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MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAÚ – DAY 6

[Q] NINA STOJANOVIC (SRB #95) vs. [2] (JPN #2)

First meeting Osaka currently on a 22-match winning streak… Stojanovic registered her third career win over a Top 50 opponent in 2r… A loss today would be Osaka’s worst-by-ranking since 2017 Tokyo

[8] (CAN #9) vs. [28] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #32)

First meeting Andreescu made fourth round here on debut in 2019… Anisimova is playing only her second WTA tournament of the season… Andreescu has won her past eight matches vs. American opposition

[6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) vs. [29] (USA #33)

Pegula leads 2-0 Pliskova posted runner-up finish here in 2019… Pegula has triumphed against today’s opponent twice this year, at Doha and Dubai… Prior to 2021, Pliskova was 11-0 vs. American opposition

[16] (BEL #17) vs. [22] (EST #24)

Mertens leads 2-1 Mertens looking to notch back-to-back wins at an 11th consecutive tournament… Kontaveit posted best result in Miami by reaching SF last year… Mertens defeated Kontaveit in their last two meetings

[WC] (RUS #72) vs. [12] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #13)

First meeting Kalinskaya making maiden third round appearance at a WTA 500 event or above… Muguruza has never been beyond fourth round in Miami… Kalinskaya facing fourth highest opponent of her career

[27] (TUN #30) vs. [4] (USA #4)

Kenin leads 4-0 Jabeur enters this fortnight on career-high ranking of No.30… Kenin owns impeccable 4-0 record against the Tunisian on the WTA Tour… Jabeur bidding for third career win over a Top 5 player

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[23] (GRE #25) vs. [Q] (RUS #126)

First meeting Sakkari owns 2-0 record vs. Top 100 opposition this season… Samsonova registered her maiden Top 20 win against No.11 Bertens in 2r … Sakkari’s best result on US soil was 2018 San Jose finalist run

SARA SORRIBES TORMO (ESP #58) vs. [21] (KAZ #23)

First meeting Sorribes Tormo upset No.14 Brady in 2r to record her third career Top 20 win… Rybakina making her tournament debut at the Miami Open… Sorribes Tormo bidding for 14th main draw win of 2021

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[Q] NINA STOJANOVIC (SRB #95) VS. [2] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #2)

Head-to-head: First meeting

STOJANOVIC OSAKA Career Prize Money $854,939 Career Prize Money $19,674,032 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Jul. 30, 1996 (24) Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 16, 1997 (23) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 7 Miami W-L (MD) 2-0 Miami W-L (MD) 6-4 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-5 / 18-23 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 11-0 / 147-73 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 7-4 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 43-19 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 4-5 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 27-24 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 10-14 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 11-0 / 117-50 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 12-20 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 0-2 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 30-32 Coach Andoni Vivanco Coach Wim Fissette

STOJANOVIC: Miami Open • Making tournament debut at Miami Open, where she is one of 22 main draw debutantes (Kalinskaya, Kudermetova, Rybakina, Samsonova and Swiatek also reached 3r) • Beat Fruhvirtova and Mattek-Sands in qualifying. Is one of two qualifiers to reach 3r (also Samsonova who faces Sakkari) • In 1r of main draw beat Watson, then upset No.28 Putintseva in 2r to register back-to-back main draw wins for the first time since QF run at 2019 Guangzhou • Win over Putintseva was only third over a Top 50 player in her career (also No.28 Babos at 2017 Shenzhen and No.42 Sasnovich at 2019 Jurmala) • Her reward is a meeting with four-time major winner and World No.2 Osaka in 3r; only previous career meetings with a Top 20 players ended in straight sets defeats to No.20 Bertens at 2017 Bogotá and No.11 S.Williams at 2021 • One of two Serbians in the draw (also Danilovic) • Playing doubles here w/Jurak (face Christian/Kudryavtseva in 1r) • Reached 2r at Lyon (l. Giorgi) and Monterrey (l. Kalinskaya), while fell 1r at Guadalajara (l. Kung) • Opened 2021 with 2r showings at Yarra Valley Classic (d. Sherif, l. Collins) and Australian Open (d. Begu for her first main draw win, l. S.Williams)

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 (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 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• 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 (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 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

OSAKA: Miami Open • Making fifth appearance at Miami, where her best results are 3r runs on debut in 2016 (l. Babos) and 2019 (l. Hsieh) • Also made 2r in 2017 (l. Halep) and 2018 (d. S.Williams in 1r, l. Svitolina) • One of five Grand Slam champions in bottom half of the draw (also Andreescu, Kenin, Muguruza and Stephens), with 14 in the overall starting field • Enters Miami ranked first on Tour for both points (66.6%) and games (82.2%) won on serve • After 1r bye, beat No.77 Tomljanovic in 2r; now owns 12-1 career record in matches immediately following 1r byes, with sole defeat coming to Mladenovic at 2019 Dubai • Struck 13 aces against Tomljanovic to take her 2021 total to 81 • Faces No.95 Stojanovic in 3r today; in terms of ranking, a defeat today would be her worst in a completed match since falling to No.108 Nara at 2017 Tokyo [] (also retired against No.113 Jakupovic at 2018 Birmingham) • Has won her last 22 matches, with last loss coming at the hands of No.78 Sorribes Tormo on Fed Cup duty for Japan at the start of last February. Since the Tour’s resumption in the summer has won four matches at Western & Southern Open (withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final against Azarenka), seven during US Open title run, three at Yarra Valley Classic (withdrew w/right shoulder injury), seven at Australian Open and one here in Miami • Is only the third woman since 2010 to go unbeaten for 20 or more matches, joining S.Williams (27 wins between 2014 WTA Finals and 2015 Madrid) and Azarenka (26 wins between 2012 Sydney and Miami) • Playing first tournament since lifting fourth Grand Slam title, at Australian Open (d. Brady in F); saved two match points to defeat No.14 Muguruza in R16 and register her 50th career Grand Slam victory – eighth time in the Open Era a woman has won Australian Open after saving match point, following Monica Seles (1991), Jennifer Capriati (2002), Serena Williams (2003 and 2005), Li Na (2014), (2016) and (2018) • Is the 16th woman to win four or more Grand Slam titles in the Open Era. Last woman to triumph in her first four major finals was Seles (1990 Roland Garros, 1991 Australian Open, 1991 Roland Garros and 1991 US Open) • Opened the season with SF showing at the Gippsland Trophy (withdrew prior to match against Mertens w/right shoulder injury)

