Nature Valley Classic June 17 – 23, 2019 Women’S Tennis Association Match Notes

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NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC JUNE 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC - FINAL MATCH-UP

JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) vs. ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) Series tied 1-1 Goerges beat Barty in second round here last year... Barty will become the 27th WTA World No.1 by lifting the title... Goerges bidding for first career grass court title... The two players have struck a combined total of 51 aces this week... Barty contesting fourth final of the season

A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS

PLAYER BIRMINGHAM YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER W/L TITLES [2] Ashleigh Barty 9-2 35-5 219-83 4,932,243 10,142,423 2 5

[8] Julia Goerges 8-2 16-11 561-321 374,336 9,002,832 1 7

FINAL RECORDS

PLAYER BEST BIRMINGHAM RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L

[2] Ashleigh Barty R-Up (1): 2017; Final (1): 2019 2019 Roland Garros (WON) 5-4 [8] Julia Goerges Final (1): 2019 2019 Auckland (WON) 7-8

BIRMINGHAM HONOR ROLL

YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE

2014 ANA IVANOVIC BARBORA STRYCOVA 6-3 6-2 2015 ANGELIQUE KERBER KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-7 6-3 7-6 2016 MADISON KEYS BARBORA STRYCOVA 6-3 6-4 2017 PETRA KVITOVA ASHLEIGH BARTY 4-6 6-3 6-2 2018 PETRA KVITOVA MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA 4-6 6-1 6-2 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

BARTY BIDS FOR NO.1 A NEW CHAMPION

For the first time in the tournament’s 37-year history, With no former winners in the starting field, the Nature the top three ranked players in the world were all in the Valley Classic will crown a new champion on Sunday. Birmingham starting field. No.2 Ashleigh Barty is the last The winner of the past two stagings, Petra Kvitova, was one standing and is now just one win away from overtak- set to attempt a three-peat but withdrew with an arm in- ing Naomi Osaka at the top of the rankings. Should she jury that also kept her out of Roland Garros in addition to do so, Barty will become the second Australian to reach an early withdrawal from 2016 champion, Madison Keys. World No.1, following in the footsteps of Evonne Goolag- ong Cawley. Both finalists have tasted success on grass before, with Ashleigh Barty winning the 2018 Nottingham title, and Julia Goerges, meanwhile, will rise one place to No.18 Julia Goerges reaching the final at Mallorca in 2017 and by virtue of her run this week. If she wins today’s final she the last four at Wimbledon 12 months ago. will jump to No.15. Top 10 Ranked Players in Birmingham SERVING NOTICE PLAYER RANK SEED BEST PREVIOUS RESULT NAOMI OSAKA 1 1 2r: 2017 and 2018 Ashleigh Barty has struck 26 aces across the opening ASHLEIGH BARTY 2 2 R-UP: 2017 three rounds here, consolidating her place near the top of KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3 3 R-Up: 2015 this year’s aces leaderboard:

ELINA SVITOLINA 7 4 QF: 2018 PLAYER ACES MATCHES ARYNA SABALENKA 10 5 First appearance KIKI BERTENS 283 43

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 272 37

SLICE OF HISTORY? NAOMI OSAKA 195 29

If Ashleigh Barty wins today’s final it will be the first time PETRA KVITOVA 172 38 in history a new WTA No.1 has been crowned during a ASHLEIGH BARTY 169 36 pre-Wimbledon British grass court event. VIKTORIA KUZMOVA 159 30

Julia Goerges has also impressed on serve, firing 25 aces and winning 27 of 28 service games across her past 2 three matches: Only two first-time No.1s have PLAYER % SERV. GAMES WON been crowned on British soil: Martina Navratilova (1978 ASHLEIGH BARTY 91.9% Wimbledon) and Serena Williams (2002 Wim- JULIA GOERGES 85.7% bledon)

CRUISE CONTROL

Ashleigh Barty is yet to drop a set this week. In the past 10 years, only two players have lifted the Birmingham title FINAL RECKONING without conceding a set: Sabine Lisicki in 2011 and Ana Ivanovic in 2014. Today’s match is Ashleigh Barty’s fourth final of the year, the joint-most on tour with Petra Kvitova. She is bidding to become the first player to win three titles this cam- ON THIS DAY: JUNE 23 paign, after already winning Miami and Roland Garros. At 1981 Wimbledon 14-year-old Kathy Rinaldi becomes Julia Goerges, meanwhile, is playing her second final the youngest player to win a match at the tournament, of the season, having lifted the silverware at Auckland in saving match point to overcome Sue Rollinson 2-6 6-3 January. The most recent Premier-level final for the Ger- 9-7 out on Court No.2. man was last year’s runner-up showing at Charleston. MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) vs. ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2)

Head to Head: Series tied 1-1

2018 ZHUHAI HARD O SF ASHLEIGH BARTY 4-6 6-3 6-2 107 mins 2018 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R16 JULIA GOERGES 7-6(6) 6-3 95 mins

JULIA GOERGES ASHLEIGH BARTY 19 WTA RANKING 2 45 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 1 02-11-1988 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-04-1996 (23) $374,336 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,934,343 $9,002,832 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $10,142,423 1 / 7 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 5 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 10 8-2 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 9-2 16-11 / 299-243 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 35-5 / 119-54 6-5 / 92-88 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 9-2 / 33-15 2-5 / 65-77 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 17-14 4-0 / 24-18 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 24-8 0-2 / 16-29 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 11-6 0-1 / 8-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 4-13 0-1 / 16-37 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-4 / 11-18 0-1 / 34-76 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-4 / 24-32 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham final

ROAD TO THE FINAL

JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) R32: d. DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #35) 3-6,6-4,6-3 (1h45) R32: d. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #22) 6-3,6-4 (1h13)

R16: d. EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #76) 6-4,6-3 (1h15) R16: d. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #66) 6-3,6-1 (1h01)

QF: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #43) 6-3,6-2 (1h15) QF: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #35) 6-4,6-3 (1h27)

SF: d. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #25) 6-4,6-3 (1h23) SF: d. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #51) 6-4,6-4 (1h25)

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BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JULIA GOERGES ASHLEIGH BARTY 2018 2018 QF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-1 6-4 R16 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #13) 7-6(6) 6-3

2009 2017 R16 L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #77) 7-6(3) 6-3 F L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) 4-6 6-3 6-2

2014 R1-Q L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #186) 6-4 6-4

2013 R1-Q L - NADIIA KICHENOK (UKR #165) 6-4 7-6(4)

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BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM

• Making third appearance at the Nature Valley Clas- • Making third main draw appearance at Birmingham sic, where she is through to the final for the first time (fifth overall) where this year she is No.2 seed at a • Previous best showing was last year’s QF run (l. Premier-level tournament for the first time eventual champion Kvitova) • Finished R-Up in 2017 (l. Kvitova). Fell 2r last year (l. • Contesting tournament ranked No.19 - her 87th con- Goerges) secutive week in the Top 20. She will move to No.18 • Won doubles title here w/Dellacqua in 2017; reached by reaching the final and No.15 with the title SF w/Goerges this week (withdrew prior to SF • Making first appearance on grass in 2019, posted a against Groenefeld/Schuurs due to right arm injury) 7-3 record on the surface in 2018, highlighted by SF • With Osaka losing in 2r, will rise to No.1 this week if run at Wimbledon she lifts the title - would be second Australian to do • Rallied from 6-3 4-2 down to beat Yastremska in 1r so (also Goolagong Cawley April 26-May 9, 1976) • Defeated Rodina in 2r to record first back-to-back • Overcame last week’s Nottingham R-Up Vekic in wins for the first time since Doha in February rain-delayed 1r on Wednesday • Struck nine aces to beat Putintseva in QF • Won all eight service games during quick-fire win • Produced another aggressive display against Martic over Brady in 2r in SF, firing 34 winners - including six more aces; • Beat five-time Wimbledon champion V.Williams in QF season total for aces now stands at 139 • After seeing off Brady and V.Williams this week, has • Faces Barty today in her second career grass court now won her past 12 matches against American final, having previously been R-Up at 2017 Mallorca opponents - including five during her recent Roland (l. Sevastova) Garros title run - last tasting defeat against S.Wil- • Owns eight career wins over Top 5 opposition, most liams at 2018 Roland Garros recently No.3 Wozniacki in the final at 2018 Auckland • In SF, beat Strycova, whom she also defeated during • In terms of ranking, best career wins were in 2011, R-Up finishes at 2017 Birmingham and 2018 Sydney over World No.1 Wozniacki in consecutive weeks • Win-loss record this year is 35-5 - the best on tour (Stuttgart final and Madrid) (Bertens is second with 31-12) • Reached doubles SF w/Barty this week - this is the • Faces Goerges in final today; beat the German en first time members of the same team have faced off route to 2018 Zhuhai title in the singles final at Birmingham • Sole loss to a player outside Top 10 in 2019 came at • A German has never lost a Birmingham final, prevail- hands of No.63 Mladenovic at Rome ing on all three occasions — Kohde-Kilsch in 1988, • Struck 169 aces so far this year (including 26 this Lisicki in 2011, and Kerber in 2015. week), seventh most on tour behind Bertens (283), • Goerges is the oldest title winner of the 2019 season Ka.Pliskova (272), Kr.Pliskova (209), Osaka (195), after lifting the trophy at Auckland earlier this year Kvitova (172) and Kuzmova (159) • Playing first event with new coach Sebastian Sachs • Posted 10-3 record on grass last year including a title run in Nottingham (d. Konta) SEASON • Won Wimbledon girls’ singles title in 2011

• Made 2r at Rome (l. Buzarnescu) and fell 1r at Stutt- SEASON gart (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Madrid (l. Kuzmova) and Roland Garros (l. Kanepi) • Coming off first ever Grand Slam title at Roland • Helped Germany avoid dropping into Fed Cup World Garros bolting her to a career high of World No.2 on Group II thanks to 3-1 victory over Latvia in Riga (d. June 10, 2019 Marcinkevica in her sole singles rubber) • Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- • Fell in 1r at Charleston (l. Townsend) after finishing enovic); withdrew from Strasbourg (right arm injury) runner-up previous year • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami • Advanced to 3r at both Indian Wells (l. Barthel) and – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens Miami (l. Garcia) (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) • Reached QF at Doha (l. Halep), R16 at St. Peters- • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- burg (l. Zvonareva) and fell in 1r at Dubai (l. Riske) cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level • As No.14 seed, suffered 1r upset at Australian Open • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph (l. Collins in 3s) (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became • Opened 2019 season by defending her title at Auck- ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket land (d. Andreescu in F). Following Auckland run, • Also became only player to currently rank in Top 10 career record in WTA singles finals now stands at 7-8 in both singles and doubles – enters Roland Garros ranked No.8 in both disciplines JULIA ASHLEIGH GOERGES VS BARTY

CAREER MILESTONES SEASON CONT.

• Registered third year-end Top 20 finish in 2018, • Made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in second at No.14 (also No.14 in 2017 and No.18 in 2012). longest match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) Reached career-high No.9 on August 20, 2018 • Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed Cup • 2018 highlights were titles at Auckland (d. Wozniacki duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in singles in F) – extended title streak to three, having previ- before teaming up with Hon to win decisive doubles ously won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 rubber over Collins and Melichar season – and Luxembourg (d. Bencic in F). Also • Also won both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against finished R-Up at Charleston (l. Bertens) and made Belarus in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as SF at New Haven (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia and Zhuhai (l. Barty) hosts France in November’s final • Struck 492 aces in 2018. Also hit 412 aces in 2017 • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching season – only two other players have reached the QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney 400-ace mark in a season: S.Williams (2012-15) and for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both tourna- Ka.Pliskova (2014-17) ments) • Posted 46 main draw wins in 2018 – only Ka.Plis- • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted ko¬va (49) and Kvitova (47) had more to their names 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) winning Moscow and biggest title of career at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai • Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having CAREER MILESTONES also won 2010 Bad Gastein • By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to be- • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at come German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and first time since February 2013 reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 • Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other • Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA reaching final at Indian Wells (w/Ka.Pliskova) and Finals (w/Vandeweghe) qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time. Set ca- • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved reer-high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016 her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season • In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in (finishing at No.17) consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid) • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala • Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Doha Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germa- • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on ny in 2005 October 23, 2017 • Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, 2010-19 • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at 2019 Sydney • Winner of nine WTA doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, GRAND SLAM HISTORY two w/Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs) • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ • 2019 Roland Garros marked 45th main draw appear- Dellacqua) ance at a Grand Slam • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on • Posted best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon, May 21, 2018 where she reached SF (l. S.Williams). With Kerber • Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that winning title at All England Club in 2018, it marked lasted almost two years the first time that two Germans reached the last four • Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- at the same Slam since 1993 Roland Garros – Huber joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket (SF) and Graf (Champion) team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League • Previously had reached R16 – but never further – on • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018 five occasions, at Australian Open (2012-13 and • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen- 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) ager ranked in doubles Top 30 • Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, as qualifi- • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished er, lost to eventual champion Henin in 1r 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC JULIA ASHLEIGH GOERGES VS BARTY

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is • Won first ever major title at 2019 Roland Garros Inge; older sister is Maike becoming third Australian woman in the Open Era • Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross to win Roland Garros, joining Court (1969-70, 1973) coun¬try skiing combined with shooting) and Goolagong Cawley (1971) • Coached by Sebastian Sachs. Physio and fitness • 2019 Roland Garros marked her 19th Grand Slam coach is Florian Zitzelsberger appearance • Prior best result to date was QF showing at 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2019 Roland Garros • Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina), Australian Open in 2017 (l. Barthel), and 2018 (l. Osaka), and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens). Made 2r at Roland Garros in 2013 (l. Kirilenko) and 2018 (l. S.Williams) • First Slam main draw (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- novic/Babos in F • Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and was also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2017 (all w/Del- lacqua) • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title

PERSONAL

• Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents introduced her to the sport • In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi- yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school • In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 • Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC JUNE 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC - SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS

BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #51) vs. ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) Barty leads 2-1 Barty saw off Strycova en route to 2017 Birmingham final... Strycova owns six Top 5 wins in her career, most recently beating No.3 Muguruza here in Birmingham 12 months ago... Barty has hit 15 aces this week

JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) vs. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #25) Goerges leads 1-0 Goerges triumphed in pair’s only previous meeting, over a decade ago in Portoroz... Martic saved five match points in her QF win over Ostapenko... Goerges bidding to reach second career final on grass

A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS PLAYER BIRMINGHAM YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER W/L TITLES [2] Ashleigh Barty 8-2 34-5 218-83 4,932,243 10,142,423 2 5

[8] Julia Goerges 7-2 15-11 560-321 374,336 9,002,832 1 7

Petra Martic 4-1 21-8 326-224 941,805 3,884,600 1 1 Barbora Strycova 19-7 13-12 552-391 668,827 9,740,881 0 2

SEMIFINAL RECORDS

PLAYER BEST B’HAM RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER SF W/L* CAREER FINAL W/L

[2] Ashleigh Barty R-Up (1): 2017 2019 Roland Garros (WON) 9-4 5-4 [8] Julia Goerges SF (1): 2019 2019 Auckland (WON) 15-18 7-8 Petra Martic SF (1): 2019 2019 Istanbul (WON) 3-4 1-2 Barbora Strycova R-Up (2): 2014, 2016 2017 Linz (WON) 8-11 2-6 * not including walkovers POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS STRYCOVA BARTY

GOERGES Series tied 6-6 Series tied 1-1 MARTIC Martic leads 3-1 Barty leads 1-0 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

RANKING WATCH A NEW CHAMPION

For the first time in the tournament’s 37-year history, With no former winners in the starting field, the Nature the top three ranked players in the world were all in the Valley Classic will crown a new champion on Sunday. Birmingham starting field. No.2 Ashleigh Barty is the last The winner of the past two stagings, Petra Kvitova, was one standing and is now just two wins away from overtak- set to attempt a three-peat but withdrew with an arm in- ing Naomi Osaka at the top of the rankings. Should she jury that also kept her out of Roland Garros in addition to do so, Barty will become the second Australian to reach an early withdrawal from 2016 champion, Madison Keys. World No.1, following in the footsteps of Evonne Goolag- ong Cawley. Among the four players still in contention, 2018 Notting- ham winner Ashleigh Barty is the only one to have lifted Also in with a chance of reaching a career milestone is silverware on grass. Petra Martic, who can rise to a career-high No.21 by reaching the final and will break into the Top 20 if she Two of her fellow semifinalists, Barbora Strycova and leaves Birmingham as champion. Julia Goerges have also enjoyed success on the surface. Strycova was a runner-up here in 2014 and 2016, Top 10 Ranked Players in Birmingham while Goerges reached the final at Mallorca in 2017 and

PLAYER RANK SEED BEST PREVIOUS RESULT was a semifnalist at Wimbledon 12 months ago.

NAOMI OSAKA 1 1 2r: 2017 and 2018 On the other end of the experience spectrum, entering ASHLEIGH BARTY 2 2 R-UP: 2017 the tournament, Petra Martic had never reached a grass KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3 3 R-Up: 2015 court quarterfinal. ELINA SVITOLINA 7 4 QF: 2018 ARYNA SABALENKA 10 5 First appearance SERVING NOTICE

Ashleigh Barty has struck 15 aces across the opening CRUISE CONTROL three rounds here, consolidating her place near the top of this year’s aces leaderboard: Ashleigh Barty is yet to drop a set this week. In the past 10 years, only two players have lifted the Birmingham title PLAYER ACES MATCHES without conceding a set: Sabine Lisicki in 2011 and Ana KIKI BERTENS 283 43 Ivanovic in 2014. KAROLINA PLISKOVA 272 37

NAOMI OSAKA 195 29 DOUBLE DOWN PETRA KVITOVA 172 38 VIKTORIA KUZMOVA 159 30 The doubles team of Ashleigh Barty and Julia Goerg- es secured their spot in the semifinals with a win over ASHLEIGH BARTY 158 35 Wang Qiang and Dayana Yastremska. With Barty and Goerges on opposite sides of the singles draw, there is Barty’s ace count has helped her prevail in 24 of 27 a possibility of them meeting in the final. In the tourna- games on her serve this week - one of three semifinalists ment’s long history, no doubles pairing has also faced off to win in excess of 80% of their service games: in the singles final. PLAYER % SERV. GAMES WON Also alive in both draws is Barty’s semifinal opponent, BARBORA STRYCOVA 94.1% Barbora Strycova (w/Hsieh). Only three players have ASHLEIGH BARTY 88.9% won both Birmingham titles in the same year: Maria JULIA GOERGES 84.8% Sharapova, 2004 (d. Golovin, w/Kirilenko); Lori McNeil, 1993 (d. Garrison-Jackson, w/Navratilova); Billie Jean King, 1983 (d.Moulton, w/Walsh). ON THIS DAY: JUNE 22

There have been four other players who have made both Wimbledon’s new Centre Court is officially opened - with singles and doubles finals: Barty, 2017 (won doubles w/ King George V and Queen Mary in attendance - on the Dellacqua); Nathalie Tauziat, 2001 (d. Oremans in sin- first day of the1922 Championships. The first match at gles), 1997 (d. Basuk in singles) and 1996 (l. McGrath in the new 13,589-capacity stadium is between Algernon singles); Zina Garrison-Jackon, 1994 (won doubles w/ Kingscote and Leslie Godfree, won by the former, 6-1 6-3 Neiland); Anne White, 1984 (won doubles w/Allen). 6-0. BARBORA ASHLEIGH STRYCOVA VS BARTY

BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM

• Making eighth appearance at Birmingham, where • Making third main draw appearance at Birmingham she is through to SF for a fourth time (fifth overall) where this year she is No.2 seed at a • Is a two-time runner-up, in 2014 (l. Ivanovic) and Premier-level tournament for the first time 2016 (l. Keys) • Finished R-Up in 2017 (l. Kvitova). Fell 2r last year (l. • Last year, made SF (l. Rybarikova); upset No.3 Mu- Goerges) guruza en route – her most recent career Top 10 win • Won doubles title here w/Dellacqua in 2017; playing • Won doubles title here in 2016 (w/Ka.Pliskova). No.2 doubles with Goerges this week (face No.4 seeds seed in doubles this week w/Hsieh (face Ostapenko/ Groenefeld/Schuurs in SF) Voskoboeva in SF) • With Osaka losing in 2r, could rise to No.1 this week • In 1r this year, prevailed in hard-fought encounter if she lifts the title with wildcard Watson to end four-match losing streak • Overcame last week’s Nottingham R-Up Vekic in • Did not face break point during 2r win over doubles rain-delayed 1r on Wednesday partner Hsieh • Won all eight service games during quick-fire win • No.28 Hsieh was the third Top 50 player she has over Brady in 2r beaten in 2019 (also No.44 Kuzmova (Istanbul) and • Beat five-time Wimbledon champion V.Williams in QF No.44 Siniakova (Prague)) • After seeing off Brady and V.Williams this week, has • Broke serve three times to beat fellow Czech Kr.Plis- now won her past 12 matches against American kova in QF. A Czech has made the final each year opponents - including five during her recent Roland since Birmingham gained Premier-status in 2014 Garros title run - last tasting defeat against S.Wil- • Faces No.2 Barty in SF; owns six career Top 5 wins liams at 2018 Roland Garros – No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), No.3 Sharapova (2015 • Win-loss record this year is 34-5 - the best on tour Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Australian Open), (Bertens is second with 31-12) No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid), No.1 Muguruza (2017 • Faces No.51 Strycova in Sf today; beat the Czech en Beijing) and No.3 Muguruza (2018 Birmingham) route to R-Up finishes at 2017 Birmingham and 2018 Sydney • Sole loss to a player outside Top 10 in 2019 came at SEASON hands of No.63 Mladenovic at Rome • Struck 158 aces so far this year (including 15 this • Coming off 1r exits at Madrid (l. Mladenovic), Rome week), seventh most on tour behind Bertens (283), (l. Vondrousova) and Roland Garros (l. Stosur) Ka.Pliskova (272), Kr.Pliskova (209), Osaka (195), • Captured 25th career WTA doubles title in Madrid (w/ Kvitova (172) and Kuzmova (159) Hsieh, d. Dabrowski/Xu in F) • Posted 10-3 record on grass last year including a title • Began clay court swing with back-to-back SF runs at run in Nottingham (d. Konta) Istanbul (l. Vondrousova) and Prague (l. Teichmann) • Won Wimbledon girls’ singles title in 2011 • Fell 1r at Miami (l. Vondrousova) before 2r showing at Indian Wells (l. Halep) • Reached first Premier QF of 2019 at Doha (l. Kerber SEASON in 3s) before 1r exit at Dubai (l. Suarez Navarro) • Lifted doubles title in Dubai (w/Hsieh, d. Hradecka/ • Coming off first ever Grand Slam title at Roland Makarova in F) Garros bolting her to a career high of World No.2 on • Began season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Anisi- June 10, 2019 mova) and 1r exits at Sydney (l. Diyas) and Austra- • Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- lian Open (l. Putintseva) enovic) and withdrew from Strasbourg (w/right arm • At Australian Open, also made fifth career major injury) doubles SF (w/Vondrousova, l. eventual champions • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami Stosur/Zhang) – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- CAREER MILESTONES cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph • Ended 2018 at No.33 - her fifth consecutive Top 50 (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became finish - after posting 26-23 record ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket • 2018 season highlights include making QF at Auck- • Also became only player to currently rank in Top 10 land (l. Hsieh) and Sydney (l. Barty) as well as a SF in both singles and doubles – enters Roland Garros run at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Rybarikova) ranked No.8 in both disciplines BARBORA ASHLEIGH STRYCOVA VS BARTY

CAREER CONT. SEASON CONT.

