Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, Usa | July 30 – Aug 5, 2018 | Usd $733,900 Premier
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MATCH NOTES: MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC SAN JOSE, USA | JULY 30 – AUG 5, 2018 | USD $733,900 PREMIER WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: http://www.mubadalasvc.com/ WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]), Catherine Sneddon ([email protected]) SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please email [email protected] to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC – SEMIFINALS (SATURDAY) Stadium [4] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) vs. [5] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #24) Mertens leads 3-0 Mertens won previous meeting, in this year’s Hobart final… Both players can move to new career-high rankings by reaching the final… Buzarnescu bidding for fifth career Top 20 win DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #42) vs. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #49) First meeting Both players attempting to reach their first WTA final… Collins has risen over 100 places in the rankings in the past 12 months… QF win over Williams was Sakkari’s fifth against a Top 20 player A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS SAN JOSE YTD YTD PRIZE CAREER CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT (MD) W/L* W/L* MONEY$^ W/L* PRIZE $^ TITLES [4] Elise Mertens 15 22 BEL 2-0 34-12 243-123 1,508,500 2,304,740 4 [5] Mihaela Buzarnescu 24 30 ROU 3-0 36-20 401-208 844,079 1,220,896 0 Danielle Collins 42 24 USA 3-0 31-13 111-61 639,126 803,852 0 Maria Sakkari 49 23 GRE 3-0 18-16 270-177 512,523 1,452,151 0 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS MERTENS BUZARNESCU COLLINS Mertens leads 1-0 First meeting SAKKARI Mertens leads 3-2 First meeting Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 MATCH NOTES: MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC SAN JOSE, USA | JULY 30 – AUG 5, 2018 | USD $733,900 PREMIER SEMIFINAL RECORDS BEST SAN JOSE LAST FINAL CAREER CAREER PLAYER BEST 2018 RESULT RESULT REACHED (final result) SF W/L SF W/L [4] Elise Mertens WON (3): Hobart, Lugano, Rabat SF (1): 2018 2018 Rabat (WON) 5-4 4-1 [5] Mihaela Buzarnescu R-Up (2): Hobart, Prague SF (1): 2018 2018 Prague (R-Up) 2-4 0-2 Danielle Collins SF (2): Miami, San Jose SF (1): 2018 N/A 0-1 - Maria Sakkari SF (2): Istanbul, San Jose SF (1): 2018 N/A 0-2 - BY THE NUMBERS ELSEWHERE ON TOUR Last night’s rain means that it will be a bumper order 154 of play at the Citi Open on Saturday, with three of the Exactly 12 months ago, Danielle Collins was ranked No.154 four singles quarterfinals still to be completed. 89 The only player already through to the last four is Elise Mertens has been broken only twice so far, winning Andrea Petkovic, who saved three match points to 89.5% of her service games – her 2018 average is 70.5% defeat Belinda Bencic 6-3 2-6 7-6(8). Bidding to join her are Yulia Putintseva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Zheng 66 Saisai, Allie Kiick, Magda Linette and Donna Vekic. Maria Sakkari has won 66.7% of her return games this week – her season average is 32.1% - breaking serve 18 times in three matches RANKING PROJECTIONS 34 By reaching the final Elise Mertens can overtake By reaching the final, Mihaela Buzarnescu will notch up her Venus Williams and move to a career-high of No.14. 34th tour-level victory of 2018. Prior to this season, her That is the highest she can climb this week. career total number of wins at this level stood at three 15 Mihaela Buzarnescu is projected to maintain her The progress of Collins ensures that for an eighth straight career-high ranking of No.24 by reaching the year the United States has at least one semifinal semifinals. She can move to No.21 with a runner-up representative at the tournament finish and No.20 by lifting the title. 4 Her run this week has guaranteed Danielle Collins a All four semifinalists are making their tournament debut new career-best ranking of No.35. Although she 0 could go to No.30 with a final appearance and No.26 Mertens and Sakkari are both yet to drop a set. The last with the title. player to win this title without dropping a set was Serena Williams in 2012 Maria Sakkari is already projected to return to the Top 40, but could reach the Top 35 by making the final and the Top 30 for the first time with the title. WTA TV – LIVE ACTION FROM SAN JOSE Every main draw match from San Jose is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch all the action at home or on the go. You won’t want to miss a minute of this year’s star-studded lineup in both singles and doubles. Want to watch multiple matches at once? 