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Career Milestones • Concluded last year by coming from a set and a break down to beat Azarenka in 2020 US Open final and lift the third Grand Slam title of career – is the 20th woman to win three or more majors in the Open Era • Began last season with SF showing at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and 3r exit at Australian Open (l. Gauff) • Aside from US Open triumph, highlight of 2020 campaign was R-Up finish at Western & Southern Open – withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final against Azarenka • Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach World No.1 ranking following the tournament • In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and Beijing (d. Barty in F); defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final for second career victory over world No.1 (also beat Halep at 2018 Indian Wells) • Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up from No.68 in 2017 • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indian Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight was against Sakkari in R16 • Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Pliskova) • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualifying (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski)

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[8] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #9) VS. [28] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #32)

Head-to-head: First meeting

ANDREESCU ANISIMOVA Career Prize Money $6,835,466 Career Prize Money $2,058,634 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) June 16, 2000 (20) Date of Birth (Age) Aug. 19, 2001 (19) Singles Titles 3 Singles Titles 1 Miami W-L (MD) 4-1 Miami W-L (MD) 3-2 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 5-2 / 45-14 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-1 / 47-30 3-Set (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 19-8 3-Set (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 9-16 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 4-0 / 13-5 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 10-4 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 5-2 / 41-12 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 30-21 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 8-3 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 3-8 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 13-6 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 6-12 Coach Sylvain Bruneau Coach Andis Juska

ANDREESCU:

Miami Open

• Making second appearance at Miami Open presented by Itaú, having reached R16 on debut in 2019 (l. Kontaveit via ret. w/right shoulder injury) • After 1r bye, fended off a couple of set points in opening set against qualifier Martincova; has never lost a Tour- level match to a qualifier • Faces Anismova in 3r today; has won her past eight matches against Americans, last defeat coming to Kenin at 2019 Acupulco • One of five Grand Slam champions in bottom half of the draw (also Kenin, Muguruza, Osaka and Stephens), with 14 in the draw overall • Playing just her third tournament since the end of 2019; skipped entirety of 2020 season due to injury and opting out after return to play and opened 2021 with 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Hsieh) and SF showing at Philip Island Trophy (l. Bouzkova) • Win over Buzarnescu in 1r of Australian Open in February was first professional match since 2019 WTA Finals, where she withdrew during the group stage due to a knee injury sustained during loss via ret. to Ka.Pliskova

Career Milestones • Skipped entirety of 2020 season due to injury and opting out after return to play • Ended 2019 ranked at No.5 jumping a total of 173 spots from her 2018 year-end ranking of No.178 • Won WTA’s 2019 Newcomer of the Year Award • Lifted maiden Grand Slam title at 2019 US Open (d. S.Williams in F), becoming the first Canadian woman to win a major singles title in the Open Era and breaking into the Top 5 for the first time after the tournament on Sept. 9 – had not advanced past 2r at a Slam before then • Was the first home representative to lift the women’s singles title at 2019 Rogers Cup since 1969 when Urban d. Berner in all-Canadian final (d. S.Williams in F; ret. w/ upper back injury) • Shoulder injury forced her to miss entire 2019 grass swing

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• Won maiden career title at 2019 Indian Wells (d. No.6 Svitolina in SF and No.8 Kerber in F) - was fourth unseeded woman and first wildcard to lift the title at Indian Wells • Made first WTA final at 2019 Auckland finishing R-Up (as qualifier, d. Wozniacki and V.Williams, l. Goerges) • Produced first WTA QF run at 2017 Washington DC (l. Petkovic). As wildcard, defeated Giorgi and world No.13 Mladenovic in 2r to become first player born in 21st century to register a Top 20 win • Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Wimbledon coming through qualifying (l. Kucova in 1r) – later that year, earned first WTA win in 1r of Quebec City (d. Brady, l. Hradecka) • Broke into Top 100 on January 28, 2019 and Top 20 on August 12, 2019 • Career best wins occurred over No.3 Wozniacki at 2019 Auckland and No.3 Ka.Pliskova at 2019 Toronto – win over No.3 Wozniacki was first Top 10 win of career • Has qualified for WTA Finals on one occasion in 2019, went 0-2 in group play retiring from her final match with a knee injury • Canadian Fed Cup Team 2017-20 • Made professional debut by finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (l. Glatch in F); owns five singles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit

ANISIMOVA: Miami Open • Making her fourth main draw appearance at the Miami Open as the No.28 seed – her first time being seeded at this event • In tournament main draw debut in 2017, fell 1r (l. Townsend); reached 2r in 2018 (l. Muguruza) and 2019 (l. Kontaveit) • One of 10 teenagers in the draw (Swiatek is the only other to reach 3r – faces Konjuh) • Following 1r bye, beat former champion Stephens in 2r • Only her second time competing following a 1r bye – the first time was also in the US, at 2019 San Jose where she reached QFs (l. S.Zheng) • Faces No.9 Andreescu in 3r today; bidding for first Top 10 win since upsetting No.7 Svitolina at 2020 Doha • Coming off her first WTA event of the season, where she fell 2r at Dubai (l. eventual champion Muguruza)

Career Milestones • Finished 2020 ranked No.30 to post her second consecutive Top 50 season • Highlights of 2020 season was advancing to SFs on season debut in Auckland (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and posting 3r showings at the US Open (l. Sakkari) and Roland Garros (l. Halep) • Registered career-high ranking of No.21 on October 21, 2019 • Highlight of 2019 season was winning maiden title at Bogotá (d. Sharma in F); at 17y 222d was the youngest American to win a title since S.Williams at 1999 Indian Wells (17y 169d) • Finished 2019 ranked No.24 – the youngest of three teenagers in the Top 50 (also Andreescu and Yastremska) • Other standout performances included SF run at Roland Garros – first player (man or woman) born in 2000s to advance to this stage of a major – QF showings at Mallorca and San Jose, and R16 appearance at Australian

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Open – at 17 years and five months old, was the youngest player to reach R16 at a Slam since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days) • Scored maiden win over a Top 5 player during 2019 Roland Garros, upsetting No.3 and defending champion Halep in QF • Made Top 100 debut at No.95 on September 17, 2018, after reaching first WTA final at Hiroshima (as qualifier, l. Hsieh) • Also in 2018, upset No.9 Kvitova to become the joint-youngest player to reach R16 at Indian Wells, along with Majoli, who made SF in 1994 (both aged 16 years, 199 days) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Miami (l. Townsend in 3s), with Grand Slam bow coming at 2017 Roland Garros. Also in 2017, reached four ITF Circuit finals, winning $60k ITF/Sacramento, CA-USA and finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Curtiba-BRA, $80k ITF/Indian Harbour Beach, FL-USA and $60k ITF/Dothan, AL-USA • Owns six Top 20 wins: No.9 Kvitova (2018 Indian Wells), No.11 Sabalenka (), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2019 Roland Garros), No.7 Svitolina (2020 Doha) and No.19 Riske (2020 Western & Southern Open) • In juniors, won US Open girls’ singles in 2017 and was R-Up at 2016 Roland Garros • Reached No.2 in junior world rankings

