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DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #65) VS. [7] (USA #79)

Head-to-head: LAUREN DAVIS leads 1-0

2021 GUADALAJARA HARD O R2 LAUREN DAVIS 6-2 6-2

KOVINIC DAVIS Career Prize Money $1,888,461 Career Prize Money $3,263,219 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 18, 1994 (26) Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 9, 1993 (27) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 8-6 / 62-86 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-7 / 108-133 W-L (YTD / Career) 6-1 / 38-32 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 16-27 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 2-6 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 5-11 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 3-16 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 9-35 Coach Nemanja Plavsic Coach Edward Elliott

KOVINIC:

 Overcame Tomova in 1r here at the WTA 250 level event here in Charleston – her sixth win on clay this season (only Kudermetova has as many wins in 2021)  Had two wins all season entering the clay court swing, and is now 8-6 across the year  Faces American Davis today for second time in career, and second time in 2021 – lost in straight sets when they met on hard court at Guadalajara  Coming off reaching biggest final of career at Volvo Car Open, also held here in Charleston (WTA 500 level), falling to Kudermetova in title match. Defeated three seeded players en route to the final (No.3 Kvitova, No.11 Putintseva and No.12 Jabeur)  Is now 0-3 in WTA finals, falling at the final hurdle also at 2016 Istanbul and 2015 Tianjin  Defeated No.11 Kvitova in 3r for third Top 20 win - previously upset No.8 Vinci at 2016 Madrid and No.10 Bencic at 2020 Rome  Prior to Charleston run, most recent back-to-back Tour level wins also came during 3r run at 2020 Rome  Also this season, reached 2r at Guadalajara (l. Davis)  Fell 1r at both (l. Barty 6-0 6-0) and then Phillip Island Trophy (l. Bouzkova)  Made 2r at Gippsland Trophy (d. Zidansek, l. Ostapenko)  Opened season with 1r exit at Abu Dhabi (l. Muchova)  Season highlights in 2020 include reaching QF at Istanbul (l. Bouchard) before advancing to 3r at Rome (as qualifier, l. Mertens)  Highlights from 2019 were R-Up appearance at 125K event in Bastad, Sweden (l. Doi in F) and QF run at Tashkent Open (l. Cirstea)  Additionally in 2019, lifted titles at $100K ITF/Szekesfehervar-HUN, $25K ITF/Campinas-BRA and $25K ITF/Ystad- SWE. Now owns 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit  Spent majority of 2018 competing on the ITF Circuit, though advanced through qualifying at WTA International tournaments Lugano and Istanbul where she reached 2r  In 2016, advanced to second career singles final at Istanbul (l. Buyukakcay) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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 Set career-high ranking of No.46 on February 22, 2016, following QF run at Rio de Janeiro  Made Top 100 debut on May 4, 2015 at No.95  First WTA final appearance came in shape of R-Up finish at 2015 Tianjin (l. A.Radwanska)  At 2015 Roland Garros became first player – man or woman – from Montenegro to advance to 2r of a (already set the national record for first player to appear in 1r at major at 2014 Roland Garros)  Montenegrin Fed Cup Team, 2011-13, 2016, 2018; Montenegrin Olympic Team, 2016  Reached QF at 2013 Budapest, which was her WTA main draw debut  Played first events of her career on the ITF Circuit in 2009

