Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships February 17 – 23, 2019 Women’S Tennis Association Match Notes

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DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FEBRUARY 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 17 - 23, 2019 | USD $2,828,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT

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BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) Kvitova leads 3-0 Kvitova won pair’s most recent meeting en route to this year’s Sydney title... Bencic appearing in first Premier-level final since 2016 St. Petersburg... Kvitova has won more matches than any other player this season... Bencic bidding to be second Swiss woman to lift Dubai title after Hingis in 2001

THE FINALISTS

PLAYER DUBAI W/L YTD W/L MD CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES [2] Petra Kvitova 10-5 17-3 415-192 1,701,505 29,043,712 1 26 Belinda Bencic 6-2 12-2 111-89 136,404 3,869,537 0 2

FINAL RECORDS

PLAYER BEST DUBAI RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L

[2] Petra Kvitova WON (1): 2013 2019 Australian Open (R-UP) 26-8 Belinda Bencic FINAL (1): 2019 2018 Luxembourg (R-UP) 2-5

RECENT DUBAI FINALS

YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE

2011 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 6-1 6-3 2012 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA JULIA GOERGES 7-5 6-4 2013 PETRA KVITOVA SARA ERRANI 6-2 1-6 6-2 2014 VENUS WILLIAMS ALIZÉ CORNET 6-3 6-0 2015 SIMONA HALEP KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-4 7-6(4) 2016 SARA ERRANI BARBORA STRYCOVA 6-0 6-2 2017 ELINA SVITOLINA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-4 6-2 2018 ELINA SVITOLINA DARIA KASATKINA 6-4 6-0

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CLOSING IN ON NO.1 NO SURPRISES

At the Australian Open in January, Petra Kvitova was Belinda Bencic is the 10th unseeded woman to reach one win away from becoming WTA No.1 for the first time. the Dubai final. However, only two of the previous nine have ended up being crowned champion. On both of The Czech, who also come within touching distance these occasions - Venus Williams in 2014 and Sara of top spot seven years earlier, has closed the gap on Errani in 2016 - the winner was facing another unseeded Naomi Osaka with her performance this week. Indeed, player in the final: should she walk away with the title, the Czech would rise to No.2, just 951 points behind Osaka. PLAYER YEAR OPPONENT RESULT

Svetlana Kuznetsova 2004 Justine Henin Runner-Up

Belinda Bencic has also enjoyed a productive week on Jelena Jankovic 2005 Lindsay Davenport Runner-Up the rankings front, guaranteeing a return to the Top 30 Virginie Razzano 2009 Venus WIlliams Runner-Up for the first time since late 2016. She will be No.28 with a runner-up finish and No.23 by lifting the title. Julia Goerges 2012 Agnieszka Radwanska Runner-Up Venus Williams 2014 Alizé Cornet Champion

Alizé Cornet 2014 Venus Williams Runner-Up GOOD OMEN... Sara Errani 2016 Barbora Strycova Champion Barbora Strycova 2016 Sara Errani Runner-Up In the summer of 2015, an 18-year-old Belinda Bencic Daria Kasatkina 2018 Elina Svitolina Runner-Up scattered a trail a seeds in her wake to lift the Rogers Cup in Toronto. MISS CONSISTENT That week, the Swiss beat Top 10 mainstays Caroline Wozniacki, Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams and in the final This weekend Petra Kvitova will contest her eighth WTA Simona Halep to earmark herself as the potential stan- final since the start of the 2018 season. dard bearer of the tour’s next wave of talent. During that time span, no other player on tour has ap- A similar story has unfolded in the desert this week, with peared in more finals than the Czech, whose only defeat Bencic accounting for three of the world’s Top 10 players came in three sets to Naomi Osaka at this January’s - Aryna Sabalenka, Elina Svitolina and once again Halep. Australian Open. Can she make it four on Saturday and lift another Premier 5 crown? PLAYER NO. OF FINALS WIN-LOSS

Petra Kvitova 8 7-1

Simona Halep 7 3-4

Kiki Bertens 5 4-1

Aryna Sabalenka 5 3-2

HARD TO BEAT

Eighteen of Petra Kvitova’s 26 career titles have come 16 on hard courts. Among active players, only five others Despite her injury woes, Be- linda Bencic owns 16 career have been more prolific on the surface: Top 10 wins. The most of any player on tour aged NO. OF HARD 21 or under PLAYER COURT TITLES

Serena Williams 46

Venus Williams 31 BAD OMEN... Caroline Wozniacki 24 Maria Sharapova 20 Petra Kvitova is bidding to be the first No.2 seed to win Victoria Azarenka 19 the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The No.2 Petra Kvitova 18 seed has lost twice in the final, Amelie Mauresmo in 2007 Svetlana Kuznetsova 14 and Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2008. MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 3-0

2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 PETRA KVITOVA 6-1 6-4 68 mins 2018 FED CUP WEEK 1 HARD I R1 PETRA KVITOVA 6-2 6-4 83 mins 2013 TOKYO HARD O R2 PETRA KVITOVA 7-5 6-4 81 mins

BELINDA BENCIC PETRA KVITOVA 45 WTA RANKING 4 20 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 2 10-03-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (28) $136,404 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,701,505 $3,869,537 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $29,043,712 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 1 / 26 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 6-2 10-5 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-2 / 111-89 17-3 / 415-192 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 42-25 5-1 / 125-78 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 29-23 5-4 / 83-61 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 12-2 / 77-63 17-3 / 280-134 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 11-8 1-0 / 45-14 1-0 / 8-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 25-31 3-1 / 16-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 53-51 3-1 / 21-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / 103-86 * Updated entering Dubai final

ROAD TO THE FINAL

BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45) [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4)

SF: d. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) 6-2,3-6,7-6(3) (1h58) SF: d. SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #31) 3-6,6-2,6-4 (2h09) QF: d. [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 4-6,6-4,6-2 (2h17) QF: d. VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #46) 6-4,6-0 (1h02) R16: d. [8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) 6-4,2-6,7-6(7) (2h26) R16: d. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #117) 7-5,1-6,6-3 (2h12) R32: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #83) 6-1,6-1 (0h52) R32: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #44) 6-7(3),6-4,6-4 (2h34) R64: d. LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #456) 6-4,7-6(6) (1h40) R64: BYE Total games: 126 Total games: 104 Won/lost: 72-54 Won/lost: 59-45 Sets won/lost: 10-3 Sets won/lost: 8-3 Total time on court: 9h13 Total time on court: 7h57 Average time on court: 1h51 Average time on court: 1h59 Average rank of opponent: 111 Average rank of opponent: 60

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DUBAI Tournament History

BELINDA BENCIC PETRA KVITOVA 2016 2016 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #20) 4-6 7-5 6-4 R16 L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #60) 0-6 7-6(1) 6-3

2015 2015 R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11) 6-1 6-2 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #13) 6-3 4-6 6-3

2014 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #16) 1-6 6-4 7-6(4)

2013 F W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) 6-2 1-6 6-1

2011 R1 L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #57) 7-6(2) 7-6(3)

2009 R1 L - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #148) 6-3 2-6 6-4

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DUBAI DUBAI

• Making third appearance at Dubai Duty Free Tennis • Making first main draw appearance in Dubai since Championships, where she is through to the final for 2016 (l. Brengle) and seventh overall the first time • Won title in 2013 (d. Errani in F); also beat No.4 • Prior to this year, only previous win at the tournament A.Radwanska and No.10 Wozniacki en route came over Knapp in 2015 (l. defending champion • Following 1r bye, fought back from 7-6(3) 5-3 down V.Williams in 2r) to beat compatriot Siniakova in 2r on Tuesday • Beat qualifier Hradecka in 1r, then lucky loser Voege- • Recovered from losing five games in a row to even- le in 2r tually see off qualifier Brady in R16 • Saved 6mp to upset No.9 Sabalenka in R16 • Won 25 of last 31 points to see off Kuzmova in QF • Upset No.3 Halep in QF - her eighth Top 5 win and • Fought back to beat Hsieh in SF, her 17th win of the first since No.5 V.Williams at 2018 Australian Open season - the most of any player on tour (followed by • Recovered from 5-3 down in the final set to beat Ka.Pliskova 13-3) No.6 Svitolina in SF - ended the Ukrainian’s • Has struck 17 aces this week to take season total to 12-match winning streak in Dubai 96 (only Bertens - 112 and Ka.Pliskova - 101 have • Faces No.4 Kvitova today in first Premier-level final struck more) since 2016 St. Petersburg (l. Vinci) • Faces No.45 Bencic today. Fired 32 winners past the • Has now won seven consecutive matches - having Swiss during their last meeting on tour, en route to also been victorious in both singles rubbers during this year’s Australian Open final Switzerland’s Fed Cup win over Italy earlier this • Bidding to become the fourth woman to win multiple month titles in Dubai, following in the footsteps of Henin • Best result by a Swiss woman here was Hingis’s title (2003-04, 2006-07), V.Williams (2009-10, 2014) and run at the inaugural event in 2001 (d. Tauziat in F) Svitolina (2017-18) • Projected to rise to No.28 by reaching the final and • Appearing in her 35th career final and eighth since No.23 should she lift the title. Was last ranked inside the start of 2018 season Top 30 in September 2016 • Has won a tournament-leading 84.6% of her service games; prior to Dubai, ranked fourth on tour for ser- SEASON vice games won with 81% (Osaka was first - 82.2%) • One of a tournament-leading five Czech players in • Inspired Switzerland to 3-1 World Group II win over this year’s main draw Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) • Fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg • Made SF at Hobart (l. R-Up Schmiedlova) and SEASON reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) • Opened 2019 season at Hopman Cup, partnering • Fell QF in defense of St. Petersburg title (l. Vekic) Roger Federer to help Switzerland retain the trophy • Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reaching World No.1 ranking • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F); CAREER MILESTONES career record in finals now stands at 26-8 • Went on 11-match winning streak between Sydney (5 • Finished 2018 ranked No.37 - fourth Top 100 finish wins) and Melbourne (6 wins) • Reached seventh WTA singles final, finishing R-Up at • Fell 2r in season opener at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) 2018 Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Goerges) • Underwent left wrist surgery in the Spring 2017, missing five months – ranking fell outside Top 300 CAREER MILESTONES • Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 matches and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA • Won a WTA Tour-leading five titles in 2018, at St. Pe- 125K Series events at Hua Hin, Thailand and Taipei. tersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in By the end of the year she was back in the Top 75 F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens • Best win of career came over No.1 S.Williams in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended in semifinals at 2015 Toronto. At 18 years of age the year ranked No.7 became youngest player to defeat S.Williams in • Titles came on all three surfaces – first player to win a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals, when a title on three difference surfaces in a season since 17-year-old Sharapova d. Serena in F (Serena also S.Williams in 2015. The Czech has won at least one lost at 2007 Charleston to then 17-year-old Chan title every year dating back to 2011 Yung-Jan via first set retirement at 5-3) BELINDA PETRA BENCIC VS KVITOVA

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Struggled with injury in 2016 – advanced to sixth ca- • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, reer singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charles- Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required ton (April) was sidelined for more than two months – extensive surgery to left hand missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- • Run to St. Petersburg final saw her break into Top lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US 116th player to break into the Top 10 since comput- Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) erized rankings were introduced in 1975. In the last • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut Top 10 finishes before their 19th birthday • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the • Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai 2016) • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the • Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Rad- medal play-off) wanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.). • 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, Owns 2-5 record in finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win Tianjin, 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], was third in past four years, and marked first time 2016 St Petersburg and 2018 Luxembourg she has won any tournament title three times • At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. became second-youngest player to win a WTA Pre- A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season mier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Haven aged 18 years, 43 days Azarenka in F) • With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six Azarenka at 2009 Miami months) • Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at • Part of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in Washington, DC (w/Mladenovic), the first coming 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 earlier in the year at Prague (w/Siniakova) • Pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 • Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 • Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months GRAND SLAM HISTORY later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 years, 7 months at the time • 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam main draw appearance, reaching her third career major final (l. Osaka in F) • Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wim- GRAND SLAM HISTORY bledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) • 2019 Australian Open marked 18th main draw Grand • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam Slam appearance title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- • Achieved best Grand Slam singles result when she phens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) advanced to QF at 2014 US Open; defeated two • Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was Jankovic in R16). At 17 years of age, was youngest Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. since 1997 when Hingis won the title Navratilova) • Best result at Australian Open was in 2016, advanc- • Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are ing to R16 (l. Sharapova); at Wimbledon is R16 in SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at Kerber), while best result at Roland Garros is 2r in 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. 2015 and 2018 eventual champion Pennetta) BELINDA PETRA BENCIC VS KVITOVA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Recently split from coach Vlado Platenik; has worked • Nominated for 2018 WTA Player of the Year after extensively with Melanie Molitor and Martina Hingis, winning a tour-leading five WTA singles titles as well as her father, Ivan, in the past • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, • Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Parents are Jiri and Pavla DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FEBRUARY 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 17 - 23, 2019 | USD $2,828,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT

HSIEH SU-WEI (TPE #31) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) Kvitova leads 3-0 Kvitova won pair’s most recent meeting en route to this year’s Sydney title...Hsieh appearing in first Premier-level SF... Kvitova closing in on 100 aces for the season

[6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) vs. BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45) Bencic leads 1-0 Bencic won only previous meeting at 2014 Charleston... Svitolina has won past seven matches in Dubai in straight sets... Bencic playing first Premier-level SF in over three years THE FINAL FOUR

PLAYER DUBAI W/L YTD W/L MD CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER YTD TITLES CAREER PRIZE $ TITLES [2] Petra Kvitova 9-5 16-3 414-192 1,701,505 29,043,712 1 26 [6] Elina Svitolina 16-2 9-3 235-127 402,221 13,510,846 0 13 Hsieh Su-Wei 5-1 11-5 122-135 169,287 6,192,823 0 3 Belinda Bencic 5-2 11-2 110-89 136,404 3,869,537 0 2

SEMIFINAL RECORDS

PLAYER BEST DUBAI RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER SF W/L CAREER FINAL W/L

[2] Petra Kvitova WON (1): 2013 2019 Australian Open (R-UP) 34-18 26-8 [6] Elina Svitolina WON (2): 2017, 2018 2018 WTA Finals (WON) 15-15 13-2 Hsieh Su-Wei SF (1): 2019 2018 Hiroshima (WON) 3-9 3-0 Belinda Bencic SF (1): 2019 2018 Luxembourg (R-UP) 7-4 2-5

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS HSIEH KVITOVA

SVITOLINA First meeting Kvitova leads 7-2 BENCIC Bencic leads 2-0 Kvitova leads 3-0

UPWARDLY MOBILE DESERT QUEEN

During her first charge up the rankings as a teenager, Two-time champion Elina Svitolina is looking for her 17th Belinda Bencic made it as high as No.7.Thanks to her match win in Dubai when she takes on Belinda Bencic run this week, the Swiss will rise to at least No.33 in on Friday. next week’s rankings. Should she reach the final she is projected to return to the Top 30 for the first time since Among active players, only four players have posted September 2016, going as high as No.23 with the title. more wins here:

Hsieh Su-Wei is also closing in on the Top 20. She will move to No.26 by reaching the semifinals, but could go to PLAYER WINS LOSSES WIN % No.23 with a runner-up finish - matching her-career-best Caroline Wozniacki 22 6 .786 ranking - and No.21 by walking away with the title. Jelena Jankovic 21 12 .636 Venus Williams 19 4 .826 CONTRASTING PATHS Svetlana Kuznetsova 19 13 .594 Elina Svitolina 16 2 .889 Elina Svitolina is yet to drop a set this week, conceding only 14 games. In contrast, her semifinal opponent Belin- Of her 16 wins here, only three of those victories have da Bencic has spent nearly twice as long on court, giving gone to three sets: 2016 QF vs Vandeweghe, 2017 R16 up 40 games and two sets along the way. vs McHale and 2018 2r vs Q.Wang

The Ukrainian also sits at No.3 on the all-time list of longest win streaks in Dubai:

No.1 Justine Henin - 17 No.2 Venus Williams - 16 No.3 Elina Svitolina - 12 6 Six Dubai champions have SERVING NOTICE lifted the title without dropping a set, a feat most recently achieved by Unsurprisingly, Petra Kvitova leads the way among the Venus Williams in remaining quartet of players in regards to serving statis- 2014 tics. The Czech has hit 14 aces, taking her season total to 93, DOUBLING UP and been broken only five times. However, while her fellow semifinalists may not be able to Hsieh Su-Wei is also through to the semifinals of the match her on the ace count, they, too, have been quietly doubles competition this week alongside Barbora impressing, with each markedly outperforming their sea- Strycova. However, she is not the only player to have en- son average in regards to service games won: joyed a prolonged stay in both draws here in Dubai. In the tournament’s second year, in 2002, Sandrine Testud was runner-up in both singles and doubles. Two years later, Svetlana Kuznetsova performed the same feat. MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #31) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 3-0

2019 SYDNEY HARD O R16 PETRA KVITOVA 7-6(2) 6-2 96 mins 2016 LUXEMBOURG HARD I R1 PETRA KVITOVA 7-5 6-0 71 mins 2016 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 PETRA KVITOVA 6-4 6-1 70 mins

SU-WEI HSIEH PETRA KVITOVA 31 WTA RANKING 4 25 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 2 04-01-1986 (33) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (28) $169,287 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,701,505 $6,192,823 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $29,043,712 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 1 / 26 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 20 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 5-1 9-5 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 11-5 / 122-135 16-3 / 414-192 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 47-42 4-1 / 124-78 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 26-37 5-4 / 83-61 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-5 / 90-87 16-3 / 279-134 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 14-17 1-0 / 45-14 1-1 / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 25-31 2-2 / 5-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 53-51 3-2 / 9-37 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / 103-86 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai SF

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS

SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #31) [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4)

QF: d. [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) 6-4,1-6,7-5 (1h59) QF: d. VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #46) 6-4,6-0 (1h02) R16: d. [5] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 5-7,6-4,6-0 (1h44) R16: d. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #117) 7-5,1-6,6-3 (2h12) R32: d. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #33) 6-1,6-2 (1h08) R32: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #44) 6-7(3),6-4,6-4 (2h34) R64: d. [10] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #12) 6-4,6-2 (1h10) R64: BYE

Total games: 90 Total games: 77 Won/lost: 55-35 Won/lost: 44-33 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 6h01 Total time on court: 5h48 Average time on court: 1h30 Average time on court: 1h56 Average rank of opponent: 14 Average rank of opponent: 69

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SU-WEI HSIEH PETRA KVITOVA 2018 2016 R16- L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #59) 7-5 7-5 R16 L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #60) 0-6 7-6(1) 6-3 Q 2013 2015 R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #9) 6-4 6-0 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #13) 6-3 4-6 6-3

2002 2014 R1-Q L - ALEXANDRA FUSAI (FRA #172) 7-6(4) 7-5 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #16) 1-6 6-4 7-6(4)

2013 F W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) 6-2 1-6 6-1

2011 R1 L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #57) 7-6(2) 7-6(3)

2009 R1 L - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #148) 6-3 2-6 6-4

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• Making second main draw appearance at Dubai Duty • Making first main draw appearance in Dubai since Free Tennis Championships this week (fourth over- 2016 (l. Brengle) and seventh overall all), where she is through to SF for first time • Won title in 2013 (d. Errani in F); also beat No.4 • Made 2r in 2013 (d. Lepchenko, l. Stosur) A.Radwanska and No.10 Wozniacki en route • Was doubles R-Up here in 2018 (w/Peng, l. • Following 1r bye, fought back from 7-6(3) 5-3 down H.Chan/Z.Yang). Is also through to doubles SF this to beat compatriot Siniakova in 2r on Tuesday week - only player still contesting both draws - w/ • Recovered from losing five games in a row to even- Strycova (face H.Chan/L.Chan later today) tually see off qualifier Brady in R16 • Won final four games of the match to upset Sevasto- • Won 25 of the last 31 points to beat Kuzmova in QF va in 1r on Sunday • Has struck 14 aces this week to take season total to • In 2r, defeated Sasnovich for the second time in as 93 (only Bertens - 112 and Ka.Pliskova - 101 have many weeks (also at Doha), winning all eight service struck more) games • Faces No.31 Hsieh today. Fired 38 winners past • Upset No.7 Kerber in R16, winning the final eight Hsieh during their last meeting on tour, en route to games and 15 of the last 16 points Sydney title this January • Recovered from 5-1 down in the final set to beat • One of a tournament-leading five Czech players in No.5 Ka.Pliskova in QF this year’s main draw • Now owns five career Top 10 wins, having previously accounted for No.8 Konta (2017 Roland Garros), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Australian Open) and No.1 SEASON Halep (2018 Wimbledon) • Faces No.4 Kvitova today in first Premier-level SF of • Made QF showing in defense of St. Petersburg title her career (l. Vekic) • There has now been at least one unseeded semifi- • Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian nalist in Dubai for the past eight years Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reaching World No.1 ranking • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F); SEASON career record in finals now stands at 26-8 • Went on 11-match winning streak between Sydney (5 • Contested qualifying at St. Petersburg, where she wins) and Melbourne (6 wins). Last season, posted Fell 1r at Hua Hin (l. Niculescu) and reached 2r at two separate winning streaks longer than this: 14 Doha (l. Muchova) matches and 13 matches • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion • Fell 2r in season opener at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) Osaka after leading 7-5 4-1) • Opened 2019 season with runs to SF in Auckland (l. R-Up Andreescu) and 2r at Sydney (l. eventual CAREER MILESTONES champion Kvitova) • Won a WTA Tour-leading five titles in 2018, at St. Pe- tersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in CAREER MILESTONES F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended • Ended 2018 ranked No.28, up from No.96 in 2017 the year ranked No.7 • Returned to Top 30 on September 17, 2018 for the • Titles came on all three surfaces – first player to win first time since reaching career high of No.23 on a title on three difference surfaces in a season since February 25, 2013 S.Williams in 2015. The Czech has won at least one • Won third WTA singles title at 2018 Hiroshima – oth- title every year dating back to 2011 ers both coming in 2012 at Kuala Lumpur (as qualifi- • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, er, d. Martic in F) and Guangzhou (d. Robson in F) l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in • Won 20th career doubles title at 2018 Indian Wells Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required (w/Strycova, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) extensive surgery to left hand • Other highlights of 2018 season were SF runs • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- Auckland (l. eventual champion Goerges), Rabat (l. lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual eventual champion Mertens), Seoul (l.Tomljanovic) champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US and Tianjin (.Garcia). Also made QF at Strasbourg Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) (l.Buzarnescu) and equaled best Grand Slam result • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight by reaching R16 at Australian Open and Wimbledon Top 10 finishes HSIEH PETRA SU-WEI VS KVITOVA

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• Stunned No.1 Halep at 2018 Wimbledon for first win • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the over reigning No.1 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai • Reached QF at Nanchang (l. Y.Wang) in 2017 and • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the concluded season with runner-up effort at WTA 125K singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze Series event in Hua Hin, Thailand (l. Bencic) medal play-off) • 2016 season highlights included SF run at Kaohsi- • 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, ung (l. Doi) and QF showing at Prague (l. eventual at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win champion Safarova) was third in past four years, and marked first time • Ended 2016 by winning 27th singles title on the ITF she has won any tournament title three times Circuit at $100K ITF/Dubai-UAE; has also won 22 • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. doubles titles at that level, most recently at $100k A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer in May 2017 (w/Chang) finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. • Just second player from Chinese Taipei to win a Azarenka in F) tour-level singles title (Wang Shi-Ting won six titles • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 in 1990s) (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six • Qualified for 2012 Tournament of Champions-Sofia months) (went 1-2 in round robin play) • Part of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in • Won two Grand Slams w/Peng and qualified twice 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 for WTA Finals, emerging as champions in 2013 (d. • Pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 Makarova/Vesnina in F) and runners-up in 2014 (l. Black/Mirza in F) • Became first player from Chinese Taipei (male or GRAND SLAM HISTORY female) to achieve the WTA World No.1 doubles • 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam ranking on May 12, 2014 – held the top spot for five main draw appearance, reaching her third career non-consecutive weeks major final (l. Osaka in F) • On ITF Circuit, winner of 26 singles titles and 23 • Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wim- doubles titles bledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. • Played first professional tournament at ITF level in Bouchard in F) New Zealand in 2001; started career by winning first • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam 33 matches (mix of ITF and tour level) title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- phens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) • Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech GRAND SLAM HISTORY woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the • Has reached R16 on three occasions at the Austra- Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. lian Open in 2018 (l. Kerber) and 2008 (as qualifier, l. Navratilova) Henin), and Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Cibulkova) • Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are • Also made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Garcia). At SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros US Open, posted 2r efforts in 2018 (l. Cibulkova) and (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2013 (l. Giorgi) 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. • Winner of two Grand Slam doubles titles – 2014 eventual champion Pennetta) Roland Garros (w/Peng, d. Errani/Vinci in final) and 2013 Wimbledon (w/Peng, d. Barty/Dellacqua in final) PERSONAL • Nominated for 2018 WTA Player of the Year after winning a tour-leading five WTA singles titles PERSONAL • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Has six siblings. Introduced to tennis by father at age • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former 5 ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, • Father is Hsieh Tze-Lung; mother is Ho Fom-Ju after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David • Idolized Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi growing up Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Parents are Jiri and Pavla MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) vs. BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45)

