Jankovic v Williams

WTA Tour career

Jelena JankovicSerbia918 games · 2001–2017Most first serve in %

Venus WilliamsUnited States, United States / USA1,096 games · 1994–2026Most titlesMost aces

Lineball analyst3–11

Venus Williams takes it, 11–3 on categories

Williams wins on titles. Jankovic’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Jankovic 918 matches, Williams 1,096 matches.

Williams has 48 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Jankovic’s 15 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Williams averages 3.1 aces a match to Jankovic’s 1.8 (66% more).
Jankovic has the better first serve in %: 65 to Williams’s 59.4.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s teams won 73%, Jankovic’s team won 62% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam 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.

0.015 total · best 1Titlesper game0.148 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
65.0First serve in %59.4
63.6First-serve points won %68.2
55.5Break points saved %57.5
46.5Return points won %45.7
1.81,635 total · best 13

Head to head

714 matches
since 20057

Hard · 7 matchesJankovic 2Williams 5
Clay · 6 matchesJankovic 4Williams 2
Grass · 1 matchJankovic 1Williams 0
Grand Slams · 3 matchesJankovic 2Williams 1

Last meetings

6 Mar 2017 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardWilliams won 1-6 7-6(5) 6-1
12 Oct 2015 · Hong Kong · Semifinal · HardJankovic won 6-4 7-5
2 Apr 2012 · Charleston · Round of 32 · ClayWilliams won 7-5 6-0
3 May 2010 · Rome · Quarterfinal · ClayJankovic won 6-0 6-1
26 Oct 2009 · WTA Tour Championships · Semifinal · HardWilliams won 5-7 6-3 6-4
3 Nov 2008 · WTA Tour Championships · Semifinal · HardWilliams won 6-2 2-6 6-3
29 Sept 2008 · Stuttgart · Semifinal · HardJankovic won

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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