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2021 – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M

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DAY 2 – FEATURED FIRST-ROUND MATCH-UPS

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #56) vs. (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

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. (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 making her 17th

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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 Top 100... A win today would mark Giorgi’s 100th career main draw victory on hard courts

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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 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)

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• 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 take home their first Fed Cup title since 2003 • Enjoyed another strong doubles year in 2019, with titles at 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 (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F), third at 2019 Roland Garros (w/Babos, d. Duan/S.Zheng in F) and fourth at (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 , and finished R-Up at 2013 Roland Garros and (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)

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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 , advancing to SF (l. Kvitova); had never won a major match in five previous Grand Slam appearances • Scored first Top 5 win of her career against No.2 Kerber in R16 at 2019 Australian Open • Rose to career-high No.23 following Melbourne run (January 28, 2019) • Posted five Top 20 wins in 2019, over No.13 Goerges, No.19 Garcia and No.2 Kerber (all at Australian Open), No.12 Wozniacki (Rome) and No.12 Sevastova (Wimbledon) • Season highlight in 2018 was at Miami where she became first qualifier to reach SF (l. Ostapenko), scoring first Top 10 win over No.8 V.Williams en route. Earned USD$327,965 by reaching the last four in Miami, more than doubling her career earnings at the time • Posted first Tour-level wins during R16 run at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro), including first Top 50 win over No.15 Keys in 2r • Won first title at WTA125K event in Newport Beach in 2018 (d. Zhuk in F) • Fell 1r at WTA main draw debut at 2014 US Open (l. Halep) • Owns four singles titles on ITF Circuit • Part of US team in 2019 • Played collegiate at the University of Virginia (transferred from the University of Florida after her freshman year) winning the NCAA singles title twice in 2014 and 2016

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SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #49) VS [Q] OCEANE DODIN (FRA #120)

Head-to-head: First meeting

STEPHENS DODIN Career Prize Money $15,634,732 Career Prize Money $1,302,784 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) March 20, 1993 (28) Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 24, 1996 (24) Singles Titles 6 Singles Titles 1 Miami W-L (MD) 15-7 Miami W-L (MD) 1-2 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 0-4 / 224-165 YTD / Career W-L 0-1 / 30-43 3-Set (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 71-57 3-Set (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 15-15 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 60-30 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 6-12 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 0-4 / 144-111 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 18-25 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 17-36 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 1-5 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 36-60 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-13 Coach Kamau Murray Coach Frederic Dodin

STEPHENS: Miami Open • Making ninth main draw appearance at Miami Open (12th overall); won the title here in 2018 defeating Ostapenko in the final at 7-6(5), 6-1 • During final run in 2018, notched three Top 10 wins over No.3 Muguruza in R16, No.10 Kerber in QF and No.5 Ostapenko in F • Has also reached QF in 2015 (l. Halep) and most recently fell in 3r in 2019 (after 1r bye; d. Jabeur, l. maria) • Made tournament debut in 2011 as a qualifier (l. Strycova in 1r) after failing to come through qualifying the three years prior • One of six former champions in the main draw: also Barty, Konta, Azarenka, Kuznetsova and V.Williams • Five of her six WTA titles have come on and four on American soil – title here in 2018 was most recent WTA singles title • Faces No.120 Dodin today looking for first match win of the season – winner will play No.28 seed, Anisimova in 2r • Owns six losses to players outside of the Top 100 since the start of the 2020 season, most recently fell as No.1 seed to lucky loser No.151 Kucova in 1r of Monterrey last week • One of a tournament leading 18 Americans to start the main draw this week • Currently ranked No.49, the lowest she’s been ranked since winning her maiden Grand Slam title at US Open in 2017 • Coming off 1r loss as No.1 seed in Monterrey (l. LL Kucova) • Started 2021 season going 0-3 in Australian swing falling 1r at Grampians Trophy (l. Fernandez), Australian Open (l. Putintseva) and Phillip Island Trophy (l. Gracheva)

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Career Milestones • Put together a 4-11 record in 2020 falling 1r at first four tournaments of the season at Brisbane, Adelaide, Australian Open and Acapulco • Season highlights included 3r run at US open (l. S.Williams) and 2r at Roland Garros (l. Badosa) • Finished 2019 season ranked No.25; campaign was highlighted by SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Bertens) and QF at Roland Garros (l. Konta) • Also made R16 at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova), and Wuhan (l. Kvitova) • In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July 16, 2018 • Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first Premier Mandatory title at Miami – subsequently made Top 10 debut at No.9. Also reached her second Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros and posted R-Up finishes at Montréal and WTA Finals • Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player to win a major in the Open Era • Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on sidelines w/foot injury (had surgery in the January) • After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF at Toronto and Cincinnati • Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC • At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 • Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 and WTA main draw debut at 2010 Bastad (d. Brianti in 1r, l. Pennetta)

DODIN: Miami Open • Making third main draw appearance in Miami (fourth overall) • Earned best result when she played here most recently in 2018 reaching 2r as a LL and defeating Cepede Royg in 1r (l. No.1 Halep) • Fell to countrywoman Parmentier in 1r on main draw debut here in 2017; also fell in qualifying in 2015 • Best result at a WTA 1000M event came at 2017 Madrid where she reached 3r as a qualifier and earned first Top 20 win over No.5 Cibulkova in 2r (l. No.17 Mladenovic) • Earned spot in main draw this fortnight by coming through two rounds of qualifying defeating the Swedish Bjorklund and ’s Zidansek, both in straight sets • Faces No.49 Stephens today looking for first Tour-level main draw win of the season