DAVIS:  Opened campaign this week with a hard-fought win over fellow American Vandeweghe on Monday  Has won nine of her last eleven matches against Americans – at 2019 New Haven (d. Chang in 1r and Lepchenko in 2r) then 2020 Auckland (d. Lepchenko), 2020 Acapulco (l. McHale), 2020 $100k ITF/Charleston (d. Baptiste), 2021 Guadalajara qualifying (d. Arconada), (d. Brengle in 1r, Kenin in 2r) and now Vandeweghe at MUSC Health Women’s Open  Faces Kovinic today for the first time on clay – won previous battle on hard court at 2021 Guadalajara in February  One of 12 American women to begin the singles main draw, with eight reaching 2r  Coming off 3r run at Volvo Car Open last week (l. Gauff), also held here in Charleston (WTA 500 level)  Defeat of No.4 Kenin today in 2r is joint-best of career, having also defeated No.4 Azarenka at 2014 Indian Wells. Owns a 2-6 lifetime record vs. Top 5 players, with other win coming over defending champion and World No.5 Kerber at 2019 Wimbledon  Suffered 1r exit at Miami (l. Kanepi)  Enjoyed solid Mexican swing, make QF at Guadalajara (as qualifier, l. Cocciaretto) and 2r at Monterrey (l. Golubic)  Opened season with three 1r exits, at Grampians Trophy (l. Krejcikova), Australian Open (l. Bencic) and Phillip Island Trophy (l. Sasnovich)  Best result of disrupted 2020 campaign was QF run at Hobart (l. Zhang)  Tied career best Grand Slam result by reaching 3r at 2019 Wimbledon (as lucky loser, l. Suarez Navarro); in 2r upset of Kerber became the first LL to beat the defending women’s champion at Wimbledon and the first LL to win two matches at the tournament  Win over No.5 Kerber was first Top 10 win since 2017 Eastbourne (d. No.10 A.Radwanska)  Won 2019 USTA Pro Circuit ITF World Tour W100 event in Bonita Springs, FL-USA. which helped her win 2019 USTA Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge  Ended 2018 ranked No.252 - her first year-end finish outside Top 100 since 2011  Only Tour-level victories in 2018 came during 3r run at Australian Open (l. Halep)  Reached career high ranking of No.26 on May 2017 after reaching QF at Morocco (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Doha (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) as well as advancing to R16 at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic)  Broke into the Top 50 at No.46 on Jan. 9, 2017 after first career WTA title at Auckland (d. Konjuh in F)  Appeared in first singles finals of career in 2016, at Washington DC (l. Wickmayer) and Québec City (as qualifier, l. Dodin) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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 Earned first Top 20 win en route to R16 at 2014 Indian Wells over No.4 Azarenka (l. Dellacqua by walkover)  Reached 3r at for career best Slam result (l. Bouchard)  Notched first WTA main draw win over No.55 Martic at 2012 Indian Wells (l. Petrova in 2r)  Played first tour-level main draw match at as a wild card (l. Stosur in 1r)  On ITF Circuit has won seven singles titles  Member of US Team in 2014-15, 2017  Won USTA Girls’ 18 & Under national title in 2011, earning a US Open main draw wildcard  In December 2010, registered 18-match win streak on ITF Junior Circuit, capturing three tournaments, culminating in . Finished 2010 year ranked No.3 in world junior rankings

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[3] (USA #46) VS. [Q] CLAIRE LIU (USA #189)

Head-to-head: First meeting

ROGERS LIU Career Prize Money $3,232,823 Career Prize Money $544,205 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 13, 1992 (28) Date of Birth (Age) May 25, 2000 (20) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 13-6 / 78-86 YTD / Career W-L 1-0 / 6-10 Clay Court (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 28-25 Clay Court (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 3-2 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-4 / 3-13 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-5 / 15-27 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-2 Coach Mark Gellard Coach Chris Tontz

ROGERS:  Appearing in the inaugural edition of the MUSC Health Women’s Open, in her home state of South Carolina  Has appeared at the WTA 500 event in the same city seven times, with her best result there a QF run in 2017 (l. Lucic-Baroni); defeated the top seed Keys and future Grand Slam champion Osaka en route  Born in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and currently lives in Charleston. Was a ball girl at the WTA 500 tournament when she was younger  Contesting tournament ranked at a career-high No.46 (April 12, 2021)  Opened campaign this week with 62-minute victory over American teenager McNally  One of a tournament-leading 12 Americans in starting field  Faces another one, Liu, in today’s 2r; bidding to reach fifth QF since the Tour’s restart last August  Coming off 3r run at last week’s Volvo Car Open (l. Barty in 3s)  Produced back-to-back 2r showings at Miami (l. Svitolina) and Dubai (l. Mertens)  Started 2021 season with strong performance down under: reached two QFs at Yarra Valley Classic (l. eventual champion Barty) and Adelaide (l. Gauff), and also achieved career-best run at Australian Open by reaching the R16 (d. No.22 Kontaveit in 3r, l. Barty)  Produced career best year-end finish in 2020 at No.58, following a SF appearance at Lexington (d. S.Williams in 2r, l. Teichmann) and QF at US Open (d. Kvitova, l. eventual champion Osaka) – marked second career Slam QF appearance (also 2016 Roland Garros)  In 2019, made return from injury at Charleston where she reached 2r (l. Ostapenko). Also posted 2r showings at Roland Garros and Mallorca and fell 1r six occasions and reached one ITF Circuit final  Fell 1r in only two tournaments played in 2018 at Australian Open and Indian Wells - injured left knee in loss to Dolehide at Indian Wells, requiring surgery in the summer  In 2017, posted third Top 100 season and year-end finish of No.59. Year highlighted by reaching QFs at Charleston, Hobart and Strasbourg. Achieved career-high ranking of No.48 on January 30, 2017  Also, played all three ties to help USA win its first Fed Cup in 17 years, winning decisive doubles rubber (w/Vandeweghe) in final against Belarus  In 2017 US Open 2r, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5), in a match that took 3 hours, 33 minutes, setting a record for the longest women’s match in US Open history  Appeared in two WTA singles finals, at 2016 Rio de Janeiro (l. Schiavone) and at 2014 Bad Gastein (d. Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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 No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, l.Petkovic)  One-time doubles runner-up, at 2015 Bogotá (w/Falconi)  Participated in 2014 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (along with Diyas, Puig and Zheng)  Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014  Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg (d. Domachowska)  Winner of five singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in in 2009, at age 16

