MATCH NOTES: VOLVO CAR OPEN CHARLESTON, SC, USA | APRIL 5-11, 2021 | USD $565,530 | WTA 500

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VOLVO CAR OPEN – DAY 1

AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #78) vs. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #89)

Tomljanovic leads 1-0

Tomljanovic triumphed when they met in qualifying at 2019 Toronto… McHale reached QF here in

2011… Tomljanovic’s best result was runner-up finish at 2018 Rabat

MAGDA LINETTE (POL #51) vs. [13] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #33)

Linette leads 1-0

Linette beat Anisimova in second round at 2019 Wimbledon… Anisimova coming off tight defeat to Andreescu at Miami… Linette registered only one Top 50 win last season

[17] MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #56) vs. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #106)

Babos leads 1-0

Babos beat Bouzkova en route to her most recent singles final, at 2018 Monterrey… Bouzkova promoted to No.17 seed after Bertens’ withdrawal… Babos No.2 seed in doubles with Kudermetova

ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #104) vs. [11] (KAZ #31)

Putintseva leads 3-1

Putintseva has won all three of their clay court match-ups, most recently at 2017 Rabat… Petkovic was champion here in 2014… Putintseva has fallen early at her past two tournaments

[10] (KAZ #23) vs. CATHERINE MCNALLY (USA #118)

First meeting

Rybakina has not lost to a player outside Top 100 since 2019… McNally owns two Top-50 wins in her career… Rybakina won her maiden career title on clay at 2019 Bucharest

LAUREN DAVIS (USA #79) vs. (USA #81)

Brengle leads 2-1

Davis and Brengle met three times in the final months of 2018 season… The two players are among

17 Americans in the starting field… Winner faces No.2 seed Kenin in second round

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AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #78) VS. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #89)

Head-to-: AJLA TOMLJANOVIC leads 1-0

2019 TORONTO HARD O QUAL. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC 6-4 7-6(2)

TOMLJANOVIC MCHALE Career Prize Money $3,370,355 Career Prize Money $4,505,476 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) May 7, 1993 (27) Date of Birth (Age) May 11, 1992 (28) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 1 Charleston W-L (MD) 5-3 Charleston W-L (MD) 6-8 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 3-6 / 106-134 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 0-5 / 169-204 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-3 / 41-53 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 69-76 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 36-35 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 37-48 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 25-31 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 35-50 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-3 / 3-16 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 6-33 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-3 / 8-39 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 16-67 Coach Ratko Tomljanovic Coach -

TOMLJANOVIC: Charleston • Making fourth appearance at Volvo Car Open, where she has reached 3r twice • Advanced to 3r on debut in 2014 (l. Jankovic) and again in 2019 (l. Stephens) • Fell 2r in 2015 (d. Dulgheru, l. Mitu) • Faces McHale in 1r today; bidding for first clay court win since beating WC Lisicki in 1r at 2019 Nürnberg • Best career result on clay was R-Up finish at 2018 Rabat (l. Mertens) • Coming off 2r showing at Miami (l. Osaka) • Suffered 1r exit at Adelaide (l. Sanders) • Also on home soil, posted 2r showings at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and (l. Halep – having led 5-2 in final set), and suffered 1r exit at Gippsland Trophy (l. Cornet) • Reached 2r in opening tournament of the season, at Abu Dhabi (l. eventual champion Sabalenka); also reached SF in doubles (w/Kenin, l. eventual champions Aoyama/Shibahara)

Career Milestones • Reached 2r – but never further – on five occasions in 2020 • Ended 2019 season by representing Australia in Perth final of vs. France – went 1-1 in singles (d. Parmentier, l. Mladenovic) as visitors prevailed 3-2 • Four-time WTA singles finalist, most recently finishing runner-up at 2019 Hua Hin (l. Yastremska). Earlier finals came at 2015 Pattaya City (l. Hantuchova), 2018 Rabat (l. Mertens) and 2018 Seoul (l. Bertens) • Posted two Top 10 wins in 2019, her first for almost five years, defeating No.9 Sabalenka (Miami) and No.8 Bertens (Zhengzhou). Other Top 10 defeat, and best win of career, came over No.3 A.Radwanska at 2014 Roland Garros • Reached first Premier-level SF of career at 2019 Zhengzhou (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) • Underwent shoulder surgery in February 2016 and was sidelined for rest of season; returned at 2017 Acapulco, more than 12 months later Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Made Top 50 debut in 2015, rising as high as No.47 (week of February 23) • Best result to date is R16 run at 2014 Roland Garros (d. No.32 seed Vesnina in 2r and No.3 seed A.Radwanska in 3r, l. Suárez Navarro) • Announced in 2014 she would switch nationalities and start representing Australia (first did so at 2014 US Open) • On ITF Circuit, winner of four singles titles and three doubles titles • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2007 and WTA main draw debut at 2009 Indian Wells (as WC, l. 1r) • As a junior, achieved career-high ranking of No.4, won Australian Open junior doubles title in 2009 (w/McHale), and was a member of Croatia’s victorious junior Fed Cup team in 2009