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3 2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL 4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000M [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) VS. [29] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #33)

Head-to-head: Pegula leads 2-0

2021 DOHA HARD O QF PEGULA 6-3 6-1 2021 DUBAI HARD O R16 PEGULA 6-0 6-2

PLISKOVA PEGULA Career Prize Money $20,599,271 Career Prize Money $1,834,821 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 21, 1992 (29) Date of Birth (Age) Feb 24, 1994 (26) Singles Titles 16 Singles Titles 1 Miami W-L (MD) 17-7 Miami W-L (MD) 1-1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 7-5 / 330-172 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 13-5 / 45-39 3-Set (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 104-57 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 14-12 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 65-74 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 12-9 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 7-5 / 235-117 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 13-5 / 35-24 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 32-40 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 3-3 / 3-7 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 64-73 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 4-4 / 7-12 Coach Sascha Bajin Coach David Witt

PLISKOVA:

Miami Open • Making eighth main draw appearance at Miami Open • Posted R-Up finish when the event was last held in 2019, where she defeated No.3 Halep before falling to No.11 Barty in the title match • Also reached SF in 2017 (l. Wozniacki) and has made QFs twice, in 2015 (l. Petkovic) and 2018 (l. Azarenka) • Advanced to 2r on debut in 2013 (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) while lost opening match in 2014 (l. Peng Shuai) and 2016 (after 1r bye, l. Babos) • One of eight Czech players to start the main draw, also Bouzkova, Krejcikova, Kvitova, Martincova, Kr.Pliskova, Siniakova and Vondrousova. Kvitova and Vondrousova have also made 3r • Following 1r bye, defeated No.53 Zheng Saisai in 2r for the loss of only three games (6-1 6-2) • Faces Pegula in 3r today, and has lost to her at last two events played, at Doha and Dubai. Did not win a set in either of the those matches • Went unbeaten (11-0) vs. American woman across 2018, 2019 and 2020. Streak was snapped in 2021, and is 1-3 this year, losing to Collins at Yarra Valley Classic in addition to Pegula losses, win came over Collins at Australian Open • Has fallen in every round at the Miami Open aside from the 3r or the R16 – has lost in 1r, 2r, QF, SF and F • Coming off back-to-back straight set losses to Pegula during the Middle East swing, in QF at Doha and in 3r at Dubai—only managed to win six games in total • Made 3r runs at Australian Open (l. Muchova) and the Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne (l. Collins) • Opened 2021 season falling in 2r at Abu Dhabi to qualifier No.292 Gasanova

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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 Career Milestones • Has won at least one title every year stretching back to 2013, most recently lifting trophy at 2020 Brisbane (d. Keys in F) • Reached one more final in 2020 at Rome (l. Halep via ret.) and made QF at Dubai • Lifted a WTA-leading four titles across the 2019 season (tied with Barty) – triumphed at Brisbane, Rome, Eastbourne and Zhengzhou. Dropped 19 games across five matches during Eastbourne title win (d. Kerber in F) – most economic title run in 2019 • Also reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, losing to Barty in straight sets, and produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved four match points to beat S.Williams in QF • Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in 2r at Birmingham, in what was their first career main draw encounter • Made fourth straight appearance at the WTA Finals in 2019, reaching SF for the third year in a row • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Won Billie Jean King Cup for Czech Republic in 2015-16 and 2018 • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) • Is a Grand Slam finalist, reaching the title match at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber) • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova) • Scored first Top 20 win of her career over No.16 Petrova in 1r at 2013 Wimbledon • Won first career WTA title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur (d. Mattek-Sands) and followed it up with two more in 2014 Seoul (d. Lepchenko) and 2014 Linz (d. Giorgi) • Reached first WTA QF as WC at 2008 Prague (l. Azarenka) • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2006

PEGULA: Miami Open • Making second main draw appearance at the Miami Open – on debut last year, came through qualifying before falling to Konta in 1r • Was one of 17 American women to begin the main draw this year, with three making the 3r – also Kenin and Anisimova • Currently at a career-high ranking of No.33, which she posted earlier this month on March 15

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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 • Owns the most Top 10 wins this season, with three (same as Muguruza), having defeated No.5 Svitolina (Australian Open) and No.6 Pliskova at Doha and Dubai • After 1r bye, began 2021 Miami campaign with straight sets win over Sanders – has only lost opening match once all season, at Abu Dhabi (l. Pegula) • Faces Pliskova today for the third time in three events – won both encounters and dropped only six games across both wins • Win against No.6 Pliskova would be fourth overall Top 10 win – all previous three wins have come this season. Lost her first six meetings with Top 10 opponents before debut win over No.5 Svitolina at Australian Open • Top 10 losses this season have come to No.4 Kenin at the Yarra Valley Classic, No.5 Svitolina at Abu Dhabi and No.10 Kvitova at Doha • Enjoyed strong Middle Eastern swing, make reaching her first WTA 500 SF, at Doha (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Kvitova) – was the first qualifier to reach last four in the tournament’s history • Backed this up with QF run at Dubai (l. Mertens) • Advanced to maiden Grand Slam QF at Australian Open, where she notched her fourth career Top 20 win over No.13 Azarenka and career first Top 10 win over No.5 Svitolina before falling to eventual R-Up Brady in three sets • Made 3r run at Yarra Valley Classic (d. Mladenovic and Barthel, l. Kenin in 3s) • Opened season at Abu Dhabi, falling 1r (l. Svitolina)

Career Milestones • Began 2020 campaign with R-Up finish at Auckland (l. S.Williams) • Other standout results last season were a QF at Western & Southern Open (as qualifier, l. Mertens) and a 3r showing at US Open (l. Kvitova) • On the doubles court in 2020, reached QFs of Roland Garros (w/Muhammad) and Cincinnati (w/Rogers) • Won her first WTA title at 2019 Washington DC (d. Giorgi in F) to reach a career high ranking of No.55 (August 5, 2019) • Also in 2019, fell 1r on main draw debut at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty) and Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) and Miami (as a qualifier, l. Konta) • Broke into Top 100 for the first time on February 4, 2019 following back-to-back R-Up finishes at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach and $100K ITF/Midland-MI, USA • Highlights of 2018 included finishing runner-up as a qualifier at Quebec City (l. Parmentier in F), recording SF finish at Houston WTA 125K (l. S.Peng) and reaching QF or better at 10 ITF events • Won doubles title w/Manasse at 2018 Houston 125K (d. Krawczyk/Olmos in F) • Did not play between January and August 2017 after undergoing hip surgery. Primarily played at ITF events for the rest of the year, winning two doubles titles with Townsend • Played a mixture of WTA and ITF Circuit events in 2016 with highlight coming at Washington DC, where she defeated No.14 Stosur for first Top 20 win of career on her way to a SF finish (l. Davis) • Reached 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open (as qualifier, d. Van Uytvanck, l. Cibulkova) 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 • Sidelined from for a year and a half between 2013 and 2015 due to a right knee injury • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Indian Wells