Head to Head: BELINDA BENCIC leads 1-0

2014 CHARLESTON CLAY O R16 BELINDA BENCIC 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 116 mins

ELINA SVITOLINA BELINDA BENCIC 6 WTA RANKING 45 8 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 20 12-09-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-03-1997 (21) $402,221 YTD PRIZE MONEY $136,404 $13,510,846 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,869,537 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 13 0 / 2 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 16-2 5-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 235-127 11-2 / 110-89 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 72-43 5-1 / 41-25 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 45-34 3-1 / 28-23 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 172-86 11-2 / 76-63 0-0 / 20-21 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 11-8 0-2 / 17-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 8-6 0-2 / 29-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 15-15 2-2 / 49-63 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 20-32 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai SF

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS

[6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45)

QF: d. CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #26) 6-2,6-3 (1h18) QF: d. [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 4-6,6-4,6-2 (2h17) R16: d. [12] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #19) 6-1,6-2 (1h02) R16: d. [8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) 6-4,2-6,7-6(7) (2h26) R32: d. ONS JABEUR (TUN #56) 7-6(4),4-0 Ret'd (1h19) R32: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #83) 6-1,6-1 (0h52) R64: BYE R64: d. LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #456) 6-4,7-6(6) (1h40)

Total games: 49 Total games: 96 Won/lost: 35-14 Won/lost: 56-40 Sets won/lost: 6-0 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Total time on court: 3h39 Total time on court: 7h15 Average time on court: 1h13 Average time on court: 1h49 Average rank of opponent: 34 Average rank of opponent: 138

DUBAI Tournament History

ELINA SVITOLINA BELINDA BENCIC 2018 2016 F W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #24) 6-4 6-0 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #20) 4-6 7-5 6-4

2017 2015 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) 6-4 6-2 R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11) 6-1 6-2

2016 SF L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #22) 6-4 6-4

2015 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 2-6 6-3 6-2

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• Making third appearance at Dubai Duty Free Tennis • Two-time defending champion in Dubai, making her Championships, where she is through to SF for the fifth appearance first time • Champion in 2017 (d. No.2 Kerber in SF, Wozniacki • Prior to this year, only previous win at the tournament in F) and 2018 (d. Kasatkina in F) came over Knapp in 2015 (l. defending champion • Made Top 10 debut here after title run in 2017 V.Williams in 2r) • Henin (2003-04 and 2006-07) and V.Williams (2009- • Beat qualifier Hradecka in 1r, then lucky loser Voege- 10) are the only other players to reach back-to-back le in 2r finals at Dubai • Saved 6mp to upset No.9 Sabalenka in R16 and • After 1r bye, 2r opponent Jabeur retired w/right reach first QF at a Premier event since New Haven shoulder injury - record in matches immediately last August following 1r byes is now 19-6 • Upset No.3 Halep in QF - her eighth Top 5 win and • Posted quick-fire win over Muguruza in QF, whom first since No.5 V.Williams at 2018 Australian Open she also beat in R16 during 2016’s SF run here • Has now won six consecutive matches - having also • Advanced to fourth consecutive SF here by hitting 22 been victorious in both singles rubbers during Swit- winners to beat another Spaniard, Suarez Navarro, zerland’s Fed Cup win over Italy earlier this month in QF • Faces No.6 Svitolina today in first Premier-level SF • Now sits at No.3 on the all-time list of longest win birth since 2016 St. Petersburg (l. Vinci in F) streaks here with 12, behind V.Williams - 16 and • Best result by a Swiss woman in Dubai, was Hingis’s Henin - 17 title run at the inaugural event in 2001 (d. Tauziat in • During this win streak, 10 of the wins have been in F) straight sets. Q.Wang and McHale were the only • Projected to rise to No.33 by reaching the SF. Will players to prise a set from the Ukrainian break back into Top 30 for first time since September • Takes on Bencic in SF. Last loss to a player outside 2016 by reaching the final the Top 40 against No.62 Krunic at 2018 Beijing • Has won an impressive 60.9% of her return games this week, up on her season average of 42% SEASON • This week, bidding to be third woman to win three or more Dubai titles, after Henin (2003-2004, 2006- • Inspired Switzerland to 3-1 World Group II win over 2007) and V.Williams (2009-2010, 2014) Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) • Fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg • Made SF at Hobart (l. R-Up Schmiedlova) and SEASON reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) • Opened 2019 season at Hopman Cup, partnering • Reached SF last week at Doha (l. Halep after leading Roger Federer to help Switzerland retain the trophy 4-1 in final set) • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane and suffered 2r CAREER MILESTONES exit as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sas- novich) • Finished 2018 ranked No.37 - fourth Top 100 finish • Reached seventh WTA singles final, finishing R-Up at 2018 Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Goerges) CAREER MILESTONES • Underwent left wrist surgery in the Spring 2017, missing five months – ranking fell outside Top 300 • Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at • Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 match- 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 es and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 125K Series events at Hua Hin, Thailand and Taipei. • Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending By the end of the year she was back in the Top 75 champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- • Best win of career came over No.1 S.Williams ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. in semifinals at 2015 Toronto. At 18 years of age Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at became youngest player to defeat S.Williams in 13-2, including a current nine match win streak a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals, when • At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian 17-year-old Sharapova d. Serena in F (Serena also Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), lost at 2007 Charleston to then 17-year-old Chan 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and Yung-Jan via first set retirement at 5-3) suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) BELINDA ELINA BENCIC VS SVITOLINA

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Struggled with injury in 2016 – advanced to sixth ca- • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, reer singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top l. Stephens) and made five further QFs seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charles- • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, ton (April) was sidelined for more than two months – winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec- missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) • Run to St. Petersburg final saw her break into Top • Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- 116th player to break into the Top 10 since comput- fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at erized rankings were introduced in 1975. In the last round robin stage with 1-2 record) 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut • Her five titles in 2017 were Taipei City, Dubai, Toronto before their 19th birthday • Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a • Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such 2016) tournaments were introduced in 2009 • Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Rad- after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, wanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.). Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in Owns 2-5 record in finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 Tianjin, 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 2016 St Petersburg and 2018 Luxembourg spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 • At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 became second-youngest player to win a WTA Pre- WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or mier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) Haven aged 18 years, 43 days • Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first • With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Rad- to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since wanska); in addition, post-US Open reached SF at Azarenka at 2009 Miami Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) • Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at • Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the Washington, DC (w/Mladenovic), the first coming second time (l. Kvitova in F) earlier in the year at Prague (w/Siniakova) • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. • Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) • Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in • Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ years, 7 months at the time Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-2017. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 • 2019 Australian Open marked 18th main draw Grand Slam appearance • Achieved best Grand Slam singles result when she GRAND SLAM HISTORY advanced to QF at 2014 US Open; defeated two Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 • Best Grand Slam results to date have been QF Jankovic in R16). At 17 years of age, was youngest showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Aus- since 1997 when Hingis won the title tralian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open • Best result at Australian Open was in 2016, advanc- (l. eventual champion Osaka) ing to R16 (l. Sharapova); at Wimbledon is R16 in • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and Kerber), while best result at Roland Garros is 2r in 2018 (l. Sevastova) 2015 and 2018 • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros) BELINDA ELINA BENCIC VS SVITOLINA

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• Recently split from coach Vlado Platenik; has worked • Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian extensively with Melanie Molitor and Martina Hingis, • Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family as well as her father, Ivan, in the past • Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with • Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione • Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per- forming off-court promotional and charitable activities DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FEBRUARY 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 17 - 23, 2019 | USD $2,828,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT

SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #31) vs. [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) Pliskova leads 1-0 Hsieh is through to the first Premier-level QF of her career...Pliskova is bidding to reach her fourth consecutive SF on tour (2018 - WTA Finals, 2019 - Brisbane, AO)

VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #46) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) First meeting Kuzmova owns a 3-0 mark in QFs and has struck a tournament-leading 21 aces this week...In terms of ranking, this would be Kvitova’s worst loss since falling to No.50 Sasnovich at 2018 Wimbledon

[3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45) Series tied 1-1 Halep is aiming to become the fourth player to lift the Dubai title multiple times...Today marks Bencic’s first QF appearance at Premier event since 2018 New Haven - bidding for first SF at this level since 2016 St. Petersburg

CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #26) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) Suárez Navarro leads 4-3 Suárez Navarro is looking to advance to her first SF since 2018 New Haven runner-up finish last August... Svitolina is contesting her fourth-consecutive QF here in Dubai - sits at No.3 on all-time list of longest win streaks here with 11 THE ELITE EIGHT

PLAYER DUBAI W/L YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES 8-5 15-3 413-192 1,701,505 29,043,712 1 26 [2] Petra Kvitova 8-3 10-3 337-154 289,913 28,435,492 0 18 [3] Simona Halep 8-5 13-2 270-144 881,601 15,256,042 1 12 [4] Karolina Pliskova 15-2 8-3 234-127 402,221 13,510,846 0 13 [6] Elina Svitolina 8-5 5-4 338-238 104,471 10,868,394 0 2 Carla Suárez Navarro 4-1 10-5 121-135 169,287 6,192,823 0 3 Su-Wei Hsieh 4-2 10-2 109-89 136,404 3,869,537 0 2 Belinda Bencic 3-0 8-3 23-22 114,691 677,671 0 0 Viktoria Kuzmova

STAYING POWER DESERT QUEEN

On January 27, 2014 Simona Halep made her debut Two-time champion Elina Svitolina is looking for her 16th in the Top 10, where she has remained ever since. Her match win in Dubai when she takes on 265-week stay makes her the Top 10’s longest current Carla Suárez Navarro on Thursday. resident and puts her within touching distance of the record among active players of 293 weeks, set by Venus Among active players, only four players have posted Williams between March 30, 1998 to November 10, 2003. more wins here:

PLAYER WINS LOSSES WIN %

Caroline Wozniacki 22 6 .786

Jelena Jankovic 21 12 .636

Venus Williams 19 4 .826

Svetlana Kuznetsova 19 13 .594

Elina Svitolina 15 2 .882

Of her 15 wins here, only three of those victories have gone the distance to three sets: 2016 QF vs Vandewe- ghe, 2017 R16 vs McHale and 2018 2r vs Q.Wang

The Ukrainian also sits at No.3 on the all-time list of longest win streaks in Dubai:

No.1 Justine Henin - 17 No.2 Venus Williams - 16 No.3 Elina Svitolina - 11

Stats courtesy of WTA Insider, full article available on wtatennis.com

NO.1 RANKING UPDATE

Naomi Osaka will remain at No.1 despite her opening round loss to Kiki Mladenovic.

Simona Halep currently holds the No.2 ranking, but Pe- tra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova each have a chance at climbing to No.2 by winning the title with other results going in their favor.

Kvitova - Title w/ Halep not reaching final Pliskova - Title w/ Halep not reaching SF MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #31) vs. [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5)

Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 1-0

2018 MIAMI HARD O R3 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-4 1-6 7-6(4) 145 mins

SU-WEI HSIEH KAROLINA PLISKOVA 31 WTA RANKING 5 25 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 04-01-1986 (33) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (26) $169,287 YTD PRIZE MONEY $881,601 $6,192,823 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $15,256,042 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 1 / 12 0 / 20 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 4-1 8-5 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-5 / 121-135 13-2 / 270-144 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 46-42 7-2 / 88-47 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 26-37 2-0 / 56-56 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 10-5 / 89-87 13-2 / 197-96 1-1 / 14-17 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 24-19 0-1 / 2-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 12-18 1-2 / 4-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 26-37 2-2 / 8-37 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 52-67 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai QF

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS

SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #31) [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5)

R16: d. [5] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 5-7,6-4,6-0 (1h44) R16: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #51) 7-6(3),7-6(5) (2h04) R32: d. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #33) 6-1,6-2 (1h08) R32: d. DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) 6-2,3-6,6-3 (1h53) R64: d. [10] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #12) 6-4,6-2 (1h10) R64: BYE

Total games: 61 Total games: 52 Won/lost: 41-20 Won/lost: 29-23 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 4h02 Total time on court: 3h57 Average time on court: 1h21 Average time on court: 1h59 Average rank of opponent: 17 Average rank of opponent: 41

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SU-WEI HSIEH KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 2018 R16- L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #59) 7-5 7-5 QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 6-4 6-3 Q 2013 2017 R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #9) 6-4 6-0 R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #31) 6-2 6-4

2002 2016 R1-Q L - ALEXANDRA FUSAI (FRA #172) 7-6(4) 7-5 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 7-6(5) 6-1

2015 F L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 6-4 7-6(4)

2014 R1 L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #20) 6-1 7-5

2013 R1-Q L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #67) 3-6 6-2 6-4

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• Making second main draw appearance at Dubai Duty • Making sixth main draw appearance at Dubai, where Free Tennis Championships this week (fourth over- she was R-Up to Halep in 2015 (one of nine former all), where she is through to QF for first time finalists in this year’s draw) • Made 2r in 2013 (d. Lepchenko, l. Stosur) • One of a tournament-leading five Czechs to start • Was doubles R-Up here in 2018 (w/Peng, l. Dubai main draw (also Hradecka, Kvitova, Siniako- H.Chan/Z.Yang). Is also through to doubles QF this va and Strycova). Best result by a Czech here was week - only player still contesting both draws - w/ Kvitova’s title run in 2013 Strycova • Following 1r bye, defeated Cibulkova in 2r in three • Won final four games of the match to upset Sevasto- sets - has played nine three-set matches this season va in 1r on Sunday (7-2 record), more than any other player on tour • In 2r, defeated Sasnovich for the second time in as • Hit 10 aces to beat Riske in R16 - has now struck 92 many weeks, winning all eight service games aces this season (only Bertens - 112 - has more) • Upset No.7 Kerber in R16, winning the final eight • Faces No.31 Hsieh today; owns 11-0 record against games and 15 of the last 16 points players outside Top 20 in 2019 • Now owns four career Top 10 wins, having previously • Bidding to reach fourth consecutive SF on tour, hav- accounted for No.8 Konta (2017 Roland Garros), ing previously reached that stage at WTA Finals in No.3 Muguruza (2018 Australian Open) and No.1 2018 (SF) and Brisbane (WON) and Australian Open Halep (2018 Wimbledon) (SF) in 2019 • Faces No.5 Ka.Pliskova today in first Premier-level QF of her career SEASON • In only previous meeting with Ka.Pliskova at 2018 Miami, fought back from 5-3 down in the final set and • Withdrew from Doha last week w/viral illness saved six match points before eventually losing a • Earlier this month, was unable to prevent defend- 76-minute final set ing champions Czech Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. SEASON Buzarnescu, l. Halep) • Produced best Australian Open performance of • Fell 1r at Hua Hin (l. Niculescu) and reached 2r at career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in Doha (l. Muchova) 3s); saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion • Began season by winning 12th career title at Bris- Osaka after leading 7-5 4-1) bane International (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won • Opened 2019 season with runs to SF in Auckland at least one WTA title for seven consecutive seasons (l. R-Up Andreescu) and 2r at Sydney (l. eventual champion Kvitova) CAREER MILESTONES

CAREER MILESTONES • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and • Ended 2018 ranked No.28, up from No.96 in 2017 Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in • Returned to Top 30 on September 17, 2018 for the Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) first time since reaching career high of No.23 on • At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at February 25, 2013 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r • Won third WTA singles title at 2018 Hiroshima – oth- at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first ers both coming in 2012 at Kuala Lumpur (as qualifi- time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing er, d. Martic in F) and Guangzhou (d. Robson in F) at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) • Won 20th career doubles title at 2018 Indian Wells • Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending cham- (w/Strycova, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) pion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. even- • Other highlights of 2018 season were SF runs tual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). Auckland (l. eventual champion Goerges), Rabat (l. Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments eventual champion Mertens), Seoul (l.Tomljanovic) • Part of Czech Republic squad which won a sixth Fed and Tianjin (.Garcia). Also made QF at Strasbourg Cup in past eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. (l.Buzarnescu) and equaled best Grand Slam result Germany) by reaching R16 at Australian Open and Wimbledon • Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish HSIEH KAROLINA SU-WEI VS PLISKOVA

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• Stunned No.1 Halep at 2018 Wimbledon for first win • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- over reigning No.1 ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first • Reached QF at Nanchang (l. Y.Wang) in 2017 and Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the concluded season with runner-up effort at WTA 125K computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Series event in Hua Hin, Thailand (l. Bencic) Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while • 2016 season highlights included SF run at Kaohsi- representing USA) ung (l. Doi) and QF showing at Prague (l. eventual • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in champion Safarova) F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. • Ended 2016 by winning 27th singles title on the ITF Wozniacki in F) Circuit at $100K ITF/Dubai-UAE; has also won 22 • In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. doubles titles at that level, most recently at $100k eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer in May 2017 (w/Chang) (l. Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe), and • Just second player from Chinese Taipei to win a posted 2r result at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) tour-level singles title (Wang Shi-Ting won six titles • Holds a 12-11 record in singles finals, having won in 1990s) having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart), • Qualified for 2012 Tournament of Champions-Sofia grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne) and hard (went 1-2 in round robin play) (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 • Won two Grand Slams w/Peng and qualified twice Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, for WTA Finals, emerging as champions in 2013 (d. 2019 Brisbane) Makarova/Vesnina in F) and runners-up in 2014 (l. • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Black/Mirza in F) Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles • Became first player from Chinese Taipei (male or finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first female) to achieve the WTA World No.1 doubles set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title ranking on May 12, 2014 – held the top spot for five • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, non-consecutive weeks meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three • On ITF Circuit, winner of 26 singles titles and 23 Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time doubles titles (along with Kvitova and Safarova • Played first professional tournament at ITF level in New Zealand in 2001; started career by winning first 33 matches (mix of ITF and tour level) GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 GRAND SLAM HISTORY US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became • Has reached R16 on three occasions at the Austra- first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena lian Open in 2018 (l. Kerber) and 2008 (as qualifier, l. Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) Henin), and Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Cibulkova) • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 • Also made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Garcia). At (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 US Open, posted 2r efforts in 2018 (l. Cibulkova) and Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) 2013 (l. Giorgi) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) • Winner of two Grand Slam doubles titles – 2014 • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Roland Garros (w/Peng, d. Errani/Vinci in final) and Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r) 2013 Wimbledon (w/Peng, d. Barty/Dellacqua in final) PERSONAL PERSONAL • Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club • Has six siblings. Introduced to tennis by father at age • Currently coached by Rennae Stubbs and Conchita 5 Martínez, and previously coached by Tomas Krupa • Father is Hsieh Tze-Lung; mother is Ho Fom-Ju and David Kotyza • Idolized Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi growing up • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #46) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4)

Head to Head: First meeting

VIKTORIA KUZMOVA PETRA KVITOVA 46 WTA RANKING 4 30 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 2 11-05-1998 (20) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (28) $114,691 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,701,505 $677,671 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $29,043,712 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1 / 26 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 3-0 8-5 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 8-3 / 23-22 15-3 / 413-192 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 9-4 4-1 / 124-78 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 11-7 5-4 / 83-61 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-3 / 18-15 15-3 / 278-134 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 45-14 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 25-31 1-1 / 1-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 53-51 1-2 / 1-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / 103-86 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai QF

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS

VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #46) [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4)

R16: d. SOFIA KENIN (USA #37) 1-6,7-5,6-2 (2h16) R16: d. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #117) 7-5,1-6,6-3 (2h12) R32: d. [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) 6-2,4-6,7-6(6) (2h11) R32: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #44) 6-7(3),6-4,6-4 (2h34) R64: d. BERNARDA PERA (USA #82) 7-6(2),7-6(3) (2h00) R64: BYE

Total games: 84 Total games: 61 Won/lost: 45-39 Won/lost: 32-29 Sets won/lost: 6-2 Sets won/lost: 4-2 Total time on court: 6h27 Total time on court: 4h46 Average time on court: 2h09 Average time on court: 2h23 Average rank of opponent: 42 Average rank of opponent: 81

DUBAI Tournament History

PETRA KVITOVA 2016 R16 L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #60) 0-6 7-6(1) 6-3

2015 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #13) 6-3 4-6 6-3

2014 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #16) 1-6 6-4 7-6(4)

2013 F W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) 6-2 1-6 6-1

2011 R1 L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #57) 7-6(2) 7-6(3)

2009 R1 L - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #148) 6-3 2-6 6-4

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• Making debut appearance at Dubai Duty Free Tennis • Making first main draw appearance in Dubai since Championships 2016 (l. Brengle) and seventh overall • Contesting tournament ranked No.46, one spot • Best result came with title run in 2013 (d. Errani in F); off her career-high position. By contrast, this time also beat No.4 A.Radwanska and No.10 Wozniacki last year was ranked No.121 and played Budapest en route (reaching SF as a qualifier) • Following 1r bye, recovered from 7-6(3) 5-3 down to • Appearing in second WTA Premier 5-level main draw beat compatriot Siniakova in 2r on Tuesday of career, having previously made 2r at 2018 Cincin- • Recovered from losing five games in a row to even- nati (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) tually see off qualifier Brady in R16 • Hit 11 aces to see off qualifier Pera in 1r - fourth time • Against Siniakova and Brady hit seven and five aces, this season she has struck double figures in a match respectively; 2019 total now 91 (fourth on tour, after • In 2r, saved 1mp to upset No.8 Bertens - prior to Bertens - 112, Ka.Pliskova and Kuzmova - both 92) this best wins-by-ranking of career came over No.36 • Faces No.46 Kuzmova today. In terms of ranking, a Cirstea (2018 Budapest) and No.36 Sasnovich (2018 loss would be the worst since falling to No.50 Sas- Cincinnati) novich at 2018 Wimbledon • In R16, saved 3mp to beat Kenin for the second time • One of a tournament-leading five Czech players in in 2019 (also Auckland) this year’s main draw • Has struck a tournament-leading 21 aces this week, taking her season total to 92 (joint-second on tour with Ka.Pliskova, behind Bertens - 112) SEASON • Faces No.4 Kvitova in QF today; owns 3-0 career record in QF matches, at 2018 Budapest, 2018 • Made QF showing in defense of St. Petersburg title ‘s-Hertogenbosch and 2019 Auckland (l. Vekic) • Before today, highest-ranked opponent she had • Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian faced in career was No.4 Svitolina at 2018 Roland Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reach- Garros (l. 6-3 6-4) ing World No.1 ranking • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F); career record in finals now stands at 26-8 SEASON • Went on 11-match winning streak between Sydney (5 wins) and Melbourne (6 wins). Last season, posted • Contested qualifying at St. Petersburg, where she two separate winning streaks longer than this: 14 also made first WTA doubles final (w/Kalinskaya, l. matches and 13 matches Gasparyan/Makarova) • Fell 2r in season opener at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) • At Australian Open, made 2r for second time at a major (l. Svitolina); posted career-high ranking of No.45 after Melbourne showing (January 28, 2019) CAREER MILESTONES • Opened season with SF run at Auckland (l. eventual • Won a WTA Tour-leading five titles in 2018, at St. Pe- champion Goerges) and 2r exit at Hobart (l. Flipkens) tersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens CAREER MILESTONES in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the year ranked No.7 • Ended 2018 season ranked No.56 to register her first • Titles came on all three surfaces – first player to win Top 100 year-end finish of career a title on three difference surfaces in a season since • Posted best career result at 2018 Budapest, simul- S.Williams in 2015. The Czech has won at least one taneously making tour-level QF and SF debut. As title every year dating back to 2011 qualifier, defeated No.36 Cirstea, Grand Slam R-Up • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, Lisicki and Martic to reach SF without dropping a set l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in (l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck) Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required • Other 2018 highlights were reaching SF at ‘s-Herto- extensive surgery to left hand genbosch (l. Flipkens). Matched best career win- • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- by-ranking in 1r at Cincinnati by upsetting No.36 lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual Sasnovich champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes VIKTORIA PETRA KUZMOVA VS KVITOVA