LIU:  Making first Tour-level appearance of 2021 at this week’s MUSC Health Women’s Open  Recovered from 6-2 3-0 down against Perez in final round of qualifying – had failed in 14 previous attempts to negotiate qualifying at WTA-level events, a run stretching back to the summer of 2018  Saw off fellow qualifier Sanders in 1r of main draw to register first Tour-level win since beating Hercog at 2018 US Open  Faces No.46 Rogers in 2r today; owns 0-6 career record against Top 50 players  In terms of ranking, best career win came over No.69 Linette at 2018 Charleston  Bidding to win back-to-back Tour level matches for the first time in her career  In most recent outing suffered qualifying exit at Miami  Returned to Top 200 following a good sequence of results on ITF Circuit in February and March, first reaching SF at $25k Orlando, FL-USA, then posting back-to-back R-Up finishes on at $25k Boca Raton, FL-USA (l. Lepchenko) and $25k Newport Beach, CA-USA (l. Lao)  Opened season with 1r defeat at $25k ITF/Rome, GA-USA, then contested qualifying for Australian Open  Finished last season ranked No.222  At WTA-level in 2020, fell 1r at US Open (as WC, l. Sorribes Tormo) and in qualifying at Lexington. On ITF Circuit, was a R-Up twice, including at $100k ITF/Nicholasville, KY-USA (l. Govortsova)  Slipped down the rankings in 2019, ending at No.333 after posting 23-23 record (at all levels)  Fell in WTA qualifying seven times (including Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon), while on ITF Circuit won third - and most recent - title at $25k ITF/Florence-SC, USA  Rose to career-high ranking of No.137 on January 14, 2019  Ended 2018 at No.138 (up from No.263 in 2017)  Reached 2r five times in 2018, at Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Kerber in 3s), US Open (as WC, l. Sevastova), Miami (as WC, d. Osuigwe for first main draw win, l. Barty), Charleston (as qualifier, l. Begu) and Bucharest (as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up Martic)  Win over No.69 Linette in 1r at 2018 Charleston was first over a Top 100 player  Ended 2017 ranked No.263 (up from No.672 in 2016)  Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2017 US Open (as qualifier, l. Duan)  Also in 2017 fell 1r at Stanford (l. Gibbs) and in qualifying at Indian Wells and Québec City. Lifted second and third ITF Circuit titles, at $25k ITF/Naples, FL-USA (as qualifier, d. Collins in F) and $25k ITF/Caserta-ITA (d. Badosa Gibert in F)  Fell in qualifying at 2015 US Open and 2016 Miami

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 Won first of three ITF Circuit titles at $10k ITF/Orlando, FL-USA  Played first matches on ITF Circuit in 2014, qualifying at $25k ITF/Florence (lost 1r)  In juniors, won the Wimbledon girls’ singles in 2017, becoming the first American girl to win the event since Chanda Rubin in 1992. With this success, rose to No.1 in the ITF girls' junior rankings  Also won Wimbledon girls’ doubles in 2016 w/Arconada. At 2017 Roland Garros lost to Osuigwe in singles final

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AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #77) VS. CLARA TAUSON (DEN #101)

Head-to-head: First meeting

TOMLJANOVIC TAUSON Career Prize Money $3,376,835 Career Prize Money $247,478 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) May 7, 1993 (27) Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 21, 2002 (18) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 7-7 / 109-135 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-2 / 7-4 Clay Court (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 38-21 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 2-3 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-3 / 3-16 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-3 / 8-39 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Coach Ratko Tomljanovic Coach Olivier Jeunehomme

TOMLJANOVIC:  Kicked off MUSC Health Women’s Open campaign with straight sets win over Zarazuza, dropping only two games (6-1 6-1)  Faces rising star Tauson today – fell to opposition outside the Top 100 earlier this year, losing to No.292 Sanders at Adelaide  One of three Australian women to begin the singles draw – joined by Sanders (l. 1r to Liu) and Sharma (d. Wang Yafan in 1r)  Winner will face either McHale or Osorio Serrano  Coming off 3r run at Volvo Car Open last week (l. Stephens) and 2r showing at Miami (l. Osaka) last month  Suffered 1r exit at Adelaide (l. Sanders)  Also on home soil, posted 2r showings at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Australian Open (l. Halep – having led 5-2 in final set), and suffered 1r exit at Gippsland Trophy (l. Cornet)  Reached 2r in opening tournament of the season, at Abu Dhabi (l. eventual champion Sabalenka); also reached SF in doubles (w/Kenin, l. eventual champions Aoyama/Shibahara)  Reached 2r – but never further – on five occasions in 2020  Ended 2019 season by representing Australia in Perth final of Billie Jean King Cup vs. France – went 1-1 in singles (d. Parmentier, l. Mladenovic) as visitors prevailed 3-2  Four-time WTA singles finalist, most recently finishing runner-up at 2019 Hua Hin (l. Yastremska). Earlier finals came at 2015 Pattaya City (l. Hantuchova), 2018 Rabat (l. Mertens) and 2018 Seoul (l. Bertens)  Posted two Top 10 wins in 2019, her first for almost five years, defeating No.9 Sabalenka (Miami) and No.8 Bertens (Zhengzhou). Other Top 10 defeat, and best win of career, came over No.3 A.Radwanska at 2014 Roland Garros  Reached first Premier-level SF of career at 2019 Zhengzhou (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)  Underwent shoulder surgery in February 2016 and was sidelined for rest of season; returned at 2017 Acapulco, more than 12 months later  Made Top 50 debut in 2015, rising as high as No.47 (week of February 23)  Best Grand Slam result to date is R16 run at 2014 Roland Garros (d. No.32 seed Vesnina in 2r and No.3 seed A.Radwanska in 3r, l. Suárez Navarro)  Announced in 2014 she would switch nationalities and start representing Australia (first did so at 2014 US Open)  On ITF Circuit, winner of four singles titles and three doubles titles

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 Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2007 and WTA main draw debut at 2009 Indian Wells (as WC, l. 1r)  As a junior, achieved career-high ranking of No.4, won Australian Open junior doubles title in 2009 (w/McHale), and was a member of Croatia’s victorious junior Fed Cup team in 2009

TAUSON:  MUSC Health Women’s Open marks fourth Tour-level clay court main draw– also 2019 Lugano (as qualifier, l. Rodina), 2020 Roland Garros (as qualifier, d. Brady in 1r, l. Collins in 2r) and 2021 Bogotá (l. Seguel in 1r)  Overcame Samsonova in 1r on Monday for second clay court win at Tour main draw level, after ousting Brady at 2020 Roland Garros  Faces No.77 Tomljanovic today – win would be her sixth vs. Top 100 player. Best win by ranking came over No.25 Brady at 2020 Roland Garros  Coming off 1r exit at Bogotá (l. Seguel)  Also fell 1r at St. Petersburg (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Kasatkina)  Enjoyed a 13th match winning streak across all levels earlier this season, having won an ITF $25k event in Germany, the WTA Lyon 250 event (as a qualifier), then winning through qualifying at St. Petersburg  Results propelled her to a career-high ranking of No.96 (March 8, 2021)  Enjoyed spectacular debut title run in Lyon  At 6ème Sens Métropole De Lyon came through two rounds of qualifying before beating top seed Alexandrova in 1r of main draw. Reeled off seven games in a row to recover from slow start and beat Babos in 2r, then won all eight service games to beat Giorgi in her maiden career QF. Beat Badosa in SF before securing title with win over Golubic  Golubic was a fellow qualifier - last time two qualifiers met in a WTA final was at 2017 Tokyo [Japan Open], when Diyas beat Kato to lift her maiden title  Prior to Lyon, only Tour-level main draw appearances were 1r exit at 2019 Lugano (as qualifier, l. Rodina) and 2r showing at 2020 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Collins)  Lifted ninth ITF Circuit title of her career on indoor hard at Altenkirchen-GER (d. Walert in F)  Fell at first hurdle at Australian Open qualifying event in Dubai  Opened 2021 season by lifting title at $25k ITF/Fujairah-UAE (d. Golubic in F)  Ended 2020 season ranked No.152 (up from No.267 at the end of 2019) after posting 30-7 win-loss record. Best results were 2r at Roland Garros (as qualifier, d. No.25 Brady, l. Collins) and lifting two titles on ITF Circuit  Made Tour-level debut (main draw and qualifying) with 1r exit at 2019 Lugano (as wildcard qualifier, l. Rodina)  Lifted four ITF Circuit singles titles in 2019  Won maiden ITF Circuit title in just her second tournament, at $15k ITF/Stockholm-SWE in 2017  Reached SF on professional debut at $15k ITF/Antalya-TUR in 2017  On ITF Junior Circuit has lifted nine singles titles, including at 2019 Australian Open (d. Fernandez in F). In 2019 she became the first Dane to top the junior world rankings

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[WC] (USA #151) VS. (JPN #88)

Head-to-head: Series tied 1-1

2019 WTA 125/INDIAN WELLS HARD O R1 FRANCESCA DI LORENZO 4-6 7-5 6-3 2018 ITF/BERKELEY HARD O QF NAO HIBINO 7-6(3) 6-1

DI LORENZO HIBINO Career Prize Money $549,382 Career Prize Money $1,883,860 Plays Left-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Jul. 22, 1997 (23) Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 28, 1994 (26) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 2 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 1-4 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 7-11 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 1-1 / 4-11 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-6 / 54-66 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 1-6 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-2 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 2-9 Coach - Coach Eiji Takeuchi

DI LORENZO:  Making second Tour-level appearance of 2021 at this week’s MUSC Health Women’s Open  In 1r, beat fellow American Ahn to exact revenge for a defeat in qualifying at Miami less than one month ago  This was her first Tour-level match win on clay; owns one ITF Circuit title on the surface, at $25k Wesley Chapel, FL, USA in 2018  Faces Hibino in 2r today; came within two points of defeat before fighting back to beat the Japanese at the WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells in 2019  Bidding to win back-to-back Tour matches for the first timein her career  Suffered 1r exit at last week’s Volvo Car Open (l. Nara)  Opened season with 1r defeat at $25k ITF/Rome, GA-USA, then contested qualifying for Australian Open and Miami  Finished last season ranked No.143  Highlights of 2020 was QF run at $80k ITF/Macon, GA-USA. At Tour level, fell 1r at Acapulco, Lexington and US Open and in qualifying on a further four occasions  Rose to career-high ranking of No.118 on February 3, 2020  Lifted biggest and most recent ITF Circuit title at $60k Toronto-CAN in 2019  In 2019, also reached 2r at US Open and Toronto  Posted first Tour-level win during 2r showing at 2018 US Open (d. McHale, l. Bertens)  Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2018 Charleston (l. Stollar)  Owns four singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit  Left Ohio to turn professional in December 2017  Was ranked as the nation's top tennis recruit out of high school and committed to playing collegiate tennis at The Ohio State University. In her final tournament as a junior, she reached the semifinals in both the girls' singles and doubles tournaments at the 2015 US Open

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HIBINO:  Playing inaugural edition of the MUSC Health Women’s Open  In 1r on Monday, saved 5MP against Doi before advancing when her compatriot retired w/muscle cramping at the end of the third set – result ended a six-match losing streak, stretching back to Australian Open  Faces Di Lorenzo in 2r today; bidding to reach first WTA QF since SF run at 2020 Strasbourg  Followed this with 1r exits at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Lepchenko), Guadalajara (l. Schmiedlova), Monterrey (l. Paolini), Miami (l. Zarazua) and Charleston (l. Samsonova)  Opened 2021 by reaching 2r at Australian Open (l. Mladenovic)  Best results of 2020 were SF runs at Hua Hin (l. Kung) and Strasbourg (l. Rybakina)  Reached 2r at the Grand Slams for her second and third time in her career in 2020, at Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Sakkari) and Roland Garros (l. Jabeur). First reached 2r at a major at 2017 US Open (l. Safarova)  Owns two Top 20 wins in her career, having upset No.18 Stosur at 2016 Hong Kong and No.4 Svitolina at 2020 Hua Hin  Season highlight in 2019 was singles and doubles sweep at 2019 Hiroshima (w/Doi, whom she beat in singles final). Also reached 2r at Monterrey (l. Vickery) and fell 1r four times  In 2018, won one singles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit  Posted third Top 100 finish in 2017, having reached finals in Kuala Lumpur (l. Barty in F) and Nanchang (l. Peng)  Standout results in 2016 included reaching second WTA singles final at Tashkent (as defending champion, l. Kr.Pliskova) and advancing to QF at Auckland (l. Goerges), Istanbul (l. Buyukakcay) and Florianopolis (l. Begu)  Made Top 100 debut on October 5, 2015, jumping from No.117 to No.76 after winning career first WTA singles title at Tashkent (d. Vekic in F) in what was her second Tour-level main draw  Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015 (media vote; won by Gavrilova)  Made WTA main draw debut in September 2015 at Tokyo [Japan Open], reaching 2r (d. Kuwata, l. Brengle)

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