2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Singles & Doubles Final Match Notes

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2017 DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – SINGLES & DOUBLES FINAL MATCH NOTES

CENTRE COURT

[7] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13) vs. [10] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) Svitolina leads 1‐0

A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS DUBAI YTD CAREER YTD YTD CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT (MD) (MD) (MD) PRIZE $^ TITLES PRIZE $^ TITLES W/L* W/L* W/L* [7] Elina Svitolina 13 22 UKR $209,557 8‐2 16‐2 1 $4,321,752 145‐97 5

[10] Caroline Wozniacki 15 26 DEN $192,009 22‐5 15‐4 0 $22,278,184 487‐205 25 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

FINAL RECORDS (WTA MAIN DRAW)

PLAYER FINALS W‐L

[7] Elina Svitolina 5‐2

[10] Caroline Wozniacki 25‐18

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

RANK RANK SINGLES USD $ DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 487,245 900 Winner 139,300 900 Runner‐Up 243,621 585 Runner‐Up 70,480 585 Semifinalist 121,690 350 Semifinalist 34,880 350 Quarterfinalist 56,115 190 Quarterfinalist 17,560 190 Round of 16 27,790 105 Round of 16 8,900 105 Round of 28 14,265 60 Round of 28 4,395 1 Round of 56 7,335 1

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FINAL QUICK HITS  Caroline Wozniacki, the 2011 champion, returns to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final, looking to become the third multiple winner, joining Henin (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007) and V.Williams (2009, 2010, 2014)  Wozniacki’s semifinal victory over Sevastova was her 22nd in seven appearances at Dubai. She has now won more matches at the tournament than any other player (Jankovic is next with 21)  Elina Svitolina owns a 1‐0 head to head record over Wozniacki; their only meeting was last year in Miami, Svitolina coming within two points of defeat before winning 57 64 76(1)  Wozniacki is projected to move to No.14 by reaching the final; she can rise as high as No.12 by winning the title. After Dubai, Wozniacki is only defending 145 points until the US Open  Wozniacki finished runner‐up last week in Doha; the only other year she reached the Doha final (2011, l. Zvonareva) she won Dubai (d. Kuznetsova in F)  Wozniacki is appearing in back‐to‐back finals for the ninth time in her career; previous occasions came at 2014 US Open/Tokyo [PPO], 2012 Moscow/Sofia, 2011 Charleston/Stuttgart, 2011 Dubai/Doha/Indian Wells, 2010 Tokyo [PPO]/Beijing/WTA Finals, 2010 Montréal/New Haven, 2009 New Haven/US Open, 2009 Ponte Vedra/Charleston  Svitolina is bidding to win the biggest title of her career; her five tournament victories to date were all at International events  Svitolina is inching towards her Top 10 debut. The 22‐year‐old will be No.11 after reaching the semifinals and could be No.10 with the title; Svitolina would be the 120th player to crack the Top 10 since the WTA Rankings were introduced on November 3, 1975  This is the third time in the tournament’s 17‐year history that both finalists are ranked outside the Top 10 – the other two occasions were in 2016 (No.22 Errani, No.47 Strycova) and 2014 (No.44 V.Williams, No.26 Cornet)  Svitolina and Wozniacki have both dropped just one set en route to the final

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[6] ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #9)/PENG SHUAI (CHN #16) vs. [2] EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #5)/ELENA VESNINA (RUS #6)

Head‐to‐Head: Hlavackova/Peng lead 1‐0

DOUBLES FINAL QUICK HITS

Hlavackova/Peng:  Hlavackova and Peng are through to their fifth final in just their seventh tournament as a pair  The Czech‐Chinese duo are 3‐1 in finals, clinching the titles at 2014 Beijing (d. Black/Mirza in F), 2016 Nottingham (d. Dabrowski/Yang in F) and 2017 Shenzhen (d. Olaru/Savchuk in F)  Reunited their partnership this year, achieving instant success by clinching their third title as a team at Shenzhen, then finishing runners‐up at the Australian Open  Following Shenzhen title, made 1r exit at Sydney (l. Mirza/Strycova)  In 2014, advanced to SF stage at Wuhan (l. Black/Garcia) in their first event as a team  Hlavackova has made three appearances at the WTA Finals (all w/Hradecka) – in 2012 (R‐Up), 2015 (SF) and 2016 (QF)  Peng made back‐to‐back appearances at the WTA Finals, clinching the title in 2013 and R‐Up finish in 2014 (both w/Hsieh)  Hlavackova holds 20 WTA doubles titles, including two Grand Slams at 2011 Roland Garros and 2013 US Open (both w/Hradecka) and reached a career‐high ranking of No.3 (22 October 2012)  Hlavackova owns 20‐16 career record in doubles finals  The only Czech woman to win the doubles title here in Dubai was Peschke in 2006 (w/Schiavone)  Former doubles No.1 Peng (17 February 2014) holds 21 WTA doubles titles, including two Grand Slams at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Roland Garros (both w/Hsieh)  Hlavackova has reached one WTA singles final, at 2013 Bad Gastein (l. Meusburger)  Peng owns one WTA singles title at 2016 Tianjin (d. Riske in F) in her seventh final appearance  Peng owns a 21‐5 career record in doubles finals  A Chinese woman is yet to win the doubles title at Dubai, although Yan Zi and Zheng Jie reached the 2006 final

Makarova/Vesnina:  2017 Dubai represents Makarova/Vesnina’s 19th doubles final as a pair – going 8‐11 in finals to date  Both Makarova and Vesnina are contesting the doubles final at Dubai for the first time

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 Makarova/Vesnina have made one final so far in 2017, losing to Mattek‐Sands/Mirza in Brisbane  Makarova/Vesnina reached five doubles finals in 2016, finishing runners‐up at Rome and Roland Garros before sweeping to titles at Montreal (d. Halep/Niculescu in F), Rio Olympics (d. Bacsinszky/Hingis in F) and the WTA Finals in Singapore (d. Mattek‐Sands/Safarova in F)  Prior to winning three titles in 2016, their most recent title came at 2014 US Open, their second Grand Slam title as a team  Makarova/Vesnina became the first all‐Russian pairing to win the US Open and only all‐Russian team to hold multiple Grand Slam titles  Earlier titles were won at 2012 Beijing, 2012 Moscow, 2013 Indian Wells and 2013 Roland Garros  The pair qualified for the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore, however were forced to withdraw due to Makarova’s right leg injury. They finished runners‐up at 2013 WTA Finals in Istanbul (l. Hsieh/Peng)  In all, Makarova owns nine career doubles titles (9‐15 record), while Vesnina owns 15 (15‐21 record) – including two won w/Mirza (2011 Indian Wells, 2011 Charleston; runners‐up at 2011 Roland Garros)  Two Russian women have won the Dubai doubles title: Kuznetsova in 2003 (w/Navratilova) and Kudryavtseva in 2014 (w/Rodionova)  Makarova achieved a career‐high singles ranking of No.8 (April 2015) and career‐high doubles ranking of No.3 (June 2015)  Vesnina reached her career‐high singles ranking of No.15 on February 6, 2016; she hit her doubles career‐high of No.3 in February 2014  Vesnina reached her first Grand Slam singles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams)  Makarova has two singles titles to her name (2010 Eastbourne, 2014 Pattaya City), as does Vesnina (2013 Hobart, 2013 Eastbourne)  Makarova is a Grand Slam mixed doubles champion at 2012 US Open (w/Soares) and finished runner‐up at 2010 Australian Open (w/Levinsky)  Vesnina won the 2016 Australian Open mixed doubles title (w/Soares) and is a three‐time mixed doubles runner‐up, at 2011 Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi), 2012 Australian Open and 2012 Wimbledon (both w/Paes)

ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD UPDATE

Svitolina and Wozniacki will both move into the Top 8 on the RTS Leaderboard after Dubai  The winner will move to No.2  While the runner‐up will take the No.5 spot

In doubles, the Australian Open finalists, Andrea Hlavackova and Peng Shuai, will take over the top spot on the Road to Singapore Leaderboard after Dubai

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[7] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13) vs. [10] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15)

Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 1-0

2016 MIAMI HARD O R3 ELINA SVITOLINA 5-7 6-4 7-6(1) 163 mins

ELINA SVITOLINA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 13 WTA RANKING 15 9 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 9 12-09-1994 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-07-1990 (26) $209,557 YTD PRIZE MONEY $192,008 $4,317,619 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $22,278,184 1 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 25 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 8-2 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 22-5 16-2 / 145-97 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 15-4 / 487-205 5-1 / 47-27 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 120-67 2-0 / 33-20 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 77-65 16-2 / 112-66 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 15-4 / 360-141 2-1 / 11-25 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 45-61 2-1 / 22-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 109-92 2-0 / 13-18 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 49-24 * Updated through SF

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration SF E. SVITOLINA d. A. KERBER 6-3,7-6(3) 100 mins SF C. WOZNIACKI d. A. SEVASTOVA 6-3,6-4 86 mins

QF E. SVITOLINA d. L. DAVIS 6-0,6-4 64 mins QF C. WOZNIACKI d. C. BELLIS 6-3,6-2 67 mins

R16 E. SVITOLINA d. C. MCHALE 4-6,6-4,6-3 142 mins R16 C. WOZNIACKI d. K. BONDARENKO 3-6,6-2,6-3 126 mins

R2 E. SVITOLINA d. S. ZHENG 7-5,6-1 69 mins R2 C. WOZNIACKI d. V. GOLUBIC 6-4,6-2 110 mins

R1 BYE - R1 C. WOZNIACKI d. D. KASATKINA 6-2,7-5 90 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

ELINA SVITOLINA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2016 2015 SF L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #22) 6-4 6-4 SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 2-6 6-1 6-1 QF W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 6-4 1-6 6-2 QF W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 7-5 6-0 R16 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #5) 7-6(3) 6-3 R16 W - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #19) 6-4 6-0 R1 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #133) 6-3 6-1 R2 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #25) 4-6 6-1 7-5 2015 R1 BYE R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 2-6 6-3 6-2 2014 R1 W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #32) 3-1 SF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #44) 6-3 6-2

QF W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 6-1 6-2 R16 W - ANNIKA BECK (GER #50) 6-4 6-4 R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #15) 2-6 6-3 6-3 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2017 | $2,666,000 | PREMIER 5

2013 SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-4 QF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 4-6 6-1 6-4

R16 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #44) 6-0 6-1

R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #18) 6-2 6-2 2012 SF L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) 7-6(3) 7-5 QF W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #18) 6-3 7-5 R16 W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #53) 6-2 6-3 R1 BYE 2011 F W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #23) 6-1 6-3 SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) 7-5 6-3

QF W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #11) 6-2 6-4 R16 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #57) 6-1 6-0 R2 W - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #51) 6-1 3-5 R1 BYE

2010 R16 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #22) 6-2 7-5 Svitolina: R2 W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) 6-2 7-6(2) R1 BYE  Making third consecutive appearance at Dubai. Reached SF in 2016 (l. eventual champion Errani) and fell in 2r in 2015 (l. Kvitova)  Faces Wozniacki today for the second time. In previous meeting, in the third round of 2016 Miami, came within two points of defeat before winning 57 64 76(1)  Projected to move to No.11 by reaching final; will make her Top 10 debut with the title  Playing first tournament since lifting fifth career title in Taipei City (d. Peng in F); followed this by winning both singles rubbers in Ukraine’s Fed Cup win over Australia  Extended winning streak to 11 matches against Kerber in SF – her longest run since summer 2013 when she won Baku, $75k ITF/Donetsk and two rounds of qualifying at New Haven. Her longest run of tour‐level victories came in August 2014 when she won eight by lifting the Baku title and then reaching Cincinnati QF  Appearing in eighth career final; owns 5‐2 record in final matches. Her only final not on hard courts came at 2015 Marrakesh (clay)  All five career singles titles have been won at International level: 2013 and 2014 Baku (was only teenager to win a WTA singles title in 2013), 2015 Marrakech, 2016 Kuala Lumpur and 2017 Taipei City  Plays No.15 Wozniacki today; owns 22‐48 record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents (2‐1 in 2017)  Began season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s), where she defeated world No.1 Kerber en route. Now owns three wins over No.1s, all within the last six months: S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2016

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from Beijing and 2017 Brisbane). Was the only player to defeat both reigning No.1s in 2016 and is first Ukrainian woman ever to defeat a top‐ranked player  Reached the 3r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova); has now reached 3r or better on seven occasions in her 18 Slam appearances. Best result to date is QF at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic); became first Ukrainian woman to reach last eight in Paris. Backed up that result with run to R16 in 2016 (l. S.Williams)  Best previous result at US Open is 3r in 2015 (l. Makarova) and 2016 (l. Kvitova). At Wimbledon, reached 2r in 2015 (l. Dellacqua) and 2016 (l. Shvedova)  Overall owns 11 career wins over Top 10 opponents: No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai), No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.10 Konta (2016 Zhuhai), No.1 Kerber (2016 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Dubai), No.6 Safarova (2015 Cincinnati), No.9 Kerber (2015 Brisbane), No.8 Kerber (2014 Wuhan) and No.4 Kvitova (2014 Cincinnati)  Posted second Top 20 season in 2016, at No.14. Fourth successive Top 40 season; currently at career‐high No.13  Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post‐US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)  Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F)  Reached three finals in 2016, clinching fourth WTA singles title at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova)  Other season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani), QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) and R16 at Miami (l. Makarova)  Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova)  Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years)  2010 Roland Garros girls’ singles champion  Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit  Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012‐2015. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016  During recent off season, parted ways with longtime coach Iain Hughes. Starts 2017 season with a new team of coaches led by Gabriel Urpi (formerly with Pennetta), as well as coaching consultant Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles  Also worked with former world No.1 Justine Henin as coaching consultant in 2016

Wozniacki:  Making seventh appearance at Dubai; champion in 2011 (d. Kuznetsova in F) and SFs in 2012 (l. Goerges), 2013 (l. Kvitova), 2014 (l. V.Williams) and 2015 (l. Halep)  Owns a 22‐5 win‐loss record in Dubai; Jankovic (21‐12) is the only other player to win more than 20 matches at the tournament  Has advanced to 44th career final; owns a 25‐18 record in WTA final matches. S.Williams (92), V.Williams (81) and Sharapova (58) are the only active players to have appeared in more finals  Most recent final came last week in Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova); en route upset No.6 A.Radwanska for 45th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent (45‐60 overall record). Is now 1‐1 in 2017 (lost to No.9 Konta at Australian Open)  Doha marked first final since 2016 Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F)  Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to Strycova lasted 3 hours 20 minutes  Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets  Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 – lowest year‐end ranking since 2007 (No.64) – having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery; defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber  In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F). Now owns a 25‐17 record in singles finals and has won at least one title nine years running (2008‐2016)  Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg  Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four‐time champion (2008‐11; at one point enjoyed 21‐match win streak at event)  Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova)  Returned to action following two‐and‐a‐half months out w/right ankle injury during grass court swing, making comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r)  Was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t seeded at a Grand Slam  Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina)  Ended 2015 ranked No.17 – first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was longest active streak); currently ranked No.15 – her highest position since October 2015  Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot – 2010 and 2011  Two‐time Grand Slam finalist, finishing runner‐up at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters) and 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams). Has reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows  Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) for singles titles (25) – 20 of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)  Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all‐time list  Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs  Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched the program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight USANA ambassadors on the WTA  Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn; and hitting partner here in Doha is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)

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2017 DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – SEMIFINAL MATCH NOTES

CENTRE COURT

[10] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) vs. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #35) Wozniacki leads 2-0

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) vs. [7] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13) Kerber leads 5-4

A LOOK AT THE FINAL FOUR

DUBAI YTD CAREER YTD YTD CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT (MD) (MD) (MD) PRIZE $^ TITLES PRIZE $^ TITLES W/L* W/L* W/L* [1] Angelique Kerber 2 29 GER $205,314 4-4 7-4 0 $19,527,098 331-186 10 [7] Elina Svitolina 13 22 UKR $209,557 7-2 15-2 1 $4,321,752 144-97 5 [10] Caroline Wozniacki 15 26 DEN $192,009 21-5 14-4 0 $22,278,184 486-205 25 Anastasija Sevastova 35 26 LAT $124,452 6-2 7-5 0 $1,721,367 74-74 1 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD to HEADS

WOZNIACKI SEVASTOVA KERBER Kerber leads 8-5 First meeting SVITOLINA Svitolina leads 1-0 Svitolina leads 1-0

SEMIFINAL RECORDS (WTA MAIN DRAW)

