Semifinal Match-Ups

MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

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SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS

FINAL FOUR SNAPSHOT

CINCINNATI 2021 MD SINGLE TITLES SINGLES TITLES PLAYER NAT RANK W-L W-L 2021 CAREER [1] Ashleigh Barty AUS 1 10-3 38-7 4 12 [4] Karolina Pliskova CZE 4 15-5 30-15 0 16 Angelique Kerber GER 22 17-9 23-11 1 13 [WC] Jil Teichmann SUI 76 5-1 17-13 0 2

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #22)

Barty leads 3-2 Barty is in her 82nd consecutive week atop the WTA Rankings and 89th week overall… Kerber has held the World No.1 ranking for 34 weeks during her career… This is Barty’s tour-leading 6th time reaching the semifinals this year; she is 4-0 in semifinal matches this year (also advanced once via walkover)… With 38 match wins this year, Barty is tied for the Tour lead (along with Sabalenka)… By reaching the SF, Kerber will return to the Top 20 next week moving to No.17 as a semifinalist, No.15 as runner-up or No.14 as champion

[5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) VS. JILL TEICHMANN (SUI #76)

First meeting Pliskova is through to her 3rd SF of the year; she is seeking her first title of 2021… The 2016 Cincinnati champion, Pliskova has reached 32 singles finals (16 titles, 16 runner-up)… Pliskova will remain at No.4 in the WTA Rankings following her success in Cincinnati… Teichmann is through to her 6th career SF appearance… Teichmann upset Osaka in the R16 this week to score the fourth Top-10 win of her career; she is 3-0 vs. Top 10 this year…Ranked No.76, Teichmann is just the 3rd player ranked outside the Top 75 since the touramemnt elevanted to its current level (WTA 1000 / Premier 5)

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1 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

LOWEST RANKED CINCINNATI SEMIFINALISTS

PLAYER RANK YEAR ROUND TOURNAMENT LEVEL TEICHMANN, JIL SUI 76 2021 ?? WTA 1000 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA RUS 153 2019 R-UP PREMIER 5 STEPHENS, SLOANE USA 151 2017 SF PREMIER 5 DECHY, NATHALIE FRA 92 2008 R-UP TIER III AMANMURADOVA, AKGUL UZB 141 2007 SF TIER III WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 139 2006 SF TIER III MATTEK-SANDS, BETHANIE USA 177 2005 SF TIER III

MOST FINALS APPEARNACES (Active Players) FINALS PLAYER R-UP WON APPEARANCES WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 25 73 98 WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 34 49 83 CLIJSTERS, KIM BEL 19 41 60 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA RUS 24 18 42 AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 19 21 40 HALEP, SIMONA ROU 17 22 39 KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 10 28 38 PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 16 16 32 KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 18 13 31

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) VS. ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #22)

Head-to-head: ASHLIEGH BARTY leads 3-2

2021 WIMBLEDON GRASS (O) SF ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 7-6(3) 2018 WUHAN HARD (O) R16 ASHLEIGH BARTY 7-5 6-1 2018 SYDNEY HARD (O) F ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-4 6-4 2017 ZHUHAI HARD (O) RR ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 6-4 2017 BRISBANE HARD (O) R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 2-6 6-3

BARTY KERBER Career Prize Money $21,104,531 Career Prize Money $30,781,024 Plays Right-handed Plays Left-handed Date of Birth (Age) Apr. 24, 1996 (25) Date of Birth (Age) Jan. 18, 1988 (33) Singles Titles 12 Singles Titles 13 Tournament W-L (MD) 10-3 Tournament W-L (MD) 17-9 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 38-7 / 290-101 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 23-11 / 458-261 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 14-2 / 62-21 3-Set (YTD / Career) 7-2 / 127-98 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 7-3 / 25-20 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 90-63 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 17-3 / 120-44 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 8-5 / 295-168 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 7-1 / 25-23 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 43-64 Coach Craig Tyzzer Coach Torben Beltz

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2 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

BARTY: Cincinnati  Making fourth appearance at Western & Southern Open, where she is through to QF for a second time  Best result in Cincinnati has been SF showing in 2019 (as No.1 seed, l. Kuznetsova). Also made 3r in 2017 (as qualifier, d. No.9 V.Williams, l. Wozniacki) and 2018 (l. Halep)  Is No.1 seed here – last time top seed and World No.1 won Cincinnati title was 2015 (S.Williams)  After 1r bye, beat qualifier Watson in 1r and then defending champion Azarenka in 3r; beat Azarenka 6-0 6-2 to inflict her heaviest defeat since 2007  Wins over No.13 Azarenka (3r) and No.10 Krejcikova (QF) this week in Cincinnati improves to 14-1 this season against Top 20 opponents and 7-1 vs. Top 10 opponents, with sole loss coming at hands of No.7 Sabalenka in Madrid final  Owns 17-8 career record in WTA SF matches (4-0 in 2021)  Spending 89th week as World No.1 – ninth on the all-time list, behind Davenport on 98  Owns seven hard-court titles, including on US soil at Miami in 2019 and 2021

