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BNP PARIBAS OPEN MARCH 6 – 17, 2019 WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA | MARCH 6 - 17, 2019 | USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT

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BNP PARIBAS OPEN - FINAL

[8] (GER #8) vs. [WC] (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 6-1 2-6 6-3 2012 6-2 6-3 2013 MARIA SHARAPOVA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-2 6-2 2014 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 6-2 6-1 2015 JELENA JANKOVIC 2-6 7-5 6-4 2016 VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-4 6-4 2017 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4 2018 6-3 6-2

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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 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: (1990-91) and Monica reach the final since a 17-year-old 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 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 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 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] (SUI #23) 6-4,6-2 (1h07) SF: d. [6] (UKR #6) 6-3,2-6,6-4 (2h12) QF: d. (USA #36) 7-6(3),6-3 (1h36) QF: d. [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) 6-0,6-1 (0h52) R16: d. [9] (BLR #9) 6-1,4-6,6-4 (1h43) R16: d. [18] QIANG WANG (CHN #18) 7-5,6-2 (1h28) R32: d. (RUS #112) 3-6,6-1,6-3 (1h53) R32: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #109) 6-1,6-2 (0h56) R64: d. (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

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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 - (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 - (AUS #77) 6-3 6-3

2008 R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) 6-3 7-6(3)

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INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS

• Making 10th main draw appearance at Indian Wells • Making debut appearance at Indian Wells; first main (and 11th overall). Is through to final for first time draw debutante in Indian Wells to reach the final • Previous best showings were SF runs in 2012 (l. since S.Williams won title in 1999 eventual champion Azarenka) and 2013 (l. eventual • The last remaining of the eight wildcards that started R-Up Wozniacki) the draw; is the first wildcard in the tournament’s his- • Other notable results at BNP Paribas Open are mak- tory to reach the final, bettering SF runs from Hingis ing QF in 2018 (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina), R16 in in 2006 and S.Williams in 2015 2017 (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and 3r on event • Contesting only eighth WTA main draw and first at a debut in 2008 (l. Bartoli). Fell in 2009 qualifying Premier Mandatory tournament • R16 run in 2017 saw her reclaim World No.1 ranking • Recovered from 3-1 down in the third set to beat from S.Williams following Indian Wells after she was Begu in 1r forced to withdraw w/left knee injury. She was last • Eased past Cibulkova in 2r and Voegele in 3r, drop- ranked No.1 in July 2017 ping a combined total of seven games • Last left-hander to win Indian Wells was Seles in • In R16, upset No.18 Q.Wang, then committed only 1992; last German to win here was Graf in 1996 12 unforced errors to dismiss No.20 Muguruza in QF • After 1r bye, struck 29 winners and just 12 unforced • Struck 36 winners to score second career Top 10 win errors to ease past Putintseva in 2r over No.6 Svitolina in SF • Broke serve seven times to beat Russian qualifier • Now owns five career Top 20 wins (also No.13 Mlad- Vikhlyantseva in 3r enovic at 2017 Washington DC and No.3 Wozniacki • Came back from 1-4 down in third set to defeat No.9 at 2019 Auckland) Sabalenka in R16 and record first Top 10 win since • Has won 27 matches this season across all levels beating No.4 Osaka at 2018 WTA Finals last Octo- (ITF, WTA 125Ks, WTA qualifying, WTA main draw), ber. Fell to No.8 Kvitova at in her only other more than any player in 2019 meeting with a Top 10 player this season • Nine of these wins have been over Top 50 players; • Beat the only other woman over 30 left in the draw prior to this season, sole Top 50 win was against V.Williams in QF on Thursday No.13 Mladenovic at 2017 Washington DC • In SF, hit 22 winners and only 16 unforced errors to • At 18, is the youngest woman to reach an Indian end Bencic’s 12-match winning streak and reach first Wells final since Clijsters finished R-Up in 2001 (17 career Premier Mandatory final; had previously fallen yrs, 283 days). Bidding to be youngest champion in SF at Indian Wells (2012-13) and Miami (2016) here since S.Williams won on 1999 (17 yrs 169 days) • Prior to this fortnight had not won more than three • Faces Kerber today in second WTA final of career, matches in a row since 2018 Wimbledon having previously reached this stage at 2019 Auck- • Faces No.60 Andreescu in final; last loss to player land (l. Goerges 2-6 7-5 6-1) outside Top 50 came against No.61 Riske at 2018 • Is the fifth unseeded woman to make Indian Wells Mallorca final: also Byrne (R-Up - 1989), S.Williams (WON • Is projected to move up to No.4 by reaching the final - 1999), Clijsters (WON -2005) and Osaka (WON - and No.2 with the title 2018) • Finished 2018 ranked No.178, made her Top 100 debut after the this year. Projected SEASON to rise to No.33 as a finalist and No.24 with the title • Will earn a minimum of USD $686,000 by reaching fi- • Coming off reaching R16 at Dubai (l. S.Hsieh) nal (career earnings stood at USD $350,909 entering • Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mer- the tournament) tens) - 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels (600-313 record) • Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching SEASON R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of • Made SF at Acapulco (l. Kenin); rose to career-high eight active players to achieve the feat) ranking of No.60 afterwards on March 4, 2019 • Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. • Won both singles rubbers (d. Rus and Hogenkamp) eventual champion Kvitova) – first QF since Wimble- as beat Netherlands 4-0 in Fed Cup to set don title run last July up a World Group play-off with 2018 champions • Started off Australian swing by helping fin- in April ish R-Up to at (posted 4-0 • Won title at WTA 125K Series event at Newport singles record – d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) Beach (d. Pegula in F) ANGELIQUE BIANCA KERBER VS ANDREESCU