• Made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in second for third consecutive year and R16 at Roland Garros longest match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) – her best result in Paris to date (l. Putintseva) • Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed Cup • Beat No.3 Muguruza at 2018 Birmingham - sixth Top duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in singles 5 win of career – also No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), before teaming up with Hon to win decisive doubles No.3 Sharapova (2015 Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza rubber over Collins and Melichar (2016 Australian Open), No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid) • Also won both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against and No.1 Muguruza (2017 Beijing) Belarus in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as • Enjoyed successful 2018 season in doubles, winning well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia titles at Indian Wells (w/Hsieh, d. Makarova/Vesnina), hosts France in November’s final Rome (l. Barty/Schurs, New Haven (d. Hsieh/Siege- • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching mund), Tokyo (l.Kato/Ninomiya) Wuhan (d.Mertens/ QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney Schuurs) and Beijing (d. Dabrowski/Xu) for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both tourna- • Also part of Czech Republic team that beat USA ments) 3-0 in Fed Cup World Group final (d. Kenin in day 1 • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted singles rubber) 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage • Clinched second tour-level singles title at 2017 Linz exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) (d. No.1 seed Rybarikova in F). Holds a 2-6 record in singles finals, with other title coming at 2011 Québec City (d. Erakovic in F) CAREER MILESTONES • Posted career-high singles ranking of No.16 on January 16, 2017 • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at • Owner of 23 career doubles titles. Reached best No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and doubles ranking (No.5) on October 29, 2018 reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 • Won doubles bronze medal at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/ highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan Safarova) • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other Republic in 2000. Won nine singles and 10 doubles titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA titles on ITF Circuit Finals (w/Vandeweghe) • ITF Junior World Champion in 2002 • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season (finishing at No.17) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) • Best result at a Grand Slam came with QF run at • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on 2014 Wimbledon (d. Li – in the last match of the October 23, 2017 Chinese star’s career – and Wozniacki en route, l. • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at eventual champion Kvitova). Occasion marked first 2019 Sydney time in Open Era that three Czech women advanced • Winner of nine WTA doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, to QF at a Slam (also Safarova, Kvitova) two w/Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs) • Also made R16 at Australian Open in 2016 (l. Aza- • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ renka), 2017 (l. S.Williams) and 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Dellacqua) and Roland Garros in 2018 (l. Putintseva) • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on • Reached 3r at US Open in 2014 (l. Bouchard), 2015 May 21, 2018 (l. Lisicki) and 2018 (l. Mertens) • Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that • At 2010 Australian Open played what was then the lasted almost two years longest Grand Slam match (d. Kulikova in four hours • Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- and 19 minutes – since surpassed by Kuznetso- joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket va-Schiavone at 2011 Australian Open) team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League • In doubles is a five-time semifinalist, at 2014 US • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018 Open (w/Date), 2015 Australian Open (w/Krajicek), • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen- 2017 US Open (w/Safarova), 2018 Roland Garros ager ranked in doubles Top 30 (w/Sestini Hlavackova) and 2019 Australian Open (w/ • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished Vondrousova) 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC BARBORA ASHLEIGH STRYCOVA VS BARTY

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Coached by David Kotyza and also works with Lukas • Won first ever major title at 2019 Roland Garros Dlouhy becoming third Australian woman in the Open Era • Parents are Jindrich and Ilona; sister, Ivona, studied to win Roland Garros, joining Court (1969-70, 1973) law and lives in US and Goolagong Cawley (1971) • Started playing tennis at age 5 • 2019 Roland Garros marked her 19th Grand Slam appearance • Prior best result to date was QF showing at 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2019 Roland Garros • Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina), Australian Open in 2017 (l. Barthel), and 2018 (l. Osaka), and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens). Made 2r at Roland Garros in 2013 (l. Kirilenko) and 2018 (l. S.Williams) • First Slam main draw (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- novic/Babos in F • Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and was also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2017 (all w/Del- lacqua) • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title

PERSONAL

BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM

• Making third appearance at the Nature Valley Clas- • Making second appearance at Birmingham, having sic, where she is through to SF for the first time previously fallen R16 in 2018 (l. Buzarnescu) • Previous best showing was last year’s QF showing (l. • In 1r this year, broke serve three times to see off eventual champion Kvitova) Alexandrova in straight sets • Contesting tournament ranked No.19 - her 87th con- • Recovered from 4-2 down in second set to beat secutive week in the Top 20 Gasparyan in 2r • Making first appearance on grass in 2019, posted a • In first grass court QF of career, rallied from 7-6 5-2 7-3 record on the surface in 2018, highlighted by SF down, saving five match points, to beat Ostapenko run at Wimbledon • Faces No.19 Goerges in SF; owns two Top 20 wins • Rallied from 6-3 4-2 down to beat Yastremska in 1r this season, over No.19 Muguruza (Madrid) and No.2 • Defeated Rodina in 2r to record first back-to-back Ka.Pliskova (Roland Garros) wins for the first time since Doha in February • Playing second career Premier-level SF, having also • Struck nine aces to beat Putintseva in QF; season made it this far at 2019 Charleston (l. Wozniacki) total for aces now stands at 133 • Prior to this week, career highlight on grass was • Faces Martic in SF today; bidding to reach second run through qualifying to R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. career final on grass, having previously been R-Up at Rybarikova) 2017 Mallorca • Best showing by a Croatian here in Birmingham was • Playing doubles this week w/Barty (face No.4 seeds Vekic’s R-Up finish in 2013 (l. Hantuchova) Groenefeld/Schuurs in SF) • Goerges is the oldest title winner of the 2019 season after lifting the trophy at Auckland earlier this year SEASON • Playing first event with new coach Sebastian Sachs • Reached first Slam QF of career at Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova); upset No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova in 3r to SEASON register fourth Top 10 win of career - also No.8 Bar- toli (2012 Roland Garros), No.5 Kvitova (2012 Tokyo • Made 2r at Rome (l. Buzarnescu) and fell 1r at Stutt- [PPO]) and No.6 Ostapenko (2018 Indian Wells) gart (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Madrid (l. Kuzmova) and • Rose to career-high No.24 in the rankings following Roland Garros (l. Kanepi) Paris run (June 10, 2019) • Helped Germany avoid dropping into Fed Cup World • Ended clay court season with 15-3 record - joint-best Group II thanks to 3-1 victory over Latvia in Riga (d. on tour with Vondrousova Marcinkevica in her sole singles rubber) • Withdrew from Strasbourg w/back injury Fell in 1r at Charleston (l. Townsend) after finishing • • Made QF at Madrid (l. Stephens) runner-up previous year • Lifted maiden career WTA title at Istanbul (d. Von- • Advanced to 3r at both Indian Wells (l. Barthel) and drousova in F); record in WTA singles finals is now Miami (l. Garcia) 1-2, having finished R-Up at 2012 Kuala Lumpur and • Reached QF at Doha (l. Halep), R16 at St. Peters- 2018 Bucharest burg (l. Zvonareva) and fell in 1r at Dubai (l. Riske) • In April, reached first Premier-level SF of career at As No.14 seed, suffered 1r upset at Australian Open • Charleston (l. Wozniacki) (l. Collins in 3s) • During Sunshine Double made 1r exit at Indian Wells • Opened 2019 season by defending her title at Auck- (l. Linette) and reached 2r at Miami (d. S.Zhang, l. land (d. Andreescu in F). Following Auckland run, eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova) career record in WTA singles finals now stands at 7-8 • Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova) • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Stephens) CAREER MILESTONES • Fell 1r in season opener at Auckland (l. Kenin)

• Registered third year-end Top 20 finish in 2018, at No.14 (also No.14 in 2017 and No.18 in 2012). CAREER MILESTONES Reached career-high No.9 on August 20, 2018 • 2018 highlights were titles at Auckland (d. Wozniacki • Enjoyed best season of career in 2018, finishing in F) – extended title streak to three, having previ- at No.32 for career-best year-end finish, posting a ously won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 career best 26-17 record season – and Luxembourg (d. Bencic in F). Also • Highlights of season included reaching second WTA finished R-Up at Charleston (l. Bertens) and made singles final of career at Bucharest (l. Sevastova), SF at New Haven (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) QF at Indian Wells (d. No.6 Ostapenko, l. Halep) and and Zhuhai (l. Barty) R16 at Australian Open (l. Mertens) JULIA PETRA GOERGES VS MARTIC

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Struck 492 aces in 2018. Also hit 412 aces in 2017 • Also in 2018 won WTA 125K Series title at Chicago season – only two other players have reached the (d. Barthel in F) 400-ace mark in a season: S.Williams (2012-15) and • In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years Ka.Pliskova (2014-17) over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros – first match vs. a • Posted 46 main draw wins in 2018 – only Ka.Plis- Top 20 player since 2015 Guangzhou (l. No.2 Halep). ko¬va (49) and Kvitova (47) had more to their names Followed this by upsetting No.19 Sevastova in 3r Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, • In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months winning Moscow and biggest title of career at WTA out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to Elite Trophy Zhuhai win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA (previous • Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having tournament was a loss to U.Radwanska in qualifying also won 2010 Bad Gastein for 2016 Wimbledon) • By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to be- • In addition to title at 2019 Istanbul is a two-time sin- come German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for gles R-Up, at 2012 Kuala Lumpur (ret. vs. Hsieh w/ first time since February 2013 heat illness) and 2018 Bucharest (l. Sevastova) • Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in • A four-time doubles runner-up, at 2012 Paris [In- nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. doors], 2012 Bad Gastein, 2013 Marrakech (w/Mlad- Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai enovic) and 2016 Monterrey (w/M.Sanchez) • Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after reaching final at Indian Wells (w/Ka.Pliskova) and US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time. Set ca- Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49 reer-high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016 • Owns three career wins over Top 10 opponents, • In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in defeating No.8 Bartoli at 2012 Roland Garros, No.5 consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid) Kvitova at 2012 Tokyo [PPO] and No.6 Ostapenko at • Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Doha 2018 Indian Wells • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germa- • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team 2008-2010, ny in 2005 2012, 2014 • Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, 2010-19 • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2007 Miami (WC) • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2005 GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2019 Roland Garros marked 45th main draw appear- GRAND SLAM HISTORY ance at a Grand Slam • Posted best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon, • 2019 Roland Garros marked 29th Grand Slam main where she reached SF (l. S.Williams). With Kerber draw appearance, where she made her first QF (l. winning title at All England Club in 2018, it marked Vondrousova) the first time that two Germans reached the last four • Reached R16 on four occasions across the Slams, at the same Slam since 1993 Roland Garros – Huber at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Mertens), Wimbledon (SF) and Graf (Champion) in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and Roland Garros in 2012 • Previously had reached R16 – but never further – on (l. Kerber) and 2017 (as qualifier, l. Svitolina after five occasions, at Australian Open (2012-13 and leading 5-2 in final set) 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) • Was ranked No.290 during 2017 Roland Garros run • Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, as qualifi- – the lowest-ranked player to reach R16 at a Grand er, lost to eventual champion Henin in 1r Slam since the unranked Henin finished R-Up at • In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian 2010 Australian Open (l. S.Williams). Since 1983, the Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) only other player outside the Top 200 to reach R16 in and Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) Paris was No.279 Martínez in 1988 • Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 • Roland Garros exploits in 2017 ended run of seven Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles 1r losses at the majors (did not contest main draw at (w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) any of the Slams in 2016) • At US Open, fell 2r twice, in 2009 and 2011 Made 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2009 Roland Gar- ros (as qualifier, l. Wozniak) JULIA PETRA GOERGES VS MARTIC

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is • Coached by former player Sandra Zaniewska Inge; older sister is Maike • Mother’s name is Sandra Martic; she was a handball • Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross player coun¬try skiing combined with shooting) • Favorite food is pancakes; favorite drink is Orangina; • Coached by Sebastian Sachs. Physio and fitness favorite city is Paris coach is Florian Zitzelsberger NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC JUNE 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC - QUARTER-FINAL MATCH-UPS

BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #51) vs. [Q] KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #112) Strycova leads 2-0 Strycova won their previous meeting in just 46 minutes, last year in Linz... Pliskova fired 24 aces to upset twin sister Karolina in previous round, her maiden Top 5 win... Strycova a two-time runner-up here

PETRA MARTIC (CRO #25) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #37) Martic leads 1-0 Martic triumphed in straight sets when the pair met at 2018 Indian Wells... Ostapenko scored first Top 20 win since last spring when she upset Konta in second round... Martic appearing in first grass court QF

[WC] VENUS WILLIAMS vs. [2] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) Barty leads 1-0 Williams seeking first semifinal of the year...Barty has won last 11 matches against American opponents... Only two players left to have won a title on grass

YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #43) vs. [8] JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) Goerges leads 3-0 Putintseva scored her first ever win over a reigning World No.1 when she beat Osaka in R16... Goerges won back-to-back matches for the first time since February to secure her second straight Birmingham QF

A LOOK AT THE QUARTERFINALISTS PLAYER BIRMINGHAM YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER W/L TITLES [2] Ashleigh Barty 7-2 33-5 217-83 4,932,243 10,142,423 2 5

[8] Julia Goerges 6-2 14-11 297-243 374,336 9,002,832 1 7

[WC] Venus Williams 2-0 14-6 789-238 484,450 41,415,498 0 49 Petra Martic 3-1 20-8 325-224 941,805 3,884,600 1 1

Jelena Ostapenko 4-1 10-15 216-129 452,467 7,986,951 0 2

Yulia Putintseva 2-2 20-13 268-208 465,542 3,492,908 1 1

Barbora Strycova 18-7 12-12 551-391 668,827 9,740,881 0 2

[Q] Kristyna Pliskova 3-2 18-18 374-308 247,364 2,405,461 0 1 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

RANKING WATCH A NEW CHAMPION

This is the first time in Birmingham’s 37-year history that With no former winners in the 32-player starting field, the the Top 3 ranked players in the world started the main Nature Valley Classic will crown a new champion on Sun- draw. No.1 Naomi Osaka’s exit in the second leaves the day. The 2017-18 champion, Petra Kvitova, was set to door wide open for current No.2 Ashleigh Barty who attempt a three peat but withdrew with an arm injury that can rise to the summit by lifting the title. If Barty finishes also kept her out of Roland Garros in addition to an early Birmingham as the runner-up, Osaka will hold on to the withdrawal from 2016 champion, Madison Keys. No.1 ranking by two points, which would be the narrowest margin between No.1 and No.2 in WTA history. Among the eight players still in contention, 2018 Notting- ham winner Ashleigh Barty and five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams are the only two to have lifted Top 10 Ranked Players in Birmingham silverware on grass.

PLAYER RANK SEED BEST PREVIOUS RESULT Others to have enjoyed grass court success in the past NAOMI OSAKA 1 1 2r: 2017 and 2018 are Barbora Strycova - a two-time runner-up here in ASHLEIGH BARTY 2 2 R-UP: 2017 Birmingham - and last year’s two losing Wimbledon semi- KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3 3 R-Up: 2015 finalists Julia Goerges and Jelena Ostapenko. ELINA SVITOLINA 7 4 QF: 2018 ARYNA SABALENKA 10 5 First appearance ACE QUEEN

Kristyna Pliskova hit 24 aces in her win over her twin sister Karolina to earn a spot in her second Premier level DOUBLE DOWN quarterfinals at Birmingham.

This is only the fourth time that a player has hit 24 or The doubles team of Ashleigh Barty and Julia Goerges more aces in a match in the Match Stats Era (since secured their spot in the semifinals with a win over Wang 2008). Kristyna has done so twice, also 31 aces at 2016 Qiang and Dayana Yastremska. With Barbora Stryco- Australian Open (WTA record), along with Sabine Lisicki va beating Hsieh Su-Wei in singles, Barty and Goerges (27 aces at 2015 Birmingham) and Serena Williams (24 are the only doubles team left in the draw with both aces at 2012 Wimbledon). Since 2008, only 9 players players still in singles. have hit 20 or more aces in a match. The teammates are in different halves of the singles draw Players with the most 20+ ace matches: meaning there is a possiblity of them meeting in the final. If that were to happen and they were to win one more 4 - Naomi Broady doubles match, it would be the first time in tournament 4 - Serena Williams history that a final doubles team would also play each 3 - Karolina Pliskova other in the singles final. 3 - Kristyna Pliskova Together with Jelena Ostapenko (w/Voskoboeva) and Strycova (w/Hsieh) there are four players still alive in both the singles and doubles draws. There are three ON THIS DAY... players in tournament history who have won both titles June 21, 1994 - In one of the biggest upsets in Wimble- in the same year: Maria Sharapova, 2004 (d. Golovin, don history, Lori McNeil upsets top seed and reigning w/Kirilenko); Lori McNeil, 1993 (d. Garrison-Jackson, champion Stefanie Graf in the first round. w/Navratilova); Billie Jean King, 1983 (d.Moulton, w/ Walsh). Graf - who won the title in 1991, 1992 and 1993 - is the first defending champion to lose in the first round of the There have been four other players who have made both women’s singles. singles and doubles finals: Barty, 2017 (won doubles w/ Dellacqua); Nathalie Tauziat, 2001 (d. Oremans in sin- “She was better than me and that was obvious,” sad Graf gles), 1997 (d. Basuk in singles) and 1996 (l. McGrath in afterwards. “On the important points I never really played singles); Zina Garrison-Jackon, 1994 (won doubles w/ right. I don’t want to think about this for the next few days, Neiland); Anne White, 1984 (won doubles w/Allen). but I’m not going to kill myself.” MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #51) vs. [Q] KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #112)

Head to Head: BARBORA STRYCOVA leads 2-0

2018 LINZ HARD I R16 BARBORA STRYCOVA 6-0 6-1 46 mins 2013 PALERMO CLAY O R1 BARBORA STRYCOVA 6-4 6-4 107 mins

BARBORA STRYCOVA KRISTYNA PLISKOVA 51 WTA RANKING 112 83 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 70 28-03-1986 (33) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (27) $668,827 YTD PRIZE MONEY $247,364 $9,740,881 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,405,461 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 2 / 25 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 18-7 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 3-2 12-11 / 282-278 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-11 / 68-106 6-2 / 94-73 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-2 / 26-48 3-5 / 63-70 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 33-27 2-0 / 39-30 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 10-18 1-5 / 25-32 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-7 0-1 / 6-30 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 1-6 0-2 / 9-55 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 4-9 0-2 / 27-89 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 5-16 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham QF

BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 B. STRYCOVA d. S.W. HSIEH 7-6(3), 6-3 92 mins R2 KR. PLISKOVA d. KA. PLISKOVA 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(7) 117 mins R1 B. STRYCOVA d. H. WATSON 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 152 mins R1 KR. PLISKOVA d. V. TOMOVA 63, 6-4 63 mins

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

BARBORA STRYCOVA KRISTYNA PLISKOVA 2018 2018 SF L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #19) 7-6(1) 6-4 R1 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) 3-6 7-5 6-4

2017 2016 R16 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #77) 6-3 3-6 6-1 R16- L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #72) 6-3 7-6(8) Q 2016 2013 F L - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-3 6-4 R2 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #26) 6-4 6-2 2015 R16 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #43) 7-6(4) 6-2

2014 F L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-3 6-2

2009 R2 L - MELINDA CZINK (HUN #57) 6-2 6-3

2004 R1 L - SHENAY PERRY (USA #88) 6-3 6-3

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• Making eighth appearance at Birmingham, where • Making third main draw appearance at Nature Valley she is a two-time runner-up, in 2014 (l. Ivanovic) and Classic (fourth overall) 2016 (l. Keys) • Reached 2r on debut in 2013 (d. Vandeweghe, l. • Last year, made SF (l. Rybarikova); upset No.3 Mu- Lisicki) guruza en route – her most recent career Top 10 win • After coming through qualifying, fell 1r here in 2018 • Won doubles title here in 2016 (w/Ka.Pliskova) (l. Kasatkina after serving for match in second set) • In 1r this year, prevailed in hard-fought encounter • Came through qualifying again this year (recovered with wildcard Watson to end four-match losing streak from a set and a break down to beat Bouzkova in • Did not face break point during 2r win over doubles final round) partner Hsieh • Beat fellow qualifier Tomova in 1r - her first main • No.28 Hsieh was the third Top 50 player she has draw win on grass since upsetting Vinci in 1r at 2017 beaten in 2019 (also No.44 Kuzmova (Istanbul) and Wimbledon No.44 Siniakova (Prague)) • Upset twin sister and World No.3 Ka.Pliskova in • Faces Kr.Pliskova, the only other Czech left in the 2r - their first meeting since Kristyna triumphed in draw, in QF. A Czech has made the final each year qualifying at 2013 Eastbourne since Birmingham gained Premier-status in 2014 • Was fourth career Top 10 win, having previously • Broke serve five times, winning 20 of 28 points on upset No.10 Bencic (via ret.) at 2016 Miami, No.7 return in 6-0 6-1 win over Kr.Pliskova last year at Linz Ostapenko at 2018 Shenzhen and No.10 Kvitova at 2018 Charleston SEASON • Hit 24 aces against her sister, only the fourth time in the ‘match stats era’ (2008 onwards) a woman has • Coming off 1r exits at Madrid (l. Mladenovic), Rome struck 24 or more aces in a match - also Kr.Pliskova (l. Vondrousova) and Roland Garros (l. Stosur) (31 at 2016 Australian Open), Lisicki (27 at 2015 • Captured 25th career WTA doubles title in Madrid (w/ Birmingham) and S.Williams (24 at 2012 Wimbledon) Hsieh, d. Dabrowski/Xu in F) • Has now struck 209 aces this season, the third-most • Began clay court swing with back-to-back SF runs at on tour behind Bertens (283) and Ka.Pliskova (272) Istanbul (l. Vondrousova) and Prague (l. Teichmann) • Faces compatriot Strycova in QF today - the second • Fell 1r at Miami (l. Vondrousova) before 2r showing time she has reached this stage at a Premier-level at Indian Wells (l. Halep) tournament in her career (also 2018 Charleston - l. • Reached first Premier QF of 2019 at Doha (l. Kerber Sevastova) in 3s) before 1r exit at Dubai (l. Suarez Navarro) • Bidding to win three consecutive tour-level matches • Lifted doubles title in Dubai (w/Hsieh, d. Hradecka/ on grass for the first time in her career; previously Makarova in F) won back-to-back matches during QF run at 2017 • Began season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Anisi- Mallorca and 3r showing at 2015 Wimbledon mova) and 1r exits at Sydney (l. Diyas) and Austra- lian Open (l. Putintseva) • At Australian Open, also made fifth career major SEASON doubles SF (w/Vondrousova, l. eventual champions Stosur/Zhang) • Coming off 1r exits at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Tsurenko) and Roland Garros (l. Davis) • Fell 2r at Nurnberg (l. Brengle) and Madrid (as quali- CAREER MILESTONES fier, l. Vekic) and in qualifying at Rome • Made 1r exit at Prague (l. Vikhlyantseva) • Ended 2018 at No.33 - her fifth consecutive Top 50 • Began clay court season with 1r exit at Charleston (l. finish - after posting 26-23 record Kozlova) before reaching SF at Lugano (l. Swiatek) • 2018 season highlights include making QF at Auck- • Fell 1r at Miami (as LL, l. Jabeur) and in qualifying land (l. Hsieh) and Sydney (l. Barty) as well as a SF at Indian Wells. Also made QF in singles and won run at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Rybarikova) doubles title (w/Rodina) at WTA 125K Series event at • Made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) Indian Wells for third consecutive year and R16 at Roland Garros • Reached QF at WTA 125K Series event at Guadala- – her best result in Paris to date (l. Putintseva) jara • Beat No.3 Muguruza at 2018 Birmingham - sixth Top • During Middle East swing, made 2r at Doha (as LL, l. 5 win of career – also No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), Mertens) and contested qualifying at Dubai No.3 Sharapova (2015 Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza • Began season with 2r showings at Shenzhen (l. (2016 Australian Open), No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid) Niculescu) and Australian Open (l. S.Zhang) and No.1 Muguruza (2017 Beijing) BARBORA KRISTYNA STRYCOVA VS PLISKOVA

CAREER CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Enjoyed successful 2018 season in doubles, winning • Ended 2018 ranked No.97 for third consecutive Top titles at Indian Wells (w/Hsieh, d. Makarova/Vesnina), 100 finish Rome (l. Barty/Schurs, New Haven (d. Hsieh/Siege- • Season highlights were QF showings at Shenzhen, mund), Tokyo (l.Kato/Ninomiya) Wuhan (d.Mertens/ Charleston, Prague and Nurnberg Schuurs) and Beijing (d. Dabrowski/Xu) • In 2017, reaching second WTA singles final, finishing • Also part of Czech Republic team that beat USA R-Up Prague (l. Barthel). Also reached QF stage at 3-0 in Fed Cup World Group final (d. Kenin in day 1 Shenzhen, Biel, Strasbourg and Mallorca singles rubber) • Posted equal-best Grand Slam result at 2017 Austra- • Clinched second tour-level singles title at 2017 Linz lian Open, advancing to 3r (l. No.1 Kerber) (d. No.1 seed Rybarikova in F). Holds a 2-6 record in • Achieved new career-high ranking of No.35 on July singles finals, with other title coming at 2011 Québec 31, 2017 City (d. Erakovic in F) Season highlight in 2016 was reaching first WTA • Posted career-high singles ranking of No.16 on singles final at Tashkent, defeating Hibino in final for January 16, 2017 first career singles title • Owner of 23 career doubles titles. Reached best • Holds WTA record for most aces served in a match – doubles ranking (No.5) on October 29, 2018 31 vs. Puig at 2016 Australian Open, beating Lisicki’s • Won doubles bronze medal at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/ 27 vs. Bencic at 2015 Birmingham (Kr.Pliskova Safarova) surrendered five match points and lost match) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech • Aside from run to final at 2016 Tashkent and 3r at Republic in 2000. Won nine singles and 10 doubles Miami (l. Begu), did not progress beyond 2r at any titles on ITF Circuit other tour-level event, falling at this stage at Aus- • ITF Junior World Champion in 2002 tralian Open (l. Puig), Miami (l. Begu), Katowice (l. Ostapenko) and Luxembourg (l. Davis) • Owns three WTA doubles titles (all with sister Karo- GRAND SLAM HISTORY lina); at 2013 Linz (first twins to win a WTA title) and 2014 Bad Gastein and Hong Kong • Best result at a Grand Slam came with QF run at • On ITF Circuit, most recently reached final at 2017 2014 Wimbledon (d. Li – in the last match of the $80k ITF/Olomouc-CZE. Overall owns 10 ITF singles Chinese star’s career – and Wozniacki en route, l. and eight doubles titles eventual champion Kvitova). Occasion marked first • Made WTA main draw debut as WC at 2007 Prague time in Open Era that three Czech women advanced (l. Bartoli) to QF at a Slam (also Safarova, Kvitova) • Also made R16 at Australian Open in 2016 (l. Aza- renka), 2017 (l. S.Williams) and 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) GRAND SLAM HISTORY and Roland Garros in 2018 (l. Putintseva) • Reached 3r at US Open in 2014 (l. Bouchard), 2015 • 2019 Roland Garros marked 22nd Grand Slam main (l. Lisicki) and 2018 (l. Mertens) draw appearance; across the majors, win-loss record • At 2010 Australian Open played what was then the stands at 10-18 longest Grand Slam match (d. Kulikova in four hours • Has reached 3r on two occasions at majors – at 2017 and 19 minutes – since surpassed by Kuznetso- Australian Open (l. Kerber) and 2015 Wimbledon (l. va-Schiavone at 2011 Australian Open) Niculescu) • In doubles is a five-time semifinalist, at 2014 US • Best result at US Open is 2r in 2012 Open (w/Date), 2015 Australian Open (w/Krajicek), • Wimbledon junior singles champion in 2010 (d. 2017 US Open (w/Safarova), 2018 Roland Garros Ishizu in F) (w/Sestini Hlavackova) and 2019 Australian Open (w/ Vondrousova) PERSONAL

PERSONAL • Began playing tennis at age four • Favorite foods are strawberries, melons and Italian • Coached by David Kotyza and also works with Lukas cuisine Dlouhy • Coached by Jaro Levinsky and trains at Sparta Pra- • Parents are Jindrich and Ilona; sister, Ivona, studied ha Tennis Club law and lives in US • Started playing tennis at age 5

MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

PETRA MARTIC (CRO #25) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #37)

Head to Head: PETRA MARTIC leads 1-0

2018 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R3 PETRA MARTIC 6-3 6-3 79 mins

PETRA MARTIC JELENA OSTAPENKO 25 WTA RANKING 37 17 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 102 19-01-1991 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-06-1997 (22) $950,095 YTD PRIZE MONEY $452,467 $3,884,600 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,986,951 1 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 4-1 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 5-1 20-8 / 110-112 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-15 / 102-86 8-2 / 46-31 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 36-29 3-4 / 28-26 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 28-16 2-0 / 10-7 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 19-9 2-1 / 8-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 9-13 1-1 / 2-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 5-7 1-3 / 4-23 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 8-13 2-4 / 13-38 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-5 / 13-25 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham QF

BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 P. MARTIC d. M. GASPARYAN 6-3, 7-6(4) 96 mins R2 J. OSTAPENKO d. J. KONTA 6-3, 6-4 81 mins

R1 P. MARTIC d. E. ALEXANDROVA 6-3, 7-5 87 mins R1 J. OSTAPENKO d. I. SWIATEK 6-0, 6-2 52 mins

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

PETRA MARTIC JELENA OSTAPENKO 2018 2016 R16 L - MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #30) 4-6 6-3 6-2 QF L - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2