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[16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #17) VS. [22] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #24)

Head-to-head: MERTENS leads 2-1

2019 SYDNEY HARD O R16 ELISE MERTENS 6-3 6-1 2018 ZHUHAI HARD O R1 ELISE MERTENS 6-3 6-1 2017 BIEL HARD I QF ANETT KONTAVEIT 7-5 6-7(2) 6-1

MERTENS KONTAVEIT Career Prize Money $7,650,412 Career Prize Money $5,108,238 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 17, 1995 (25) Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 24, 1995 (25) Singles Titles 6 Singles Titles 1 Miami W-L (MD) 3-2 Miami W-L (MD) 7-5 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 12-2 / 162-87 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 10-4 / 134-103 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 4-0 / 42-31 3-Set (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 46-35 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-2 / 29-33 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 33-32 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 12-2 / 105-55 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 10-4 / 88-68 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 8-19 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 11-22 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 16-42 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 20-35 Coach Robbie Ceyssens Coach Nigel Sears

MERTENS:

Miami Open • Making third main draw appearance at the Miami Open (fourth overall) • Reached 3r on tournament debut in 2018 (l. Konta) and 2019 (l. Vondrousova) • Sole Belgian in this week’s main draw – seeded No.22 this fortnight • Opened her 2021 Miami campaign against Boulter in 2r, who she had not faced since the pair’s junior days in 2013-14, when the Briton lead their head-to-head 2-1 – Mertens struck five aces to record a straight sets win • In today’s 3r, faces No.24 Kontaveit for their fourth career meeting. Looking to extend her lead over the Estonian to 3-1, having won their most recent matches in straight sets, at 2018 Zhuhai and 2019 Sydney • A win today would be her 11th consecutive tournament winning back-to-back matches: 2020 Prague (R-Up), 2020 Western & Southern Open (SF), 2020 US Open (QF), 2020 Rome (QF), 2020 Roland Garros (3r), 2020 Ostrava (QF), 2020 Linz (R-Up), 2021 Gippsland Trophy (WON), (R16) and 2021 Dubai (SF) • Also played doubles this week with partner Sabalenka as the No.1 seeds – fell to Halep/Kerber in 1r on Friday • Coming off second SF appearance of 2021 at Dubai (l. eventual champion Muguruza) – also advanced to this stage en route to Gippsland Trophy title (d. Kanepi in F) • Posted R16 showing at Australian Open (l. Muchova). Captured second career Grand Slam doubles trophy at Melbourne Park (w/Sabalenka, d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) • Enjoyed championship run at Gippsland Trophy winning her sixth career title (d. Kanepi in F) • Originally planned to start season at Abu Dhabi earlier in January before late withdrawal w/right shoulder injury • Owns two Top 20 wins this season, against No.12 Bencic at Australian Open and No.5 Svitolina en route to Gippsland Trophy title

Career Milestones • Led the Tour in match wins in 2020, going 34-13 across the season Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Reached two finals last year, finishing as R-Up at both Prague (l. Halep) and Linz (l. Sabalenka) • Earned her milestone 200th career main draw win with victory over Kalinina in 1r at Linz • Won 10th career doubles title at Ostrava (w/Sabalenka) • Loss to Watson at 2020 Hobart, at 3h 33m, was the longest match of the year • Singles highlights in 2019 were winning biggest title of career at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final) and advancing to QF at US Open for the first time (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) • Enjoyed standout season in doubles in 2019 – won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Also Completed ‘Sunshine Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalenka), lifting the back-to-back titles at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova) and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang), and qualified for Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (went 1-2 in RR) • Won three singles titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or more titles to their name that year - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3) • Also in 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) • Finished 2018 with 46 main draw match wins across the campaign – only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47) registered more. By contrast, prior to 2018 season owned only 36 wins at this level across entire career • In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at WTA Finals (w/Schuurs) • Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish. Season highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) • Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing • Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) • Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach) • Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010; owns 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

KONTAVEIT: Miami Open • Making sixth main draw appearance at the Miami Open (seventh overall), where she reached SF last year (l. eventual champion Barty) • Also advanced through two rounds of qualifying to make 3r run in 2017 (l. No.5 Halep) • Following 1r bye, defeated Cirstea after being pushed to a deciding set; improved her record in three-set matches to 3-1 this season, with sole loss coming against eventual champion Kvitova during the Doha QFs • In today’s 3r faces Mertens for their fourth career meeting – only triumph over the Belgian came during their first meeting, during 2017 Biel QFs, en route to a finalist run (l. Vondrousova in F) • Looking to register her third Top 20 win of the season, having defeated No.13 Brady at Doha and No.13 Azarenka at Grampians Trophy (via WO) • Made QF run at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova in 3s) • Posted 3r showing at Australian Open (l. Rogers) after reaching the Grampians Trophy final (the final was not played) • Opened 2021 season with 1r exit at Abu Dhabi (l. Kudermetova)

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Career Milestones • During an interrupted 2020, reached sixth final of career at Palermo (l. Ferro) and posted 21 match wins across the season (joint-fifth most, level with Jabeur) • Made Grand Slam breakthrough by reaching maiden major QF at Australian Open (l. Halep), becoming the first Estonian to make the last eight at Australian Open, also the first Estonian to reach a Grand Slam QF since Kanepi at 2017 US Open • Finished 2019 ranked No.26 despite missing final two months of the season w/viral illness • Reached her fifth career final in 2019 at Stuttgart (l. Kvitova). Also in 2019, advanced to her first Premier Mandatory SF at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty), which propelled her to a career high ranking of No.14 (April 1, 2019) • In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw wins – the first time she had registered 30 or more wins in a season • Breakthrough season came in 2017, winning first career singles title at 2017 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at Biel/Benne (l. Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens) • Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run at Gstaad (July 24, 2017) • Posted her first career win over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber at 2017 Rome • In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams for first time, but dropped out of Top 100 • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at No.96, up from No.152. One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100 • Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at 2016 Monterrey (2r) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. McHale, 1r) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010; owns 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Junior highlights included winning 2011 Orange Bowl, defeating Bouchard and Putintseva en route

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ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #115) VS. [12] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #13)

Head-to-head: First meeting

KALINSKAYA MUGURUZA Career Prize Money $1,012,737 Career Prize Money $21,693,823 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 2, 1998 (22) Date of Birth (Age) Oct 8, 1993 (27) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 8 Miami W-L (MD) 2-0 Miami W-L (MD) 13-8 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 4-3 / 15-32 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 19-4 / 278-148 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 6-6 3-Set (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 84-63 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 4-4 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 3-2 / 45-52 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 4-3 / 13-21 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 19-4 / 193-102 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 1-1 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 3-3 / 38-38 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 1-4 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 5-3 / 68-64 Coach Patricia Tarabini Coach Conchita Martinez