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• Owns 6-10 record on American soil with best result coming from SF appearance at 2017 Washington DC (l. Makaroka) – is specifically 0-2 against Americans on American soil with losses to V.Williams at 2017 US Open and Bellis at 2020 Western & Southern Open • One of five French women in the main draw: also Ferro, Mladenovic, Garcia and Cornet • Fell to countrywoman and No.3 seed Garcia in 1r of Lyon in 3s in only WTA tournament played this year • On ITF circuit, has produced a 2-3 record so far this year • Began 2021 season by falling in 1r of Australian Open qualifying in Dubai as No.2 seed (l. Shinikova)

Career Milestones • Reached three QFs in 2020: St. Petersburg (as qualifier, R-Up Rybakina), Lyon (l. eventual champion Kenin) and Linz (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Sabalenka) • Defeated No.14 Konta in 1r of St. Petersburg to notch second career Top 20 win (also defeated No.5 Cibulkova at 2017 Madrid) • Played first Grand Slam main draws since 2018 falling to Top 20 opponents in 1r at both US Open (l. No.11 Sabalenka) and Roland Garros (l. No.11 Kvitova) • Also won two titles on ITF circuit in 2020 at $25k ITF/Macon-FRA in February and $25k ITF/Reims-FRA in October • Ended 2019 back inside Top 200 (at No.192, up from No.319 in 2018) after posting 48-20 record • Highlights of season were lifting her ninth ITF Circuit singles title on home soil at $25k ITF/Cherboug-FRA (d. Tan in F) and reaching three further finals at this level. Also fell in WTA qualifying on three occasions (including Roland Garros and Wimbledon) • Advanced through qualifying at the to defeat Cepede Royg in 1r, her sole tour-level main draw win of 2018 (l. Halep) • Posted second Top 100 season finish in 2017, reaching career high WTA singles ranking No.46 on June 12 • Highlights included SF at Washington DC (l. Makarova) and first Premier Mandatory R16 at 2017 Madrid (l. Mladenovic) • Captured maiden career title at 2016 Québec City (d. Davis in F) on ranking of No.132. Following this result, made Top 100 debut (September 19, 2016) • Québec City run formed centerpiece of 16-match win streak that began with title at $25k ITF/Barcelona- ESP and concluded with SF effort at $25k ITF/Clermont-Ferrand-FRA • Also appeared in QF at 2016 Linz (as qualifier, l. Keys) • Ended 2016 season by defeating Davis in final of $100k ITF/Poitiers-FRA – her eighth ITF Circuit singles title • Made tour-level debut in 2015 at Australian Open (as a wildcard), then reached Strasbourg main draw as a lucky loser, received another WC into Roland Garros, bowed out of the 1r at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, made 2r at US Open (defeating 2008 runner-up Jankovic) and fell 1r at Luxembourg (as qualifier)

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ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #107) VS. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #43)

Head-to-head: ANDREA PETKOVIC leads 3-1

2011 STRASBOURG CLAY O R16 ANDREA PETKOVIC 6-1 6-3 2018 WIMBLEDON GRASS R128 ANDREA PETKOVIC 6-4 4-6 6-2 2019 BRONX HARD O R32 ANDREA PETKOVIC 6-3 6-4 2019 GUANGZHOU HARD O R16 SHUAI ZHANG 7-5 6-4

PETKOVIC ZHANG Career Prize Money $7,914,578 Career Prize Money $6,872,071 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Sept. 9, 1987 (33) Date of Birth (Age) Jan. 21, 1989 (32) Singles Titles 6 Singles Titles 2 Miami W-L (MD) 16-9 Miami W-L (MD) 3-8 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 1-3 / 267-209 YTD / Career W-L 0-1 154-190 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 88-73 3-Set (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 46-47 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 55-51 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 41-43 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 171-140 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 116-130 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 14-37 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 6-21 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 37-80 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 18-57 Coach Dusan Vemic Coach

PETKOVIC: Miami Open • Making tenth overall appearance at the Miami Open, and ninth main draw appearance • Only non-main draw outing here was on debut in 2009, when she fell in qualifying • Is a two-time semifinalist, reaching the last four in 2011 (l. Sharapova) and 2015 (l. Suarez Navarro) • During 2011 run, defeated World No.1 Wozniacki in R16 • Currently ranked No.107 – contested this event as a Top 10 player (No.10) in 2015 • One of three Germans in the draw (also Siegemund and Kerber) • Faces No.43 Zhang today – bidding for second win of season, and best-by-ranking since 2019 Linz (d. No.27 Goerges) • Winner will face Kenin in 2r • Coming off going 1-3 during Australian swing – made 2r at Gippsland Trophy (l. Svitolina) and fell in 1r at Australian Open (l. Jabeur) and Phlllip Island Trophy (l. Blinkova) • Win over Trevisan in 1r at Gippsland Trophy was her first Tour level match win since beating Giorgi at Luxembourg in October 2019; her only match on Tour in 2020 was 1r defeat to Pironkova at Roland Garros in September

Career Milestones • Played one tournament in 2020 at Roland Garros (l. Pironkova in 1r) • Best results of 2019 were SF run at Linz (l. eventual champion Gauff) and 3r showings at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty) and US Open (d. No.6 Kvitova in 2r, l. Mertens)