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• Making second appearance at Birmingham, having • Making second appearance at the Nature Valley previously fallen R16 in 2018 (l. Buzarnescu) Classic, where she reached the QF in 2016 (d. No. • In 1r this year, broke serve three times to see off 11 Kvitova, l. eventual champion Keys) Alexandrova in straight sets • Hit seven aces and won 89% of points on her first • Recovered from 4-2 down in second set to beat serve during 1r win over teenager Swiatek Gasparyan in 2r • Upset No.18 Konta in R16 on Wednesday - her first • Faces Ostapenko today in first grass court QF of Top 20 win since beating No.9 Kvitova and No.4 career Svitolina during run to the final at 2018 Miami • Career highlight on grass was run through qualifying • Faces Martic in QF today - first time she has been to R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) this far at a tournament since SF run at 2018 Wim- • Best showing by a Croatian here in Birmingham was bledon Vekic’s R-Up showing in 2013 (l. Hantuchova) • Posted a 7-2 record on grass last year improving upon 2017 QF run at Wimbledon by reaching the SF in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber) and becoming SEASON the first woman from Latvia to reach the last four at the All England Club • Reached first Slam QF of career at Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova); upset No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova in 3r to register fourth Top 10 win of career - also No.8 Bar- SEASON toli (2012 Roland Garros), No.5 Kvitova (2012 Tokyo [PPO]) and No.6 Ostapenko (2018 Indian Wells) • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Azarenka) and Rome (l. • Rose to career-high No.24 in the rankings following Buzarnescu) Paris run (June 10, 2019) • Made 2r at Madrid (d. Pavlyuchenkova, l. Bertens) • Ended clay court season with 15-3 record - joint-best after falling 1r at Bogota (l. Ahn) and Stuttgart (l. on tour with Vondrousova Sevastova) • Withdrew from Strasbourg w/back injury • Notched best result on clay by reaching R16 at • Made QF at Madrid (l. Stephens) Charleston (l. Keys) • Lifted maiden career WTA title at Istanbul (d. Von- • Partnered with Daniela Vismane to win lone rubber drousova in F); record in WTA singles finals is now during Latvia’s 1-3 Fed Cup World Group Play-off 1-2, having finished R-Up at 2012 Kuala Lumpur and loss to Germany 2018 Bucharest • Made 3r at Indian Wells (l. Vondrousova) and 2r at • In April, reached first Premier-level SF of career at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Vondrousova) Charleston (l. Wozniacki) • Fell 2r at Doha (l. Svitolina) and 1r at Dubai (l. Brady) • During Sunshine Double made 1r exit at Indian Wells • Won both rubbers during Latvia’s 4-0 Fed Cup World (l. Linette) and reached 2r at Miami (d. S.Zhang, l. Group II win over Slovakia eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova) • Posted first win of season during 2r showing at St. • Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova) Petersburg (d. Mladenovic, l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Stephens) • Made 1r exits at first three tournaments of the sea- • Fell 1r in season opener at Auckland (l. Kenin) son Shenzhen (l. Niculescu), Sydney (l. Barty) and Australian Open (l. Sakkari) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Enjoyed best season of career in 2018, finishing at No.32 for career-best year-end finish, posting a • Ended 2018 season at No.22, with season highlight- career best 26-17 record ed by R-Up finish at Miami (l. Stephens). Record in • Highlights of season included reaching second WTA singles finals now stands at 2-4 singles final of career at Bucharest (l. Sevastova), • Saw off No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina during Mi- QF at Indian Wells (d. No.6 Ostapenko, l. Halep) and ami run to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same R16 at Australian Open (l. Mertens) tournament for the first time in her career • Also in 2018 won WTA 125K Series title at Chicago • Elsewhere in 2018, made SF at Wimbledon (l. Ker- (d. Barthel in F) ber) and reached four further QFs • In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years • Won both singles rubbers (d. Makarova and Pavly- over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros – first match vs. a uchenkova in straight sets) to help Latvia beat Rus- Top 20 player since 2015 Guangzhou (l. No.2 Halep). sia 3-2. Latvia will play in 2019 Fed Cup World Group Followed this by upsetting No.19 Sevastova in 3r II for the first time PETRA JELENA MARTIC VS OSTAPENKO

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months • Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA (previous No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) tournament was a loss to U.Radwanska in qualifying and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish) for 2016 Wimbledon) • Won first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam • In addition to title at 2019 Istanbul is a two-time sin- trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), where gles R-Up, at 2012 Kuala Lumpur (ret. vs. Hsieh w/ she became the lowest-ranked (No.47), and first heat illness) and 2018 Bucharest (l. Sevastova) unseeded, player to lift the trophy in the Open Era • A four-time doubles runner-up, at 2012 Paris [In- • Clinched second tour-level title at Seoul in Septem- doors], 2012 Bad Gastein, 2013 Marrakech (w/Mlad- ber (d. Haddad Maia in F) as top seed enovic) and 2016 Monterrey (w/M.Sanchez) • Seoul title, and subsequent SF runs at Wuhan and • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after Beijing, helped earn her first-ever qualification at US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a WTA Finals, where she went 1-2 in the group stage – Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49 d. Ka.Pliskova; l. V.Williams and Muguruza • Owns three career wins over Top 10 opponents, • Advanced to third career singles final at 2017 defeating No.8 Bartoli at 2012 Roland Garros, No.5 Charleston in April, falling to then fellow 19-year-old Kvitova at 2012 Tokyo [PPO] and No.6 Ostapenko at Kasatkina; was the first all-teenage final on tour since 2018 Indian Wells 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team 2008-2010, • Upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first 2012, 2014 win over a reigning World No.1 • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2007 Miami (WC) • Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017 • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in - following 3r run at US Open (l. Kasatkina), 2005 • In doubles, won first and second career titles in 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • 2016 season highlight and breakthrough result was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) • 2019 Roland Garros marked 29th Grand Slam main • Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec draw appearance, where she made her first QF (l. City (l. Beck) Vondrousova) • Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from • Reached R16 on four occasions across the Slams, No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was sec- at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Mertens), Wimbledon ond- highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and Roland Garros in 2012 who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) (l. Kerber) and 2017 (as qualifier, l. Svitolina after • Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012 leading 5-2 in final set) • Was ranked No.290 during 2017 Roland Garros run – the lowest-ranked player to reach R16 at a Grand GRAND SLAM HISTORY Slam since the unranked Henin finished R-Up at 2010 Australian Open (l. S.Williams). Since 1983, the • Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), be- only other player outside the Top 200 to reach R16 in coming first woman to win her first tour-level title at a Paris was No.279 Martínez in 1988 Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian • Roland Garros exploits in 2017 ended run of seven Open (d. Walsh in F) 1r losses at the majors (did not contest main draw at • Is one of eight players born in the 1990s to win a any of the Slams in 2016) Grand Slam title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 • At US Open, fell 2r twice, in 2009 and 2011 Wimbledon, Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and Made 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2009 Roland Gar- 2017 Wimbledon, Stephens at 2017 US Open, ros (as qualifier, l. Wozniak) Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open, Halep at 2018 Roland Garros, Osaka at 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open) and Barty (2019 Roland Garros) PERSONAL • Reached SF at 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kerber) becoming the first woman representing • Coached by former player Sandra Zaniewska Latvia to reach SF at Wimbledon • Mother’s name is Sandra Martic; she was a handball • Best result to date at Australian Open and US Open player is reaching 3r in 2017 and 2018 • Favorite food is pancakes; favorite drink is Orangina; • Made mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/ favorite city is Paris Marach, l. eventual champions Kontinen/Watson PETRA JELENA MARTIC VS OSTAPENKO

PERSONAL

• Works with Glen Schaap (as of June 2018) and her mother, Jelena Jakovleva • Father is Jevgenijs, half-brother is Maksim Ostapen- ko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there) • Previously worked with David Taylor from December 2017 until 2018 Roland Garros • Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis – watched Gulbis’ QF match at Roland Garros from his box in 2014 • Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years • Speaks Latvian, English and Russian

MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

[WC] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #55) vs. [2] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2)

Head to Head: ASHLEIGH BARTY leads 1-0

2017 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 2-6 6-2 111 mins

VENUS WILLIAMS ASHLEIGH BARTY 55 WTA RANKING 2 47 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 1 17-06-1980 (39) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-04-1996 (23) $484,450 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,934,343 $41,415,498 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $10,142,423 0 / 49 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 5 0 / 22 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 10 2-0 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 7-2 14-6 / 789-238 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 33-5 / 117-54 6-1 / 182-110 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 9-2 / 33-15 4-2 / 133-94 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 17-14 2-0 / 96-20 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 22-8 2-1 / 73-16 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 11-6 1-2 / 64-73 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 4-13 1-4 / 135-102 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-4 / 11-18 3-4 / 235-148 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-4 / 24-32 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham QF

BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 V. WILLIAMS d. Q. WANG 6-3, 6-2 73 mins R2 A. BARTY d. J. BRADY 6-3, 6-1 61 mins R1 V. WILLIAMS d. A. SASNOVICH 6-3, 6-4 86 mins R1 A. BARTY d. D. VEKIC 6-3, 6-4 73 mins

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ASHLEIGH BARTY 2018 R16 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #13) 7-6(6) 6-3

2017 F L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) 4-6 6-3 6-2

2014 R1-Q L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #186) 6-4 6-4

2013 R1-Q L - NADIIA KICHENOK (UKR #165) 6-4 7-6(4)

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BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM

• Competing as a wildcard in her Nature Valley Classic • Making third main draw appearance at Birmingham debut (fifth overall) with her first ever No.2 seeding at a • Fourth ever Wimbledon warm-up appearance and Premier level tournament first outside of Eastbourne (1997, 1998 and 2011) • Finished R-Up in 2017 (l. Kvitova). Exited 2r last year • Five-time Wimbledon champion, Williams holds a 96- (l. Goerges) 20 main draw record on grass • With Osaka losing in 2r, could rise to No.1 this week • Ousted No.36 Sasnovich in straights sets to reach 2r if she lifts the trophy • Defetaed No.15 Q.Wang in 2r for third Top 20 victory • Overcame last week’s Nottingham R-Up Vekic in of the year (also No.20 Mertens in Rome 1r and No.3 rain-delayed 1r on Wednesday Kvitova in Indian Wells 2r) Faces No.2 Barty today. • Earned spot in QF with decisive win over Brady in 2r Already has one Top 5 win this year (No.3 Kvitova in • Now owns 33-5 win-loss record this year - the best Indian Wells 2r). on tour (Bertens is second with 31-12) • At 39, is the oldest player to start singles draw, twen- • Faces V.Williams in QF today; has won her past 11 ty years older than the youngest player, Yastremska matches against American opponents - including at 19-years-old Brady in 2r here and five during her recent Roland • The only American women advancing to QF (compa- Garros title run - last tasting defeat against S.Wil- triot Brady was defetaed in 2r by today’s opponent- liams at 2018 Roland Garros Barty and Davis knocked out in 1r by Q.Wang) • Struck 152 aces so far this year (including four • Fell in doubles on Monday partnered with Britain’s against Brady), seventh most on tour behind Bertens Harriet Dart. Only the third time at tournament level (283), Ka.Pliskova (272), Kr.Pliskova (209), Osaka (excluding Fed Cup and Olympics) played doubles (195), Kvitova (172) and Kuzmova (159) with someone other than Serena. Also played 2017 • Posted 10-3 record on grass last year including a title Rome w/Keys and 2008 Doha w/ Wozniacki run in Nottingham (d. Konta) • Won Wimbledon girls’ singles title in 2011 • Playing doubles with Goerges (d. Q.Wang/Yasrems- ka in QF) • Won doubles title here in 2017 w/ Dellacqu, the same SEASON year she finished runner-up in singles

• Coming off a 1r loss at Roland Garros to No.9 seed Svitolina SEASON • As wildcard, made R16 at Rome (l. Konta) • Triumphed over Kasatkina for first time in four career • Coming off first ever Grand Slam title at Roland meetings in 3r at Miami. Lost next round to No.2 Garros bolting her to a career high of World No.2 on seed Halep. June 10, 2019 • Posted QF run at Indian Wells, becoming the oldest • Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- player to reach this stage in the tournament’s history enovic) and withdrew from Strasbourg (w/right arm and at a tour-level tournament since 2014 Birming- injury) ham when Date reached the last eight aged 43 • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami • Beat No.3 Kvitova in 2r at Indian Wells - first Top 5 – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens win since 2017 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Muguruza in RR) (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) • Victory over Barthel in R16 at Indian Wells was 800th • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- (at all levels) of her career. Also signified first time cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level has won four consecutive matches since her run to • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph the SF at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Kasatkina). Has not (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became won five matches in a row since the 2017 US Open ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket when she lost in the SF to Stephens • Also became only player to currently rank in Top 10 • Lost to then-No.1 Halep in straight sets in the 3r at in both singles and doubles – enters Roland Garros the Australian Open ranked No.8 in both disciplines • Reached QF at Auckland (l. qualifier Andreescu) • Made R16 showing at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in second longest match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) • Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed Cup duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in singles before teaming up with Hon to win decisive doubles rubber over Collins and Melichar VENUS ASHLEIGH WILLIAMS VS BARTY

CAREER MILESTONES SEASON CONT.

• Ended 2018 ranked No.40, down on No.5 in 2017 • Also won both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against • Season highlights were SF run at Indian Wells (d. Belarus in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and QF well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia run at Miami (l. Collins) hosts France in November’s final • Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching $40 million – S.Williams ($84 million) is the only other QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney player to pass this milestone for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both tourna- • Teamed up with sister Serena at Fed Cup for her first ments) competitive match back since giving birth in Sep- • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted tember 2017 (in dead doubles rubber l. Kerkhove/ 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage Schuurs) exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) • Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. Wozniacki). Oldest player to ever reach the title bout at the season finale • Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) – only CAREER MILESTONES player in 2017 to reach two Grand Slam finals • Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at Wimbledon final. Is the third oldest player to rank in No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (Sep- reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 tember 26, 1983 – 39 years, 322 days) and Martina highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan Navratilova (December 26, 1994 - 38 years, 75 days) • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US • 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is fifth-oldest play- titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA er to win a WTA singles title, after Billie Jean King Finals (w/Vandeweghe) (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoor] her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá (finishing at No.17) • With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era title- • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala holders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) • At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching October 23, 2017 that stage at a major since 2010 US Open • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at • At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed 2019 Sydney doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock) • Winner of nine WTA doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, • Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 two w/Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs) following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ • Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, Dellacqua) missing the end of that season and start of 2012 • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on • Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics May 21, 2018 (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times • Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London lasted almost two years • Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first as- • Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- cended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League • Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018 unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen- to then-world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets ager ranked in doubles Top 30 • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC VENUS ASHLEIGH WILLIAMS VS BARTY

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2019 Roland Garros marked 82st Grand Slam main • Won first ever major title at 2019 Roland Garros draw appearance, the most in the Open Era becoming third Australian woman in the Open Era • Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, to win Roland Garros, joining Court (1969-70, 1973) winning Wimbledon five times: 2000-01 2005 and and Goolagong Cawley (1971) 2007-08. Also won US Open in 2000 (d. Davenport in • 2019 Roland Garros marked her 19th Grand Slam F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F) appearance • In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all • Prior best result to date was QF showing at 2019 four majors: Wimbledon (2002-03, 2009 and 2017), Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and R16 at 2018 US US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2019 Roland Garros Australian Open (2003, 2017) • Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Wimbledon • The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at in 2018 (l. Kasatkina), Australian Open in 2017 (l. the US Open in 1997 and 2017 Wimbledon is the Barthel), and 2018 (l. Osaka), and US Open in 2017 longest in Open Era history, followed by Navratilova (l. eventual champion Stephens). Made 2r at Roland 1975-94 Garros in 2013 (l. Kirilenko) and 2018 (l. S.Williams) • Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Wil- • First Slam main draw (2012 Australian Open) came liams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon. Haul from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off includes two US Opens (1999, 2009) • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 • In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/Gimels- US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds tob) and Roland Garros (w/Gimelstob, d. S.Willams/ Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- Lobo in F) in 1998 novic/Babos in F • Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and PERSONAL was also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2017 (all w/Del- lacqua) • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title • Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits • Chief Brand Officer of Asutra, a self-care line PERSONAL • In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East • Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and • Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price. Split Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents intro- with long-term coach David Witt during off-season duced her to the sport • Celebrated 39th birthday on June 17, 2019 • In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi- yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school • In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 • Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce

MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #43) vs. [8] JULIA GOERGES (GER #19)

Head to Head: JULIA GOERGES leads 3-0

2017 MOSCOW HARD I R16 JULIA GOERGES 6-3 6-3 85 mins 2016 NÜRNBERG CLAY O R16 JULIA GOERGES 6-4 6-2 89 mins 2013 CHARLESTON CLAY O R1 JULIA GOERGES 6-2 6-3 80 mins

YULIA PUTINTSEVA JULIA GOERGES 43 WTA RANKING 19 31 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 45 07-01-1995 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 02-11-1988 (30) $465,542 YTD PRIZE MONEY $374,336 $3,492,908 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,002,832 1 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 7 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 2-2 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 6-2 18-13 / 106-122 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-11 / 297-243 7-8 / 35-41 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-5 / 92-88 6-1 / 30-25 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-5 / 65-77 2-0 / 5-12 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 22-18 0-2 / 4-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 16-29 2-1 / 3-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 8-18 2-6 / 7-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 16-37 4-6 / 14-38 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 34-76 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham QF

BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 Y. PUTINTSEVA d. N. OSAKA 6-2, 6-3 69 mins R2 J. GOERGES d. E. RODINA 6-4, 6-3 75 mins R1 Y. PUTINTSEVA d. H. DART 6-1, 6-4 83 mins R1 J. GOERGES d. D. YASTREMSKA 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 107 mins

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

YULIA PUTINTSEVA JULIA GOERGES 2017 2018 R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #22) 6-3 6-3 QF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-1 6-4

2015 2009 R1-Q L - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #135) 6-1 6-4 R16 L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #77) 7-6(3) 6-3

2013 R1 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #43) 6-2 7-6(5)

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• Making third main draw appearance at Birmingham • Making third appearance at Birmingham, where she (fourth overall) reached the QF for the first time last year (l. eventual • Fell 1r in 2013 (l. Wickmayer) and 2017 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) R-Up Strycova) • Contesting tournament ranked No.19 - her 87th con- • In 1r, broke serve four times to beat wildcard Dart in secutive week in the Top 20 straight sets • Making first appearance on grass in 2019, posted a • Converted six of 10 break point opportunities to 7-3 record on the surface in 2018, highlighted by SF defeat No.1 Osaka in just 69 minutes – scoring big- run at Wimbledon gest win of her career and second Top 5 win of the • Dropped up-and-comer Yastremska in three tough season (No.5 Stephens at 2019 Sydney) sets in 1r action • With 2r triumph, secured consecutive main draw • Ousted Rodina in 2r for first back-to-back match wins matches on grass for the first time in career – now since Doha in February bidding to reach maiden SF on grass • Slowly approaching career main draw win No.300, • Faces No.8 seed Goerges for their fourth career currently sitting at No.297 meeting, looking to overturn the German player for • Faces No.43 Putintseva, leading 3-0 in previous the first time career meetings - looking to record sixth Top 50 win • Owns 2-6 record against Top 10 players this year of the season • Along with No.89 Diyas is one of two women from • Bidding to surpass previous tournament best result Kazakhstan in the current Top 100 (week of June 17) by reaching final four • At 30 years of age, Goerges is the oldest title winner of the 2019 season after lifting the trophy at Auckland earlier this year SEASON • Playing first event with new coach Sebastian Sachs

• Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Peterson) • Won maiden career title at Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in F); 3h 22m win over Friedsam in QF was the longest SEASON match of the season so far • Reached R16 at Madrid (l. Barty in 3s) – her second • Made 2r at Rome (l. Buzarnescu) and fell 1r at Stutt- consecutive appearance in R16 at a Premier Man¬- gart (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Madrid (l. Kuzmova) and datory event, first ever coming earlier this season at Roland Garros (l. Kanepi) Miami • Helped Germany avoid dropping into Fed Cup World • Opened clay season with 1r exit at Rabat (l. Group II thanks to 3-1 victory over Latvia in Riga (d. Zidansek) Marcinkevica in her sole singles rubber) • Went 1-1 in singles in Kazakhstan’s loss to Great • Fell in 1r at Charleston (l. Townsend) after finishing Britain in April’s Fed Cup World Group II play-offs – runner-up previous year d. Boulter, l. Konta • Advanced to 3r at both Indian Wells (l. Barthel) and • Posted wins against seeds Bencic and Sevastova en Miami (l. Garcia) route to R16 at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Reached QF at Doha (l. Halep), R16 at St. Pe- • Fell 2r at Indian Wells. Defeat of Babos in 1r ters¬burg (l. Zvonareva) and fell in 1r at Dubai (l. snapped four-match losing streak, which began with Riske) 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Bencic) then continued • As No.14 seed, suffered 1r upset at Australian Open at St Petersburg (l. Martincova), Fed Cup (l. Zhang (l. Collins in 3s) Shuai) and Dubai (l. Tsurenko) • Opened 2019 season by defending her title at Auck- • Posted QF run at Sydney prior to Australian Open, land (d. Andreescu in F). Following Auckland run, as a qualifier (l. l. Bertens). Defeat of No.5 Stephens career record in WTA singles finals now stands at 7-8 in 2r matched career best win of career (against No.5 Cibulkova at 2017 St Petersburg) • Began season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, whom she led by a set and a break) YULIA JULIA PUTINTSEVA VS GOERGES

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2018 ranked No. 44 - her second time • Registered third year-end Top 20 finish in 2018, finishing in the Top 50 at No.14 (also No.14 in 2017 and No.18 in 2012). • Reached second career final at 2018 Ghangzhou (l. Reached career-high No.9 on August 20, 2018 Q.Wang) • 2018 highlights were titles at Auckland (d. Wozniacki • Tied Grand Slam best result reaching QF in 2018 in F) – extended title streak to three, having previous- Roland Garros (l. Keys) ly won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 season • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg – and Luxembourg (d. Bencic in F). Also finished (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over R-Up at Charleston (l. Bertens) and enjoyed SF runs No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic at New Haven (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and in F) – became first woman from Kazakhstan to Zhuhai (l. Barty) reach a WTA singles final since Shvedova at 2015 • Struck 492 aces in 2018. Also hit 412 aces in 2017 Bogotá (l. Pereira) season – only two other players have reached the • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on 400-ace mark in a season: S.Williams (2012-15) and February 6, 2017 following her run to the final in St Ka.Pliskova (2014-17) Petersburg • Posted 46 main draw wins in 2018 – only Ka.Plis- • Also in 2017 reached QF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. ko¬va (49) and Kvitova (47) had more to their names eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) winning Moscow and biggest title of career at WTA • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarter¬- Elite Trophy Zhuhai finals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since • Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having Shvedova in 2012 also won 2010 Bad Gastein • Also reached SF at two International-level events in • By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to be- 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC come German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for (l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route first time since February 2013 to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 • Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in Charleston nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. • Later in season, posted second career win over a Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating • Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, reach- No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 ing final at Indian Wells (w/Ka.Pliskova) and qualify- Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) ing for the WTA Finals for the first time. Set ca¬reer- • Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. even- high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016 tu¬al champion Larsson) • In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid) WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen • Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Doha • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germa- doubles titles ny in 2005 • Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-19 • Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, 2010-19 GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2019 Roland Garros marked 22nd Grand Slam main • 2019 Roland Garros marked 45th main draw appear- draw appearance ance at a Grand Slam • Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland • Posted best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon, Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 (l. where she reached SF (l. S.Williams). With Kerber Keys). Was the first Kazakh to reach QF at Roland winning title at All England Club in 2018, it marked Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in 2012 the first time that two Germans reached the last four (l. QF) at the same Slam since 1993 Roland Garros – Huber • Away from Paris, other key results include 3r at 2016 (SF) and Graf (Champion) Australian Open (l. Gasparyan), 2r at Wimbledon in • Previously had reached R16 – but never further – on 2015 (l. V.Williams) and 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) five occasions, at Australian Open (2012-13 and and 2r at US Open in 2016 (l. Witthoeft) and 2017 (l. 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) A.Radwanska) • Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, as qualifi- • A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US er, lost to eventual champion Henin in 1r Open, 2012 Australian Open) YULIA JULIA PUTINTSEVA VS GOERGES

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM CONT.

• Coached by Roman Kislianskii • In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian • Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) in May 2012 and Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) • Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior be- • Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 fore moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles • Tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine Henin – (w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) still watches videos of Henin on YouTube • Enjoys dancing, music, singing, Sudoku, playing cards and chess PERSONAL

• Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is Inge; older sister is Maike • Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross coun¬try skiing combined with shooting) • Coached by Sebastian Sachs. Physio and fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC JUNE 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC - DAY 4 MATCH-UPS

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #66) vs. [2] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) Barty leads 1-0 Brady looking for first Top 10 victory of her career...Barty beat five Americans en route to maiden Grand Slam title at 2019 Roland Garros

[1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #43) Putintseva leads 1-0 Osaka attempting to reach her second career QF on grass... Putintseva holds 0-3 record against reigning World No.1s

EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #76) vs. [8] JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) Series tied 1-1 Rodina seeking 70th career main draw win...Goerges going for second straight Birmingham quarterfinal

[6] WANG QIANG (CHN #15) vs. [WC] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #55) V.Williams leads 2-1 Wang notched only her second career victory on grass in first round win over Davis... Williams defeated the Chinese No.1 en route to her most recent Grand Slam Final appearance in 2017 Wimbledon

RANKING WATCH A NEW CHAMPION

This is the first time in the tournament’s 37 year history The Nature Valley Classic will celebrate a new champi- that the Top 3 ranked players in the world started the tour- on on Sunday as there are no previous winners in the nament in Birmingham. No.1 Naomi Osaka can hold onto 32 person draw. The 2017-18 champion, Petra Kvitova, the top spot by making the final this week however No.2 was set to attempt a three peat but withdrew with an arm Ashleigh Barty is hot on her heels and can take over at injury that also kept her out of Roland Garros as well as No.1 if she wins the title and Osaka does not make the an early withdrawal from 2016 champion, Madison Keys. final. No.3 Karolina Pliskova is out of the tournament Their exit opens the door for a new queen in Birmingham. after losing to her twin sister in the second round. Looking for redemption will be previous runners-up, Ash- Top 10 Ranked Players in Birmingham leigh Barty (2017, l. Kvitova), Barbora Strycova (2016, l. Keys; 2014, l. Ivanovic), and Karolina Pliskova (2015, PLAYER RANK SEED BEST PREVIOUS RESULT l. Kerber). NAOMI OSAKA 1 1 2r: 2017 and 2018 ASHLEIGH BARTY 2 2 R-UP: 2017 Other players who could make a run include World No.1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3 3 R-Up: 2015 Naomi Osaka who’s best result on grass came from a SF appearance at 2018 Nottingham and Venus Williams, a ELINA SVITOLINA 7 4 QF: 2018 five-time Wimbledon champion, who received a wildcard ARYNA SABALENKA 10 5 First appearance to play here in Birmingham for the first time ever. WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

DOUBLE DOWN ACE QUEEN

The doubles team of Ashleigh Barty and Julia Goerges Kristyna Pliskova hit 24 aces in her win over her twin secured their spot in the semifinals yesterday with a win sister Karolina to earn a spot in her second Premier level over Wang Qiang and Dayana Yastremska. With Bar- quarterfinals at Birmingham. bora Strycova beating Hsieh Su-Wei in singles yesterday, Barty and Goerges become the only doubles team This is only the 4th time that a player has hit 24 or more left in the draw with both players still in singles. aces in a match in the Match Stats Era (since 2008). Kris- tyna has done so twice, also 31 aces at 2016 Australian The teammates are in different halves of the singles draw Open (WTA record), along with Sabine Lisicki (27 aces meaning there is a possiblity of them meeting in the final. at 2015 Birmingham) and Serena Williams (24 aces at If that were to happen and they were to win one more 2012 Wimbledon). Since 2008, only 9 players have hit 20 doubles match, it would be the first time in tournament or more aces in a match. history that a final doubles team would also play each other in the singles final. Players with the most 20+ ace matches:

Together with Jelena Ostapenko (w/Voskoboeva) and 4 - Naomi Broady Strycova (w/Hsieh) there are four players still alive in 4 - Serena Williams both the singles and doubles draws. There are three 3 - Karolina Pliskova players in tournament history who have won both titles 3 - Kristyna Pliskova in the same year: Maria Sharapova, 2004 (d. Golovin, w/Kirilenko); Lori McNeil, 1993 (d. Garrison-Jackson, w/Navratilova); Billie Jean King, 1983 (d.Moulton, w/ Walsh).