MCHALE: Charleston • Making ninth main draw appearance at Charleston, where she reached QF in 2011 (l. Jankovic) • Also advanced to 3r on debut in 2010 (as qualifier, d. No.9 Azarenka in 2r vie ret., l. Oudin) • On most recent visit, made 2r in 2018 (l. Kasatkina). Has fallen 1r five times, in 2012-16 • Coming off 1r exit at Miami (l. Siegemund) • Faces Tomljanovic in 1r today; bidding for first main draw win since upsetting No.26 Muchova in 1r of Roland Garros last September • Best career result on clay remains SF run at 2014 Strasbourg, followed by QFs here in 2011 and at 2015 Rome • During this year’s Australian swing, suffered opening match defeats at Grampians Trophy (l. eventual finalist Kontaveit), Australian Open (l. Podoroska), Phillip Island Trophy (l. Diyas in 3s) and after 1r bye, l. 2r at Adelaide (l. Sevastova) • Best results in 2020 were QF at Acapulco (l. eventual champion Watson) and 3r run at Western & Southern Open (as qualifier, l. Jabeur) • Highlights of 2019 campaign were a fourth ITF Circuit title at $80K Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA and a 3r run at Indian Wells. In doubles was R-Up at Hiroshima (w/Savinykh) • Ended 2018 ranked No.155 for first year-end finish outside Top 100 since 2010. Best result was 3r showing at Miami (d. No.24 Strycova in 2r, l. Muguruza) • Posted third non-consecutive Top 50 season in 2016 (first since 2012), at No.45. Won a career-best 26 main draw matches in 2016 and won first WTA singles title of career at Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. Siniakova in F) • The 2016 season also brought first two career WTA doubles titles, at Hobart (w/Han) and Tianjin (w/Peng) • Enjoyed breakout year in 2012 when she became youngest member of US Olympic team (four days younger than ); also reached 3r of three straight Slams (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon) • Achieved career-best ranking of No.24 the week of August 20, 2012, but contracted mononucleosis and dropped out of the Top 100 on August 12, 2013 (to No.115), before finishing the year at No.68 • Broke into Top 100 on March 21, 2011 and Top 50 on September 12 the same year • Played first WTA qualifying at 2008 New Haven and made main draw debut at (both as WC); recorded first tour-level match win at 2009 US Open (in second tour-level main draw)

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MAGDA LINETTE (POL #51) VS. [13] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #33)

Head-to-head: MAGDA LINETTE leads 1-0

2019 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R2 MAGDA LINETTE 6-4 7-5

LINETTE ANISIMOVA Career Prize Money $2,817,008 Career Prize Money $2,084,634 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Feb. 12, 1992 (29) Date of Birth (Age) Aug. 19, 2001 (19) Singles Titles 2 Singles Titles 1 Charleston W-L (MD) 1-3 Charleston W-L (MD) 0-1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 1-1 / 93-106 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-2 / 47-31 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 33-35 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 9-17 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 31-20 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 11-5 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 13-21 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 14-7 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-12 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 3-9 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 1-25 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 6-13 Coach Nikola Horvat Coach Andis Juska

LINETTE: Charleston • Making fourth appearance at Volvo Car Open • Only win came during 2r showing on debut in 2017 (d. Putintseva, l. Jabeur) • Also fell 1r in 2018 (l Liu) and 2019 (l. Tomljanovic) • Faces No.33 Anisimova in 1r today; last year, sole Top 50 win came over No.43 Ostapenko at Rome • Playing in her first tournament of the year after sitting out the first part of the season due to a knee injury • Best career results on clay are QFs at Bogotá in 2017 and 2018 and a R-Up finish at the WTA 125K Series event in Bol in 2018

Career Milestones • Finished 2020 at No.40 for best career year-end ranking and second straight year in the Top 50 • Season highlighted by second WTA title at Hua Hin (d. Kung in F) losing only 36 total games en route to reach career high ranking of No.33 • Also reached 3r at US Open (l. Kontaveit) for best career result in New York and to tie career best Grand Slam Result • Earned first Top 50 year in 2019 with maiden WTA title at the Bronx (as qualifier, d. Giorgi) and R-Up finish at Seoul (l. Muchova) • Posted fourth consecutive Top 100 season in 2018 at No.83 (down from best year-end finish at No.71 in 2017) • Reached QF at 2018 Washington DC (l. Vekic); win over No.17 Osaka in 2r was first Top 20 victory – previous career-best win came over No.21 Gavrilova at 2017 Tokyo [PPO] • Highlights of 2018 clay court season were QF at Bogotá (l. Jakupovic) and R-Up finish at WTA 125K event at Bol (l. Zidansek) • Posted first career victories at during 3r run (d. Brady in 1r and No.22 seed Kasatkina in 2r, l. Allertova)

