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2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Singles & Doubles Final Match Notes DAILY MATCH NOTES: DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 19 –25, 2017 | USD $2,666,000 PREMIER 5 EVENT WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com | @DDFTennis | facebook.com/ddftennis WTA Communications: Alex Prior ([email protected]) Onsite Media Desk: +971 4294 5037 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 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 DAILY MATCH NOTES: DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 19 –25, 2017 | USD $2,666,000 PREMIER 5 EVENT 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 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 DAILY MATCH NOTES: DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 19 –25, 2017 | USD $2,666,000 PREMIER 5 EVENT THE DOUBLES FINAL [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 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 3 DAILY MATCH NOTES: DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 19 –25, 2017 | USD $2,666,000 PREMIER 5 EVENT 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 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 4 MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2017 | $2,666,000 | PREMIER 5 [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.
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