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• Highlights of 2018 season were SF finishes at Washington DC (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), Guangzhou (l. eventual champion Q.Wang) and Linz (l. Alexandrova) • Also in 2018, achieved best Slam result since 2015 by reaching 3r of 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Halep) • Scored best result of 2016 with SF run at Doha (ret. vs. Ostapenko); advanced to SF by defeating No.5 Muguruza; first win over a Top 5 opponent since d. No.2 Azarenka at 2013 Beijing. Also in 2016, posted three QF runs (Luxembourg, Dubai and Brisbane) • Contested 2016 Rio Olympics, falling 1r of singles (l. Svitolina) and 1r of doubles (w/Kerber, l. Errani/Vinci) • Owns 14 career wins over Top 10 opponents, most recently over No.6 Kvitova (2019 US Open) • Advanced to SF at Miami and then Charleston in spring 2015, paving the way for a return to Top 10 on May 4; matched career-high ranking of No.9 on May 11, 2015 (initially set on October 10, 2011) • Won sixth WTA singles title at 2015 Antwerp (d. Suárez Navarro in F via w/o – neck injury); owns a 6-11 record in finals, with four of six titles coming on clay – the biggest being at Charleston (d. Cepelova in F). Also won the Tournament of Champions-Sofia in 2014 (d. Muguruza in SF and Pennetta in F) • Best major result came at 2014 Roland Garros, where she advanced to SF (l. eventual R-Up Halep) • Suffered right knee injury at Hopman Cup at end of December 2012, which forced her to miss 2013 Australian and Middle East swings; returned to tour at Indian Wells. Ranking dropped as low as No.177 in March 2013 • Enjoyed breakthrough year on Tour in 2011, winning Strasbourg title (d. Bartoli in F), finishing R-Up at Brisbane (l. Kvitova) and Beijing (l. A.Radwanska), advancing to QF at Australian Open (l. Li), Roland Garros (l. Sharapova) and US Open (l. Wozniacki); broke into Top 10 on August 8, 2011 and ended season with 54- 17 win-loss record • Lifted maiden WTA singles title at 2009 Bad Gastein (d. Olaru in F) - had never previously been beyond 2r at a Tour-level event • Is a two-time doubles runner-up, at 2009 Bad Gastein (w/Maria) and 2016 Brisbane (w/Kerber). Also made SF at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Rybarikova, l. Babos/Mladenovic) • Reached 2r on Grand Slam debut, at 2007 Roland Garros (d. Gajdosova, l. Bartoli) • Member of German Fed Cup Team, 2007, 2010-12, 2014-19 • Made first WTA appearances as a WC in qualifying at 2002 Hamburg and Leipzig

ZHANG Miami Open • Making tenth overall appearance at the Miami Open, and ninth main draw appearance • Best result here came with 3r run in 2017 (l. Muguruza) • Reached the doubles final here when the event was last staged in 2019 w/Stosur (l. Sabalenka/Mertens in F) • Fell in 2013 singles qualifying

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• One of five Chinese women to begin the singles main draw (also , Qang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu and Zheng Saisai) • Faces No.107 Petkovic today, in just second match of 2021 – fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Li) • Last fell to opposition outside the Top 100 at 2020 US Open (l. No.121 Bonaventure) • Bidding for first win since 2020 Roland Garros, where she made the R16

Career Milestones • Highlight of 2020 was at Roland Garros, becoming the first Chinese player to reach second week in Paris since in 2012. Also made QF at Strasbourg, snapping a five-match losing streak (as qualifier, l. Rybakina) and finished R-Up at Hobart (l. Rybakina) • Posted fourth successive Top 50 season finishing 2019, at No.46; also registered first Top 10 doubles season (at No.10) • Singles highlight in 2019 was reaching second Grand Slam singles QF of career at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Halep) • Also in singles, reached final at WTA125K Series event in Anning, (l. S.Zheng) and closed out season by winning $100k ITF/Tokyo-JPN (d.Paolini in F) • Won first Grand Slam title in doubles at 2019 Australian Open (w/Stosur; d. Babos/Mladenovic in F); also reached final at Miami w/Stosur (l. Mertens/Sabalenka). Team qualified for WTA Finals in Shenzhen (Zhang’s debut at the season finale) where they advanced to SF (l. eventual champions Babos/Mladenovic • Ended 2018 ranked No.35 for third consecutive Top 50 finish • Season highlights in 2018 included QF run at Premier Mandatory-level Beijing (l. Osaka), and SF efforts at Prague (l. eventual champion Kvitova), Hiroshima (l. Anisimova) and Hong Kong (l. Yastremska) • In 2017 won Guangzhou title (d. Krunic in F); now owns 2-0 record in WTA singles finals, having also won 2013 Guangzhou • Also the winner of two WTA 125/K Series events – 2013 Nanjing and 2017 Honolulu • Posted career-high ranking of No.23 on November 14, 2016. Strong end to 2016 (went 21-6 post US Open) brought back-to -back semifinals on Asian swing – Tokyo [] and Seoul – and saw her win 19th ITF Circuit singles title of career at $100k ITF/Tokyo 2-JPN • At last event of 2016 season, runner-up at WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (l. Bellis in F) • Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough at , where she advanced to QF (d. No.2 Halep and No.17 Key en route, l. Konta). Run also marked first time winning back-to -back main draw matches since semifinal run at 2014 Birmingham • Represented China at Rio Olympics (d. No.15 Bacsinszky in opening match, l. Siegemund in 2r). In doubles, also made 2r (w/Peng, l. Hradecka/Hlavackova) • Contemplated retirement after ending 2015 ranked No.186, her lowest year-end finish since 2008 (No.212) and down from No.62 in 2014 • Reached 2r at tour-level on only four occasions in 2015: Pattaya City, Charleston, Prague and Nürnberg