Season  Fell 1r at Olympics (l. Sorribes Tormo)  Bounced back at Wimbledon to lift second major title (d. Ka.Pliskova in F)  Exited Roland Garros in 2r (l. Linette via ret.w/hip injury).  Also made QF at Rome (l. Gauff via ret. w/right arm injury)  Finished R-Up at Madrid (l. Sabalenka in F;defeat to No.7 Sabalenka ended a run a 10 consecutive wins over Top-10 opponents)  At Stuttgart, won third title of season at Stuttgart (d. No.9 Ka.Pliskova in QF, No.5 Svitolina in SF and No.7 Sabalenka in F); also won doubles title w/Brady to become first player to complete Stuttgart sweep since Davenport in 2001  Kicked off clay court season with QF showing at Charleston (l. Badosa)  Lifted 10th career title, at Miami (d. Andreescuin F via ret. w/left foot injury) – first time defending a title in her career; saved a match point against qualifi er Kucova in 2r - S.Williams in 2007 was the last woman to win Miami after saving a match point  Ended Australian swing with 2r exit at Adelaide (after 1r bye, l. Collins)  Opened season by lifting ninth career title, at the Yarra Valley Classic (d. Muguruza in F). Followed this by advancing to QF at Australian Open (l. Muchova)

Career Milestones  Finished year-end No.1 for second year in a row in 2020, despite missing all tournaments held after the resumption of play in the summer  Went 12-3 to start 2020 season, results highlighted by fi rst title on home soil, and eighth overall at Adelaide (d. Yastremska in F). Followed up with first SF run at Australian Open(l. eventual champion Kenin) and runner-up finish at Doha (l. Kvitova)

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3 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

 Stellar season in 2019 brought four singles titles–including maiden major at Roland Garros (d. Vondrousova in F) and WTA Finals in Shenzhen (d. Svitolina in F); registered Tour-leading 57match wins, with 11-6 record against Top 10opponents  Broke into Top 10 after defeating Ka.Pliskova in Fat 2019 Miami (week of April 1) and became first Australian woman in 43 years to secure No.1singles ranking after title run at Birmingham, where she defeated Goerges in F (June 24, 2019)  Other highlights in 2019 included R-Up finishes at Sydney (scored first win over a reigning No.1,Halep, en route; l. Kvitova) and Beijing (l. Osaka)and reached SF at Cincinnati and Wuhan. In doubles, won Rome titles and was R-Up at US Open (both w/Azarenka)  In 2019, spearheaded Australia to its first Billie Jean King Cup final since 1993, against France in Perth; went 1- 1 in singles (d. Garcia, l. Mladenovic) and dropped decisive doubles(w/Stosur) as the French prevailed 3-2  In 2018, won two singles titles and four doubles titles, finishing the season ranked No.15 insingles and No.7 in doubles; was one of only two players to finish the year in the Top 20 in both disciplines (along with Mertens)  Captured first Grand Slam doubles trophy at2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe, d. No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mladenovic/Babos in F)  Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017Kuala Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F). Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on October 23, 2017  Qualified for WTA Finals in doubles in 2017(w/Dellacqua) and 2018 (w/Vandeweghe)  After 2014 US Open, took a break from tennis that lasted almost two years. Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an all rounder for the Brisbane Heat cricket team in the 2015 16Women’s Big Bash League  During doubles partnership alongside compatriot Dellacqua, reached three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and was also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2017  Presented with Tennis Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018 and 2019  Made WTA main draw debut as WC at 2012 Hobart  Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished season as world No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva  Played first ITF Circuit event in hometown of Ipswich, Queensland in April 2010

KERBER: Cincinnati  Making 10th appearance at Cincinnati, where she finished R-Up in 2012 (d. No.5 Kvitova and No.4 S.Williams, l. Li) and 2016 (d. No.4 Halep, l. Ka.Pliskova)  Beat Sakkari in 1r and World No.5 Svitolina in 2r for third and fourth Top-20 wins of the season – also upset No.3 Halep at Rome (via ret.) and No.12 Kvitova at Bad Homburg  Recovered from 3-0 down in the final set to beat Ostapenko in R16  Only German woman in the draw  In only outing of last year’s US hard-court swing, made R16 at US Open (l. Brady)  Owns seven hard-court titles, including at 2016 US Open

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4 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

