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Featured First-Round Match-Ups 2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M Tournament Information: www.miamiopen.com | @MiamiOpen | facebook.com/MiamiOpenTennis WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/WTA WTA Communications: Chase Altieri ([email protected]), Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]), Bryan Shapiro ([email protected]) DAY 2 – FEATURED FIRST-ROUND MATCH-UPS KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #56) vs. DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #40) Mladenovic leads 1-0 Mladenovic looking for first singles match win in Miami since 2015... Collins reached SF here on debut in 2018... Mladenovic already has two Top 50 wins this year SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #49) vs. [Q] OCEANE DODIN (FRA #120) First career meeting Stephens won the title here in 2018 as one of six former champions to start the main draw... Dodin reached 2r here in 2018 as a LL... Both players looking for their first main draw win of the season ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #107) vs. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #43) Petkovic leads 3-1 Although Petkovic has won most of their meetings, Zhang was the victor when the two last played each other at 2019 Guangzhou... Petkovic is a two time semifinalist here in 2013 and 2015... Zhang playing first tournament since Australian Open JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #54) vs. [WC] XIYU WANG (CHN #135) First career meeting Ostapenko reached the final here in 2018 defeating to Top 10 players en route... Wang reached 2r on debut here in 2019... Ostapenko has won opening round in four of five tournaments contested so far this year ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #61) vs. SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #35) Series tied 3-3 Cornet won the pair’s last meeting at 2017 Wuhan... Kuznetsova coming off SF appearance at home tournament in St. Petersburg... Cornet is making her 13th appearance in Miami while Kuznetsova is th making her 17 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M HEATHER WATSON (GBR #65) vs. [Q] NINA STOJANOVIC (SRB #95) Watson leads 2-0 Watson has fallen in 1r of Miami on six occasions... Stojanovic contesting her first main draw of a WTA 1000 Mandatory event... Watson has suffered only one loss this season to a player ranked below her CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #86) vs. [Q] LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA (RUS #126) Samsonova leads 1-0 Giorgi fell to a qualifier just a few weeks ago at Lyon losing to eventual champion Tauson in the quarterfinals... All of Samsonova’s career WTA main draw wins have come over players ranked in the th Top 100... A win today would mark Giorgi’s 100 career main draw victory on hard courts Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #56) VS. DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #40) Head-to-head: KRISTINA MLADENOVIC leads 1-0 2019 BEIJING HARD O R64 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 6-3 6-2 MLADENOVIC COLLINS Career Prize Money $11,976,202 Career Prize Money $3,091,295 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) May 14, 1993 (27) Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 13, 1993 (27) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 0 Miami W-L (MD) 3-6 Miami W-L (MD) 6-2 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 5-7 / 206-214 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 9-4 / 55-48 3-Set (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 66-63 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 19-18 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 51-54 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 4-1 / 14-9 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 5-7 / 121-141 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 9-4 / 39-33 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 17-28 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 6-12 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 34-58 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 14-21 Coach Luka Mladenovic Coach Timur Haciaturov MLADENOVIC: Miami Open • Making eighth main draw appearance at the Miami Open • Posted best run when she advanced to 3r in 2015 (l. Petkovic), though she has not registered a win at this tournament since, falling after 1r byes in 2016 (l. Gibbs), 2017 (l. Tig) and 2018 (l. Martic), and falling 1r in 2019 (l. Y.Wang) • One of five French women to start the main draw: also Cornet, Dodin, Ferro and Garcia • Faces No.40 Collins today in their second career meeting, leading their head-to-head 1-0 after defeating the American in straight sets during 2019 Beijing • Is 2-1 vs. Top 50 players in 2021, with wins coming over No.23 Sakkari (Australian Open) and No.21 Martic (Dubai) • Bidding to snap 4-match losing streak at the Miami Open, with most recent win coming over Strycova in 2015 • Coming off 1r exit in St. Petersburg (l. Gasparyan) after reaching 2r in Dubai (l. Pegula) • After 1r exit at Adelaide (l. Teichmann), advanced to first QF of the season on home soil in Lyon (l. Badosa) • Posted 3r showing at Australian Open (l. Pegula) – marked her first 3r at a Slam since 2018 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) • Made 1r exits at Yarra Valley Classic (l. Pegula) and in the first tournament of 2021 season in Abu Dhabi (l. No.15 Muguruza) Career Milestones • Won fourth and fifth Grand Slam doubles titles in 2020, w/Babos at Australian Open (d. Hsieh/Strycova in F) and Roland Garros (d. Guarachi/Krawczyk in F) • Ended 2019 season strongly with SF appearances in Moscow (l. eventual champion Bencic) and Zhengzhou (l. Martic) and QF in Linz (l. Alexandrova) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M • Notched five Top 10 wins in 2019 with two wins vs. reigning World No.1 (d. Osaka in Dubai; Barty in Fed Cup Final); win over World No.1 Barty helped France take home their first Fed Cup title since 2003 • Enjoyed another strong doubles year in 2019, with titles at Istanbul and Roland Garros (both w/Babos) boosting her to World No.1 for the first time in career • Also w/Babos, defended title at year-end WTA Finals and finished R-Up at Australian Open to end the year at No.2 • Won second Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Australian Open (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F), third at 2019 Roland Garros (w/Babos, d. Duan/S.Zheng in F) and fourth at 2020 Australian Open (w/ Babos, d. Hsieh/Strycova in F) • Won only career singles title to date at 2017 St. Petersburg (d. Putintseva) in eight final appearances – made final in 2018 as defending champion (l. Kvitova) • Reached biggest final of career at Premier Mandatory level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep) • Finished 2017 season at No.11 for highest year-end ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on October 23, 2017 • In doubles, won first Grand Slam title at 2016 Roland Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) were first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr in 1971 • Career best singles result at Grand Slam is QF at 2015 US Open (l. Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) • Won mixed doubles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished R-Up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/Nestor) • Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top 50 on March 18, 2013 • Played first WTA main draw matches in 2009 and first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 Paris [Indoors] COLLINS: Miami Open • Making her third appearance at the Miami Open, having reached the SFs here on her tournament debut in 2018 (as qualifier, l. Ostapenko) • Last year, made 3r showing (l. Y.Wang) • One of a tournament leading 18 Americans contesting the main draw this fortnight (including qualifiers) • Faces No.56 Mladenovic today for their second career meeting, where she looks to register her first victory over the Frenchwoman • Is 6-1 vs. players outside the Top 50 this season, with wins coming over Bonaventure and Stojanovic (Yarra Valley Classic), Bogdan (Australian Open), and Lepchenko, Doi and Peterson (Phillip Island Trophy) • Coming off QF run at Adelaide (l. eventual champion Swiatek) after enjoying SF run at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Kasatkina) and 2r showing at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Made first QF of the season at the Yarra Valley Classic (l. No.11 S.Williams in a third-set super tiebreak) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M Career Milestones • Ended 2020 by making QF at Roland Garros for first time, upsetting No.15 Muguruza and No.35 Jabeur en route (l. eventual R-Up Kenin) • Began 2020 with SF at Adelaide (l. eventual champion Barty) and QF at Brisbane (l. Keys) – scored third and fourth career Top 10 wins over No.5 Svitolina (Brisbane) and No.7 Bencic (Adelaide) • Produced Grand Slam breakthrough at 2019 Australian Open, advancing to SF (l.
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