PLAYER SF W-L [1] Angelique Kerber 25-20 [7] Elina Svitolina 7-13 [10] Caroline Wozniacki 43-19 Anastasija Sevastova 3-2

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SEMIFINAL QUICK HITS • Only one former Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships finalist remains in the draw – Caroline Wozniacki (2011 champion) • World No.2 Angelique Kerber is looking to reclaim the No.1 ranking and will need to win the title in order to do so • The German is also approaching USD $20 million in career prize money, and will reach this milestone with the title here in Dubai. Only eight active players have reached this milestone including S.Williams, Sharapova, V.Williams, Azarenka, A.Radwanska, Kvitova, Wozniacki and Kuznetsova • Wozniacki is projected to move to No.14by reaching the semifinals; she can rise as high as No.12 by winning the title. After Dubai, Wozniacki is only defending 145 points until the US Open • Wozniacki has reached the semifinals in Dubai for the sixth time; her second most SF appearances at any Tournament (after New Haven – seven) • Elina Svitolina is inching towards her Top 10 debut. The 22-year-old will be No.11 after reaching the semifinals and could be No.10 with the title; Svitolina would be the 120th player to crack the Top 10 since the WTA Rankings were introduced on November 3, 1975 • Anastasija Sevastova will move to the Top 25 after reaching the semifinals (was No.93 a year ago). She would be Top 20 should she advance to the Final and No.17 if she wins the title • If Sevastova reaches the final she will be the second Latvian-born player to reach the Top 20 since Larisa Savchenko, who was ranked in the Top 20 on several occasions between 1988 and 1990 when representing the Soviet Union • Only Kerber has reached the SFs without dropping a set

ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD UPDATE

Svitolina and Wozniacki will both move into the Top 8 on the RTS Leaderboard after Dubai • Should either win, they will move to No.2 • If either are runner-up, they will move into the RTS Top 5

Kerber will move into the Top 8 if she advances to the final and can move as high as No.4 if she wins the title

Sevastova would need to win the title to move into the Top 8

In doubles, the Australian Open finalists, Andrea Hlavackova and Peng Shuai, will take over the top spot on the Road to Singapore Leaderboard after Dubai

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PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

RANK RANK SINGLES USD $ DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 487,245 900 Winner 139,300 900 Runner-Up 243,621 585 Runner-Up 70,480 585 Semifinalist 121,690 350 Semifinalist 34,880 350 Quarterfinalist 56,115 190 Quarterfinalist 17,560 190 Round of 16 27,790 105 Round of 16 8,900 105 Round of 28 14,265 60 Round of 28 4,395 1 Round of 56 7,335 1

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[10] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) vs. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #35)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 2-0

2016 US OPEN HARD O QF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-0 6-2 65 mins 2011 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R16 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-3 6-4 80 mins

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 15 WTA RANKING 35 9 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 68 11-07-1990 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 13-04-1990 (26) $192,008 YTD PRIZE MONEY $124,452 $22,278,184 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,721,367 0 / 25 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 21-5 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 6-2 14-4 / 486-205 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-5 / 74-74 2-2 / 120-67 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 22-23 1-0 / 77-65 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 20-16 14-4 / 359-141 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-5 / 46-44 1-2 / 45-61 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 3-10 1-3 / 109-92 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 6-22 1-0 / 49-24 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 3-6 * Updated entering Dubai SF

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration QF C. WOZNIACKI d. C. BELLIS 6-3,6-2 67 mins QF A. SEVASTOVA d. Q. WANG 6-4,7-5 81 mins

R16 C. WOZNIACKI d. K. BONDARENKO 3-6,6-2,6-3 126 mins R16 A. SEVASTOVA d. S. PENG 6-4,6-3 79 mins

R2 C. WOZNIACKI d. V. GOLUBIC 6-4,6-2 110 mins R2 A. SEVASTOVA d. A. RISKE 6-4,6-7(3),6-2 149 mins

R1 C. WOZNIACKI d. D. KASATKINA 6-2,7-5 90 mins R1 A. SEVASTOVA d. I. BEGU 6-1,7-5 82 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 2015 2016 SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 2-6 6-1 6-1 R1* L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #75) 6-3 6-3 QF W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 7-5 6-0 2011 R16 W - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #19) 6-4 6-0 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #10) 7-5 6-4 R2 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #25) 4-6 6-1 7-5 R1 W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #62) 6-1 5-7 6-3 2010 R1 BYE 2014 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #9) 6-3 6-3 SF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #44) 6-3 6-2 R1 W - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #41) 6-2 5-7 7-5 QF W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 6-1 6-2 R2* W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #94) 2-6 6-4 6-4 R16 W - ANNIKA BECK (GER #50) 6-4 6-4 R1* W - EKATERINA DZEHALEVICH (BLR #156) 6-4 6-4 R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #15) 2-6 6-3 6-3

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2013 SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-4 QF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 4-6 6-1 6-4 R16 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #44) 6-0 6-1

R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #18) 6-2 6-2 2012 SF L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) 7-6(3) 7-5

QF W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #18) 6-3 7-5 R16 W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #53) 6-2 6-3

R1 BYE 2011 F W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #23) 6-1 6-3

SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) 7-5 6-3 QF W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #11) 6-2 6-4 R16 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #57) 6-1 6-0

R2 W - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #51) 6-1 3-5 R1 BYE 2010 R16 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #22) 6-2 7-5

R2 W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) 6-2 7-6(2)

R1 BYE

Wozniacki: • Making seventh appearance at Dubai; champion in 2011 (d. Kuznetsova in F) and SFs in 2012 (l. Goerges), 2013 (l. Kvitova), 2014 (l. V.Williams) and 2015 (l. Halep) • Faces No.35 Sevastova today for the third time. A loss today would mark worst defeat by ranking since Auckland earlier this year (l. No.53 Goerges) • Has advanced to 63rd career semifinal; owns a 43-19 record in WTA semifinal matches • Last week in Doha, reached 43rd career singles final (l. Ka.Pliskova); en route upset No.6 A.Radwanska for 45th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent (45-60 overall record). Is now 1-1 in 2017 (lost to No.9 Konta at Australian Open) • Doha marked first final since 2016 Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F); now owns a 25-17 record in WTA singles finals • Opened 2017 season with back-to-back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to Strycova lasted 3 hours 20 minutes • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets • Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 – lowest year-end ranking since 2007 (No.64) – having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery; defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber • In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F). Now owns a 25-17 record in singles finals and has won at least one title nine years running (2008-2016)

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from • Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg • Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four-time champion (2008-11; at one point enjoyed 21-match win streak at event) • Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova) • Returned to action following two-and-a-half months out w/right ankle injury during grass court swing, making comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r) • Was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t seeded at a Grand Slam • Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina) • Ended 2015 ranked No.17 – first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was longest active streak); currently ranked No.15 – her highest position since October 2015 • Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot – 2010 and 2011 • Two-time Grand Slam finalist, finishing runner-up at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters) and 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams). Has reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows • Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) for singles titles (25) – 20 of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles) • Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all-time list • Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs • Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched the program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight USANA ambassadors on the WTA • Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn; and hitting partner here in Doha is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)

Sevastova:

• Making third main draw appearance at Dubai. Has achieved best result here by advancing to QF. Previous best result includes two 2r exits in 2010 and 2011 (l. A.Radwanska in both years). Fell in 2016 qualifying • Playing sixth tournament of 2017 and is through to her first SF of the season. Last SF reached was at 2016 Bucharest (R-Up, l. Halep) • Faces No.15 Wozniacki today; owns a 6-22 career record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents • Has advanced to sixth semifinal of career; owns 3-2 record in SF matches • Posted career-high ranking of No.30 on September 26, 2016. Is projected to break into the Top 30 with QF run and could climb as high as Top 20 with a title this week • Enters Dubai following a 1r exit at Doha (l. Stosur) and 2r showing at Taipei City (l. Safarova) • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open last month (l. No.7 seed Muguruza); enjoyed career first seeding at a Grand Slam (at No.32) • Began season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Hobart (l. Rogers) • In doubles, reached SF at Hobart (w/Minella); pair lost to eventual champions Olaru/Savchuk • Finished 2016 at a career-best No.35; previous best came in 2010 at No.45 • 2016 season highlights were reaching second and third WTA singles final, firstly at Mallorca (l. Garcia in F) and Bucharest (l. Halep in F). Mallorca was first WTA singles final in more than six years, following title win at 2010 Oeiras (d. Parra Santonja in F). In 2010, won career-first WTA singles title at Oeiras. First Latvian to win a WTA singles title in 17 years (Savchenko at 1993 Schenectady) • Had breakthrough run at 2016 US Open, reaching the QF (l. Wozniacki); defeated No.3 Muguruza (2r) and No.14 Konta (R16) en route • Was the first Latvian to reach Grand Slam QF since Larisa Savchenko (playing under her married name Larisa Neiland) at 1994 Wimbledon. Savchenko also reached the 1988 US Open quarterfinals, representing the USSR • Post-US Open ranking rose to No.32 (from No.48). Currently ranked No.35 (as of February 20, 2017) • 2016 US Open marked 15th Grand Slam main draw appearance; 2016 marked the first time she contested all majors in a calendar year since 2011 • Previous best Grand Slam result was reaching R16 at 2011 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) • At Roland Garros best result is 2r in 2016 (l. Knapp), but at Wimbledon, has not progressed beyond 1r in four appearances • Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries – mostly muscular and back-related – but returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed • During break from tennis studied leisure management • Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Grand Slam main draw debut as a qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros • On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and four doubles titles • Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005-06, 2008-10 • Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher) • Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15 • Aggressive baseliner; favorite surfaces are hard and clay; favorite shot is backhand • Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German • Trains and resides in Vienna • Coached by Ronald Schmidt

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[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) vs. [7] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 5-4

2017 BRISBANE HARD O QF ELINA SVITOLINA 6-4 3-6 6-3 117 mins 2016 BEIJING HARD O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-3 7-5 90 mins 2016 MONTREAL HARD O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 1-6 7-6(2) 6-4 135 mins 2016 SYDNEY HARD O R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 4-6 6-0 6-3 118 mins 2015 STANFORD HARD O SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 6-1 56 mins 2015 BRISBANE HARD O QF ELINA SVITOLINA 4-6 7-5 6-3 126 mins 2014 WUHAN HARD O QF ELINA SVITOLINA 6-4 7-6(3) 100 mins 2014 TOKYO HARD O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-4 6-4 86 mins 2013 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-2 6-4 77 mins

ANGELIQUE KERBER ELINA SVITOLINA 2 WTA RANKING 13 24 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 9 18-01-1988 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-09-1994 (22) $205,314 YTD PRIZE MONEY $209,557 $19,527,098 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,317,619 0 / 10 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 5 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 4-4 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 7-2 7-4 / 331-186 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 15-2 / 144-97 3-2 / 95-73 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 47-27 0-2 / 61-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 32-20 7-4 / 218-120 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 15-2 / 111-66 0-0 / 30-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 10-25 0-1 / 71-86 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 21-48 1-0 / 28-16 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 12-18 * Updated entering Dubai SF

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration QF A. KERBER d. A. KONJUH 6-3,6-2 74 mins QF E. SVITOLINA d. L. DAVIS 6-0,6-4 64 mins

R16 A. KERBER d. M. PUIG 6-2,6-3 65 mins R16 E. SVITOLINA d. C. MCHALE 4-6,6-4,6-3 142 mins

R2 A. KERBER d. M. BARTHEL 6-4,6-3 78 mins R2 E. SVITOLINA d. S. ZHENG 7-5,6-1 69 mins

R1 BYE - R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER ELINA SVITOLINA 2015 2016 R16 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 6-2 3-6 6-1 SF L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #22) 6-4 6-4 R2 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #27) 7-6(9) 6-4 QF W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 6-4 1-6 6-2 R1 BYE R16 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #5) 7-6(3) 6-3 2014 R1 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #133) 6-3 6-1 R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2017 | $2,666,000 | PREMIER 5

2013 2015 R16 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #17) 7-5 6-1 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 2-6 6-3 6-2 R1 BYE R1 W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #32) 3-1 2011 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #24) 6-4 4-6 6-3 2008 R1* L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #115) 3-6 7-5 6-3

Kerber:

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans • 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Posted the most wins against Top 10 opponents in 2016, going 12-3, including defeats of No.8 Cibulkova, No.4 Halep, No.7 Keys and No.3 A.Radwanska in Singapore, as well as No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep (Fed Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon), No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics), No.4 Halep (Cincinnati) and No.8 Vinci (US Open) • Reached a career-best total of eight finals across the 2016 season (most finals of any player); as well as winning first two majors, successfully defended Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F) • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressed past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 • Other runner-up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics (silver medalist, l. Puig in F) and Cincinnati (l. Ka.Pliskova in F – would have been crowned World No.1 then had she won) • Became fourth player in Open Era to reach three Grand Slam finals in the same year they reached their first, after Goolagong Cawley (1971), Graf (1987) and Hingis (1997) • Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka), Charleston (ret. vs. eventual champion Stephens w/viral illness) and Montreal (l. eventual champion Halep) • In other Grand Slam result in 2016, l. Bertens in 1r at Roland Garros • Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; will pass $20 million by winning the Dubai title • Did not advance past 3r at any Slam in 2015, falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Begu), 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 3r at Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) and 3r at US Open (l. Azarenka) • Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]; overall, owns a 10-15 record in tour level singles finals. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green) • Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin • Recently named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez • Coached by Torben Beltz

Svitolina:

• Making third consecutive appearance at Dubai. Reached SF in 2016 (l. eventual champion Errani) and fell in 2r in 2015 (l. Kvitova) • Playing first tournament since lifting fifth career title in Taipei City (d. Peng in F); followed this by winning both singles rubbers in Ukraine’s Fed Cup win over Australia • Projected to move to No.11 if she advances to SF; could make her Top 10 debut with the title here in Dubai • Extended winning streak to 10 matches against Davis in QF – her longest run since August 2014 when she won eight by lifting the Baku title and then reaching Cincinnati QF • Has advanced to 21st career semifinal; owns 7-13 record in SF matches • Plays No.2 Kerber today; owns 6-12 record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents (1-0 in 2017) • Began season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s), where she defeated world No.1 Kerber en route. Now owns three wins over No.1s, all within the last six months: S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2016 Beijing and 2017 Brisbane). Was the only player to defeat both reigning No.1s in 2016 and is first Ukrainian woman ever to defeat a top-ranked player • Reached the 3r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova); has now reached 3r or better on seven occasions in her 18 Slam appearances. Best result to date is QF at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic); became first Ukrainian woman to reach last eight in Paris. Backed up that result with run to R16 in 2016 (l. S.Williams) • Best previous result at US Open is 3r in 2015 (l. Makarova) and 2016 (l. Kvitova). At Wimbledon, reached 2r in 2015 (l. Dellacqua) and 2016 (l. Shvedova) • Overall owns 10 career wins over Top 10 opponents: No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.10 Konta (2016 Zhuhai), No.1 Kerber (2016 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Dubai), No.6 Safarova (2015 Cincinnati), No.9 Kerber (2015 Brisbane), No.8 Kerber (2014 Wuhan) and No.4 Kvitova (2014 Cincinnati) • Posted second Top 20 season in 2016, at No.14. Fourth successive Top 40 season; currently at career-high No.13 • Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post-US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) • Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) • Reached two finals in 2016, clinching fourth WTA singles title at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to final at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska); now owns a 4-2 record in singles finals • Other season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani), QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) and R16 at Miami (l. Makarova) • All five career singles titles have been won at International level: 2013 and 2014 Baku (was only teenager to win a WTA singles title in 2013), 2015 Marrakech, 2016 Kuala Lumpur and 2017 Taipei City • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) • 2010 Roland Garros girls’ singles champion • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-2015. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 • During recent off season, parted ways with longtime coach Iain Hughes. Starts 2017 season with a new team of coaches led by Gabriel Urpi (formerly with Pennetta), as well as coaching consultant Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles • Also worked with former world No.1 Justine Henin as coaching consultant in 2016

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2017 DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – QUARTERFINAL MATCH NOTES

CENTRE COURT

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #35) vs. WANG QIANG (CHN #76) First meeting

LAUREN DAVIS (USA #46) vs. [7] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13) Svitolina leads 3-0

[10] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) vs. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #70) First meeting

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) vs. ANA KONJUH (CRO #36) Kerber leads 1-0