KALINSKAYA: Miami Open • Making tournament debut in Miami, as a WC, having never previously contested qualifying or the main draw • Of the eight wild cards, only Kalinskaya and Konjuh have reached 3r • One of seven Russian to begin the main draw, with four making the 3r – also Kudermetova, Alexandrova and Samsonova • This is her first 3r appearance at a WTA 500 level event or above • Opened 2021 Miami campaign with straight sets win over Begu before dispatching No.21 Martic in 2r, which marked first Top 25 since 2019 US Open (d. No.10 Stephens). Also her third Top 25 win of career – in addition, d. No.23 Garcia at 2017 Kuala Lumpur • Faces No.13 Muguruza today – is fourth highest opponent faced in career, after No.9 Goerges (2018 US Open, lost in three sets), No.10 Stephens (2019 US Open, won in straight sets) and No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Australian Open, l. 6-1 6-4) • Winner faces Andreescu or Anisimova in R16 • Coming off QF run at Monterrey (as qualifier, l. Golubic). Scored first wins of season with 1r defeat of No.2 seed Podoroska and 2r win over Stojanovic. Was first QF since 2019 • Suffered1r exit at Guadalajara (l. Fernandez) • Opened 2021 season falling in Australian Open qualifying in Dubai – however still made the trip to Australian to play in the Gippsland Trophy (l. Boulter in 1r)

Career Milestones • Finished 2020 season ranked No.114 falling 1r at first tournaments of the year in Australian Open, Acapulco, Indian Wells 125K, Lexington and Western & Southern Open • Earned only second Grand Slam match at US Open defeating Stojanovic in 1r (l. Muchova in 2r) • Made main draw debut at Roland Garros (l. WC Bouchard in 1r)

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• Reached a career-high ranking of No.96 on October 21, 2019 and ending the year at No.100 – her first ever Top 100 year-end ranking • Year highlighted by first WTA SF at Washington, DC (l. eventual champion Pegula), QF run at Tashkent (l. Zavatska) and maiden Top 20 win over No.10 Stephens to reach 2r of a Grand Slam for the first time at US Open (l. Ahn) • Also made Wimbledon main draw debut as qualifier (l. Linette) and captured two titles on the ITF circuit • Ended 2018 ranked No.169, down on career-best finish of No.146 in 2017 • Failed to win a tour-level singles main draw match in 2018, going 0-9 • At all levels, posted a 28-23 record in 2018 • Season highlights were making Grand Slam main draw debuts at Australian Open (l. Giorgi) and US Open (l. Goerges), coming through qualifying but falling in 1r at each • Fell in final round of qualifying at both Roland Garros (l. Golubic) and Wimbledon (l. Tomova) • Advanced through qualifying to reach the 2r for the first time at a WTA-tour level event at 2017 Kuala Lumpur (l. Han) • Backed that performance up with two more 2r finishes that year at Istanbul (l. Yastremska) and Gstaad (l. Kontaveit) – both as a qualifier • Hoisted her fifth career ITF title in 2017 at $25k ITF/Obidos 4-POR (d. Frech) • Additionally, advanced to the finals of $25K ITF/Batumi-GEO and semifinals of $60k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN, $25K ITF/Altenkirchen-GER and $25K ITF/Obidos 5-POR • Made WTA main draw debut at 2016 Moscow (as WC, l. Mladenovic in 1r). Also won a career-high four ITF titles in 2016 and made four runner-up finishes • Produced a successful 2015 campaign on the ITF circuit, reaching the finals at $10K ITF/Antalya-TUR and $10k ITF/El Kantaoui 29-TUN. Also made a SF run at $10K ITF/El Kantoui 28-TUN. • Made professional debut as a qualifier at Premier event at 2014 Moscow (l. Monova)

MUGURUZA:

Miami Open • Making ninth main draw appearance at the Miami Open • She has reached the R16 five teams here, but never any further, falling at this stage on debut in 2012 (l. A.Radwanska) then 2013 (l. Li), 2016 (l. eventual champion Azarenka), 2017 (l. Wozniacki) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Stephens) • 2012 R16 run here was career breakthrough - contested as wildcard (ranked No.208), upsetting No.9 Zvonareva and No.26 Pennetta before lost to eventual champion A.Radwanska. Also lost to eventual champion Azarenka in 2016 and Stephens 2018 • Reached 3r in 2015 (l. Errani) while lost in the opening round after 1r bye in 2014 (l. Tomljanovic) and 2019 (l. Niculescu) • Miami and Madrid are the only WTA 1000 tournaments where she has yet to reach QF

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• One of four Spaniards in the main draw — Bolsova fell 1r, Badosa fell 2r and is joined in 3r by Sorribes Tormo • Following 1r bye, defeated No.150 Wang Xinyu in 2r — in only previous meeting at 2020 Shenzhen, claimed the last nine games for a comeback win over the Chinese teenager • Faces No.115 Kalinskaya today - a loss today will be worst by ranking since defeated by unranked Pironkova at 2020 US Open • Fell to player outside the Top 100 on last Miami outing, falling to No.138 Niculescu in 1r • Owns the most match wins (19-4) and most finals appearances (3) on tour so far in 2021 season • Coming off a tremendous campaign in the Middle East Swing: lifted the first title in nearly two years and also the biggest one since 2017 Cincinnati at Dubai (d. Krejcikova in F) after finished R-Up at Doha (l. Kvitova) – is the first player to reach back-to-back finals at these two events since Wozniacki in 2017 (fifth in this century) • Six of her eight titles have come on hard courts; 12 of 15 finals have come on hard courts • Now sits at No.2 on the Porsche Race to Shenzhen Leaderboard, only behind Australian Open Champion Osaka • Made R16 showing at Australian Open, falling to the eventual champion Osaka after holding two match points at 5-3 in the final set • Produced R-Up finish at the Yarra Valley Classic (l. Barty) and opened the season with a 3r showing at Abu Dhabi (d. Mladenovic and Sasnovich, l. Sakkari)

Career Milestones • Reached fourth Grand Slam singles final of career at 2020 Australian Open (l. Kenin in 3s). Was first Spaniard to reach the final at Melbourne Park since Conchita Martinez in 1998 • Last year also made SFs at Shenzhen and Rome and three further QFs • In 2019, successfully defended her title in Monterrey for seventh career WTA trophy (d. Azarenka in F) • Is a two-time Grand-Slam champion winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F). Dropped only one set in Roland Garros title run • Is only player to ever beat both Williams sisters in a Grand Slam final and one of 29 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. One of just eight players all-time to defeat Serena in a Grand Slam final • Also finished R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) to make Top 10 debut. Is one of two players to meet both Williams sisters in the final of the same Grand Slam – also Hingis at US Open (1997, d. V.Williams; 1999, l. S.Williams) • First Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario in 1996 and first to reach any Slam final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros • Rose to World No.1 on September 11, 2017 to become the 24th woman in history to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995). Also named ITF World Champion for 2017 • Reached R16 at Rio Olympics in 2016

