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2021 – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES , AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 –

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN – DOUBLES FINAL

[3] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #7) vs. [2] (BEL #6) KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #8) (BLR #5)

First career meeting

THE FINALISTS

AO CAREER YTD CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT (MD) (MD) TITLES W/L* PRIZE $^ W/L* W/L* [2] Aryna Sabalenka 5 22 BLR 9-3 4-0 79-61 5,633,196 4

[2] Elise Mertens 6 25 BEL 10-4 4-1 116-60 7,080,203 10

[3] Barbora Krejcikova 7 25 CZE 16-5 9-0 140-69 2,382,219 7

[3] Katerina Siniakova 8 24 CZE 14-6 9-0 179-100 6,226,331 8 *Includes

CAREER GRAND SLAM RECORDS – BY RESULT REACHED

PLAYER R64 R32 R16 QF SF F* W TOTAL* [2] Aryna Sabalenka 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 11

[2] Elise Mertens 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 17

[3] Barbora Krejcikova 4 2 3 2 5 1 2 18

[3] Katerina Siniakova 7 1 4 2 6 2 2 24 *Includes 2021 Australian Open

BEST PREVIOUS GRAND SLAM RESULT

PLAYER BEST GRAND SLAM DOUBLES RESULT

[2] Aryna Sabalenka WON: 2019 US Open

[2] Elise Mertens WON: 2019 US Open

[3] Barbora Krejcikova WON: 2018 Roland Garros, 2018 Wimbledon

[3] Katerina Siniakova WON: 2018 Roland Garros, 2018 Wimbledon Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 1

2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM

ROAD TO THE FINAL

KREJCIKOVA/SINIAKOVA MERTENS/SABALENKA

Ana Bogdan (ROU) / (SWE) / 6-3 6-1 First round 3-6 7-5 6-4 (SWE) (BEL)

Ons Jabeur (TUN) / (AUS) / 6-3 6-4 Second round walkover Christina Mchale (USA) (USA)

Bernarda Pera (USA) / 6-3 6-7(5) [16] (GER) / 6-4 6-4 Third round (NED) 6-2 (RUS)

Sharon Fichman (CAN) / [7] (JPN) / 7-5 5-7 6-2 Quarterfinal 6-2 6-0 (MEX) (JPN)

Darija Jurak (CRO) / [4] (USA) / 3-6 6-2 6-4 Semifinal 7-5 6-4 Nina Stojanovic (SRB) (NED)

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DOUBLES NOTES: AUSTRALIAN OPEN MELBOURNE, AUS | FEBRUARY 8-20, 2021 | AUD $22,689,778 | GRAND SLAM

[4] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #7) / KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #8)

KREJCIKOVA SINIAKOVA Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 18, 1995 (25) Date of Birth (Age) May 10, 1996 (24) Doubles Titles 6 Doubles Titles 8 Career Prize Money $2,382,219 Career Prize Money $6,226,331 Career-High Rank No.1 (Oct. 22, 2018) Career-High Rank No.1 (Oct. 22, 2018) Tournament W-L* 16-5 Tournament W-L* 14-6 Career W-L* 140-69 Career W-L* 179-100 Best GS Result Champion (2018 Roland Garros Best GS Result Champion (2018 Roland Garros and 2018 Wimbledon) and 2018 Wimbledon) Coach Ales Kartus Coach Dominik Barton

TEAM HISTORY: Titles (5): 2020 – Shenzhen; 2019 – Toronto, Linz; 2018 – Roland Garros, Wimbledon R-Up (4): 2019 – Indian Wells; 2018 – Shenzhen, Miami, WTA Finals W-L record: 92-36* *Entering 2021 Australian Open Final

• Seeded No.4 this fortnight – their 10th Slam as a team amongst the 16 seeds • Their best result at the Australian Open was reaching the SFs in 2020 (l. Hsieh/Strycova) • Made their Tour-level debut together at 2014 Bad Gastein (l. Ormaechea/Pfizenmaier in 1r) • Advanced to their first SF as a pair at 2016 Roland Garros (l. d. Hingis/Mirza and Sestini Hlavackova/Hradecka before falling to the eventual runners-up Makarova/Vesnina) • Captured their first titles as a team at the Grand Slam level, winning back-to-back majors at 2018 Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Became the first pairing to complete the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double since and won both titles in 2003 • Also reached the SFs at US Open in 2018 (l. Barty/Vandeweghe). In 2017, Siniakova reached the doubles final at Flushing Meadows (w/Hradecka, l. L.Chan/Hingis) • Advanced to one final in 2020, lifting the trophy at Shenzhen (d. Y.Duan/S.Zheng in F), where they reached their first doubles final as a team in 2018 (l. Begu/Halep) • Qualified for the WTA Finals in 2018 (l. Babos/Mladenovic in F) and 2019 (went 1-2 in round robin stage) • Voted as the WTA Doubles Team of the Year for 2018 • Krejcikova’s career record in doubles finals sits at 6-8, while Siniakova’s holds an 8-12 record • In singles, Krejcikova enjoyed her best season to date in 2020 after reaching the R16 at Roland Garros and earning a career high ranking of No.65 on November 16, 2020. Siniakova is the owner of two WTA singles titles (2017 Shenzhen and 2017 Bastad) and has climbed as high as No.31 (October 22, 2018)

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[3] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #6) / ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #5)

MERTENS SABALENKA Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 17, 1995 (23) Date of Birth (Age) May 5, 1998 (22) Doubles Titles 10 Doubles Titles 4 Career Prize Money $7,080,203 Career Prize Money $6,804,310 Career-High Rank No.2 (Sep. 9, 2019) Career-High Rank No.2 (Oct. 21, 2019) Tournament W-L* 10-4 Tournament W-L 9-3 Career W-L 116-60 Career W-L 79-61 Best GS Result Champion (2019 US Open) Best GS Result Champion (2019 US Open) Coach Robbie Ceyssens Coach Anton Dubrov

TEAM HISTORY: Titles (4): 2020 – Ostrava; 2019 – US Open, Miami, Indian Wells R-Up (1): 2019 – Wuhan W-L record: 47-15* *Entering 2021 Australian Open Final

• Made their debut together at , where they reached 3r • Two months later the Belgian-Belarusian duo reunited to win 10 straight matches and capture the Indian Wells- Miami ‘Sunshine Double’ – the fifth team in history to achieve the feat • Since then firmly established themselves as one of the teams to beat on Tour, lifting their maiden Slam at 2019 US Open (d. Azarenka/Barty in F) • Seeded No.3 this fortnight – their seventh consecutive Slam amongst the 16 seeds • Aside from Flushing Meadows run, best results at the majors are a SF showing at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Babos/Mladenovic) and three QF runs, including here at in 2020 (l. Chan/Chan) • Sole doubles title last year was at Ostrava where Sabalenka also swept singles crown • Qualified for 2019 WTA Finals Shenzhen in doubles, going 1-2 in the round robin stage • Both are accomplished singles players; Sabalenka owns nine WTA titles and currently sits at a career-high No.7 in the rankings, while Mertens has six titles to her name and highest career ranking came when she rose to No.12 at the end of 2018

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