A LOOK AT THE LAST EIGHT

DUBAI YTD CAREER YTD YTD CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT (MD) (MD) (MD) PRIZE $^ TITLES PRIZE $^ TITLES W/L* W/L* W/L* [1] Angelique Kerber 2 29 GER $205,314 3-4 6-4 0 $19,527,098 330-186 10 [7] Elina Svitolina 13 22 UKR $209,557 6-2 14-2 1 $4,321,752 143-97 5 [10] Caroline Wozniacki 15 26 DEN $192,009 20-5 13-4 0 $22,278,184 485-205 25 Anastasija Sevastova 35 26 LAT $124,452 5-2 6-5 0 $1,721,367 73-74 1 Ana Konjuh 36 19 CRO $98,695 3-0 9-3 0 $1,376,036 43-31 1 Lauren Davis 46 23 USA $109,712 3-0 10-2 1 $1,707,776 76-78 1 Catherine Bellis 70 17 USA $1,650 3-0 3-0 0 $384,172 12-7 0 Wang Qiang 76 25 CHN $58,589 4-1 5-2 0 $910,006 19-34 0 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS DAVIS SVITOLINA SEVASTOVA WANG KERBER Kerber leads 1-0 Kerber leads 5-4 WOZNIACKI Wozniacki leads 2-0 Wozniacki leads 2-1 KONJUH Davis leads 2-0 Series tied 1-1 BELLIS First meeting First meeting

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QUARTERFINAL QUICK HITS • Only one former Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships finalist remains in the draw – Caroline Wozniacki (2011 champion) • Two of the quarterfinalists are bidding for their career first title – Catherine Bellis and Wang Qiang • Two teenagers have advanced to the QF this week – Bellis (17-years-old) and Ana Konjuh (19-years-old) • Bellis is not only the youngest player remaining, but is also the second youngest to ever reach the QF stage at Dubai (Krasnoroutskaya advanced to QF in 2001 - as qualifier - at 16-years-old) • By reaching the QF, Bellis is projected to move into the Top 60 and can move into the Top 50 if she advances to the SFs • World No.2 Angelique Kerber is looking to reclaim the No.1 ranking and will need to win the title in order to do so • The German is also approaching USD $20 million in career prize money, and will reach this milestone with the title here in Dubai. Only eight active players have reached this milestone including S.Williams, Sharapova, V.Williams, Azarenka, A.Radwanska, Kvitova, Wozniacki and Kuznetsova • Elina Svitolina is inching towards her Top 10 debut. The 22-year-old will need to clinch the title here in order to do so • Wang Qiang is the first Chinese woman to advance to the QF at Dubai since Li Na in 2010, and would become the first semifinalist ever should she win her QF match • Only two players have reached the QFs without dropping a set – Kerber and Wang

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

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ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #35) vs. WANG QIANG (CHN #76)

Head to Head: First meeting

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA QIANG WANG 35 WTA RANKING 76 68 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 87 13-04-1990 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 14-01-1992 (25) $124,452 YTD PRIZE MONEY $58,589 $1,721,367 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $910,006 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 5-2 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 4-1 6-5 / 73-74 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-2 / 19-34 1-2 / 22-23 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 5-13 0-2 / 20-16 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 5-1 6-5 / 45-44 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-2 / 18-27 0-1 / 3-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-4 0-1 / 6-22 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-7 0-2 / 3-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-1 * Updated through entering 2017 Dubai QF

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 A. SEVASTOVA d. S. PENG 6-4,6-3 79 mins R16 Q. WANG d. K. MLADENOVIC 6-1,6-4 81 mins

R2 A. SEVASTOVA d. A. RISKE 6-4,6-7(3),6-2 149 mins R2 Q. WANG d. O. JABEUR 6-3,6-1 63 mins

R1 A. SEVASTOVA d. I. BEGU 6-1,7-5 82 mins R1 Q. WANG d. J. OSTAPENKO 7-6(1),6-2 84 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA QIANG WANG 2016 2016 R1* L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #75) 6-3 6-3 R16* L - ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #55) 7-6(2) 2-6 7-6(6) 2011 R1* W - FATMA AL NABHANI (OMA #379) 6-4 6-4 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #10) 7-5 6-4 2015 R1 W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #62) 6-1 5-7 6-3 R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 6-3 7-5 2010 R1 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #42) 5-7 6-1 7-5 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #9) 6-3 6-3 R2* W - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #101) 6-1 4-6 6-2 R1 W - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #41) 6-2 5-7 7-5 R1* W - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #141) 6-2 4-6 6-2 R2* W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #94) 2-6 6-4 6-4 R1* W - EKATERINA DZEHALEVICH (BLR #156) 6-4 6-4

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Sevastova:

• Making third main draw appearance at Dubai. Has achieved best result here by advancing to QF. Previous best result includes two 2r exits in 2010 and 2011 (l. A.Radwanska in both years). Fell in 2016 qualifying • Playing sixth tournament of 2017 and is through to her first QF of the season. Last QF reached was at 2016 US Open, defeating No.3 Muguruza and No.14 Konta en route (l. Wozniacki) • Win over Muguruza at Flushing Meadows was third Top 10 win of her career. Others win came against No.9 Jankovic (2010 Monterrey) and No.8 Stosur (2010 Beijing) • Faces No.76 Wang Qiang today in their first meeting; a loss today would mark worst defeat by ranking since 2016 Moscow (l. No.246 Blinkova in 1r) • Posted career-high ranking of No.30 on September 26, 2016. Is projected to break into the Top 30 with QF run and could climb as high as Top 20 with a title this week • Enters Dubai following a 1r exit at Doha (l. Stosur) and 2r showing at Taipei City (l. Safarova) • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open last month (l. No.7 seed Muguruza); enjoyed career first seeding at a Grand Slam (at No.32) • Began season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Hobart (l. Rogers) • In doubles, reached SF at Hobart (w/Minella); pair lost to eventual champions Olaru/Savchuk • Finished 2016 at a career-best No.35; previous best came in 2010 at No.45 • 2016 season highlights were reaching second and third WTA singles final, firstly at Mallorca (l. Garcia in F) and Bucharest (l. Halp in F). Mallorca was first WTA singles final in more than six years, following title win at 2010 Oeiras (d. Parra Santonja in F). In 2010, won career-first WTA singles title at Oeiras. First Latvian to win a WTA singles title in 17 years (Savchenko at 1993 Schenectady) • Had breakthrough run at 2016 US Open, reaching the QF (l. Wozniacki); defeated No.3 Muguruza (2r) and No.14 Konta (R16) en route • Was the first Latvian to reach Grand Slam QF since Larisa Savchenko (playing under her married name Larisa Neiland) at 1994 Wimbledon. Savchenko also reached the 1988 US Open quarterfinals, representing the USSR • Post-US Open ranking rose to No.32 (from No.48). Currently ranked No.35 (as of February 20, 2017) • 2016 US Open marked 15th Grand Slam main draw appearance; 2016 marked the first time she contested all majors in a calendar year since 2011 • Previous best Grand Slam result was reaching R16 at 2011 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) • At Roland Garros best result is 2r in 2016 (l. Knapp), but at Wimbledon, has not progressed beyond 1r in four appearances • Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries – mostly muscular and back-related – but returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed • During break from tennis studied leisure management • Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Grand Slam main draw debut as a qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros • On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and four doubles titles • Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005-06, 2008-10 • Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher) • Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15 • Aggressive baseliner; favorite surfaces are hard and clay; favorite shot is backhand • Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German • Trains and resides in Vienna • Coached by Ronald Schmidt

Wang Qiang: • Making second main draw appearance at Dubai (third overall). Has achieved best result here by advancing to QF. Best previous result is reaching 2r in 2015 (l. Pennetta). Fell in 2016 qualifying • By advancing to the QF, became the first Chinese woman to advance to this stage here since Li Na in 2010 and is bidding to become the first semifinalist • Of the eight quarterfinalists, is one of two players to reach this stage without dropping a set (also Kerber) • Faces No.35 Sevastova for a spot in the SF. A win today would mark best victory by ranking since 2016 US Open (d. No.24 Kasatkina in 1r) • Including wins over No.34 Ostapenko in 1r and No.31 Mladenovic in 3r here, now owns nine wins vs. Top 50 opponents, with other wins over No.10 Wozniacki (2013 Kuala Lumpur), No.42 Nara (2015 Dubai), No.43 Lepchenko (2015 Beijing), No.48 Konta (2016 Shenzhen), No.26 Stephens (2016 Australian Open), No.24 Kasatkina (2016 US Open) and No.31 Niculescu (2017 Shenzhen) • Is projected to reach a career-high singles ranking should she reach the SF (inside Top 55) and can climb into the Top 50 with a final appearance • Enters Dubai following a qualifying exit at Doha • Fell in 1r at Australian Open in her 10th Grand Slam main draw appearance (l. Lucic-Baroni). Has yet to surpass the 2r at a major • Started the 2017 season with a QF run at Shenzhen (l. Giorgi) • Ended 2016 at No.70 – her career best year-end ranking and second Top 100 finish (also in 2014 at No.100) • 2016 highlights include four QF runs at Shenzhen (l. A.Radwanska), Kuala Lumpur (l. Zhu), Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki) and WTA 125k Series event at Dalian (l. Min) • Reached 2r at 2016 US Open, upsetting No.23 seed Kasatkina in 1r (l. Shvedova) • Represented China at Rio Olympics – l. Kuznetsova in 1r in three sets • Prior to Olympics, won $50k ITF/Wuhan China event (d. Kumkhum in F) • Reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. Suarez Navarro) and fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Gavrilova). Did not play between the two Slams • Has now reached 2r at Slams on five occasions – at 2014 US Open (l. Dellacqua), 2015 US Open (l. Strycova), 2016 Australian Open (l. Friedsam), 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 US Open – has yet to go further • Posted a 14-1 record between March – May in the ITF Circuit – winning $50k ITF/Quanzhou-CHN and $100k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN, and finishing runner-up at $75k ITF/Gifu-JPN • Opened the 2016 season with career-first QF appearance at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion A.Radwanska) • Hit career-high singles ranking of No.61 on August 22, 2016 • Currently the No.4 of five Chinese women ranked in Top 100 (as at February 20, 2017) • Member of Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2012-2016 • On ITF Circuit, owns 13 singles and one doubles title • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Beijing and main draw debut at 2012 Baku • Won Chinese U/16 Championships in 2006 and U/18 Championships in 2007 • Began playing tennis aged nine as a way to keep fit • Favorite surface is hardcourt; favorite tournament is US Open • Would have become a teacher if not a tennis player • Admires Zheng Jie • Coached by Peter McNamara MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2017 | $2,666,000 | PREMIER 5

LAUREN DAVIS (USA #46) vs. [7] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13)

Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 3-0

2016 US OPEN HARD O R2 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-1 4-6 6-3 118 mins 2014 OSAKA HARD O QF ELINA SVITOLINA 6-2 6-4 64 mins 2014 CINCINNATI HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-3 6-2 92 mins

LAUREN DAVIS ELINA SVITOLINA 46 WTA RANKING 13 21 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 9 09-10-1993 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-09-1994 (22) $109,712 YTD PRIZE MONEY $209,557 $1,707,776 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,317,619 1 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 5 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 3-0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 6-2 10-2 / 76-78 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-2 / 143-97 4-1 / 29-19 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 47-27 2-0 / 24-11 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 32-20 10-2 / 51-49 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 14-2 / 110-66 0-0 / 2-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 10-25 2-1 / 6-23 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 21-48 2-0 / 7-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 12-18 * Updated through entering 2017 Dubai QF

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 L. DAVIS d. E. MAKAROVA 4-6,6-1,6-3 117 mins R16 E. SVITOLINA d. C. MCHALE 4-6,6-4,6-3 142 mins

R2 L. DAVIS d. K. PLISKOVA 1-6,6-1,6-3 94 mins R2 E. SVITOLINA d. S. ZHENG 7-5,6-1 69 mins

R1 L. DAVIS d. M. MINELLA 2-6,6-2,6-1 98 mins R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

ELINA SVITOLINA 2016 SF L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #22) 6-4 6-4 QF W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 6-4 1-6 6-2

R16 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #5) 7-6(3) 6-3 R1 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #133) 6-3 6-1 2015 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 2-6 6-3 6-2

R1 W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #32) 3-1

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Davis: • Making Tournament debut at Dubai • Defeated LL Minella in 1r followed by Kr.Pliskova in 2r on Tuesday and d. Makarova in R16 – her 13th win of the season • Projected to move into the Top 40 by advancing to the QF here; could go as high as Top 20 with the title • Faces No.13 Svitolina today – owns 2-1 record over Top 20 this season with wins over No.16 Vesnina (Doha) and No.20 Strycova (Auckland) • Last week, as qualifier reached QF in Doha (l. Wozniacki); defeated No.16 Vesnina en route to QF to register second Top 20 win of season – now owns 6-22 career record • Began 2017 season by winning first career WTA title at Auckland (d. Konjuh in F) • Following Auckland triumph, made 1r exit at Australian Open (l. countrywoman Crawford) • Ended 2016 season at No.62 – fifth consecutive Top 100 season • 2016 season highlights included reaching first WTA career singles finals at Washington D.C. (l. Wickmayer) and Quebec City (as qualifier, l. Dodin) • Also reached SF at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. eventual finalist Kvitova) • In Grand Slams, reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) – equaling career-best Grand Slam result (also 2014 Australian Open and 2014 Wimbledon) • Also 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Chirico) and 2r at US Open (l. Svitolina). Fell in qualifying at Wimbledon • Career-high ranking is No.43 (July 21, 2014) • 2015 season highlight was reaching career-first WTA SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion V.Williams). Reached two further QFs in 2015, at Charleston (l. Keys) and Nottingham (l. A.Radwanska). Following 2015 Nottingham, only won three WTA main draw matches in rest of 2015 • Owns two career Top 10 wins: No.4 Azarenka (2014 Indian Wells) and No.7 Bouchard (2015 Charleston) – overall record is 2-7 • US Fed Cup Team, 2014-15 • Has won seven ITF Circuit singles titles • Won USTA girls’ 18 & Under national title in 2011, earning a US Open main draw wildcard • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2010 Miami (l. Parmentier) • Coached by Mark Schanerman

Svitolina:

• Making third consecutive appearance at Dubai. Reached SF in 2016 (l. eventual champion Errani) and fell in 2r in 2015 (l. Kvitova) • Playing first tournament since lifting fifth career title in Taipei City (d. Peng in F); followed this by winning both singles rubbers in Ukraine’s Fed Cup win over Australia • Defeated No.44 McHale Wednesday; has now won the past 19 matches against players ranked outside Top 30; last loss against such players came against No.66 Osaka at 2016 Tokyo [PPO] • Projected to move to No.11 if she advances to SF; could make her Top 10 debut with the title here in Dubai • Extended winning streak to nine matches against McHale in R16 – her longest run since August 2014 when she won eight by lifting the Baku title and then reaching Cincinnati QF • Began season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s), where she defeated world No.1 Kerber en route. Now owns three wins over No.1s, all within the last six months: S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2016 Beijing and 2017 Brisbane). Was the only player to defeat both reigning No.1s in 2016 and is first Ukrainian woman ever to defeat a top-ranked player • Reached the 3r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova); has now reached 3r or better on seven occasions in her 18 Slam appearances. Best result to date is QF at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic); became first Ukrainian woman to reach last eight in Paris. Backed up that result with run to R16 in 2016 (l. S.Williams) • Best previous result at US Open is 3r in 2015 (l. Makarova) and 2016 (l. Kvitova). At Wimbledon, reached 2r in 2015 (l. Dellacqua) and 2016 (l. Shvedova) • Overall owns 10 career wins over Top 10 opponents: No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.10 Konta (2016 Zhuhai), No.1 Kerber (2016 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Dubai), No.6 Safarova (2015 Cincinnati), No.9 Kerber (2015 Brisbane), No.8 Kerber (2014 Wuhan) and No.4 Kvitova (2014 Cincinnati) • Posted second Top 20 season in 2016, at No.14. Fourth successive Top 40 season; currently at career-high No.13 • Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post-US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) • Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) • Reached two finals in 2016, clinching fourth WTA singles title at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to final at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska); now owns a 4-2 record in singles finals • Other season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani), QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) and R16 at Miami (l. Makarova) • All five career singles titles have been won at International level: 2013 and 2014 Baku (was only teenager to win a WTA singles title in 2013), 2015 Marrakech, 2016 Kuala Lumpur and 2017 Taipei City • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) • 2010 Roland Garros girls’ singles champion • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-2015. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 • During recent off season, parted ways with longtime coach Iain Hughes. Starts 2017 season with a new team of coaches led by Gabriel Urpi (formerly with Pennetta), as well as coaching consultant Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles • Also worked with former world No.1 Justine Henin as coaching consultant in 2016

MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2017 | $2,666,000 | PREMIER 5

