.91 +3.65 1.103 52.2% -10 +25 — 63.4% +0.98 17–10 (63%) 12–6 (67%) 108.0 +2.23 2004 1820 143.6 +1.45 +1.57 1.088 51.6% -18 -76 -35 50.4% -0.33 12–9 (57%) 3–5 (38%) 102.1 -1.72
29 2014 1797 152.0 +3.44 +3.23 1.165 53.1% +32 +152 — 63.1% +1.09 6–8 (43%) 5–9 (36%) 91.3 +1.30 2005 1795 137.5 +0.25 +1.06 1.009 50.2% -28 +31 -16 52.8% +0.02 17–6 (74%) 10–4 (71%) 113.3 +0.64
30 2015 1858 140.4 +1.72 +0.71 1.039 50.5% +8 +11 -27 61.7% +0.75 15–6 (71%) 7–5 (58%) 106.0 +0.52 2006 1694 129.9 -0.47 +1.55 1.034 50.6% +3 +16 +165 44.4% -0.23 5–4 (56%) 3–1 (75%) 102.3 +1.01
31 2016 1730 132.2 +1.48 +2.78 1.125 52.4% +42 +35 +71 56.0% +0.52 4–12 (25%) 4–5 (44%) 86.5 +1.30 2007 1666 126.5 +1.88 -0.78 1.007 50.3% -17 +24 +183 44.1% -0.15 3–2 (60%) 3–4 (43%) 99.7 -0.64
32 2017 1575 121.7 -1.62 -1.81 0.871 47.5% +83 +113 +164 34.4% -0.87 2–9 (18%) 1–4 (20%) 88.8 -0.72 2008 1635 111.2 +0.16 -0.58 0.798 44.5% -16 — — 14.3% -2.14 0–1 — — -0.57
Career — 2139 156.2 +2.59 +3.80 1.133 52.7% -3 +72 -8 61.1% +0.87 142–153 (48%) 101–88 (53%) 93.6 +0.58 — 1912 147.6 +0.64 +0.64 1.019 50.4% -12 +4 +83 50.6% +0.03 122–104 (54%) 73–65 (53%) 105.6 -1.03

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.