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• Has won eight WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2019 Australian Open (w/Stosur) and is a eight-time runner-up • Winner of 19 singles titles and nine doubles titles on ITF Circuit• • Member of Chinese Fed Cup team in 2007, 2009-10, 2012, 2014-15, 2019; Chinese Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2006 Beijing; made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Guangzhou

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JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #54) VS. [WC] WANG XIYU (CHN #135)

Head-to-head: First meeting

OSTAPENKO X.WANG Career Prize Money $9,220,810 Career Prize Money $338,596 Plays Right-handed Plays Left-Handed Date of Birth (Age) Jun 8, 1997 (23) Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 28, 2001 (19) Singles Titles 3 Singles Titles 0 Tournament W-L (MD) 5-3 Miami W-L (MD) 1-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 5-5 / 132-110 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 1-3 / 11-17 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 47-34 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 3-3 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 33-22 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 3-4 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 5-5 / 81-75 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 11-17 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 13-16 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 20-30 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 1-4 Coach Jelena Jakovleva Coach Eduardo Nicolas Espin

OSTAPENKO: Miami Open • Making fourth main draw appearance at the Miami Open (fifth overall) • Best result was finalist run in 2018 where she defeated No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina before falling to No.12 Stephens in the championship match • Made 1r exit on main draw debut in 2017 (l. Brengle) and fell 2r following 1r bye in 2019 (l. Vondrousova) • One of two Latvian players to start in Miami, alongside Sevastova • In today’s opening round, faces No.135 X.Wang for their career first meeting – owns 11-13 record vs. left- handed opponents • Coming off 2r exit St. Petersburg (l. Cristian) after another 2r exit at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Krejcikova) • Also made 2r at Doha (l. Pegula). Defeated No.11 Bertens in 1r for first Top 20 win since upsetting No.18 Martic at 2020 Ostrava • Opened 2021 campaign with 3r showing at Gippsland Trophy (l. Svitolina) before 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Muchova)

Career Milestones • Highlights of 2020 season included QF at Strasbourg and 3r showings at Roland Garros and Doha. Also finished R-Up in doubles w/Dabrowski at Doha (l. Hsieh/Strycova) • The 2019 season saw her capture third career title at Luxembourg (d. Goerges in F) right after finishing R- Up at Linz (l. Gauff) • Also R-Up in mixed doubles at 2019 Wimbledon w/ Lindstedt • Her 2018 campaign was highlighted by finishing R-Up at Miami (l. Stephens); saw off No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina en route to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same tournament for the first time in her career • Reached 2018 Wimbledon SF (l. eventual champion Kerber) to become first Latvian woman to reach final four at All England Club • Achieved career-high ranking of No.5 on March 19, 2018 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F) becoming first woman to win first tour-level title at a Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in F). Also became the first unseeded player to lift the trophy in the Open Era and the first Latvian player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam • Followed up title run with QF appearance at 2017 Wimbledon to become only second player in last 10 year (also S.Williams in 2015) to follow up victory at Roland Garros with a run to the QF or better at Wimbledon • Qualified for debut WTA Finals in 2017 going 1-2 in group stage (d. Ka.Pliskova, l. V.Williams, l. Muguruza) • Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish) • Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017 • In doubles, won first and second career titles in 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo) • Breakthrough result of 2016 season was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) • Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) • Scored first Top 10 win over No.9 Suárez Navarro in 1r at 2015 Wimbledon; upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1 • Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent advancing to 2r (l. Pervak) • Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012

X. WANG:

Miami Open • Making second main draw appearance at the Miami Open (third overall) • Advanced to 2r during tournament debut in 2019 (d. Puig, l. Bertens) and fell during qualifying in 2018 • One of five Chinese players to contest the main draw this fortnight: also, Wang Qiang, Wang Xinyu, and Zheng Saisai • Today, faces No.54 Ostapenko for the first time in her career. A win today would be best-by-ranking since recording her maiden Top 20 win over No.15 Martic at 2020 Hua Hin • Bidding to record second main draw win of the season after posting a 2r run at Abu Dhabi • Coming off qualifying exit at Monterrey • Fell 1r at Guadalajara (l. Cocciaretto) and at Lyon (l. Rus) • Began 2021 season with 2r run at Abu Dhabi, defeating Rus in 1r to record her first win on the WTA Tour since advancing to SF at Acapulco in Feb 2020

Career Milestones • Ended 2020 season at No.123, making steady progress from No.143 in 2019 • Enjoyed WTA breakthrough by reached her maiden tour-level SF on debut appearance at Acapulco as qualifier, where she defeated No.2 seed Y.Wang and two-time champion Errani before l. eventual champion Watson; following this week, posted new career-high ranking of No.106 on March 2 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Also reached her maiden WTA QF at Hua Hin earlier that month (l. eventual champion Linette), upsetting No.15 Martic in 1r for first victory over a Top 20 player • Best result of 2019 at Tour-level was 2r showing at Miami (as WC, l. Bertens). Also fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 US Open (as LL, l. Flipkens) • Won third singles title on ITF Circuit at $60k Internacional de Solgironès in 2019 • Season highlights in 2018 were maiden ITF Singles titles at $25,000 Nonthaburi and $25,000 Tsukuba • Also won three doubles titles in 2018; at $25k Barcelona (w/Ho), $25k Madrid (w/Gonzalez), $25k Nonthaburi (w/X.Wang) • At tour-level in 2018 contested Wuhan; fell 2r to Kasatkina in what was her first match vs. Top 20 opponent • Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2017 Tianjin Open as wildcard, defeating Kovinic in 1r; made WTA qualifying debut at 2018 Miami • Made professional debut at 2016 $10k ITF/Anning, CHN • In Juniors, became first Chinese girl to win a Grand Slam Junior singles title at 2018 US Open; also teamed up with Wang Xinyu to claim Junior doubles title at 2018 Wimbledon • As a junior, achieved career-high ranking of No.1 in both singles and doubles • Took bronze in the girls’ doubles (w/X.Wang) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires

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ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #61) VS. SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #35)

Head-to-head: Series tied 3-3

2008 ROME CLAY O R16 ALIZÉ CORNET 6-2 6-4 2011 FED CUP HARD I - ALIZÉ CORNET 3-6 6-3 6-4 2011 MOSCOW HARD I R32 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 6-3 6-3 2014 MADRID CLAY O R64 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 6-3 4-6 6-1 2016 MOSCOW HARD I R16 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 6-4 7-5 2017 WUHAN HARD O R32 ALIZÉ CORNET 6-3 6-3

CORNET KUZNETSOVA Career Prize Money $7,810,598 Career Prize Money $25,596,078 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Jan. 22, 1990 (31) Date of Birth (Age) Jun. 27, 1985 (35) Singles Titles 6 Singles Titles 18 Miami W-L (MD) 10-12 Tournament W-L (MD) 34-15 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 4-6 / 317-305 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 5-5 / 607-323 3-Set (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 106-96 3-Set (YTD / Career) 3-2 / 194-125 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 67-63 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 129-105 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 4-6 / 193-186 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 5-5 / 381-206 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 20-50 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 63-102 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 43-106 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 136-176 Coach Sandra Zaniewska Coach Gustavo Maraccio

CORNET: Miami Open • Making 13th main draw appearance at the Miami Open, having made debut back in 2006 (l. Paszek in 1r) • Best result here is making R16 in 2013 (l. Vinci). Also owns a handful of 3r appearances, in 2009 (l. Zheng), 2014 (l. Cibulkova), 2015 (l. Suarez Navarro) and 2019 (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Has never beaten a player in the Top 30 here, with best-win-by-ranking coming over No.32 Buzarnescu in 2019 • One of four French women to begin the main draw (Garcia, Mladenovic, Ferro) • Faces Kuznetsova today in what is their seventh meeting – first met on Tour back in 2008 in Rome • Defeat of No.35 Kuznetsova would be best win-by-ranking of season (bettering that of No.58 Kasatkina), and best since overcoming No.14 Keys at 2020 US Open (via ret.). Would be best win outright since ousting No.4 Kenin at 2020 Western & Southern Open • Winner plays Kvitova in 2r • Yet to win back-to-back matches this season, from six previous events contested • Coming off 2r exit at Dubai (l. Sabalenka) • Made back-to-back 1r exits at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Birrell) and Lyon (l. Burel) • Made 2r at Australian Open (l. Li) and Gippsland Trophy (l. Osaka) • In opening week of the season made 2r at Abu Dhabi (l. Badosa) Career Milestones

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• Highlight of 2020 was R16 showing at US Open (d. No.14 Keys, l. Pironkova) • Also in 2020, made 3r at Western & Southern Open (l. eventual champion Azarenka). Defeated No.4 Kenin in 2r – first Top 5 win since No.4 Kerber at 2018 Montréal • Highlight of 2019 was reaching Lausanne final (l. Ferro as the defending champion) – has reached at least one WTA final in six of last seven seasons • Part of victorious Fed Cup squad for France who defeated in Perth 3-2 to be crowned 2019 champions (did not play) • In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and Charleston • Former World No.11 (achieved in February 16, 2009) who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first time since May 2009; dropped out of Top 20 again after 2015 Dubai • Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 Wuhan via ret.), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams made her the first player to defeat the American in three straight meetings since Henin in 2007 • Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria • Grand Slam breakthrough came with with R16 run at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Safina) • Excelled on clay in 2008, winning her maiden WTA title at Budapest (d. Klepac in F), reaching maiden final at Acapulco (l. Pennetta) and finishing R-Up at Rome (d. No.5 Kuznetsova and No.8 Chakvetadze, l. Jankovic) • In 2007, rose over 120 places in the rankings, reaching first two WTA QFs, at first Acapulco and then Fes, as well as reaching 3r at US Open (d. Stosur and Wozniacki, l. No.3 Jankovic) • Made Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros as 15-year-old wildcard in 2005, reaching 2r (d. Jidkova, l. Mauresmo) • Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17, 2019; French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 • Won 2007 Roland Garros junior title (d. Duque-Mariño in F)

KUZNETSOVA: Miami Open • Making 17th main draw appearance here at the Miami Open, where she was champion in 2006 (d. Sharapova in F) and then R-Up ten years later, in 2016 (l. Azarenka) • Also doubles champion here in 2005 (w/Molik) and 2009 (w/Mauresmo) • Made debut here in 2003, reaching 2r (l. Dokic) • Also a semifinalist in 2008 (l. S.Williams) and 2009 (l. Azarenka) • Overall record here stands at 34-15 • Owns 14 hard court titles (sixth most among active players) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Owns two win over the reigning World No.1 player in Miami, defeating Mauresmo in 2006 (SF) and S.Williams in 2016 (R16) • One of six Russians to begin the singles draw this fortnight (also Potapova, Blinkova, Kalinskaya, Alexandrova, Kudermetova) • First time since 2013 where she’s not had a 1r bye at Miami • Faces Cornet today, bidding for 35th win here at Miami • Coming off SF run at St.Petersburg (l. Kasatkina) • Posted 3r run at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Krejcikova) after 1r exit at Doha (l. Azarenka) • Opened 2021 season with 1r exit at Grampians Trophy (l. Brady) before 2r showing at Australian Open (d. Strycova, l. Bencic)