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• Appeared in third career WTA doubles final at 2017 Bogotá (w/Cepede Royg), having also been runner-up at 2014 Guangzhou (w/Cornet) and 2016 Hong Kong (w/Xu) • 2017 highlighted by SF at Kuala Lumpur (l. Hibino). Also made QF at Bogotá and reached 3r at major for first time at Roland Garros • In 2016 enjoyed run to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at Tokyo [PPO] (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Wozniacki); also advanced to QF at Katowice (l. Parmentier) • Broke into Top 100 on June 15, 2015 and posted career-high singles ranking of No.53 on August 26, 2019 • Reached maiden WTA singles final at 2015 Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. Wickmayer) • At WTA 125K Series level, won title at Ningbo in 2014 and was R-Up at Bol in 2018 • At 2013 Baku, made SF in second WTA main draw appearance (l. Peer) • Played first two WTA main draws in 2013: 2r at Strasbourg (l. Cornet) and SF at Baku (l. Peer) • Owns 10 singles titles and eight doubles titles at that level • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Poland in 2007

ANISIMOVA: • Making her second appearance at Charleston • Fell 1r on her debut in 2019 (l. Martic) • Followed opening round exit here in 2019 by lifting her maiden WTA title at Bogotá and then a month later reached SF at Roland Garros • Begins this year’s clay court campaign against Linette; last loss to a player outside Top 50 came to No.54 Teichmann at 2020 Strasbourg • One of seven teenagers in the draw in Charleston • Coming off 3r showing at Miami (l. Andreescu in 3s) • In opening WTA event of the season, fell 2r at Dubai (l. eventual champion Muguruza) • Missed Australian Open after testing positive for COVID-19 and then withdrew from Doha due to an ankle injury

Career Milestones • Finished 2020 ranked No.30 to post her second consecutive Top 50 season • Highlights of 2020 season was advancing to SFs on season debut in Auckland (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and posting 3r showings at the US Open (l. Sakkari) and Roland Garros (l. Halep) • Registered career-high ranking of No.21 on October 21, 2019 • Highlight of 2019 season was winning maiden title at Bogotá (d. Sharma in F); at 17y 222d was the youngest American to win a title since S.Williams at 1999 Indian Wells (17y 169d) • Finished 2019 ranked No.24 – the youngest of three teenagers in the Top 50 (also Andreescu and Yastremska) • Other standout performances included SF run at Roland Garros – first player (man or woman) born in 2000s to advance to this stage of a major – QF showings at Mallorca and San Jose, and R16 appearance at Australian Open – at 17 years and five months old, was the youngest player to reach R16 at a Slam since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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

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[17] MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #56) VS. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #106)

Head-to-head: TIMEA BABOS leads 1-0

2018 MONTERREY HARD O R1 TIMEA BABOS 6-3 6-4

BOUZKOVA BABOS Career Prize Money $1,125,865 Career Prize Money $8,104,232 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) July 21, 1998 (22) Date of Birth (Age) May 10, 1993 (27) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 1 Charleston W-L (MD) Tournament debut Charleston W-L (MD) 0-1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 10-4 / 29-31 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 3-5 / 123-169 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 4-2 / 10-12 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 41-68 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 5-10 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 40-49 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 1-5 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 24-38 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 4-6 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 1-21 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 7-9 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 8-43 Coach Christian Requeni Coach Peter Nagy

BOUZKOVA: Charleston • Making tournament debut at Volvo Car Open • Promoted to No.17 seed following No.4 seed Bertens’s withdrawal w/left Achilles injury; had originally been scheduled to face a qualifier • Instead, faces Babos in 1r; last loss to a player outside Top 100 came at the hands of No.106 Kanepi in 1r at 2020 Roland Garros • Solitary Tour-level clay court win of career came over Tomljanovic in 1r at 2020 Rome; however, does own two clay court titles on ITF Circuit, at Hilton Head in 2014 and Orlando in 2017 • Also playing doubles this week w/Hradecka (face recent Miami finalists Carter/Stefani in 1r) • Coming off 1r exit at Miami (l. Rus) • Prior to that, had reached SF at Guadalajara (l. eventual champion Sorribes Tormo) and posted a R-Up finish at Phillip Island Trophy (d. No.8 Andreesu in SF, l. Kasatkina in F in 3s) • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Svitolina) after advancing to 3r at Yarra Valley Classic (l. eventual champion Barty)