There have been four other players who have made both singles and doubles finals: Barty, 2017 (won doubles w/ Dellacqua); Nathalie Tauziat, 2001 (d. Oremans in singles), 1997 (d. Basuk in singles) and 1996 (l. McGrath in singles); Zina Garrison-Jackon, 1994 (won doubles w/ Neiland); Anne White, 1984 (won doubles w/Allen). ON THIS DAY...

June 20, 1963 - The United States won the inaugural staging of Fed Cup with 2-1 win over Australia at the Queen’s Club in London. Billie Jean King (Moffit at the time) and Darlene Hard clinched the title in a decisive doubles match defeating Margaret Smith and Lesley Turner 3-6, 13-11, 6-3.

June 20, 1987 - Helena Sukova from the Czech Re- public ends Martina Navratilova’s 69-match winning streak on grass in the final of Eastbourne. Navratilova had previously last lost on the grass in England in the 1981 Wimbledon semifinal to Hana Mandlikova, another Czech.

MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #66) vs. [2] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2)

Head to Head: ASHLEIGH BARTY leads 1-0

2019 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R3 ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 6-2 74 mins

JENNIFER BRADY ASHLEIGH BARTY 66 WTA RANKING 2 51 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 1 12-04-1995 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-04-1996 (23) $367,765 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,934,343 $1,695,606 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $10,142,423 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 5 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 10 1-1 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 6-2 11-7 / 28-37 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 32-5 / 116-54 4-5 / 10-11 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 9-2 / 33-15 3-2 / 6-11 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 17-14 4-1 / 6-4 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 21-8 0-1 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 11-6 0-1 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 4-13 0-1 / 0-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-4 / 11-18 3-3 / 4-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-4 / 24-32 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 2r

BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R1 J. BRADY d. L. TSURENKO 6-3,6-3 68 mins R1 A. BARTY d. D. VEKIC, 6-3,6-4 73 mins

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JENNIFER BRADY ASHLEIGH BARTY 2018 2018 R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #24) 3-6 7-5 6-3 R16 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #13) 7-6(6) 6-3

2017 F L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) 4-6 6-3 6-2

2014 R1-Q L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #186) 6-4 6-4

2013 R1-Q L - NADIIA KICHENOK (UKR #165) 6-4 7-6(4)

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• Making second appearance at the Nature Valley • Making third main draw appearance at Birmingham Classic, having fallen in 1r on debut in 2018 (fifth overall) with her first ever No.2 seeding at a • Led 6-3 2-0 against Strycova before losing in 1r last Premier level tournament year • Finished R-Up in 2017 (l. Kvitova). Exited 2r last year • Made a flying start in 1r this year, taking opening four (l. Goerges) games of the match during upset of No.32 Tsurenko • Could rise to No.1 this week if she lifts the title and • Faces No.2 Barty in 2r today; lost all four previous Osaka fails to make the final matches against Top 10 opposition - No.9 Cibulko- • Overcame last week’s Nottingham R-Up Vekic in va (2017 Wimbledon), No.1 Ka.Pliskova (2017 US rain-delayed 1r on Wednesday Open), No.7 Garcia (2018 Indian Wells) and No.4 • Won eight of 10 service games against Vekic; has Kvitova (2019 Dubai) now won 77.4% of her service games this season • In terms of ranking, best career win came over No.18 - the fifth best record on tour (Ka.Pliskova leads on Vesnina at 2017 Australian Open 80.2% • One of three Americans competing this week in Bir- • Now owns 32-5 win-loss record this year - the best mingham (also Davis and V.Williams) on tour (Bertens is second with 31-12) • Faces US No.9 Brady in 2r today; has won her past 10 matches against American opponents - including SEASON five during her recent Roland Garros title run - last tasting defeat against S.Williams at 2018 Roland • Opened grass court season by falling 1r at $100K Garros ITF/Surbiton-GBR (l. McNally) before reaching sec- • Struck 148 aces so far this year (including two ond career WTA-level SF at Nottingham (l. eventual against Vekic), seventh most on tour behind Bertens champion Garcia) (283), Ka.Pliskova (263), Osaka (191), Kr.Pliskova • Highlights of clay court season were 2r showings at (185), Kvitova (172) and Kuzmova (159) Roland Garros (l. Hercog) and Prague (l. Muchova). • Posted 10-3 record on grass last year including a title Also fell 1r at Strasbourg (l. Q.Wang) and in qualify- run in Nottingham (d. Konta) ing at Madrid • Won Wimbledon girls’ singles title in 2011 • Made 3r at Indian Wells (l. Barty) and contested • Playing doubles with Goerges (d. Q.Wang/Yasrems- qualifying at Miami. Also finished R-Up at WTA 125K ka in QF) Series event at Indian Wells (l. Golubic) • Made R16 at Dubai (as qualifier, l. Kvitova in 3s) and fell in qualifying at Doha SEASON • Qualified at Hua Hin, advancing to 2r (d. No.19 Gar- • Coming off first ever Grand Slam title at Roland cia in 1r, l. Zidansek) Garros bolting her to a career high of World No.2 on • Started 2019 with qualifying exit at Brisbane before June 10, 2019 reaching final round of qualifying at Australian Open • Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- (l. Haddad Maia) enovic) and withdrew from Strasbourg (w/right arm injury) • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami CAREER MILESTONES – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) • Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64) cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level • 2018 season highlight was reaching two SFs at • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) and $80k ITF/Char- (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became lottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño) ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket • Other 2018 highlights include reaching 2r at Indian • Also became only player to currently rank in Top 10 Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) and in both singles and doubles – enters Roland Garros Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) ranked No.8 in both disciplines • Posted best win of career to date at 2017 Australian • Made R16 showing at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in Open, defeating No.18 Vesnina second longest match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) • Reached first WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. • Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed Cup eventual R-Up Gavrilova) duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in singles • Posted first WTA main draw wins at 2016 Guangzhou before teaming up with Hon to win decisive doubles (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) rubber over Collins and Melichar JENNIFER ASHLEIGH BRADY VS BARTY

CAREER CONT. SEASON CONT.

• Made first four main draw appearances at tour level • Also won both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in Belarus in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as 1r), Stanford (l. Cornet in 1r), Montréal (as qualifier l. well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia Svitolina in 1r) hosts France in November’s final • Ended 2017 inside Top 100 for first time – at No.64; • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching career-high ranking is No.60 (October 16, 2017) QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. 1r to for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both tourna- Falconi) ments) • On ITF Circuit, owns four ITF singles and four dou- • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted bles titles 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) USA (l. 1r) CAREER MILESTONES GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and • Has appeared in nine Grand Slam main draws, most reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 recently at 2019 Roland Garros highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan • Made debut at all four Slams in 2017; prior to 2017 • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US Australian Open, had fallen in qualifying at US Open Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other (2014-16), Roland Garros (2016) and Wimbledon titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA (2016) Finals (w/Vandeweghe) • Won through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open and • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved went on to become first major debutante to reach her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 Wimbledon. (finishing at No.17) Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r (saved 5mp) • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to Lucic-Baroni; Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) became first American female qualifier to reach R16 • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on at the Australian Open in Open Era October 23, 2017 • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams 2019 Sydney (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), • Winner of nine WTA doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, Gasparyan and Konta (2016) two w/Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs) • Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ and has made 2r at Roland Garros in 2018 and 2019 Dellacqua) and Wimbledon in 2017 and 2018 • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on May 21, 2018 • Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that PERSONAL lasted almost two years • Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- • Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket making her debut for the Bruins tennis team in 2013. team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League Completed sophomore year of studies before turning • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018 professional in 2015 • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen- • Trained during the 2016-17 off-season at the new ager ranked in doubles Top 30 USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished • Coached by Roger Anderson; fitness trainer is Sa- 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva toshi Ochi • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC • Has twin sister, Jessica JENNIFER ASHLEIGH BRADY VS BARTY

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• Won first ever major title at 2019 Roland Garros becoming third Australian woman in the Open Era to win Roland Garros, joining Court (1969-70, 1973) and Goolagong Cawley (1971) • 2019 Roland Garros marked her 19th Grand Slam appearance • Prior best result to date was QF showing at 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2019 Roland Garros • Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina), Australian Open in 2017 (l. Barthel), and 2018 (l. Osaka), and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens). Made 2r at Roland Garros in 2013 (l. Kirilenko) and 2018 (l. S.Williams) • First Slam main draw (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- novic/Babos in F • Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and was also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2017 (all w/Del- lacqua) • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title

PERSONAL

• Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents introduced her to the sport • In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi- yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school • In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 • Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

[1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #43)

Head to Head: YULIA PUTINTSEVA leads 1-0

2018 HOBART HARD O R1 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 6-3 6-3 74 mins

NAOMI OSAKA YULIA PUTINTSEVA 1 WTA RANKING 43 4 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 31 16-10-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-01-1995 (24) $3,722,776 YTD PRIZE MONEY $465,542 $11,351,973 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,492,908 1 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 3-2 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 1-2 22-6 / 102-65 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 17-13 / 105-122 11-2 / 26-17 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 7-8 / 35-41 5-2 / 18-17 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 30-25 1-0 / 11-7 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 4-12 2-0 / 6-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 4-10 0-0 / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 2-10 3-0 / 8-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-6 / 6-21 5-1 / 21-29 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-6 / 13-38 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 2r

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NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #43) R32: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #33) 6-1,4-6,6-3 (1h59) R32: d. HARRIET DART (GBR #157) 6-1,6-4 (1h21)

Total games: 26 Total games: 17 Won/lost: 16-10 Won/lost: 12-5 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h59 Total time on court: 1h21 Average time on court: 1h59 Average time on court: 1h21 Average rank of opponent: 33 Average rank of opponent: 157

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

NAOMI OSAKA YULIA PUTINTSEVA 2018 2017 R16 L - DALILA JAKUPOVIC (SLO #113) 6-3 R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #22) 6-3 6-3

2017 2015 R16 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #41) 6-2 6-4 R1-Q L - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #135) 6-1 6-4

2016 2013 R16- L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #68) 6-0 R1 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #43) 6-2 7-6(5) Q

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• Making third consecutive main draw appearance at • Making third main draw appearance at Birmingham Birmingham, where she has made R16 for third time (fourth overall) • Also reached this stage in 2017 (l. Safarova) and • Fell 1r in 2013 (l. Wickmayer) and 2017 (l. eventual 2018 (ret. vs. Jakupovic w/abdominal injury) R-Up Strycova) • No.1 seed at grass event for first time in career • In 1r, broke serve four times to beat wildcard Dart in • For the first time in the 38 editions of the WTA tour- straight sets nament in Birmingham, the WTA World No.1, No.2 • Takes on No.1 Osaka today, looking for the second (Barty) and No.3 (Ka.Pliskova) are all competing Top 5 win of the season and third of her career – • Could be usurped as World No.1 this week if she after No.5 Cibulkova at 2017 St Petersburg and No.5 fails to reach the final and No.2 Barty wins the title Stephens at 2019 Sydney • Hit seven aces during 1r win over Sakkari - has now • Has lost three times to reigning World No.1s: S.Wil- struck 191 this season, the third-most on tour liams at 2013 Madrid (7-6(5) 6-1), 2016 Indian Wells • Also in 2019, ranks No.3 for service games won (7-6(2) 6-0) and 2016 Roland Garros (5-7 6-4 6-1) (78.4%), No.6 for service points won (61.9%) and • Bidding to win consecutive main draw matches on first serve points won (71.3%) grass for the first time in career • Owns the second-best win percentage on tour in • Along with No.89 Diyas is one of two women from 3-set matches (83.3), just behind Konta (84.6), win- Kazakhstan in the current Top 100 (week of June 17) ning 10/12 such matches - No.4 on tour in 3 set wins • Faces No.43 Putintseva in 2r. Five of her six defeats in 2019 have been to players ranked outside Top SEASON 20: No.27 Tsurenko (Brisbane), No.67 Mladenovic (Dubai), No.23 Bencic (Indian Wells), No.27 Hsieh • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Peterson) (Miami) and No.42 Siniakova (Roland Garros) • Won maiden career title at Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in • In 2018, posted a 6-3 mark on grass, highlighted by F); 3h 22m win over Friedsam in QF was the longest SF at Nottingham and 3r showing at Wimbledon match of the season so far • Reached R16 at Madrid (l. Barty in 3s) – her second consecutive appearance in R16 at a Premier Man- SEASON datory event, first ever coming earlier this season at Miami • Opened clay season with 1r exit at Rabat (l. • Coming off 3r visit at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) Zidansek) • Posted QF showing at Rome – withdrew prior to • Went 1-1 in singles in Kazakhstan’s loss to Great match vs. Bertens w/right hand injury Britain in April’s Fed Cup World Group II play-offs – • Was third consecutive clay court QF, after SF at d. Boulter, l. Konta Stuttgart (withdrew prior to match against Kontaveit • Posted wins against seeds Bencic and Sevastova en w/abdominal injury) and QF in Madrid (l. Bencic, route to R16 at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) having led 5-3 in third set) • Fell 2r at Indian Wells. Defeat of Babos in 1r • At 2h 35m, 2r win over Sorribes Tormo at Madrid was snapped four-match losing streak, which began with the longest match of her career – previous longest 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Bencic) then continued was 2h 33m win over S.Zhang at 2018 Beijing at St Petersburg (l. Martincova), Fed Cup (l. Zhang • Made 3r exit at Miami – falling to Hsieh in three sets Shuai) and Dubai (l. Tsurenko) • Posted a R16 finish at Indian Wells (l. Bencic) as a • Posted QF run at Sydney prior to Australian Open, defending champion for the first time in her career as a qualifier (l. l. Bertens). Defeat of No.5 Stephens • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was in 2r matched career best win of career (against No.5 her first match since defeating Kvitova in Australian Cibulkova at 2017 St Petersburg) Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury • Began season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. eventual • Won second Grand Slam title at Australian Open (d. champion Ka.Pliskova, whom she led by a set and a Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to attain break) the World No.1 ranking following the tournament; has held ranking since then • Is the first woman to win her second major straight after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) • Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual R-Up Tsurenko). Withdrew from Sydney citing a change in schedule NAOMI YULIA OSAKA VS PUTINTSEVA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted a 40-20 record in 2018, resulting in best year • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg end finish of career at No.5, up from No.68 in 2017 (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over • Won the first two titles of her career last season, at No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic WTA Premier Mandatory level Indian Wells (d. Kasat- in F) – became first woman from Kazakhstan to kina in F) and debut Grand Slam crown at US Open reach a WTA singles final since Shvedova at 2015 (d. S.Williams in F) Bogotá (l. Pereira) • Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Plis- • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on kova). Record in finals stands at 3-2, having also February 6, 2017 following her run to the final in St finished as R-Up at 2016 Toyko [PPO] (l. Wozniacki) Petersburg • From her efforts in New York last September, passed • Also in 2017 reached QF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. USD $5 million in prize money for the season – No.2 eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarter- major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, finals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight Shvedova in 2012 was against Sakkari in R16 • Also reached SF at two International-level events in • After win over Halep at 2018 Indian Wells, owns 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC a 1-3 record against reigning No.1s (also lost to (l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Toronto and Halep at 2018 Aus- to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 tralian Open and 2018 Rome) Charleston • Other Grand Slam results in 2018 were R16 at Aus- • Later in season, posted second career win over a tralian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r at Roland Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. eventual No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs at Not- Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) tingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sevasto- • Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventu- va), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut al champion Larsson) • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six • Scored first Top 5 win when she upset No.5 V.Wil- doubles titles liams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending • Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-19 champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Highlight of 2016 was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached three QFs and 3r • 2019 Roland Garros marked 22nd Grand Slam main at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open draw appearance • Won 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore • Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland (d. Garcia in F, saving match points) Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 (l. • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at Keys). Was the first Kazakh to reach QF at Roland 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in 2012 ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came (l. QF) from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of • Away from Paris, other key results include 3r at 2016 main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r Australian Open (l. Gasparyan), 2r at Wimbledon in • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 2015 (l. V.Williams) and 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) (l. Dabrowski) and 2r at US Open in 2016 (l. Witthoeft) and 2017 (l. A.Radwanska) • A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US Open, 2012 Australian Open) NAOMI YULIA OSAKA VS PUTINTSEVA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL

• Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open and 2019 • Coached by Roman Kislianskii Australian Open. Has made only 12 Grand Slam • Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan main draw appearances, owning 33-10 record in May 2012 • Defeated six-time champion S.Williams to win 2018 • Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior be- US Open. Triumph made her first Japanese wom- fore moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy an to reach Slam final and the youngest US Open • Tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine Henin – champion since Sharapova in 2006 won 2019 Aus- still watches videos of Henin on YouTube tralian Open on only her third appearance • Enjoys dancing, music, singing, Sudoku, playing • Became the 10th woman to win US Open and Aus- cards and chess tralian Open back-to-back • 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) • Made 3r at the other two majors: Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniako- va), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber)

PERSONAL

• In February hired Jermaine Jenkins, former hitting partner of Venus Williams, as her new head coach having parted company with Aleksandar (Sascha) Bajin, former hitting partner of Serena Williams • Formerly coached by David Taylor • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old; holds dual citizenship • Lives in Fort Lauderdale and trains in Boca Raton • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster WOWOW, Nissin, Nissan and ANA Airlines • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in NYC before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years • Her mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari is also on tour, and earlier this season contested the main draw at Miami MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #76) vs. [8] JULIA GOERGES (GER #19)

Head to Head: 1-1

2011 LINZ HARD I R16 EVGENIYA RODINA 6-3 6-4 90 mins 2010 BIARRITZ CLAY O QF JULIA GOERGES 6-2 6-0

EVGENIYA RODINA JULIA GOERGES 76 WTA RANKING 19 115 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 45 04-02-1989 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 02-11-1988 (30) $192,166 YTD PRIZE MONEY $374,336 $2,250,096 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,002,832 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 7 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 1-0 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 5-2 4-13 / 69-105 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-11 / 296-243 4-2 / 24-23 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-5 / 92-88 2-2 / 24-15 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-5 / 65-77 1-1 / 13-10 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 21-18 0-1 / 3-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 16-29 0-0 / 0-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 8-18 0-0 / 0-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 16-37 0-1 / 1-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 34-76 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 2r

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EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #76) JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) R32: d. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #48) 6-2,2-6,6-4 (1h48) R32: d. DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #35) 3-6,6-4,6-3 (1h45)

Total games: 26 Total games: 28 Won/lost: 14-12 Won/lost: 15-13 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Total time on court: 1h48 Total time on court: 1h45 Average time on court: 1h48 Average time on court: 1h45 Average rank of opponent: 48 Average rank of opponent: 35

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JULIA GOERGES 2018 QF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-1 6-4

2009 R16 L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #77) 7-6(3) 6-3

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• Making tournament debut this week • Making third appearance at Birmingham, where she • Defeated former Top 10 player Mladenovic in 3-set reached the QF for the first time last year (l. eventual 1r battle champion Kvitova) • Win over Frenchwoman broke a 7-match losing • Contesting tournament ranked No.19 - her 87th con- streak dating back to 2r loss in Lugano this year secutive week in the Top 20 • Takes on No.19 Goerges for the third time in their • Making first appearance on grass in 2019, posted a careers, series split 1-1 7-3 record on the surface in 2018, highlighted by SF • A win today would mark just second career victory run at Wimbledon over Top 20 opponent; would also be her 70th career • Dropped up-and-comer Yastremska in three tough main draw victory sets in 1r action • Looking to win back-to-back matches for the first time • Slowly approaching career main draw win No.300, across all levels since December 2018 (ITF Dubai) currently sitting at No.296 • Made impressive run to R16 of Wimbledon last year • Faces No.76 Rodina in today’s 2r matchup as a qualifier (l. Serena) • At 30 years of age, Goerges is the oldest title winner • Went 11-4 (incl. qualifying) across all levels on grass of the 2019 season after lifting the trophy at Auckland in 2018 earlier this year • Seeking first QF appearance at WTA level since • Playing first event with new coach Sebastian Sachs 2018 Seoul (l. Bertens in QF) SEASON SEASON • Made 2r at Rome (l. Buzarnescu) and fell 1r at Stutt- • Coming into Birmingham having fallen at the first gart (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Madrid (l. Kuzmova) and hurdle of the last six events Roland Garros (l. Kanepi) • Began the grass season with 1r exits at Surbiton (l. • Helped Germany avoid dropping into Fed Cup World Watson) and Nottingham (l. Ruse) Group II thanks to 3-1 victory over Latvia in Riga (d. • Finished clay swing having fallen at first stage of both Marcinkevica in her sole singles rubber) Roland Garros (l. Keys) and Nürnberg (l. Brengle) • Fell in 1r at Charleston (l. Townsend) after finishing • Returned to Europe to reach 2r at Lugano (l. Lapko), runner-up previous year then falling 1r at Istanbul (l. Parmentier) and at $100k • Advanced to 3r at both Indian Wells (l. Barthel) and ITF/Trnava-SVK Miami (l. Garcia) • Fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. Puig), Miami (l. Stosur) and • Reached QF at Doha (l. Halep), R16 at St. Peters- Charleston (l. Rogers). Also fell at opening hrudle at burg (l. Zvonareva) and fell in 1r at Dubai (l. Riske) WTA 125K Series at Guadalajara (l. Blinkova) • As No.14 seed, suffered 1r upset at Australian Open • Lost opening singles match to Gibbs at WTA 125K (l. Collins in 3s) Series event at Indian Wells (following a 1r bye) but • Opened 2019 season by defending her title at Auck- lifted the trophy in the doubles event with Kr.Pliskova land (d. Andreescu in F). Following Auckland run, (d. Townsend/Wickmayer in F) career record in WTA singles finals now stands at 7-8 • Reached 2r at Budapest (l. Begu) • Fell in 1r at Hobart (l. Schmiedlova), Australian Open (l. Vondrousova) and Hua Hin (l. Begu) CAREER MILESTONES • Lost to Riske in 2r in first tournament of the year at Shenzhen • Registered third year-end Top 20 finish in 2018, at No.14 (also No.14 in 2017 and No.18 in 2012). Reached career-high No.9 on August 20, 2018 CAREER MILESTONES • 2018 highlights were titles at Auckland (d. Wozniacki in F) – extended title streak to three, having previous- • Ended 2018 ranked No.88. Best result came at ly won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 season Wimbledon where she reached the R16 as a qualifier – and Luxembourg (d. Bencic in F). Also finished (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams). Upset No.11 Keys in 3r R-Up at Charleston (l. Bertens) and enjoyed SF runs to register first Top 20 win of career (now owns 1-17 at New Haven (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and record) Zhuhai (l. Barty) • Finished 2017 at No.83 – the best year-end ranking • Struck 492 aces in 2018. Also hit 412 aces in 2017 of career season – only two other players have reached the 400-ace mark in a season: S.Williams (2012-15) and Ka.Pliskova (2014-17) EVGENIYA JULIA RODINA VS GOERGES

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Highlight was reaching SF at Guangzhou (l. eventual • Posted 46 main draw wins in 2018 – only Ka.Plisko- champion S.Zhang) and QF at ‘s-Hertogenbosch va (49) and Kvitova (47) had more to their names (l. Konjuh). Also made 2r at Indian Wells (as LL, l. Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, Garcia), Biel (l. Kontaveit), US Open (l. Svitolina) and winning Moscow and biggest title of career at WTA Luxembourg (l. Witthoeft) Elite Trophy Zhuhai • Ended 2016 on a ranking of No.104, down from • Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having No.84 in 2015 (at the time the best season finish of also won 2010 Bad Gastein career to date) • By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to be- • 2016 season highlight was QF run at ‘s-Hertogen- come German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for bosch in June (l. eventual champion Vandeweghe), first time since February 2013 which also marked first main draw wins of 2016. • Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in Closed out 2016 with strong showings at WTA 125k nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. events, winning title in Taipei (d. Chang in F) and Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai reaching SF in Honolulu (l. Zhang). In doubles, • Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, reached first tour-level final at Bastad (w/Beck, l. reaching final at Indian Wells (w/Ka.Pliskova) and Arruabarrena/ Knoll in F) qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time. Set ca- • Highlights on 2015 season included SF run at Tash- reer-high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016 kent (l. Vekic) and QF at Pattaya City (l. Tomljanovic) • In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in and Baku (l. Gasparyan) consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid) • Ended 2015 season with SF showing at WTA 125K • Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Doha event in Taipei • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germa- • Career-best ranking is No.68 (January 7, 2019) ny in 2005 • Has won 13 ITF singles titles and six ITF doubles • Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, 2010-19 titles • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2004 and made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Tashkent, GRAND SLAM HISTORY advancing to QF • 2019 Roland Garros marked 45th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Posted best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon, where she reached SF (l. S.Williams). With Kerber • Contested 24th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 winning title at All England Club in 2018, it marked Roland Garros the first time that two Germans reached the last four • Best result came at 2018 Wimbledon, where she at the same Slam since 1993 Roland Garros – Huber came through qualifying to reach R16 (l. eventual (SF) and Graf (Champion) R-Up S.Williams) • Previously had reached R16 – but never further – on • Prior to 2018 Wimbledon, run to 3r at 2008 Wimble- five occasions, at Australian Open (2012-13 and don was best Grand Slam showing 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) • Has reached 2r at both Australian Open (2011) and • Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, as qualifi- US Open (2015-17), but yet to pass 1r at Roland er, lost to eventual champion Henin in 1r Garros on four main draw outings • In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) and Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) PERSONAL • Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles • Coach and husband is Denis Shteyngart (w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) • They have a daughter, Anna, born in November 2012 (Evgeniya returned to tour in August 2013) • Mother’s name is Oxana (national U16 girls’ tennis PERSONAL coach); brother’s name is Sascha. Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother • Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is Inge; older sister is Maike • Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross coun- try skiing combined with shooting) • Coached by Sebastian Sachs. Physio and fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger

MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

[6] QIANG WANG (CHN #15) vs. [WC] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #55)

Head to Head: VENUS WILLIAMS leads 2-1

2018 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 QIANG WANG 6-4 7-5 100 mins 2017 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R2 VENUS WILLIAMS 4-6 6-4 6-1 109 mins 2017 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 VENUS WILLIAMS 6-4 7-6(3) 101 mins

QIANG WANG VENUS WILLIAMS 15 WTA RANKING 55 42 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 47 14-01-1992 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-06-1980 (39) $568,946 YTD PRIZE MONEY $484,450 $3,602,638 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $41,415,498 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 49 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 22 1-0 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 1-0 11-10 / 86-82 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-6 / 788-238 3-4 / 22-31 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 182-110 4-1 / 13-9 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 133-94 1-0 / 2-5 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 95-20 1-1 / 2-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 73-16 0-1 / 1-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 64-73 0-1 / 5-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / 135-102 1-2 / 15-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / 234-148 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 2r

BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R1 Q. WANG d. L. DAVIS 6-3,6-2 89 mins R1 V. WILLIAMS d. A. SASNOVICH 6-3,6-4 86 mins

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• Making debut appearance in Birmingham; only • Competing as a wildcard in her Nature Valley Classic previous grass court appearances have occurred at debut 2015-18 Wimbledon and 2015 Nature Valley Open • Fourth ever Wimbledon warm-up appearance and • Holds a 2-5 career main draw record on grass first outside of Eastbourne (1997, 1998 and 2011) • Notched maiden grass court victory at 2017 Wimble- • Five-time Wimbledon champion, Williams holds a 95- don; reaching 2r before falling to today’s opponent, 20 main draw record on grass V.Williams • Coming off a 1r loss at Roland Garros to No.9 seed • Coming off a 2r run at Roland Garros, defeating com- Svitolina patriot S.Zheng in 1r (l. Swiatek) • Ousted No.36 Aliaksandra Sasnovich in straights • Downed American qualifier Davis on Wednesday to sets to reach 2r advance to 2r • Faces No.15 Q.Wang today for their fourth career • Faces wildcard Venus Williams in their fourth ca- meeting; previous three occurred at the Grand Slam reer meeting; though the American is leading 2-1, level with Williams triumphing during 2017 Wimble- Q.Wang triumphed in their most recent battle at 2018 don 2r and Roland Garros 1r meetings Roland Garros • Looking to lift 50th career title • Only Chinese player contesting this year’s main draw • At 39, is the oldest in player singles draw, twenty years older than the youngest player, Yastremska at 19-years-old SEASON • Joins Jennifer Brady as the only American women advancing to 2r (compatriot Lauren David knocked • Coming off a 2r run at Roland Garros, defeating out in 1r by today’s opponent, Q.Wang) S.Zheng in 1r (l. Swiatek) • Fell in doubles on Monday partnered with Britain’s • Made 1r exits at Madrid (l. Vekic) and Rome (l. Sinia- Harriet Dart. Only the third time at tournament level kova) before advancing to 2r at Strasbourg (l. Ferro) (excluding Fed Cup and Olympics) playing doubles • Fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. Su-Wei) before second QF ap- with someone other than Serena. Also played 2017 pearance and best clay run of the season at Prague Rome w/Keys and 2008 Doha w/ Wozniacki (l. Pera) • Defeated compatriot Y.Wang in R16 to reach maiden Miami Open QF (l. Halep) SEASON • Recorded R16 run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Andreescu) • Coming off a 1r loss at Roland Garros to No.9 seed • Also made SF at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Svitolina Wells earlier in March (l. eventual champion Golubic) • As wildcard, made R16 at Rome (l. Konta) • Opened 2019 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. • Triumphed over Kasatkina for first time in four career Riske) before reaching 3r at Australian Open for the meetings in 3r at Miami. Lost next round to No.2 first time (l. Sevastova) seed Halep. • Posted QF run at Indian Wells, becoming the oldest player to reach this stage in the tournament’s history CAREER MILESTONES and at a tour-level tournament since 2014 Birming- ham when Date reached the last eight aged 43 • Posted first Top 20 and career-best year-end finish • Beat No.3 Kvitova in 2r at Indian Wells - first Top 5 at No.20 in 2018, up from No.45 in 2017 – marked win since 2017 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Muguruza in RR) fourth Top 100 season in five years • Victory over Barthel in R16 at Indian Wells was 800th • 2018 highlights were title runs at Nanchang (d. (at all levels) of her career. Also signified first time Zheng Saisai in F via ret.) to claim her maiden has won four consecutive matches since her run to tour-level title - dropping only one set en route to title the SF at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Kasatkina). Has not – and second career title at Guangzhou (d. Putint- won five matches in a row since the 2017 US Open seva in F). Became the first Chinese player to reach when she lost in the SF to Stephens the final in Zhuhai • Lost to then-No.1 Halep in straight sets in the 3r at • Other 2018 highlights were finishing R-Up at Hong the Australian Open Kong (l. Yastremska) and Zhuhai (l. Barty); now owns • Reached QF at Auckland (l. qualifier Andreescu) 2-2 record in WTA singles finals. Produced SF showings at Wuhan (ret. vs. Kontaveit w/left thigh injury) – first SF at WTA Premier-level or above – Beijing (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and Hiroshima (l. eventual champion Hsieh) WANG VENUS QIANG VS WILLIAMS

CAREER CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted four victories over Top 10 players in 2018 • Ended 2018 ranked No.40, down on No.5 in 2017 defeating No.9 V.Williams (2018 Roland Garros), • Season highlights were SF run at Indian Wells (d. No.7 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Wuhan), No.7 Ka.Pliskova S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and QF (2018 Beijing) and No.5 Svitolina (2018 Hong Kong); run at Miami (l. Collins) her record now stands at 4-5 • Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past • Enjoyed best result at 2018 Roland Garros by reach- $40 million – S.Williams ($84 million) is the only other ing 3r (l. Putintseva). Defeated No.9 V.Williams in 1r. player to pass this milestone Also achieved best result at US Open with run to 3r • Teamed up with sister Serena at Fed Cup for her first (l. Svitolina) competitive match back since giving birth in Sep- • Achieved first Top 50 year-end finish in 2017, finish- tember 2017 (in dead doubles rubber l. Kerkhove/ ing as China’s No.3. Ascended 25 spots from No.70 Schuurs) in 2016 to No.45 • Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. • Advanced to first WTA SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki). Oldest player to ever reach the title bout Pavlyuchenkova) and captured WTA 125K Series at the season finale title in Zhengzhou • Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open • 2016 highlights included QF runs at Shenzhen (l. (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) – only A.Radwanska), Kuala Lumpur (l. Zhu), Hong Kong player in 2017 to reach two Grand Slam finals (l. Wozniacki) and WTA 125K Series event at Dalian • Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching (l. Min). Also reached 2r at 2016 US Open, upsetting Wimbledon final. Is the third oldest player to rank in No.23 seed Kasatkina in 1r (l. Shvedova) Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (Sep- • Represented China at Rio Olympics and member of tember 26, 1983 – 39 years, 322 days) and Martina Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2012-2016 Navratilova (December 26, 1994 - 38 years, 75 days) • In 2016, posted a 14-1 record between March–May • 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career on the ITF Circuit, winning $50k ITF/Quanzhou-CHN singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is fifth-oldest play- and $100k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN, and finishing runner- er to win a WTA singles title, after Billie Jean King up at $75k ITF/Gifu-JPN (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 • Owns three Top 10 wins in career (3-12 record), de- Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoor] feating No.10 Wozniacki at 2013 Kuala Lumpur, No.9 and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá V.Williams at 2018 Roland Garros and No.7 Ka.Plis- • With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era title- kova at 2018 Wuhan holders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) • On ITF Circuit, owns 13 singles and one doubles title • At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Beijing and main Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching draw debut at 2012 Baku that stage at a major since 2010 US Open • At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy • 2019 Roland Garros marked 19th main draw ap- • Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, pearance at a Grand Slam – record stands at 13-19 missing the end of that season and start of 2012 across the majors • Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics • Reached 3r for the first time at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times (l. Putintseva) - defeated No.9 V.Williams in 1r. Since with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London matched with 3r showing at 2018 US Open (l. Svitoli- • Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first as- na) and 2019 Australian Open (l. Sevastova) cended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and • Previously had reached 2r on seven occasions: at topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 2014 US Open (l. Dellacqua), 2015 US Open (l. • Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as Strycova), 2016 Australian Open (l. Friedsam), 2016 unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro), 2016 US Open (l. to then-world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets Shvedova), 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Swiatek) • Made major debut at 2014 US Open WANG VENUS QIANG VS WILLIAMS

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Began playing tennis at age nine as a way to keep fit • 2019 Roland Garros marked 82st Grand Slam main • Would have become a teacher if not a tennis player draw appearance, the most in the Open Era • Admires Zheng Jie • Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, • Split earlier this year with long-term coach Peter winning Wimbledon five times: 2000-01 2005 and McNamara 2007-08. Also won US Open in 2000 (d. Davenport in • Currently coached by Thomas Drouet F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F) • In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all four majors: Wimbledon (2002-03, 2009 and 2017), US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017) • The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open in 1997 and 2017 Wimbledon is the longest in Open Era history, followed by Navratilova 1975-94 • Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Wil- liams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon. Haul includes two US Opens (1999, 2009) • In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/Gimels- tob) and Roland Garros (w/Gimelstob, d. S.Willams/ Lobo in F) in 1998

PERSONAL

• Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits • Chief Brand Officer of Asutra, a self-care line • In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East • Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price. Split with long-term coach David Witt during off-season • Celebrated 39th birthday on June 17, 2019 NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC JUNE 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC - DAY 3 MATCH-UPS

[Q] KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #112) vs. [3] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Series tied 4-4 This is the first main draw meeting featuring twins in WTA history...ThePliskova twins have met eight total times in main draw matches across all levels, incl. once at a WTA tournament (2013 Eastbourne qualifying)

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #37) vs. [7] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #18) Konta leads 2-1 Ostapenko is seeking her first Top 20 win since 2018 Miami...Konta leads the tour in break points saved with a 64.4% rate and is the lone Brit remaining in the field

MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #62) vs. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #25) Martic leads 1-0 Gasparyan upset No.7 Svitolina last round and is bidding to reach her second career QF at Premier-level... Martic is aiming to reach her first-career QF on grass

SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #28) vs. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #51) Strycova leads 2-1 Hsieh notched fourth Top 10 win of season beating No.10 Sabalenka in last round, faces doubles partner Strycova today...The Czech ended a four-match losing streak last round and is looking for her third Top 50 victory of the 2019 season

RANKING WATCH A NEW CHAMPION This is the first time in the tournament’s 37 year history The Nature Valley Classic will celebrate a new champi- that the Top 3 ranked players in the world will compete in on on Sunday as there are no previous winners in the Birmingham. No.1 Naomi Osaka can hold onto the top 32 person draw. The 2017-18 champion, Petra Kvitova, spot by making the final this week however No.2 Ash- was set to attempt a three peat but withdrew with an arm leigh Barty is hot on her heels and can take over at No.1 injury that also kept her out of Roland Garros as well as if she wins the title and Osaka does not make the final. an early withdrawal from 2016 champion, Madison Keys. No.3 Karolina Pliskova does not have a shot at reaching Their exit opens the door for a new queen in Birmingham. World No.1 this week. Looking for redemption will be previous runners-up, Ash- Top 10 Ranked Players in Birmingham leigh Barty (2017, l. Kvitova), Barbora Strycova (2016,

PLAYER RANK SEED BEST PREVIOUS RESULT l. Keys; 2014, l. Ivanovic), Karolina Pliskova (2015, l. Kerber) and Donna Vekic (2013, l. Hantuchova). NAOMI OSAKA 1 1 2r: 2017 and 2018 ASHLEIGH BARTY 2 2 R-UP: 2017 Other players who could make a run include British No.1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3 3 R-Up: 2015 Johanna Konta who is coming off a SF run in Roland ELINA SVITOLINA 7 4 QF: 2018 Garros and Venus Williams, a five-time Wimbledon champion, who received a wildcard to play here in Bir- ARYNA SABALENKA 10 5 First appearance mingham for the first time ever. WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

MAKING HISTORY ON THIS DAY...

The Pliskova twins are tied in their head-to-head June 19, 1991 - Martina Navratilova incredibly loses meetings, 4-4 - the match today in Birmingham will be the only two points on her serve and beats Brenda Schultz first main draw meeting between the two of the Netherlands, 6-1, 6-2, in only 36 minutes to reach the quarterfinals of the pre-Wimbledon tune-up event in They also met twice in 2006 at Malta ITF Junior Tourna- Eastbourne, England. ment and $10k Cavtat CRO ITF (split both meetings) June 19, 1993 - Navratilova wins the singles title at - This will also mark the first main draw meeting featuring Eastbourne for a record 11th time, defeating Miriam twins in WTA history Oremans of the Netherlands 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. The title is the 164th of Navratilova’s singles career.

ACE QUEENS

BEST ACES PER MATCH AVERAGE

7.87 - Kristyna Pliskova 7.36 - Serena Williams 6.77 - Karolina Pliskova 5.88 - CoCo Vandeweghe 5.57 - Nadia Petrova

*Among players who have played 100 main draw matches since the Match Stats Era (since 2008)

Karolina (263) and Kristyna (185) rank second and third behind Kiki Bertens (283) for the number of Aces struck PLISKOVA FIRSTS so far in 2019

GIRLS GRAND SLAM TITLE

Advantage: Karolina

Karolina won the 2010 Australian Open Girls Singles Title Kristyna won the 2010 Wimbledon Girls Singles Title

TOP 100 DEBUT

Advantage: Kristyna

Kristyna made her Top 100 debut on January 28, 2013 Karolina made her Top 100 debut on March 4, 2013

MOST ACES IN A MATCH

Advantage: Kristyna

Kristyna owns WTA record hitting 31 aces at 2016 Austra- lian Open R64 match Karolina hit a career-high 21 aces in the first round of 2014 Indian Wells MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #112) vs. KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 4-3 (ITF MAIN DRAW ONLY)

2012 GRENOBLE HARD I F KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(11) 7-6(6) 2012 ANDREZIEUX HARD I QF KRISTYNA PLISKOVA 6-3 6-2 2011 VENDRYNE HARD O QF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-1 6-1 2011 NINGBO HARD O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-3 6-4 2010 BRATISLAVA 2 HARD O R16 KRISTYNA PLISKOVA 6-3 6-3 52 mins 2010 KURUME CLAY O F KRISTYNA PLISKOVA 5-7 6-2 6-0 2010 GIFU CLAY O SF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-4 6-2

KRISTYNA PLISKOVA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 112 WTA RANKING 3 70 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 21-03-1992 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (27) $247,364 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,694,753 $2,405,461 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $17,069,194 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 13 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 2-2 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 5-5 8-11 / 67-106 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 30-8 / 287-150 4-2 / 25-48 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 14-6 / 95-51 3-2 / 32-27 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 58-60 1-1 / 9-18 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 29-15 0-0 / 3-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-0 / 28-19 0-0 / 0-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 13-18 0-0 / 3-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 27-37 0-0 / 4-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 53-68 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #112) KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) R3-Q: d. MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #118) 4-6,6-4,6-2 (2h02) R32: d. MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #40) 6-3,6-4 (1h09) R2-Q: d. JESSICA PEGULA (USA #75) 6-3,6-4 (1h17) R32: d. VIKTORIYA TOMOVA (BUL #190) 6-3,6-4 (1h01)

Total games: 19 Total games: 19 Won/lost: 12-7 Won/lost: 12-7 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h01 Total time on court: 1h09 Average time on court: 1h01 Average time on court: 1h09 Average rank of opponent: 190 Average rank of opponent: 40

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

KRISTYNA PLISKOVA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 2018 R1 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) 3-6 7-5 6-4 R1 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #19) 6-2 6-3

2016 2016 R16- L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #72) 6-3 7-6(8) R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #30) 6-4 7-6(7) Q 2013 2015 R2 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #26) 6-4 6-2 F L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #10) 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(4) 2014 R1 L - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #104) 7-6(1) 6-3

2013 R1 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #101) 6-3 6-2

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• Making third main draw appearance at Nature Valley • Making sixth appearance at Birmingham, where she Classic (fourth overall) was R-Up in 2015 (l. Kerber) • Reached 2r on debut in 2013 (l. Lisicki) • Has fallen in straight sets in 1r on all other visits to • Most recently reached main draw through qualifying the Edgbaston Priory Club in 2018, lost 1r to No.14 Kasatkina • Accepted wildcard and enters tournament at World • Last year’s run came in only the second tournament No.3, this is the first time in the tournament’s 37-year of her career on grass at the WTA level history the Top 3 ranked players have been in the • Reached main draw this year through qualiyfing main draw. again (d. Bouzkova, Pegula and Zhuk) • A win today would be 30th career win on grass • Downed fellow qualifier Tomova in 1r yesterday • Downed Buzarnescu in straight sets to reach 2r • Faces twin sister No.3 Karolina in first WTA main • Faces twin sister, Kristyna in first WTA main draw draw match - Kristyna is two minutes older match (Kristyna won qualifying match in 2013 East- • Kristyna won qualifying match in 2013 Eastbourne - bourne - their most recent meeting) their most recent meeting • Faced each other seven times on ITF circuit from • Has yet to win a match against a Top 5 ranked player 2010-2012 with Karolina taking four of those (0-6 record) • Owns 5-0 record against left-handers this year and • This will be first Top 5 match of the year - last lost to 28-19 career record No.1 Halep in 2018 Madrid 3r • Has played a tour-leading 20 three-set matches in • Only player on Aces Top 10 leaderboard who has 2019 (14-6 record) played under 20 matches - currently ninth on tour • Among one of the top servers on tour with 263 aces with 124 aces including 11 from her 1r match against Buzarnescu (only behind Bertens who has 283) • Entering Birmingham, led tour in service points won SEASON (63.2%) and service games won (79.8%) • Currently in No.3 position on the Porsche Race to • Coming off 1r exit in Roland Garros (l. Davis) Shenzhen – top eight players of 2019 qualify for the • Reached 2r in Nurnberg (l. Brengle) season finale at the WTA Finals Shenzhen • Failed to reach main draw in Rome losing in 2r of qualifying to Cornet • After successfully making it through qualifying in SEASON Madrid, exited in 2r (l. Vekic) • Fell 1r at her home event in Prague (l. Vikhlyantseva) • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic) • Began clay court season with 1r exit at Charleston (l. • Won 13th career title at Rome, first Czech woman to Kozlova) before reaching SF at Lugano (l. Swiatek) lift the trophy since 1978; win over Azarenka in QF • Fell 1r at Miami (as LL, l. Jabeur) and in qualifying was her 500th (at all levels) at Indian Wells. Also made QF in singles and won • Along with Kvitova and Bertens, is one of three play- doubles title (w/Rodina) at WTA 125K Series event at ers to win two titles so far in 2019 (Brisbane, Rome) Indian Wells • Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Kozlova) • Reached QF at WTA 125K Series event at Guadala- • Withdrew from Prague w/viral illness jara • Lost opening match as defending champion at Stutt- • During Middle East swing, made 2r at Doha (as LL, l. gart (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) Mertens) and contested qualifying at Dubai • Reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, • Began season with 2r showings at Shenzhen (l. losing to Barty in straight sets in the final Niculescu) and Australian Open (l. S.Zhang) • Fell in 3s to Bencic in QF at Indian Wells • Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at Dubai before losing 6-4 1-6 7-5 CAREER MILESTONES • Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness • Was unable to prevent defending champions Czech • Ended 2018 ranked No.97 for third consecutive Top Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of 100 finish Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep) • Season highlights were QF showings at Shenzhen, • Produced best Australian Open performance of Charleston, Prague and Nurnberg career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in • In 2017, reaching second WTA singles final, finishing 3s); saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF R-Up Prague (l. Barthel). Also reached QF stage at • Began season by triumphing at Brisbane Internation- Shenzhen, Biel, Strasbourg and Mallorca al (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won at least one WTA title for seven consecutive seasons KRISTYNA KAROLINA PLISKOVA VS PLISKOVA

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• Posted equal-best Grand Slam result at 2017 Austra- • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, lian Open, advancing to 3r (l. No.1 Kerber) triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and • Achieved new career-high ranking of No.35 on July Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in 31, 2017 Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) Season highlight in 2016 was reaching first WTA • At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at singles final at Tashkent, defeating Hibino in final for Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r first career singles title at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first • Holds WTA record for most aces served in a match – time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing 31 vs. Puig at 2016 Australian Open, beating Lisicki’s at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) 27 vs. Bencic at 2015 Birmingham (Kr.Pliskova • Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending cham- surrendered five match points and lost match) pion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. even- • Aside from run to final at 2016 Tashkent and 3r at tual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). Miami (l. Begu), did not progress beyond 2r at any Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments other tour-level event, falling at this stage at Aus- • Helped Czech Republic win sixth Fed Cup in past tralian Open (l. Puig), Miami (l. Begu), Katowice (l. eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. Germany) Ostapenko) and Luxembourg (l. Davis) • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- • Owns three WTA doubles titles (all with sister Karo- ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first lina); at 2013 Linz (first twins to win a WTA title) and Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the 2014 Bad Gastein and Hong Kong computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina • On ITF Circuit, most recently reached final at 2017 Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while $80k ITF/Olomouc-CZE. Overall owns 10 ITF singles representing USA) and eight doubles titles • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in • Made WTA main draw debut as WC at 2007 Prague F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. (l. Bartoli) Wozniacki in F) • In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. GRAND SLAM HISTORY Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe) • Holds a 13-12 record in singles finals, having won • 2019 Roland Garros marked 22nd Grand Slam main having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart, draw appearance; across the majors, win-loss record 2019 Rome), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 East- stands at 10-18 bourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, • Has reached 3r on two occasions at majors – at 2017 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Australian Open (l. Kerber) and 2015 Wimbledon (l. Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane) Niculescu) • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 • Best result at US Open is 2r in 2012 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles • Wimbledon junior singles champion in 2010 (d. finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first Ishizu in F) set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish first time in WTA history, three Czech women inside PERSONAL Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova)

• Began playing tennis at age four • Favorite foods are strawberries, melons and Italian GRAND SLAM HISTORY cuisine • Has a twin sister – Karolina. In 2013, became the • 2019 Roland Garros marked 28th Grand Slam ap- first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title pearance • Plays left-handed. Twin sister Karolina is right-hand- • Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 ed US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in • Coached by Jaro Levinsky and trains at Sparta Pra- R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became ha Tennis Club first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) KRISTYNA KAROLINA PLISKOVA VS PLISKOVA

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• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r)

PERSONAL

• Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club • Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon • Currently coached by Conchita Martínez, and previously coached by Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #37) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #18)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 2-1

2018 MONTREAL HARD O R1 JOHANNA KONTA 6-7(6) 6-1 6-2 123 mins 2018 ROME CLAY O R16 JELENA OSTAPENKO 2-6 6-3 6-4 134 mins 2017 EASTBOURNE GRASS O R16 JOHANNA KONTA 7-5 3-6 6-4 138 mins

JELENA OSTAPENKO JOHANNA KONTA 37 WTA RANKING 18 102 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9 08-06-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-05-1991 (28) $452,467 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,250,509 $7,986,951 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $8,430,928 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 3-1 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 6-6 9-15 / 101-86 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 26-9 / 154-95 4-4 / 36-29 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 11-2 / 39-41 1-3 / 28-16 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-6 / 34-27 1-0 / 18-9 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 35-22 1-3 / 9-13 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 12-13 0-0 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-10 0-2 / 8-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / 18-21 0-5 / 12-25 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-5 / 35-35 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #37) JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #18) R32: d. IGA SWIATEK (POL #65) 6-0,6-2 (0h51) R32: d. ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) 6-4,6-2 (1h12)

Total games: 14 Total games: 18 Won/lost: 12-2 Won/lost: 12-6 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 0h51 Total time on court: 1h12 Average time on court: 0h51 Average time on court: 1h12 Average rank of opponent: 65 Average rank of opponent: 20

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JELENA OSTAPENKO JOHANNA KONTA 2016 2018 QF L - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-4

2017 R16 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #30) 6-1 6-3

2016 R16 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #49) 6-3 6-3

2015 R2 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #12) 3-6 6-3 6-4

2014 R2 L - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #135) 6-4 6-2

2013 R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #39) 6-4 6-1

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• Making second appearance at the Nature Valley • Making seventh main draw appearance on home Open, where she reached the QF in only previous soil at Birmingham, tying best runs in 2016-17 by appearance in 2016 (d. No. 11 Kivtova, l. eventual reaching R16 champion Keys) • Defeated Kontaveit in 1r on Monday to notch her • Downed 18-year-old Swiatek in less than an hour in second career win over the Estonian 1r action, converting 6 of 7 break points (85.7%) • Faces Ostapenko today in R16; winning two of three • Faces Konta in R16 today; won one of three previ- previous encounters against the 2017 Roland Garros ous career meetings en route to 2018 Rome QF (l. Champion, including a grass court victory at 2017 Sharapova) Eastbourne • Has yet to win a Top 20 match this year (0-5 record) • Owns a 35-22 main draw record on grass reaching • Last win against a Top 20 player came in 2018 Miami two finals on the surface in back to back years in Final run defeating No.9 Kvitova in R16 and No.4 Nottingham (2017, l. Vekic; 2018, l. Barty) Svitolina in QF (l. Stephens) • Entering the tournament, led tour for break points • Owns a 18-9 career main draw record on grass saved with 64.4% • Posted a 7-2 record on grass last year improving • First accompanied by Watson and Dart, now the only upon 2017 QF run at Wimbledon by reaching the SF remaining British player in the field in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber) and becoming • Looking to make a jump onto Porsche Race to the first woman from Latvia to reach SF at Wimble- Shenzhen leaderboard (currently at No.9) - top eight don players of 2019 qualify for the season finale at the WTA Finals Shenzhen SEASON

• Recorded 1r exits at Roland Garros (l. Azarenka) and SEASON Rome (l. Buzarnescu) • Coming off historic run at Roland Garros, recording • Made 2r run at Madrid (d. Pavlyuchenkova, l. Ber- maiden 1r win in Paris before moving on to become tens) after falling 1r at Bogota (l. Ahn) and Stuttgart the first British woman to reach the SF since Jo (l. Sevastova) Durie’s run to the same stage in 1983 • Notched best result on clay by reaching R16 at • Re-enterd Top 20 on June 10, 2019 for the first time Charleston (l. Keys) since March 2018 (dropped as low as No.50) • Partnered with Daniela Vismane to win lone rubber • Posted R-Up finish in Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) in sec- during Latvia’s 1-3 Fed Cup World Group Play-off ond clay final of the season; now 3-5 in WTA finals loss to Germany • Exited 2r at Madrid (l. Halep) • During ‘Sunshine Double’ made 3r at Indian Wells • Was R-Up at Rabat (l. Sakkari, after leading by a set (l. Vondrousova) and 2r at Miami (after 1r bye, l. and a break) – marked first final in 10 months (2018 Vondrousova) Nottingham) and first ever final on red clay (had nev- • Fell 2r at Doha (l. Svitolina) and 1r at Dubai (l. Brady) er previously reached tour-level QF on the surface) • Won both rubbers during Latvia’s 4-0 Fed Cup World • Until Rabat, where she won four matches, had never Group II win over Slovakia won more than two consecutive main draw matches • Posted first win of season during 2r showing at St. on red clay and had not won three matches in a row Petersburg (d. Mladenovic, l. Pavlyuchenkova) on it since qualifying for Roland Garros in 2015. Not • Made 1r exits at first three tournaments of the sea- since winning her first ITF Circuit title in Mostar in son Shenzhen (l. Niculescu), Sydney (l. Barty) and 2008 had she won four consecutive matches on red Australian Open (l. Sakkari) clay (all levels) • In Fed Cup action in London in April, posted three- set wins over Diyas and Putintseva to help Britain CAREER MILESTONES secure a place in the competition’s World Group II in 2020 (Great Britain d. Kazakhstan, 3-1) • Ended 2018 season at No.22, with season highlight- • During ‘Sunshine Double’, reached 3r at Indian Wells ed by R-Up finish at Miami (l. Stephens). Record in (l. Bertens) and 2r at Miami (l. Q.Wang) singles finals now stands at 2-4 • Reached first QF of year at Acapulco (l. Vekic) • Saw off No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina during Mi- • On February, won all four of her Fed Cup matches to ami run to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same help Great Britain progress from Europe/Africa Zone tournament for the first time in her career Group I to World Group II play-offs • Elsewhere in 2018, made SF at Wimbledon (l. Ker- • Lost to Muguruza in 2r at Australian Open in a three- ber) and reached four further QFs JELENA JOHANNA OSTAPENKO VS KONTA

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• Won both singles rubbers (d. Makarova and Pavly- set match which lasted two hours 42 minutes and uchenkova in straight sets) to help Latvia beat Rus- finished at 03:12am – one of the latest finishes in the sia 3-2. Latvia will play in 2019 Fed Cup World Group tournament’s history II for the first time • Retired in final round of qualifying at Sydney vs. Al- • Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the exandrova w/neck injury. Received Lucky Loser spot, year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at but withdrew prior to 1r match vs. Bertens w/same No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) injury. Was first time in qualifying since 2015 Linz and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish) • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, making 2r (d. • Won first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam No.6 Stephens, l. Tomljanovic). Defeat of Stephens trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), where was first over a Top 10 player since upsetting No.2 she became the lowest-ranked (No.47), and first Halep at 2017 Wimbledon unseeded, player to lift the trophy in the Open Era • Clinched second tour-level title at Seoul in Septem- ber (d. Haddad Maia in F) as top seed CAREER MILESTONES • Seoul title, and subsequent SF runs at Wuhan and Beijing, helped earn her first-ever qualification at • Finished 2018 at No.37, with season highlights a WTA Finals, where she went 1-2 in the group stage – second consecutive R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. d. Ka.Pliskova; l. V.Williams and Muguruza Barty) – overall record in WTA finals now stands at • Advanced to third career singles final at 2017 3-5 Q1 – and SF showing at Moscow [Kremlin Cup] Charleston in April, falling to then fellow 19-year-old (l. eventual champion Kasatkina) Kasatkina; was the first all-teenage final on tour since • Also in 2018, reached QF at Brisbane and San Jose, 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) while best results at the Slams were 2r showings at • Upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first Australian Open and Wimbledon win over a reigning World No.1 • Posted five Top 20 wins in 2018, over No.19 Keys • Following run to 3r at 2017 US Open (l. Kasatkina), (Brisbane), No.19 Rybarikova (Madrid and Rome), made her Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, No.11 Ostapenko (Montréal) and No.16 Mertens 2017 (Moscow [Kremlin Cup]) • In doubles, won first and second career titles in • Posted career-high season finish of No.9 (second 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart Top 10 season in a row). Peaked in rankings at No.4 (w/Atawo) on July 17, 2017 • 2016 season highlight and breakthrough result was • Began 2017 season by lifting title at Sydney (d. reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of ca- • Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec reer at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) City (l. Beck) • At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since • Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was sec- eventual R-Up V.Williams) ond- highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina • Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) (l. Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year • Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012 in a row at home event of Eastbourne – conceded walkover to eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury during her QF GRAND SLAM HISTORY defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell heavily on match point, but won match after treatment) • Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), be- • Win over Kerber was first by a British woman over a coming first woman to win her first tour-level title at a reigning No.1 since Barker d. Evert at 1979 Boston Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian • Owns six Top 5 wins, over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wu- Open (d. Walsh in F) han, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep • Is one of seven players born in the 1990s to win at 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne, a Grand Slam title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 No.2 Halep at 2017 Wimbledon and No.4 Bertens at Wimbledon, Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and 2019 Rome 2017 Wimbledon, Stephens at 2017 US Open, • Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open, Halep at 2018 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) Roland Garros and Osaka at 2018 US Open and • Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore in 2016, 2019 Australian Open) narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not • Improved upon her 2017 result by reaching the SF called upon to play JELENA JOHANNA OSTAPENKO VS KONTA

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of Wimbledon in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber) • By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA becoming the first woman representing Latvia to Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the reach SF at Wimbledon elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British • Best result to date at Australian Open and US Open woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker) is reaching 3r in 2017 and 2018 • Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in • Fell in 1r at all four majors in 2016, however, reached maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/Marach, l. to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Road- eventual champions Kontinen/Watson map was introduced in 2009 • Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the PERSONAL week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20) • Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by • Works with Glen Schaap (as of June 2018) and her international media and fans mother, Jelena Jakovleva • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, • Father is Jevgenijs, half-brother is Maksim Ostapen- making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen ko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there) • Previously worked with David Taylor from December GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2017 until 2018 Roland Garros • Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis • 2019 Roland Garros marked 22nd main draw ap- – watched Gulbis’ QF match at Roland Garros from pearance at a Grand Slam his box in 2014 • Is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam • Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Austra- • Speaks Latvian, English and Russian lian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park since Sue Barker in December 1977, and at any Grand Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open • Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last four since Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova) • Became the eighth active player to reach a major SF on hard, grass and clay: also Azarenka, Bouchard, Halep, Kvitova, Sharapova, S.Williams and V.Wil- liams • Also made QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), while at US Open made R16, in 2015 (l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova) PERSONAL

• Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012. Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriel- la (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion) • Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the Hungarian ‘Golden Team’ with Ferenc Puskas in 1955 • Switched clothing sponsor from Asics to Ellesse • Currently working with Dimitri Zavialoff, having parted ways with Michael Joyce at the end of 2018 season

MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #62) vs. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #25)

Head to Head: PETRA MARTIC leads 1-0

2019 ISTANBUL CLAY O SF PETRA MARTIC 6-1 52 mins

MARGARITA GASPARYAN PETRA MARTIC 62 WTA RANKING 25 95 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 17 01-09-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 19-01-1991 (28) $237,067 YTD PRIZE MONEY $950,095 $1,229,892 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,884,600 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 1 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-0 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 2-1 7-9 / 36-36 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 19-8 / 109-112 5-4 / 14-12 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 8-2 / 46-31 3-1 / 9-6 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-4 / 28-26 2-1 / 2-3 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 9-7 1-0 / 2-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 8-9 0-1 / 0-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 2-12 1-1 / 2-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-3 / 4-23 1-4 / 4-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / 13-38 * Updated entering Birmingham 2r

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MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #62) PETRA MARTIC (CRO #25) R32: d. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) 6-3,3-6,6-4 (1h53) R32: d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #50) 6-3,7-5 (1h26)

Total games: 28 Total games: 21 Won/lost: 15-13 Won/lost: 13-8 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h53 Total time on court: 1h26 Average time on court: 1h53 Average time on court: 1h26 Average rank of opponent: 7 Average rank of opponent: 50

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

MARGARITA GASPARYAN PETRA MARTIC 2015 2018 R1-Q L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #73) 6-3 6-3 R16 L - MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #30) 4-6 6-3 6-2

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• Making main draw debut at Nature Valley Classic, • Making second appearance at Birmingham, having having previously fallen in qualifying in 2015 previously fallen R16 in 2018 (l. Buzarnescu) • Qualifying exit here in 2015 (l. Falconi) was first tour- • In 1r this year, broke serve three times to see off nament of career on grass (at all levels) Alexandrova in straight sets • Since then has played only three more tournaments • Faces Gasparyan in 2r today, bidding to reach first on the surface: 1r exits at 2015 Wimbledon (as grass court QF of her career qualifier, l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 • Overcame Gasparyan (via ret. w/dizziness) en route Wimbledon (l. Allertova), and last week’s 2r showing to maiden career title at Istanbul in April at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Minnen) • Career highlight on grass was run through qualifying • Initially outside the main draw cut-off for Birmingham, to R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) however moved into the draw on Thursday after • Best showing by a Croatian here in Birmingham was compatriot Pavlyuchenkova’s withdrawal (w/left ankle Vekic’s R-Up showing in 2013 (l. Hantuchova) injury) • Upset No.7 Svitolina in 1r on Monday - the second SEASON Top 10 win of her career (also No.10 Bertens at 2018 Linz) • Reached first Slam QF of career at Roland Garros (l. • Faces Martic in 2r today, bidding to reach second Vondrousova); upset No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova in 3r to career QF at a Premier-level event - previously made register fourth Top 10 win of career - also No.8 Bar- that stage at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova) toli (2012 Roland Garros), No.5 Kvitova (2012 Tokyo • This time last year was ranked No.503 having recent- [PPO]) and No.6 Ostapenko (2018 Indian Wells) ly returned from seven months out w/knee injury • Rose to career-high No.24 in the rankings following • One of three Russian women in the starting field Paris run (June 10, 2019) (also Alexandrova and Rodina) • Ended clay court season with 15-3 record - joint-best on tour with Vondrousova • Withdrew from Strasbourg w/back injury SEASON • Made QF at Madrid (l. Stephens) • Lifted maiden career WTA title at Istanbul (d. Von- • Coming off 2r showing at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Min- drousova in F); record in WTA singles finals is now nen) 1-2, having finished R-Up at 2012 Kuala Lumpur and • Highlight of clay court season was SF at Istanbul 2018 Bucharest (ret. vs. Martic w/dizziness). Also fell 1r at Prague • In April, reached first Premier-level SF of career at (l. Q.Wang), Madrid (l. Halep) and Roland Garros (l. Charleston (l. Wozniacki) Blinkova), and contested qualifying at Rome • During Sunshine Double made 1r exit at Indian Wells • Reached 2r at Monterrey (l. eventual champion Mu- (l. Linette) and reached 2r at Miami (d. S.Zhang, l. guruza) and fell 1r at Miami (l. Parmentier) eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova) • At St. Petersburg suffered 1r defeat in singles (as • Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova) qualifier, l. Azarenka) before bouncing back to lift • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Stephens) doubles title w/Makarova - now 4-1 in career doubles • Fell 1r in season opener at Auckland (l. Kenin) finals • Opened season with 2r showing at Australian Open (l. Mertens) CAREER MILESTONES

• Enjoyed best season of career in 2018, finishing CAREER MILESTONES at No.32 for career-best year-end finish, posting a career best 26-17 record • Started the 2018 season unranked and re-entered • Highlights of season included reaching second WTA the Top 100 at No.92 on November 12, 2018 singles final of career at Bucharest (l. Sevastova), • Scored first Top 10 win of her career over No.10 Ber- QF at Indian Wells (d. No.6 Ostapenko, l. Halep) and tens at 2018 Linz (since then has also beaten No.7 R16 at Australian Open (l. Mertens) Svitolina at 2019 Birmingham) • Also in 2018 won WTA 125K Series title at Chicago • At No.299, became the lowest-ranked player to win (d. Barthel in F) a WTA title in 2018 at Tashkent – and second-lowest • In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years ranked WTA champion of all time after Angelique over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros – first match vs. a Widjaja at 2001 Bali (ranked No.579) Top 20 player since 2015 Guangzhou (l. No.2 Halep). Followed this by upsetting No.19 Sevastova in 3r MARGARITA PETRA GASPARYAN VS MARTIC

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• Sidelined for half of 2016 and most of 2017 due to • In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months knee surgeries, made comeback at 2017 Kremlin out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to Cup (fell in qualifying) win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA (previous • Ended 2015 season ranked No.62, her best year-end tournament was a loss to U.Radwanska in qualifying finish. 2015 season was highlighted by winning first for 2016 Wimbledon) career title at Baku (unseeded, d. Tig in F) and two • In addition to title at 2019 Istanbul is a two-time sin- doubles titles (Baku and Tashkent, both w/Panova) gles R-Up, at 2012 Kuala Lumpur (ret. vs. Hsieh w/ • Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015 heat illness) and 2018 Bucharest (l. Sevastova) (awarded to Gavrilova) • A four-time doubles runner-up, at 2012 Paris [In- • Reached career-high rankings during the 2016 sea- doors], 2012 Bad Gastein, 2013 Marrakech (w/Mlad- son - No.41 in singles (week of Feb. 15, 2016) and enovic) and 2016 Monterrey (w/M.Sanchez) No.25 in doubles (week of May 6, 2016) • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after • On ITF Circuit, owns nine singles titles and eight US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a doubles Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49 • First played WTA qualifying at 2010 Moscow and • Owns three career wins over Top 10 opponents, made main draw debut at same event (Kremlin Cup) defeating No.8 Bartoli at 2012 Roland Garros, No.5 in 2012 Kvitova at 2012 Tokyo [PPO] and No.6 Ostapenko at • Member of victorious Junior Fed Cup in 2010 for 2018 Indian Wells Russia, alongside Gavrilova • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team 2008-2010, 2012, 2014 • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2007 Miami (WC) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2005 • 2019 Roland Garros marked eighth career Grand Slam main draw appearance • Achieved best result at a Grand Slam by reaching GRAND SLAM HISTORY R16 at 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Wil- • 2019 Roland Garros marked 29th Grand Slam main liams). Was her debut appearance at the tournament draw appearance, where she made her first QF (l. • Scored first career Top 20 win over No.19 Errani in Vondrousova) 1r, at Melbourne in 2016 • Reached R16 on four occasions across the Slams, • Only other Grand Slam win came during 2r showing at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Mertens), Wimbledon at 2019 Australian Open (d. Zhu, l. Mertens) in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and Roland Garros in 2012 • Has fallen in 1r on other Grand Slam appearances, (l. Kerber) and 2017 (as qualifier, l. Svitolina after at 2015-16, 2019 Roland Garros, 2015-16 Wimble- leading 5-2 in final set) don and 2018 US Open • Was ranked No.290 during 2017 Roland Garros run – the lowest-ranked player to reach R16 at a Grand Slam since the unranked Henin finished R-Up at PERSONAL 2010 Australian Open (l. S.Williams). Since 1983, the only other player outside the Top 200 to reach R16 in • Born, lives and trains in Moscow Paris was No.279 Martínez in 1988 • Coached by Carlos Martinez • Roland Garros exploits in 2017 ended run of seven • Mother, Liudmila, is a hairdresser; father, Melik, is 1r losses at the majors (did not contest main draw at Armenian and a businessman; younger sister, Ekat- any of the Slams in 2016) erina, is still in school – she plays volleyball • At US Open, fell 2r twice, in 2009 and 2011 Made 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2009 Roland Gar- ros (as qualifier, l. Wozniak)

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• Coached by former player Sandra Zaniewska • Mother’s name is Sandra Martic; she was a handball player • Favorite food is pancakes; favorite drink is Orangina; favorite city is Paris MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #28) vs. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #51)

Head to Head: BARBORA STRYCOVA leads 2-1

2018 AUCKLAND HARD O QF SU-WEI HSIEH 0-6 6-2 6-2 116 mins 2014 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R1 BARBORA STRYCOVA 6-1 4-6 6-1 113 mins 2013 OSAKA HARD O R1 BARBORA STRYCOVA 6-2 6-2 78 mins

SU-WEI HSIEH BARBORA STRYCOVA 28 WTA RANKING 51 21 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 83 04-01-1986 (33) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 28-03-1986 (33) $1,007,069 YTD PRIZE MONEY $668,827 $7,030,605 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,740,881 0 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 2 / 22 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 25 4-3 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 17-7 19-13 / 130-143 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 11-11 / 281-278 9-5 / 54-46 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 94-73 5-3 / 29-38 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-5 / 62-70 1-0 / 17-22 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 38-30 1-2 / 14-18 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-5 / 25-32 2-3 / 4-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 6-30 4-4 / 7-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 9-55 7-6 / 13-41 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 27-89 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #28) BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #51) R32: d. [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) 6-3,2-6,7-6(1) (1h56) R32: d. HEATHER WATSON (GBR #115) 3-6,6-3,6-4 (2h29)

Total games: 30 Total games: 28 Won/lost: 15-15 Won/lost: 15-13 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Total time on court: 1h56 Total time on court: 2h29 Average time on court: 1h56 Average time on court: 2h29 Average rank of opponent: 10 Average rank of opponent: 115

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SU-WEI HSIEH BARBORA STRYCOVA 2017 2018 R1 L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #21) 6-4 6-4 SF L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #19) 7-6(1) 6-4

2013 2017 R1 L - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #42) 6-2 6-3 R16 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #77) 6-3 3-6 6-1

2012 2016 QF L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #54) 3-6 6-3 6-3 F L - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-3 6-4

2006 2015 R1-Q L - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #169) 7-5 6-2 R16 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #43) 7-6(4) 6-2

2014 F L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-3 6-2

2009 R2 L - MELINDA CZINK (HUN #57) 6-2 6-3

2004 R1 L - SHENAY PERRY (USA #88) 6-3 6-3

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• Making fourth main draw appearance at Birmingham • Making eighth appearance at Birmingham, where (fifth overall) she is a two-time runner-up, in 2014 (l. Ivanovic) and • Best result here - and at any grass court event - was 2016 (l. Keys) 2012’s QF showing (l. Makarova) • Last year, made SF (l. Rybarikova); upset No.3 Mu- • Upset No.10 Sabalenka in 1r. Now owns four Top 10 guruza en route – her most recent career Top 10 win wins in 2019, having previously beaten No.7 Kerber • Won doubles title here in 2016 (w/Ka.Pliskova) and No.5 Ka.Pliskova (at Dubai) and No.1 Osaka (at • In 1r this year, prevailed in hard-fought encounter Miami) with wildcard Watson to end four-match losing streak • Faces doubles partner Strycova in 2r today - pairing • Takes on No.28 Hsieh in 2r today, bidding for third defeated Jurak/Srebotnik in 1r on Tuesday Top 50 win of 2019, having previously beaten No.44 • Recovered from losing a 22-minute opening set to Kuzmova (Istanbul) and No.44 Siniakova (Prague) win most recent meeting with Strycova en route to • One of three Czech players to reach 2r (also Ka.Plis- SF at 2018 Auckland kova and Kr.Pliskova, who face each other). A Czech • Contesting Birmingham ranked No.28. This time last has made the final each year since Birmingham year, sat at No.37 in the rankings gained Premier-status in 2014 • Last year posted 5-3 record on grass, highlighted by R16 run at Wimbledon (d. Halep in 3r, l. Cibulkova) • Owns two doubles titles on grass, at 2012 Birming- SEASON ham (w/Babos) and at 2013 Wimbledon (w/Peng) • Coming off 1r exits at Madrid (l. Mladenovic), Rome (l. Vondrousova) and Roland Garros (l. Stosur) SEASON • Captured 25th career WTA doubles title in Madrid (w/ Hsieh, d. Dabrowski/Xu in F) • Highlight of clay court campaign was QF at Rabat (l. • Began clay court swing with back-to-back SF runs at Konta). Also made 2r at Roland Garros (l. Petkovic) Istanbul (l. Vondrousova) and Prague (l. Teichmann) and Stuttgart (l. Osaka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. Gar- • Fell 1r at Miami (l. Vondrousova) before 2r showing cia) and Rome (l. Goerges) at Indian Wells (l. Halep) • Lifted 22nd career doubles title at Madrid (w/Stryco- • Reached first Premier QF of 2019 at Doha (l. Kerber va, d. Dabrowski/Xu in F), improving to 22-11 career in 3s) before 1r exit at Dubai (l. Suarez Navarro) record in doubles finals • Lifted doubles title in Dubai (w/Hsieh, d. Hradecka/ • Reached QF at Miami (d. No.1 Osaka in 3r, No.13 Makarova in F) Wozniacki in R16, l. Kontaveit) • Began season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Anisi- • After 1r bye, fell to Konta in 2r at Indian Wells; mova) and 1r exits at Sydney (l. Diyas) and Austra- reached doubles QF w/Strycova as defending cham- lian Open (l. Putintseva) pions (l. Chan/Chan) • At Australian Open, also made fifth career major • Advanced to first Premier-level SF of her career at doubles SF (w/Vondrousova, l. eventual champions Dubai (d. No.7 Kerber and No.5 Ka.Pliskova, l. No.4 Stosur/Zhang) Kvitova) • Lifted doubles title in Dubai (w/Strycova, d. Hradec- ka/Makarova in F) CAREER MILESTONES • Fell 1r at Hua Hin (l. Niculescu) and reached 2r at • Ended 2018 at No.33 - her fifth consecutive Top 50 Doha (l. Muchova) finish - after posting 26-23 record • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion • 2018 season highlights include making QF at Auck- Osaka after leading 7-5 4-1) land (l. Hsieh) and Sydney (l. Barty) as well as a SF • Opened 2019 season with runs to SF in Auckland run at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Rybarikova) (l. R-Up Andreescu) and 2r at Sydney (l. eventual • Made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) champion Kvitova) for third consecutive year and R16 at Roland Garros – her best result in Paris to date (l. Putintseva) CAREER MILESTONES • Beat No.3 Muguruza in R16 at 2018 Birmingham to register sixth Top 5 win of career – previous wins • Ended 2018 ranked No.28, up from No.96 in 2017 came against No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), No.3 • Returned to Top 30 on September 17, 2018 for the Sharapova (2015 Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza (2016 first time since reaching career high of No.23 on Australian Open), No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid) and February 25, 2013 No.1 Muguruza (2017 Beijing)

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• Won third WTA singles title at 2018 Hiroshima – oth- • Enjoyed successful 2018 season in doubles, winning ers both coming in 2012 at Kuala Lumpur (as qualifi- titles at Indian Wells (w/Hsieh, d. Makarova/Vesnina), er, d. Martic in F) and Guangzhou (d. Robson in F) Rome (l. Barty/Schurs, New Haven (d. Hsieh/Siege- • Won 20th career doubles title at 2018 Indian Wells mund), Tokyo (l.Kato/Ninomiya) Wuhan (d.Mertens/ (w/Strycova, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) Schuurs) and Beijing (d. Dabrowski/Xu) • Other highlights of 2018 season were SF runs • Also part of Czech Republic team that beat USA Auckland (l. eventual champion Goerges), Rabat (l. 3-0 in Fed Cup World Group final (d. Kenin in day 1 eventual champion Mertens), Seoul (l.Tomljanovic) singles rubber) and Tianjin (.Garcia). Also made QF at Strasbourg • Clinched second tour-level singles title at 2017 Linz (l.Buzarnescu) and equaled best Grand Slam result (d. No.1 seed Rybarikova in F). Holds a 2-6 record in by reaching R16 at Australian Open and Wimbledon singles finals, with other title coming at 2011 Québec • Stunned No.1 Halep at 2018 Wimbledon for first win City (d. Erakovic in F) over reigning No.1 • Posted career-high singles ranking of No.16 on • Reached QF at Nanchang (l. Y.Wang) in 2017 and January 16, 2017 concluded season with runner-up effort at WTA 125K • Owner of 23 career doubles titles. Reached best Series event at Hua Hin (l. Bencic) doubles ranking (No.5) on October 29, 2018 • 2016 season highlights included SF run at Kaohsi- • Won doubles bronze medal at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/ ung (l. Doi) and QF showing at Prague (l. eventual Safarova) champion Safarova) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech • Just second player from Chinese Taipei to win a Republic in 2000. Won nine singles and 10 doubles tour-level singles title (Wang Shi-Ting won six titles titles on ITF Circuit in 1990s) • ITF Junior World Champion in 2002 • Became first player from Chinese Taipei (male or female) to achieve the No.1 doubles ranking on May 12, 2014 – held top spot for five weeks GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Qualified for 2012 Tournament of Champions-Sofia • Best result at a Grand Slam came with QF run at (went 1-2 in round robin play) 2014 Wimbledon (d. Li – in the last match of the • Won two Grand Slams w/Peng and qualified twice Chinese star’s career – and Wozniacki en route, l. for WTA Finals, emerging as champions in 2013 (d. eventual champion Kvitova). Occasion marked first Makarova/Vesnina in F) and runners-up in 2014 (l. time in Open Era that three Czech women advanced Black/Mirza in F) to QF at a Slam (also Safarova, Kvitova) • On ITF Circuit, winner of 26 singles titles and 23 • Also made R16 at Australian Open in 2016 (l. Aza- doubles titles renka), 2017 (l. S.Williams) and 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Played first professional tournament at ITF level in and Roland Garros in 2018 (l. Putintseva) New Zealand in 2001; started career by winning first • Reached 3r at US Open in 2014 (l. Bouchard), 2015 33 matches (mix of ITF and tour level) (l. Lisicki) and 2018 (l. Mertens) • At 2010 Australian Open played what was then the GRAND SLAM HISTORY longest Grand Slam match (d. Kulikova in four hours and 19 minutes – since surpassed by Kuznetso- • Has reached R16 on three occasions at the Austra- va-Schiavone at 2011 Australian Open) lian Open in 2018 (l. Kerber) and 2008 (as qualifier, l. • In doubles is a five-time semifinalist, at 2014 US Henin), and Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Cibulkova) Open (w/Date), 2015 Australian Open (w/Krajicek), • Made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Garcia) and 2r at 2017 US Open (w/Safarova), 2018 Roland Garros US Open in 2018 (l. Cibulkova) and 2013 (l. Giorgi) (w/Sestini Hlavackova) and 2019 Australian Open (w/ • Winner of two Slam doubles titles – 2014 Roland Vondrousova) Garros (w/Peng, d. Errani/Vinci in final) and 2013 Wimbledon (w/Peng, d. Barty/Dellacqua in final) PERSONAL PERSONAL • Coached by David Kotyza and also works with Lukas Dlouhy • Parents are Jindrich and Ilona; sister, Ivona, studied • Has six siblings. Introduced to tennis by dad at age 5 law and lives in US • Father is Hsieh Tze-Lung; mother is Ho Fom-Ju • Started playing tennis at age 5 • Idolized Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi growing up NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC JUNE 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC - DAY 2 MATCH-UPS

DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #35) vs. [8] JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) Goerges leads 1-0 Yastremska looking for fourth career Top 20 win and first ever tour level win on grass... Goerges won in three sets when the pair met last year at New Haven

[1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #33) Series tied 1-1 Osaka holds No.1 seed for first time ever on grass tournament... Sakkari seeking first career win over a current World No.1

[WC] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #55) vs. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #36) First meeting Williams playing in only her fourth ever grass warm-up before Wimbledon... Sasnovich looking to build off R16 showing in 2018 Wimbledon

DONNA VEKIC (CRO #22) vs. [2] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) First meeting Vekic has yet to make it past the 1r after making final at 16-years-old in 2013 debut... Barty comes into tournament at career high ranking and fresh off first Grand Slam title... Vekic already has one Top 5 win this season RANKING WATCH A NEW CHAMPION This is the first time in the tournament’s 37 year history The Nature Valley Classic will celebrate a new champi- that the Top 3 ranked players in the world will compete in on on Sunday as there are no previous winners in the Birmingham. No.1 Naomi Osaka can hold onto the top 32 person draw. The 2017-18 champion, Petra Kvitova, spot by making the final this week however No.2 Ash- was set to attempt a three peat but withdrew with an arm leigh Barty is hot on her heels and can take over at No.1 injury that also kept her out of Roland Garros as well as if she wins the title and Osaka does not make the final. an early withdrawal from 2016 champion, Madison Keys. Barty can steal the No.1 spot by just making the final if Their exit opens the door for a new queen in Birmingham. Osaka is to lose her 1r match against Sakkari. No.3 Kar- olina Pliskova does not have a shot at reaching World Looking for redemption will be previous runners-up, Ash- No.1 this week. leigh Barty (2017, l. Kvitova), Barbora Strycova (2016, l. Keys; 2014, l. Ivanovic), Karolina Pliskova (2015, l. Top 10 Ranked Players in Birmingham Kerber) and Donna Vekic (2013, l. Hantuchova).