Career Milestones • Best result in 2020 was SF showing at Doha (d. No.9 Bencic, l. Sabalenka) • Season highlight in 2019 was reaching final at Cincinnati (l. Keys) as a WC ranked No.153 –defeated four Top 20 seeds en route to the final (No.11 Sevastova, No.10 Stephens, No.3 Ka.Pliskova and No.1 Barty). Returned to Top 100 after tournament • Missed first few months of 2019 season due to knee injury – returned at Lugano, where she reached QF • At 2018 Washington, DC won first title since October 2016 (d. Vekic in F after saving 4mp) • After falling 2r at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Strycova), dropped out of the Top 100 for the first time since August 12, 2002 (ending a run of 831 consecutive weeks) • Missed opening two months of 2018 (w/wrist injury) • Secured 600th match win (all levels) at 2017 Brisbane – is one of five active players to reach the milestone, along with V.Williams, S.Williams, Kerber and Stosur • In 2016, won 45 matches, two titles (Sydney and Moscow) and qualified for WTA Finals for sixth time in career (reached SF) • Is a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning 2004 US Open (d. Dementieva in F) and 2009 Roland Garros (d. Safina in F). Also a two-time finalist, reaching the championship match at Roland Garros in 2006 (l. Henin) and 2007 US Open (l. Henin) • One of three Russian women to lift a Grand Slam singles title (also Myskina, Sharapova), and one of five Russians to rank in Top 2; had a chance to become No.1 by winning 2008 Roland Garros (fell two matches short with SF loss to Safina) • At , played her part in setting the record for the longest women’s match at a Slam, eventually succumbing to Schiavone in 4h 44min • Ranked continuously in Top 20 from March 1, 2004 to July 11, 2010 (including over four years ranked continuously in Top 10 – April 2006 to June 2010) • Owns seven wins over reigning world No.1s, most recently defeating S.Williams at 2016 Miami. Also Mauresmo, Safina and Henin twice each when they were No.1; one of only two players (also S.Williams) to beat Henin twice when she was No.1 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Haul of 16 tour level doubles titles includes two Australian Open crowns, won in 2005 (w/Molik) and 2012 (w/Zvonareva). Rose as high as No.3 in doubles (week of June 7, 2004) • Member of victorious Billie Jean King Cup sides in 2004 and 2007-08 and Russian Olympic Team in 2004, 2008, 2016 • Won a career-best 60 main draw matches in 2006 campaign, which saw her lift two titles and finish R-Up a further three times (including Roland Garros) • Breakthrough 2004 season, saw her make debut in Top 20 (March 1) and Top 10 (June 1) before lifting maiden Slam title at US Open (d. Dementieva in F) • Made Top 50 debut at No.45 on September 30, 2002, after winning title at Bali (d. Martínez in F) • In 2002, reached first WTA QF at Warsaw, SF at Casablanca and then lifted maiden title at Helsinki (as qualifier, d Chladkova in F) • Started 2002 season by reaching 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian Open (d. Cho, l. Tulyaganova) • Reached 2r on WTA debut (main draw and qualifying) at Madrid in 2001 (d. Ruano Pascual, l. Raymond) • Advanced to QF on professional debut at $10K ITF/Mallorca-ESP in 2000

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HEATHER WATSON (GBR #65) VS [Q] NINA STOJANOVIC (SRB #95)

Head-to-head: HEATHER WATSON leads 2-0

2017 MONTERREY HARD O R32 HEATHER WATSON 6-2 6-7(7) 6-4 2020 HOBART HARD O R16 HEATHER WATSON 6-4 6-3

WATSON STOJANOVIC Career Prize Money $4,047,288 Career Prize Money $854,939 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) May 19, 1992 (28) Date of Birth (Age) Jul. 30, 1996 (24) Singles Titles 4 Singles Titles 0 Miami W-L (MD) 6-9 Miami W-L (MD) 0-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-4 / 119-157 YTD / Career W-L 4-5 / 16-23 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 45-62 3-Set (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 7-5 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 4-1 / 34-45 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 4-6 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 2-4 / 80-98 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 4-5 / 12-18 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-17 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 9-39 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 0-2 Coach Alexander Ward Coach Andoni Vivanco

WATSON: Miami Open • Making tenth main draw appearance at Miami Open (11th overall) • Best result came from R16 result in 2016 defeating No.22 and 2018 Miami champion, Stephens, in 2r (l. No.5 Halep) • Has fallen in 1r on six occasions including last two main draw appearances in 2017 (l. Tig) and 2018 (l. Haddad Maia); fell in qualifying in 2019 (l. Brengle) • Faces No.95 Stojanovic in 1r today – winner will face No.26 seed Putintseva in 2r • Looking for first win in Miami since R16 run in 2016 • Has suffered only one loss this year to a player ranked below her when she fell to No.153 Dart in 1r of Monterrey last week • Owns 21-44 record on American soil reaching QF twice at Memphis in 2011 (l. Rodina) and 2013 (l. Voegele) • One of three Brits in the main draw this week including Boulter and No.17 seed Konta • Coming off 1r loss to LL and countrywoman, No.153 Dart in 1r of Miami • Fell 1r at Grampians Trophy (l. Kudermetova) and reached 2r at Australian Open (d. Kr.Pliskova, l. Kontaveit) • Opened season with 2r showing at Abu Dhabi (d. Burrage, l. Alexadrova)