[10] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) vs. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #70)

Head to Head: First meeting

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI CATHERINE BELLIS 15 WTA RANKING 70 9 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 58 11-07-1990 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-04-1999 (17) $192,008 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,650 $22,278,184 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $384,172 0 / 25 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 20-5 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 3-0 13-4 / 485-205 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 12-7 2-2 / 120-67 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 5-2 1-0 / 77-65 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 1-2 13-4 / 358-141 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 10-6 1-2 / 45-61 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 1-3 1-3 / 109-92 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 2-3 1-0 / 49-24 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-2 * Updated through entering 2017 Dubai QF

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 C. WOZNIACKI d. K. BONDARENKO 3-6,6-2,6-3 126 mins R16 C. BELLIS d. A. RADWANSKA 6-4,2-6,6-2 112 mins

R2 C. WOZNIACKI d. V. GOLUBIC 6-4,6-2 110 mins R2 C. BELLIS d. L. SIEGEMUND 7-5,7-6(3) 142 mins

R1 C. WOZNIACKI d. D. KASATKINA 6-2,7-5 90 mins R1 C. BELLIS d. Y. PUTINTSEVA 6-1,7-5 95 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2015 SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 2-6 6-1 6-1 QF W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 7-5 6-0 R16 W - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #19) 6-4 6-0 R2 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #25) 4-6 6-1 7-5 R1 BYE 2014 SF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #44) 6-3 6-2 QF W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 6-1 6-2 R16 W - ANNIKA BECK (GER #50) 6-4 6-4 R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #15) 2-6 6-3 6-3

2013 SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-4 QF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 4-6 6-1 6-4 R16 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #44) 6-0 6-1

R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #18) 6-2 6-2 2012 SF L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) 7-6(3) 7-5

QF W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #18) 6-3 7-5 R16 W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #53) 6-2 6-3

R1 BYE 2011 F W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #23) 6-1 6-3

SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) 7-5 6-3 QF W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #11) 6-2 6-4 R16 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #57) 6-1 6-0

R2 W - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #51) 6-1 3-5 R1 BYE 2010 R16 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #22) 6-2 7-5

R2 W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) 6-2 7-6(2)

R1 BYE

Wozniacki: • Making seventh appearance at Dubai; champion in 2011 (d. Kuznetsova in F) and SFs in 2012 (l. Goerges), 2013 (l. Kvitova), 2014 (l. V.Williams) and 2015 (l. Halep) • Faces No.70 Bellis today in their first meeting. A loss today would mark worst defeat by ranking since 2016 Nottingham in June (l. No.97 Kontaveit in 3s) • Last week in Doha, reached 43rd career singles final (l. Ka.Pliskova); en route upset No.6 A.Radwanska for 45th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent (45-60 overall record). Is now 1-1 in 2017 (lost to No.9 Konta at Australian Open) • Doha marked first final since 2016 Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F); now owns a 25-17 record in WTA singles finals • Opened 2017 season with back-to-back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to Strycova lasted 3 hours 20 minutes • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets • Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 – lowest year-end ranking since 2007 (No.64) – having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery; defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber • In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F). Now owns a 25-17 record in singles finals and has won at least one title nine years running (2008-2016)

Bellis:

• Making debut appearance at Dubai; defeated No.17 seed Putintseva in 1r, Siegemund in 2r and No.6 A.Radwanska in 3r en route to the QF • Win over A.Radwanska in 3r marked first Top 10 win of career. Became the youngest player to defeat a Top 10 opponent since 2014 US Open (Bencic d. No.7 Kerber and No.10 Jankovic) and the youngest American to do so since 2009 Wimbledon (Oudin d. No.6 Jankovic). Now owns a 1-3 record against such players, with losses over No.1 S.Williams at 2015 Miami, No.7 V.Williams at 2016 Stanford and No.2 Kerber at 2016 US Open • Faces No.15 Wozniacki today. Owns two wins over Top 20 opponents – No.13 Cibulkova (2014 US Open) and No.6 A.Radwanska (2017 Dubai) • At 17, is the youngest player in the main draw this week and along with Konjuh, one of two teenagers to reach QF. Is the second youngest player to reach the QF at Dubai since 16-year-old Krasnoroutskaya in 2001 (as a qualifier) • Scored her fifth, sixth and seventh wins vs. Top 50 opponents en route to QF. Lifetime record vs. Top 50 players stands at 7-3, other wins coming over No.23 Zhang (2016 Honolulu), No.38 Ostapenko (2016 Stanford), No.32 Diyas (2015 Miami) and No.13 Cibulkova (2014 US Open) • Currently ranked No.70, is projected to move into the Top 60 by reaching the QF and could move into the Top 50 by advancing to the SF • Missed Australian swing with hip injury, making return by falling in qualification for Doha • Ended 2016 strongly, a 15-match winning streak bringing titles at $50k ITF/Saguenay, CAN, $50k ITF/Toronto, CAN and WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (d. No.23 Zhang in F) • As qualifier at 2016 US Open, reached 3r (l. eventual champion Kerber) - her best result at a Grand Slam • Only other Grand Slam main draw appearance came at 2014 US Open, where she upset No.13 Cibulkova in 1r before falling to Diyas in three sets. At 15 years, 152 days, was the youngest player to win a match at US Open since Kournikova in 1996 (15 years, 93 days) • In addition, 2014 result made her the youngest Grand Slam main draw participant since Cornet at 2005 Roland Garros (15 years, 133 days), and youngest main draw participant at the US Open since 2004, when both Karatantcheva (15 years, 34 days) and Vaidisova (15 years, 141 days) qualified • Reached career-first tour-level QF at 2016 Stanford (l. V.Williams). During tournament she announced plan to play collegiate tennis at Stanford University • Also reached QF at Québec City (l. Boserup); in addition to US Open, Stanford and Québec City, other tour-level event in 2016 came at Miami (l. Puig in 1r) • On ITF Circuit, highlights in 2016 included title at $25k ITF/Sumter, SC-USA (d. Solovyeva in F) and a runner-up finish at $25k ITF/Surprise, AZ-USA (l. Loeb) • Ended 2015 at career-best No.248. Season highlight was reaching 3r at Miami (l. World No.1 S.Williams). Also granted wildcard in to Stanford, falling 1r (l. Doi); broke Top 100 on November 7, 2016, finishing year at No.75 • On Monday, reached a career-high rank of No.70 • 2014 ITF Junior World Champion; received award at ITF World Champions’ Dinner held during 2015 Roland Garros • Made professional debut at $25k ITF/Rancho Santa Fe, CA-USA in March 2014 • Won notable junior titles in 2014, including the 50th Coffee Bowl, USTA International Spring Championships, Easter Bowl Championship and 55° Trofeo Bonfiglio. Secured wildcard for 2014 US Open by winning USTA Girls’ 18s National Championship • Winner of four singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Likes to be known as ‘CiCi’ • Born in San Francisco and resides in Atherton, CA. Is home schooled and is an only child • Looks up to Kim Clijsters – models her game style and fighting spirit after her • Coached by Anibal Aranda; also working with Tom Gutteridge in Dubai MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2017 | $2,666,000 | PREMIER 5

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) vs. ANA KONJUH (CRO #36)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 1-0

2015 STANFORD HARD O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-4 6-3 74 mins

ANGELIQUE KERBER ANA KONJUH 2 WTA RANKING 36 24 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 31 18-01-1988 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 27-12-1997 (19) $205,314 YTD PRIZE MONEY $98,695 $19,527,098 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,376,036 0 / 10 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 3-4 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 3-0 6-4 / 330-186 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 43-31 3-2 / 95-73 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 20-8 0-2 / 61-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 5-5 6-4 / 217-120 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 30-21 0-0 / 30-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 1-5 0-1 / 71-86 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 4-10 1-0 / 28-16 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 4-1 * Updated through entering 2017 Dubai QF

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 A. KERBER d. M. PUIG 6-2,6-3 65 mins R16 A. KONJUH d. E. VESNINA 3-6,6-4,7-6(4) 151 mins

R2 A. KERBER d. M. BARTHEL 6-4,6-3 78 mins R2 A. KONJUH d. S. STOSUR 6-4,6-3 83 mins

R1 BYE - R1 A. KONJUH d. S. ZHANG 6-0,6-1 49 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER ANA KONJUH 2015 2016 R16 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 6-2 3-6 6-1 R1* L - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #76) 6-2 6-3 R2 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #27) 7-6(9) 6-4 2015 R1 BYE R1* L - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #132) 6-4 6-3 2014 R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) 2013 R16 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #17) 7-5 6-1 R1 BYE 2011 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #24) 6-4 4-6 6-3 2008 R1* L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #115) 3-6 7-5 6-3

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Kerber:

• Making fifth main draw appearance at Dubai (sixth overall); reached R16 in 2015 (l. Pennetta); has not won a match in other three appearances, losing 1r 2014 (l. Ivanovic), 2r in 2013 (after 1r bye, l. Vinci) and 1r in 2011(l. Petkovic) • Playing second tournament since R16 exit at Australian Open last month as defending champion - lost to Vandeweghe in straight sets; last week in Doha lost to Kasatkina in 2r after 1r bye • Defeated No.42 Puig in R16, has now won past 22 matches against players ranked outside Top 40; last loss came against No.58 Bertens at 2016 Roland Garros • Last standing of three Germans in the main draw (also 2r opponent Barthel and Siegemund); only German to reach final in Dubai was Goerges in 2012 (l. A.Radwanska) • Dropped from No.1 to No.2 in the rankings following S.Williams win at Australian Open; can regain No.1 ranking by winning the title this week • Began season with QF run at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and 2r exit at Sydney (after 1r bye, l. Kasatkina) • At 2016 Australian Open, was first German woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Lisicki at 2013 Wimbledon (l. Bartoli) and first to win a title since Graf at 1999 Roland Garros (d. Hingis in F). Became only fourth player to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (after V.Williams, Sharapova and Stosur; since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros) • Also became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi) and was the first left-handed player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to world No.1; was 22nd player to hold WTA World No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve milestone since computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997) • Aged 28, was oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001 • Secured the 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – only the 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans • 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Posted the most wins against Top 10 opponents in 2016, going 12-3, including defeats of No.8 Cibulkova, No.4 Halep, No.7 Keys and No.3 A.Radwanska in Singapore, as well as No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep (Fed Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon), No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics), No.4 Halep (Cincinnati) and No.8 Vinci (US Open) • Reached a career-best total of eight finals across the 2016 season (most finals of any player); as well as winning first two majors, successfully defended Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F) • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressed past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 • Other runner-up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics (silver medalist, l. Puig in F) and Cincinnati (l. Ka.Pliskova in F – would have been crowned World No.1 then had she won) • Became fourth player in Open Era to reach three Grand Slam finals in the same year they reached their first, after Goolagong Cawley (1971), Graf (1987) and Hingis (1997) • Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka), Charleston (ret. vs. eventual champion Stephens w/viral illness) and Montreal (l. eventual champion Halep) • In other Grand Slam result in 2016, l. Bertens in 1r at Roland Garros • Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; will pass $20 million by winning the Dubai title • Did not advance past 3r at any Slam in 2015, falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Begu), 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 3r at Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) and 3r at US Open (l. Azarenka) • Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]; overall, owns a 10-15 record in tour level singles finals. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green) • Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin • Recently named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez • Coached by Torben Beltz

Konjuh: • Making main draw debut at Dubai; previously fell in qualifying 2015-16 • Playing first Tournament since St. Petersburg earlier this month – lost in 2r to No.1 seed Halep • Defeated Zhang in R16 here to advance to second QF of season (also Auckland); defeated Vesnina in 1r and upset Stosur in 2r • Faces No.2 Kerber today – owns 4-1 record over left-handers • Also represented Croatia in Fed Cup Group 1 Europe/Africa play-offs; went 2-1 in singles (d. Konta, d. Herdzelas, l. Babos) • Opened 2017 season by reaching second career singles final at Auckland (l. Davis). Rose to new career-high ranking of No.36 following result (January 9, 2017) • Fell in 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Gavrilova) • Ended 2016 at No.48 for career-best year-end finish • Season highlight was posting best result at a Grand Slam with QF run at 2016 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova). Became first Croatian woman to reach the QF at Flushing Meadows, and first at any Grand Slam since Karolina Sprem at 2004 Wimbledon (l. QF). Unranked players aside, at No.92 Konjuh was the equal second-lowest ranked player through to quarterfinals at the US Open since rankings began in November 1975 (Kerber was also ranked No.92 in 2011) • Season highlights – US Open aside – were SF at Guangzhou (l. Jankovic) and QF at Moscow (as LL, l. Svitolina) • Represented Croatia at Rio Olympics, falling 2r in singles (l. Suarez Navarro) • Forced to withdraw from Nottingham – as defending champion – with w/lower back injury. • Won first WTA singles title at 2015 Nottingham (d. Niculescu in F) • Made WTA main draw debut as wildcard at 2014 Auckland (d. top seed Vinci in 1r, l. Davis in 3s) • Played first pro events of career on ITF Circuit in Croatia and Turkey in 2012 • On ITF circuit won one singles title at $10k ITF/Montpellier-FRA (d. Khromacheva in F) • Claimed junior girls No.1 ranking after winning the Australian Open singles and doubles titles in 2013; also won 2013 US Open girls singles title • Won girls doubles title at 2013 Australian Open w/Zhao; also reached doubles final at 2012 Wimbledon w/Bencic (l. Bouchard/Townsend in F) • Currently coached by Croatian Jelena Kostanic Tosic, a former WTA player. Also assisted by Croatian Grand Slam champion Iva Majoli, the country’s Fed Cup captain. Was coached by Kristijan Schneider until March this year

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2017 DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – MATCH NOTES – DAY 4

CENTRE COURT

EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #37) vs. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #46) Makarova leads 2‐0

WANG QIANG (CHN #76) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #31) First meeting

CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #44) vs. [7] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13) McHale leads 2‐1

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) vs. MONICA PUIG (PUR #42) Kerber leads 2‐1

CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #70) vs. [4] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) First meeting

KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #79) vs. [10] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) First meeting

*Please note all rankings and statistics based on February 20, 2017

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

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EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #37) vs. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #46)

Head to Head: EKATERINA MAKAROVA leads 2-0

2015 US OPEN HARD O R2 EKATERINA MAKAROVA 6-1 6-2 67 mins 2014 WASHINGTON DC HARD O R16 EKATERINA MAKAROVA 6-2 6-4 85 mins

EKATERINA MAKAROVA LAUREN DAVIS 37 WTA RANKING 46 39 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 21 07-06-1988 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 09-10-1993 (23) $222,812 YTD PRIZE MONEY $109,712 $10,181,541 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,707,776 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 9 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 5-8 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 2-0 7-4 / 219-188 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-2 / 75-78 4-0 / 60-60 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 28-19 0-2 / 39-36 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 24-11 7-4 / 139-127 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-2 / 50-49 2-1 / 21-55 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 2-7 2-3 / 47-91 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 6-23 0-1 / 20-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 6-9 * Updated through

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 E. MAKAROVA d. D. CIBULKOVA 6-2,4-6,6-2 130 mins R2 L. DAVIS d. K. PLISKOVA 1-6,6-1,6-3 94 mins

R1 E. MAKAROVA d. L. ZHU 6-3,6-1 61 mins R1 L. DAVIS d. M. MINELLA 2-6,6-2,6-1 98 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

EKATERINA MAKAROVA 2016 R1 L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #60) 6-4 7-5 2015 QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 6-3 1-6 7-5 R16 W - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #33) 6-3 6-4 R2 W - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #132) 6-3 6-3 R1 BYE 2014 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-6(8) 6-0 R1 W - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #143) 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4 2013 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #9) 6-3 6-1 2011 R1 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #32) 7-5 6-3

2010

R1 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #13) 6-2 6-0 R2* W - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #153) 6-1 6-4 R1* W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #134) 6-1 7-6(8) 2009 R1 L - SANIA MIRZA (IND #87) 7-5 6-2 2008 R1 L - SYBILLE BAMMER (AUT #20) 7-6(6) 6-3

QF* W - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #85) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2 R16* W - ELENI DANIILIDOU (GRE #36) 6-1 R1* W - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #106) 6-2 4-0

Makarova:  Making ninth appearance at Dubai; best result was QF in 2015 (l. to eventual champion Halep)

 Reached 2r in 2014 (l. S.Williams) and fell 1r in 2016 (l. Brengle), 2013 (l. Stosur), 2011 (l. Pironkova), 2010 (l. Bartoli), 2009 (l. Mirza), 2008 (l. Bammer)