PLAYER RANK SEED BEST PREVIOUS RESULT Other players who could make a run include British No.1 NAOMI OSAKA 1 1 2r: 2017 and 2018 Johanna Konta who is coming off a SF run in Roland ASHLEIGH BARTY 2 2 R-UP: 2017 Garros and Venus Williams, a five-time Wimbledon KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3 3 R-Up: 2015 champion, who received a wildcard to play here in Bir- ELINA SVITOLINA 7 4 QF: 2018 mingham for the first time ever.

ARYNA SABALENKA 10 5 First appearance

MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #35) vs. JULIA GOERGES (GER #19)

Head to Head: JULIA GOERGES leads 1-0

2018 NEW HAVEN HARD O R16 JULIA GOERGES 6-4 3-6 6-4 143 mins

DAYANA YASTREMSKA JULIA GOERGES 35 WTA RANKING 19 30 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 45 15-05-2000 (19) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 02-11-1988 (30) $358,408 YTD PRIZE MONEY $374,336 $761,905 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,002,832 2 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 7 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 0-0 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 4-2 16-9 / 27-20 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-11 / 295-243 3-5 / 5-12 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-5 / 91-88 4-3 / 6-8 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-5 / 65-77 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 20-18 1-0 / 2-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 16-29 0-1 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 8-18 0-1 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 16-37 2-4 / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 34-76 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 1r

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DAYANA YASTREMSKA JULIA GOERGES 2017 2018 R1-Q L - JANA FETT (CRO #150) 6-3 6-4 QF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-1 6-4

2009 R16 L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #77) 7-6(3) 6-3

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• Making debut appearance at the Nature Valley Clas- • Making third appearance at Birmingham, where she sic, where she is one of two teenagers in the draw reached the QF for the first time last year (l. eventual (also Swiatek) champion Kvitova) • Faces No.19 Goerges in 1r today; lost only previous • Contesting tournament ranked No.19 - her 87th con- meeting with the German, at 2018 New Haven, hav- secutive week in the Top 20 ing led 2-0 in the final set • Making first appearance on grass in 2019, posted a • Owns three career Top 20 wins, over No.13 Muguru- 7-3 record on the surface in 2018, highlighted by SF za (2018 Luxembourg), No.15 Muguruza (2019 Hua run at Wimbledon Hin) and No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Strasbourg) • Faces Yastremska in 1r today; recovered from 2-0 • Bidding for first tour-level win of career on grass down in the final set to win only previous meeting • Contesting Birmingham ranked No.35 - three places with the Ukrainian, at 2018 New Haven off career-high ranking (set following Strasbourg title • Has scored two wins over Top 40-ranked players run, on May 27, 2019); by contrast, this time last year in 2019: No.37 Sakkari (St. Petersburg) and No.25 was No.151 Hsieh (Rome) • Playing doubles this week w/Q.Wang (face No.1 • Playing first event with new coach Sebastian Sachs seeds Dabrowski/Xu in 1r) • Highlight of last year’s grass court season was R-Up SEASON at $100K ITF/Ilkley-GBR • R-Up in girls’ singles at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Potapo- • Made 2r at Rome (l. Buzarnescu) and fell 1r at Stutt- va) gart (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Madrid (l. Kuzmova) and Roland Garros (l. Kanepi) SEASON • Helped Germany avoid dropping into Fed Cup World Group II thanks to 3-1 victory over Latvia in Riga (d. • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Suarez Navarro - came Marcinkevica in her sole singles rubber) within two points of victory in second set) • Fell in 1r at Charleston (l. Townsend) after finishing • Highlight of clay court season was winning third ca- runner-up previous year reer title at Strasbourg (d. Garcia after saving 1MP) • Advanced to 3r at both Indian Wells (l. Barthel) and • Also suffered 1r exits at Istanbul (l. Mladenovic), Ma- Miami (l. Garcia) drid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Suarez Navarro) • Reached QF at Doha (l. Halep), R16 at St. Peters- • Made 2r at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) burg (l. Zvonareva) and fell in 1r at Dubai (l. Riske) • Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Muguruza) and Indian Wells (l. • As No.14 seed, suffered 1r upset at Australian Open Gavrilova) (l. Collins in 3s) • Posted 2-0 singles record (d. Swiatek and Larsson • Opened 2019 season by defending her title at Auck- in straight sets) as Ukraine failed to progress from land (d. Andreescu in F). Following Auckland run, Europe/Africa Zone Group I career record in WTA singles finals now stands at 7-8 • Won second career title at Hua Hin (d. Tomljanovic in final after trailing 5-2 in third set); rose to career-high ranking of No.34 following the tournament (February CAREER MILESTONES 4) • Registered third year-end Top 20 finish in 2018, • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. S.Williams); wins at No.14 (also No.14 in 2017 and No.18 in 2012). over Stosur in 1r and Suárez Navarro in 2r were first Reached career-high No.9 on August 20, 2018 at Grand Slam level • 2018 highlights were titles at Auckland (d. Wozniacki • Began season by contesting qualifying at Brisbane, in F) – extended title streak to three, having previous- followed by QF showing at Hobart (l. Bencic) ly won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 season – and Luxembourg (d. Bencic in F). Also finished CAREER MILESTONES R-Up at Charleston (l. Bertens) and enjoyed SF runs at New Haven (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and • Posted first Top 100 season in 2018, at No.60, win- Zhuhai (l. Barty) ning first career title at Hong Kong (d. Q.Wang in F) • Struck 492 aces in 2018. Also hit 412 aces in 2017 • Also in 2018, reached SF at Luxembourg (l. Bencic), season – only two other players have reached the 2r at New Haven (as qualifier, l. Goerges) and 400-ace mark in a season: S.Williams (2012-15) and Charleston (as LL, l. Pera) and fell 1r at US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova (2014-17) Muchova), Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Puig) Québec • Posted 46 main draw wins in 2018 – only Ka.Plisko- City (l. McHale) and Beijing (as qualifier, l. S.Zheng) va (49) and Kvitova (47) had more to their names DAYANA JULIA YASTREMSKA VS GOERGES

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• Became first woman born in the 2000s to crack the • Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, Top 100 on the WTA rankings, debuting at No.100 winning Moscow and biggest title of career at WTA (week of July 16, 2018) Elite Trophy Zhuhai • Won third ITF singles title in at $60k ITF/Rome-ITA • Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having and reached two more finals in 2018 also won 2010 Bad Gastein • Posted first Top 200 season in 2017, at No.189 – • By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to be- rose more than 200 places during the year come German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for • Won first WTA main draw match and reached first first time since February 2013 tour-level QF at 2017 Istanbul, defeating former • Owns a 7-8 record in WTA singles finals; is 5-11 in World No.9 Petkovic en route (l. Cepelova) WTA doubles finals, most recently winning at 2015 • Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2016 Istan- New Haven (w/Hradecka) bul (l. Hibino in 1r) • Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2015 nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. • In juniors, rose as high as No.6 in the world Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai • On ITF Circuit, winner of three singles titles and three • Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, doubles titles reaching final at Indian Wells (w/Ka.Pliskova) and qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time. Set career-high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid) • Reached 3r at 2019 Australian Open (l. S.Williams) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Doha • Made 1r exit on Grand Slam debut at 2018 US Open • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germa- (l. qualifier Muchova in straight sets) and also 2019 ny in 2005 Roland Garros • Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, 2010-19 • Fell in qualifying at 2018 Australian Open and 2018 Wimbledon GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Runner-up in 2016 Wimbledon junior girls’ event (l. Potapova) • 2019 Roland Garros marked 45th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Posted best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon, PERSONAL where she reached SF (l. S.Williams). With Kerber winning title at All England Club in 2018, it marked • Born and resides in Odessa, Ukraine the first time that two Germans reached the last four • Began playing tennis at age 5 at the same Slam since 1993 Roland Garros – Huber • Prefers hard courts (SF) and Graf (Champion) • Mainly works with her father, Oleksandr as well as • Previously had reached R16 – but never further – on Marco Girardini and occasionally with Gavin Hopper five occasions, at Australian Open (2012-13 and in Istanbul 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) • Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, as qualifier, lost to eventual champion Henin in 1r • In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) and Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) • Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles (w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) PERSONAL

• Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is Inge; older sister is Maike • Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross coun- try skiing combined with shooting) • Coached by Sebastian Sachs. Physio and fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger

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NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #33)

Head to Head: 1-1

2018 CINCINNATI HARD O R1 MARIA SAKKARI 6-3 7-6(8) 110 mins 2018 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R16 NAOMI OSAKA 6-1 5-7 6-1 110 mins

NAOMI OSAKA MARIA SAKKARI 1 WTA RANKING 33 4 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 23 16-10-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 25-07-1995 (23) $3,722,776 YTD PRIZE MONEY $533,359 $11,351,973 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,229,220 1 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 2-2 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 0-1 21-6 / 101-65 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 18-12 / 61-65 10-2 / 25-17 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 18-23 5-2 / 18-17 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 16-9 0-0 / 10-7 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 7-7 2-0 / 6-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 5-5 0-0 / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 2-2 3-0 / 8-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 4-6 5-1 / 21-29 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-5 / 10-19 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 1r

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NAOMI OSAKA MARIA SAKKARI 2018 2018 R16 L - DALILA JAKUPOVIC (SLO #113) 6-3 R1 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #13) 6-4 6-4

2017 R16 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #41) 6-2 6-4

2016 R16- L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #68) 6-0 Q

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• Making third consecutive main draw appearance in • Making second consecutive appearance in Birming- Birmingham this week, with best result being a pair of ham this week after falling to Goerges in 1r last year R16 finishes last two years; fell in qualifying in 2016 • Enters the grass swing having posted the best clay • Carrying No.1 seed at grass event for first time in season of her career, ranking No.5 on tour in clay career wins with 13 • Holds the World No.1 ranking but is in jeopardy of • Comes into Birmingham following a QF appearance losing it this week with No.2 Barty hot on her heels in Nottingham last week (l. Brady) • For the first time in the 38 editions of the WTA • In comparison, went winless on grass last year (0-3) tournament in Birmingham, the WTA World No.1 and • Seeking first career victory over reigning World No.1 No.2 will be competing at the grass court event as she takes on Osaka today in opening round action • Barty could overtake Osaka by reaching the final, • Has posted two career wins over Top 5 ranked although the Roland Garros champion would need to opponents, oddly enough both wins coming against win the title should Osaka win her opening match Czechs and both coming at Rome in back-to-back • Osaka has proven yet again to be one of the best years (Pliskova, 2018 and Kvitova, 2019) on serve this year: No.3 in Aces (184) and Service • A win today would also mark first victory at this event Games Won % (78.1), No.5 in Service Pts Won % (61.8) and 1st Serve Pts Won % (71.1) • Also owns the 2nd-best win percentage on tour in 3-set matches (83.3), just behind Konta (84.6), winning 10/12 such matches - No.4 on tour in 3 set wins SEASON • Takes on No.33 Sakkari for their third career meeting (series split 1-1) - first meeting on grass • Fell in 2r of Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) • In 2018, posted a 6-3 mark on the surface • Battled through qualifying and eventually advanced to SF of Rome - def. No.14 Kontaveit and No.2 Kvito- va en route, l. eventual champion No.4 Ka.Pliskova • Suffered 1r exit at Madrid (l. Suarez Navarro) • Won maiden WTA title at Rabat, recovering from a SEASON set and break down to beat Konta in final • Fell 1r at Istanbul (l. Kudermetova) • Coming off 3r visit at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) • Reached first QF of the season at Charleston (l. • Posted QF showing at Rome – withdrew prior to Wozniacki); ended defending champion Bertens’s match vs. Bertens w/right hand injury reign in R16 - her third career victory over a Top 10 • Was third consecutive clay court QF, after SF at player, having previously beaten No.6 Wozniacki at Stuttgart (withdrew prior to match against Kontaveit 2017 Wuhan and No.5 Ka.Pliskova at 2018 Rome w/abdominal injury) and QF in Madrid (l. Bencic, • Made 2r at Miami (l. Kvitova) having led 5-3 in third set) • Suffered 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges), • At 2h 35m, 2r win over Sorribes Tormo at Madrid was Acapulco (l. Puig) and last month at Indian Wells (l. the longest match of her career – previous longest McHale) was 2h 33m win over S.Zhang at 2018 Beijing • Part of the Greek Fed Cup Team who failed to gain • Made 3r exit at Miami – falling to Hsieh in three sets promotion from Europe/Africa Zone Group I event in • Posted a R16 finish at Indian Wells (l. Bencic) as a February (posted 2-1 record in singles) defending champion for the first time in her career • Had 3r run at Australian Open (l. Barty), having de- • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was feated No.22 seed Ostapenko in 1r her first match since defeating Kvitova in Australian • Fell 1r at Hobart (l. Linette) Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury • Began 2019 campaign pairing with Tsitsipas at Hop- • Won second Grand Slam title at Australian Open (d. man Cup - going 2-1 in singles (d. Bencic, d. Boulter, Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to attain l. S.Williams) the World No.1 ranking following the tournament; has held ranking since then • Is the first woman to win her second major straight after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) • Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual R-Up Tsurenko). Withdrew from Sydney citing a change in schedule NAOMI MARIA OSAKA VS SAKKARI

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• Posted a 40-20 record in 2018, resulting in best year • Registered third-consecutive Top 100 year-end finish end finish of career at No.5, up from No.68 in 2017 in 2018 ranked No.42, up from No.52 in 2017 - the • Won the first two titles of her career last season, at highest year-end finish by a Greek player since Dani- WTA Premier Mandatory level Indian Wells (d. Kasat- ilidou in 2006 (No.36) kina in F) and debut Grand Slam crown at US Open • 2018 season highlights include reaching her first (d. S.Williams in F) tour-level final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu), scoring • Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Plis- first career Top 5 win after defeat of No.5 Ka.Pliskova kova). Record in finals stands at 3-2, having also in Rome as well as SF at Istanbul (l. Hercog) and finished as R-Up at 2016 Toyko [PPO] (l. Wozniacki) Seoul (l. Bertens) • From her efforts in New York last September, passed • Posted career-high ranking of No.29 after Seoul run USD $5 million in prize money for the season – No.2 (September 24, 2019) (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners • Has eight career Top 20 wins, against No.6 Wozniac- • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time ki (2017 Wuhan), No.16 Vandeweghe (2018 Indian major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, Wells), No.15 Bertens, No.5 Ka.Pliskova (both 2018 Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight Rome), No.14 V.Williams (2018 San Jose), No.19 was against Sakkari in R16 N.Osaka (2018 Cincinnati), No.6 Bertens (2019 • After win over Halep at 2018 Indian Wells, owns Charleston) and No.18 Mertens (2019 Rabat) a 1-3 record against reigning No.1s (also lost to • Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Toronto and Halep at 2018 Aus- 9, 2017 tralian Open and 2018 Rome) • Notched first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 • Other Grand Slam results in 2018 were R16 at Aus- Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of career at 2017 tralian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r at Roland Wuhan Open – became just second qualifier to reach Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. eventual Premier-level SF in 2017 (Mertens at New Haven) champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs at Not- • Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul after tingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sevasto- qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) – at the va), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut time, achieved her then best win-by-ranking defeat- • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at ing No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010; Owns seven ITF • Scored first Top 5 win when she upset No.5 V.Wil- Circuit singles titles and five in doubles liams 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 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Highlight of 2016 was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached three QFs and 3r • 2019 Roland Garros marked 14th Grand Slam main at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open draw appearance • Won 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore • Has reached 3r at all four of the majors – at 2017 (d. Garcia in F, saving match points) Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni), 2017 Wimbledon • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at (l. Konta), 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2018 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) and now 2019 Austra- ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came lian Open from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of • When she made 3r at 2017 Australian Open, became main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r first Greek woman to reach this stage at a Slam • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 since Daniilidou at 2005 Wimbledon (l. Pennetta) (l. Dabrowski) • At 2016 Australian Open, 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 • At all Grand Slams, Daniilidou reached R16 at 2002 Wimbledon, 2003 Australian Open and 2004 US Open NAOMI MARIA OSAKA VS SAKKARI

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• Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open and 2019 • Born and grew up in Athens, Greece, before moving Australian Open. Has made only 12 Grand Slam to Barcelona aged 18 – has trained there for two main draw appearances, owning 33-10 record years • Defeated six-time champion S.Williams to win 2018 • Mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, was tennis player US Open. Triumph made her first Japanese wom- too, however didn’t start because of her – just liked an to reach Slam final and the youngest US Open the sport. Tried karate and gymnastics but was champion since Sharapova in 2006 won 2019 Aus- thrown out of class for laughing too much tralian Open on only her third appearance • Favorite surface is hard court • Became the 10th woman to win US Open and Aus- • Currently coached by Tom Hill tralian Open back-to-back • 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) • Made 3r at the other two majors: Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Halep) and 2018 (l. Keys), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber)

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VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #55) vs. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #36)

Head to Head: 0-0

VENUS WILLIAMS ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH 55 WTA RANKING 36 47 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 43 17-06-1980 (38) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 22-03-1994 (25) $484,450 YTD PRIZE MONEY $462,769 $41,415,498 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,507,589 0 / 49 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 22 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-0 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 0-0 12-6 / 787-238 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-10 / 72-68 6-1 / 182-110 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-2 / 31-23 4-2 / 133-94 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 18-11 0-0 / 94-20 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 6-7 2-1 / 73-16 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 7-4 1-2 / 64-73 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 1-3 1-4 / 135-102 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 5-9 2-4 / 234-148 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / 13-20 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 1r

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• Competing as a wildcard in her Nature Valley Classic • Making Nature Valley Classic debut debut • Faces wildcard Venus Williams in 1r for their first • Fourth ever Wimbledon warm-up appearance and career meeting first outside of Eastbourne (1997, 1998 and 2011) • Owns 6-7 career record on grass • Five-time Wimbledon champion, Williams holds a 94- • Posted 3-3 record on the surface last year highlight- 20 main draw record on grass ed by R16 showing at Wimbledon, her best Grand • Faces No.36 Aliaksandra Sasnovich in 1r for their Slam result to date (l. Ostapenko) first career meeting • Winner will face Q.Wang or Davis in 2r • Looking to lift 50th career title • At 39, is the oldest player in singles draw, twenty SEASON years older than the youngest player, Yastremska at 19-years-old • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Hercog) and Rome (l. • One of three American women to contest this year’s Cibulkova) Main Draw (accompanied by Jennifer Brady and • Victory over No.15 Kontaveit in 1r at Madrid before Lauren Davis) exiting R16 (l. Osaka) • Playing doubles with Britain’s Harriet Dart. Only the • Made 2r exits at Miami (l. Wozniacki), Indian Wells third time at tournament level (excluding Fed Cup (after 1r bye, l. Kozlova) and Dubai (l. Hsieh) and Olympics) playing doubles with someone other • Fell 1r at Doha (l. Hsieh) than Serena. Also played 2017 Rome w/Keys and • Defeated Maria during Belarus’s comfortable Fed 2008 Doha w/ Wozniacki Cup World Group win over Germany • Began season in a rich vein of form, making QF at Brisbane (l. Vekic) and SF at Sydney (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Kvitova), before advancing to 3r SEASON at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Brisbane/Sydney was the first time in her career she • Coming off a 1r loss at Roland Garros to No.9 seed had made QF (or better) at consecutive WTA events Svitolina • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted • As wildcard, made R16 at Rome (l. Konta) 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage • Triumphed over Kasatkina for first time in four career exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) meetings in 3r at Miami. Lost next round to No.2 seed Halep. • Posted QF run at Indian Wells, becoming the oldest player to reach this stage in the tournament’s history CAREER MILESTONES and at a tour-level tournament since 2014 Birming- ham when Date reached the last eight aged 43 • Posted career-best season finish in 2018 at No.30 – • Beat No.3 Kvitova in 2r at Indian Wells - first Top 5 the first Top 50 finish of her career win since 2017 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Muguruza in RR) • In 2018, reached second career WTA final and first • Victory over Barthel in R16 at Indian Wells was 800th at a Premier tournament at Brisbane, as a qualifier – (at all levels) of her career. Also signified first time defeated No.11 Mladenovic and No.16 Sevastova en has won four consecutive matches since her run to route to final (l. No.6 Svitolina). the SF at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Kasatkina). Has not • Also made SF at Moscow [River Cup] and first Grand won five matches in a row since the 2017 US Open Slam R16 at Wimbledon when she lost in the SF to Stephens • Has risen nearly 20 places in the rankings over the • Lost to then-No.1 Halep in straight sets in the 3r at past 12 months. Enters 2019 Birmingham ranked the Australian Open No.36, up from No.51 this time last year • Reached QF at Auckland (l. qualifier Andreescu) • Played all three ties during Belarus’ run to its first Fed Cup final in 2017 – posted 5-1 record, including win over No.13 Stephens in final • Other standout performances in 2017 were SF run at CAREER MILESTONES Biel and QF appearance at Premier-level Moscow • Reached maiden WTA final, at 2015 Seoul (as quali- • Ended 2018 ranked No.40, down from No.5 in 2017 fier, l. Begu) • Season highlights were SF run at Indian Wells (d. • Made Top 100 debut on September 8, 2015 (after S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and QF US Open; rose from No.120 to No.97) run at Miami (l. Collins) • In 2014 season won 11th and most recent singles ti- VENUS ALIAKSANDRA WILLIAMS VS SASNOVICH

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• Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past tle on ITF Circuit. Also owns seven ITF doubles titles $40 million – S.Williams ($84 million) is the only • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Brussels; made other player to pass this milestone WTA main draw debut at 2014 US Open • Teamed up with sister Serena at Fed Cup for her first • Played first event of career at 2009 ITF/Minsk 2-BLR competitive match back since giving birth in Sep- tember 2017 (in dead doubles rubber l. Kerkhove/ Schuurs) • Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. GRAND SLAM HISTORY Wozniacki). Oldest player to ever reach the title bout • 2019 Roland Garros marked 17th main draw appear- at the season finale ance at a Grand Slam • Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open • Best Grand Slam result is R16 run at 2018 Wimble- (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) – only don (d. No.8 Kvitova in 1r, l. Ostapenko) player in 2017 to reach two Grand Slam finals • Also posted 3r runs at 2018 (l. Garcia) and 2019 • Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2018 US Wimbledon final. Is the third oldest player to rank in Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (Sep- • Made 2r at Roland Garros in 2017 and 2018 tember 26, 1983 – 39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (December 26, 1994 - 38 years, 75 days) • 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is fifth-oldest play- PERSONAL er to win a WTA singles title, after Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 • Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [In- Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents intro- door] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá duced her to the sport • With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era title- • In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis holders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with • At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi- Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern that stage at a major since 2010 US Open Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school • At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed • In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock) for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (cricket) • Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 before returning to tennis in 2016 following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy • Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached • Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce missing the end of that season and start of 2012 • Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London • Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 • Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then-world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2019 Roland Garros marked 82st Grand Slam main draw appearance, the most in the Open Era • Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning Wimbledon five times: 2000-01 2005 and 2007-08. Also won US Open in 2000 (d. Davenport in F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F) • In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all VENUS ALIAKSANDRA WILLIAMS VS SASNOVICH

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four majors: Wimbledon (2002-03, 2009 and 2017), US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017) • The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open in 1997 and 2017 Wimbledon is the longest in Open Era history, followed by Navratilova 1975-94 • Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Wil- liams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon. Haul includes two US Opens (1999, 2009) • In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/Gimels- tob) and Roland Garros (w/Gimelstob, d. S.Willams/ Lobo in F) in 1998

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MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

DONNA VEKIC (CRO #22) vs. ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2)

Head to Head: 0-0

DONNA VEKIC ASHLEIGH BARTY 22 WTA RANKING 2 14 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 1 28-06-1996 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-04-1996 (23) $763,114 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,934,343 $3,275,680 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $10,142,423 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 5 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 10 5-4 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 5-2 23-11 / 112-113 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 31-5 / 115-54 5-7 / 30-40 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 9-2 / 33-15 1-7 / 24-28 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 17-14 4-1 / 23-13 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 20-8 3-2 / 7-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 11-6 1-2 / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 4-13 2-4 / 7-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-4 / 11-18 4-4 / 9-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-4 / 24-32 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 1r

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DONNA VEKIC ASHLEIGH BARTY 2018 2018 R1 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-1 3-6 6-1 R16 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #13) 7-6(6) 6-3

2017 2017 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #45) 6-2 7-6(2) F L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) 4-6 6-3 6-2

2016 2014 R1-Q L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #101) 6-3 6-0 R1-Q L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #186) 6-4 6-4 2014 2013 R1 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #77) 6-4 6-4 R1-Q L - NADIIA KICHENOK (UKR #165) 6-4 7-6(4) 2013 F L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #60) 7-6(5) 6-4

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• Making fifth main draw appearance at Roland Garros • Making third main draw appearance at the Nature (sixth overall) Valley Classic (fifth overall) with her first ever No.2 • Reached Final on her debut appearance in 2013 (l. seeding at a Premier level tournament Hantuchova) when she was 16-years-old. Has yet to • Made a Final run here in 2017 losing to Kvitova in reach 2r since then. three sets. Exited 2r last year (l. Goerges) • Lost in 1r last year to No.2 seed Svitloina • Faces No.22 Vekic today in 1r in their first meeting • Faces World No.2 Barty today in 1r • Owns 29-35 record against Top 25 ranked players • Career record against Top 5 players at 3-7 including • Holds best win-loss record on tour this year at 31-5. one win this year against No.2 Kvitova in St. Peters- Only Bertens has as many wins but with 12 losses. burg QF • Among the top servers on the year with 62.5% ser- • Other Top 5 wins include over No.4 Stephens in 2018 vice points won (fourth on tour) and 77.3% service Wimbledon 1r and over No.4 Garcia in 2018 Tokyo games won (fifth on tour) QF • Struck 143 aces so far this year, sixth most on tour • Posted 7-4 record on grass last year including a SF behind Bertens (283), Pliskova (252), Osaka (184), run in Nottingham. Already has four wins on the sur- Kvitova (172) and Kuzmova (156) face this year, thanks to a runner-up finish last week • Posted 10-3 record on grass last year including a title in Nottingham (l. Garcia) run in Nottingham (d. Konta) • Has converted 52.5% of break points in 34 matches • Won Wimbledon girls’ singles title in 2011 this year - highest percentage on tour of players who • Playing doubles with Goerges - already through to have played at least 20 matches QF with win over Jakupovic/Christian

