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Serena Williams v Jelena Jankovic: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on titles. Jankovic’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Williams 1,002 matches, Jankovic 918 matches.
Williams has 72 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Jankovic’s 15 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Williams averages 6.1 aces a match to Jankovic’s 1.8 — 3.3 times as many.
Williams averages a sets lost every 2.2 matches to Jankovic’s 0.9.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 85%, Jankovic’s team won 62% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.172 total · best 1Titlesper game0.015 total · best 1
0.023 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game–
60.3First serve in %65.0
74.2First-serve points won %63.6
62.1Break points saved %55.5
46.9Return points won %46.5
6.1
Head to head
1014 matches since 20044
Hard · 11 matchesWilliams 8Jankovic 3
Clay · 2 matchesWilliams 1Jankovic 1
Grass · 1 matchWilliams 1Jankovic 0
Grand Slams · 3 matchesWilliams 2Jankovic 1
Finals · 4 matchesWilliams 4Jankovic 0
Last meetings
11 Aug 2014 · Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-1 6-3
17 Feb 2014 · Dubai · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-2 6-2
21 Oct 2013 · WTA Championships · Semifinal · HardWilliams won 6-4 2-6 6-4
30 Sept 2013 · Beijing · Final · HardWilliams won 6-2 6-2
1 Apr 2013 · Charleston · Final · ClayWilliams won 3-6 6-0 6-2
30 July 2012 · Olympics · Round of 64 · Grass
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
Williams––––––––––
Jankovic––––––––––
4,649 total · best 24
Acesper game
1.81,635 total · best 13
12.412,406 total · best 21Games wonper game11.810,792 total · best 20
48.2Break points converted %47.8
79.3Sets won %61.1
62.1Games won %54.7
0.197 total · best 1Finalsper game0.036 total · best 1
1.81,754 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.41,283 total · best 2
0.5457 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9816 total · best 2
7.57,560 total · best 20Games lostper game · lower is better9.78,940 total · best 21
0.2178 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2201 total · best 2
Williams won 6-3 6-1
3 May 2010 · Rome · Semifinal · ClayJankovic won 4-6 6-3 7-6(5)
25 Aug 2008 · US Open · Final · HardWilliams won 6-4 7-5
24 Mar 2008 · Miami · Final · HardWilliams won 6-1 5-7 6-3
14 Jan 2008 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · HardJankovic won 6-3 6-4