Season  Advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Barty)  Opened grass court season with 2r showing on home soil at Berlin (l. Azarenka), then lifted first title in nearly three years, at Bad Homburg (d. Siniakova in F)  Reached 3r at Rome (l. Ostapenko), then fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Kalinina)  Began clay court season with 2r showings at Stuttgart (l. Svitolina) and then Madrid (l. Kvitova)  Reached 3r at Miami (l. Azarenka)  Made 2r at Doha (l. Kontaveit) and then suffered 1r defeat at Dubai (l. Garcia)  Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Pera) – her first opening round loss at Melbourne Park since 2015  Opened season by reaching QF at Grampians Trophy (l. Sakkari)

Career Milestones  Currently eighth on the all-time prize money list with more than $30 million in earnings  Owns 13 career singles titles – 7 on hard, 3 on clay, 3 on grass – In 31 career finals appearances  Highlight of an interrupted 2020 season were R16 runs at Australian Open and US Open  Earned 600th career win (across all levels) at 2019 Doha with 2r win over Kontaveit  One of seven active players with 100+ main draw match wins at Grand Slams  Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2  Also in 2018, advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki  Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1  At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li Na at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi)  Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times)  Voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media; also, ITF World Champion and Olympics silver medalist that year. Ended the season with a tour-leading 63-18 win-loss record  Part of the Germany team that reached the final of 2014 Billie Jean King Cup. Also played the competition in 2007-08, 2012-13, 2015-18  Made Grand Slam breakthrough with run to SF at 2011 US Open (ranked No.92, upset No.13 A.Radwanska, l. eventual champion Stosur)  Broke into Top 100 on May 14, 2007 and reached first WTA QF one month later at 's-Hertogenbosch  Lost to Dementieva in 1r at 2007 Roland Garros on her Grand Slam main draw debut  Reached 2r on WTA main draw debut, at 2006 Hasselt (d. Oprandi, l. Ivanovic)  Professional debut came in qualifying at 2003 Berlin

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5 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

[5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) VS. [WC] JILL TEICHMANN (SUI #76)

Head-to-head: First meeting

PLISKOVA TEICHMANN Career Prize Money $22,194,804 Career Prize Money $1,267,267 Plays Right-handed Plays Left-handed Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 21, 1992 (29) Date of Birth (Age) Jul. 15, 1997 (24) Singles Titles 16 Singles Titles 2 Tournament W-L (MD) 15-5 Tournament W-L (MD) 5-1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 30-15 / 353-182 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 17-13 / 45-44 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 10-4 / 111-61 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 6-6 / 11-17 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 6-4 / 70-75 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-4 / 9-13 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 16-8 / 244-120 Hard Court W-L (YTD/ Career) 14-7 / 27-27 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 35-42 Top 10 W-L (YTD/Career) 3-0 / 4-2 Coach Sascha Bajin Coach Arantxa Parra Santonja

KA.PLISKOVA: Cincinnati  Making sixth main draw appearance at Cincinnati where she is a former champion, having won the tite in 2016 – ranked No.17 at the time, defeated No.3 Muguruza in SF and No.2 Kerber in F  As defending champion and World No.1, made SF run in 2017 (l. Muguruza)  Quarterfinalist in 2019 (l. Kuznetsova), reached 3r on main draw debut in 2015, and fell 2r in 2018 and 2020; also fell in qualifying here on first three visits (2012-14)  After 1r bye, overcame Putintseva on Wednesday in straight sets, winning 6-3 6-2; notched 84% win percentage on first serve and reeled off five games in a row during the match  In 3r, defeated Pegula – had lost to the American four times already this season; saved two set points in the second set before winning on her fifth match point  Cincinnati marks 4th SF appearance of 2021 – also Rome, Wimbledon and Montreal  In career has reached SF 46 times (31-15), winning 9 of last 10 SF matches (loss coming at 2019 WTA Finals)  Last week in Montréal posted third R-Up finish of 2021 season – also reached finals at Rome (l. Swiatek) and Wimbledon (l. Barty); record in Tour finals now stands at 16-16  10 of 16 career titles have been won on hardcourts  Went 1-2 on last year’s summer hard court swing, falling to Kudermetova in 2r (after 1r bye) at this event (held in New York) and also in 2r at US Open (l. Garcia)

Season  Reached 3r at Olympics (l. Giorgi) then reached third final of the year at Montreal where she also fell to Giorgi  Returned to form at Wimbledon where she reached second Grand Slam final of career (l. Barty in 3s)  Began grass court season with 2r exit at Berlin (after 1r bye, l. Pegula for the fourth time this season), then fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. Giorgi)  Reached Rome final for 3rd year in a row,finishing R-Up (l. Swiatek), then fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Stephens)  Advanced to QF at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Barty in 3s) then fell 2r at Madrid (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

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6 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

 Lost to Pegula at 3 consecutive tournaments in March, first in QF at Doha, then in 3r at both Dubai and at Miami  At Melbourne Park, 3r at Australian Open (l. Muchova) and Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne (l. Collins)  Made 2r in opening tournament of the season,at Abu Dhabi (l. No.292 Gasanova)