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Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 MATCH NOTES SAN JOSE - USA, CA | Jul 30 - Aug 05, 2018 | $799,000 | PREMIER [4] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) vs. [5] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #24) Head to Head: ELISE MERTENS leads 3-0 2018 HOBART HARD O F ELISE MERTENS 6-1 4-6 6-3 152 mins 2015 ITF/KOKSIJDE CLAY O R16 ELISE MERTENS 6-3 6-2 N/A 2015 ITF/SANTA MARGHERITA CLAY O QF ELISE MERTENS 2-6 6-4 6-3 N/A DIPULA 5 ELISE MERTENS MIHAELA BUZARNESCU 15 WTA RANKING 24 11 PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 18 17-11-1995 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 04-05-1988 (30) $1,508,500 YTD PRIZE MONEY $844,079 $2,304,740 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,220,896 3 / 4 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 3 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 2-0 SAN JOSE W-L (MD) * 3-0 34-12 / 69-36 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 33-19 / 36-22 8-3 / 22-11 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 11-7 / 13-7 6-5 / 13-13 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 8-5 / 11-8 14-6 / 32-18 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 10-7 / 13-10 4-0 / 5-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 2-2 1-3 / 1-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 2-2 1-3 / 2-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-5 / 3-6 1-5 / 4-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-8 / 4-9 * Updated entering 2018 San Jose SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [4] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) [5] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #24) QF: d. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #48) 7-6(4),6-3 (1h33) QF: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #65) 6-1,7-5 (1h25) R16: d. ASHLEY KRATZER (USA #251) 6-2,6-0 (1h02) R16: d. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #198) 7-5,2-6,6-1 (1h46) R32: BYE R32: d. SACHIA VICKERY (USA #73) 6-3,4-6,6-3 (1h58) vs. Total games: 36 Total games: 74 Won/lost: 25-11 Won/lost: 44-30 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 2h35 Total time on court: 5h09 Average time on court: 1h18 Average time on court: 1h43 Average rank of opponent: 150 Average rank of opponent: 112 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from MERTENS: San Jose Making debut appearance at the Bay Area event, having never previously contested Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic’s predecessor in Stanford Contesting 2018 San Jose at a career-high ranking of No.15, first posted week after Roland Garros (June 11, 2018). Last year began North American hardcourt swing at No.47 Will move to a career-high No.14 by reaching the final Seeded No.4 this week – her highest seeding at a WTA Premier-level tournament (previous best was No.7 at 2018 Birmingham After 1r bye, defeated No.251 Kratzer in 2r and Konta in QF. These were her 33rd and 34th wins of 2018 – only Kerber (39), Kvitova (38) and Halep (37) own more wins this season (none of whom are playing an event this week). In contrast, prior to this season had 35 tour-level match wins across entire career Faces Buzarnescu today – won all three of their previous meetings, most recently to successfully defend her Hobart title this January However, has lost other three matches with Romanians this year in straight sets, against Cirstea at Doha and Halep at Madrid and Roland Garros Bidding to reach sixth career final and first at a Premier-level tournament. Win-loss record in career SF stands at 5-4 Season Reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova) for her career-best result at the All England Club Also reached 3r at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Sabalenka) and fell in 2r at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Lottner) and 1r at Birmingham (l. Jakupovic) In doubles, won fifth career title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch and finishing R-Up at Birmingham (both w/Schuurs) Started clay court season with back-to-back titles at Lugano (d.