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• In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza). Overall, has qualified three times for the season-ending championships (2015-17) • Owns five WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2015 Tokyo [PPO] (w/Suarez Navarro), and reached SF at 2014 Roland Garros (w/Suarez Navarro); rose to No.10 in WTA doubles rankings on February 23, 2015. • Advanced to R16 on WTA main draw debut at 2012 Miami (l. evantual champion A.Radwanska), defeating No.9 Zvonareva en route for first Top 10 win

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[27] ONS JABEUR (TUN #30) VS. [4] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

Head-to-head: Kenin leads 4-0 (not including ITF Circuit)

2019 HOBART HARD O R16 KENIN 7-6(6) 6-3 2019 MALLORCA GRASS O R16 KENIN 6-2 2-0 RET. 2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O QF KENIN 6-4 6-4 2020 US OPEN HARD O R32 KENIN 7-6(4) 6-3

JABEUR KENIN Career Prize Money $2,750,123 Career Prize Money $7,221,702 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Aug. 28, 1994 (26) Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 14, 1998 (22) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 5 Miami W-L (MD) 2-1 Miami W-L (MD) 3-2 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 9-5 / 69-76 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 7-4 / 100-57 3-Set (YTD / Career) 4-1 / 23-31 3-Set (YTD / Career) 3-2 / 39-21 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 3-0 / 20-23 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 27-18 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 9-5 / 53-59 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 7-4 / 78-41 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 4-11 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 8-14 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 10-19 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 16-26 Coach Issam Jellali Coach Alexander Kenin

JABEUR:

Miami Open • Making fourth overall appearance at the Miami Open, and second in the main draw • On previous main draw outing in 2019, made 2r (d. Kr.Pliskova, l. Stephens) • Fell in 2015 and 2018 qualifying • Has reached one final on hard-court, at 2018 Moscow (indoor) • Contesting fortnight of Miami at career-high ranking of No.30, first posted on Jan 25, 2021 • Opened 2021 Miami campaign (after 1r bye) with defeat of Badosa in a tough 3-set battle. Required medical attention on-court at the completion of match • Is now unbeaten in opening matches since 2020 Rome (l. Gauff), a run of eight tournaments • Faces No.4 Kenin with a spot in the R16 up for grabs – owns a 2-5 record vs. Top 5 ranked players, with wins coming over No.1 Halep (2018 Beijing via ret.) and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2020 Doha) • Sole win in six meeting came on ITF Circuit in 2017 – at the time, Jabeur was ranked No.119, and Kenin was No.197 • Coming off R16 exit at Dubai (l. Teichmann) • Defeated No.23 Rybakina in 2r to notch her best win by ranking since ousting No.12 Sabalenka at 2020 Roland Garros and advance to 3r for the first time in Dubai • Coming off 2r exit at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Opened 2021 with 3r at Abu Dhabi (l. eventual champion Sabalenka), then fell 2r at Grampians Trophy (l. Kerber)

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Career Milestones • Started 2020 by advancing to maiden Slam QF at Australian Open – became the first Arab woman to reach that stage at a major (l. eventual champion Kenin); made Top 50 debut at No.45 after breakthrough performance in Melbourne • In 2020 also made QFs at Doha (l. Kvitova), Lexington (l. Gauff), Western & Southern Open (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and Ostrava (l. Sakkari) • During Doha run last year, beat No.3 Ka.Pliskova to record fourth Top 10 win, having previously upset No.7 Cibulkova (2017 Roland Garros), No.1 Halep (2018 Beijing) and No.8 Stephens (2018 Moscow) • Season highlights in 2019 were matching best result at the Slams with 3r run at US Open (matching 2017 Roland Garros and now 2020 Australian Open) and SF appearances at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Kerber) and Tianjin (l. eventual champion Peterson) • In 2018, defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA final at 2018 Moscow, where she fell in three sets to No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament (Sfar was the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level) • Prior to 2018 Moscow, best tour-level results were QF runs at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 Bucharest • Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016 • Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at Doha (as WC) and Olympics • Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Menzah-TUN • Became first North African woman to win a junior Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), having also reached the final in 2010 (l. Svitolina in F)

KENIN:

Miami Open • Making third main draw appearance at the Miami Open, and is the No.4 seed this fortnight • On tournament debut in Miami in 2018, defeated No.11 Kasatkina en route to 3r (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) • In 2019, made 2r exit following 1r bye (l. Andreescu) • Was in the doubles draw this fortnight w/Stephens, but fell 1r to Xu/Zhang • One of three American women to make 3r, also Pegula and Anisimova, from 17 that started the main draw • An American woman has won the tournament here on 14 occasions, led by S.Williams with eight titles • Last woman from USA to triumph here was Stephens in 2018 • Following 1r bye, overcame Petkovic in 2r in three sets – lost first set tie break by eventually prevailed 6-7(8) 6-1 6-3 • Faces another stern test against Jabeur today, however has a positive 5-1 overall head to head, with only loss coming on ITF Circuit four years ago • Two of her four losses this season have come to players Jabeur’s ranked (No.30) or lower, and in her most recent events – No.65 Kanepi at Australian Open and unranked Gadecki at Phillip Island Trophy

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• Made 2r at Australian Open (l. Kanepi) and coming off 2r loss at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Gadecki) • Posted QF runs at Yarra Valley Classic (l. Muguruza) and in season opener at Abu Dhabi (l. Sakkari)

Career Milestones • Ended 2020 campaign at career high of No.4 which she first hit on March 9, 2020 and came away with the 2020 WTA Player of the Year Award; was also the season’s top prize money earner coming away with $4,302,970 • In last tournament of season, finished R-Up at Roland Garros (l. Swiatek) for her first final appearance on clay • Reached R16 at US Open and was one of only two players (also Kvitova) to reach second week of all three Slams in 2020 • Lifted fifth WTA singles title at Lyon (d. Friedsam in F) becoming the first player in 2020 to win a second title • Won maiden major at 2020 Australian Open (d. Muguruza in F) to become the youngest champion (21y, 80d) in Melbourne since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008. Defeated No.1 Barty and home favorite in SF for third career win over a reigning World No.1 • Australian Open run helped her break into the Top 10 for the first time at No.7 on February 3, 2020 • Won 2019 WTA Most Improved Player of the Year award after winning three WTA titles at Hobart (d. Schmiedlova in F), Mallorca (d. Bencic in F) and Guangzhou (d. Stosur in F) • Finished 2019 at No.14 as US No.2 (behind No.9 S.Williams) and leader in hard court wins (38-tied w/Barty) • Registered back-to-back SF runs at Toronto (l. eventual champion Andreescu) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Keys), subsequently leading to Top 20 debut at No.20 on August 19, 2019 • During this run, defeated No.1 Barty (Toronto) and No.1 Osaka (Cincinnati) to become first player since October 2001 to defeat World No.1s in consecutive weeks (Davenport); also became youngest American to defeat reigning No.1 in eight years (after McHale) • Advanced to R16 at 2019 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams, l. eventual champion Barty) – became first American to defeat Serena at the majors since Stephens at 2013 Australian Open QF • Also won maiden doubles titles in 2019 at Auckland (w/Bouchard) and Beijing (w/Mattek-Sands) • Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018 and Top 50 on October 8, 2018 • Member of US Billie Jean King Cup team from 2018-20 • Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a wildcard (l. Duque-Mariño in 1r) • Owns four ITF singles titles and two doubles titles • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2013, climbing to No.2 in ITF World Junior Rankings