Career Milestones  Has won 16 career singels titles – 10 on hard, 3 on grass, 3 on clay – in 32 singles finals  Posted fifth successive Top 10 season in 2020, finishing at No.6  Reached two finals across 2020, at Brisbane (d. Keys) and Rome (l. Halep via ret.). Has won at least one title every year since 2013  Lifted a WTA-leading four titles across the 2019 season (tied with Barty) – triumphed at Brisbane, Rome, Eastbourne and Zhengzhou  Also reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, losing to Barty in straight sets, and produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved four match points to beat S.Williams in QF  Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in 2r at Birmingham, in what was their first career main draw encounter  Made fourth straight appearance at the WTA Finals in 2019, reaching SF for the third year in a row  Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka inF). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F)  Won Billie Jean King Cup for Czech Republic in 2015-16 and 2018  Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA)  Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F), Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F)  Two-time Grand Slam finalist, reaching title match at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber) and 2021 Wimbledon (l. Barty)  Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title  Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova)  Scored first Top 20 win of her career over No.16 Petrova in 1r at 2013 Wimbledon  Won first career WTA title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur (d. Mattek-Sands) and followed it up with two more in 2014 Seoul (d. Lepchenko) and 2014 Linz (d. Giorgi)  Reached first WTA QF as WC at 2008 Prague (l. Azarenka)  Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2006

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7 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

TEICHMANN: Cincinnati  Making second main draw appearance at the Western and Southern Open (third overall)  Made 2r in 2020 (as qualifier, l. Kontaveit). Fell at first hurdle in qualifying in 2019  Enters main draw this week as a WC putting together back-to-back wins for first time since Dubai  Defeated Cirstea and Pera in first two rounds dropping a total of only seven games and having her serve broken just once; defeated Bencic in QF in straight sets  Upset No.2 Osaka in 3r to register fourth Top-10 win of her career (also No.5 Svitolina at 2021 Madrid, No.10 Kvitova at 2021 Dubai and No.5 Bertens at 2019 Palermo); is 3-0 vs Top 10 this year  Cincinnati marks 6th career SF appearnace (3-2 in SF matches)  Enjoyed success on hardcourts in 2021 having consecutively reached QF at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Bouzkova), SF at Adelaide (l. Swiatek) and SF at Dubai (l. Krejcikova)  Best career result on hard was R-Up finish at 2020 Lexington (l. Brady)

Season  Coming off 1r exit at Montréal (l. Collins)  Fell 1r at Hamburg (l. eventual champion Ruse) and Lausanne (l. Zanevska). Also made 2r at Palermo (withdrew prior to match vs. Ruse w/left thigh injury)  Beaten in 1r at Wimbledon (l. Giorgi)  Reached 2r at Madrid (d. No.5 Svitolina in 1r, l. Badosa), then fell 1r at Rome (l. Sevastova) and 2r at Strasbourg (l. Putintseva). Withdrew from Roland Garros w/left leg injury  Reached 2r at Madrid (d. No.5 Svitolina in 1r, l. Badosa), then fell 1r at Rome (l. Sevastova)  Fell 1r at Miami (l. Badosa via ret. w/left thigh injury)  Advanced to SF at Dubai (l. Krejcikova)  Ended Australian swing with QF at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Bouzkova) and then first WTA 500 SF at Adelaide (l. eventual champion Swiatek)  Made back-to-back 1r exits at the Gippsland Trophy and Australian Open (l. Gauff at both tournaments)

Career Milestones  Achieved career-best year-end ranking of No.57 in 2020, helped by runner-up showing at Lexington (l. Brady) and QF at Strasbourg (l. Svitolina)  Won first and second titles of her career during 2019 season, coming through qualifying to triumph at Prague (d. Muchova in F) and then at Palermo (d. No.5 Bertens in F)  Made Top 100 debut after Prague success, jumping from No.146 to No.87 (May 6). Rose to career-high No.54 following Palermo title run (July 29, 2019)  Also made QF on home soil at Lausanne and fell 1r at nine other tour-level events (including Wimbledon and US Open). Won ITF Circuit title at Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA  Qualified for first Grand Slam main draw at 2018 US Open, going on to reach 2r (l. Kanepi). Also, reached 2r at tour level events at Acapulco and Linz and lifted WTA 125K Series title at Newport Beach (w/Doi)

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 Spent majority of 2016 on ITF Circuit, winning 44 matches and three titles to rise over 200 places in the rankings. Also reached 2r on WTA main draw debut at Strasbourg and fell in qualifying at US Open  Made WTA qualifying debut at 2015 Luxembourg  Owns six singles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit  Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in Switzerland and Germany in 2013  As a junior won 2014 US Open girls’ doubles (w/Soylu) and a gold medal in mixed doubles (w/Zielinski) at 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing

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