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• On ITF circuit in 2018, won titles at $100K ITF/Buda- • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the pest-HUN, $60k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN (d. Kalinskya in WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai F) and ITF $100k/Trnava 2-SVK (d. Cepde Royg in • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the F) to break into Top 100 for first time singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze • Was instrumental for Slovakia on Fed Cup debut vs. medal play-off) Russia in February 2018, going 2-0 in singles (d. • 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, Potapova, Vikhlyantseva) as they ran out 3-1 winners at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win • Finished 2017 season ranked No.132 to record her was third in past four years, and marked first time first Top 200 year-end finish she has won any tournament title three times • Highlight of 2017 season was earning first tour-level • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. win at Linz over Friedsam (l. Maria in 2r) A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season • Fell in WTA qualifying on four occasions in 2017 finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. • Made tour-level main draw debut at 2017 US Open Azarenka in F) (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2016 Prague (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six • Holds 14 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF months) Circuit • Part of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006

• 2019 Australian Open marked sixth Grand Slam main GRAND SLAM HISTORY draw appearance (eighth overall) • Best result across majors is 2r showings at 2018 • 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam Roland Garros and 2019 Australian Open (l. Svitolina main draw appearance, reaching her third career both times) major final (l. Osaka in F) • Her four other outings were 1r exits at 2017 US Open • Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wim- (as qualifier, l. V.Williams), 2018 Australian Open (as bledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. qualifier, l. Mertens), 2018 Wimbledon (l. Peterson) Bouchard in F) and 2018 US Open (l. Azarenka) • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam • Fell in qualifying at 2017 Roland Garros and Wimble- title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- don phens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) • Was R-Up in girls’ singles at 2016 US Open, and • Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech won the girls’ doubles title (w/Pospelova) at 2015 US woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was Open Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Navratilova) PERSONAL • Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros • Coached by Michal Mertinak and trains at Slovakian (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at National Tennis Centre 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. • Introduced to tennis aged four by father, Radovan, eventual champion Pennetta) who used to run a tennis club; mother is Ingrid and sister is Katarina PERSONAL • Tennis idols are Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic • Nominated for 2018 WTA Player of the Year after winning a tour-leading five WTA singles titles • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Parents are Jiri and Pavla MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45)

Head to Head: 1-1

2015 TORONTO HARD O F BELINDA BENCIC 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 3-0 150 mins 2014 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R3 SIMONA HALEP 6-4 6-1 70 mins

SIMONA HALEP BELINDA BENCIC 2 WTA RANKING 45 12 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 20 27-09-1991 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-03-1997 (21) $289,913 YTD PRIZE MONEY $136,404 $28,435,492 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,869,537 0 / 18 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 8-3 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 4-2 10-3 / 337-154 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-2 / 109-89 4-2 / 99-51 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 40-25 3-2 / 42-52 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 28-23 10-3 / 201-98 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 10-2 / 75-63 0-0 / 33-11 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 11-8 1-0 / 11-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 7-6 2-0 / 35-44 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 14-15 3-2 / 93-69 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 19-32 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai QF

ROAD TO THE

[3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45) R16: d. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #23) 6-3,7-5 (1h20) R16: d. [8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) 6-4,2-6,7-6(7) (2h26) R32: d. EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #79) 7-6(4),6-4 (1h42) R32: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #83) 6-1,6-1 (0h52) R64: BYE R64: d. LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #456) 6-4,7-6(6) (1h40)

Total games: 44 Total games: 68 Won/lost: 26-18 Won/lost: 40-28 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 3h02 Total time on court: 4h58 Average time on court: 1h31 Average time on court: 1h39 Average rank of opponent: 51 Average rank of opponent: 183

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SIMONA HALEP BELINDA BENCIC 2016 2016 R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #17) 7-6(2) 6-2 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #20) 4-6 7-5 6-4

2015 2015 F W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #18) 6-4 7-6(4) R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11) 6-1 6-2

2014 R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #26) 6-1 1-1

2013 R16- L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #67) W/O Q 2012 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #4) 6-2 6-3

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• Former champion Halep is playing Dubai Duty Free • Making third appearance at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Tennis Championships for a fifth time Championships, where she is through to R16 for the • Defeated two Top 10 players to win the title here in first time 2015 (d. No.9 Makarova in QF and No.5 Wozniac- • Prior to this year, only previous win at the tournament ki). One of four former champions to begin the draw came over Knapp in 2015 (l. defending champion along with Kvitova (2013), Errani (2016) and Svitoli- V.Williams in 2r) na (2017-18) • Beat qualifier Hradecka in 1r, then lucky loser Voege- • Following 1r bye, beat Bouchard in 2r; the winner of le in 2r her past three meetings with Bouchard has gone on • Notched 14th Top 10 victory over No.9 Sabalenka in to reach the final of that particular tournament three-set R16 thriller - marks first QF appearance at • Win over the Canadian was her 200th at main-draw a Premier event since New Haven last August level on hard courts • Has now won five consecutive matches - having also • Dropped No.23 Tsurenko for the second time in a been victorious in both singles rubbers during Swit- week in R16, having also beaten her en route to zerland’s Fed Cup win over Italy earlier this month Doha final • Sets up QF clash with No.2 Halep - series tied 1-1 • Taking on the resurgent Swiss No.45 Bencic in • Owns a 7-6 career mark vs Top 5 opponents today’s QF - first meeting since Bencic leveled their • Seeking first Premier-level SF birth since 2016 St. head-to-head (1-1) in 2015 Toronto title match Petersburg (l. Vinci in F) • Leads the remaining field in break points converted • Ranks No.2 in break points converted (50.0%, be- (52.9%) and 1st Serve Won Percentage (76.3%) hind Halep) and No.3 in break points saved (65.0%) • Aiming this week to become fourth player to lift Dubai among remaining players title multiple times, following in footsteps of Henin (2003-04, 2006-07), V.Williams (2009-10, 2014) and SEASON Svitolina (2017-18) • This week is her 265th consecutive in the Top 10 - • Inspired Switzerland to 3-1 World Group II win over the longest active streak Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) • Fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg SEASON • Made SF at Hobart (l. R-Up Schmiedlova) and reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) • Opened 2019 season at Hopman Cup, partnering • Finished R-Up in Doha final (l. Mertens); career Roger Federer to help Switzerland retain the trophy record in singles finals now 18-16 • Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Roma- nia to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed CAREER MILESTONES Cup first round at the weekend and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had • Finished 2018 ranked No.37 - fourth Top 100 finish been defeated at home in 10 years • Reached seventh WTA singles final, finishing R-Up at • Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open 2018 Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Goerges) • Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) • Underwent left wrist surgery in the Spring 2017, missing five months – ranking fell outside Top 300 • Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 match- CAREER MILESTONES es and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA 125K Series events at Hua Hin, Thailand and Taipei. • Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second By the end of the year she was back in the Top 75 time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden • Best win of career came over No.1 S.Williams Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) in semifinals at 2015 Toronto. At 18 years of age • Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova became youngest player to defeat S.Williams in in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals, when at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) 17-year-old Sharapova d. Serena in F (Serena also and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is 18-16 in career finals lost at 2007 Charleston to then 17-year-old Chan • Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen Yung-Jan via first set retirement at 5-3) (w/Begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals • Struggled with injury in 2016 – advanced to sixth ca- • Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having reer singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charles- October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman to reach ton (April) was sidelined for more than two months – the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros SIMONA BELINDA HALEP VS BENCIC

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• Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); • Run to St. Petersburg final saw her break into Top reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome, Ro- 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became land Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing. 2016 season 116th player to break into the Top 10 since comput- highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and erized rankings were introduced in 1975. In the last Montréal 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut • Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved rank- before their 19th birthday ing from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles • Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, • Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore 2016) (2014-18), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, hav- • Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two ing defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Rad- • Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after wanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.). winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end Owns 2-5 record in finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Tianjin, 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a 2016 St Petersburg and 2018 Linz qualifier, reaching quarterfinals • At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, • Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, became second-youngest player to win a WTA Pre- 2014-19 mier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New Haven aged 18 years, 43 days • With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager GRAND SLAM HISTORY to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since Azarenka at 2009 Miami • Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros • Qualified for 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai how- (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at ever withdrew due to hand injury Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. • Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Washington, DC (w/Mladenovic), the first coming Wozniacki in 3s) earlier in the year at Prague (w/Siniakova) • Became 49th different woman to win a Slam title in • Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros • Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in • Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 • Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and years, 7 months at the time US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) • Won Roland Garros girls’ singles title in 2008 – sixth woman to go on to win the women’s singles title GRAND SLAM HISTORY • 2019 Australian Open marked 18th main draw Grand PERSONAL Slam appearance • Achieved best Grand Slam singles result when she • Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer advanced to QF at 2014 US Open; defeated two • Worked with David Goffin’s former coach Thierry Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 Van Cleemput during 2019 Doha before ending trial Jankovic in R16). At 17 years of age, was youngest period. During off-season long-time coach Darren player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break since 1997 when Hingis won the title from tennis • Best result at Australian Open was in 2016, advanc- • Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita ing to R16 (l. Sharapova); at Wimbledon is R16 in 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber), while best result at Roland Garros is 2r in 2015 and 2018 PERSONAL

• Recently split from coach Vlado Platenik; has worked extensively with Melanie Molitor and Martina Hingis, as well as her father, Ivan, in the past • Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #26) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6)

Head to Head: CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO leads 4-3

2018 MADRID CLAY O R2 CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 136 mins 2018 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R3 CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 7-5 6-3 89 mins 2018 BRISBANE HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-2 6-4 89 mins 2016 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R1 CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 7-5 4-6 7-5 152 mins 2015 ZHUHAI HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-7(4) 6-1 6-3 157 mins 2014 CINCINNATI HARD O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA 4-6 6-4 6-4 111 mins 2013 LINZ HARD I R16 CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 6-1 6-4 70 mins

CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO ELINA SVITOLINA 26 WTA RANKING 6 81 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8 03-09-1988 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-09-1994 (24) $104,471 YTD PRIZE MONEY $402,221 $10,868,394 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $13,510,846 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 13 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 2 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 8-5 15-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 338-238 8-3 / 234-127 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 105-72 2-2 / 72-43 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 61-46 1-0 / 45-34 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 183-149 8-3 / 171-86 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 31-20 0-0 / 20-21 0-0 / 12-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 17-17 0-1 / 28-62 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 29-34 0-3 / 47-101 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 49-63 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai QF

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS

CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #26) [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6)

R16: d. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #67) 7-5,7-5 (1h53) R16: d. [12] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #19) 6-1,6-2 (1h02) R32: d. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #39) 6-4,6-4 (1h41) R32: d. ONS JABEUR (TUN #56) 7-6(4),4-0 Ret'd (1h19) R64: d. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #48) 6-1,6-3 (1h14) R64: BYE

Total games: 60 Total games: 32 Won/lost: 38-22 Won/lost: 23-9 Sets won/lost: 6-0 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 4h48 Total time on court: 2h21 Average time on court: 1h36 Average time on court: 1h11 Average rank of opponent: 51 Average rank of opponent: 38

DUBAI Tournament History

CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 2018 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) 5-7 6-2 6-4 F W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #24) 6-4 6-0

2016 2017 R16 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #38) 4-6 6-4 6-3 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) 6-4 6-2

2015 2016 QF L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #24) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 SF L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #22) 6-4 6-4 2014 2015 QF L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #26) 7-5 6-3 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 2-6 6-3 6-2 2013 R16 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #12) 6-1 6-0

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• Making sixth appearance at Dubai where she is a • Two-time defending champion in Dubai, making her two-time quarterfinalist in 2014 and 2015 fifth appearance • Upset No.6 Kvitova in 2014 and No.3 Kvitova in 2015 • Champion in 2017 (d. No.2 Kerber in SF, Wozniacki • Doubles R-Up w/Muguruza here in 2015 (l. Babos/ in F) and 2018 (d. Kasatkina in F) Mladenovic) • Made Top 10 debut here after title run in 2017 • Broke serve six times to beat 2016 R-Up Strycova in • Henin (2003-04 and 2006-07) and V.Williams (2009- 1r on Monday 10) are the only other players to reach back-to-back • Won the first four games of both sets to beat Zhang finals at Dubai in 2r and register back-to-back victories for the first • After 1r bye, 2r opponent Jabeur retired w/right time since last year’s US Open QF run shoulder injury - record in matches immediately • Recovered from 5-1 down in the opening set to beat following 1r byes is now 19-6 Mladenovic in R16 • Advanced to fourth consecutive QF here with a • Faces No.6 Svitolina in QF today; has won three of quick-fire win over Muguruza, whom she also beat in their past four encounters, including a thrilling come- R16 during 2016’s SF run here in Dubai back win in front of her home fans in Madrid last May • Now sits at No.3 on the all-time list of longest win • Owns 28 Top 10 wins in her career, most recently streaks here with 11, behind V.Williams - 16 and over No.6 Garcia at 2018 US Open Henin - 17 • Bidding to reach first SF since 2018 New Haven • Takes on another Spaniard, Suárez Navarro, in QF R-Up finish last August today; last faced opponents from the same country • One of three Spaniards to begin the singles draw this in consecutive matches at the same tournament at week (also Muguruza, who lost to Svitolina in R16 2018 Miami (d. Gavrilova and Barty) and Arruabarrena, who lost to Cibulkova in 1r) • This week, bidding to be third woman to win three or more Dubai titles, after Henin (2003-2004, 2006- SEASON 2007) and V.Williams (2009-2010, 2014)

• Last week made 2r at Doha (l. Bertens) SEASON • Fell in 2r at the Australian Open (d. Burel, l. Yas- tremska) • Reached SF last week at Doha (l. Halep after leading • Opened 2019 season with straight set 1r exits in 4-1 in final set) Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) and Sydney (l. Muguruza) • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) CAREER MILESTONES • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane and suffered 2r exit as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sas- • Highlight of 2018 campaign was R-Up finish at New novich) Haven (l. Sabalenka in F) – her first final since Feb- ruary 2016 (Doha). Career record in singles finals CAREER MILESTONES now stands at 2-9 • Last year, also posted QF runs at Australian Open • Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 Keys) – still waiting for first Grand Slam SF during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 • Claimed three Top 5 wins in 2018, over No.4 Svito- • Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending lina in Indian Wells and Madrid and No.5 Kvitova at champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- New Haven ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. • Finished 2017 ranked at No.40, down from No.12 in Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 2016 – best season finished of career to date 13-2, including a current nine match win streak • Reached R16 at both US Open (l. V. Williams) and • At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Roland Garros in 2017 (l. R-Up Halep). Also in 2017, Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), reached SF at Monterrey (l. then No.1 Kerber) and 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and Bucharest (l. eventual champion Begu) suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) • 2016 season highlight was winning biggest title of ca- • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, reer at Premier 5 Doha (d. Ostapenko in F). Triumph l. Stephens) and made five further QFs was second WTA singles title, after winning first at • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, 2014 Oeiras (d. Kuznetsova in F) winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) CARLA ELINA SUÁREZ NAVARRO VS SVITOLINA

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• Returned to Top 10 after 2016 Doha title at No.6, a • Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in new career-high singles ranking Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- • Represented Spain at the 2016 Olympics. Reached fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at 3r in singles (l. Keys), QF in doubles (w/Muguruza, l. round robin stage with 1-2 record) eventual gold medalists Makarova/Vesnina), and fell • Her five titles in 2017 were Taipei City, Dubai, Toronto 1r in mixed doubles (w/Ferrer, l. Watson/A.Murray) • Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a • Ended 2015 season third on list for Top 5 wins (4-6 single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such record), defeating No.3 Kvitova (3r Dubai), No.3 Kvi- tournaments were introduced in 2009 tova (QF Doha), No.4 Kvitova (QF Rome) and No.2 • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, Halep (SF Rome) after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, • One of six players to make Top 10 rankings debut Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in in 2015 (April 6, 2015 at No.10), rising as high as rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 No.8 during the season. Third Spanish women to • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 achieve a Top 10 ranking, after Sánchez-Vicario and spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Martínez; Muguruza has since become the fourth Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 • 2015 singles highlights included finishing runner-up WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or in three singles finals. Reached title match at Ant- reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) werp in February 2015, but was forced to withdraw • Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first vs. Petkovic w/neck injury; a month later, reached SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Rad- biggest final of career at Miami (l. S.Williams). wanska); in addition, post-US Open reached SF at Capped off strong first half of season with run to final Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) in Rome (l. Sharapova in 3s) • Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the • In doubles, qualified for 2015 WTA Finals (w/Mugu- second time (l. Kvitova in F) ruza) after winning titles at Birmingham and Tokyo • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. [PPO], and posting R-Up finishes at Dubai and Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven Madrid. Pair advanced to final in Singapore, falling to (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) top seeds Hingis/Mirza • Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai • Won first WTA doubles title in 2014, at Stanford (w/ (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) Muguruza); team qualified for 2014 WTA Finals (l. • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ QF) Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) • Currently the highest ranked woman with a single- • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r handed backhand but won title the next two years) • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on GRAND SLAM HISTORY ITF Circuit • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-2017. Ukrainian • Best Grand Slam results have been reaching the QF Olympic Team, 2016 stage at three of the four majors – at Roland Garros in 2008 (as qualifier, l. Jankovic) and 2014 (l. Bouch- ard), at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Dementieva), GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2018 (l. Wozniacki), and 2013 US Open (l. S.Williams) and in 2018 (l. Keys) • Best Grand Slam results to date have been QF • By virtue of 2018 Wimbledon results, passed $10 showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 million in career prize money Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Aus- • QF run at 2008 Roland Garros made her the first tralian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open qualifier to reach Roland Garros last eight since (l. eventual champion Osaka) 2001; and ranked No.132, became joint-lowest- • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) ranked quarterfinalist at Roland Garros (also Pierce) and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and • Best result at Wimbledon is reaching R16 in 2013 2018 (l. Sevastova) and 2016 • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- • 2016 saw her reach R16 or better at each of the four bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Grand Slams – one of just four players to do so (also Roland Garros) Keys, A.Radwanska and S.Williams) CARLA ELINA SUÁREZ NAVARRO VS SVITOLINA

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• Coached by Marc Casabó and Óscar Serrano • Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian • Split with longtime coach Xavier Budo in July of • Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family 2017, having spent 10 years together • Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with • Father is José Luís (plays handball) and mother is Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione Lali (was gymnast, now teacher) • Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 • Moved from Canary Islands to Barcelona in 2007 to WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s train at Pro-Ab Team Tennis Academy tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per- forming off-court promotional and charitable activities DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FEBRUARY 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 17 - 23, 2019 | USD $2,828,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT

[Q] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #117) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) First meeting Brady is seeking her first career victory over a Top 10 opponent today...Kvitova’s last loss to a player ranked outside the Top 100 was against No.149 Anisimova at 2018 Indian Wells

[3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #23) Halep leads 6-0 This week is Halep’s 265th consecutive inside the Top 10 - longest active streak...Tsurenko is contesting this week’s event on a career-high ranking of No.23...Bidding for third career victory over a Top 5 player

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #67) vs. CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #26) Suárez Navarro leads 3-1 Mladenovic is bidding to reach first Premier-level QF since runner-up finish at St. Petersburg in February 2018...Suárez Navarro’s only loss to a player outside the Top 50 this year was No.57 Yastremska at AO

ALISON RISKE (USA #51) vs. [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) Pliskova leads 4-1 The American is aiming for her second career win over a Top 5 player...Pliskova has won the last three encounters and has never lost the first set against Riske

[12] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #19) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) Svitolina leads 4-1 A win today for Muguruza would mark her 30th career victory over a Top 10 opponent and first this season...Today is the fourth time the two will meet in R16, all on hardcourts, with Svitolina owning a 2-1 advantage...One of those meetings took place here in Dubai in 2016 - Svitolina won in straight sets

BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45) vs. [8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) Sabalenka leads 1-0 Bencic is bidding to reach first QF at a Premier event since New Haven last August, where she fell to today’s opponent...Sabalenka is looking to reach her 15th WTA-level QF - has advanced to QF stage or better at seven of her past 12 tournaments WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

STAYING POWER DESERT QUEEN

On January 27, 2014 Simona Halep made her debut Two-time champion Elina Svitolina is looking for her 15th in the Top 10, where she has remained ever since. Her match win in Dubai when she takes on 265-week stay makes her the Top 10’s longest current Garbiñe Muguruza on Wednesday. resident and puts her within touching distance of the record among active players of 293 weeks, set by Venus Among active players, only four players have posted Williams between March 30, 1998 to November 10, 2003. more wins here:

PLAYER WINS LOSSES WIN %

Caroline Wozniacki 22 6 .786

Jelena Jankovic 21 12 .636

Venus Williams 19 4 .826

Svetlana Kuznetsova 19 13 .594

Elina Svitolina 14 2 .875

Of her 14 wins here, only three of those victories have gone the distance to three sets: 2016 QF vs Vandewe- ghe, 2017 R16 vs McHale and 2018 2r vs Q.Wang

The Ukrainian also sits at No.3 on the all-time list of longest win streaks in Dubai:

No.1 Justine Henin - 17 No.2 Venus Williams - 16 No.3 Elina Svitolina - 10

Stats courtesy of WTA Insider, full article available on wtatennis.com HOLDING COURT

Kiki Mladenovic, a native of France, resides in Dubai year round and has been able to defend her “home court” very well so far this year. The former Top 10 player scored a first round win over No.406 Al Nabhani prior to registering the best win of her career over World No.1 Naomi Osaka. Mladenovic lost both her previous meetings against reigning World No.1s, vs. Serena at 2016 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 Wuhan. The Frenchwoman’s previous best wins were against No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Stuttgart). Her win over Osaka marked her first Top 10 win since 2018 Cincinnati (Goerges) and first Top 5 victory since 2017 Stuttgart (Kerber). This marks the first defeat forOsaka to a player ranked outside the Top 60 since 2018 Washington (Linette). Kiki broke Naomi’s serve seven times - the first time that has happened to Osaka in a straight sets match. MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[Q] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #117) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4)

Head to Head: First meeting

JENNIFER BRADY PETRA KVITOVA 117 WTA RANKING 4 112 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 2 12-04-1995 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (28) $107,366 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,701,505 $1,435,207 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $29,043,712 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1 / 26 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 2-0 7-5 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 20-31 14-3 / 412-192 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 6-7 3-1 / 123-78 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 4-10 5-4 / 83-61 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 17-19 14-3 / 277-134 0-0 / 1-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 45-14 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 25-31 0-0 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 53-51 2-0 / 3-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / 103-86 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai R16

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 J. BRADY d. C. GARCIA 6-4,7-5 98 mins R2 P. KVITOVA d. K. SINIAKOVA 6-7(3),6-4,6-4 154 mins

R1 J. BRADY d. J. OSTAPENKO 6-4,6-0 78 mins R1 BYE -

R2-Q J. BRADY d. D. JAKUPOVIC 6-0,6-3 56 mins

R1-Q J. BRADY d. A. DULGHERU 6-2,7-5 90 mins

DUBAI Tournament History

PETRA KVITOVA 2016 R16 L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #60) 0-6 7-6(1) 6-3

2015 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #13) 6-3 4-6 6-3

2014 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #16) 1-6 6-4 7-6(4)