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2021 MIAMI OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MIAMI, FL-USA | MARCH 23-APRIL4, 2021 | USD $3,260,190 | WTA 1000

[23] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #25) VS. [Q] LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA (RUS #126)

Head-to-head: First meeting

SAKKARI SAMSONOVA Career Prize Money $3,682,796 Career Prize Money $575,437 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) July 25, 1995 (25) Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 11, 1998 (22) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 0 Miami W-L (MD) 4-3 Miami W-L (MD) 1-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 9-5 / 101-91 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 1-4 / 7-16 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 30-37 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 4-5 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 30-18 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 3-4 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 9-5 / 64-61 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 1-4 / 2-11 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 11-14 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-3 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 20-35 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 0-4 Coach Tom Hill Coach Alessandro Dumitrache

SAKKARI:

Miami Open • Making fourth main draw appearance at the Miami Open (fifth overall), as the No.23 seed • Posted best run when she advanced to 3r in 2018 (l. Puig). Made 2r in 2019 (l. Kvitova) and 1r on tournament main draw debut in 2016 (as qualifier, l. Begu). Fell during qualifying in 2017 • Sole Greek player in Top 250 and also in starting field in Miami • Competing this week at No.25, just five spots shy of her career-high ranking of No.20 • Following 1r bye, won all eight service games to defeat No.84 Rus and improve her record against the Dutch left- hander to 2-0 • In today’s 3r, takes on Russian qualifier Samsonova for their first career meeting – currently owns 2-0 record vs. players outside the Top 100 this season, having defeated No.101 Potapova at Abu Dhabi and No.114 Sherif at Doha • Best result on US soil was finalist run at 2018 San Jose (d. No.14 V.Williams in QF, l. Buzarnescu in F) • Coming off 1r exit at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Krejcikova) • Reached back-to-back SFs at Abu Dhabi (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and Grampians Trophy (l. eventual finalist Kontaveit) • Prior to 1r exit at this year’s Australian Open, had won back-to-back matches at every tournament since falling in 1r at Palermo last August, reaching three SFs (Ostrava, Abu Dhabi and Grampians Trophy) and one QF (Western & Southern Open)

Career Milestones • Reached the final four on two occasions in 2020: St. Petersburg (l. Rybakina in SF) and Ostrava (l. Azarenka in SF) • Secured best year-end ranking of No.22 in 2020; broke into Top 20 on February 24 for first time at No.20 • Scored third and fourth Top 5 wins of her career last season, over No.5 Svitolina at Ostrava and No.5 Bencic at St. Petersburg. Previous wins came over No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Rome) and No.5 Kvitova (2019 Rome, via ret.)

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• Upset No.10 seed Keys to reach the R16 for the first time at one of the four Slams, at 2020 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) – would later tie result by reaching R16 at US Open (l. S.Williams) • Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2019 for first time in career (fell in RR stage). That season won maiden WTA title at Rabat, recovering from a set and break down to defeat Konta in final • Highlights of 2018 were reaching her first tour-level final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu) and scoring maiden Top 5 win over No.5 Ka.Pliskova in 2r at Rome • Notched first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of career at 2017 • Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October 9, 2017 • At , by reaching 2r (d. Y.Wang, l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from Greece to win a main draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open • Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul (as qualifier, l. Kovinic) • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2015 US Open (as qualifier, l. Q.Wang) • WTA qualifying debut came at 2012 Palermo • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010; owns seven ITF Circuit singles titles and five in doubles

SAMSONOVA: Miami Open • Making tournament main draw debut at the Miami Open • Advanced through two qualifying rounds, defeating Niculescu (via ret.) and Gracheva • Struck seven aces and won eight of nine service games to oust No.86 Giorgi in the opening round • Needed just 56 minutes to upset No.11 Bertens in 2r, winning 92 percent of first service points and all eight service games en route • Win over Bertens was maiden Top 20 win of career – now 1-4 vs. Top 20 opposition • Registered back-to-back main draw wins for the first time since 2019 Limoges (d. Giorgi and Cornet, l. Minnen) • Today, faces No.25 Sakkari for their first career meeting, where she bids to reach R16 for the first time at a WTA 1000 event – best run on the WTA Tour was SF showing at WTA 250 Palermo (l. eventual champion Teichmann) • Coming off back-to-back 1r exits, at Adelaide (as qualifier, l. Martic) and Phillip Island Trophy (l. Sorribes Tormo) • Reached 2r of Australian Open earning first career Grand Slam main draw win over Badosa in 1r (l. Muguruza) • Contested main draw at the Yarra Valley Classic, falling 1r (l. Pironkova) • Started 2021 season by coming through three rounds of Australian Open qualifying in Dubai defating Kung, Anderson and Tsurenko

Career Milestones • Ended 2020 with R-Up finish at $25k ITF/Reims-FRA • Last season also reached 2r at Brisbane (as qualifier, d. No.24 Stephens, l. No.7 Kvitova) and Palermo (as qualifier, l. Martic), and fell 1r four times (including Australian Open, US Open and Roland Garros); posted career-high ranking of No.114 after Australian Open (February 3, 2020) • Finished 2019 at No.139 – her best season-ending finish after ending the year with a 32-28 record

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• Appeared in the first six WTA main draws of her career in 2019, highlighted by SF run at Palermo (l. eventual champion Teichmann), 2r showing at Lausanne (l. Han) and falling 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Vekic) • Contested qualifying at a WTA event for the first time at 2019 St. Petersburg, while fell 1r on her main draw at Roland Garros that year • Owns four singles titles on the ITF Circuit, most recently at $60K Saint-Malo-FRA in 2018 • Made professional debut at $10K ITF/Gonesse-FRA in 2013

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MATCH NOTES: MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAÚ MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA | MARCH 23 – APRIL 4, 2021 | $3,260,190 | WTA 1000