Career Milestones • Broke back into Top 50 at No.49 on March 2, 2020 – her highest ranking since June 15, 2015 (No.47) – after a campaign in which she lifted her fourth career title and first since 2016 at Acapulco (d. Fernandez in F) • Defeated No.17 Mertens at 2020 Hobart for first Top 20 win since 2017 Wimbledon (No.19 Sevastova)

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• Highlight of 2019 was R-Up finish at Tianjin (l. Peterson) • During 2018, won fourth career WTA doubles title at Acapulco (w/ Maria) and reached doubles final at Nottingham (w/ Buzarnescu) • Won mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2016 (w/Kontinen, d. Farah/Groenefeld in F) and finished R-Up in 2017 (w/Kontinen, l. Hingis/Murray) • Represented Great Britain at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching 2r in singles (l. Svitolina), 2r in doubles (w/ Konta, l. H.Chan/Y.Chan) and QF in mixed doubles (w/A.Murray, l. Bopanna/Mirza) • Rose to career-high singles ranking of No.38 on January 19, 2015 after title run at Hobart • Two Top 10 wins of her career came over against No.8 A.Radwanska (2015 Indian Wells) and No.9 Cibulkova (2017 Eastbourne) • Struggled throughout 2014 season with a right rib injury and missed two months in 2013 due to glandular fever (Miami to Roland Garros) • Enjoyed a breakthrough 2012 season, winning Osaka to become first British woman to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988. Finished year as British No.1 • Broke into Top 100 on June 6, 2011 and made Top 50 debut on October 15, 2012 • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles and three doubles titles • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 Miami and recorded first main draw match win at 2010 Eastbourne • Played first professional event on ITF Circuit at 2009 ITF/Jersey-GBR • Member of Great Britain Fed Cup Team, 2011-20 and Great Britain Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 • Won US Open junior singles title in 2009 (d. Buchina in F)

STOJANOVIC: Miami Open • Making Miami Open singles debut this fortnight – fell 1r in doubles in 2018 w/Flipkens (l. Kichenok/Kudryavtseva) • This will be her first time contesting the main draw of any WTA 1000M event (includes Beijing, Indian Wells and Madrid) • Earned her spot in the main draw by coming through two rounds of qualifying defeating Fruhvirtova and American Mattek-Sands • Faces No.65 Watson today looking for highest ranking win since defeating No.55 Y.Wang en route to SF at 2019 Nanchang • Has yet to defeat the Brit in their two previous meetings although did take a set in their first meeting at 2017 Monterrey • Including fellow qualifier, Danilovic, one of two Serbians in the draw • Also competing in doubles this fortnight w/Jurak; will face Christian/Kudryavtseva in 1r • Coming off 2r showing at Monterrey (d. Trevisan, l. Kalinskaya) and 1r exit at Guadalajara (l. Kung)

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2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M

• Reached 2r in Lyon (d. Cirstea, l. Giorgi) • During Australian swing, made 2r at Yarra Valley Classic (l. Collins) and Australian Open (l. S.Williams) • Win over No.74 Begu in 1r of Australian Open was first career Grand Slam main draw win • Also reached SF in doubles at Australian Open w/Jurak (l. Krejcikova.Siniakova)

Career Milestones • Rose to career-high ranking of No.81 on March 2, 2020. Best singles result last season was QF showing at $60k ITF/Andrézieux-Bouthéon-FRA • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2020 Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • In 2019, reached SF at Nanchang (l. eventual champion Peterson), and QFs at Nürnberg (l. Cirstea) Jurmala (l. Pera) and Guangzhou (l. Stosur) • Made Top 100 debut at No.98 after Guangzhou run (September 23, 2019), having been ranked outside Top 250 just four months earlier • Also won three titles on ITF CIrcuit in 2019 and finished year with 45-18 win-loss record • Lifted maiden WTA doubles title at 2019 Jurmala (w/Fichman, d. Ostapenko/Voskoboeva in F) • In doubles, reached 3r at 2018 Australian Open (w/Golubic, l. Babos/Mladenovic), rising to career-high doubles ranking of No.50 shortly afterwards (February 5, 2018) • Won first Tour-level matches during QF run at 2017 Shenzhen (as qualifier, d. Babos and Jabeur, l. Siniakova) • Reached first three WTA doubles finals in 2017, at Rabat (w/Zanevska, l. Babos/Hlavackova), Gstaad (w/Golubic, l. Bertens/Larsson) and Tianjin (w/Jakupovic, l. Begu/Errani) • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2016 Tianjin (as qualifier, l. Linette) • Contested Tour-level qualifying for the first time at 2016 US Open • Made debut for Serbian Billie Jean King Cup Team in 2014 • Owns nine titles in singles and 23 in doubles on ITF Circuit • Made professional debut in 2011 on ITF Circuit in Bosnia and Serbia

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2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M

CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #86) VS [Q] LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA (RUS #126)

Head-to-head: LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA leads 1-0

2019 LIMOGES/125K HARD I R32 LIUDMILA SAMSONVA 6-4 4-6 6-4

GIORGI SAMSONOVA Career Prize Money $4,202,835 Career Prize Money $575,437 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 30, 1991 (29) Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 11, 1998 (22) Singles Titles 2 Singles Titles 0 Miami W-L (MD) 1-5 Miami W-L (MD) 0-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 4-3 / 156-142 YTD / Career W-L 1-4 / 7-16 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 52-47 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 4-5 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 44-29 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 3-4 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 4-3 / 99-91 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 1-4 / 2-11 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 9-21 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-3 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 27-48 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 0-4 Coach Sergio Giorgi Coach

