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MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS PARIS, FRANCE MAY 30 - JUNE 12, 2021 | €34,367,216 DAY 8 MATCH-UPS SERENA ELENA 7 WILLIAMS 0-0 RYBAKINA 21 HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Williams is contesting the round of 16 at a Slam for the 64th time in her career, while Rybakina is doing so for the very first... Rybakina is one of four players in the draw yet to drop a set... Williams reached the fourth round on her Roland Garros debut in 1998, one year before Rybakina was born VICTORIA ANASTASIA 15 AZARENKA 5-1 PAVLYUCHENKOVA 31 HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Azarenka won their most recent encounter at 2019 Monterrey in straight sets... Pavlyuchenkova knocked out the highest-ranked player left in the draw, Sabalenka, in the previous round... Azarenka last reached the fourth round here in 2013... Pavlyuchenkova made QF in Paris a decade ago MARKETA PAULA 33 20 VONDROUSOVA 0-0 BADOSA HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Badosa beat Vondrousova en route to the Roland Garros girls’ singles title in 2015... Vondrousova went on to reach the women’s final four years later...Badosa has won more clay court matches in 2021 than any other woman... Vondrousova entered the tournament with just one win on clay all year TAMARA SORANA ZIDANSEK 0-0 CIRSTEA HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD Cirstea is one of three thirtysomethings left in the draw... Prior to this fortnight, Zidansek had never been beyond the second round at a Slam... Cirstea appeared in QF here back in 2009... Zidansek is bidding the become the first woman representing Slovenia to reach the last eight at a major MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS PARIS, FRANCE MAY 30 - JUNE 12, 2021 | €34,367,216 A LOOK AT THE BOTTOM HALF PLAYER RG W/L YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES TITLES [7] Serena Williams 69-13 12-3 832-145 618,279 94,253,246 0 73 [15] Victoria Azarenka 26-13 9-2 475-185 176,272 32,523,560 0 21 [20] Marketa Vondrousova 10-4 13-8 71-50 368,509 3,846,871 0 1 [21] Elena Rybakina 4-2 11-9 67-33 216,636 1,685,756 0 2 [31] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 21-13 12-9 354-264 277,230 10,638,513 0 12 [33] Paula Badosa 6-1 22-7 43-33 317,282 1,188,340 1 1 Sorana Cirstea 16-12 17-7 247-253 249,422 6,080,521 1 2 Tamara Zidansek 3-2 13-9 51-46 173,035 1,187,231 0 0 THREE REMAIN BREAKING NEW GROUND Third-round defeats for Aryna Sabalenka and Elina Prior to this fortnight, Marta Kostyuk, Elena Rybakina Svitolina have left just three Top 10 seeds in the draw: and Tamara Zidansek had never advanced to the last 16 Sofia Kenin, Iga Swiatek and Serena Williams. This is at a Grand Slam. the fewest number to reach the fourth round at a Slam since 2019 Roland Garros (also three). By contrast, Serena Williams, the top seed in the bottom half, is contesting a match at this juncture of a major for the 64th time in her career. JUNIOR SENIOR Paula Badosa and Marketa Vondrousova have never met in the professional ranks. However, six years ago Badosa upset the No.1-seeded Czech en route to the girls’ singles title here in Paris. There are two other former junior champions left in the women’s draw this year, Ons Jabeur and Coco Gauff. In the Open Era, five women have backed up junior titles by later lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen, most clay court queen recently Simona Halep. Last year, Paula Badosa performed well during the delayed clay-court swing, reaching the semifinals at Istanbul before a fourth-round run here in Paris. The Spaniard has been even more impressive in 2021, and by progressing to the fourth round has taken her number of wins on the dirt to a Tour-leading 16. Player W-L Best Clay Result Paula Badosa 16-2 Champion: Belgrade Coco Gauff 15-3 Champion: Parma Ashleigh Barty 14-4 Champion: Stuttgart Veronika Kudermetova 14-4 Champion: Charleston Aryna Sabalenka 13-3 Champion: Madrid Ons Jabeur 13-3 R-Up: Charleston WTA250 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS PARIS, FRANCE MAY 30 - JUNE 12, 2021 | €34,367,216 WINNING HABIT SURPRISE PACKAGES Success in the opening week in Paris has seen several Five unseeded players have advanced to the fourth players shoot up this season’s match wins leaderboard. round this year: Sorana Cirstea, Marta Kostyuk, Barbora Krejcikova, Sloane Stephens and Tamara Zidansek. Paula Badosa (pre-2021 main draw record: 21-26), Coco Gauff (21-14) and Barbora Krejcikova (20-22) have all Last year, there were still 10 unseeded players remaining more than doubled their career victory tallies in the at this juncture, with one of them, Iga Swiatek, going on opening five months of 2021. to lift the title. Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 champion, was also not seeded, while Marketa Vondrousova was Player W-L Best Result runner-up in 2019 whilst ranked outside the Top 32. Ashleigh Barty 28-6 Champion: Yarra Valley, Miami, Stuttgart Aryna Sabalenka 27-8 Champion: Abu Dhabi, Madrid Veronika Kudermetova 25-12 Champion: Charleston Coco Gauff 24-9 Champion: Parma Garbiñe Muguruza 23-8 Champion: Doha Ons Jabeur 23-9 R-Up: Charleston WTA250 Iga Swiatek 22-5 Champion: Adelaide, Rome Paula Badosa 22-7 Champion: Belgrade Elise Mertens 22-7 Champion: Gippsland Trophy Barbora Krejcikova 22-9 Champion: Strasbourg A SNAPSHOT OF 2021 SO FAR • Top 10 Debut (1): Iga Swiatek (at No.9 on May 17) • Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Paula Badosa (20, Belgrade) • Lowest-ranked player to triumph: María Camila Osorio Serrano (No.180, Bogotá) • Youngest title winner: Coco Gauff, Parma (17y 70d) • Oldest title winner: Sorana Cirstea, Istanbul (31y 18d) • Aces leaders: Ashleigh Barty – 209, Veronika Kudermetova – 176, Karolina Pliskova – 165, Aryna Sabalenka – 163, • Most aces in a match (21): Karolina Pliskova (d. Ostapenko 6-7(9) 6-4 6-3 – Stuttgart, 2r) • Singles titles (3): Ashleigh Barty (Yarra Valley Classic, Miami, Stuttgart) • Doubles titles (3): Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (Abu Dhabi, Yarra Valley, Miami), Alexa Guarachi (Adelaide, Dubai, Strasbourg) • Most Top 10 wins (6): Ashleigh Barty (No.8 Sabalenka, No.5 Svitolina and No.9 Andreescu at Miami, No.9 Ka.Pliskova, No.5 Svitolina and No.7 Sabalenka at Stuttgart) • Longest Match: 3h 51m – Sara Sorribes Tormo d. Camila Giorgi 7-6(4), 6-7(7), 7-5 (Rome 1r) 05/06/2021 SAP Tennis Analytics 1.4.9 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - PARIS, FRANCE 2021-05-30 - 2021-06-12 0 0 win win first meeting 22 Elena Serena Rybakina Williams 8 KAZAKHSTAN UNITED STATES 1999-06-17 Date of Birth 1981-09-26 Residence Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA Right-handed (double-handed Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) backhand) 6' 0'' (1.84m) Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) 17 Career-High Ranking 1 $1,685,756 Career Prize Money $94,253,246 $216,636 Season Prize Money $618,279 0 / 2 Singles Titles YTD / Career 0 / 73 8-6 (Round of 16: 2021 ROLAND Grand Slam W-L (best) 365-52 (Champion: 23 times GARROS) most recently 2017 AUSTRALIAN OPEN) 3-0 / 4-2 (Round of 64: 2020) YTD / Career ROLAND-GARROS 3-0 / 69-13 (Champion: 2015, 2013, W-L (best) 2002) 11-9 / 67-33 YTD / Career W-L 12-3 / 832-145 4-2 / 21-10 YTD / Career Clay W-L 4-2 / 173-37 1-4 / 18-14 YTD / Career 3-Set W-L 3-0 / 169-64 0-4 / 16-14 YTD / Career TB W-L 1-2 / 108-57 0-1 / 4-6 YTD / Career TOP 10 W-L 2-1 / 177-73 Quarter-Finalist: ABU DHABI YTD Best Result Semi-Finalist: AUSTRALIAN OPEN, YARRA VALLEY CLASSIC https://dev.saptennis.com/media/mediaportal/#season/2021/events/0903/matches/LS012/apps/post-match-insights/match-notes/snapshots/3411f… 1/8 05/06/2021 SAP Tennis Analytics 1.4.9 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - PARIS, FRANCE 2021-05-30 - 2021-06-12 Elena Serena Rybakina Williams Head To Head Record YEAR TOURNAMENT SURFACE ROUND WINNER SCORE/ RESULT TIME First career meeting Ranking History TOP RANK YEAR-END YEAR TOP RANK YEAR-END 19 - 2021 7 - 17 19 2020 8 11 37 37 2019 8 10 182 191 2018 15 16 420 425 2017 1 22 612 616 2016 1 2 - - 2015 1 1 - - 2014 1 1 - - 2013 1 1 - - 2012 3 3 https://dev.saptennis.com/media/mediaportal/#season/2021/events/0903/matches/LS012/apps/post-match-insights/match-notes/snapshots/3411f… 2/8 05/06/2021 SAP Tennis Analytics 1.4.9 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - PARIS, FRANCE 2021-05-30 - 2021-06-12 Elena Serena Rybakina Williams Tournament History CURRENT TOURNAMENT CURRENT TOURNAMENT 1r: d. E. JACQUEMOT (#492) 6-4 6-1 (1h 12m) 1r: d. I. BEGU (#74) 7-6 6-2 (1h 43m) 2r: d. N. HIBINO (#82) 6-3 6-1 (1h 4m) 2r: d. M. BUZARNESCU (#174) 6-3 5-7 6-1 (2h 4m) 3r: d. E. VESNINA (#1096) 6-1 6-4 (1h 4m) 3r: d. D. COLLINS (#50) 6-4 6-4 (1h 25m) Total time on court: 3h 20m Total time on court: 5h 12m PLAYER NOTES PLAYER NOTES Making third appearance at Roland Garros, Making 19th main draw appearance at Roland where she reached 2r last year (as No.14 seed, l. Garros. Reached R16 on debut back in 1998 (l.