 Defeated qualifier Zhu in 1r, then No.5 Cibulkova in 2r; now owns a 9-27 record vs. Top 5 opponents

 Reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Konta) – was seventh year in a row reaching R16 or better in Melbourne. Her only other wins in 2017 came against No.121 Chang and No.258 Lee in Russia’s Fed Cup tie against Chinese Taipei

 Opened 2017 season with 1r losses at Brisbane (l. Doi) and Sydney (l. Strycova); was runner-up (w/Vesnina) in doubles at Brisbane (l. Mattek-Sands/Mirza in F)

 Also fell in 1r at St Petersburg, losing to doubles partner Vesnina

 2017 Australian Open marked 38th successive main draw appearance at a Grand Slam – has now not missed a major since making debut at 2007 US Open (as qualifier, l. Henin in 2r)

 Posted fifth consecutive Top 30 singles season in 2016 (at No.30) and fourth straight Top 10 doubles season (No.8)

 Singles highlights in 2016 included four QFs, at Sydney (l. Bencic), Miami (l. Kuznetsova), Eastbourne (l. Konta) and New Haven (l. Kvitova)

 Also in 2016 reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Konta), Wimbledon (l. Vesnina) and Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova)

 Made 1r exit at 2016 US Open (l. S.Williams) in what was her first opening round loss at a major since 2013 Roland Garros (l. Kuznetsova)

 Stellar doubles season in 2016 included winning gold medal for Russia at Rio Olympics (w/Vesnina; d. Bacsinszky/Hingis in F) and titles at Montréal (d. Halep/Niculescu in F) and WTA Finals in Singapore (d. Mattek-Sands/Safarova in F). Also were runners-up at Rome (l. Hingis/Mirza) and Roland Garros (l. Garcia/Mladenovic); is now 9-16 in career doubles finals

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 Posted three Top 10 wins in 2016 – d. No.7 Kvitova (Miami), No.7 Vinci (Eastbourne) and No.10 Kvitova (Wimbledon)

 Right lower leg injury forced her off tour after 2015 US Open; missed the Asian swing; forced to withdraw from doubles at 2015 WTA Finals (having qualified with Vesnina), and the Russian Fed Cup team which contested the final against Czech Republic

 Made Top 10 debut in January 2015; the 110th player to move into the Top 10 in WTA history and 12th Russian to do so; reached career-best ranking of No.8 on April 6, 2015

 Russian No.5 of eight in Top 100 (as at February 20, 2017)

 Best result across the Slams is SF runs at 2015 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2014 US Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams). Has made QF at 2013 US Open (l. Li) and 2014 Wimbledon (l. Safarova). Has reached R16 at Roland Garros in 2011 and 2015

 One of three players who’ve never held No.1 ranking and defeated both Williams sisters in Grand Slam play (S.Williams at 2012 Australian Open and V.Williams at 2014 Australian Open). Since joined by Sloane Stephens, who defeated Serena at 2013 Australian Open and Venus at 2015 Roland Garros, and Ka.Pliskova, who defeated both Williams sisters at 2016 US Open

 Won 2012 US Open mixed doubles title (w/Soares)

 Member of Russian Fed Cup side that won competition in 2008

 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2004 Moscow and main draw debut at 2007 Los Angeles

 Coached by Evgenia Manyukova

Davis:

 Making Tournament debut at Dubai

 Defeated LL Minella in 1r followed by Kr.Pliskova in 2r on Tuesday – her 12th win of the season

 Last week, as qualifier reached QF in Doha (l. Wozniacki); defeated No.16 Vesnina en route to QF to register second

Top 20 win of season – now owns 6-22 career record

 Began season by winning first career WTA title at Auckland to begin 2017 (d. Konjuh in F)

 Following Auckland triumph, had 1r exit at Australian Open (l. countrywoman Crawford)

 Ended 2016 season at No.62 – fifth consecutive Top 100 season

 2016 season highlights included reaching first WTA career singles finals at Washington D.C. (l. Wickmayer) and

Quebec City (as qualifier, l. Dodin)

 Also reached SF at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. eventual finalist Kvitova)  In Grand Slams, reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) – equaling career-best Grand Slam result (also

2014 Australian Open and 2014 Wimbledon)

 Also 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Chirico) and 2r at US Open (l. Svitolina). Fell in qualifying at Wimbledon

 Career-high ranking is No.43 (July 21, 2014)

 2015 season highlight was reaching career-first WTA SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion V.Williams). Reached two

further QFs in 2015, at Charleston (l. Keys) and Nottingham (l. A.Radwanska). Following 2015 Nottingham, only won

three WTA main draw matches in rest of 2015

 Owns two career Top 10 wins: No.4 Azarenka (2014 Indian Wells) and No.7 Bouchard (2015 Charleston) – overall

record is 2-7

 US Fed Cup Team, 2014-15

 Has won seven ITF Circuit singles titles

 Won USTA girls’ 18 & Under national title in 2011, earning a US Open main draw wildcard

 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2010 Miami (l. Parmentier)

 Coached by Mark Schanerman

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QIANG WANG (CHN #76) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #31)

Head to Head: First meeting

QIANG WANG KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 76 WTA RANKING 31 87 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 16 14-01-1992 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 14-05-1993 (23) $58,589 YTD PRIZE MONEY $237,464 $910,006 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,095,935 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 16 3-1 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 3-1 4-2 / 18-34 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 8-3 / 116-122 0-1 / 5-13 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 36-42 2-0 / 5-1 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 36-28 4-2 / 17-27 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-3 / 68-76 0-0 / 1-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 7-15 0-0 / 1-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 18-37 0-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 6-9 * Updated through R2

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 Q. WANG d. O. JABEUR 6-3,6-1 63 mins R2 K. MLADENOVIC d. K. PLISKOVA 6-2,6-4 75 mins

R1 Q. WANG d. J. OSTAPENKO 7-6(1),6-2 84 mins R1 K. MLADENOVIC d. K. SINIAKOVA 6-3,6-3 88 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

QIANG WANG KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 2016 2016 R16* L - ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #55) 7-6(2) 2-6 R16 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 7-5 3-6 6-4 7-6(6) R1 W - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #34) 6-2 7-6(1) R1* W - FATMA AL NABHANI (OMA #379) 6-4 6-4 2014 2015 R16* L - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #39) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 6-3 7-5 R1* W - ARANTXA PARRA SANTONJA (ESP #251) 6-4 4-6 6-3 R1 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #42) 5-7 6-1 7-5 2012 R2* W - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #101) 6-1 4-6 6-2 R1* L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #38) 6-2 2-6 6-1 R1* W - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #141) 6-2 4-6 6-2

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 Making second main draw appearance at Dubai (third overall). As qualifier, reached 2r in 2015 (l. Pennetta), fell in qualifying in 2016

 Win over Ostapenko in 1r was first in main draw since opening week of the season. Followed up by defeating qualifier Jabeur in 2r

 Began season by reaching QF at Shenzhen (l. Giorgi),before falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni) and in qualifying at Doha

 Highlights of 2016 season were QFs at Shenzhen (l. A.Radwanska) Kuala Lumpur (l. Zhu) and Hong Kong (l. eventual champion Wozniacki); at Slams, reached 2r at US Open – upset No.23 seed Kasatkina in 1r (l. Shvedova) – Roland Garros (l. Suarez Navarro) and Australian Open (l. Friedsam). Fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Gavrilova)

 Also represented China at Rio Olympics and won three titles on the ITF Circuit

 Has now reached 2r at Slams on five occasions – at 2014 US Open (l. Dellacqua), 2015 US Open (l. Strycova), 2016 Australian Open (l. Friedsam), 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 US Open – but yet to go further

 Owns eight wins vs. Top 50 opponents: No.10 Wozniacki (2013 Kuala Lumpur), No.42 Nara (2015 Dubai), No.43 Lepchenko (2015 Beijing), No.48 Konta (2016 Shenzhen), No.26 Stephens (2016 Australian Open) and No.24 Kasatkina (2016 US Open), No.38 Niculescu (2017 Shenzhen) and No.34 Ostapenko (2017 Dubai)

 Hit career-high singles ranking of No.61 on August 22, 2016

 Currently the No.4 of five Chinese women ranked in Top 100 (as at February 20, 2017)

 Ended 2016 at No.70 – the best season finish of her career

 Member of Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2012-2016

 On ITF Circuit, owns 13 singles and one doubles title

 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Beijing and main draw debut at 2012 Baku

 Won Chinese U/16 Championships in 2006 and U/18 Championships in 2007

 Began playing tennis aged nine as a way to keep fit

 Favorite surface is hardcourt; favorite tournament is US Open

 Would have become a teacher if not a tennis player

 Admires Zheng Jie

 Coached by Peter McNamara

Mladenovic:

 Making second main draw appearance at Dubai. Last year lost to Vandeweghe in 2r, and fell in qualifying in 2014 and

2012

 In 1r this week, defeated Siniakova in straight sets, before upsetting No.2 seed Pliskova in 2r – now has a 3-7 record

against Top 5 players, with other wins coming against No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros) and No.3 Halep (2015 Birmingham)

 Playing first tournament since lifting first career title in St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in F); also defeated No.11 V.Williams

in 2r - record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents is now 18-37

 Followed this by going 1-1 in France’s Fed Cup loss to Switzerland. Opening day victory over Belinda Bencic extended

winning streak to six matches – her longest run since following up victory at WTA 125K Series event at Taipei by

reaching second round of Australian Open (October 2012-January 2013)

 Reached second and third WTA singles finals in 2016, at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l.

Wozniacki). Is 1-3 in WTA singles finals, also finishing as R-Up at 2015 Strasbourg (l. Stosur)

 Reached the USD $5 million prize money mark by winning title in St Petersburg

 Opened season with back-to-back 1r exits at Hobart (l. Mertens) and Australian Open (l. Konjuh). In doubles, reached SF

w/Garcia in Melbourne (l. eventual R-Up Hlavackova/Peng)

 Ended 2016 at No.42, down from career-best year-end finish of No.29 in 2015; currently ranked at No.31, having briefly

dropped out of Top 50 due to early Australian Open exit

 Season highlight in 2016 was teaming with Garcia to win her first Grand Slam doubles title at Roland Garros. They were

the first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr

triumphed

 In singles, enjoyed SF run at Strasbourg (l. eventual R-Up Lucic-Baroni) and QF runs at Eastbourne (l. Puig) and

Washington D.C. (l. eventual champion Wickmayer)

 Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final vs. Czech Republic in 2016 (l. Ka.Pliskova)

 Won four doubles titles in 2016 with Garcia: Charleston (d. Mattek-Sands/Safarova), Stuttgart (d. Hingis/Mirza), Madrid

(d. Hingis/Mirza) and Roland Garros (d. Makarova/Vesnina). In addition, also finished runners-up at Sydney, Dubai, US Open and Beijing (all w/Garcia). Team qualified for WTA Finals Singapore, losing in SF. By winning the tournament, could

have become joint-World No.1s

 Also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore in doubles w/Babos. Went 1-2 in RR stage and failed to progress further

 Overall, owns 16-11 record in career doubles finals; has won 16 WTA doubles titles in addition to two mixed doubles

titles – 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open (w/Daniel Nestor)

 Across all Grand Slams, QF at 2015 US Open remains best result. Has achieved 3r showings at each of the other majors:

Australian Open (2016), Roland Garros (2014-16) and Wimbledon (2015)

 Prior to defeat of Halep at 2015 Birmingham, all previous Top 10 wins of career had come in France: No.2 Li (2014 Roland

Garros), No.10 Halep (2014 Paris [Indoors]), No.6 Kvitova (2013 Paris [Indoors]) and No.6 Bouchard (2015 Roland Garros)

 Won mixed doubles titles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished runner-up at 2013 Roland Garros

and 2015 Australian Open (all w/Nestor)

 Won WTA 125K Series event at Taipei in 2012

 2009 Roland Garros girls’ singles champion

 Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007

 Currently without a coach

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CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #44) vs. [7] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13)

Head to Head: CHRISTINA MCHALE leads 2-1

2015 MARRAKECH CLAY O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA 7-5 6-3 100 mins 2013 US OPEN HARD O R2 CHRISTINA MCHALE 6-4 3-6 7-5 167 mins 2012 FED CUP CLAY O R1 CHRISTINA MCHALE 7-5 6-3

CHRISTINA MCHALE ELINA SVITOLINA 44 WTA RANKING 13 64 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 9 11-05-1992 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-09-1994 (22) $76,475 YTD PRIZE MONEY $209,557 $2,904,681 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,317,619 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 5 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 2-0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 5-2 4-4 / 133-141 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-2 / 142-97 2-1 / 55-54 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 46-27 0-3 / 30-32 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 32-20 4-4 / 83-85 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-2 / 109-66 0-1 / 6-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 10-25 0-2 / 13-55 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 21-48 0-0 / 11-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 12-18 * Updated through R2

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 C. MCHALE d. N. OSAKA 6-3,6-4 92 mins R2 E. SVITOLINA d. S. ZHENG 7-5,6-1 69 mins

R1 C. MCHALE d. K. BERTENS 6-7(5),6-3,6-4 153 mins R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

CHRISTINA MCHALE ELINA SVITOLINA 2013 2016 R16* L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #150) 6-4 2-6 6-3 SF L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #22) 6-4 6-4 R1* W - KAI-CHEN CHANG (TPE #122) 6-0 2-6 6-4 QF W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 6-4 1-6 6-2 R16 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #5) 7-6(3) 6-3 R1 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #133) 6-3 6-1 2015 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 2-6 6-3 6-2 R1 W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #32) 3-1

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 Making first main draw appearance in Dubai; lost in qualifying in 2013

 Defeated No.13 seed Bertens and Osaka this week, registering back-to-back main draw wins for the first time in 2017

 Faces No.13 Svitolina today; has 13-55 career record against Top 20 players, most recently beating No.16 Ivanovic at

2016 Rome

 As qualifier, lost to No.16 Vesnina last week in Doha

 Opened 2017 season by reaching 2r at Brisbane and Sydney (l. Radwanska), then falling 1r at Australian Open (l.

Kucova)

 Posted third non-consecutive Top 50 season in 2016 (first since 2012), at No.45 – her sixth successive Top 100

season

 Currently US No.6 of 17 women in Top 100 (week of February 20, 2017)

 Is one of eight American women to have won a title (Tokyo [Japan Open]) in the last year along with S.Williams,

Keys, V.Williams, Vandeweghe, Davis, Stephens and Falconi

 Won a career-best 26 main draw matches in 2016

 2016 season highlighted by winning first WTA singles title of career at Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. Siniakova in F). Now 1-1 in

tour-level finals, having been runner-up at 2014 Acapulco (l. Cibulkova)

 Other singles highlights in 2016 included SF at Acapulco and R16 at Madrid and Rome

 2016 season also brought first two WTA doubles titles of career, captured at Hobart (w/Han) and Tianjin (w/Peng)

 In April, helped USA defeat Australia in Fed Cup WG play-off in Brisbane (d. Stosur in three sets)

 Directly after 2016 Australian Open, won second ITF Circuit singles title of career at $50k ITF/Maui-USA

 Has played 28 Grand Slam main draws, advancing to 3r five times, including four in a row (2011 US Open through 2012

Wimbledon)

 Pushed top seed and eventual champion S.Williams to three sets in 2r at 2016 Wimbledon

 Owns six wins against Top 10 players including three against the Top 5 – d. No.1 Wozniacki at 2011 Cincinnati, No.3

Kvitova at 2012 Indian Wells and No.4 Muguruza at 2016 Indian Wells

 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

 Enjoyed breakout year in 2012 when she became youngest member of US Olympic tennis team (four days younger than

Ryan Harrison); also reached 3r of three straight Slams (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon)  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 2009 Australian Open (both as WC);

recorded first tour-level match win at 2009 US Open (in second tour-level main draw)

 Lived in Hong Kong from age three to eight after father’s job was relocated

 Older sister Lauren played college tennis; she is engaged to ATP player Ryan Harrison

 Coached by Jorge Todero

Svitolina:  Making third consecutive appearance at Dubai. Reached SF in 2016 (l. eventual champions Errani) and fell in 2r in 2015 (l. Kvitova)

 Playing first tournament since lifting fifth career title in Taipei City (d. Peng in F); followed this by winning both singles rubbers in Ukraine’s Fed Cup win over Australia

 Extended winning streak to eight matches against Zheng in 2r – her longest run since August 2014 when she also won eight by lifting the Baku title and then reaching Cincinnati QF

 Faces No.44 McHale today. Has won past 18 matches against players ranked outside Top 30; last loss against No.66 Osaka at 2016 Tokyo [PPO]

 Began season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s), where she defeated world No.1 Kerber en route. Now owns three wins over No.1s, all within the last six months: S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2016 Beijing and 2017 Brisbane). Was the only player to defeat both reigning No.1s in 2016 and is first Ukrainian woman ever to defeat a top-ranked player

 Reached the 3r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova); has now reached 3r or better on seven occasions in her 18 Slam appearances. Best result to date is QF at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic); became first Ukrainian woman to reach last eight in Paris. Backed up that result with run to R16 in 2016 (l. S.Williams)

 Best previous result at US Open is 3r in 2015 (l. Makarova) and 2016 (l. Kvitova). At Wimbledon, reached 2r in 2015 (l. Dellacqua) and 2016 (l. Shvedova)

 Overall owns 10 career wins over Top 10 opponents: No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.10 Konta (2016 Zhuhai), No.1 Kerber (2016 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Dubai), No.6 Safarova (2015 Cincinnati), No.9 Kerber (2015 Brisbane), No.8 Kerber (2014 Wuhan) and No.4 Kvitova (2014 Cincinnati)

 Posted second Top 20 season in 2016, at No.14. Fourth successive Top 40 season; currently at career-high No.13

 Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post-US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)

 Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F)  Reached two finals in 2016, clinching fourth WTA singles title at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to final at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska); now owns a 4-2 record in singles finals

 Other season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani), QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) and R16 at Miami (l. Makarova)

 Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova)

 Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years)

 2010 Roland Garros girls’ singles champion

 Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit

 Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-2015. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016

 During recent off season, parted ways with longtime coach Iain Hughes. Starts 2017 season with a new team of coaches led by Gabriel Urpi (formerly with Pennetta), as well as coaching consultant Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles

 Also worked with former world No.1 Justine Henin as coaching consultant in 2016

Insights From MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2017 | $2,666,000 | PREMIER 5

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) vs. MONICA PUIG (PUR #42)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 2-1

2016 OLYMPICS HARD O F MONICA PUIG 6-4 4-6 6-1 2015 TORONTO HARD O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-2 6-3 82 mins 2013 BRISBANE HARD O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 3-6 6-4 7-6(7) 153 mins

ANGELIQUE KERBER MONICA PUIG 2 WTA RANKING 42 24 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 36 18-01-1988 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 27-09-1993 (23) $205,314 YTD PRIZE MONEY $115,228 $19,527,098 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,921,883 0 / 10 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 2-4 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 2-1 5-4 / 329-186 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-4 / 91-87 3-2 / 95-73 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 25-29 0-2 / 61-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 17-23 5-4 / 216-120 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-4 / 56-57 0-0 / 30-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-5 0-1 / 71-86 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-3 / 13-24 1-0 / 28-16 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 6-4 * Updated through R2

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 A. KERBER d. M. BARTHEL 6-4,6-3 78 mins R2 M. PUIG d. C. GARCIA 6-1,4-6,6-2 98 mins

R1 BYE - R1 M. PUIG d. Y. SHVEDOVA 6-3,4-6,6-4 129 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER MONICA PUIG 2015 2015 R16 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 6-2 3-6 6-1 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #15) 6-1 6-4 R2 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #27) 7-6(9) 6-4 R1 BYE 2014 R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) 2013 R16 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #17) 7-5 6-1

R1 BYE 2011 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #24) 6-4 4-6 6-3 2008 R1* L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #115) 3-6 7-5 6-3

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 Making fifth main draw appearance at Dubai (sixth overall); reached R16 in 2015 (l. Pennetta); has not won a match in

other three appearances, losing 1r 2014 (l. Ivanovic), 2r in 2013 (after 1r bye, l. Vinci) and 1r in 2011(l. Petkovic)

 Playing second tournament since R16 exit at Australian Open last month as defending champion - lost to Vandeweghe

in straight sets; last week in Doha lost to Kasatkina in 2r after 1r bye

 Faces No.42 Puig today. Has won past 21 matches against players ranked outside Top 40; last loss came against No.58

Bertens at 2016 Roland Garros

 Last standing of three Germans in the main draw (also 2r opponent Barthel and Siegemund); only German to reach final

in Dubai was Goerges in 2012 (l. A.Radwanska)

 Dropped from No.1 to No.2 in the rankings following S.Williams win at Australian Open; can regain No.1 ranking by

winning title this week

 Began season with QF run at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and 2r exit at Sydney (after 1r bye, l. Kasatkina)

 At 2016 Australian Open, was first German woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Lisicki at 2013 Wimbledon (l.

Bartoli) and first to win a title since Graf at 1999 Roland Garros (d. Hingis in F). Became only fourth player to defeat

S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (after V.Williams, Sharapova and Stosur; since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland

Garros)

 Also became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open

(Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi) and was the first left-handed player to win a Grand Slam singles title

since Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon

 Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to world No.1; was 22nd player to hold

WTA World No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve milestone since computer rankings were introduced in

1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997)

 Aged 28, was oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati, who was 25

years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001

 Secured the 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – only the 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German

woman to do so after Graf (eight times)

 Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans

 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18

 Posted the most wins against Top 10 opponents in 2016, going 12-3, including defeats of No.8 Cibulkova, No.4 Halep,

No.7 Keys and No.3 A.Radwanska in Singapore, as well as No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep (Fed Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon), No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics), No.4 Halep (Cincinnati) and

No.8 Vinci (US Open)

 Reached a career-best total of eight finals across the 2016 season (most finals of any player); as well as winning first two

majors, successfully defended Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F)

 Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressed past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German

to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996

 Other runner-up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics (silver

medalist, l. Puig in F) and Cincinnati (l. Ka.Pliskova in F – would have been crowned World No.1 then had she won)

 Became fourth player in Open Era to reach three Grand Slam finals in the same year they reached their first, after

Goolagong Cawley (1971), Graf (1987) and Hingis (1997)

 Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka), Charleston (ret. vs. eventual

champion Stephens w/viral illness) and Montreal (l. eventual champion Halep)

 In other Grand Slam result in 2016, l. Bertens in 1r at Roland Garros

 Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; will pass $20

million by winning the Dubai title

 Did not advance past 3r at any Slam in 2015, falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Begu), 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 3r

at Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) and 3r at US Open (l. Azarenka)

 Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]; overall, owns a 10-15 record in

tour level singles finals. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green)

 Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin

 Recently named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and

Luis Suarez

 Coached by Torben Beltz

Puig:

 Making second appearance in Dubai; fell 1r in 2015 (l. Safarova)

 Defeated Shvedova in 1r and No.15 seed Garcia in 2r

 Last week in Doha, reached third Premier SF of her career (l. Wozniacki); defeated three higher-ranked opponents – Siegemund, Putintseva and Kasatkina – en route

 Plays No.2 Kerber today – owns 3-3 career record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents; wins coming over Insights From No.5 Errani at 2013 Wimbledon, and No.4 Muguruza and No.2 Kerber at 2016 Olympics

 Opened season with back-to-back exits at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and Sydney (l. Wozniacki), before making 2r at Australian Open (d. Tig, l. Barthel)

 Posted first Top 40 season finish in 2016, at No.32

 Finished 2016 season with QF run at International-level Tianjin (l. Kovinic); reached at least QF on eight occasions during the year – also Sydney (R-Up; l. Kuznetsova in first final at Premier level), Prague (QF, l. Kuznetsova), Nottingham (SF, l. Ka.Pliskova), Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova), Florianopolis (SF, l. Begu), Rio Olympics (Won, d. Kerber in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (QF, l. A.Radwanska)

 Made Top 30 debut the week of September 26, 2016 after QF run at Tokyo [PPO]

 Made history at Rio Olympics in August, winning Puerto Rico’s first ever Gold medal. Posted two Top 5 wins en route, over No.4 Muguruza (R16) and No.2 Kerber (F). Subsequently withdrew from Cincinnati (low back injury)

 Was Named Best Female Athlete of the 2016 Rio Olympics by Association of National Olympics Committees (ANOC); award was presented here in Doha last November

 Prior to Olympics, made SF at Florianopolis (l. eventual champion Begu)

 Best results in Grand Slam play in 2016 were 3r efforts at Australian Open (saved five match points during 2r win vs. Kr.Pliskova, in addition to the Czech serving a WTA record 31 aces in the match – beating Lisicki’s 27 vs. Bencic at 2015 Birmingham) and Roland Garros (l. Keys)

 Scored best result at WTA Premier Mandatory tournament with 3r run at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Kasatkina); this was followed by 2r exit at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka)

 Owns 1-1 record in singles finals, having won 2014 Strasbourg (d. Soler-Espinosa in F)

 First player representing Puerto Rico to win a WTA singles title; Kristina Brandi and Gigi Fernandez, both born in Puerto Rico, won titles while playing under USA flag

 On Grand Slam debut at 2013 Roland Garros, became first woman representing Puerto Rico to reach 3r at a Grand Slam in the Open Era (Kristina Brandi’s best results at Grand Slams were representing USA)

 In her fourth career tour-level main draw appearance (2013 Brisbane), defeated Rogowska in opening match, becoming the first player from Puerto Rico to win a main draw match since 2006 Charleston (Kristina Brandi)

 Won inaugural Rising Stars Invitational as part of WTA Finals in Singapore in 2014 (d. Zheng Saisai in F)

 Advanced to the final of two junior Grand Slams: 2011 Australian Open (l. Mestach) and 2011 Roland Garros (l. Jabeur)

 During 2016 off-season, hosted an exhibition match against Sharapova in Puerto Rico in December

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CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #70) vs. [4] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6)

Head to Head: First meeting

CATHERINE BELLIS AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 70 WTA RANKING 6 58 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 20 08-04-1999 (17) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 06-03-1989 (27) $1,650 YTD PRIZE MONEY $153,314 $384,172 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $26,093,220 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 20 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 2-0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 13-7 2-0 / 11-7 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-4 / 485-214 0-0 / 4-2 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 99-91 1-0 / 1-2 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 63-59 2-0 / 9-6 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-4 / 349-145 0-0 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 47-81 0-0 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 103-119 0-0 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 37-25 * Updated through R2

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 C. BELLIS d. L. SIEGEMUND 7-5,7-6(3) 142 mins R2 A. RADWANSKA d. E. MERTENS 6-3,6-2 69 mins

R1 C. BELLIS d. Y. PUTINTSEVA 6-1,7-5 95 mins R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 2015 R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #24) 6-4 6-2 R2 W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #30) 6-3 2-6 6-3 R1 BYE 2014 R16 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #22) 6-4 6-1 R1 BYE 2013 QF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-2 6-4 R16 W - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #101) 7-5 6-3 R1 BYE

2012 F W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) 7-5 6-4 SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #14) 6-2 2-6 6-0 QF W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #13) 6-2 6-1

R16 W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #40) 7-5 6-4

R1 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #80) 6-1 6-7(6) 7-5 2011

QF L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #23) 7-6(7) 6-3 R16 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #17) 6-3 6-2 R2 W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #36) 7-5 6-4 R1 BYE 2010 SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #6) 6-3 6-4 QF W - REGINA KULIKOVA (RUS #99) 3-6 6-4 6-3 R16 W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #11) 6-3 6-0

R2 W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #84) 6-3 6-3

R1 BYE 2009

R1 L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #121) 6-4 6-3 2008 R1 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #6) 6-2 2-6 6-4 QF* W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #226) 6-3 3-6 6-2 R16* W - EVA HRDINOVA (CZE #172) 6-0 6-0 R1* W - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #164) 6-1 6-2 2007 R16* L - ANNE KREMER (LUX #109) 6-4 4-6 6-4

R1* W - TATIANA PEREBIYNIS (UKR #164) 7-6(6) 6-3

Bellis:

 Making first appearance at Dubai; defeated No.17 seed Putintseva in 1r and Siegemund in 2r

 At 17, was the youngest player in the main draw this week and along with Konjuh one of two teenagers to reach 3r

 Scored her fifth and sixth wins vs. Top 50 opponents en route to 3r, defeating No.27 Putintseva (1r) and No.41

Siegemund (2r). Lifetime record vs. Top 50 players stands at 6-3, other wins coming over No.23 Zhang (2016

Honolulu), No.38 Ostapenko (2016 Stanford), No.32 Diyas (2015 Miami) and No.13 Cibulkova (2014 US Open)

 Faces No.6 Radwanska today – has played three Top 10 players in career, going 0-2 against No.1 S.Williams at 2015

Miami (61 61), No.7 V.Williams at 2016 Stanford (64 61), and No.2 Kerber at 2016 US Open (61 61)

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from  Missed Australian swing with hip injury, making return by falling in qualification for Doha

 Ended 2017 strongly, a 15-match winning streak bringing titles at $50k ITF/Saguenay, CAN, $50k ITF/Toronto, CAN

and WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (d. No.23 Zhang in F)

 As qualifier at 2017 US Open, reached 3r (l. eventual champion Kerber) - her best result at a Grand Slam

 Only other Grand Slam main draw appearance came at 2014 US Open, where she upset No.13 Cibulkova in 1r before

falling to Diyas in three sets. At 15 years, 152 days, was the youngest player to win a match at US Open since

Kournikova in 1996 (15 years, 93 days)

 In addition, 2014 result made her the youngest Grand Slam main draw participant since Cornet at 2005 Roland Garros

(15 years, 133 days), and youngest main draw participant at the US Open since 2004, when both Karatantcheva (15

years, 34 days) and Vaidisova (15 years, 141 days) qualified

 Reached career-first tour-level QF at 2016 Stanford (l. V.Williams). During tournament she announced plan to play

collegiate tennis at Stanford University

 Also reached QF at Québec City (l. Boserup); in addition to US Open, Stanford and Québec City, other tour-level event

in 2016 came at Miami (l. Puig in 1r)

 On ITF Circuit, highlights in 2016 included title at $25k ITF/Sumter, SC-USA (d. Solovyeva in F) and a runner-up finish

at $25k ITF/Surprise, AZ-USA (l. Loeb)

 Ended 2015 at career-best No.248. Season highlight was reaching 3r at Miami (l. World No.1 S.Williams). Also granted

wildcard in to Stanford, falling 1r (l. Doi); broke Top 100 on November 7, 2016, finishing year at No.75

 On Monday, reached a career-high rank of No.70

 2014 ITF Junior World Champion; received award at ITF World Champions’ Dinner held during 2015 Roland Garros

 Made professional debut at $25k ITF/Rancho Santa Fe, CA-USA in March 2014

 Won notable junior titles in 2014, including the 50th Coffee Bowl, USTA International Spring Championships, Easter

Bowl Championship and 55° Trofeo Bonfiglio. Secured wildcard for 2014 US Open by winning USTA Girls’ 18s

National Championship

 Winner of four singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit

 Likes to be known as ‘CiCi’

 Born in San Francisco and resides in Atherton, CA. Is home schooled and is an only child

 Looks up to Kim Clijsters – models her game style and fighting spirit after her

 Coached by Anibal Aranda; also working with Tom Gutteridge in Dubai

A.Radwanska:

 Making ninth main draw appearance at Dubai. Champion in 2012 (d. Goerges in F), reached SF in 2010 (l.