SARA SORRIBES TORMO (ESP #58) VS. [21] ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #23)

Head-to-head: First meeting

SORRIBES TORMO RYBAKINA Career Prize Money $1,921,164 Career Prize Money $1,625,626 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 8, 1996 (24) Date of Birth (Age) Jun. 17, 1999 (21) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 2 Miami W-L (MD) 3-1 Miami W-L (MD) 1-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 13-4 / 63-79 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-4 / 61-27 3-Set (YTD / Career) 6-2 / 26-22 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 18-12 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 3-2 / 19-11 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-4 / 16-14 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 13-4 / 38-43 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 6-4 / 42-19 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 1-6 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 4-5 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 3-16 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 6-7 Coach Manuela Tormo Traver Coach Stefano Vukov

SORRIBES TORMO:

Miami Open • Making second appearance at Miami, where she is through to 3r for the first time • On previous appearance, reached 2r in 2019 (l. Vekic) • In 1r this year, recovered from 5-1 down in the final set and saved 2MP to beat Pera • Produced another comeback to upset No.14 Brady in 2r, recovering from 6-3 3-1 down to score third Top 20 win of her career (also No.10 Osaka at 2020 Billie Jean King Cup and No.18 Keys at 2018 Madrid) • These were her seventh and eighth three-set matches in 2021, saving match points in two of them (also against Samsonova in 1r at the Phillip Island Trophy). She has also been involved in three of the 10 longest matches of the season, including 3h23m win over Pera in 2r at Abu Dhabi • Has now won 13 matches in 2021 (the only women to have registered more main draw victories are Muguruza – 19 and Kasatkina – 15) • Faces Rybakina in 3r today, bidding for her 14th main draw win of the season – by contrast the most she has ever compiled in an entire season was 15 in the 2017 campaign • Coming off SF run at Monterrey (l. eventual champion Fernandez) • Lifted maiden WTA title at Guadalajara (d. Bouchard in F); rose to career-high ranking of No.57 the following week (March 15) • At Phillip Island Trophy withdrew w/back injury prior to 2r match with Doi • Kicked off 2021 campaign with QF run at Abu Dhabi (l. Kostyuk) before falling 1r at Gippsland Trophy (l. McNally) and Australian Open (l. Gavrilova)

Career Milestones • Won ITF/$80k title in Cagnes-Sur-Mer-FRA in September 2020; overall owns 10 singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit • Also in 2020, made QFs at Ostrava and Prague, and 2r at Australian Open and US Open – has now reached this stage at all four majors

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MATCH NOTES: MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAÚ MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA | MARCH 23 – APRIL 4, 2021 | $3,260,190 | WTA 1000

• Scored first Top 10 win over No.10 Osaka on Billie Jean King Cup duty in February 2020 • Has lifted two career doubles titles – at 2018 Monterrey (w/Broady) and 2019 Rabat (w/Martinez Sanchez); also reached final at 2019 Mallorca (w/Martinez Sanchez). Career-high doubles ranking of No.40 (February 3, 2020) • Made 2r for the first time at a major in 2018, as a qualifier at Wimbledon (l. compatriot Suárez Navarro) • Reached first career WTA SFs in 2017, at first Bogotá and then Gstaad • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Pavlyuchenkova) • In 2016, reached maiden tour-level QF at Seoul • Also in 2016 made QF at WTA 125k Series event at Honolulu (l. eventual champion Bellis) and won two titles on the ITF Circuit at $25K ITF/Sao Paulo-BRA (d. Mitu in F) and $50K ITF/Essen-GER (d. Muchova in F). Finished as R-Up at $100K ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY (l. Vekic in F) • Scored first WTA main draw win over Pavlyuchenkova (via ret.) at 2015 Charleston • Has represented Spain in Fed Cup in 2015-17 and 2019-20; best win came over No.10 Osaka (straight sets) in qualifying tie vs. Japan in February 2020 • Played first WTA main draw event at 2015 Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Ormaechea) • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Barcelona (l. 1r) • Played first professional event at $10k ITF/Vallduxo-ESP in 2010

RYBAKINA: Miami Open • Making tournament debut at Miami Open, where she is one of 22 main draw debutantes (Kalinskaya, Kudermetova, Samsonova, Stojanovic and Swiatek also reached 3r) • After 1r bye, won the final 10 games of the match to ease past Kanepi • Faces No.58 Sorribes Tormo in 3r today; has lost twice to players outside Top 50 in 2021, against No.66 Krejcikova (Grampians Trophy) and No.56 Siegemund (Doha) • Last remaining of four Kazakhstani players to begin draw here (also Diyas – l. 1r, Putintseva – l. 2r and Shevedova – l. 1r) • Played doubles here w/Sakkari (l. No.8 seeds Carter/Stefani in 1r) • Coming off 2r showing at Dubai (l. Jabeur) and 1r exit at Doha (l. Siegemund) • Made QF in opening tournament of 2021, at Abu Dhabi (l. eventual champion Sabalenka), before falling 1r at Grampians Trophy (l. Krejcikova) and 2r at Australian Open (l. Ferro)

Career Milestones • Opened 2020 campaign by reaching the championship match at four of her first five tournaments, including a title run at Hobart (d. Zhang in F) • Made first final appearance at a Premier-level tournament with R-Up finish at St. Petersburg (l. Bertens); was rewarded with Top 20 debut at No.19 following run in Russia (February 17, 2020) • First win over a Top-5 ranked opponent came over No.3 Ka.Pliskova during R-Up finish at 2020 Dubai • Won back-to-back Slam matches for the first time during 3r showing at 2020 Australian Open (l. Barty) • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2019 Bucharest (d. Tig in F), breaking into Top 100 for the first time in the following week’s rankings at No.65 (July 22, 2019)

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MATCH NOTES: MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAÚ MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA | MARCH 23 – APRIL 4, 2021 | $3,260,190 | WTA 1000

• Also in 2019, went on to make Top 50 debut on September 16, 2019, after reaching second career final at Nanchang (l. Peterson), produced SF appearances at Luxembourg and ‘s-Hertogenbosch, and made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 Roland Garros, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. Siniakova) • Finished 2019 campaign with 57-21 win-loss record (across all levels) to end season at No.37, up from 2018’s final ranking of No.191. On the ITF Circuit in 2019, lifted silverware on three occasions: back-to-back at $25k Moscow-RUS and $25k Kazan-RUS, and at $60k ITF/Launceston-AUS • Highlights of 2018 included reaching maiden WTA QF at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges) and clinching title at $15k ITF/Kazan-RUS • First Top 10 win came over No.7 Garcia at 2018 St. Petersburg • Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2017 Moscow (as qualifier, l. Begu in 1r) • Professional debut came at $10k ITF/Antalya-TUR in 2014

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