Career Milestones • Before Tour’s hiatus in March 2020, advanced to first career WTA final at Monterrey where she finished R-Up to Svitolina – broke into Top 50 at career-high ranking of No.47 following the tournament (March 9, 2020) • Other highlight of 2020 came at Lexington, where she made the fourth tour-level QF of her career (l. eventual champion Brady) and reached maiden WTA doubles final (w/Teichmann, l. Carter/Stefani); also reached R16 at Western and Southern Open defeating fellow Czech, No.12 Kvitova in 2r (l. Kontaveit) • Ended season by falling qualifying at Ostrava (l. Kasatkina) • Standout performance of 2019 season was a SF run in her first Premier 5 appearance at Toronto (as qualifier, l. S.Williams in 3s); upset No.4 Halep and No.8 Stephens en route – her first career wins over players inside Top 20

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• Also in 2019, made QF at Guangzhou and was R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Guadalajara. Lifted 12th and biggest title of career on ITF Circuit, at $80K Nur-Sultan-KAZ (d. Kostic in F); broke into the Top 100 for the first time at No.92 following the tournament (on July 22) • Won first Slam main draw match during 2r showing at 2019 Wimbledon (as LL, d. Barthel, l. Sakkari) • Highlights of 2018 season were winning maiden tour-level match during 2r showing at Québec City (as qualifier, l. Lepchenko) and qualifying for first Grand Slam at US Open, where she fell in 1r (l. Bogdan) • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2015 Acapulco (as wildcard, l. Karatantcheva)
• Professional debut was opening round loss in qualifying at 2013 Katowice
• Girls’ singles champion at 2014 US Open (d. Kalinina in F)

BABOS: Charleston • Playing Charleston for the second time, having fallen 1r on debut in 2015 (l. Barthel) • This year’s original draw paired her with No.9 seed Vondrousova in 1r; however, No.4 seed Bertens’s withdrawal resulted in Vondrousova receiving a bye • New opponent is Bouzkova, whom she beat in the opening round en route to her most recent singles final, at 2018 Monterrey (l. Muguruza) • Owns two Top 100 wins in 2021, over No.56 Tig at the Gippsland Trophy and No.94 Gracheva at Lyon • Best career singles result on clay was R-Up finish at 2015 Marrakesh (l. Svitolina); in doubles, owns eight titles on the surface, including the last two editions of Roland Garros (both w/Mladenovic) • Seeded No.2 in doubles here w/Kudermetova (face Doi/Hibino in 1r); has contested just two doubles draws this season, with best result a SF showing at Dubai alongside Kudermetova • Coming off qualifying exit at Miami • Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Kontaveit) and made 2r at Lyon (l. eventual champion Tauson) • Reached 2r at Gippsland Trophy (l. Garcia) and Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Potapova). Also fell 1r at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Minnen)

Career Milestones • Alongside partner Mladenovic, won third and fourth Grand Slam doubles titles in 2020, at Australian Open (d. Hsieh/Strycova in F) and Roland Garros (d. Guarachi/Krawczyk) • Lifted second major doubles title at 2019 Roland Garros (w/Mladenovic, d. Duan/Zheng in F) • Other doubles highlights in 2019 included finishing R-Up in doubles at Australian Open (w/Mladenovic, l. Stosur/Zheng), reaching SF at Wimbledon and title run at Istanbul (both w/Mladenovic) • Singles highlights in 2018 were reaching seventh and eighth career finals, at Taipei City (d. Kozlova in F) and Monterrey (l. Muguruza in F in 3s) • Enjoyed success in doubles in 2018, winning debut Slam at Australian Open, WTA Finals, Birmingham and reached QF at Wimbledon (all w/Mladenovic); crowned new WTA World No.1 in doubles after Wimbledon run (July 16, 2018) • Highest-ranked opponent beaten in career to date is No.9 Vandeweghe at 2018 Australian Open 1r