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off R16 run at Roland Garros (l. Konta) tying • Coming off first ever Grand Slam title at Roland her previous best Grand slam results at 2018 Wim- Garros bolting her to a career high of World No.2 on bledon (l. Goerges) June 10, 2019 • Withdrew from Rome with continued hip injury after • Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- retiring in R16 of Madrid (l. Martic) enovic) and withdrew from Strasbourg (w/right arm • Posted QF showing at Stuttgart (l. Osaka - led 5-1 in injury) third set and came within two points of victory) • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami • Reached 3r at Miami (l. Kvitova) and 2r at Indian – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens Wells (after 1r bye, l. qualifier Bonaventure) (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) • At Acapuclo, made sixth SF in past 12 months (l. • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- eventual champion Y.Wang) cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level • Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Jabuer) • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph • On Fed Cup duty, won both singles rubbers (d. Kru- (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became nic and Ozgen) as Croatia failed to advance in the ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket Europe/Africa Zone Group I • Also became only player to currently rank in Top 10 • Reached biggest final of career at Premier-level in both singles and doubles – enters Roland Garros St. Petersburg (l. Bertens); now owns 2-5 record in ranked No.8 in both disciplines singles finals • Made R16 showing at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in • Posted best win of career with defeat of No.2 Kvitova second longest match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) en route to St. Petersburg QF, bettering victory over • Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed Cup No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in singles • Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell) before teaming up with Hon to win decisive doubles • Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. even- rubber over Collins and Melichar tual champion Ka.Pliskova) • Also won both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against Belarus in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia hosts France in November’s final CAREER MILESTONES • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney • Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both tourna- after registering a career-best 31 tour-level wins ments) DONNA ASHLEIGH VEKIC VS BARTY

CAREER CONT. SEASON CONT. • Season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washington DC • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first finals 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) • Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wim- bledon (l. Goerges) CAREER MILESTONES • Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top- 50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at ranked No.54 No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and • Grass court season highlighted by winning second reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. No.8 highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to- • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other final at Tashkent) titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA • Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, Finals (w/Vandeweghe) winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved • Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season • Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeat- (finishing at No.17) ing Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) • 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku October 23, 2017 • When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest 2019 Sydney player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok • Winner of nine WTA doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, (Vania King) two w/Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs) • Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, Dellacqua) became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished run- May 21, 2018 ner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) • Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2019 St. lasted almost two years Petersburg, owns a 2-5 record in singles finals • Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- • Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket • Has won five ITF Circuit singles and one doubles title team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017, • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018 2019 • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teenager ranked in doubles Top 30 • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC • 2019 Roland Garros marked 23rd main draw Grand Slam appearance • Achieved deepest run at a Slam by reaching R16 at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Goerges) and 2019 Roland GRAND SLAM HISTORY Garros (l. Konta) • Next best results at the majors came with 3r run at • Won first ever major title at 2019 Roland Garros be- 2017 US Open (l. Sevastova) coming second Australian woman in the Open Era to • At Australian Open, reached 2r in 2013, 2017, 2018 win Roland Garros, joining Court (1969-70, 1973) and 2019 • 2019 Roland Garros marked her 19th Grand Slam appearance • Prior best result to date was QF showing at 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2019 Roland Garros • Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina), Australian Open in 2017 (l. DONNA ASHLEIGH VEKIC VS BARTY

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• Both parents played professional sports: mother, Barthel), and 2018 (l. Osaka), and US Open in 2017 Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer (l. eventual champion Stephens). Made 2r at Roland goalkeeper) Garros in 2013 (l. Kirilenko) and 2018 (l. S.Williams) • Currently coached by Torben Beltz. Dario Novak is • First Slam main draw (2012 Australian Open) came also part of coaching team from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off • Favorite surface is hard • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 • Speaks Croatian, English and Italian US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds • Self-described as strong-willed, determined and Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- extremely competitive novic/Babos in F • Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and was also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2017 (all w/Del- lacqua) • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title

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MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) vs. MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #63)

Head to Head: First meeting

ELINA SVITOLINA MARGARITA GASPARYAN 7 WTA RANKING 63 12 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 99 12-09-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 01-09-1994 (24) $1,126,653 YTD PRIZE MONEY $233,667 $14,235,278 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,226,492 0 / 13 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 4 3-4 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 0-0 14-9 / 240-133 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-8 / 34-35 5-5 / 75-46 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-4 / 12-12 3-2 / 47-36 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 8-6 0-0 / 10-12 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-2 1-0 / 21-21 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 2-3 0-2 / 17-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 0-5 0-2 / 29-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-6 3-3 / 50-64 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-4 / 3-12 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match

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BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ELINA SVITOLINA MARGARITA GASPARYAN 2018 2015 QF L - MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #30) 6-3 6-2 R1-Q L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #73) 6-3 6-3

2017 R16 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #102) 6-4 4-6 6-2

2016 R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #15) 7-5 4-6 7-5

2013 R1 L - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #71) 6-0 6-1

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• Making fifth main draw appearance at the Nature Val- • Making main draw debut at Birmingham, having ley Classic, where her best showing was last year’s previously fallen in qualifying in 2015 QF run (l. Buzarnescu) • Qualifying exit here in 2015 (l. Falconi) was first tour- • Is the No.4 seed this week – was No.2 seed here in nament of career on grass (at all levels) both 2017 and 2018. Across all tournaments, playing • Since then has played only three more tournaments as a Top 10 seed for a 39th consecutive event on the surface: 1r exits at 2015 Wimbledon (as • Enters Birmingham as the No.7-ranked player in the qualifier, l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 world – her 109th consecutive week inside this elite Wimbledon (l. Allertova), and last week’s 2r showing bracket at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Minnen) • This is her first grass court tournament of the season • Initially outside the main draw cut-off for Birmingham, – last year, went 2-2 on the surface, following up QF however moved into the draw on Thursday after showing here with 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Maria) compatriot Pavlyuchenkova’s withdrawal (w/left ankle • Faces Gasparyanin 1r today; has lost three times to injury) players ranked outside Top 50 so far in 2019 - No.60 • Faces No.7 Svitolina in 1r today; owns one Top 10 Andreescu (Indian Wells), No.69 Parmentier (Madrid) win, over No.10 Bertens at 2018 Linz and No.51 Azarenka (Rome) • This time last year was ranked No.503 having recent- • Has won last eight matches against Russian oppo- ly returned from seven months out w/knee injury sition, a run stretching back to three-set defeat to • One of three Russian women in the starting field Pavlyuchenkova at 2017 Australian Open (also Alexandrova and Rodina); could potentially play • Best career results on grass were QF runs at 2014 Alexandrova in 2r ‘s-Hertogenbosch and 2018 Birmingham, and R16 showing at 2017 Wimbledon • Has been dealing with an ongoing knee injury this SEASON year • Coming off 2r showing at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Min- nen) SEASON • Highlight of clay court season was SF at Istanbul (ret. vs. Martic w/dizziness). Also fell 1r at Prague • Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) (l. Q.Wang), Madrid (l. Halep) and Roland Garros (l. • Made 2r exit as defending champion in Rome (after Blinkova), and contested qualifying at Rome 1r bye, l. Azarenka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. Parmen - • Reached 2r at Monterrey (l. eventual champion Mu- tier) guruza) and fell 1r at Miami (l. Parmentier) Made second career WTA Premier Mandatory SF • • At St. Petersburg suffered 1r defeat in singles (as of her career at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion qualifier, l. Azarenka) before bouncing back to lift Andreescu) doubles title w/Makarova - now 4-1 in career doubles • At Miami fell 2r (after 1r bye, l. Y.Wang) finals Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in • • Opened season with 2r showing at Australian Open final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) (l. Mertens) • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) CAREER MILESTONES

• Started the 2018 season unranked and re-entered the Top 100 at No.92 on November 12, 2018 CAREER MILESTONES • Scored first Top 10 win of her career over No.10 Bertens at 2018 Linz • Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at • At No.299, became the lowest-ranked player to win 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 a WTA title in 2018 at Tashkent – and second-lowest during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 ranked WTA champion of all time after Angelique Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending • Widjaja at 2001 Bali (ranked No.579) champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- • Sidelined for half of 2016 and most of 2017 due to ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. knee surgeries, made comeback at 2017 Kremlin Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at Cup (fell in qualifying) 13-2, including a current nine match win streak

ELINA MARGARITA SVITOLINA VS GASPARYAN

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• At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian • Ended 2015 season ranked No.62, her best year-end Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), finish. 2015 season was highlighted by winning first 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and career title at Baku (unseeded, d. Tig in F) and two suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) doubles titles (Baku and Tashkent, both w/Panova) • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, • Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015 l. Stephens) and made five further QFs (awarded to Gavrilova) • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, • Reached career-high rankings during the 2016 sea- winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec- son - No.41 in singles (week of Feb. 15, 2016) and ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) No.25 in doubles (week of May 6, 2016) • Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in • On ITF Circuit, owns nine singles titles and eight Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- doubles fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at • First played WTA qualifying at 2010 Moscow and round robin stage with 1-2 record) made main draw debut at same event (Kremlin Cup) • In 2017, became first player to win three Premier 5 ti- in 2012 tles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since • Member of victorious Junior Fed Cup in 2010 for such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Russia, alongside Gavrilova • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 • 2019 Roland Garros marked eighth career Grand spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Slam main draw appearance Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 • Achieved best result at a Grand Slam by reaching WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or R16 at 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Wil- reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) liams). Was her debut appearance at the tournament • Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first • Scored first career Top 20 win over No.19 Errani in SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Rad- 1r, at Melbourne in 2016 wanska) • Only other Grand Slam win came during 2r showing • Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the at 2019 Australian Open (d. Zhu, l. Mertens) second time (l. Kvitova in F) • Has fallen in 1r on other Grand Slam appearances, • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. at 2015-16, 2019 Roland Garros, 2015-16 Wimble- Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven don and 2018 US Open (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) • Other 2016 season highlights included SFs at Dubai, Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow, and QF at Rio Olympics • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ PERSONAL Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) • Born, lives and trains in Moscow • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r • Coached by Carlos Martinez but won title the next two years) • Mother, Liudmila, is a hairdresser; father, Melik, is • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008 Armenian and a businessman; younger sister, Ekat- Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017 • erina, is still in school – she plays volleyball GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Best Grand Slam results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Aus- tralian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros) ELINA MARGARITA SVITOLINA VS GASPARYAN

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• Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian • Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family • Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione • Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per- forming off-court promotional and charitable activities • Launched the Elina Svitolina Foundation on March 18, 2019 with a mission to encourage children, through the sport of tennis, to learn the values of hard work, self-discipline and the importance of giving 100 percent every day in life

MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) vs. SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #28)

Head to Head: SU-WEI HSIEH leads 1-0

2018 ROME CLAY O R1 SU-WEI HSIEH 6-2 6-4 83 mins

ARYNA SABALENKA SU-WEI HSIEH 10 WTA RANKING 28 24 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 21 05-05-1998 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 04-01-1986 (33) $1,209,180 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,007,069 $3,358,119 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,030,605 1 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 2 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 22 0-0 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 3-3 20-13 / 78-43 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 18-13 / 129-143 6-3 / 30-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 8-5 / 53-46 1-3 / 16-14 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 28-38 0-1 / 8-6 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 16-22 0-2 / 6-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 14-18 0-0 / 3-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-3 / 4-9 0-4 / 8-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-4 / 6-21 0-4 / 16-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-6 / 12-41 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 1r

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SU-WEI HSIEH 2017 R1 L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #21) 6-4 6-4

2013 R1 L - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #42) 6-2 6-3

2012 QF L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #54) 3-6 6-3 6-3

2006 R1-Q L - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #169) 7-5 6-2

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• Making debut appearance at Nature Valley Classic • Making fourth main draw appearance at Birmingham • Faces No.28 Hsieh in 1r; has fallen at the opening (fifth overall) hurdle in four of her past seven events on tour, most • Best result here - and at any grass court event - was recently last week at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Aiava, 2012’s QF showing (l. Makarova) having led 3-1 in the final set) • Faces No.10 Sabalenka today. Owns three Top 10 • Owns two Top 30 wins this season, over No.29 wins in 2019, over No.7 Kerber and No.5 Ka.Pliskova Sharapova (via ret.) at Shenzhen and No.28 Tsuren- (at Dubai) and No.1 Osaka (at Miami) ko (Indian Wells) • Seeded No.2 in doubles this week w/Strycova (play • Last year, went 7-4 on grass, highlighted by R-Up Jurak/Srebotnik in 1r) finish at Eastbourne and QF at ‘s-Hertogenbosch • Contesting Birmingham ranked No.28. This time last year, sat at No.37 in the rankings • Last year posted 5-3 record on grass, highlighted SEASON by R16 showing at Wimbledon (d. Halep in 3r, l. Cibulkova) • Made 1r exit at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Aiava) • Owns two doubles titles on grass, here in Birming- • Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova) ham in 2012 (w/Babos) and at 2013 Wimbledon (w/ • SF run at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion Yas- Peng) tremska) was only the second time she has won three consecutive matches in 2019 (also en route to Shenzhen title) SEASON • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Madrid (l .Kuznetso- Highlight of clay court campaign was QF at Rabat (l. va) and Rome (l. Cornet) • Konta). Also made 2r at Roland Garros (l. Petkovic) • Was part of Belarus Fed Cup team that fell 3-2 to and Stuttgart (l. Osaka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. Gar Australia in World Group semifinal, in Brisbane. Went - cia) and Rome (l. Goerges) 1-1 in her singles rubbers (d. Stosur, l. Barty) and also lost the decisive doubles with Azarenka • Lifted 22nd career doubles title at Madrid (w/Stryco- va, d. Dabrowski/Xu in F), improving to 22-11 career • Made R16 in first clay court event of the season at record in doubles finals Charleston (l. Puig) • Reached QF at Miami (d. No.1 Osaka in 3r, No.13 • Suffered 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tomljanovic) Wozniacki in R16, l. Kontaveit) after R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Kerber) • After 1r bye, fell to Konta in 2r at Indian Wells; • Completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by sweeping reached doubles QF w/Strycova as defending cham- back-to-back doubles titles at Indian Wells and Miami pions (l. Chan/Chan) (both w/Mertens); now 2-1 in doubles finals • Advanced to first Premier-level SF of her career at • Fell in R16 at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) Dubai (d. No.7 Kerber and No.5 Ka.Pliskova, l. No.4 • Won both singles rubbers (d. Petkovic and Siege- Kvitova) mund) during Belarus’ Fed Cup win over Germany • Lifted doubles title in Dubai (w/Strycova, d. Hradec- • Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion ka/Makarova in F) Bertens); rose to career-high No.9 in the rankings Fell 1r at Hua Hin (l. Niculescu) and reached 2r at following run in Russia (February 4, 2019) • Doha (l. Muchova) • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova); made Top 10 debut after tournament (January 28) • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka after leading 7-5 4-1) • Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F) followed with opening • Opened 2019 season with runs to SF in Auckland (l. R-Up Andreescu) and 2r at Sydney (l. eventual match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) champion Kvitova) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and • Ended 2018 ranked No.28, up from No.96 in 2017 Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and • Returned to Top 30 on September 17, 2018 for the finishing at No.11 in the rankings first time since reaching career high of No.23 on • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and February 25, 2013 Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, • Won third WTA singles title at 2018 Hiroshima – oth- reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand ers both coming in 2012 at Kuala Lumpur (as qualifi- Slam run to R16 at US Open er, d. Martic in F) and Guangzhou (d. Robson in F) ARYNA HSIEH SABALENKA VS SU-WEI

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• Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending • Won 20th career doubles title at 2018 Indian Wells year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first (w/Strycova, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making • Other highlights of 2018 season were SF runs SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) Auckland (l. eventual champion Goerges), Rabat (l. • Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wim- eventual champion Mertens), Seoul (l.Tomljanovic) bledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and and Tianjin (.Garcia). Also made QF at Strasbourg WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. (l.Buzarnescu) and equaled best Grand Slam result Ka.Bondarenko) by reaching R16 at Australian Open and Wimbledon • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to • Stunned No.1 Halep at 2018 Wimbledon for first win competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and over reigning No.1 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA • Reached QF at Nanchang (l. Y.Wang) in 2017 and • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 concluded season with runner-up effort at WTA 125K Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk Series event in Hua Hin, Thailand (l. Bencic) • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title • 2016 season highlights included SF run at Kaohsi- at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) ung (l. Doi) and QF showing at Prague (l. eventual • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, end- champion Safarova) ing year at No.155 • Just second player from Chinese Taipei to win a • WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat tour-level singles title (Wang Shi-Ting won six titles • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/ in 1990s) Minsk-BLR • Qualified for 2012 Tournament of Champions-Sofia (went 1-2 in round robin play) • Won two Grand Slams w/Peng and qualified twice GRAND SLAM HISTORY for WTA Finals, emerging as champions in 2013 (d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) and runners-up in 2014 (l. • 2019 Roland Garros marked seventh career main Black/Mirza in F) draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Became first player from Chinese Taipei (male or • Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. female) to achieve the WTA World No.1 doubles eventual champion Osaka in 3s) ranking on May 12, 2014 – held the top spot for five • Best run at Australian Open was 3r run in 2019 (l. non-consecutive weeks Anisimova) • On ITF Circuit, winner of 26 singles titles and 23 • First Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on doubles titles Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, • Played first professional tournament at ITF level in d. Khromacheva, l.Witthoeft) New Zealand in 2001; started career by winning first • Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at 33 matches (mix of ITF and tour level) 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros • Has reached R16 on three occasions at the Austra- • Was No.26 seed at 2018 US Open – first Grand lian Open in 2018 (l. Kerber) and 2008 (as qualifier, l. Slam seeding of her career Henin), and Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Cibulkova) • Also made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Garcia). At US Open, posted 2r efforts in 2018 (l. Cibulkova) and PERSONAL 2013 (l. Giorgi) • Winner of two Grand Slam doubles titles – 2014 • Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov Roland Garros (w/Peng, d. Errani/Vinci in final) and • Since their partnership formed last summer, the pair- 2013 Wimbledon (w/Peng, d. Barty/Dellacqua in ing scored the best win-by-ranking of her career over final) No.2 Wozniacki at Montréal. Then in Cincinnati, the Belarusian dropped three consecutive seeds (No.9 Ka.Pliskova, No.6 Garcia and No.13 Keys) en route PERSONAL to SF, before capturing her first career titles at New Haven, Wuhan and Shenzhen • Has six siblings. Introduced to tennis by dad at age 5 • Father is Hsieh Tze-Lung; mother is Ho Fom-Ju • Started playing aged six as an accident when father • Idolized Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi growing up drove by local tennis courts • Her favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER

ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #18)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 1-0 (at tour level)

2016 ACAPULCO HARD O R1 JOHANNA KONTA 6-3 3-6 6-4 104 mins

ANETT KONTAVEIT JOHANNA KONTA 20 WTA RANKING 18 20 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9 24-12-1995 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-05-1991 (28) $801,736 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,250,509 $3,580,025 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $8,430,928 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-0 BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * 5-6 16-11 / 94-83 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 25-9 / 153-95 6-3 / 33-28 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 11-2 / 39-41 5-4 / 26-27 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-6 / 34-27 0-0 / 11-9 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 34-22 1-2 / 9-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 12-13 0-2 / 2-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-10 1-3 / 9-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / 18-21 2-5 / 15-24 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-5 / 34-35 * Updated entering 2019 Birmingham 1r

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Rnd Result Duration

BIRMINGHAM Tournament History

JOHANNA KONTA 2018 R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-4

2017 R16 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #30) 6-1 6-3

2016 R16 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #49) 6-3 6-3

2015 R2 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #12) 3-6 6-3 6-4

2014 R2 L - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #135) 6-4 6-2

2013 R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #39) 6-4 6-1

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• Making debut appearance at Nature Valley Classic • Making seventh main draw appearance at Birming- • Faces British No.1 Konta in 1r; owns 13-6 career ham. Has reached 2r - but never further - five times record against British opposition • Faces No.20 Kontaveit today in 1r; in terms of • Lost only tour-level match with Kontaveit at 2016 ranking, best win at Birmingham came over No.34 Acapulco, despite leading 3-0 in final set. Also fell to Tsurenko in 2017 the Briton whilst on Fed Cup duty in 2018 • Owns four Top 20 wins in 2019, over No.6 Stephens • Has posted two Top 20 wins so far in 2019, over (Brisbane), No.8 Stephens (Rome), No.4 Bertens No.7 Kvitova (at Sydney) and No.11 Sevastova (via (Rome) and No.7 Stephens (Roland Garros) ret. at Indian Wells) • Entering Birmingham, holds the best break points • This is her first grass court tournament of the season saved percentage on tour (64.4% from 31 matches), – went 2-3 on the surface in 2018, reaching 3r at ahead of Anisimova (62.6%) Wimbledon and falling 1r at ‘s-Hertogenbosch and • Boasts a 84.6% win percentage in three-set matches Mallorca this year having won 11 out of 13. Only Ka.Pliskova • Won sole career WTA title on grass, at ‘s-Hertogen- (14) and Bencic (12) have more three-set victories bosch in 2017. Also reached QF at 2016 Nottingham • Has fine career record on grass: R-Up at Nottingham • Currently ranked No.20, six spots off her career-high in 2017 and 2018 and reached SFs at Eastbourne in ranking of No.14 (achieved on April 1, 2019) 2016 and 2017, and Wimbledon in 2017 • Contesting Birmingham ranked No.18 - her highest position since March 19, 2018 (No.14) SEASON • One of three British players in starting field here in Birmingham, joined by wildcards Dart and Watson Coming off 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Muchova) • • Last week withdrew from Nottingham w/right arm • Fell 2r at Rome (l. Sakkari) and 1r at Madrid (l. Sas- injury novich) • Posted R-Up finish at Stuttgart (l. Kvitova); career record in finals is now 1-4 SEASON • Withdrew from Lugano w/left leg injury • Reached first Premier Mandatory SF after reaching • Reached SF at Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova) - last four at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty). Came having previously made last four at 2016 Australian from a set and 4-0 down in the decider to defeat Open and 2017 Wimbledon has become the eighth Hsieh in QF active player to reach a major SF on hard, grass • Reached R16 at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and clay: also Azarenka, Bouchard, Halep, Kvitova, • Made 2r at Doha (l. Kerber) and fell 1r at Dubai (l. Sharapova, S.Williams and V.Williams S.Zhang) • Posted R-Up finish in Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) in sec- • Won all three of the singles matches she played ond clay final of the season; now 3-5 in WTA finals at the Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I event, • Exited 2r at Madrid (l. Halep) including defeating Barritza to help Estonia to a 2-0 • Was R-Up at Rabat (l. Sakkari, after leading by a set victory in their relegation play-off tie against Denmark and a break) – marked first final in 10 months (2018 • Lost to Sasnovich in straight sets in 2r at Australian Nottingham) and first ever final on red clay (had nev- Open er previously reached tour-level QF on the surface) • Upset No.7 Kvitova in 2r at Brisbane before falling to • Until Rabat, where she won four matches, had never Tsurenko in QF. Reached 2r in Sydney (l. Mertens) won more than two consecutive main draw matches on red clay and had not won three matches in a row on it since qualifying for Roland Garros in 2015. Not CAREER MILESTONES since winning her first ITF Circuit title in Mostar in 2008 had she won four consecutive matches on red • In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw clay (all levels) wins – the first time she had registered 30 or more • In Fed Cup action in London in April, posted three- set wins over Diyas and Putintseva to help Britain wins in a single season – and finished at No.21 in the secure a place in the competition’s World Group II in rankings 2020 (Great Britain d. Kazakhstan, 3-1) • Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 During ‘Sunshine Double’, reached 3r at Indian Wells run at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) • (l. Bertens) and 2r at Miami (l. Q.Wang) and SF showings at Rome (l. eventual champion • Reached first QF of year at Acapulco (l. Vekic) Svitolina) and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Plis-

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• Breakthrough season came in 2017, finishing on a • On February, won all four of her Fed Cup matches to ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 – first year- help Great Britain progress from Europe/Africa Zone end finish inside Top 50 and second non-consecutive Group I to World Group II play-offs year in Top 100 • Lost to Muguruza in 2r at Australian Open in a three- • Won first career singles title at 2017 ‘s-Hertogen- set match which lasted two hours 42 minutes and bosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at finished at 03:12am – one of the latest finishes in the Biel/Benne (l. Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens) tournament’s history • Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run • Retired in final round of qualifying at Sydney vs. Al- at Gstaad (July 24, 2017) exandrova w/neck injury. Received Lucky Loser spot, • Also advanced to quarterfinals at Premier-level tour- but withdrew prior to 1r match vs. Bertens w/same naments at Stuttgart, where she beat No.6 Muguru- injury. Was first time in qualifying since 2015 Linz za en route, and Rome, where she posted her first • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, making 2r (d. career win over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber No.6 Stephens, l. Tomljanovic). Defeat of Stephens in 2r was first over a Top 10 player since upsetting No.2 • In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams Halep at 2017 Wimbledon for first time, but dropped out of Top 100 • One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100 • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at CAREER MILESTONES No.96, up from No.152 • Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at • Finished 2018 at No.37, with season highlights a 2016 Monterrey (2r) second consecutive R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. • Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on Barty) – overall record in WTA finals now stands at ITF Circuit 3-5 Q1 – and SF showing at Moscow [Kremlin Cup] • Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. (l. eventual champion Kasatkina) McHale, 1r) • Also in 2018, reached QF at Brisbane and San Jose, • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010 while best results at the Slams were 2r showings at • Junior highlights included winning 2011 Orange Australian Open and Wimbledon Bowl, defeating Bouchard and Putintseva en route • Posted five Top 20 wins in 2018, over No.19 Keys (Brisbane), No.19 Rybarikova (Madrid and Rome), No.11 Ostapenko (Montréal) and No.16 Mertens GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Moscow [Kremlin Cup]) • Posted career-high season finish of No.9 (second • 2019 Roland Garros marked 17th Grand Slam main Top 10 season in a row). Peaked in rankings at No.4 draw appearance on July 17, 2017 • Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US • Began 2017 season by lifting title at Sydney (d. Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Wil- A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of ca- liams) – only seventh qualifier in Open Era to reach reer at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) US Open R16 • At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since • Also made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Suárez Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. Navarro) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) eventual R-Up V.Williams) • Best showings at Wimbledon are 3r runs in 2017 (l. • Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham Wozniacki) and 2018 (l. Van Uytvanck) (l. Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year • Runner-up in 2012 US Open girls’ singles (l. Craw- in a row at home event of Eastbourne – conceded ford) walkover to eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell heavily on match PERSONAL point, but won match after treatment) • Win over Kerber was first by a British woman over a • Coached by Nigel Sears reigning No.1 since Barker d. Evert at 1979 Boston • Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia • Owns six Top 5 wins, over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wu- • Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in han, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began at 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne, working other Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is No.2 Halep at 2017 Wimbledon and No.4 Bertens at a manager at the Port of Tallinn 2019 Rome

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• Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) • Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore in 2016, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play • By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker) • Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Road- map was introduced in 2009 • Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20) • Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2019 Roland Garros marked 22nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Austra- lian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park since Sue Barker in December 1977, and at any Grand Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open • Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last four since Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova) • Also made QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), while at US Open made R16, in 2015 (l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova)

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