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Nature Valley Classic June 17 – 23, 2019 Women’S Tennis Association Match Notes NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC JUNE 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM, GREAT BRITAIN | JUNE 17 - 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 WTA PREMIER 5 EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.lta.org.uk/major-tennis-events | @BritishTennis | facebook.com/thelta1 WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]) 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 bid- ding 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) Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 17 - Jun 23, 2019 | $1,006,263 | PREMIER 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) Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from JULIA ASHLEIGH GOERGES VS BARTY 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.
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