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• Reached a career-high three singles finals in 2017, capturing the second WTA singles title of her career on home soil in Budapest (d. Safarova in F) and posting back-to-back R-Up finishes at Québec City and Tashkent • Produced an impressive season on the doubles court in 2017, claiming a career-high six titles, including hoisting the trophy at the WTA Finals in Singapore (w/Hlavackova) • In 2016, reached 3r at a major for the first time, at US Open (l. Halep); shortly after New York run rose to her career-high ranking of No.25 (September 19, 2016) • Reached third singles final of career at 2016 Florianopolis (l. Begu in F), made SF appearances at Shenzhen and Rabat, and QF runs at St Petersburg, Katowice, Cincinnati and ; qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai where she fell in round robin stage (0-2 record) • Qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals in doubles w/Shvedova – fell in 1r (l. Mattek-Sands/Safarova); also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals w/Mladenovic – pair exited at RR stage • Highlights in 2015 were R-Up finish at Marrakech (l. Svitolina in F), winning the WTA 125K Series event in Taipei (d. Doi in F), and three doubles titles, at Dubai, Marrakesh and Rome (all w/Mladenovic) • Scored first Top 20 win by upsetting No.17 Ivanovic en route to 2013 Monterrey QF • Reached first WTA singles SF at 2012 Bogotá, lifting maiden title the following week at Monterrey (d. Cadantu in F) • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2010 Budapest (as WC, l. Bacsinszky) • Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2011-15 and 2017; Hungarian Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 • Began senior career on ITF Circuit in Great Britain in 2009, reaching the final of her first three tournaments. Overall, owns 13 singles and 10 doubles titles on ITF Circuit • In juniors, was three-time doubles Grand Slam champion (2010 Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open – all w/Stephens) and two-time runner-up (2009 Roland Garros w/Watson, 2010 Australian Open w/Dabrowski)

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ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #104) VS. [11] YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #31)

Head-to-head: YULIA PUTINTSEVA leads 3-1

2017 RABAT CLAY O R1 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 6-3 6-4 2016 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 6-2 6-2 2015 NÜRNBERG CLAY O R1 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 5-0 ret. 2013 INDIAN WELLS HARD O QUAL. ANDREA PETKOVIC 6-0 6-2

PETKOVIC PUTINTSEVA Career Prize Money $7,930,578 Career Prize Money $4,950,278 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Sept. 9, 1987 (33) Date of Birth (Age) Jan. 7, 1995 (26) Singles Titles 6 Singles Titles 1 Charleston W-L (MD) 13-5 Charleston W-L (MD) 3-4 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-4 / 268-210 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-5 / 139-151 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 88-74 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 2-3 / 46-47 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 56-51 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 36-38 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 75-50 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 45-32 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 14-38 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 8-31 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 37-81 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-3 / 20-52 Coach Petar Popovic Coach Romain Kislianksii

PETKOVIC: Charleston • Making eight main draw appearance at Volvo Car Open, where she is a former champion in 2014 (d. Cepelova in F) • During her title run in 2014, beat No.15 Lisicki and future Grand Slam finalists, Safarova, en route to final • Is one of three former champions in the draw (also Keys and Stephens) • Also made SF in 2015 (l. eventual champion Kerber) • Faces Putintseva in today’s 1r – has lost opening match here twice, in 2016 (after 1r bye, l. Puig) and 2018 (l. Lepchenko) • In addition to title here, career highlights on clay include further silverware at Bad Gastein in 2009 and 2014, and Strasbourg in 2014, as well as a SF run at Roland Garros in 2014 • Coming off 2r showing at Miami (d. No.43 S.Zhang, l. Kenin in 3s) • Went 1-3 during Australian swing – made 2r at Gippsland Trophy (l. Svitolina) and fell in 1r at Australian Open (l. Jabeur) and Phillip Island Trophy (l. Blinkova) • Win over Trevisan in 1r at Gippsland Trophy was her first Tour level match win since beating Giorgi at Luxembourg in October 2019; her only match on Tour in 2020 was 1r defeat to Pironkova at Roland Garros in September

Career Milestones • Played one tournament in 2020 at Roland Garros (l. Pironkova in 1r) • Best results of 2019 were SF run at Linz (l. eventual champion Gauff) and 3r showings at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty) and US Open (d. No.6 Kvitova in 2r, l. Mertens) • Highlights of 2018 season were SF finishes at Washington DC (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), Guangzhou (l. eventual champion Q.Wang) and Linz (l. Alexandrova) • Also in 2018, achieved best Slam result since 2015 by reaching 3r of 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Halep) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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

PUTINTSEVA: Charleston • Making fifth appearance at Charleston, where her best result is QF run in 2016 (d. No.14 V.Williams, l. Errani) • Fell 1r on other three appearances, in 2013 (l. Goerges), 2015 (l. Rodina) and 2017 (l. Linette) • Faces Petkovic in 1r this year; beat the German en route to maiden Grand Slam QF, at 2016 Roland Garros • Can take her career earnings past $5 million by reaching the final this week • One of four Kazakhstani players in the draw this week, along with Rybakina, Diyas and Shvedova • Won her only WTA title, at 2019 Nürnberg, on clay, while has also reached two Roland Garros QFs on the surface, in 2016 and 2018 • Coming off 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. No.95 Stojanovic) • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Svitolina), then fell 2r at Adelaide (l. No.292 Sanders) • Opened 2021 season by reaching R16 at Abu Dhabi (l. Kenin) and 2r at Grampians Trophy (l. Azarenka)