Azarenka) and QF in both 2011 (l. Kuznetsova) and 2013 (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

 Bounced back from 2r exit at Doha (l. Wozniacki after 1r bye) by defeating qualifier Mertens on Tuesday

 Began season with QF run in Shenzhen (as defending champion, l. Riske) and was R-Up at Sydney (l. Konta)

 Had 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni) - was earliest exit in Melbourne since 2009 (1r); ranking dropped

from No.3 to No.6 - first time outside Top 5 since October 2015

 2017 Australian Open was 43rd consecutive main draw appearance, which is the third longest active streak

(behind Jankovic, 53, and Pironkova, 45). Hasn’t missed a major since making Grand Slam debut at 2006

Wimbledon

 Is a Grand Slam finalist, reaching title match at 2012 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in 3s). Became Poland’s first

Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era (Jadwiga Jedrzejowska was runner‐up in three Grand Slam finals in the 1930s,

including at Wimbledon in 1937)

 At Roland Garros, made QF in 2013 and at US Open has reached R16 in 2007-08, 2012-13 and 2016

 One of nine active players to record more than 100 Grand Slam main draw match wins (115-42). Only

S.Williams, V.Williams, Sharapova, Azarenka and Kuznetsova have more win than her

 Finished 2016 in the Top 10 for the sixth straight year – the longest active streak; achieved a career high

year-end ranking of No.3

 Won three titles in 2016, one of six players to win a hat-trick of titles (also Azarenka, Cibulkova, Kerber, Halep

and Stephens) - triumphed at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F), New Haven (d. Svitolina in F) and Beijing (d. Konta in F)

 One of just four players who reached R16 or better at all Grand Slams last year (also Keys, Suarez Navarro

and S.Williams)

 Qualified for 2016 WTA Finals Singapore (as defending champion, d. No.5 Ka.Pliskova and No.6 Muguruza in

round robin play, l. No.1 Kerber in SF)

 Win at 2016 New Haven was the second-most efficient title run of 2016, dropping only 20 games (best was

Azarenka at Brisbane – 17 games)

 Other notable results in 2016 include SF runs at Doha (l. eventual champion Suarez Navarro), Indian Wells (l.

eventual R-Up S.Williams), Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) and Tokyo [PPO] (as defending champion, l. eventual

champion Wozniacki)  In 2016 Grand Slam play, reached SF at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) and R16 at Roland Garros

(l. Pironkova), Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova 9-7 in deciding set) and US Open (l. Konjuh)

 Represented Poland at 2016 Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Zheng) and 1r in mixed doubles (w/Kubot,

l. Begu/Tecau)

 First Polish woman to win a WTA singles title (2007 Stockholm); rank in Top 10 (after 2008 Wimbledon); and

defeat a World No.1 player (Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney)

 Owns a 1-16 record vs. World No.1s, sole win coming over Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney. Losses were to Henin

(2007 Eastbourne and Zurich), Safina (2009 Stuttgart), Wozniacki (2011 Stuttgart), Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012

Indian Wells, 2012 Stuttgart, 2012 Madrid and 2013 Doha) and S.Williams (2013 Miami, 2013 Toronto, 2013

Beijing, 2013 WTA Finals, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Indian Wells)

 Won the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (d. Kvitova in F) after going 1-2 in round robin play

 Career prize money stands at more than US$25 million – the sixth WTA player to have reached the mark

 At No.6, is the top-ranked Polish woman in Top 100, ahead of Linette (week of February 20, 2017)

 Won WTA Fan Favorite Award in 2016, the sixth straight year she has topped the public vote

 Wimbledon girls' singles winner in 2005 (sister Urszula won event in 2007)

 Coached by Tomasz Wiktorowski

MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2017 | $2,666,000 | PREMIER 5

KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #79) vs. [10] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15)

Head to Head: First meeting

KATERYNA BONDARENKO CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 79 WTA RANKING 15 133 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 9 08-08-1986 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-07-1990 (26) $62,354 YTD PRIZE MONEY $192,008 $3,129,944 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $22,278,184 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 25 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 4-3 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 19-5 2-3 / 120-159 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-4 / 484-205 1-2 / 46-50 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 119-67 1-3 / 33-47 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 77-65 2-3 / 70-95 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 12-4 / 357-141 1-0 / 8-24 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 45-61 1-1 / 19-58 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 109-92 0-0 / 11-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 49-24 * Updated through R2

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 K. BONDARENKO d. G. MUGURUZA 4-1 Ret'd 24 mins R2 C. WOZNIACKI d. V. GOLUBIC 6-4,6-2 110 mins

R1 K. BONDARENKO d. A. SABALENKA 4-6,6-4,6-3 100 mins R1 C. WOZNIACKI d. D. KASATKINA 6-2,7-5 90 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

KATERYNA BONDARENKO CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2016 2015 R16* L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #93) 6-2 6-1 SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 2-6 6-1 6-1 R1* W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #95) 6-3 6-3 QF W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 7-5 6-0 2012 R16 W - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #19) 6-4 6-0

R16* L - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #80) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 R2 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #25) 4-6 6-1 7-5 R1* W - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #47) 5-7 6-4 6-2 R1 BYE 2011 2014 R2* L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #39) 5-7 6-4 6-2 SF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #44) 6-3 6-2 R1* W - MAGALI DE LATTRE (POR #369) 6-1 6-0 QF W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 6-1 6-2 2010 R16 W - ANNIKA BECK (GER #50) 6-4 6-4 R2 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #6) 4-1 R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #15) 2-6 6-3 6-3 R1 W - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #53) 6-3 6-1 2009 R1 L - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #58) 7-5 6-2

2007 2013 R16* L - VIKTORIYA KUTUZOVA (UKR #132) 5-7 7-5 6-2 SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-4 R1* W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #92) 6-1 6-2 QF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 4-6 6-1 6-4 2006 R16 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #44) 6-0 6-1

R16 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #5) 6-4 7-5 R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #18) 6-2 6-2 R1 W - KVETA PESCHKE (CZE #32) 6-7(4) 6-3 2012 7-6(2) SF L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) 7-6(3) 7-5 QF* W - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #221) 7-6(4) 7-6(4) QF W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #18) 6-3 7-5 R16* W - STÉPHANIE COHEN-ALORO (FRA #131) 6-0 7-6(6) R16 W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #53) 6-2 6-3 R1* BYE R1 BYE 2011 F W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #23) 6-1 6-3 SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) 7-5 6-3 QF W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #11) 6-2 6-4 R16 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #57) 6-1 6-0 R2 W - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #51) 6-1 3-5

R1 BYE 2010 R16 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #22) 6-2 7-5 R2 W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) 6-2 7-6(2) R1 BYE Bondarenko:

 Making fourth main draw appearance in Dubai (and eighth overall); reached 2r in 2006 (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Henin) and 2010 (l. Azarenka)

 First round win over Sabalenka was first in main draw in 2017; advanced to 2r after No.5 seed Muguruza retired with left ankle injury

 Opened season at Brisbane (as LL, l. Vinci in 1r in 3s) and Sydney (as qualifier, l. McHale in 1r in 3s), before falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Garcia). Fell in qualifying at Doha

 2017 Australian Open marked 31st Grand Slam main draw appearance. At 2009 US Open became first Ukrainian woman to reach QF at Grand Slam (since matched by Svitolina at 2015 Roland Garros). Additionally has made 3r at all of the majors: Australian Open (2009 and 2016), Roland Garros (2009), Wimbledon (2011) and US Open (2016)

 Posted sixth non-consecutive Top 100 season in 2016, at No.72 and passed $3 million in career prize money

 Played all four Grand Slams in 2016, for first time since 2012

 Aside from 3r run at 2016 Australian Open, season highlights included reaching R16 at Indian Wells (as qualifier, l. S.Williams) and 3r at US Open (l. Sevastova) and Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Cibulkova)

 Runner-up in doubles at 2016 New Haven (w/Chuang) – first tour-level final of any kind since 2011

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 Muguruza’s retirement in previous round handed her an eighth win vs. Top 10 players; defeated No.7 Vinci in 1r at 2016 Roland Garros for first since return to tour. Other wins have been over No.5 Ivanovic (2007 Stuttgart), No.10 A.Radwanska (2009 Australian Open), No.3 V.Williams (2009 Toronto), No.4 Dementieva (2009 Tokyo), No.9 Li (2010 US Open), and No.10 Errani at 2012 's-Hertogenbosch

 2015 US Open marked first Grand Slam appearance since 2012 US Open (l. Jankovic 1r) – immediately after that event took time away from tour to give birth to daughter Karin, who arrived in 2013

 Season highlights in 2015 included reaching two QF – at Istanbul, upsetting V.Williams in 1r (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Tsurenko) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. eventual champion Wickmayer)

 Won her way through qualifying at 10 events in 2015 and seven events in 2016

 Nominated for WTA Comeback Player Award in 2015 (media vote; won by V.Williams)

 Made return to tour in April 2014 (fell in qualifying at Katowice). At the Slams, went on to fall in qualifying at 2014-15 Roland Garros, and 2015 Australian Open and Wimbledon, before winning her way through to main draw at 2015 US Open (d. Putintseva, l. Halep)

 Achieved career-high rank of No.29 in October 2009

 Currently Ukrainian No.3, behind Svitolina and Tsurenko (week of February 20, 2017)

 Won sole WTA singles title on grass at 2008 Birmingham (d. Wickmayer in F)

 Winner of three doubles titles, all w/A.Bondarenko – 2008 Australian Open, 2008 Paris [Indoors] and 2009 Prague – and a four-time runner-up

 Junior singles champion at 2004 Wimbledon (d. Ivanovic in final)

 Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2005-2012, 2016. Was a member of the team that helped secure promotion to World Group for first time in 2010

 Throughout career coached by parents, Vladimir and Natalia

 Married Kiev businessman Denis Volodko, who is also her full-time coach, on 29 September 2011

Wozniacki:

 Making seventh appearance at Dubai; champion in 2011 (d. Kuznetsova in F) and SFs in 2012 (l. Goerges), 2013 (l. Kvitova), 2014 (l. V.Williams) and 2015 (l. Halep)

 Returned to 3r with wins over Kasatkina in 1r and Golubic in 2r

 Last week in Doha, reached 43rd career singles final (l. Ka.Pliskova); en route upset No.6 Radwanska for 45th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent (45-60 overall record). Is now 1-1 in 2017 (lost to No.9 Konta at Australian Open)

 Doha was was first final since 2016 Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F); now owns a 25-17 record in WTA singles finals  Opened 2017 season with back-to-back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to Strycova lasted 3 hours 20 minutes

 Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets

 Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 – lowest year-end ranking since 2007 (No.64) – having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery: defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber

 In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F). Now owns a 25-17 record in singles finals and has won at least one title nine years running (2008-2016)

 Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg

 Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four-time champion (2008-11; at one point enjoyed 21-match win streak at event)

 Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova)

 Returned to action following two-and-a-half months out w/right ankle injury during grass court swing, making comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r)

 Was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t seeded at a Grand Slam

 Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina)

 Ended 2015 ranked No.17 – first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was longest active streak); currently ranked No.15 – her highest position since October 2015

 Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot – 2010 and 2011

 Two-time Grand Slam finalist, finishing runner-up at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters) and 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams). Has reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

 Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) for singles titles (25) – 20 of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)

 Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all-time list

 Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs

 Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched the program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight USANA ambassadors on the WTA

 Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn; and hitting partner here in Doha is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)

DAILY MATCH NOTES: DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 19 –25, 2017 | USD $2,666,000 PREMIER 5 EVENT

2017 DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS – MATCH NOTES – DAY 3

CENTRE COURT

[3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) vs. EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #37) Cibulkova leads 3‐1

[Q] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #80) vs. [4] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) First meeting

[5] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) vs. KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #79) First meeting

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #31) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Pliskova leads 2‐1

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) vs. [WC] MONA BARTHEL (GER #109) Tied 2‐2

[Q] ZHENG SAISAI (CHN #95) vs. [7] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13) First meeting

*Please note all rankings and statistics based on February 20, 2017

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

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[3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) vs. EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #37)

Head to Head: DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA leads 3-1

2017 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 EKATERINA MAKAROVA 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 174 mins 2014 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R3 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 6-4 7-5 99 mins 2013 SYDNEY HARD O R16 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 7-6(3) 1-6 7-6(1) 183 mins 2012 MOSCOW HARD I R1 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 2-6 6-4 6-2 120 mins

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA EKATERINA MAKAROVA 5 WTA RANKING 37 8 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 39 06-05-1989 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-06-1988 (28) $204,390 YTD PRIZE MONEY $222,812 $11,079,314 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $10,181,541 0 / 8 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 9 3-5 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 4-8 8-5 / 330-228 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-4 / 218-188 2-3 / 105-87 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 59-60 2-0 / 77-55 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 39-36 8-5 / 227-163 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-4 / 138-127 0-1 / 34-55 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 20-55 1-1 / 62-94 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 46-91 0-1 / 25-22 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 20-20 * Updated through R1

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE - R1 E. MAKAROVA d. L. ZHU 6-3,6-1 61 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA EKATERINA MAKAROVA 2013 2016 R1 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #12) 5-7 6-3 6-2 R1 L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #60) 6-4 7-5 2012 2015 R1 L - IVETA MELZER (CZE #45) 3-1 QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 6-3 1-6 7-5 2011 R16 W - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #33) 6-3 6-4 R1 L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #31) 7-6(5) 6-2 R2 W - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #132) 6-3 6-3 2010 R1 BYE R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #3) 6-2 7-6(2) 2014 R1 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #43) 6-4 6-4 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-6(8) 6-0 2009 R1 W - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #143) 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4 R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #75) 4-6 6-1 4-0 2013 R2 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #51) 7-6(5) 6-4 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #9) 6-3 6-1 R1 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #38) 6-4 6-2

2007 2011 QF* L - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #115) 7-5 6-4 R1 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #32) 7-5 6-3 R16* W - STÉPHANIE COHEN-ALORO (FRA #146) 6-1 6-2 2010 R1* W - SANDRA KLOESEL (GER #93) 7-5 6-2 R1 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #13) 6-2 6-0 R2* W - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #153) 6-1 6-4 R1* W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #134) 6-1 7-6(8)

2009 R1 L - SANIA MIRZA (IND #87) 7-5 6-2 2008 R1 L - SYBILLE BAMMER (AUT #20) 7-6(6) 6-3 QF* W - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #85) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2

R16* W - ELENI DANIILIDOU (GRE #36) 6-1 R1* W - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #106) 6-2 4-0

Cibulkova:  Making sixth main draw appearance at Dubai; previously reached 3r in 2009 (l. Vesnina), 2r in 2010 (l. Wozniacki) and made 1r exits in 2011 (l. Wolfe), 2012 (l. Melzer) and 2013 (l. Petrova)

 Last week reached Doha SF (l. to Ka.Pliskova); win over Stosur in QF was 400th career match win (all levels)

 Also reached SF at St Petersburg (l. Putintseva) earlier this month; began season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. eventual finalist Cornet); also made 2r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard)

 Reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.6 seed, l. Makarova in 3s)

 Faces No.37 Makarova again today in their fifth time in their careers. Before their Australian Open meeting had never lost to the Russian

 Owns a 25-22 career record against left-handed players

 Currently ranked at career-high No.5 (first achieved on October 31, 2016); in St Petersburg she came within one win of reaching No.4 only to fall to Putintseva in SF

 Posted first Top 10 season of career in 2016, finishing at No.5

 Won 2016 WTA Comeback Player of the Year award – ended 2015 ranked No.38 having been sidelined for four months with a left Achilles problem, with ranking dipping as low as No.66 in February 2016

 Capped 2016 by winning biggest title of career to date at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1-2 in group stage before defeating No.9 Kuznetsova in semifinals and World No.1 Kerber in final

 At No.7, became lowest seeded player to triumph at WTA Finals since No.7 seed V.Williams in 2008; first player to win WTA Finals on debut since Kvitova in 2011

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 Won a WTA-leading four singles titles in 2016 – qualified for Singapore by virtue of lifting trophy at Linz (d. Golubic in F) after earlier wins at Katowice (d. Giorgi in F) and Eastbourne (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). In 2016 also reached finals at Acapulco (l. Stephens), Madrid (l. Halep) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)

 Earlier titles came at 2011 Moscow, 2012 Carlsbad, 2013 Stanford, 2014 Acapulco; overall is 8-10 in singles finals

 Other notable results in 2016 season included SF runs at Hobart (l. eventual R-Up Bouchard) and Stanford (l. Konta)

 Withdrew from Rio Olympics in singles and doubles (w/Schmiedlova) w/left calf injury

 Owns 34 victories over Top 10 opponents (eight in 2016) including three over world reigning World No.1s: Wozniacki at 2011 Wimbledon, Azarenka at 2012 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 WTA Finals

 A Grand Slam runner-up at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li); defeated four seeds en route, including No.3 Sharapova and No.5 A.Radwanska. Became first player representing Slovakia (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles final

 First Slovak player (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam final

 Also a semifinalist at 2009 Roland Garros and has reached a further five Slam quarterfinals, most recently at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Vesnina, having saved 1mp against A.Radwanska in R16)

 Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on March 31, 2014 (after Miami)

 Broke into Top 20 on August 4, 2008

 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2005 Rabat and main draw debut at 2006 Istanbul

 In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on‐court Slovak catch-cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her foundation which assists athletes and other notables in her native Slovakia who have fallen on tough times

 Married husband Michal ‘Miso’ Navara in Bratislava in July 2016, after Wimbledon

 Coached by Matej Liptak

Makarova:

• Making ninth appearance at Dubai; best result was QF in 2015 (l. to eventual champion Halep)

• Reached 2r in 2014 (l. S.Williams) and fell 1r in 2016 (l. Brengle), 2013 (l. Stosur), 2011 (l. Pironkova), 2010 (l. Bartoli), 2009 (l. Mirza), 2008 (l. Bammer)

• Owns a 8-27 record vs. Top 5 opponents, most recent coming against Cibulkova in 3r of Australian Open

• Went on to fall in R16 at Australian Open (l. Konta) – was seventh year in a row reaching R16 or better in Melbourne. Her only other wins in 2017 came against No.121 Chang and No.258 Lee in Russia’s Fed Cup tie against Chinese Taipei

• Opened 2017 season with 1r losses at Brisbane (l. Doi) and Sydney (l. Strycova); was runner-up (w/Vesnina) in doubles at Brisbane (l. Mattek-Sands/Mirza in F) • Also fell in 1r at St Petersburg, losing to doubles partner Vesnina

• 2017 Australian Open marked 38th successive main draw appearance at a Grand Slam – has now not missed a major since making debut at 2007 US Open (as qualifier, l. Henin in 2r)

• Posted fifth consecutive Top 30 singles season in 2016 (at No.30) and fourth straight Top 10 doubles season (No.8)

• Singles highlights in 2016 included four QFs, at Sydney (l. Bencic), Miami (l. Kuznetsova), Eastbourne (l. Konta) and New Haven (l. Kvitova)

• Also in 2016 reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Konta), Wimbledon (l. Vesnina) and Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova)

• Made 1r exit at 2016 US Open (l. S.Williams) in what was her first opening round loss at a major since 2013 Roland Garros (l. Kuznetsova)

• Stellar doubles season in 2016 included winning gold medal for Russia at Rio Olympics (w/Vesnina; d. Bacsinszky/Hingis in F) and titles at Montréal (d. Halep/Niculescu in F) and WTA Finals in Singapore (d. Mattek-Sands/Safarova in F). Also were runners-up at Rome (l. Hingis/Mirza) and Roland Garros (l. Garcia/Mladenovic); is now 9-16 in career doubles finals

• Career-best singles wins-by-ranking have been over No.3 Azarenka (2013 Madrid), No.3 Halep (2015 Australian Open)

• Posted three Top 10 wins in 2016 – d. No.7 Kvitova (Miami), No.7 Vinci (Eastbourne) and No.10 Kvitova (Wimbledon)

• Right lower leg injury forced her off tour after 2015 US Open; missed the Asian swing; forced to withdraw from doubles at 2015 WTA Finals (having qualified with Vesnina), and the Russian Fed Cup team which contested the final against Czech Republic

• Made Top 10 debut in January 2015; the 110th player to move into the Top 10 in WTA history and 12th Russian to do so; reached career-best ranking of No.8 on April 6, 2015

• Russian No.5 of eight in Top 100 (as at February 20, 2017)

• Best result across the Slams is SF runs at 2015 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2014 US Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams). Has made QF at 2013 US Open (l. Li) and 2014 Wimbledon (l. Safarova). Has reached R16 at Roland Garros in 2011 and 2015

• One of three players who’ve never held No.1 ranking and defeated both Williams sisters in Grand Slam play (S.Williams at 2012 Australian Open and V.Williams at 2014 Australian Open). Since joined by Sloane Stephens, who defeated Serena at 2013 Australian Open and Venus at 2015 Roland Garros, and Ka.Pliskova, who defeated both Williams sisters at 2016 US Open

• Won 2012 US Open mixed doubles title (w/Soares)

• Member of Russian Fed Cup side that won competition in 2008

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2004 Moscow and main draw debut at 2007 Los Angeles

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[Q] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #80) vs. [4] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6)

Head to Head: First meeting

ELISE MERTENS AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 80 WTA RANKING 6 25 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 20 17-11-1995 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 06-03-1989 (27) $64,384 YTD PRIZE MONEY $153,314 $311,409 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $26,093,220 1 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 20 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 1-0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 12-7 7-1 / 10-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-4 / 484-214 1-0 / 2-2 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 99-91 0-1 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 63-59 7-1 / 7-2 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-4 / 348-145 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 47-81 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 103-119 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 37-25 * Updated through R1

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R1 E. MERTENS d. T. PIRONKOVA 6-3,6-2 64 mins R1 BYE -

R2* E. MERTENS d. P. TIG 6-7(3),6-3,6-4 154 mins

R1* E. MERTENS d. A. HLAVACKOVA 6-1,6-3 64 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

2012 F W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) 7-5 6-4 SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #14) 6-2 2-6 6-0 QF W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #13) 6-2 6-1

R16 W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #40) 7-5 6-4 R1 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #80) 6-1 6-7(6) 7-5 2011 QF L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #23) 7-6(7) 6-3 R16 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #17) 6-3 6-2 R2 W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #36) 7-5 6-4

R1 BYE

2010 SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #6) 6-3 6-4 QF W - REGINA KULIKOVA (RUS #99) 3-6 6-4 6-3 R16 W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #11) 6-3 6-0 R2 W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #84) 6-3 6-3

R1 BYE 2009 R1 L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #121) 6-4 6-3 2008 R1 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #6) 6-2 2-6 6-4

QF* W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #226) 6-3 3-6 6-2

R16* W - EVA HRDINOVA (CZE #172) 6-0 6-0 R1* W - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #164) 6-1 6-2 2007 R16* L - ANNE KREMER (LUX #109) 6-4 4-6 6-4

R1* W - TATIANA PEREBIYNIS (UKR #164) 7-6(6) 6-3

Mertens:

 Making Dubai debut after coming through two rounds of qualifying (d. Hlavackova and Tig). Defeated Pironkova

in 1r of main draw

 Lifted first WTA title earlier this year in Hobart (d. Niculescu in F) to become first qualifier to win WTA title since

Bertens at 2016 Nürnberg

 Reached career-best ranking of No.80 on Monday; currently Belgium’s No.3 ranked woman after Wickmayer and

Flipkens

 Faces world No.6 Radwanska today – second Top 10 opponent she has faced in her career (l. No.3 Muguruza at

US Open)

 After Hobart breakthrough, fell 1r at St Petersburg (as qualifier l. to eventual champion Mladenovic), then helped

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 Began 2017 by falling in qualifying at Brisbane

 Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch – as qualifier, advanced to QF (l. Mladenovic)

 In 2016 also reached 2r at Mallorca (as qualifier, d. Schiavone in 1r, l. Jankovic), and 1r at US Open (as qualifier, l.

Muguruza). Fell in qualifying on nine occasions: Auckland, Australian Open, St Petersburg, Roland Garros,

Wimbledon, Gstaad, Bastad, Linz and Luxembourg

 Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach)

 Fell in qualifying at first WTA event of career – 2015 Antwerp

 Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

 Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010

 For past three years or so has trained at Kim Clijsters Academy in Belgium with coach Robbe Ceyssens;

sometimes hits with Kim (first tennis memory is of watching the Belgian great play live)

 Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou

Academy in Paris

 Favorite surface is grass and favorite shot is serve

 Was introduced to tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM)

 Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history – is with her in New York this fortnight; father, Guido, makes

furniture for churches

 Was homed schooled

 Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English

 Loves animals and has many pets at home – including four dogs and a variety of birds (pheasants, peacocks,

cranes, chickens)

A.Radwanska:

 Making ninth main draw appearance at Dubai. Champion in 2012 (d. Goerges in F), reached SF in 2010 (l.

Azarenka) and QF in both 2011 (l. Kuznetsova) and 2013 (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

 Lost opening match last week in Doha, falling to Wozniacki after 1r bye

 Began season with QF run in Shenzhen (as defending champion, l. Riske) and was R-Up at Sydney (l. Konta)

 Had 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni) - was earliest exit in Melbourne since 2009 (1r); ranking dropped

from No.3 to No.6 - first time outside Top 5 since October 2015  2017 Australian Open was 43rd consecutive main draw appearance, which is the third longest active streak

(behind Jankovic, 53, and Pironkova, 45). Hasn’t missed a major since making Grand Slam debut at 2006

Wimbledon

 Is a Grand Slam finalist, reaching title match at 2012 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in 3s). Became Poland’s first

Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era (Jadwiga Jedrzejowska was runner‐up in three Grand Slam finals in the 1930s,

including at Wimbledon in 1937)

 At Roland Garros, made QF in 2013 and at US Open has reached R16 in 2007-08, 2012-13 and 2016

 One of nine active players to record more than 100 Grand Slam main draw match wins (115-42). Only

S.Williams, V.Williams, Sharapova, Azarenka and Kuznetsova have more win than her

 Finished 2016 in the Top 10 for the sixth straight year – the longest active streak; achieved a career high

year-end ranking of No.3

 Won three titles in 2016, one of six players to win a hat-trick of titles (also Azarenka, Cibulkova, Kerber, Halep

and Stephens) - triumphed at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F), New Haven (d. Svitolina in F) and Beijing (d. Konta in F)

 One of just four players who reached R16 or better at all Grand Slams last year (also Keys, Suarez Navarro

and S.Williams)

 Qualified for 2016 WTA Finals Singapore (as defending champion, d. No.5 Ka.Pliskova and No.6 Muguruza in

round robin play, l. No.1 Kerber in SF)

 Win at 2016 New Haven was the second-most efficient title run of 2016, dropping only 20 games (best was

Azarenka at Brisbane – 17 games)

 Other notable results in 2016 include SF runs at Doha (l. eventual champion Suarez Navarro), Indian Wells (l.

eventual R-Up S.Williams), Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) and Tokyo [PPO] (as defending champion, l. eventual

champion Wozniacki)

 In 2016 Grand Slam play, reached SF at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) and R16 at Roland Garros

(l. Pironkova), Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova 9-7 in deciding set) and US Open (l. Konjuh)

 Represented Poland at 2016 Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Zheng) and 1r in mixed doubles (w/Kubot,

l. Begu/Tecau)

 First Polish woman to win a WTA singles title (2007 Stockholm); rank in Top 10 (after 2008 Wimbledon); and

defeat a World No.1 player (Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney)

 Owns a 1-16 record vs. World No.1s, sole win coming over Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney. Losses were to Henin

(2007 Eastbourne and Zurich), Safina (2009 Stuttgart), Wozniacki (2011 Stuttgart), Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Indian Wells, 2012 Stuttgart, 2012 Madrid and 2013 Doha) and S.Williams (2013 Miami, 2013 Toronto, 2013

Beijing, 2013 WTA Finals, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Indian Wells)

 Won the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (d. Kvitova in F) after going 1-2 in round robin play

 Career prize money stands at more than US$25 million – the sixth WTA player to have reached the mark

 At No.6, is the top-ranked Polish woman in Top 100, ahead of Linette (week of February 20, 2017)

 Won WTA Fan Favorite Award in 2016, the sixth straight year she has topped the public vote

 Wimbledon girls' singles winner in 2005 (sister Urszula won event in 2007)

 Coached by Tomasz Wiktorowski MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2017 | $2,666,000 | PREMIER 5

[5] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) vs. KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #79)

Head to Head: First meeting

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA KATERYNA BONDARENKO 7 WTA RANKING 79 7 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 133 08-10-1993 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-08-1986 (30) $365,049 YTD PRIZE MONEY $62,354 $10,448,214 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,129,944 0 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 4-2 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 3-3 9-4 / 143-84 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 119-159 3-1 / 49-37 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 46-50 1-2 / 24-30 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 33-47 9-4 / 94-56 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 69-95 1-1 / 20-22 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 7-24 2-1 / 40-38 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 18-58 0-0 / 11-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 11-10 * Updated through R1

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - R1 K. BONDARENKO d. A. SABALENKA 4-6,6-4,6-3 100 mins

DUBAI Tournament History * Qualifying match

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA KATERYNA BONDARENKO 2016 2016 R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #21) 7-6(3) 6-3 R16* L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #93) 6-2 6-1 R1 BYE R1* W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #95) 6-3 6-3 2015 2012 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #18) 6-4 5-7 7-5 R16* L - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #80) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 QF W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #13) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 R1* W - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #47) 5-7 6-4 6-2 R16 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #8) 6-4 6-2 2011

R2 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) 6-3 6-1 R2* L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #39) 5-7 6-4 6-2 R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #55) 3-6 6-1 6-2 R1* W - MAGALI DE LATTRE (POR #369) 6-1 6-0 2010 R2 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #6) 4-1 R1 W - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #53) 6-3 6-1 2009 R1 L - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #58) 7-5 6-2

2007 R16* L - VIKTORIYA KUTUZOVA (UKR #132) 5-7 7-5 6-2 R1* W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #92) 6-1 6-2 2006 R16 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #5) 6-4 7-5

R1 W - KVETA PESCHKE (CZE #32) 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(2) QF* W - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #221) 7-6(4) 7-6(4) R16* W - STÉPHANIE COHEN-ALORO (FRA #131) 6-0 7-6(6)

R1* BYE

Muguruza:

 Making third consecutive appearance at Dubai; reached SF in 2015 (l. Pliskova) and made 2r exit in 2016 ( after 1r bye, l. Svitolina)

 Faces No.79 Bondarenko today - a defeat today would be worst-by-ranking since losing to No.124 Cepelova at 2016 Wimbledon (2r)

 Fell in 2r at Doha (l. Zhang). Earlier this month represented Spain in Fed Cup World Group loss to Czech Republic, going 1-1 in singles (d. Strycova, l. Ka.Pliskova)

 Began 2017 season strongly with SF run at Brisbane - ret. vs. Cornet trailing 4-1 (w/right thigh injury). Was first SF since Cincinnati last August (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and second since run to final at Roland Garros

 Followed this up by reaching QF at Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe) for first time after two R16 efforts in 2014 and 2015

 2017 Australian Open marked 17th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Won maiden Slam title at 2016 Roland Garros – d. S.Williams in F. One of just five women to defeat S.Williams in a Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur). Also finished R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams)

 One of just five players born in the 1990s to make a Grand Slam final, and two to win a title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon). Became the first Spanish woman to win Roland Garros since 1998, when Sánchez Vicario defeated Monica Seles in three sets. Also the 45th player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title

 Posted second Top 10 season finish in 2016, at No.7

 Finished 2016 season with second consecutive appearance at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1-2 in round-robin play and did not progress to SF. In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza)

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA From  2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to career-high ranking of No.2 following Paris triumph. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2). Meanwhile at 22 years, 7 months was the youngest first-time Grand Slam singles champion since Victoria Azarenka won 2012 Australian Open aged 22 years, 6 months

 In other Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Strycova) and fell 2r at both Wimbledon (l. qualifier Cepelova) and US Open (as No.3 seed, l. Sevastova)

 Other notable results in 2016 were SF runs at Rome (l. eventual R-Up Keys – was first time winning three consecutive matches since 2015 WTA Finals) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova). Made QF at Doha (l. Petkovic) and Tokyo [PPO] (l. Sevastova) and posted R16 results at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and Beijing (l. Kvitova)

 Represented Spain at Rio Olympics. Advanced to 3r in singles (l. eventual gold medalist Puig 61 61) and QF in doubles (w/Suárez Navarro, l. eventual gold medalists Makarova/Vesnina). Was due to play mixed doubles w/Nadal, but the pair conceded a w/o in 1r match due to Nadal’s ongoing participation in singles and doubles

 Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon – l. S.Williams having defeated four Top 20 opponents en route: No.10 Kerber (3r), No.5 Wozniacki (R16), No.15 Bacsinszky (QF) and No.13 A.Radwanska (SF). Became first Spanish woman to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce)

 Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 – also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky

 Owns 3-3 career record in singles finals – in addition to 2016 Roland Garros and 2015 Beijing, won 2014 Hobart (as qualifier, d. Koukalova in F, did not drop a set en route)

 Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career

 Coached by Sam Sumyk

Bondarenko:

 Making fourth main draw appearance in Dubai (and eighth overall); reached 2r in 2006 (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Henin) and 2010 (l. Azarenka)

 First round win over Sabalenka was first in main draw in 2017; opened season at Brisbane (as LL, l. Vinci in 1r in 3s) and Sydney (as qualifier, l. McHale in 1r in 3s), before falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Garcia). Fell in qualifying at Doha

 Posted sixth non-consecutive Top 100 season in 2016, at No.72 and passed $3 million in career prize money

 Played all four Grand Slams in 2016, for first time since 2012  Aside from 3r run at 2016 Australian Open, season highlights included reaching R16 at Indian Wells (as qualifier, l. S.Williams) and 3r at US Open (l. Sevastova) and Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Cibulkova)

 Runner-up in doubles at 2016 New Haven (w/Chuang) – first tour-level final of any kind since 2011 Hobart

 Defeated No.7 Vinci in 1r at 2016 Roland Garros for seventh win vs. Top 10 players, and first since defeating No.10 Errani at 2012 's-Hertogenbosch. Other wins have been over No.5 Ivanovic (2007 Stuttgart), No.10 A.Radwanska (2009 Australian Open), No.3 V.Williams (2009 Toronto), No.4 Dementieva (2009 Tokyo) and No.9 Li (2010 US Open)