2013 F W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) 6-2 1-6 6-1

2011 R1 L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #57) 7-6(2) 7-6(3)

2009 R1 L - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #148) 6-3 2-6 6-4

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• Making debut appearance at Dubai as a qualifier • Making first main draw appearance in Dubai since • Best result by a qualifier at Dubai was McQuillan’s 2016 (l. Brengle) and seventh overall SF run in 2001 • Best result came with title run in 2013 (d. Errani in F); • Appearing in first WTA Premier-level main draw since also beat No.4 A.Radwanska and No.10 Wozniacki 2018 Birmingham last June (as qualifier, l. Strycova en route in 1r) and first Premier 5 event since 2016 Montreal • Following 1r bye, recovered from 7-6(3) 5-3 down to (as qualifier, l. Svitolina in 1r) beat compatriot Siniakova in 2r on Tuesday • Broke seven times to upset No.22 Ostapenko in 1r • Hit seven aces against Siniakova; 2019 total now 86 on Monday (third most on tour, behind Bertens and Osaka) • In 2r, beat Garcia for the second time this season • Faces Brady in R16. Last loss to a player outside Top (also at Hua Hin) 100 was against No.149 Anisimova at 2018 Indian • Prior to this week, win over Garcia at Hua Hin was Wells her sole tour-level win of 2019 • One of a tournament-leading five Czech players in • Faces No.4 Kvitova in R16 today; lost three previous this year’s main draw meetings with Top 10 players - No.9 Cibulkova (2017 Wimbledon), No.1 Ka.Pliskova (2017 US Open) and No.7 Garcia (2018 Indian Wells) SEASON • In terms of ranking, best career win came over No.18 Vesnina at 2017 Australian Open • Made QF showing in defense of St. Petersburg title • One of four Americans competing this week in Dubai (l. Vekic) (also Kenin, Riske and Pera) • Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reaching World No.1 ranking SEASON • Was seeded No.8 at Melbourne Park – has now been seeded at the past 33 Grand Slams she has • Started 2019 with qualifying exit at Brisbane before contested, since first seeding at 2010 US Open reaching final round of qualifying at Australian Open • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F); (l. Haddad Maia) career record in finals now stands at 26-8 • Qualified at Hua Hin, advancing to 2r (d. No.19 Gar- • Went on 11-match winning streak between Sydney (5 cia in 1r, l. Zidansek) wins) and Melbourne (6 wins). Last season, posted • Fell in qualifying at Doha (l. Riske) two separate winning streaks longer than this: 14 matches and 13 matches CAREER MILESTONES • Fell 2r in season opener at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) • Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top CAREER MILESTONES 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64) • 2018 season highlight was reaching two SFs at • Won a WTA Tour-leading five titles in 2018, at St. Pe- $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) and $80k ITF/Char- tersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in lottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño) F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens • Other 2018 highlights include reaching 2r at Indian in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) and the year ranked No.7 Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) • Titles came on all three surfaces – first player to win • Posted best win of career to date at 2017 Australian a title on three difference surfaces in a season since Open, defeating No.18 Vesnina S.Williams in 2015. The Czech has won at least one • Reached first WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. title every year dating back to 2011 eventual R-Up Gavrilova) • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, • Posted first WTA main draw wins at 2016 Guangzhou l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required • Made first four main draw appearances at tour level extensive surgery to left hand in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- 1r), Stanford (l. Cornet in 1r), Montréal (as qualifier l. lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual Svitolina in 1r) champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes JENNIFER PETRA BRADY VS KVITOVA

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• Ended 2017 inside Top 100 for first time – at No.64; • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the career-high ranking is No.60 (October 16, 2017) WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. 1r to • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the Falconi) singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze • On ITF Circuit, owns four ITF singles and four dou- medal play-off) bles titles • 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win USA (l. 1r) was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament title three times • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. GRAND SLAM HISTORY A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. • Has appeared in eight Grand Slam main draws, most Azarenka in F) recently at 2018 US Open • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 • Made debut at all four Slams in 2017; prior to 2017 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six Australian Open, had fallen in qualifying at US Open months) (2014-16), Roland Garros (2016) and Wimbledon • Part of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in (2016) 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 • Won through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open and • Pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 went on to become first major debutante to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r (saved 5mp) GRAND SLAM HISTORY and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier to reach R16 • 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam at the Australian Open in Open Era main draw appearance, reaching her third career • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on major final (l. Osaka in F) Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams • Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wim- (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), bledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Gasparyan and Konta (2016) Bouchard in F) • Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam and has made 2r at Roland Garros in 2018 and Wim- title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- bledon in 2017 and 2018 phens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) • Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was PERSONAL Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. • Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, Navratilova) making her debut for the Bruins tennis team in 2013. • Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are Completed sophomore year of studies before turning SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros professional in 2015 (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at • Trained during the 2016-17 off-season at the new 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida eventual champion Pennetta) • Coached by Roger Anderson; fitness trainer is Sa- toshi Ochi • Has twin sister, Jessica PERSONAL • Nominated for 2018 WTA Player of the Year after winning a tour-leading five WTA singles titles • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Parents are Jiri and Pavla MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #23)

Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads 6-0

2019 DOHA HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP 6-2 6-3 79 mins 2018 CINCINNATI HARD O QF SIMONA HALEP 6-4 6-1 76 mins 2014 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R2 SIMONA HALEP 6-3 4-6 6-4 109 mins 2013 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS O QF SIMONA HALEP 6-3 6-1 69 mins 2012 LINZ HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP 3-0 ret. 19 mins 2009 OPOLE CARPET I R16 SIMONA HALEP 6-4 7-5 N/A

SIMONA HALEP LESIA TSURENKO 2 WTA RANKING 23 12 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 19 27-09-1991 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 30-05-1989 (29) $289,913 YTD PRIZE MONEY $191,766 $28,435,492 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,034,767 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 18 0 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 7-3 2-3 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 336-154 8-3 / 125-136 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 99-51 1-1 / 38-36 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 42-52 1-1 / 30-31 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 200-98 8-3 / 90-83 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 33-11 1-0 / 9-19 1-0 / 11-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 2-10 2-0 / 35-44 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 8-22 3-2 / 93-69 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 20-35 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai R16

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 S. HALEP d. E. BOUCHARD 7-6(4),6-4 102 mins R2 L. TSURENKO d. L. ZHU 6-4,6-7(5),6-3 148 mins

R1 BYE - R1 L. TSURENKO d. Y. PUTINTSEVA 6-3,2-0 Ret'd 67 mins

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SIMONA HALEP LESIA TSURENKO 2016 2018 R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #17) 7-6(2) 6-2 R1 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #143) 6-4 6-3

2015 2017 F W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #18) 6-4 7-6(4) R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #57) 6-1 6-1

2014 2016 R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #26) 6-1 1-1 R1 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #30) 6-2 7-6(1)

2013 R16- L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #67) W/O Q 2012 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #4) 6-2 6-3

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• Former champion Halep is playing Dubai Duty Free • Making fourth appearance at Dubai, where she is Tennis Championships for a fifth time through to R16 for the first time • Defeated two Top 10 players to win the title here in • Did not win a set on any of her three previous visits 2015 (d. No.9 Makarova in QF and No.5 Wozniac- • Ended this losing sequence when Putintseva retired ki). One of four former champions to begin the draw from their 1r match on Sunday (w/low back injury) along with Kvitova (2013), Errani (2016) and Svitoli- • Recovered from a break down in final set to beat na (2017-18) qualifier Zhu in 2r • Following 1r bye, beat Bouchard in 2r; the winner of • Bidding for third career victory over a Top 5 player her past three meetings with Bouchard has gone on against No.2 Halep in R16 today. Previously defeat- to reach the final of that particular tournament ed No.2 Wozniacki on her way to QF at 2018 US • Win over the Canadian was her 200th at main-draw Open and No.5 Osaka en route to 2019 Brisbane level on hard courts final • Faces No.23 Tsurenko today for the second time in a • Rose to career-high No.23 on Monday. This time last week, having also beaten her en route to Doha final year, was ranked No.42 • Aiming this week to become fourth player to lift Dubai title multiple times, following in footsteps of Henin (2003-04, 2006-07), V.Williams (2009-10, 2014) and SEASON Svitolina (2017-18) • This week is her 265th consecutive in the Top 10 - • Last week made 2r at Doha (l. Halep) the longest active streak • Was part of Ukraine team that failed to gain promotion from Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I (lost only singles rubber contested against Peterson 6-0 SEASON 6-2 during 2-1 loss Sweden) • Fell 2r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova) • Finished R-Up in Doha final (l. Mertens); career • Began the season with R-Up finish at Brisbane (l. record in singles finals now 18-16 Ka.Pliskova). Now owns 4-1 career record in singles • Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Roma- finals nia to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed • Brisbane was first final at a Premier-level tourna- Cup first round at the weekend and reach the SF for ment; previous best showings at Premier events the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had were SF runs at 2013 Brisbane, 2015 New Haven been defeated at home in 10 years and 2015 Moscow • Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open • Rose to then-career-high No.24 in the rankings after • Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) Brisbane run CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second • Posted first Top 30 season in 2018, at No.26; also time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden sixth straight Top 100 year-end finish. Rose to ca- Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) reer-high ranking of No.26 on September 10, 2018 • Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova • Successfully defended her title at Acapulco in 2018 in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up (d. Voegele in F). Has won titles in four consecutive at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) seasons after 2015 Istanbul (d. U.Radwanska in F), and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is 18-16 in career finals 2016 Guangzhou (d. Jankovic in F) and Acapulco in • Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F) and 2018 (w/Begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals • Other highlights of 2018 season came at the majors, • Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having where she reached QF at US Open (l. eventual ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on champion Osaka) and R16 at Roland Garros (ret. vs. October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman to reach Muguruza w/leg injury). Also made SF at Hobart and the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 reached QF stage at Birmingham and Cincinnati • Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); • 2017 season highlighted by third career singles title reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome, Ro- at Acapulco (d. Mladenovic in F). Also reached SF land Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing. 2016 season at Hobart and ‘s-Hertogenbosch and QF at Stanford highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and and Moscow Montréal SIMONA LESIA HALEP VS TSURENKO

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• Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved rank- • In 2016, won second WTA singles title at Guangzhou ing from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles (d. Jankovic in F); also suffered 11 1r losses in 2016, • Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore including at three of the majors – Australian Open, (2014-18), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, hav- Roland Garros and Wimbledon ing defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) • During the summer of 2016, a left thigh injury forced • Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after her withdrawal from Stanford, Montréal, Florianopolis winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end and Rio Olympics SF No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2015, finishing year • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a at a career-high ranking of No.33, having started qualifier, reaching quarterfinals at No.88. Won title at Istanbul (d. U.Radwanska • Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, in F) and finished season with SF run at Moscow 2014-19 (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova); marked third Premier-level SF appearance of career (after 2013 Brisbane and 2015 New Haven) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Member of Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2011-13 and 2015-19 • Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros • Winner of six singles and eight doubles titles on ITF (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Circuit Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007; Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. made WTA main draw debut at 2009 Tashkent Wozniacki in 3s) • Became 49th different woman to win a Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to GRAND SLAM HISTORY win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros • Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at • 2019 Australian Open marked 30th Grand Slam main 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) draw appearance • Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and • Best result is QF run at 2018 US Open (l. eventual US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) champion Osaka) • Won Roland Garros girls’ singles title in 2008 – sixth • Has also made R16 showings at 2018 Roland Garros woman to go on to win the women’s singles title (ret. vs Muguruza w/leg injury) and 2016 US Open (l. Vinci) • During 2016 Flushing Meadows run, was joined in PERSONAL 3r by compatriots Svitolina and K.Bondarenko – first time three Ukrainians made 3r at the same Grand • Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Slam – however she was the only one to advance to • Worked with David Goffin’s former coach Thierry R16 Van Cleemput during 2019 Doha before ending trial • Has been to 3r – but no further – at Australian Open period. During off-season long-time coach Darren (2013) and Wimbledon (2017) Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis • Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita PERSONAL

• Coached by Adriano Albanesi • Only played tennis occasionally and for fun between ages 14-17; moved to Kiev at 17 to play more seri- ously • Studied at Physical Education & Sports Institute for one and a half years (no longer studying; hopes to return one day) MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #67) vs. CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #26)

Head to Head: CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO leads 3-1

2018 US OPEN HARD O R2 CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 6-1 4-6 6-4 107 mins 2017 STUTTGART CLAY I QF KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 6-3 6-2 74 mins 2014 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R2 CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 6-3 6-3 74 mins 2013 BEIJING HARD O R1 CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 6-2 3-6 7-5 141 mins

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 67 WTA RANKING 26 202 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 81 14-05-1993 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-09-1988 (30) $221,110 YTD PRIZE MONEY $104,471 $9,222,538 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $10,868,394 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 19 0 / 3 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 5-3 7-5 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 170-177 4-4 / 337-238 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 54-55 0-2 / 105-72 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 44-47 0-0 / 61-46 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 94-114 4-4 / 182-149 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 9-14 0-0 / 31-20 1-0 / 7-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 12-35 1-0 / 13-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 28-62 1-0 / 28-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / 47-101 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai R16

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 K. MLADENOVIC d. N. OSAKA 6-3,6-3 66 mins R2 C. SUÁREZ NAVARRO d. S. ZHANG 6-4,6-4 101 mins

R1 K. MLADENOVIC d. F. AL NABHANI 6-1,6-1 71 mins R1 C. SUÁREZ NAVARRO d. B. STRYCOVA 6-1,6-3 74 mins

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 2018 2018 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #48) 6-2 6-2 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) 5-7 6-2 6-4

2017 2016 R16 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #76) 6-1 6-4 R16 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #38) 4-6 6-4 6-3

2016 2015 R16 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 7-5 3-6 6-4 QF L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #24) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 2014 2014 R16- L - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #39) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 QF L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #26) 7-5 6-3 Q 2012 2013 R1-Q L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #38) 6-2 2-6 6-1 R16 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #12) 6-1 6-0

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• Making fourth main draw appearance at Dubai (and • Making sixth appearance at Dubai where she is a sixth overall) two-time quarterfinalist in 2014 and 2015 • Best result was 2017’s 3r showing (l. Q.Wang); upset • Upset No.6 Kvitova in 2014 and No.3 Kvitova in 2015 No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 2r – the first of five Top 10 wins • Doubles R-Up w/Muguruza here in 2015 (l. Babos/ in 2017 Mladenovic) • In doubles, won title here in 2015 (w/Babos) and was • Broke serve six times to beat 2016 R-Up Strycova in runner-up in 2016 (w/Garcia). Top seed this fortnight 1r on Monday w/Babos (after 1r bye, will face Arruabarrena/Chris- • Won the first four games of both sets to beat Zhang tian in 2r later today) in 2r and register back-to-back victories for the first • Beat No.406 Al Nabhani in 1r - her first tour-level sin- time since last year’s US Open QF run gles win since Moscow last October (d. Kalinskaya) • Plays No.67 Mladenovic today; only loss to player • Then upset No.1 Osaka in 2r; had lost both previous outside Top 50 this year was to No.57 Yastremska at matches against reigning No.1s, vs. S.Williams at Australian Open 2016 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 Wuhan • One of two Spaniards remaining in the singles draw • In terms of ranking, previous best career wins had this week (also Muguruza, who she could meet in been vs. No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros) and No.2 QF) Kerber (2017 Stuttgart) • Faces Suárez Navarro in R16 - bidding to reach first Premier-level QF since R-Up finish at St. Petersburg SEASON in February 2018 • Based in Dubai, having moved here in December • Last week made 2r at Doha (l. Bertens) 2015; in final competitive action of 2018 season, • Fell in 2r at the Australian Open (d. Burel, l. Yas- reached QF in December’s ITF $100k event here tremska) • Opened 2019 season with straight set 1r exits in SEASON Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) and Sydney (l. Muguruza)

• Thus far in 2019 has fallen 1r in Brisbane (l. Aiava), CAREER MILESTONES Sydney qualifying (l. Birrell), Australian Open (l. Ve- kic) and St. Petersburg (l. Ostapenko) • Highlight of 2018 campaign was R-Up finish at New • Sydney marked first time contesting qualifying since Haven (l. Sabalenka in F) – her first final since Feb- 2015 Rome (d. Falconi and Puig to reach main ruary 2016 (Doha). Career record in singles finals draw). Was first qualifying loss since 2015 Madrid (l. now stands at 2-9 Doi) • Last year, also posted QF runs at Australian Open • As defending champion in doubles at Australian (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. Open (w/Babos), reached final again in 2019, howev- Keys) – still waiting for first Grand Slam SF er lost out to Stosur/Zhang • Claimed three Top 5 wins in 2018, over No.4 Svito- lina in Indian Wells and Madrid and No.5 Kvitova at New Haven CAREER MILESTONES • Finished 2017 ranked at No.40, down from No.12 in 2016 – best season finished of career to date • Season highlights in 2018 were R-Up finish as St. • Reached R16 at both US Open (l. V. Williams) and Petersburg (as defending champion, l. Kvitova in F) Roland Garros in 2017 (l. R-Up Halep). Also in 2017, and matching her best career result at Wimbledon by reached SF at Monterrey (l. then No.1 Kerber) and reaching 3r (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) Bucharest (l. eventual champion Begu) • In doubles in 2018, won second career Grand Slam • 2016 season highlight was winning biggest title of ca- doubles title at Australian Open (w/Babos) – defeated reer at Premier 5 Doha (d. Ostapenko in F). Triumph Makarova/Vesnina in F. Also finished doubles R-Up was second WTA singles title, after winning first at at Flushing Meadows York (w/Babos, l. Barty/Vande- 2014 Oeiras (d. Kuznetsova in F) weghe) and ended campaign by lifting WTA Finals • Returned to Top 10 after 2016 Doha title at No.6, a crown w/Babos (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) new career-high singles ranking • Owns six Top 5 career wins, over No.2 Li (2014 • Represented Spain at the 2016 Olympics. Reached Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2015 Birmingham), 3r in singles (l. Keys), QF in doubles (w/Muguruza, l. No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Dubai), No.4 Halep (2017 eventual gold medalists Makarova/Vesnina), and fell Indian Wells), No.2 Kerber (2017 Stuttgart) and No.5 1r in mixed doubles (w/Ferrer, l. Watson/A.Murray) Muguruza (2017 Roland Garros) KRISTINA CARLA MLADENOVIC VS SUÁREZ NAVARRO

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• Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, making • Ended 2015 season third on list for Top 5 wins (4-6 Top 10 debut and lifting first career singles title at record), defeating No.3 Kvitova (3r Dubai), No.3 Kvi- Premier-level 2017 St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in tova (QF Doha), No.4 Kvitova (QF Rome) and No.2 F). Passed $5 million career prize money mark by Halep (SF Rome) winning title • One of six players to make Top 10 rankings debut • Finished season at No.11 for highest year-end in 2015 (April 6, 2015 at No.10), rising as high as ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on No.8 during the season. Third Spanish women to October 23, 2017 achieve a Top 10 ranking, after Sánchez-Vicario and • Reached biggest final of career at Premier Mandato- Martínez; Muguruza has since become the fourth ry-level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep) and was R-Up at • 2015 singles highlights included finishing runner-up Acapulco (l. Tsurenko) and Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) in three singles finals. Reached title match at Ant- • Advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual cham- werp in February 2015, but was forced to withdraw pion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 vs. Petkovic w/neck injury; a month later, reached Halep and No.13 Wozniacki. Result saw her break biggest final of career at Miami (l. S.Williams). into Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, Capped off strong first half of season with run to final and overtake Garcia to become French No.1 in Rome (l. Sharapova in 3s) • Qualified as first alternate for 2017 WTA Finals but • In doubles, qualified for 2015 WTA Finals (w/Mugu- not called on to play ruza) after winning titles at Birmingham and Tokyo • Reached two singles finals in 2016, at ‘s-Hertogen- [PPO], and posting R-Up finishes at Dubai and bosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozni- Madrid. Pair advanced to final in Singapore, falling to acki), having been runner-up at 2015 Strasbourg (l. top seeds Hingis/Mirza Stosur) • Won first WTA doubles title in 2014, at Stanford (w/ • Won four doubles titles in 2016 w/Garcia: Charleston, Muguruza); team qualified for 2014 WTA Finals (l. Stuttgart, Madrid and Roland Garros QF) • Member of French Fed Cup side that advanced to • Currently the highest ranked woman with a single- 2016 competition final against Czech Republic – lost handed backhand epic singles rubber to Ka.Pliskova, 63 46 16-14 in 3 hours 48 minutes – 30-game final set being longest-ever in a Fed Cup final – as well as decisive GRAND SLAM HISTORY doubles rubber (w/Garcia, l. Pliskova/Strycova) • Best Grand Slam results have been reaching the QF • Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top stage at three of the four majors – at Roland Garros 50 on March 18, 2013 in 2008 (as qualifier, l. Jankovic) and 2014 (l. Bouch- • Played first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 ard), at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Dementieva), Paris [Indoors] 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2018 (l. Wozniacki), and 2013 US Open (l. S.Williams) and in 2018 (l. Keys) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • By virtue of 2018 Wimbledon results, passed $10 million in career prize money • Best Slam results are QF runs at 2015 US Open (l. • QF run at 2008 Roland Garros made her the first Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) qualifier to reach Roland Garros last eight since • Also reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Gavrilo- 2001; and ranked No.132, became joint-lowest- va), 2015 Wimbledon (l. Azarenka) and 2018 Wim- ranked quarterfinalist at Roland Garros (also Pierce) bledon (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) • Best result at Wimbledon is reaching R16 in 2013 • In doubles, won first Grand Slam title at 2016 Roland and 2016 Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina in • 2016 saw her reach R16 or better at each of the four F) – were first French pair to win the doubles title at Grand Slams – one of just four players to do so (also Roland Garros since Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Keys, A.Radwanska and S.Williams) Durr in 1971 • Won second Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Aus- tralian Open (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) • Finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos), 2016 US Open (w/Garcia), 2018 US Open (w/Babos) and 2019 Australian Open (w/Babos) • Won mixed doubles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished R-Up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/Nestor) KRISTINA CARLA MLADENOVIC VS SUÁREZ NAVARRO

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• Mother is Dzenita (was a pro volleyball player); father • Coached by Marc Casabó and Óscar Serrano is Dragan (was a pro handball player); brother is • Split with longtime coach Xavier Budo in July of Luka (soccer player) 2017, having spent 10 years together • Started playing tennis aged 8 when introduced to • Father is José Luís (plays handball) and mother is sport by parents Lali (was gymnast, now teacher) • Speaks French, English, Serbian, Italian and Spanish • Moved from Canary Islands to Barcelona in 2007 to • Currently without a full-time coach train at Pro-Ab Team Tennis Academy MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

ALISON RISKE (USA #51) vs. [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5)

Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 4-1

2018 TOKYO HARD I QF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 154 mins 2017 EASTBOURNE GRASS O R2 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-4 6-3 69 mins 2016 NOTTINGHAM GRASS O F KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(8) 7-5 115 mins 2012 BRONX HARD O R1 ALISON RISKE 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 2012 NASSAU HARD O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-5 6-2

ALISON RISKE KAROLINA PLISKOVA 51 WTA RANKING 5 38 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 03-07-1990 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (26) $228,053 YTD PRIZE MONEY $881,601 $3,319,403 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $15,256,042 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 12 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 3-1 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 6-5 7-3 / 123-132 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 11-2 / 268-144 1-2 / 39-55 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 87-47 1-1 / 31-42 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 54-56 7-3 / 72-79 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-2 / 195-96 0-0 / 10-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 24-19 0-0 / 1-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 12-18 0-1 / 5-24 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 26-37 1-3 / 14-46 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 52-67 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai R16

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 A. RISKE d. A. CORNET 6-2,6-3 78 mins R2 K. PLISKOVA d. D. CIBULKOVA 6-2,3-6,6-3 111 mins

R1 A. RISKE d. J. GOERGES 6-4,7-5 106 mins R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ALISON RISKE KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2017 2018 R2 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #35) 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 6-4 6-3

2016 2017 R16- L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #133) 6-3 6-7(1) 7-5 R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #31) 6-2 6-4 Q 2016 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 7-6(5) 6-1