CAREER MILESTONES SEASON CONT.

• Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and • Qualified for Australian Open, going on to reach 2r third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. for first time at a major (d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova) S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 • Began season by coming through qualifying to finish • Record in tour-level finals stands at 12-16 – her 28 R-Up at Auckland (d. Wozniacki, d. V.Williams, l. finals is the joint-10th-most among active players Goerges) • Also in 2018, made SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having had two match points), Dubai (l. even- tual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual CAREER MILESTONES champion Wozniacki having had match • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of • Finished 2018 ranked No.178, winning fourth and season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at fifth career ITF Circuit titles at $25k ITF/Florence-SC, Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai USA and $25k ITF/Norman-OK,USA • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first • Fell in qualifying on at all four majors in 2018 Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. • Highlight of 2017 season was QF run at Washington S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), DC (l. Petkovic). As wildcard, defeated Giorgi and finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and world No.13 Mladenovic in 2r to become first player rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- born in 21st century to register at Top 20 win came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 • Also in 2017, made 2r at Quebec City and fell 1r at • Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career Wimbledon and Toronto prize money during season, passing $19 million • Highlight of 2016 season was maiden ITF Circuit title mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (d. Halbauer in F). Also becoming 15th player to do so won doubles at same tournament w/Robillard-Millette • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking –be- • Career best win was over No.3 Wozniacki at 2019 came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- Auckland ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Posted career-high ranking of No.60 on March 4, • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by inter- 2019 national media and fans; also, ITF World Champion • Made professional debut by finishing R-Up at $25k • 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. ITF/Gatineau-CAN (l. Glatch in F) Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Owns five singles and three doubles titles on ITF • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- Circuit gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-end- ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles • Best Grand Slam result was 2r showing at 2019 Aus- on all surfaces: , grass and clay tralian Open (as qualifier, d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova) • Only other main draw major appearance came as a qualifier at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kucova) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Also fell in qualifying at 2017 Roland Garros, 2017 US Open, , 2018 Roland Gar- ros, 2018 Wimbledon and 2018 US Open • Three-time Grand Slam champion, at (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Plis- kova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) • At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam PERSONAL champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at (Kerber saved a • Coached by Sylvain Bruneau match point in 1r win over Doi • Born in Mississauga, Ontario, but moved to her • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. parents’ native country of as a child and Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 started playing tennis at age seven • Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams • On her return to Canada, at 11 joined Tennis Cana- and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon da’s U14 National Training Centre in Toronto for the • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) 2011–2012 season • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. • Models her game on Simona Halep eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champi- on Halep) ANGELIQUE BIANCA KERBER VS ANDREESCU

PERSONAL

• Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of 2018 • Previously worked with Torben Beltz • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez