following a surging 2007, janković started the year at the hopman cup where she partnered with novak djokovic to reach the final, losing out to united states' serena williams and mardy fish. she reached the semifinals of the australian open a few weeks after falling to maria sharapova, the eventual champion where she beat serena williams en route in the quarterfinals. in february and march, she reached a lone final at the sony ericsson open losing to serena williams 1-6, 7-5, 3-6. she further reached two semifinals and two quarterfinals. in the clay season, janković won the italian open for the second straight year against surprise finalist alize cornet who was an 18-year-old qualifier. at the french open, she reached her third straight major semifinal but fell in three grueling sets to once again the eventual champion in ana ivanovic, a match that decided the new world no. 1.