2015 F L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 6-4 7-6(4)

2014 R1 L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #20) 6-1 7-5

2013 R1-Q L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #67) 3-6 6-2 6-4

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• Making second main draw appearance at Doha this • Making sixth main draw appearance at Dubai, where week (third overall) she was R-Up to Halep in 2015 (one of nine former • Made 2r here in 2017 (d. Vandeweghe, l. Sevastova) finalists in this year’s draw • Handed Goerges a straight sets loss in 1r - marking • One of a tournament-leading five Czechs to start 14th career win over Top 20 opponent Dubai main draw (also Hradecka, Kvitova, Siniako- • Backed that performance up with routine win over va and Strycova). Best result by a Czech here was Cornet Kvitova’s title run in 2013 • Along with fellow Americans Kenin and Brady, marks • Following 1r bye, defeated Cibulkova in three sets - the most players from USA to reach R16 here since has played nine three-set matches this season (7-2 2017 - Davis, McHale and Bellis record), more than any other player on tour • Squares off against No.5 Ka.Pliskova in today’s R16 • Faces No.51 Riske in today’s R16 meeting - owns a action - the Czech leads the head-to-head 4-1 4-1 head-to-head edge over the American • Seeking second career Top 5 win today (1-9) - lone • Has won the last three encounters and has never victory coming over No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 lost the first set - narrowly escaped most recent Shenzhen matchup at 2018 Tokyo, having to squeak out a third • Contested doubles w/Jabeur this week (def. Kle- set tiebreaker for the win pac/Zheng in 1r, ceded walkover in 2r to Hradecka/ • Swiftly approaching career win No.200 on hardcourts Makarova). As alternate pairing last week in Doha - currently sitting at No.195 reached doubles SF w/Jabeur SEASON SEASON • Withdrew from Doha last week w/viral illness • Coming off 2r showing at Doha (as LL, l. Goerges) • Earlier this month, was unable to prevent defend- • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Bertens) ing champions Czech Republic from slipping to • Opened the season by reaching seventh career final 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. at Shenzhen (l. Sabalenka); now owns 1-6 career Buzarnescu, l. Halep) record in singles finals • Produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF CAREER MILESTONES • Began season by winning 12th career title at Bris- bane International (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won • Posted sixth consecutive Top 100 season, end- at least one WTA title for seven consecutive seasons ing 2018 ranked No.63 - up from No.70 in 2017. Achieved career-high ranking of No.36 on May 15, 2017. Career-best year-end finish was No.41 in 2016 CAREER MILESTONES • 2018 highlights include R-Up finish at Nürnberg (l. Larsson), reaching QF at Hobart (l.Buzarnes- • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, cu), ‘S-Hertogenbosche (l.Vandeweghe), Mallorca triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and (l.Stosur) and Tokyo (l.Pliskova). Also won eighth ITF Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Circuit singles title at Surbiton (d. Perrin in F) Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Reached 3r at 2018 Miami, her best result at a Pre- • At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at mier Mandatory tournament (l. Y.Wang on third set Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r tiebreak). Defeated No.7 Garcia en route to register at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first fifth career Top 10 win time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing • 2017 highlights include finishing R-Up at 2017 Shen- at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) zhen (l. Siniakova). Also part of Fed Cup winning • Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending cham- USA team. Posted best win of career to date over pion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. even- No.3 A.Radwanska. Also reached QF at Nürnberg tual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). and made 3r at Australian Open and Wimbledon Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2014 Tianjin without • Part of Czech Republic squad which won a sixth Fed dropping a set (d. Bencic in F) Cup in past eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. • Made Top 100 debut on July 22, 2013 (No.96) Germany) • Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish ALISON KAROLINA RISKE VS PLISKOVA

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• Reached first WTA semifinal at 2010 Birmingham (as • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- qualifier, l. Sharapova) ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the • Winner of eight singles and one doubles title on ITF computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Women’s Circuit Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in GRAND SLAM HISTORY F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) • 2019 Australian Open marked 28th main draw ap- • In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. pearance at a Grand Slam eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open • Best result across all majors is a R16 showing at (l. Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe), and 2013 US Open (d. No.10 Kvitova en route, l. Han- posted 2r result at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) tuchova) • Holds a 12-11 record in singles finals, having won • Has reached 3r at Australian Open in 2014 (l. Kerber) having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart), and Wimbledon on three occasions (2013-14, 2017) grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne) and hard • Reached 2r on debut at Roland Garros in 2014 but is (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 yet to go further in Paris Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane) • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 PERSONAL Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first • Earned tennis scholarship to Vanderbilt University set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title in summer 2009, but after good results and finding • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, financial backing decided to pursue tennis full time meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three and turned pro two weeks before classes were due Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time to begin (along with Kvitova and Safarova • Engaged to Stephen Amritraj GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r) PERSONAL

• Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club • Currently coached by Rennae Stubbs and Conchita Martínez, and previously coached by Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[12] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #19) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6)

Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 4-1

2017 TORONTO HARD O QF ELINA SVITOLINA 4-6 6-4 6-3 128 mins 2017 ROME CLAY O SF ELINA SVITOLINA 4-1 23 mins 2017 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R16 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 7-6(5) 1-6 6-0 113 mins 2016 TOKYO HARD O QF ELINA SVITOLINA 6-2 4-6 6-3 119 mins 2016 DUBAI HARD O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA 7-6(3) 6-3 114 mins 2014 WUHAN HARD O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA W/O

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA ELINA SVITOLINA 19 WTA RANKING 6 23 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8 08-10-1993 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-09-1994 (24) $211,238 YTD PRIZE MONEY $402,221 $18,403,349 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $13,510,846 0 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 13 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 8-4 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 14-2 8-2 / 222-123 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 233-127 2-0 / 69-52 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 72-43 1-2 / 32-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 45-34 8-2 / 148-83 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 170-86 0-0 / 17-12 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 20-21 0-0 / 9-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 17-17 0-1 / 29-30 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 29-34 0-1 / 55-53 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 48-63 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai R16

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 G. MUGURUZA d. S. ZHENG 7-5,6-2 93 mins R2 E. SVITOLINA d. O. JABEUR 7-6(4),4-0 Ret'd 79 mins

R1 G. MUGURUZA d. D. YASTREMSKA 4-6,6-3,6-3 126 mins R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 2018 SF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #24) 3-6 7-6(11) 6-1 F W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #24) 6-4 6-0

2017 2017 R2 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #79) 4-1 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) 6-4 6-2

2016 2016 R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #21) 7-6(3) 6-3 SF L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #22) 6-4 6-4

2015 2015 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #18) 6-4 5-7 7-5 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 2-6 6-3 6-2

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• Making fifth consecutive appearance at Dubai Duty • Two-time defending champion in Dubai, making her Free Tennis Championships, where she is a two-time fifth appearance semifinalist • Champion in 2017 (d. No.2 Kerber in SF, Wozniacki • Was unseeded semifinalist on debut in 2015 (l. in F) and 2018 (d. Kasatkina in F) Ka.Pliskova – came within three points of victory at • Made Top 10 debut here after title run in 2017 5-4 in final set). Reached last four again in 2018 (l. • Henin (2003-04 and 2006-07) and V.Williams (2009- Kasatkina after holding 3MP) 10) are the only other players to reach back-to-back • Defeated in opening match on next two visits, includ- finals at Dubai ing retirement (w/left Achilles injury) to Bondarenko • Sits at No.3 on the all-time list of longest win streaks in 2017 in Dubai with 10: No.1 Henin - 17, No.2 V.Williams - • Doubles finalist here in 2015 (w/Suárez Navarro, l. 16 Babos/Mladenovic) • Def. Jabeur in 1r - improving record in matches im- • Currently Spanish No.1 of four in Top 100, ahead of mediately following 1r byes to 19-6. Win also marked Suárez Navarro, Sorribes Tormo and Arruabarrena her 170th main draw hardcourt victory • Fought back to defeat up-and-comer Yastremska in • Takes on No.19 Muguruza today - owning a 4-1 edge 1r - lost previous two meetings this year against the • Fourth time the two have met in R16, all on hard- Ukrainian in straight sets courts, with the Ukrainian owning a 2-1 advantage • Faces off against No.6 Svitolina in today’s R16 • One of those meetings took place here in Dubai in matchup - the Ukrainian holds a 4-1 edge, however 2016 - Svitolina won in straight sets three of the five encounters have gone the distance • Owns a 48-63 mark vs. Top 20 opponents, including • A win today would mark her 30th career victory over 1-2 in 2019 a Top 10 opponent (29-30) and first this season (0-1) SEASON SEASON • Reached SF last week at Doha (l. Halep after leading • Made QF at Hua Hin (l. Yastremska) 4-1 in final set) • Reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova). • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year Win over Konta in 2r holds the record for the lat- in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) est-ever start time at the Australian Open, beginning • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane and suffered 2r at 12.30am exit as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sas- • Played Hopman Cup in lead up to Australian Open, novich). Also fell 1r in doubles w/Sevastova (l. Hozu- posting 1-2 singles record (d. Cornet, l. Kerber, l. mi/Rosolska) Barty) as Spain made group stage exit, before with- drawing w/GI illness prior to 2r match last week at Sydney 2r (d. Suárez Navarro in 1r) CAREER MILESTONES

• Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at CAREER MILESTONES 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 • Finished 2018 season at No.18 for first non-Top 10 • Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending finish since 2014 champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- • Season highlight in 2018 was sixth career singles ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F) Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at • Also was R-Up at Doha (l. Kvitova) and made SF at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak Roland Garros, Zhuhai, Dubai and Hong Kong • At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), year-end finish. Rose to World No.1 on September 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and 11, 2017. Became the 24th woman in history of the suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995) l. Stephens) and made five further QFs • Named ITF World Champion for 2017 • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, • Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec- title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) GARBIÑE ELINA MUGURUZA VS SVITOLINA

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• Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final • Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in victory over V.Williams at 2017 Wimbledon Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- • At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova and fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at World No.2 Halep en route to title round robin stage with 1-2 record) • Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in • Her five titles in 2017 were Taipei City, Dubai, Toronto 2017, however failed to progress from group stage • Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a • 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career-high tournaments were introduced in 2009 ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in De- after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, cember 1996 (as No.2) Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in • Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 ranked No.3 and reaching first major final at Wimble- • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 don spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 • Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 – WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Plis- reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) kova and Bacsinszky • Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first • In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Rad- the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vi- wanska); in addition, post-US Open reached SF at cario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) l. Hingis/Mirza) • Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the • Owns 6-4 career record in singles finals, winning second time (l. Kvitova in F) titles at 2018 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven 2014 Hobart (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) • Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, de- • Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai feating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) • Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne ITF Circuit Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-2017. Ukrainian • Is one of 27 women in the Open Era to win multiple Olympic Team, 2016 Grand Slam titles. Owns a 2-1 record in Grand Slam final matches to date (also finishing R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon – l. S.Williams) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open • Best Grand Slam results to date have been QF in 1997 – d. V.Williams, and 1999 – l. S.Williams). showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Aus- to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland tralian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. (l. eventual champion Osaka) V.Williams in 2017) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) • At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard to reach and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Garros (l. Pierce) Roland Garros) GARBIÑE ELINA MUGURUZA VS SVITOLINA

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• Reached SF stage at 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventu- • Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian al champion Halep) • Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family • At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. • Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Vandeweghe) and at US Open reached R16 in 2017 Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione (l. Kvitova) • Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per- PERSONAL forming off-court promotional and charitable activities

• Coached by Sam Sumyk • Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers • Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain

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BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #45) vs. [8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9)

Head to Head: ARYNA SABALENKA leads 1-0

2018 NEW HAVEN HARD O QF ARYNA SABALENKA 6-3 6-2 64 mins

BELINDA BENCIC ARYNA SABALENKA 45 WTA RANKING 9 20 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9 10-03-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 05-05-1998 (20) $136,404 YTD PRIZE MONEY $345,748 $3,869,537 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,494,687 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 3-2 1-1 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-2 / 108-89 12-3 / 70-33 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 39-25 2-0 / 26-12 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 27-23 1-1 / 16-12 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-2 / 74-63 12-3 / 58-23 1-1 / 11-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 6-6 0-0 / 7-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-3 0-1 / 13-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 8-7 0-1 / 18-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 16-12 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai R16

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2 B. BENCIC d. S. VOEGELE 6-1,6-1 52 mins R2 A. SABALENKA d. I. JOROVIC 6-4,6-0 69 mins

R1 B. BENCIC d. L. HRADECKA 6-4,7-6(6) 100 mins R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

BELINDA BENCIC ARYNA SABALENKA 2016 2018 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #20) 4-6 7-5 6-4 QF-Q L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #143) 6-2 1-6 7-6(4)

2015 2017 R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11) 6-1 6-2 R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #79) 4-6 6-4 6-3

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• Making third appearance at Dubai Duty Free Tennis • Making second main draw appearance at Dubai Championships, where she is through to R16 for the (third overall), having fallen 1r in 2017 (as qualifier, l. first time Bondarenko) • Prior to this year, only previous win at the tournament • Lost to former champion Errani in final round of qual- came over Knapp in 2015 (l. defending champion ifying in 2018 after holding 1mp. Was ranked No.60 V.Williams in 2r) at the time - is contesting this year’s tournament at a • Beat qualifier Hradecka in 1r, then lucky loser Voege- career-high No.9 le in 2r • After 1r bye, won all eight of her service games • Has now won four consecutive matches - all in during straight-set victory over qualifier Jorovic in 2r straight sets - having also been victorious in both • Faces Bencic in R16 today. Beat the Swiss comfort- singles rubbers during Switzerland’s Fed Cup win ably en route to maiden career title at New Haven over Italy earlier this month last August • Faces No.9 Sabalenka in R16; owns 13 Top 10 wins, • Bidding to reach 15 WTA-level QF of her career. Has with the most recent of these over No.6 Garcia at reached QF stage or better at seven of her past 12 2018 Wimbledon tournaments • Bidding to reach first QF at a Premier event since • Win today would be her 13th of the season. By con- New Haven last August, where she fell to today’s trast, last season did not reach this total until Lugano opponent Sabalenka in April SEASON SEASON

• Inspired Switzerland to 3-1 World Group II win over • Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career at Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) Shenzhen (d. Riske in F); now owns 3-3 record in • Fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg career singles finals • Made SF at Hobart (l. R-Up Schmiedlova) and • Followed up Shenzhen title with opening match loss reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) at Sydney (l. Kvitova) • Opened 2019 season at Hopman Cup, partnering • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (l. Anisimova); Roger Federer to help Switzerland retain the trophy made Top 10 debut after tournament (January 28, 2019) • Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion CAREER MILESTONES Bertens); rose to career-high No.9 in the rankings following run in Russia (February 4, 2019) • Finished 2018 ranked No.37 - fourth Top 100 finish • Won both singles rubbers (d. Petkovic and Siege- • Reached seventh WTA singles final, finishing R-Up at mund) during Belarus’ Fed Cup World Group I win 2018 Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Goerges) over Germany earlier this month • Underwent left wrist surgery in the Spring 2017, missing five months – ranking fell outside Top 300 • Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 match- CAREER MILESTONES es and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA 125K Series events at Hua Hin, Thailand and Taipei. • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two By the end of the year she was back in the Top 75 titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and • Best win of career came over No.1 S.Williams Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and in semifinals at 2015 Toronto. At 18 years of age finishing at No.11 in the rankings became youngest player to defeat S.Williams in • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals, when Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, 17-year-old Sharapova d. Serena in F (Serena also reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand lost at 2007 Charleston to then 17-year-old Chan Slam run to R16 at US Open Yung-Jan via first set retirement at 5-3) • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending • Struggled with injury in 2016 – advanced to sixth ca- year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first reer singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and amking seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charles- SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) ton (April) was sidelined for more than two months – • Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wim- missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros bledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko) BELINDA ARYNA BENCIC VS SABALENKA

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• Run to St. Petersburg final saw her break into Top • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and 116th player to break into the Top 10 since comput- 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA erized rankings were introduced in 1975. In the last • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk before their 19th birthday • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title • Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) 2016) • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, end- • Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two ing year at No.155. Won on ITF Circuit at $50k ITF/ career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Rad- Tianjin-CHN and $50kITF/Toyota-JPN wanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.). • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2016 Rabat Owns 2-5 record in finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 • On ITF Circuit has won five singles titles and one Tianjin, 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], doubles title 2016 St Petersburg and 2018 Linz • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/ • At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, Minsk-BLR became second-youngest player to win a WTA Pre- mier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New Haven aged 18 years, 43 days GRAND SLAM HISTORY • With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager • 2019 Australian Open marked sixth career main draw to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since appearance at a Grand Slam, where she reached 3r Azarenka at 2009 Miami • Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. • Qualified for 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai how- eventual champion Osaka in 3s) ever withdrew due to hand injury • Only previous Grand Slam win came during 2r show- • Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at ing on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as Washington, DC (w/Mladenovic), the first coming qualifier, d. Khromacheva, l.Witthoeft) earlier in the year at Prague (w/Siniakova) • Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at • Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 (l. Bertens) and 2018Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) • Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in • Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 • Was No.26 seed at 2018 US Open– first Grand Slam years, 7 months at the time seeding of her career GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL • 2019 Australian Open marked 18th main draw Grand Slam appearance • Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov • Achieved best Grand Slam singles result when she • Since their partnership formed this summer, the advanced to QF at 2014 US Open; defeated two pairing has scored the best win-by-ranking of her Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 career over No.2 Wozniacki enroute to a R16 finish Jankovic in R16). At 17 years of age, was youngest in Montréal. Then in Cincinnati, the Belarusian player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows dropped three consecutive seeds (No.9 Ka.Pliskova, since 1997 when Hingis won the title No.6 Garciaand No.13 Keys) en route to SF, before • Best result at Australian Open was in 2016, advanc- capturing her first career titles at New Haven, Wuhan ing to R16 (l. Sharapova); at Wimbledon is R16 in and Shenzhen 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion • Started playing aged six Kerber), while best result at Roland Garros is 2r in • Prefers playing on hard courts 2015 and 2018 PERSONAL

• Recently split from coach Vlado Platenik; has worked extensively with Melanie Molitor and Martina Hingis, as well as her father, Ivan, in the past • Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FEBRUARY 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #44) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) Kvitova leads 1-0 Kvitova beat Siniakova in straight sets en route to 2018 Prague title... Siniakova owns two Top 5 wins in her career... Kvitova has won just one match here in Dubai since lifting title in 2013 ONS JABEUR (TUN #56) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) Svitolina leads 2-0 Svitolina saved four match points to beat Jabeur en route to title at 2017 Taipei City... Jabeur claimed first Top 30 win of season against Vekic in first round...Svitolina bidding for 10th consecutive win in Dubai [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. [WC] EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #79) Halep leads 3-1 Halep won pair’s most recent encounter at 2018 Australian Open... Bouchard owns three career Top 5 wins... Halep is bidding for 200th main draw victory of career today [5] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) vs. [LL] DALILA JAKUPOVIC (SLO #85) First meeting Kerber has reached SF on past two visits here... In first round on Tuesday,Jakupovic scored first main draw win since last October... Kerber registered 600th career win last week in Doha [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #67) Osaka leads 1-0 Osaka won comfortably when the pair met in first round here last year...Mladenovic scored first win of the season over Al Nabhani in opening round.. Osaka playing first match since winning Australian Open title DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) vs. [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) Cibulkova leads 3-1 Pliskova victorious in the most recent meeting between the pair, at 2017 Doha... Cibulkova scored first win of the season over Arruabarrena in first round on Monday...Pliskova a runner-up here in 2015

STAYING POWER DESERT QUEEN

On January 27, 2014 Simona Halep made her debut Two-time champion Elina Svitolina is looking for her in the Top 10, where she has remained ever since. Her 14th match win in Dubai when she takes on Ons Jabeur 265-week stay makes her the Top 10’s longest current on Tuesday. resident and puts her within touching distance of the record among active players of 293 weeks, set by Venus Among active players, only four players have posted Williams between March 30, 1998 to November 10, 2003. more wins here:

PLAYER ENTERED TOP 10 NO. OF WEEKS PLAYER WINS LOSSES WIN %

Simona Halep January 27, 2014 265 Caroline Wozniacki 22 6 .786

Karolina Pliskova September 12, 2016 128 Jelena Jankovic 21 12 .636

Elina Svitolina May 22, 2017 92 Venus Williams 19 4 .826

Petra Kvitova February 19, 2018 53 Svetlana Kuznetsova 19 13 .594

Sloane Stephens April 2, 2018 47 Elina Svitolina 13 2 .867

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KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #44) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 1-0

2018 PRAGUE CLAY O QF PETRA KVITOVA 6-3 6-3 71 mins

KATERINA SINIAKOVA PETRA KVITOVA 44 WTA RANKING 4 215 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 2 10-05-1996 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (28) $151,117 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,701,505 $4,450,909 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $29,043,712 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 26 1 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-2 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 6-5 2-6 / 88-98 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-3 / 411-192 0-3 / 36-38 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 122-78 0-2 / 23-22 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 83-60 2-6 / 52-63 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-3 / 276-134 1-1 / 6-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 45-14 0-1 / 2-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 25-31 0-1 / 4-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 53-51 0-2 / 11-26 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / 103-86 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 2r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R1 K. SINIAKOVA d. P. MARTIC 6-4,6-3 101 mins R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

KATERINA SINIAKOVA PETRA KVITOVA 2017 2016 R1 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #31) 6-3 6-3 R16 L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #60) 0-6 7-6(1) 6-3

2016 2015 R16- L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #62) 6-4 6-3 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #13) 6-3 4-6 6-3 Q 2015 2014 R1 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #35) 6-3 6-4 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #16) 1-6 6-4 7-6(4)

2013 F W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) 6-2 1-6 6-1

2011 R1 L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #57) 7-6(2) 7-6(3)

2009 R1 L - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #148) 6-3 2-6 6-4

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• Making third main draw appearance at Dubai • Making first main draw appearance here since 2016 • Fell in 1r on other two outings - 2015 (l. Dellacqua) (l. Brengle) and seventh overall visit to Dubai and 2017 (l. Mladenovic). Also contested 2016 qual- • Best result came with title run in 2013 (d. Errani in F); ifying also beat No.4 A.Radwanska and No.10 Wozniacki • Beat Martic in 1r action for first WTA main draw victo- en route ry of 2019 season • Also advanced to R16 in three consecutive seasons • Faces off against No.4 Kvitova in today’s 2r match- from 2014-16 up; owns two Top 5 career wins, both have come in • Following 1r bye, takes on fellow Czech No.44 Sin- Asia - against No.4 Halep at 2017 Shenzhen and iakova in 2r - Owns a 246-136 lifetime record vs. Top No.4 Garcia at Wuhan 50 opposition, including 9-3 so far this season • Has a 6-9 career mark vs left-handed opponents, • One of a tournament-leading five Czech players to including 1-1 so far this year (d. Buzarnescu in Fed contest this year’s draw Cup) • Seeded No.6 in doubles this week w/Ostapenko (d. Elbaba/Fomina in 1r, face Bouchard/Kenin in 2r) SEASON

• Made QF showing in defense of St. Petersburg title (l. Vekic) • Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian SEASON Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reaching World No.1 ranking • Was seeded No.8 at Melbourne Park – has now • Lost in 1r action of Doha last week to eventual cham- been seeded at the past 33 Grand Slams she has pion Mertens contested, since first seeding at 2010 US Open • Fell in 1r of St. Petersburg (l. Bonaventure) and lost • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F); first match of Fed Cup (l. Halep), before notching first career record in finals now stands at 26-8 victory of 2019 season against Buzarnescu in next • Went on 11-match winning streak between Sydney (5 rubber wins) and Melbourne (6 wins). Last season, posted • Began 2019 season with tough showing in Aus- two separate winning streaks longer than this: 14 tralia, falling in 1r at all three events: Brisbane (l. matches and 13 matches Tomljanovic), Sydney (as qualifier, l. Mertens) and • Opened 2019 campaign with 2r showing at Brisbane Australian Open (l. Bencic) (l. Kontaveit) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Won a WTA Tour-leading five titles in 2018, at St. Pe- • 2018 highlights include R-Up finish at Shenzhen (l. tersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in Halep), SF run at Nürnberg (l. Larsson) and reaching F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens first Premier Mandatory QF at Beijing (l. Wozniacki). in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended Also made QF at St. Petersburg (l. Mladenovic), the year ranked No.7 Prague (l. Kvitova) and Wuhan (l. Kontaveit) • Titles came on all three surfaces – first player to win • Secured four Top 20 victories in 2018 after defeat- a title on three difference surfaces in a season since ing No.11 Bertens at Beijing, No.16 Vandeweghe at S.Williams in 2015. The Czech has won at least one Wimbledon and No.4 Garcia and No.14 Muguruza at title every year dating back to 2011 Wuhan • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, • Finished 2018 ranked No.1 in doubles after winning l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in first two Grand Slam trophies at Roland Garros (d. Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required Hozumi/Ninomiya in F) and Wimbledon (d. Melichar/ extensive surgery to left hand Peschke in F) both w/Krejcikova, the first pairing • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- to complete the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual since Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama in 2003. Also champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US R-Up at WTA Finals Singapore (l.Babos/Mladenovic) Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai KATERINA PETRA SINIAKOVA VS KVITOVA

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• Best Grand Slam results to date are 3r runs at Wim- • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the bledon in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2018 (l. Giorgi), singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze Roland Garros in 2018 (l. Strycova) and US Open in medal play-off) 2018 (l. Tsurenko) • 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, • Owns 6-12 career record in doubles finals at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win • Has two Top 5 career wins, both have come in Asia was third in past four years, and marked first time - against No.4 Halep at 2017 Shenzhen and No.4 she has won any tournament title three times Garcia at Wuhan • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. • In 2016, Reached first two WTA finals of career, at A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season Bastad (as qualifier, l. Siegemund) and Tokyo [Japan finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Open] (l. McHale) Azarenka in F) • On ITF Circuit has won seven singles titles and five • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 doubles titles (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six • Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami (l. Mugu- months) ruza) • Part of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2012 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Czech GRAND SLAM HISTORY Republic in 2006

• 2019 Australian Open marked 18th main draw ap- GRAND SLAM HISTORY pearance at a Grand Slam • Best results to date are 3r runs at Wimbledon in • 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2018 (l. Giorgi), Roland main draw appearance, reaching her third career Garros in 2018 (l. Strycova) and US Open in 2018 (l. major final (l. Osaka in F) Tsurenko) • Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wim- • Only other wins came during 2r showings at 2015 bledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. and 2018 Australian Open and 2016 US Open Bouchard in F) • In doubles, lifted first two Grand Slam trophies at • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam 2018 Roland Garros (d. Hozumi/Ninomiya in F) and title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- 2018 Wimbledon (d. Melichar/Peschke in F) both w/ phens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) Krejcikova – the first pairing to complete the Roland • Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech Garros-Wimbledon double since Kim Clijsters and woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was Ai Sugiyama in 2003. Became the first team ever to Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the win the girls’ (2013) and ladies’ (2018) doubles title at Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Wimbledon Navratilova) • Also reached championship match at 2017 US Open • Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are (w/Hradecka, l. Chan/Hingis) SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros • Junior highlights included R-Up in singles at 2013 (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at Australian Open (l. Konjuh) and three Grand Slam 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. doubles titles at 2013 Roland Garros, Wimbledon eventual champion Pennetta) and US Open (all w/Krejcikova) PERSONAL PERSONAL • Nominated for 2018 WTA Player of the Year after • Coached by Iain Hughes and father, Dmitri Siniakov winning a tour-leading five WTA singles titles (also a businessman). Has also worked with WTA • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, legend Helena Sukova a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Mother’s name is Hana Siniakova (accountant); • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former younger brother is Daniel ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, • Started playing tennis at age 5 after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David • All-court player; favorite surface is hardcourt; favorite Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending tournament is Australian Open in January 2016 • Tennis idol growing up was Maria Sharapova • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Parents are Jiri and Pavla

MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

ONS JABEUR (TUN #56) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6)

Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 2-0

2017 TAIPEI CITY HARD I QF ELINA SVITOLINA 6-1 3-6 7-6(4) 116 mins 2012 ITF/LA MARSA CLAY O SF ELINA SVITOLINA 6-2 6-1 N/A

ONS JABEUR ELINA SVITOLINA 56 WTA RANKING 6 140 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8 28-08-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-09-1994 (24) $81,984 YTD PRIZE MONEY $402,221 $1,143,324 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $13,510,846 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 13 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 2 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 2-1 13-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-4 / 27-47 6-3 / 232-127 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 5-20 2-2 / 72-43 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 5-17 0-0 / 44-34 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-4 / 19-35 6-3 / 169-86 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-0 0-0 / 20-21 0-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 17-17 0-0 / 3-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 29-34 0-0 / 4-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 48-63 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 2r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R1 O. JABEUR d. D. VEKIC 6-4,7-6(9) 113 mins R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ONS JABEUR ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 2018 R16- L - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #42) 6-3 6-3 F W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #24) 6-4 6-0 Q 2017 2017 R2 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #76) 6-3 6-1 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) 6-4 6-2

2016 2016 R1-Q L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #49) 6-4 6-1 SF L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #22) 6-4 6-4 2012 2015 R16- L - ARANTXA RUS (NED #95) 6-3 2-6 7-5 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 2-6 6-3 6-2 Q

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DUBAI DUBAI

• Making second main draw appearance (fifth overall) • Two-time defending champion in Dubai, making her at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships fifth appearance • As qualifier, made 2r in 2017 (d. No.14 seed Pavly- • Champion in 2017 (d. No.2 Kerber in SF, Wozniacki uchenkova, l. Q.Wang) in F) and 2018 (d. Kasatkina in F) • Hit 28 winners to upset No.25 Vekic in 1r - her first • Made Top 10 debut here after title run in 2017 win over a Top 30 player of the season • Henin (2003-04 and 2006-07) and V.Williams (2009- • Faces two-time defending champion and World No.6 10) are the only other players to reach back-to-back Svitolina in 2r today. Owns three Top 10 victories, finals at Dubai over No.1 Halep at 2018 Beijing (via ret.), No.8 Ste- • After 1r bye, faces Jabeur in 1r today; saved 4MP to phens at 2018 Moscow and No.7 Cibulkova at 2017 beat the Tunisian en route to Taipei City title in 2017 Roland Garros • Owns 18-6 career record in matches immediately • Entered into doubles draw w/Riske (face Klepac/ following 1r byes, losing the last two such matches Zheng in 1r) against Sabalenka (2018 Wuhan) and Sasnovich • Playing here on a career-high ranking at No.56, (2019 Brisbane) achieved on 28 January. This time last year was ranked No.112 SEASON SEASON • Reached SF last week at Doha (l. Halep after leading • Last week made 1r exit at Doha (as WC, l. Suárez 4-1 in final set) Navarro in straight sets). As alternate pairing, • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year reached first WTA doubles SF w/Riske (l. Groenefeld/ in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) Schuurs) • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane and suffered 2r • Was part of Tunisia Fed Cup team which failed to exit as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sas- progress from Europe/Africa Group II (posted 2-1 novich). Also fell 1r in doubles w/Sevastova (l. Hozu- record in singles and 0-2 in doubles) mi/Rosolska) • Fell in 1r at the Australian Open to Babos in straight sets • Opened season with 2r showings at Shenzhen (l. CAREER MILESTONES Y.Wang) and Hobart (l.Kenin) • Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 CAREER MILESTONES during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 • Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending • Defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. final at 2018 Moscow, where she fell in three sets to Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to 13-2, including a current nine match win streak advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament (Sfar was • At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level) Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), • Prior to 2018 Moscow, best previous results were QF 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 Bucharest suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) • Owns three Top 10 victories, over No.1 Halep at • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, 2018 Beijing (via ret.), No.8 Stephens at 2018 Mos- l. Stephens) and made five further QFs cow and No.7 Cibulkova at 2017 Roland Garros • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, • Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016 winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec- • Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) Doha (as WC) and Olympics • Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in • Became first North African woman to win a junior Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- Grand Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at having also reached the final in 2010 (l. Svitolina in round robin stage with 1-2 record) F) • Her five titles in 2017 were Taipei City, Dubai, Toronto • On ITF Circuit, has 11 singles and one doubles title • Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a • Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Men- single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such zah-TUN tournaments were introduced in 2009 ONS ELINA JABEUR VS SVITOLINA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY CAREER CONT.

• Contested ninth Grand Slam main draw at 2019 • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, Australian Open after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, • Best Grand Slam showing was 3r run at 2017 Roland Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in Garros; in Paris became first Arab woman to reach 3r rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 of a Grand Slam and first lucky loser to contest 3r of • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 a Slam since Kasatkina at 2015 US Open, and first spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 at Roland Garros since Pizzichini in 1996. Gaidano, Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 at 1993 US Open, was the most recent lucky loser to WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or reach R16 at a major reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) • Is second Tunisian woman to win a Grand Slam main • Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first draw match after Selima Sfar reached 2r at 2001 Ro- SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Rad- land Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; 2002 Wim- wanska); in addition, post-US Open reached SF at bledon; 2005 Wimbledon; and 2008 Roland Garros Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) • Has also made 2r at 2017 US Open (l. Vandeweghe) • Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Siniakova) second time (l. Kvitova in F) • Has lost in 1r at Australian Open on three occasions, • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva), 2018 (l. Vesnina) Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven and 2019 (l. Babos) (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) • In girls’ singles at Roland Garros was champion in • Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai 2011 (d. Puig) and R-Up in 2010 (l. Svitolina) (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) PERSONAL • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) • Started playing tennis at age 3 • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. • Husband Karim Kamoun is half-Russian Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on • Away from court enjoys playing and watching football ITF Circuit • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-2017. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Best Grand Slam results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Aus- tralian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros) PERSONAL

• Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian • Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family • Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione • Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per- forming off-court promotional and charitable activities MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. [WC] EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #79)

Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads 3-1

2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R2 SIMONA HALEP 6-2 6-2 65 mins 2014 WTA FINALS HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP 6-2 6-3 68 mins 2014 WIMBLEDON GRASS O SF EUGENIE BOUCHARD 7-6(5) 6-2 94 mins 2014 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP 6-2 1-6 6-4 99 mins

SIMONA HALEP EUGENIE BOUCHARD 2 WTA RANKING 79 12 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 59 27-09-1991 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 25-02-1994 (24) $289,913 YTD PRIZE MONEY $96,146 $28,435,492 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,184,221 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 18 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 1 / 1 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 6-3 1-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 8-3 / 335-154 4-2 / 141-123 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 99-51 1-1 / 38-46 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 41-52 0-2 / 38-21 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-3 / 199-98 4-2 / 86-81 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 33-11 0-0 / 9-11 1-0 / 11-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-13 2-0 / 35-44 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 12-28 3-2 / 93-69 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 18-45 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 2r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE - R1 E. BOUCHARD d. V. LAPKO 6-3,6-4 81 mins

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SIMONA HALEP EUGENIE BOUCHARD 2016 2014 R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #17) 7-6(2) 6-2 QF-Q L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #50) 6-1 6-4

2015 F W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #18) 6-4 7-6(4)

2014 R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #26) 6-1 1-1

2013 R16-Q L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #67) W/O 2012

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DUBAI DUBAI

• Former champion Halep is playing Dubai Duty Free • Making main draw debut at Dubai Tennis Championships for a fifth time • Fell in qualifying here in 2014, despite being ranked • Defeated two Top 10 players to win the title here in No.19 - was No.31 at the time of acceptance list cut- 2015 (d. No.9 Makarova in QF and No.5 Wozniac- off, six weeks prior to tournament ki). One of four former champions to begin the draw • One of four wildcards in main draw (also Al Nabhani, along with Kvitova (2013), Errani (2016) and Svitoli- Errani and Stosur) na (2017-18) • Best result by a wildcard here was V.Williams’s title • Following 1r bye, faces Bouchard in 1r today; won run in 2014 their last meeting in straight sets en route to 2018 • Beat No.60 Lapko in 1r - her best, in terms of rank- Australian Open final ing, so far in 2019 • In terms of ranking, a loss today would be the worst • Faces No.2 Halep in 2r today. The winner of their in a completed match since being upset by then- past three meetings has gone on to finish R-Up at No.146 Sharapova at 2017 US Open; also retired w/ the tournament: Halep (2018 Australian Open and back injury against No.118 Jabeur at 2018 Beijing 2014 WTA Finals) and Bouchard (2014 Wimbledon) • Win today would be the 200th at main draw level of • Owns three Top 5 wins, over No.3 Halep (2014 Wim- her career bledon), No.2 Kerber (2016 Rome) and No.2 Kerber • Aiming this week to become fourth player to lift Dubai (2017 Madrid) title multiple times, following in footsteps of Henin • Playing doubles as alternate pairing w/Kenin this (2003-04, 2006-07), V.Williams (2009-10, 2014) and week (d. Spears/Yang in 1r, face Ostaoenko/Siniako- Svitolina (2017-18) va in 2r) • This time last year, was ranked No.116 SEASON SEASON

• Finished R-Up in Doha final (l. Mertens); career • Reached QF of WTA 125K Series event at Newport record in singles finals now 18-16 Beach and fell in qualifying at Doha (l. Brengle) • Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Roma- • Made 2r at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) nia to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed • Opened season by reaching last eight in singles at Cup first round at the weekend and reach the SF for Auckland (l. eventual champion Goerges), and win- the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had ning doubles title (w/Andreescu) - the first doubles been defeated at home in 10 years title of her career • Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open • Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Ended 2018 ranked No.89, her sixth consecutive Top 100 finish. Made two SFs, at Gstaad (l. eventual champion Cornet) and Luxembourg (l. Goerges). • Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second Gstaad SF was first time reaching last four since time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden 2017 Sydney Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) • During 2017, had 3r showing at Australian Open (l. • Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova Vandeweghe), defeated No.6 Cibulkova en route to a in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up SF appearance at Sydney to start the year (l. Konta) at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) followed by a QF finish at Madrid after defeating the and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is 18-16 in career finals likes of Sharapova and No.2 Kerber (via retirement) • Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (l. Kuznetsova) (w/Begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals • In doubles action, advanced to two finals in 2017, at • Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having Washington, DC (w/Stephens) and Luxembourg (w/ ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on Flipkens), losing both October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman to reach • 2016 season highlights included reaching fifth and the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 sixth career singles finals, at Hobart (l. Cornet) and • Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); Kuala Lumpur (l. Svitolina) reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome, Ro- • After 2014 Wimbledon, made Top 10 debut at No.7, land Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing. 2016 season beating previous Canadian best of No.8 (Bassett-Se- highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and guso). Climbed to a career-high No.5 on October 20, Montréal 2014 SIMONA EUGENIE HALEP VS BOUCHARD

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• Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved rank- • Owns a 1-5 record in career singles finals, sole title ing from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles coming at 2014 Nürnberg (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) • Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore • Qualified for 2014 season-ending WTA Finals Singa- (2014-18), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, hav- pore, becoming first Canadian to qualify in 25 years. ing defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Went 0-3 in round-robin stage • Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in USA in winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end 2008 No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, 2014-19 • 2019 Australian Open marked her 23rd career main draw appearance at a major • Reached the title match at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Kvitova), becoming the first Canadian to ever reach GRAND SLAM HISTORY a Grand Slam final; since joined by Milos Raonic at 2016 Wimbledon • Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros • Made first Grand Slam SF at 2014 Australian Open (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at (l. Li), and advanced to SF at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. eventual champion Sharapova) – defeating two Top Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. 20 players en route (No.9 Kerber and No.15 Suárez Wozniacki in 3s) Navarro) • Became 49th different woman to win a Slam title in • Best result at US Open is R16 run in both 2014 (l. the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to Makarova) and 2015 (withdrew prior to match vs. win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros eventual R-Up Vinci w/concussion) • Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) • Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and PERSONAL US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) • Won Roland Garros girls’ singles title in 2008 – sixth • At age 12, she moved to Florida with her mother woman to go on to win the women’s singles title to be coached at Nick Saviano’s high-performance academy, also attended by Sloane Stephens PERSONAL • Named 2013 WTA Newcomer of the Year, as voted by international tennis media • Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer • Currently working with Michael Joyce • Worked with David Goffin’s former coach Thierry • Previously worked with Robert Lansdorp, Thomas Van Cleemput during 2019 Doha before ending trial Hogstedt, Sam Sumyk, Nick Saviano and Harold period. During off-season long-time coach Darren Solomon Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis • Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[5] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) vs. [LL] DALILA JAKUPOVIC (SLO #85)

Head to Head: 0-0

ANGELIQUE KERBER DALILA JAKUPOVIC 7 WTA RANKING 85 14 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 353 18-01-1988 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-03-1991 (27) $260,423 YTD PRIZE MONEY $72,817 $27,417,264 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $636,815 0 / 12 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 7-6 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 1-0 6-3 / 405-228 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 15-20 1-1 / 113-89 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 6-5 3-0 / 81-53 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 5-3 6-3 / 266-148 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 7-13 1-1 / 33-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-1 0-0 / 19-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-0 0-1 / 37-60 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-0 1-1 / 87-112 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-2 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 2r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - R1 D. JAKUPOVIC d. Z. DIYAS 1-6,6-1,6-2 94 mins

R2-Q J. BRADY d. D. JAKUPOVIC 6-0,6-3 56 mins

R1-Q D. JAKUPOVIC d. C. PAQUET 7-6(3),6-3 104 mins

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 SF L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) 6-3 6-3

2017 SF L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13) 6-3 7-6(3)

2015 R16 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 6-2 3-6 6-1

2014 R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) 3-6 6-3 7-6(6)

2013 R16 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #17) 7-5 6-1

2011 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #24) 6-4 4-6 6-3

2008 R1-Q L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #115) 3-6 7-5 6-3

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• Making sixth main draw appearance in Dubai this • Making first career main draw appearance in Dubai week this week as lucky loser • Best results were back-to-back SF finishes last two • Contested qualifying this week, defeating Paquet in years, falling to eventual champion Svitolina on both straight sets before falling to Brady occasions • Received lucky loser entry into main draw following • Also reached R16 twice in 2013 (l. Vinci) and 2015 (l. withdrawal of Giorgi (right wrist injury) Pennetta) • Notched first main draw win of 2019 season with • Following 1r bye, takes on lucky loser No.85 Jak- three-set triumph over qualifier Diyas in 1r upovic in today’s 2r action. Has a 4-1 record against • Takes on No.5 Kerber in today’s 2r action - her first lucky losers in WTA matches, has not lost to such a career meeting with a Top 10 opponent player since 2010 Ponte Vedra Beach (l. Lepchenko • Slovene No.2 behind Zidansek (No.63) and ahead of in 2r) Hercog (No.88) • This will be her first match against a lucky loser since 2018 Rome (d. Diyas) • Is 3-0 against opponents ranked outside the Top 50 this season SEASON • Lone remaining German contesting this week’s draw following Goerges 1r loss • Posted 1-3 record in singles as Slovenia failed to progress from Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I • Began 2019 campaign with three consecutive 1r SEASON losses at Shenzhen (l. Alexandrova), Hobart (l. Flip- kens) and Australian Open (l. Giorgi) • Advanced to SF last week in Doha (l. eventual champion Mertens) - 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels CAREER MILESTONES • Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching • Earned over half of her career prize money in 2018 R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad ($337,832) and finished her season at a career-high Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of singles ranking and best year-end finish of No.69 eight active players to achieve the feat) • Reached her first WTA SF at Bogota and first Pre- • Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. mier level QF at Birmingham (as a qualifier) eventual champion Kvitova) – first QF since Wimble- • Captured second career WTA doubles crown at 2018 don title run last July Bogota (w/Khromacheva) • Started off Australian swing by helping Germany fin- • Notched first two Top 20 wins of her career at 2018 ish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 Birmingham, over No.17 Mertens (saved four match- singles record – d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) points) and No.18 Osaka (via ret.) • Reached a career high doubles ranking of No.38 following QF showing at US Open (w/Khromacheva, CAREER MILESTONES l. eventual champions Barty/Vandeweghe) – Septem- ber 10, 2018 • Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and • Finished 2017 season ranked No.239 – fourth third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. non-consecutive Top 300 season – and No.89 in S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 doubles for career first Top 100 doubles season • Record in tour-level finals stands at 12-16 – her • Season highlighted by runner-up finish at WTA $125k 28 final appearances is the joint-10th-most among Series event in Mumbai (l. Sabalenka in F) active players • Also reached 2r at two tour-level events in 2017, • Also in 2018, posted SF runs at Australian Open (l. at Taipei City (as qualifier, l. Stosur) and Bogota (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai Schiavone) (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. • Reached three WTA doubles finals in 2017, lifting eventual champion Wozniacki having held match career first WTA doubles trophy at Istanbul (w/ point) Kichenok, d. Melichar/Mertens in F), and finishing as • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of runner-up at Monterrey (w/Kichenok, l. Hibino/Rosol- season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at ska in F) and Tianjin (w/Stojanovic, l. Begu/Errani in Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai F) ANGELIQUE DALILA KERBER VS JAKUPOVIC

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first • Holds five ITF singles titles (all on clay) and eight ITF Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. doubles titles S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), • Part of Slovenian Fed Cup team in 2014 and 2017 finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and • Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Monterrey (as rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- qualifier, l. Kumkhum) came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, • Contested WTA qualifying for the first time at 2011 a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati Copenhagen • Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, GRAND SLAM HISTORY becoming 15th player to do so • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking –be- • 2019 Australian Open marked third career main draw came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- appearance at a Slam ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2018 Roland • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by inter- Garros, falling in 1r (as qualifier, l. Garcia Perez) - national media and fans; also, ITF World Champion first Slovenian to debut in a Grand Slam since Tadeja • 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Majeric at the 2014 Australian Open Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Fell in 1r of debut appearances at 2018 US Open (l. • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- Teichmann) and 2019 Australian Open (l. Giorgi) gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 PERSONAL • Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles • Coached by her father, Senad Jakupovic on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and • Began playing tennis at age six green) • Favorite surface is hardcourt GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Is a three-time Grand Slam champion, winning 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Wil- liams in F) • At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 • Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) 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

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[1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #67)

Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 1-0

2018 DUBAI HARD O R1 NAOMI OSAKA 6-2 6-2 70 mins

NAOMI OSAKA KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 1 WTA RANKING 67 1 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 202 16-10-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 14-05-1993 (25) $3,104,114 YTD PRIZE MONEY $221,110 $10,733,311 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,222,538 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 19 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 3-2 4-3 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-1 / 89-60 1-3 / 169-177 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-0 / 20-15 0-1 / 54-55 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 14-15 0-1 / 44-47 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-1 / 70-42 1-3 / 93-114 1-0 / 5-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 9-14 0-0 / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 6-8 3-0 / 8-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 12-20 5-0 / 21-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 27-48 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 2r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE - R1 K. MLADENOVIC d. F. AL NABHANI 6-1,6-1 71 mins

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

NAOMI OSAKA KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 2018 2018 QF L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) 6-2 6-4 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #48) 6-2 6-2

2017 2017 R2 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #44) 6-3 6-4 R16 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #76) 6-1 6-4

2016 R16 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 7-5 3-6 6-4

2014 R16- L - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #39) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 Q 2012 R1-Q L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #38) 6-2 2-6 6-1

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• Making third appearance at Dubai Duty Free Tennis • Making fourth main draw appearance at Dubai (and Championships, where her best result was last sixth overall) year’s QF showing (l. eventual champion Svitolina) • Best result was 2017’s 3r showing (l. Q.Wang); upset • After 1r bye, in 2r faces No.67 Mladenovic, whom No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 2r – the first of five Top 10 wins she broke six times to beat during last year’s run in 2017 • Last season, suffered only two defeats to opponents • In doubles, won title here in 2015 (w/Babos) and was ranked outside Top 50, against No.113 Jakupovic runner-up in 2016 (w/Garcia). Top seed this fortnight (via ret.) at Birmingham and No.62 Linette at Wash- w/Babos (after 1r bye, will face Arruabarrena/Chris- ington DC tian in 2r) • Owns perfect 2-0 career record in matches following • Beat No.406 Al Nabhani in 1r - her first tour-level sin- 1r byes, scoring straight-set wins over Cibulkova gles win since Moscow last October (d. Kalinskaya) (2018 Tokyo) and Aiava (2019 Brisbane) • Faces No.1 Osaka in 2r today; has lost both previous • Has now won 60-straight matches when winning matches against reigning No.1s, vs. S.Williams at the first set. Has not lost a match when winning the 2016 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 Wuhan first set since her final match of the 2016 season in • In terms of ranking, best career wins vs. No.2 Li Tianjin (vs. Kuznetsova in QF) (2014 Roland Garros) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Stutt- • Playing first match since beating Kvitova in Austra- gart) lian Open final; withdrew from Doha last week w/ • One of three French players in draw this week (also back injury Cornet and Garcia). Only Frenchwoman to win Dubai • Ranked and seeded No.1 at this year’s tournament; title was Mauresmo in 2002 by contrast, 12 months ago was No.48 • Based in Dubai, having moved here in December • Is top seed at a WTA tournament for the first time in 2015; in final competitive action of 2018 season, her career reached QF in December’s ITF $100k event here • Has reached SF or better at five of past six events: 2018 US Open (WON), 2018 Tokyo (R-Up), 2018 Beijing (SF), WTA Finals (RR), Brisbane (SF) and SEASON Australian Open (WON) • Thus far in 2019 has fallen 1r in Brisbane (l. Aiava), Sydney qualifying (l. Birrell), Australian Open (l. Ve- SEASON kic) and St. Petersburg (l. Ostapenko) • Sydney marked first time contesting qualifying since • Won second Grand Slam title at Australian Open (d. 2015 Rome (d. Falconi and Puig to reach main Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach draw). Was first qualifying loss since 2015 Madrid (l. No.1 following the tournament Doi) • Is the first woman to win her second major in a row • As defending champion in doubles at Australian after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 Open (w/Babos), reached final again in 2019, howev- (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) er lost out to Stosur/Zhang • Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual R-Up Tsurenko). Withdrew from Sydney citing a change in schedule CAREER MILESTONES

