BNP PARIBAS OPEN MARCH 6 – 17, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA | MARCH 6 - 17, 2019 | USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.bnpparibasopen.com | @BNPPARIBASOPEN | facebook.com/BNPPARIBASOPEN WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]), Catherine Sneddon ([email protected]) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - FINAL [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) vs. [WC] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) First meeting Andreescu is first wildcard to reach the Indian Wells final...Kerber appearing in first Premier Mandatory final of career... Andreescu the youngest finalist here since 2001...Kerber ended Bencic’s 12-match winning streak in SF THE FINALISTS PLAYER IW W/L YTD CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER W/L W/L TITLES [8] Angelique Kerber 18-9 12-4 607-315 290,118 27,446,959 0 12 [WC] Bianca Andreescu 6-0 27-3 116-46 135,021 350,909 0 0 FINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST IW RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L [8] Angelique Kerber F (1): 2019 2018 Wimbledon (WON) 12-16 SF (2): 2012-13 [WC] Bianca Andreescu F (1): 2019 2019 Auckland (R-UP) 0-1 RECENT INDIAN WELLS FINALS YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2011 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI MARION BARTOLI 6-1 2-6 6-3 2012 VICTORIA AZARENKA MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-2 6-3 2013 MARIA SHARAPOVA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-2 6-2 2014 FLAVIA PENNETTA AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 6-2 6-1 2015 SIMONA HALEP JELENA JANKOVIC 2-6 7-5 6-4 2016 VICTORIA AZARENKA SERENA WILLIAMS 6-4 6-4 2017 ELENA VESNINA SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4 2018 NAOMI OSAKA DARIA KASATKINA 6-3 6-2 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. WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKINGS UPDATE OUT OF LEFTFIELD Angelique Kerber is projected to move to No.4 by reach- Kerber is the first left-handed woman to reach the Indian ing the final, and will climb as high as No.2 if she wins the Wells final since Monica Seles was crowned champion in title. 1992. Bianca Andreescu, who finished the 2018 season ranked No.178 and made her Top 100 debut just over a month ago, is projected break into the Top 50 at No.33, making her the highest-ranked teenager on tour. Should she lift the title then she will end the fortnight at No.24. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER 2 Two left-handers have Andreescu will be 18 years and 274 days old at the end won the Indian Wells ti- of the tournament, making her the youngest woman to tle: Martina Navratilova (1990-91) and Monica reach the final since a 17-year-old Kim Clijsters finished Seles (1992) runner-up in 2001. Should she lift the title, the Canadian will become the fourth-youngest champion in the tournament’s history: RETURN WITH INTEREST YOUNGEST INDIAN WELLS CHAMPIONS Both finalists have posted impressive numbers in their return games this fortnight. PLAYER YEAR AGE Martina Hingis 1998 17 yrs 166 days Kerber, in particular, has enjoyed a marked upturn in Serena Williams 1999 17 yrs 169 days fortune in this aspect of her game, breaking serve 29 times from 53 games (54.7%). By contrast, entering the Monica Seles 1992 18 yrs 90 days tournament, she had won just 36.4% of her return games Daniela Hantuchova 2002 18 yrs 327 days in 2019. Meanwhile, her opponent in the final Kerber is bidding to Eager not to be outdone, Andreescu has won 52.4% of become the fourth-oldest woman to lift the Indian Wells her return games en route to the final, up on her pre-tour- title: nament number of 41.5%. OLDEST INDIAN WELLS FINALISTS PLAYER YEAR AGE RESULT THE COMPLETE SET 1991 34 yrs 163 days WON Martina Navratilova For all her career accomplishments, Kerber had never Serena Williams 2016 34 yrs 176 days R-UP appeared in a WTA Premier Mandatory final prior to this Martina Navratilova 1990 33 yrs 137 days WON fortnight. The closest the German had come were semi- final runs at Miami in 2016 and Indian Wells in 2012 and Flavia Pennetta 2014 32 yrs 19 days WON 2013. Svetlana Kuznetsova 2017 31 yrs 265 days R-UP ANGELIQUE KERBER CAREER FINALS Angelique Kerber 2019 31 yrs 54 days ??? TIER WIN-LOSS RECORD GRAND SLAM 3-1 ON THIS DAY WTA FINALS 0-1 OLYMPICS 0-1 On , the French Tennis Federation an- March 16, 2007 PREMIER MANDATORY - nounces that, following the lead of the other three majors, it will offer equal prize money to men and women starting PREMIER 5 0-4 from 2007 Roland Garros. PREMIER 7-5 INTERNATIONAL 2-4 A LEGACY IN FULL BLOOM - INDIAN WELLS BY THE NUMBERS - The gorgeous Indian Wells Tennis Garden sits on 54 acres of Coachella Valley desert. Surrounded by beauty, the Tennis Garden enjoys a backdrop of the snowcapped peaks of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains THE BIG HOUSE BEST OF THE BEST 5 The BNP Paribas Open has been named Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden Tournament of the Year by both the WTA is the third largest tennis stadium in the and the ATP Tour for five years running world with a capacity of 16,100 trailing only the O2 Arena in London and Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City FAN FAVORITE FEED ME BNP Paribas announced during the 2018 tournament that it was extending its sponsorship of the tournament five years through 2023 to become the The Indian Wells Tennis longest-running title sponsor in the Garden has many delicious history of the tournament: 14 years The BNP Paribas Open food and drink options...35 saw 450,502 tennis fans to be exact! Prior to BNP Paribas coming on as title come through the gates sponsor, the Indian Wells tennis event over the course of the had 11 different title names dating 2018 event, up nearly back to its installment in 1989 12,000 from 2017 SITE UPGRADES In 2011 the BNP Paribas Open was the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, designed first tournament to offer theHawkeye by Rossetti Associates Architects, first electronic line calling system on all nine opened in March 2000. of its match courts. The BNP Paribas Open is still the only tournament in the After the 2013 event, a massive expan- world to use Hawkeye for every main sion project began, the result of which draw and qualifying match during the was a brand new, permanent 8,000- event seat Stadium 2 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA | Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 | $9,035,428 | PREMIER MANDATORY [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) vs. [WC] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) Head to Head: First meeting ANGELIQUE KERBER BIANCA ANDREESCU 8 WTA RANKING 60 16 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 15 18-01-1988 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 16-06-2000 (18) $290,118 YTD PRIZE MONEY $135,021 $27,446,959 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $350,909 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * 18-9 6-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-4 / 411-229 16-3 / 19-8 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 115-90 4-3 / 5-6 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-0 / 83-53 3-3 / 5-3 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 12-4 / 272-149 14-3 / 16-6 1-1 / 33-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 3-0 0-0 / 19-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 1-0 1-1 / 38-60 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / 2-0 2-1 / 88-112 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / 5-2 * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells final ROAD TO THE FINAL [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) [WC] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) SF: d. [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) 6-4,6-2 (1h07) SF: d. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) 6-3,2-6,6-4 (2h12) QF: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) 7-6(3),6-3 (1h36) QF: d. [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) 6-0,6-1 (0h52) R16: d. [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) 6-1,4-6,6-4 (1h43) R16: d. [18] QIANG WANG (CHN #18) 7-5,6-2 (1h28) R32: d. NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #112) 3-6,6-1,6-3 (1h53) R32: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #109) 6-1,6-2 (0h56) R64: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) 6-0,6-2 (1h03) R64: d. [32] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #35) 6-2,6-2 (1h23) R128: BYE R128: d. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #70) 6-7(3),6-3,6-3 (2h23) Total games: 106 Total games: 122 Won/lost: 68-38 Won/lost: 81-41 Sets won/lost: 10-2 Sets won/lost: 12-2 Total time on court: 7h22 Total time on court: 9h14 Average time on court: 1h28 Average time on court: 1h32 Average rank of opponent: 45 Average rank of opponent: 43 INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) 6-0 6-2 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA | Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 | $9,035,428 | PREMIER MANDATORY 2017 R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #15) 6-3 6-3 2016 R2 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #64) 7-5 7-5 2015 R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #42) 7-6(6) 6-2 2014 R2 L - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #72) 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 2013 SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) 2-6 6-4 7-5 2012 SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-4 6-3 2011 R1 L - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #88) 6-2 6-1 2009 R1-Q L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #77) 6-3 6-3 2008 R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) 6-3 7-6(3) Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from ANGELIQUE BIANCA KERBER VS ANDREESCU INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS • Making 10th main draw appearance at Indian Wells • Making debut appearance at Indian Wells; first main (and 11th overall).