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Career Milestones • Recorded 300th career win (at all levels) with 1r triumph over Flipkens at 2020 Roland Garros • Standout results of 2020 were QF runs at US Open (l. Brady) – first Kazakh woman to reach last eight in New York – and Rome (l. Halep) • Owns one win over a reigning World No.1, upsetting Osaka on grass at 2019 Birmingham • Won first career title at 2019 Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in F); afterwards rose to No.28 in rankings – one spot off career best No.27 (achieved February 6, 2017) • Best result of 2018 was QF run at Roland Garros (l. Keys) • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova – first over a Top 5 player – (l. Mladenovic in F); first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogotá (l. Pereira) • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on February 6, 2017 following St. Petersburg • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in 2012, eventually losing to S.Williams in 3s • Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 Charleston • First Top 10 win came over No.10 Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) • Progressed to maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventual champion Larsson) • In 2014, reached first two WTA QFs, first on clay at Bastad (as qualifier, l. Cepelova) and then on hard at Osaka (l. eventual champion Stosur). Between these two results, scored first Top 20 win – over No.14 Pennetta – during run through qualifying to 2r at Montréal • Made it through to 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at (d. McHale, l. Suárez Navarro) • Advanced to 2r on WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen (as WC, d. Barbat, l. Jankovic) • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six doubles titles • Kazakhstan Billie Jean King Cup Team, 2014-20

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[10] ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #23) VS. CATHERINE MCNALLY (USA #118)

Head-to-head: First meeting

RYBAKINA MCNALLY Career Prize Money $1,657,626 Career Prize Money $827,857 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Jun. 17, 1999 (21) Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 20, 2001 (19) Singles Titles 2 Singles Titles 0 Charleston W-L (MD) Tournament debut Charleston W-L (MD) Tournament debut YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-5 / 61-28 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 3-2 / 10-14 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-4 / 18-13 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 3-0 / 5-2 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-4 / 16-14 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 1-6 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 16-7 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 4-5 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 6-7 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-2 Coach Stefano Vukov Coach Kevin O’Neil

RYBAKINA: Charleston • Making tournament debut at Volvo Car Open • Faces No.118 McNally in 1r today; last loss to a player outside Top 100 was at hands of No.486 Mattek-Sands at 2019 Cincinnati • One of four Kazakhstani players in the draw this week, along with Rybakina, Diyas and Shvedova • Has reached two WTA finals on clay, winning her maiden title at 2019 Bucharest and also finishing R-Up at 2020 Strasbourg • Coming off 3r showing at Miami (l. Sorribes Tormo) • Suffered 1r exit at Doha (l. Siegemund) • Made QF in opening tournament of 2021, at Abu Dhabi (l. eventual champion Sabalenka), before falling 1r at Grampians Trophy (l. Krejcikova) and 2r at Australian Open (l. Ferro)

Career Milestones • Opened 2020 campaign by reaching the championship match at four of her first five tournaments, including a title run at Hobart (d. Zhang in F) • Made first final appearance at a Premier-level tournament with R-Up finish at St. Petersburg (l. Bertens); was rewarded with Top 20 debut at No.19 following run in Russia (February 17, 2020) • First win over a Top-5 ranked opponent came over No.3 Ka.Pliskova during R-Up finish at 2020 Dubai • Won back-to-back Slam matches for the first time during 3r showing at (l. Barty) • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2019 Bucharest (d. Tig in F), breaking into Top 100 for the first time in the following week’s rankings at No.65 (July 22, 2019) • Also in 2019, went on to make Top 50 debut on September 16, 2019, after reaching second career final at Nanchang (l. Peterson), produced SF appearances at Luxembourg and ‘s-Hertogenbosch, and made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 Roland Garros, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. Siniakova) • Finished 2019 campaign with 57-21 win-loss record (across all levels) to end season at No.37, up from 2018’s final ranking of No.191. On the ITF Circuit in 2019, lifted silverware on three occasions: back-to-back at $25k Moscow-RUS and $25k Kazan-RUS, and at $60k ITF/Launceston-AUS Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Highlights of 2018 included reaching maiden WTA QF at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges) and clinching title at $15k ITF/Kazan-RUS • First Top 10 win came over No.7 Garcia at 2018 St. Petersburg • Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2017 Moscow (as qualifier, l. Begu in 1r) • Professional debut came at $10k ITF/Antalya-TUR in 2014

MCNALLY: Charleston • Making main draw debut at Charleston • Contested qualifying in 2019 • Faces No.23 Rybakina in 1r today; owns two Top 50 wins in her career, over No.31 Hsieh at 2019 Washington DC and No.29 Alexandrova at 2020 US Open • Coming off qualifying exit at Miami • Reached second WTA QF of her career at Guadalajara (l. Bouchard) • Made 2r at Gippsland Trophy (l. Muchova) and contested qualifying at Adelaide • Opened this season by falling in qualifying at Australian Open

Career Milestones • Best results of 2020 came at the Slams, reaching 3r at US Open (l. Mertens) and 2r at Australian Open (l. Zhang) • Finished 2019 season ranked No.682 (up from No.682 in 2018) • Posted first WTA main draw wins of career during SF run at Washington, DC, where she also won the doubles title (w/Gauff, d. Sanchez/Stollar in F); with a combined age of 33y 36d, Gauff/McNally became the youngest doubles championship team since 1991 Rome (Capriati/Seles, at 32y 205d) • Also won doubles title at Luxembourg (w/Gauff) • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Watson) • In first appearances at WTA-level tournaments, fell 1r at 2019 Indian Wells (as qualifier, l. Pera) and Miami (as WC, l. Gauff) • Highlight of 2018 season was winning maiden ITF Circuit title at $25K Lawrence, KS-USA. Also reached QF on four occasions at this level • Owns nine career Top 100 wins, all registered in 2019: d. No.80 Brengle and No.57 Peterson (both at $100K ITF/Midland, MI-USA), No.63 Lapko (WTA 125K Series at Indian Wells), No.90 Kr.Pliskova (Indian Wells qualifying), No.80 Brady and No.54 Van Uytvanck (both at $100K ITF/Surbiton-GBR), No.31 Hsieh (Washington, DC), No.89 Bacsinszky (2019 US Open) and No.92 Ahn (2020 Auckland qualifying) • Awarded WC w/Glatch into doubles draw at 2017 Cincinnati (l. Barty/Dellacqua in 1r) – first main draw tour-level match she played • Owns two singles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Made professional debut at ITF/$100K Midland, MI-USA in 2016 (fell in qualifying)

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LAUREN DAVIS (USA #79) VS. MADISON BRENGLE (USA #81)

Head-to-head: MADISON BRENGLE leads 2-1

2018 WTA 125/CHICAGO HARD O R1 MADISON BRENGLE 6-0 6-0 2018 ITF/TEMPLETON HARD O R2 MADISON BRENGLE 6-3 6-2 2018 ITF/TYLER-TX HARD O R2 LAUREN DAVIS 3-6 6-4 6-4

DAVIS BRENGLE Career Prize Money $3,263,219 Career Prize Money $3,312,149 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 9, 1993 (27) Date of Birth (Age) April 3, 1990 (31) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 0 Charleston W-L (MD) 5-5 Charleston W-L (MD) 2-5 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 3-6 / 105-132 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-5 / 71-112 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 20-8 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 22-34 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 14-6 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 19-16 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 3-6 / 43-13 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 2-5 / 48-78 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 4-11 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 3-15 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 8-35 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 6-32 Coach Edward Elliott Coach Gaby Brengle

DAVIS: Charleston • Making her seventh overall appearance at Charleston, and her sixth main draw appearance • Best result here came with QF run in 2015 (d. No.7 Bouchard, l. Keys) • Also made 2r in 2014 (l. Jankovic) 2019 (as qualifier, l. Buzarnescu) • Lost openers in 2017 (l. Sakkari) and 2018 (l. Maria), and fell in 2011 qualifying • One of 17 US women in the singles main draw • Faces countrywoman Brengle today in 1r – this is their first meeting on Tour, having met three times previously on the ITF Circuit and at WTA 125 level at the end of 2018 • Has a strong recent record vs. American players across all levels; has won five of her past six meetings with compatriots, a run that began at 2019 New Haven (d. Chang in 1r, d. Lepchenko in 2r) then 2020 Auckland (d. Lepchenko), 2020 Acapulco (l. McHale), 2020 $100k ITF/Charleston (d. Baptiste) and most recently 2021 Guadalajara (d. Arconada) • Winner will face another American in 2r, No.2 seed Kenin • Coming off 1r exit at Miami (l. Kanepi) • Enjoyed solid Mexican swing, make QF at Guadalajara (as qualifier, l. Cocciaretto) and 2r at Monterrey (l. Golubic) • Opened season with three 1r exits, at Grampians Trophy (l. Krejcikova), Australian Open (l. Bencic) and Phillip Island Trophy (l. Sasnovich)

Career Milestones • Best result of disrupted 2020 campaign was QF run at Hobart (l. Zhang) • Tied career best Grand Slam result by reaching 3r at 2019 Wimbledon (as lucky loser, l. Suarez Navarro); in 2r upset of Kerber became the first LL to beat the defending women’s champion at Wimbledon and the first LL to win two matches at the tournament

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• Win over No.5 Kerber was first Top 10 win since 2017 Eastbourne (d. No.10 A.Radwanska) • Won 2019 USTA Pro Circuit ITF World Tennis Tour W100 event in Bonita Springs, FL-USA. which helped her win 2019 USTA Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge • Ended 2018 ranked No.252 - her first year-end finish outside Top 100 since 2011 • Only Tour-level victories in 2018 came during 3r run at Australian Open (l. Halep) • Reached career high ranking of No.26 on May 2017 after reaching QF at Morocco (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Doha (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) as well as advancing to R16 at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) • Broke into the Top 50 at No.46 on Jan. 9, 2017 after first career WTA title at Auckland (d. Konjuh in F) • Appeared in first singles finals of career in 2016, at Washington DC (l. Wickmayer) and Québec City (as qualifier, l. Dodin) • Earned first Top 20 win en route to R16 at 2014 Indian Wells over No.4 Azarenka (l. Dellacqua by walkover) • Reached 3r at for career best Slam result (l. Bouchard) • Notched first WTA main draw win over No.55 Martic at 2012 Indian Wells (l. Petrova in 2r) • Played first tour-level main draw match at as a wild card (l. Stosur in 1r) • On ITF Circuit has won seven singles titles • Member of US Billie Jean King Cup Team in 2014-15, 2017 • Won USTA Girls’ 18 & Under national title in 2011, earning a US Open main draw wildcard • In December 2010, registered 18-match win streak on ITF Junior Circuit, capturing three tournaments, culminating in . Finished 2010 year ranked No.3 in world junior rankings

BRENGLE:

Charleston • Making sixth main draw appearance at Charleston (ninth overall) • Best result here was 3r run in 2015 (l. Petkovic) • Has fallen 1r on all other main draw outings, on debut here in 2009 (as qualifier, l. Rodionova) and also in 2016 (Kucova), 2018 (l. Vesnina) and 2019 (l. Collins) • Fell in 2011, 2012 and 2014 qualifying • One of 17 American women to begin the singles main draw • Celebrated her 31st birthday over the weekend (April 3) • Faces Davis today in opening match – bidding for first Charleston win here since defeating Vekic in 2r in 2015 • Also lost her last six consecutive matches on Tour to fellow American women –to Rogers (2021 Miami), Collins (2019 Charleston) then Anisimova (2019 San Jose), Bellis (2020 Cincinnati qualifying), Rogers (2020 US Open) and Brady () • Winner will face No.2 seed Kenin in next round • Coming off 1r loss in Miami (l. Rogers) • During Australian swing, contested four events – opened with 1r exit at the Yarra Valley Classic (l. Sevastova) before reaching 2r at Australian Open (losing to eventual R-Up and fellow American, Brady) • Made 2r appearance at Phillip Island Trophy defeating Y.Wang in 1r before falling to Andreescu in 2r in 3 sets, then fell 1r in Adelaide (as qualifier, l. Swiatek) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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Career Milestones • Last season highlighted by reaching 3r at US Open and matching career best result in New York (d. No.25 Yastremska in 2r, l. Rogers) and winning first WTA 125K Series title at Newport Beach (d. Voegele in F) • Defeated top seed and World No.2 S.Williams in 2r to reach QF at 2017 Auckland for best by-ranking win of career to date • Including win over S.Williams, owns six career Top 20 wins: No.14 Vondrousova (2019 Wimbledon), No.12 Kvitova (2017 Wimbledon) No.2 S.Williams (2017 Auckland), No.8 Kvitova (2016 Dubai), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Stuttgart) and No.13 Petkovic () • Enjoyed breakthrough start to 2015, reaching first WTA singles final at Hobart (as qualifier, l. Watson), followed by R16 run at Australian Open (d. No.13 Petkovic in 1r, l. Keys) – left Australia with a 14-3 record • Reached first SF at Premier-level at 2015 Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Kerber); posted first Top 5 win of career over No.4 Kvitova in 2r • Stuttgart run helped achieve career-high ranking of No.35 on May 4, 2015 • Broke into Top 100 on September 24, 2014 and Top 50 for the first time on February 2, 2015 after run in Melbourne • Reached first WTA QF at 2014 Linz; as qualifier, advanced when Begu retired in second set of 1r match and received walkover from Ivanovic in 2r • Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Australian Open (as WC, l. No.9 Schnyder in 1r) ad earned first WTA main draw victory at 2009 Quebec City (d. Cecil, l. Petrova) • Played first tour event at 2005 US Open, falling 1r of qualifying (as WC) • Made professional debut at $25k ITF/Allentown, PA-USA in 2004 • Owns 15 ITF singles titles and seven doubles titles

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