• Season highlights in 2018 were R-Up finish as St. CAREER MILESTONES Petersburg (as defending champion, l. Kvitova in F) and matching her best career result at Wimbledon by • Posted a 40-20 record in 2018, resulting in best year- reaching 3r (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) end finish of career at No.5, up from No.68 in 2017 • In doubles in 2018, won second career Grand Slam • Won the first two titles of her career last season, at doubles title at Australian Open (w/Babos) – defeated WTA Premier Mandatory level Indian Wells (d. Kasat- Makarova/Vesnina in F. Also finished doubles R-Up kina in F) and debut Grand Slam crown at US Open at Flushing Meadows York (w/Babos, l. Barty/Vande- (d. S.Williams in F) weghe) and ended campaign by lifting WTA Finals • Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Plis- crown w/Babos (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) kova). Record in finals stands at 2-2, having also • Owns six Top 5 career wins, over No.2 Li (2014 finished as R-Up at 2016 Toyko [PPO] (l. Wozniacki) Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2015 Birmingham), • From her efforts in New York last September, passed No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Dubai), No.4 Halep (2017 USD $5 million in prize money for the season – No.2 Indian Wells), No.2 Kerber (2017 Stuttgart) and No.5 (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners Muguruza (2017 Roland Garros) NAOMI KRISTINA OSAKA VS MLADENOVIC

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time • Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, making major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, Top 10 debut and lifting first career singles title at Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight Premier-level 2017 St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in was against Sakkari in R16 F). Passed $5 million career prize money mark by • After win over Halep at 2018 Indian Wells, owns winning title a 1-3 record against reigning No.1s (also lost to • Finished season at No.11 for highest year-end Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Toronto and Halep at 2018 Aus- ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on tralian Open and 2018 Rome) October 23, 2017 • Owns eight Top 10 wins, also over No.6 Kerber • Reached biggest final of career at Premier Mandato- (2017 US Open), No.5 V.Williams (2017 Hong Kong), ry-level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep) and was R-Up at No.5 Ka.Pliskova and No.1 Halep (2018 Indian Acapulco (l. Tsurenko) and Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) Wells), No.10 Goerges (2018 Beijing), and No.6 Kvi- • Advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual cham- tova, No.7 Svitolina and No.8 Ka.Pliskova (all 2019 pion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 Australian Open) Halep and No.13 Wozniacki. Result saw her break • Other Grand Slam results in 2018 were R16 at Aus- into Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, tralian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r at Roland and overtake Garcia to become French No.1 Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. eventual • Qualified as first alternate for 2017 WTA Finals but champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs at Not- not called on to play tingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sevasto- • Reached two singles finals in 2016, at ‘s-Hertogen- va), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut bosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozni- • Produced second Top 100 season in 2017, finishing acki), having been runner-up at 2015 Strasbourg (l. at No.68 as the Japanese No.1 Stosur) • Book-ended the season with QF showings at Auck- • Won four doubles titles in 2016 w/Garcia: Charleston, land and Hong Kong; other highlights included 3r Stuttgart, Madrid and Roland Garros runs at Wimbledon and US Open • Member of French Fed Cup side that advanced to • Scored first Top 5 win when she upset No.5 V.Wil- 2016 competition final against Czech Republic – lost liams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending epic singles rubber to Ka.Pliskova, 63 46 16-14 in 3 champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open hours 48 minutes – 30-game final set being lon- marked first career Top 10 win gest-ever in a Fed Cup final – as well as decisive • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year doubles rubber (w/Garcia, l. Pliskova/Strycova) • Highlight of 2016 was career-first WTA final at Tokyo • Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached three QFs, at 50 on March 18, 2013 Acapulco, Florianopolis and Tianjin, and 3r at 2016 • Played first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open. Paris [Indoors] • Won 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (d. Garcia in F, saving match points) • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualifying (achieving first WTA qualifying wins in the • Best Slam results are QF runs at 2015 US Open (l. process), and came from match point down to shock Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to • Also reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Gavrilo- No.18 Petkovic in 2r va), 2015 Wimbledon (l. Azarenka) and 2018 Wim- • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 bledon (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) (l. Dabrowski) • In doubles, won first Grand Slam title at 2016 Roland Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) – were first French pair to win the doubles title at GRAND SLAM HISTORY Roland Garros since Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr in 1971 • Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open and 2019 • Won second Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Aus- Australian Open. Has made only 12 Grand Slam tralian Open (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) main draw appearances, owning 32-10 record • Finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos), 2016 • Defeated six-time champion S.Williams to win 2018 US Open (w/Garcia), 2018 US Open (w/Babos) and US Open. Flushing Meadows triumph made her first 2019 Australian Open (w/Babos) Japanese woman to reach Slam final and the young- • Won mixed doubles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 est US Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 Australian Open, and finished R-Up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/Nestor) NAOMI KRISTINA OSAKA VS MLADENOVIC

GRAND SLAM CONT. PERSONAL

• Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third ap- • Mother is Dzenita (was a pro volleyball player); father pearance. Became the 10th woman to win US Open is Dragan (was a pro handball player); brother is and Australian Open back-to-back and first since Luka (soccer player) S.Williams in 2015 • Started playing tennis aged 8 when introduced to • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became sport by parents youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Grand • Speaks French, English, Serbian, Italian and Spanish Slam since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19 • Currently without a full-time coach yrs, 342 days) and the youngest player from Japan to reach the fourth round at Australian Open since Date in 1990 (19 yrs, 122 days) • Has also made 3r at the other two majors: 2016 Roland Garros (l. Halep) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Keys), 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber)

PERSONAL

• Currently without a full-time coach, having last week parted company with Aleksandar (Sascha) Bajin, former hitting partner of Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams. Formerly coached by David Taylor, long-time coach of Sam Stosur • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent), Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) and Kristy Stahr (physio) • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old; holds dual citizenship. Currently lives in Fort Lauderdale and trains in Boca Raton • Sponsorship deals include Citizen, broadcaster WOWOW, Nissin (food brand), Nissan (automobiles) and ANA Airlines • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in NYC before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years • Her mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari is also on tour MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) vs. [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5)

Head to Head: DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA leads 3-1

2017 DOHA HARD O SF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-4 4-6 6-3 112 mins 2016 WUHAN HARD O R16 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 6-2 6-2 74 mins 2016 EASTBOURNE GRASS O F DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 7-5 6-3 101 mins 2014 KUALA LUMPUR HARD O SF DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 149 mins

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 30 WTA RANKING 5 363 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 06-05-1989 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (26) $69,531 YTD PRIZE MONEY $881,601 $13,529,494 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $15,256,042 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 8 1 / 12 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 5 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 4-6 6-5 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 377-266 11-2 / 268-144 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 120-105 6-2 / 87-47 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 87-66 0-0 / 54-56 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 260-186 11-2 / 195-96 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 31-29 1-0 / 24-19 0-0 / 20-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 12-18 0-0 / 37-62 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 26-37 0-0 / 70-108 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 52-67 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 2r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R1 D. CIBULKOVA d. L. ARRUABARRENA 5-7,6-1,6-2 115 mins R1 BYE -

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2017 2018 R2 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #37) 6-2 4-6 6-2 QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 6-4 6-3

2013 2017 R1 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #12) 5-7 6-3 6-2 R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #31) 6-2 6-4

2012 2016 R1 L - IVETA MELZER (CZE #45) 3-1 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 7-6(5) 6-1 2011 2015 R1 L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #31) 7-6(5) 6-2 F L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 6-4 7-6(4) 2010 2014 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #3) 6-2 7-6(2) R1 L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #20) 6-1 7-5 2009 2013 R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #75) 4-6 6-1 4-0 R1-Q L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #67) 3-6 6-2 6-4 2007 QF-Q L - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #115) 7-5 6-4

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• Making seventh main draw appearance at Dubai, • Making sixth main draw appearance at Dubai, where where best result was R16 showing in 2009 (ret. vs. she was R-Up to Halep in 2015 (one of nine former Vesnina w/heat illness) finalists in this year’s draw • Recovered from losing six straight games in opening • After 1r bye, faces Cibulkova in 2r today. Last sea- set to beat Arruabarrena in 1r on Monday - her first son, suffered defeat three times in matches immedi- victory since QF run at 2018 Beijing (d. Duan, Gavri- ately following 1r byes, at Rome (l. Sakkari), Wuhan lova, Stephens) (l. Q.Wang) and Moscow (l. Zvonareva) • Faces No.5 Ka.Pliskova in 2r; owns 12 Top 5 wins, • One of a tournament-leading five Czechs in Dubai most recently No.1 Halep at 2018 Wuhan main draw (also Hradecka, Kvitova, Siniakova and • Has won past three meetings with Spaniards, includ- Strycova). Best result by a Czech here was Kvitova’s ing Arruabarrena at 2017 Roland Garros title run in 2013 • Has spent her past two pre-season training camps • Has played eight three-set matches this season (6-2 based in Dubai record), more than any other player on tour • Received doubles WC with sister Kristyna this week (face top seeds Melichar/Peschke in 1r later today); SEASON first tournament together since 2018 New Haven • Withdrew from St. Petersburg w/viral illness • Opened season with 1r exits at Sydney (l. Stosur) and Australian Open (l. Zhang) - first time she has SEASON failed to post a win in Australia since 2007 • Withdrew from Doha last week w/viral illness • Earlier this month, was unable to prevent defend- CAREER MILESTONES ing champions Czech Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. • Posted ninth career Top 30 finish in 2018 (at No.25), Buzarnescu, l. Halep) reaching finals at Budapest (l. Van Uytvanck) and • Produced best Australian Open performance of Strasbourg (l. Pavlyuchenkova). Record in WTA career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in finals now stands at 8-13 (most recent title came at 3s); saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore) • Began season by winning 12th career title at Bris- • Held 2mp in Strasbourg final against Pavlyuchen- bane International (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won kova; match lasted 3h 35m – the longest non-Slam at least one WTA title for seven consecutive seasons match of the 2018 season • Also made QFs in 2018 at Sydney, Wimbledon, Wu- han and Beijing and R16 at US Open • Upset World No.1 Halep in 2r at Wuhan; now has CAREER MILESTONES 5-11 record against current World No.1s, with other wins over Wozniacki at 2011 Sydney and 2011 Wim- • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, bledon, Azarenka 2012 Roland Garros and Kerber at triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and 2016 WTA Finals Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in • 2017 was highlighted by R-Up finish at New Haven Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) (l. Gavrilova in F) • At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at • Won first WTA doubles title of career at 2017 ‘s-Her- Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r togenbosch (w/Flipkens) at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first • Posted career-high ranking on March 20, 2017 at time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing No.4 following run to R16 at Indian Wells (l. Pavly- at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) uchenkova) • Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending cham- • Capped 2016 by winning biggest title of career to pion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. even- date at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1-2 in group tual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). stage before defeating No.9 Kuznetsova in SF and Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments World No.1 Kerber in final • Part of Czech Republic squad which won a sixth Fed • At No.7, became lowest seeded player to triumph at Cup in past eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. WTA Finals since No.7 seed V.Williams in 2008; first Germany) player to win WTA Finals on debut since Kvitova in • Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting 2011 career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish

DOMINIKA KAROLINA CIBULKOVA VS PLISKOVA

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Won 2016 WTA Comeback Player of the Year award • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- – ended 2015 ranked No.38 having been sidelined ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first for four months with a left Achilles problem, with Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the ranking dipping as low as No.66 in February 2016 computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina • Won career-high 53 matches in 2016 (previous best Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while was 42 matches in 2011) representing USA) • Won a WTA-leading four singles titles in 2016 – qual- • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in ified for Singapore by virtue of lifting trophy at Linz (d. F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Golubic in F) after earlier wins at Katowice (d. Giorgi Wozniacki in F) in F) and Eastbourne (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). In 2016 • In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. also reached finals at Acapulco (l. Stephens), Madrid eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. Halep) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova) (l. Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe), and • Earlier titles came at 2011 Moscow, 2012 Carlsbad, posted 2r result at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) 2013 Stanford and 2014 Acapulco • Holds a 12-11 record in singles finals, having won • Withdrew from Rio Olympics (w/left calf injury) having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart), • Owns 37 victories over Top 10 opponents (eight com- grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne) and hard ing in 2016) including five over reigning World No.1s: (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Wozniacki at 2011 Sydney and 2011 Wimbledon, Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, Azarenka at 2012 Roland Garros, Kerber at 2016 2019 Brisbane) WTA Finals and Halep at 2018 Wuhan • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 • Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on March 31, 2014 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles (after Miami) finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first • Broke into Top 20 on August 4, 2008 set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2005 Rabat and main • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, draw debut at 2006 Istanbul meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time GRAND SLAM HISTORY (along with Kvitova and Safarova

• 2019 Australian Open marked 45th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Win-loss record at this level now stands at 80-44 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Best result across the majors came with runner-up finish at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li). Defeated four • Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 seeds en route to final at Melbourne Park, including US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in No.3 Sharapova and No.5 A.Radwanska to become R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first player representing Slovakia (male or female) to first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena reach a Grand Slam singles final Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) • At Roland Garros, advanced to SF in 2009 (l. eventu- • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 al R-Up Safina) and QF in 2012 (l. Stosur) (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 • Also, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 2011, 2016 Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) and 2018, and at US Open in 2010 • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r) PERSONAL

• In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and PERSONAL accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on- court Slovak catch-cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her • Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at foundation which assists athletes and other notables Sparta Praha tennis club in her native Slovakia who have fallen on tough times • Currently coached by Rennae Stubbs; worked with • Married husband Michal ‘Miso’ Navara in Bratislava former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martínez at in July 2016, after Wimbledon US Open, and previously coached by Tomas Krupa • Coached by Matej Liptak; fitness trainer and physio and David Kotyza is Jozef Ivanko • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FEBRUARY 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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ONS JABEUR (TUN #56) vs. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #25) Series tied 1-1 Vekic won in two tight sets when they last met at 2018 Beijing... Jabeur looking for first Top 30 win of season... Winner faces defending champion Svitolina in second round [13] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #52) Goerges leads 2-0 Goerges recovered from 4-2 down in final set to win when pair met last week in Doha... Riske aiming for first Top 20 win of season... Goerges one of 10 former Dubai finalists in this year’s draw [Q] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #119) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) First meeting Brady playing a Premier-level tournament for first time since last summer...Ostapenko fell to Svitolina in second round last week at Dubai... Brady’s sole tour-level win of 2019 came over No.19 Garcia in Hua Hin [Q] ZHU LIN (CHN #108) vs. [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) Mertens leads 1-0 Mertens won when the pair met at 2018 Tianjin... Zhu also qualified for Dubai in 2017, when she fell in the first round...Mertens fresh from winning biggest title of career at Doha on Saturday [9] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) vs. [LL] STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #84) Voegele leads 1-0 Voegele upset the Dane on clay at Charleston in 2013... Wozniacki has won 22 matches in Dubai, more than any other player in the tournament’s history... Winner faces Bencic in second round [14] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #19) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) Pavlyuchenkova leads 3-1 Garcia saved three match points to win their last encounter at 2018 Tokyo... Pavlyuchenkova has fallen in the first round on her past six visits to Dubai... Both players performed well in recent Fed Cup ties

DOING THE DOUBLE STRONG FIELD

Elise Mertens is looking to become only the third woman The field this week is certainly not lacking in talent, with to win Doha and Dubai in the same year, following in the nine of last week’s Top 10 present and seven Grand Slam footsteps of Martina Hingis (2001) and Justine Henin champions. (2007). How have recent Doha champions faired? It also contains all nine of 2019’s singles title winners: YEAR DOHA CHAMPION DUBAI RESULT * Karolina Pliskova (Brisbane)

Victoria Azarenka 2012 DNP * Aryna Sabalenka (Shenzhen)

Victoria Azarenka 2013 DNP * Julia Goerges (Auckland) * Petra Kvitova (Sydney) Simona Halep 2014 First Round * Sofia Kenin (Hobart) Lucie Safarova 2015 Quarterfinals * Naomi Osaka (Australian Open) Carla Suárez Navarro 2016 Second Round * Kiki Bertens (St. Petersburg) Karolina Pliskova 2017 Second Round * Dayana Yastremska (Hua Hin) Petra Kvitova 2018 DNP * Elise Mertens (Doha)

MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

ONS JABEUR (TUN #56) vs. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #25)

Head to Head: Series tied 1-1

2018 BEIJING HARD O R2 DONNA VEKIC 7-6(5) 6-4 102 mins 2014 LINZ HARD I R1 ONS JABEUR 7-5 6-1 79 mins

ONS JABEUR DONNA VEKIC 56 WTA RANKING 25 131 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9 28-08-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 28-06-1996 (22) $66,439 YTD PRIZE MONEY $215,153 $1,127,779 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,727,719 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 1-1 0-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 26-46 10-3 / 99-105 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 5-20 3-1 / 28-34 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 4-17 2-1 / 25-22 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 18-34 10-3 / 70-75 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-0 1-0 / 5-7 0-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 3-5 0-0 / 3-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 7-15 0-0 / 4-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 7-33 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ONS JABEUR 2018 R16- L - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #42) 6-3 6-3 Q 2017 R2 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #76) 6-3 6-1

2016 R1-Q L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #49) 6-4 6-1

2012 R16- L - ARANTXA RUS (NED #95) 6-3 2-6 7-5 Q

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• Making second main draw appearance (fifth overall) • Making tournament debut in Dubai at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships • Faces Jabeur in 1r today; bidding for 11th tour-level • As qualifier, made 2r in 2017 (d. No.14 seed Pavly- win of season - by contrast did not reach this mark uchenkova, l. Q.Wang) until May (Rome) in 2018 • Faces Vekic in 1r today; looking for first win over Top • Contesting tournament at career-high ranking of 30 player of the season No.25; by contrast was No.53 in the corresponding • Winner will face two-time defending champion Svito- week last year lina in 2r • Has won 78.2% of service games this season (10th- • Entered into doubles draw w/Riske (face Klepac/ best record on tour) - last year was winning only 66% Zheng in 1r) of service games • Playing here on a career-high ranking at No.56, achieved on 28 January. This time last year was ranked No.112 SEASON

• On Fed Cup duty, won both singles rubbers (d. Kru- SEASON nic and Ozgen) as Croatia failed to advance in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I • Last week made 1r exit at Doha (as WC, l. Suárez • Reached biggest final of career at Premier-level Navarro in straight sets). As alternate pairing, St. Petersburg (l. Bertens); now owns 2-5 record in reached first WTA doubles SF w/Riske (l. Groenefeld/ singles finals Schuurs) • Posted best win of career with defeat of No.2 Kvitova • Was part of Tunisia Fed Cup team which failed to en route to St. Petersburg QF, bettering victory over progress from Europe/Africa Group II (posted 2-1 No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] record in singles and 0-2 in doubles) • Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell) • Fell in 1r at the Australian Open to Babos in straight • Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. even- sets tual champion Ka.Pliskova) • Opened season with 2r showings at Shenzhen (l. Y.Wang) and Hobart (l.Kenin) CAREER MILESTONES

CAREER MILESTONES • Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, after registering a career-best 31 tour-level wins • Defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit • Season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washington DC and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first finals final at 2018 Moscow, where she fell in three sets to appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to • Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament (Sfar was and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wim- the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level) bledon (l. Goerges) • Prior to reaching Moscow final, best previous results • Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top- were QF at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign Bucharest anked No.54 • Owns three Top 10 victories, over No.1 Halep at • Grass court season highlighted by winning second 2018 Beijing (via ret.), No.8 Stephens at 2018 Mos- WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. No.8 cow and No.7 Cibulkova at 2017 Roland Garros Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to- • Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016 back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to • Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at final at Tashkent) Doha (as WC) and Olympics • Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, • Became first North African woman to win a junior winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY. Grand Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), • Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges having also reached the final in 2010 (l. Svitolina in • Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeat- F) ing Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic • On ITF Circuit, has won 11 singles titles and one at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin doubles title • 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent • Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Men- (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku zah-TUN ONS DONNA JABEUR VS VEKIC

GRAND SLAM HISTORY CAREER CONT.

• Contested ninth Grand Slam main draw at 2019 • When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Australian Open Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest • Best Grand Slam showing was 3r run at 2017 Roland player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok Garros; in Paris became first Arab woman to reach 3r (Vania King) of a Grand Slam and first lucky loser to contest 3r of • Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. a Slam since Kasatkina at 2015 US Open, and first In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, at Roland Garros since Pizzichini in 1996. Gaidano, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old at 1993 US Open, was the most recent lucky loser to Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished run- reach R16 at a major ner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) • Is second Tunisian woman to win a Grand Slam main and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2019 St. draw match after Selima Sfar reached 2r at 2001 Ro- Petersburg, owns a 2-5 record in singles finals land Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; 2002 Wim- • Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 bledon; 2005 Wimbledon; and 2008 Roland Garros • On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles • Has also made 2r at 2017 US Open (l. Vandeweghe) title and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Siniakova) • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017, • Has lost in 1r at Australian Open on three occasions, 2019 in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva), 2018 (l. Vesnina) and 2019 (l. Babos) • In girls’ singles at Roland Garros was champion in 2011 (d. Puig) and R-Up in 2010 (l. Svitolina) GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2019 Australian Open marked 22nd main draw Grand Slam appearance PERSONAL • Achieved deepest run at a Slam by reaching 2018 Wimbledon R16 (l. Goerges) • Started playing tennis at age 3 • Next best results at the majors came with 3r runs at • Husband Karim Kamoun is half-Russian 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 US Open • Away from court enjoys playing and watching football (l. Sevastova) • At Australian Open, reached 2r in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019

PERSONAL

• Both parents played professional sports: mother, Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer goalkeeper) • Currently coached by Torben Beltz. Dario Novak is also part of coaching team • Favorite surface is hard • Speaks Croatian, English and Italian • Self-described as strong-willed, determined and extremely competitive

MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[13] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #52)

Head to Head: JULIA GOERGES leads 2-0

2019 DOHA HARD O R16 JULIA GOERGES 6-1 6-7(5) 6-4 155 mins 2017 MIAMI HARD O R128 JULIA GOERGES 7-5 6-3 94 mins

JULIA GOERGES ALISON RISKE 16 WTA RANKING 52 23 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 48 02-11-1988 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-07-1990 (28) $111,351 YTD PRIZE MONEY $207,733 $8,739,847 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,299,083 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 7 0 / 1 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 5-4 1-1 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 8-3 / 291-235 5-3 / 121-132 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 89-85 1-2 / 39-55 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-4 / 65-76 1-1 / 31-42 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-3 / 175-144 5-3 / 70-79 0-0 / 16-27 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 10-8 0-1 / 8-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 1-9 0-1 / 16-37 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 5-24 0-1 / 34-76 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / 13-46 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JULIA GOERGES ALISON RISKE 2016 2017 R16 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #47) 2-6 6-3 6-1 R2 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #35) 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2

2015 2016 R1 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #14) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 R16- L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #133) 6-3 6-7(1) 7-5 Q 2013 R1 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) 6-3 4-6 6-4

2012 F L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 7-5 6-4

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• Making fifth main draw appearance at Dubai Duty • Making second main draw appearance at Doha this Free Tennis Championships, where she was R-Up on week (third overall) debut in 2012 (l. A.Radwanska) • Made 2r here in 2017 (d. Vandeweghe, l. Sevastova) • During 2012 run, upset then-No.4 Wozniacki in SF • Takes on Goerges in today’s 1r. Holds 13 Top 20 • One of 10 former finalists in starting field this week wins, most recently beating No.14 Muguruza at 2018 • In 1r today faces Riske, whom she beat last week in Tokyo Doha, having trailed 4-2 in final set • Winner faces Cornet in 2r • Has hit 72 aces so far this season (including 22 last • Playing doubles w/Jabeur this week (face Klepac/ week in Doha), the fifth-most on tour. Last year was Zheng in 1r). As alternate pairing last week in Doha the WTA’s ace leader with 492 reached doubles SF w/Jabeur