GIORGI: Miami Open • Making sixth main draw appearance at Miami Open (seventh overall) • Best result came from R32 showing in 2015 after 1r bye (l. No.3 Halep) – win over Van Uytvanck in 1r remains sole career victory in Miami • Most recently fell 2r in 2019 after 1r bye (l. Maria) • Faces No.126 Samsonova in 1r action today – last fell to a qualifier at Lyon just a few weeks ago (l. eventual champion No.139 Tauson) • Win today would mark 100th career win on hardcourts • Owns 34-47 record on American soil reaching two WTA finals in the U.S. at 2019 Washington DC (l. Pegula in F) and 2019 Bronx (l. Linette in F) • One of two Italians in the main draw along with qualifier Cocciaretto • Coming off QF showing at Lyon (l. eventual champion Tauson) • Reached 2r at first two tournaments of the season at the Yarra Valley Classic (l. No.4 Kenin via ret.) and Australian Open (l. No.17 Swiatek)

Career Milestones • During a disrupted 2020, reached SF at Palermo and QF at Lyon, finishing the year at No.76 • In 2019, reached seventh and eighth singles finals of her career, posting R-Up finishes at Washington DC (l. Pegula) and the Bronx (l. Linette) • Missed entire 2019 clay court season w/wrist and ankle injuries • Played Fed Cup in 2019 for first time since 2016 - lost both her matches (l. Golubic, Bencic) as Italy fell to a 3-1 defeat to Switzerland

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2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M

• Ended 2018 season perched at a career-best ranking of No.26, winning second career title in final event at Linz (d. Alexandrova in F). Won 29 tour-level matches in 2018 – the most wins she had previously posted in a single season was 28, in 2014 • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF at 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) on her 26th appearance at this level; became the first Italian woman to reach the QF of Wimbledon since 2009 (Schiavone, l. Dementieva) • Other highlights in 2018 included SF runs at Sydney (l. eventual champion Kerber), Prague (l. Buzarnescu after serving for match in third set) and Tokyo (l. Osaka) • In 2016 reached final at Katowice for the third year in a row (l. Cibulkova). Appeared in four additional quarterfinals in 2016, at Hobart (l. Bouchard), Prague (l. Ka.Pliskova), Washington, DC (l. Davis) and Seoul (l. Zhang) • Won first career title at 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Bencic in F) • Had never reached WTA QF prior to 2014; reached QF or better at seven events during that season • Made Top 100 debut on July 9, 2012 and broke into Top 50 on May 26, 2014 • Tour-level main draw debut came as a qualifier at 2011 Wimbledon • On ITF Circuit, winner of five singles titles • Played first career professional tournament at 2006 ITF/Baku-AZE

SAMSONOVA: Miami Open • Making Miami Open debut this fortnight in what is also her first time contesting a WTA 1000M event (includes Beijing, Madrid, Indian Wells) • Earned spot in main draw by coming through two rounds of qualifying defeating Niculescu and countrywoman, Gracheva • Faces No.86 Giorgi today having already defeated the Italian at Limoges 125K event in 2019 • With 7-12 record against players ranked in the Top 100, all WTA main draw victories have come over players ranked above her – highest by-ranking win of career came over No.24 Stephens at 2020 Brisbane • 2020 US Open marked first and only career WTA tournament in the U.S. (l. Pironkova in 1r) • Made 1r exits at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Sorribes Tormo) and Adelaide (as qualifier, l. Martic) • Earned first career Grand Slam match win with 3s victory over Badosa in 1r of Australian Open (l. Muguruza in 2r) • Fell 1r at Yarra Valley Classic (l. Pironkova) • Opened 2021 season by successfully contesting Australian Open qualifying in Dubai

Career Milestones • Rose to career-high ranking of No.81 on March 2, 2020. Best singles result last season was QF showing at $60k ITF/Andrézieux-Bouthéon-FRA • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2020 Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) 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

• In 2019, reached SF at Nanchang (l. eventual champion Peterson), and QFs at Nürnberg (l. Cirstea) Jurmala (l. Pera) and Guangzhou (l. Stosur) • Made Top 100 debut at No.98 after Guangzhou run (September 23, 2019), having been ranked outside Top 250 just four months earlier • Also won three titles on ITF CIrcuit in 2019 and finished year with 45-18 win-loss record • Lifted maiden WTA doubles title at 2019 Jurmala (w/Fichman, d. Ostapenko/Voskoboeva in F) • In doubles, reached 3r at 2018 Australian Open (w/Golubic, l. Babos/Mladenovic), rising to career-high doubles ranking of No.50 shortly afterwards (February 5, 2018) • Won first Tour-level matches during QF run at 2017 Shenzhen (as qualifier, d. Babos and Jabeur, l. Siniakova) • Reached first three WTA doubles finals in 2017, at Rabat (w/Zanevska, l. Babos/Hlavackova), Gstaad (w/Golubic, l. Bertens/Larsson) and Tianjin (w/Jakupovic, l. Begu/Errani) • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2016 Tianjin (as qualifier, l. Linette) • Contested Tour-level qualifying for the first time at 2016 US Open • Made debut for Serbian Billie Jean King Cup Team in 2014 • Owns nine titles in singles and 23 in doubles on ITF Circuit • Made professional debut in 2011 on ITF Circuit in Bosnia and Serbia

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