PREVIEW NOTES: MUBADALLA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC SAN JOSE, CA, USA | JULY 29 - AUGUST 4, 2019 | USD $876,183
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MUBADALLA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC – QUICK FACTS
Main draw dates: Monday, July 29 - Sunday, August 4 2019 Singles Final: Sunday, August 4, 4pm Doubles Final: Sunday, August 4, 2pm (TBC) Venue: San Jose State University Tennis Complex Status: WTA Premier event Staging: Tournament’s 49th year (second in San Jose) Draw sizes: 28 singles / 16 doubles teams / 16 singles qualifying Surface: Hard (outdoors) Tennis Ball: Penn Tour Regular Duty 2018 Singles Final: [5] Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) d. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-1 6-0 2018 Doubles Final: [1] L.Chan/K.Peschke (TPE/CZE) d. [3] L.Kichenok/N.Kichenok (UKR/UKR) 6-4, 6-1
SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS Winner 151,070 470 Runner-Up 80,500 305 Semifinalist 44,000 185 Quarterfinalist 25,150 100 Round of 16 12,575 55 Round of 32 8,245 1
MAIN DRAW QUICK-HITS
Singles wildcards: Daria Kasatkina (RUS), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA), CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) Youngest singles player: Amanda Anisimova, 17 years old (August 31, 2001) Oldest singles player: Venus Williams, 39 years old (June 17, 1980) Singles withdrawals: Petra Martic (back), Garbiñe Muguruza (right leg), Jelena Ostapenko, Wang Qiang (back) Main draw debutantes: Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS), Marie Bouzkova (CZE), Madison Brengle (USA), Daria Kasatkina (RUS), Aryna Sabalenka (BLR), Donna Vekic (CRO)
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TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS
Defending champion Mihaela Buzarnescu returns to San Jose as part of a strong field that includes eight current or former Top 10 players Buzarnescu will open her defense against wildcard Daria Kastkina, with the winner facing top seed Elina Svitolina in the second round The pick of the other first-round matches pits two-time champion and the oldest player in the draw, Venus Williams, against the second oldest, Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meanwhile, last year’s runner-up Maria Sakkari steps on court for her opening match against Ekaterina Alexandrova looking for her 300th career win. Zheng Saisai could also reach this milestone by advancing to the semifinals One To Watch – Amanda Anisimova. The US teenager contests this year’s tournament inside the Top 30 and seeded No.4. Currently, the highest-ranked teenager on tour, this year, Anisimova has made two quarterfinals, the semifinals at Roland Garros and picked up her maiden career title at Bogotá
TOP 4 SEEDS’ TOURNAMENT HISTORY*
PLAYER TOURNAMENT HISTORY W/L WIN % [1] Elina Svitolina (UKR) SF (1): 2015 (l. Kerber) 3-1 .750 [2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) First appearance - - [3] Elise Mertens (BEL) SF (1): 2018 (l. Buzarnescu) 2-1 .667 [4] Amanda Anisimova (USA) 2r (1): 2018 (l. Buzarnescu) 1-1 .500 *Main draw matches only
PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS & RUNNERS-UP
YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2014 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [3] Angelique Kerber (GER) 7-6(1) 6-3 2015 [5] Angelique Kerber (GER) [4] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6-3 5-7 6-4 2016 [3] Johanna Konta (GBR) [1] Venus Williams (USA) 7-5 5-7 6-2 2017 [3] Madison Keys (USA) [6] CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 7-6(4) 6-4 2018 [5] Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-1 6-0 If highlighted denotes competing in 2019 San Jose main draw
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COUNTRY BREAKDOWN
A total of 16 countries are represented in the main draw, led by the USA with six players:
Australia (1) Ajla Tomljanovic Belarus (1) Aryna Sabalenka Belgium (1) Elise Mertens China (2) Zhang Shuai, Zheng Saisai Croatia (1) Donna Vekic Czech Republic (2) Marie Bouzkova, Katerina Siniakova Germany (1) Andrea Petkovic Great Britain (1) Heather Watson Greece (1) Maria Sakkari Japan (1) Misaki Doi Poland (1) Magda Linette Romania (1) Mihaela Buzarenescu Russia (2) Ekaterina Alexandrova, Daria Kasatkina Spain (1) Carla Suárez Navarro Ukraine (1) Elina Svitolina United States (6) Amanda Anisimova, Madison Brengle, Danielle Collins, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, CoCo Vandeweghe, Venus Williams
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