SEASON SEASON

• Reached QF at Doha (l. Halep) and R16 at St. Pe- • Coming off 2r showing at Doha (as LL, l. Goerges) tersburg (l. Zvonareva) • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Bertens) • As No.14 seed, suffered 1r upset at Australian Open • Opened the season by reaching seventh career final (l. Collins in 3s) at Shenzhen (l. Sabalenka); now owns 1-6 career • Opened 2019 season by defending her title at Auck- record in singles finals land (d. Andreescu in F). Following Auckland run, career record in WTA singles finals now stands at 7-8 CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Posted sixth consecutive Top 100 season, ending 2018 ranked No.63 - up from No.70 in 2017. • Registered third year-end Top 20 finish in 2018, Achieved career-high ranking of No.36 on May 15, at No.14 (also No.14 in 2017 and No.18 in 2012). 2017. Career-best year-end finish was No.41 in 2016 Reached career-high No.9 on August 20, 2018 • 2018 highlights include R-Up finish at Nürnberg • 2018 highlights were titles at Auckland (d. Wozniacki (l. Larsson), reaching QF at Hobart (l.Buzarnes- in F) – extended title streak to three, having previous- cu), ‘S-Hertogenbosche (l.Vandeweghe), Mallorca ly won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 season (l.Stosur) and Tokyo (l.Pliskova). Also won eighth ITF – and Luxembourg (d. Bencic in F). Also finished Circuit singles title at Surbiton (d. Perrin in F) R-Up at Charleston (l. Bertens) and enjoyed SF runs • Reached 3r at 2018 Miami, her best result at a Pre- at New Haven (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and mier Mandatory tournament (l. Y.Wang on third set Zhuhai (l. Barty) tiebreak). Defeated No.7 Garcia en route to register • Struck 492 aces in 2018. Also hit 412 aces in 2017 fifth career Top 10 win season – only two other players have reached the • 2017 highlights include finishing R-Up at 2017 Shen- 400-ace mark in a season: S.Williams (2012-15) and zhen (l. Siniakova). Also part of Fed Cup winning Ka.Pliskova (2014-17) USA team. Posted best win of career to date over • Posted 46 main draw wins in 2018 – only Ka.Plisko- No.3 A.Radwanska. Also reached QF at Nürnberg va (49) and Kvitova (47) had more to their names and made 3r at Australian Open and Wimbledon • Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2014 Tianjin without winning Moscow (d. Kasatkina in F) and biggest title dropping a set (d. Bencic in F) of career at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (d. Vandewe- • Made Top 100 debut on July 22, 2013 (No.96) ghe in F). Finished R-Up at Mallorca, Bucharest and • Reached first WTA semifinal at 2010 Birmingham (as Washington, DC qualifier, l. Sharapova) • Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston also won 2010 Bad Gastein • Winner of eight singles and one doubles title on ITF • By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to be- Women’s Circuit come German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for first time since February 2013 • Owns a 7-8 record in WTA singles finals; is 5-11 in WTA doubles finals, most recently winning at 2015 New Haven (w/Hradecka)

JULIA ALISON GOERGES VS RISKE

CAREER CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in • 2019 Australian Open marked 28th main draw ap- nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. pearance at a Grand Slam Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai • Best result across all majors is a R16 showing at • Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, 2013 US Open (d. No.10 Kvitova en route, l. Han- reaching final at Indian Wells (w/Ka.Pliskova) and tuchova) qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time. Set ca- • Has reached 3r at Australian Open in 2014 (l. Kerber) reer-high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016 and Wimbledon on three occasions (2013-14, 2017) • In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in • Reached 2r on debut at Roland Garros in 2014 but is consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid) yet to go further in Paris • Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Doha • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germa- ny in 2005 • Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, 2010-18 PERSONAL

• Earned tennis scholarship to Vanderbilt University in summer 2009, but after good results and finding GRAND SLAM HISTORY financial backing decided to pursue tennis full time and turned pro two weeks before classes were due • 2019 Australian Open marked 44th main draw ap- to begin pearance at a Grand Slam • Engaged to Stephen Amritraj • Posted best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon, where she reached SF (l. S.Williams). With Kerber winning title at All England Club in 2018, it marked the first time that two Germans reached the last four at the same Slam since 1993 Roland Garros – Huber (SF) and Graf (Champion) • Previously had reached R16 – but never further – on five occasions, at Australian Open (2012-13 and 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) • Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, as qualifier, lost to eventual champion Henin in 1r • In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) and Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) • Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles (w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer)

PERSONAL

• Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is Inge; older sister is Maike • Began playing tennis aged 6. Tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis • Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross country skiing combined with shooting) • Coached by Michael Geserer and Matthias Mischka. Physio and fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger

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[Q] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #119) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22)

Head to Head: First meeting

JENNIFER BRADY JELENA OSTAPENKO 119 WTA RANKING 22 120 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 137 12-04-1995 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-06-1997 (21) $105,386 YTD PRIZE MONEY $95,160 $1,433,227 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,629,644 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 0-0 0-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 18-31 2-4 / 94-75 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 6-7 2-1 / 34-26 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 4-10 0-1 / 27-14 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 15-19 2-4 / 52-53 0-0 / 1-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 8-10 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 5-7 0-0 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 8-11 1-0 / 2-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 12-21 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2-Q J. BRADY d. D. JAKUPOVIC 6-0,6-3 56 mins

R1-Q J. BRADY d. A. DULGHERU 6-2,7-5 90 mins

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JELENA OSTAPENKO 2018 R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #23) 6-1 7-6(6)

2017 R1 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #76) 7-6(1) 6-2

2016 R16- L - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #76) 6-3 6-3 Q

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• Making debut appearance at Dubai as a qualifier • Making third main draw appearance at Dubai • Appearing in first WTA Premier-level main draw since • Reached R16 here last year (after 1r bye, l. Vesnina) 2018 Birmingham in June (as qualifier, l. Strycova in • Faces No.119 Brady today in their career first meet- 1r) and first Premier 5 event since 2016 Montreal (as ing. Last loss to a player ranked outside the Top 100 qualifier, l. Svitolina in 1r) came against No.317 Kucova at 2018 Hong Kong – • Faces Ostapenko today in their career first meeting. her last event of 2018 Owns 1-0 record vs. Top 30 players this season, • Went 2-1 vs. Americans in 2018 (d. Townsend at US having defeating No.19 Garcia at Hua Hin – her sole Open and Collins at Miami, l. Stephens at Miami F). tour-level win of 2019 Has yet to face an American in 2019 • One of four Americans competing this week in Dubai • Currently ranked No.22 entering Dubai, as opposed (also Kenin, Riske and Pera) to No.6 this time last year SEASON SEASON • Coming off 2r showing at Doha (l. Svitolina) • Started 2019 with qualifying exit at Brisbane before • Win over No.29 Buzarnescu in 1r in Doha marked reaching final round of qualifying at Australian Open best win-by-ranking since defeating then-No.28 Bu- (l. Haddad Maia) zarnescu at 2018 Eastbourne in June • Qualified at Hua Hin, advancing to 2r (d. No.19 Gar- • Won both rubbers during Latvia’s 4-0 Fed Cup World cia in 1r, l. Zidansek) Group II win over Slovakia • Win over No.19 Garcia marked second best win-by- • Posted first win of season during 2r showing at St. ranking of her career, having previously defeated Petersburg (d. Mladenovic, l. Pavlyuchenkova) No.18 Vesnina at 2017 Australian Open • Made 1r exits at first three tournaments of the sea- • Fell in qualifying at Doha (l. Riske) son Shenzhen (l. Niculescu), Sydney (l. Barty) and Australian Open (l. Sakkari) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top • Ended 2018 season at No.22, with season highlight- 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64) ed by R-Up finish at Miami (l. Stephens). Record in • 2018 season highlight was reaching two SFs at singles finals now stands at 2-4 $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) and $80k ITF/Char- • Saw off No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina during Mi- lottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño) ami run to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same • Other 2018 highlights include reaching 2r at Indian tournament for the first time in her career Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) and • Elsewhere in 2018, made SF at Wimbledon (l. Ker- Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) ber) and reached four further QFs • Posted best win of career to date at 2017 Australian • Won both singles rubbers (d. Makarova and Pavly- Open, defeating No.18 Vesnina uchenkova in straight sets) to help Latvia beat Rus- • Reached first WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. sia 3-2. Latvia will play in 2019 Fed Cup World Group eventual R-Up Gavrilova) II for the first time • Posted first WTA main draw wins at 2016 Guangzhou • Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at • Made first four main draw appearances at tour level No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish) 1r), Stanford (l. Cornet in 1r), Montréal (as qualifier l. • Won first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam Svitolina in 1r) trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), where • Ended 2017 inside Top 100 for first time – at No.64; she became the lowest-ranked (No.47), and first career-high ranking is No.60 (October 16, 2017) unseeded, player to lift the trophy in the Open Era • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. 1r to • Clinched second tour-level title at Seoul in Septem- Falconi) ber (d. Haddad Maia in F) as top seed • On ITF Circuit, owns four ITF singles and four dou- • Seoul title, and subsequent SF runs at Wuhan and bles titles Beijing, helped earn her first-ever qualification at • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- WTA Finals, where she went 1-2 in the group stage – USA (l. 1r) d. Ka.Pliskova; l. V.Williams and Muguruza JENNIFER JELENA BRADY VS OSTAPENKO

GRAND SLAM HISTORY CAREER CONT.

• Has appeared in eight Grand Slam main draws, most • Advanced to third career singles final at 2017 recently at 2018 US Open Charleston in April, falling to then fellow 19-year-old • Made debut at all four Slams in 2017; prior to 2017 Kasatkina; was the first all-teenage final on tour since Australian Open, had fallen in qualifying at US Open 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) (2014-16), Roland Garros (2016) and Wimbledon • Upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first (2016) win over a reigning World No.1 • Won through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open and • Following 3r run at 2017 US Open (l. Kasatkina), went on to become first major debutante to reach made her Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11 R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 Wimbledon. • Won first and second career doubles titles in 2017, at Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r (saved 5mp) St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to Lucic-Baroni; • 2016 season highlight and breakthrough result was became first American female qualifier to reach R16 reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) at the Australian Open in Open Era • Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on City (l. Beck) Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams • Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was sec- Gasparyan and Konta (2016) ond-highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina • Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) and has made 2r at Roland Garros in 2018 and Wim- • Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012 bledon in 2017 and 2018 GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL • Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), becoming first woman to win her first tour-level title at a Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian • Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, Open (d. Walsh in F) making her debut for the Bruins tennis team in 2013. • Is one of seven players born in the 1990s to win Completed sophomore year of studies before turning a Grand Slam title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 professional in 2015 Wimbledon, Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and • Trained during the 2016-17 off-season at the new 2017 Wimbledon, Stephens at 2017 US Open, USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open, Halep at 2018 • Coached by Roger Anderson; fitness trainer is Sa- Roland Garros and Osaka at 2018 US Open and toshi Ochi 2019 Australian Open) • Has twin sister, Jessica • Improved upon her 2017 result by reaching the SF of Wimbledon in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber) becoming the first woman representing Latvia to reach SF at Wimbledon • Best result to date at Australian Open and US Open is reaching 3r in 2017 and 2018 • Fell in 1r at all four majors in 2016, however, reached mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/Marach, l. eventual champions Kontinen/Watson

PERSONAL

• Works with Glen Schaap (as of June 2018) and her mother, Jelena Jakovleva • Father is Jevgenijs, half-brother is Maksim Ostapen- ko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there) • Previously worked with David Taylor from December 2017 until 2018 Roland Garros • Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years

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[Q] LIN ZHU (CHN #108) vs. [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21)

Head to Head: ELISE MERTENS leads 1-0

2018 TIANJIN HARD O R1 ELISE MERTENS 7-5 6-1 88 mins

LIN ZHU ELISE MERTENS 108 WTA RANKING 21 75 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 38 28-01-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-11-1995 (23) $62,538 YTD PRIZE MONEY $166,333 $710,777 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,326,579 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1 / 5 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 0-1 1-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 22-30 9-5 / 90-50 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 9-10 3-1 / 29-15 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 4-5 3-1 / 20-19 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 22-29 9-5 / 53-32 0-0 / 3-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 8-2 0-0 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-6 0-0 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-1 / 6-10 0-1 / 1-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-4 / 10-24 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2-Q L. ZHU d. L. SAMSONOVA 6-3,6-4 70 mins

R1-Q L. ZHU d. I. BARA 5-7,6-0,7-5 129 mins

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

LIN ZHU ELISE MERTENS 2018 2018 R1-Q L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #60) 6-1 6-3 R1 L - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #41) 6-3 6-3

2017 2017 R1 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #37) 6-3 6-1 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 6-3 6-2

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• Making second appearance at Dubai Duty Free Ten- • Making third appearance at Dubai, with best result nis Championships, having come through two rounds 2017's 2r showing (as qualifier, l. A.Radwanska) of qualifying • Faces qualifier Zhu in 1r today; won nine of the last • Also qualified in 2017 before falling 1r (l. Makarova) 10 games to win their previous meeting at 2018 • Recovered from a break down in final set of opening Tianjin in straight sets qualifying match against Bara • Having won Doha title last week, is seeking to be- • Faces No.16 Mertens in 1r today; owns one Top 20 come the third woman to win Dubai in the same year win, over No.17 Kvitova at 2017 Tianjin (also Hingis in 2001 and Henin in 2007) • Bidding for first main draw win since 2r showing at • Was scheduled to play doubles draw w/Sabalenka 2018 Hiroshima (d. Kato, l. Tomljanovic) but withdrew w/left hip injury • Winner faces Tsurenko in 2r • Sole Belgian represented in Dubai this week (main • Currently Chinese No.5 (behind Q.Wang, Zhang, draw, qualifying and doubles). Best result by a Bel- Zheng and Y.Wang) gian here were title runs from Henin in 2003-04 and 2006-07

SEASON SEASON • Coming off 1r exit at Doha (as qualifier, l. Kontaveit) • Won 10th ITF Circuit title of career at Singapore (d. • Coming off winning biggest title of career at Doha (d. Han in F) No.3 Halep in final). Now owns 5-1 record in finals • Qualified for Australian Open before falling 1r (l. • Also beat No.8 Bertens and No.6 Kerber in Doha, Gasparyan) doubling career total Top 10 wins to six • Opened season with qualifying exit at Shenzhen • Lost both singles rubbers during Belgium’s 3-1 home defeat to France in Liege (l. Cornet and Garcia) • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Keys) CAREER MILESTONES • Began season by falling 1r at Brisbane (l. Bertens) and reaching QF at Sydney (l. Barty) • Ended 2018 ranked No.114 - her fifth consecutive Top 200 finish • Season highlighted by second career WTA SF, at CAREER MILESTONES Nanchang (l. Zheng). At tour level, also made 2r at • Won three titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), Hiroshima (l. Tomljanovic) and fell 1r on four occa- one of six players on tour with three or more titles to sions (including Australian Open) their name - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens • Won two ITF Circuit titles in 2018, at $60k Luan-CHN (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3) and $60k Jinan-CHN • Posted 46 main draw match wins in 2018 – only • Posted career-high ranking of No.102 on October 1, Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47), registered more. 2018 By contrast, prior to last season owned only 36 wins • Prior to 2018, best results on tour were SF at Kuala at this level across entire career Lumpur in 2016 (l. Svitolina) and QFs at Taipei City, • In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at Nanchang and Tianjin in 2017 WTA Finals (w/Schuurs) • Won doubles title at WTA 125K Series event at • Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in Zhengzhou in 2017 (w/Han) 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish • The 2015 season proved to be breakthrough at • 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at tour level, reaching 2r at Pattaya City (as qualifier, Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) l. Duan) and Kuala Lumpur (l. Wozniacki); qualified • Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitoli- at Shenzhen before losing 1r (l. Krunic) and fell in na) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New qualifying at Hobart and Australian Open Haven (l. Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Hong Kong – as • Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 qualifier, l. Cepelova in 2r Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing • Winner of 10 singles and five doubles titles on ITF • Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Her- Circuit togenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) • Was selected to participate in the 2015 WTA Rising

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• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in China

in 2009 ZHU ELISE LIN VS MERTENS

GRAND SLAM HISTORY CAREER CONT.

• Did not make Grand Slam main draw debut until • Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 2015 Wimbledon, where she made 1r exit (l. Sas- Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has six doubles titles – novich) also 2017 Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ • Since then has appeared in Australian Open three Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens), 2018 ‘s-Herto- times, falling 1r on each occasion in 2017 (as qual- genbosch (w/Schuurs) and 2018 Wuhan (w/Schuurs) ifier, l. Ostapenko), 2018 (as qualifier, l. Hsieh) and • Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Ant- 2019 (as qualifier, l. Gasparyan) werp (fell in qualifying) • Also fell in final round of qualifying at US Open in • Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on 2014 and 2018, and in first round of qualifying at ITF Circuit Roland Garros on 2015 and 2016 • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010 PERSONAL GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Began playing tennis aged seven • Favorite surface is hard • Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 • Born in Wuxi but moved to Biejing to train Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) • Became first Belgian to reach a Grand Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first Belgian to reach QF at Australian Open since 2012 (Kim Clijsters, SF) • In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep), Wim- bledon, where she reached 3r (l. Cibulkova), and US Open where she also reached R16 (l. Stephens) • Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US Open, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Wimbledon, 2015 US Open, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon

PERSONAL

• After successful trial towards the end of 2018, brought David Taylor on as full-time coach during off season • Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mourato- glou Academy • Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history and father, Guido, makes furniture for churches. Was introduced to tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM) • Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English • Was home schooled MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[9] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) vs. [LL] STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #84)

Head to Head: STEFANIE VOEGELE leads 1-0

2013 CHARLESTON CLAY O QF STEFANIE VOEGELE 3-6 6-4 6-3 131 mins

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI STEFANIE VOEGELE 10 WTA RANKING 84 55 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 133 11-07-1990 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-03-1990 (28) $118,632 YTD PRIZE MONEY $62,134 $33,611,045 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,209,355 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 30 0 / 0 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 22-6 1-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 576-241 0-3 / 87-145 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 148-80 0-0 / 37-44 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 89-79 0-1 / 22-34 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 415-164 0-3 / 59-89 0-0 / 58-28 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 7-5 0-0 / 21-37 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-7 0-0 / 61-67 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 1-11 0-0 / 132-106 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 6-29 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

R2-Q I. JOROVIC d. S. VOEGELE 6-4,6-4 79 mins

R1-Q S. VOEGELE d. S. XU 6-1,6-0 54 mins

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI STEFANIE VOEGELE 2017 2015 F L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #13) 6-4 6-2 R1-Q L - MISA EGUCHI (JPN #138) 4-6 6-1 6-4

2015 2010 SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 2-6 6-1 6-1 R2 L - REGINA KULIKOVA (RUS #99) 6-3 6-0

2014 2009 SF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #44) 6-3 6-2 R1 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #41) 7-5 6-2 2013 SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-4

2012 SF L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #19) 7-6(3) 7-5

2011 F W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #23) 6-1 6-3

2010 R16 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #22) 6-2 7-5

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• Making eighth main draw appearance at Dubai as a • Making third main draw appearance at Dubai former champion in 2011 (d. Kuznetsova in F) • Best result here is 2r showing in 2010 (d. No.19 • In last showing here in 2017, reached the final (l. Petrova, l. Kulikova) Halep in F). Posted four consecutive SF runs from • Win over Petrova here in 2010 marked career first 2012-15 victory over a Top 20 player • Holds the most all-time wins in Dubai (22-6 record) - • Faces No.10 Wozniacki today in her first Top in this year’s field Svitolina (13) and Errani (12) have 10 meeting of 2019. Defeated the Dane at 2013 the second and third most Charleston, who was also ranked No.10 at the time – • Faces lucky loser Voegele today in their second her sole Top 10 win of her career (1-11 record) career meeting. Last time she played a lucky loser • Owns 6-29 career record vs. Top 20 players, most came earlier this year at Auckland, defeating Siege- recently defeating No.13 Stephens en route to 2018 mund in 1r – prior to this, last time she faced a lucky Acapulco final (l. Tsurenko in F) loser came at 2016 Washington DC (d. Kuwata in 1r) • Other Top 20 wins came against No.19 Petrova • Playing first match since 3r run at Australian Open (2010 Dubai), No.10 Wozniacki (2013 Charleston), (withdrew from Doha last week ahead of 1r match No.20 Suarez Navarro (2013 Charleston), No.12 due to a viral illness) Stephens (2013 Linz) and No.12 Stephens (2013 Luxembourg) • Aiming for first main draw win of 2019 today, and first SEASON since Seoul last September (d. Choi, l. Hsieh in 2r)

• Withdrew from Doha last week due to viral illness • As the defending champion, reached 3r at Australian SEASON Open (l. Sharapova) • Opened 2019 season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. • Prior to 2019 Dubai, had not won a match at any eventual R-Up Andreescu level this season • Opened season with 1r loss at Auckland (l. Sorribes Tormo) CAREER MILESTONES • Fell in qualifying at Sydney before back-to-back 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Hsieh) and Hua Hin (l. • Posted a 41-17 record across 2018, finishing at No.3 Tomljanovic) for 11th consecutive Top 20 season and eighth Top 10 finish of career, including six in a row (2009-14) CAREER MILESTONES and back-to-back year-end No.1 finishes in 2010-11 • Won three titles last season from four finals, winning • Finished 2018 ranked No.85 – her fourth Top 100 the debut Slam at the Australian Open, Eastbourne finish and first since 2014 (ended at No.78) and Beijing. Finished R-Up at Auckland • Advanced to career first WTA final in 2018 at Acapul- • Owns 30 tour-level singles titles (30-24 record in co (l. Tsurenko in F) finals) - sits fourth among active players, trailing • Earned sixth career win over a Top 20 player en S.Williams (72), V.Williams (49) and Sharapova (36) route to 2018 Acapulco final over No.13 Stephens • Won 2017 WTA Finals Singapore, passing $25 mil- (6-29 record) lion in career prize money • Lifted eighth and biggest title of her career in 2018 • Lifetime record stands at 4-6 vs. World No.1 players at $100k ITF/Countrexeville-FRA (d. Sorribes Tormo • Has won at least one title in 11 straight seasons in F) (since 2008), including career-best six titles in 2010 • Currently the Swiss No.2 behind Bencic and 2011 • Reached career-high ranking of No.42 in November • Won first WTA title at 2008 Stockholm, the first ever 2013 after reaching back-to-back semifinals at Linz title won by a Danish woman and Luxembourg • Denmark’s flag bearer at 2016 Rio Olympics • Reached sole Premier-level SF at 2013 Charleston • Broke into Top 100 on July 9, 2007 and entered Top • In doubles, reached maiden final at 2012 Bogotá (w/ 50 on January 28, 2008. Debuted in Top 10 on May Minella) 18, 2009 • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2004 • Rose to No.1 on October 11, 2010 and held No.1 and made WTA main draw debut at 2008 Estoril (as ranking for total of 67 weeks; returned to No.1 on qualifier) January 29, 2018 after Australian Open title for a • Made Fed Cup debut for Switzerland in 2005 further four weeks, taking career to 71 weeks CAROLINE STEFANIE WOZNIACKI VS VOEGELE

CAREER CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Qualified for WTA Finals six times (2009-11, 2014, • 2019 Australian Open marked 27th main draw ap- 2017, 2018) pearance at the majors • Made professional debut aged 15 as a wildcard at • Best result at the Grand Slams was 3r showing at 2005 Cincinnati 2013 Roland Garros (l. Kirilenko) • Reached 2r at Australian Open (2010, 2014-15, 2017) and US Open (2009) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Has yet to make it past 1r at Wimbledon in seven main draw appearances • Captured her first Grand Slam title at 2018 Australian Open (d. Halep in three sets) • Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, at the US PERSONAL Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams). Became first Danish player to reach a Grand Slam • Mother Edith, and father Bruno (passed away in final since Kurt Nielsen at 1955 Wimbledon 2014), introduced her to tennis at age four; has three • Made major debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy sisters in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors • Longtime coach is Ivo Werner until streak was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 • Lives in Swiss village of Leuggern, between Zurich Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury) and Basel • At Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and 2017 (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) and has reached R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, most recently in 2017 • In juniors, won girls’ singles title at 2006 Wimbledon and was a finalist at 2006 Australian Open

PERSONAL

• Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs • Announced engagement to former NBA player David Lee in November 2017, the ex-New York Knicks forward proposing on holiday in Bora Bora • Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[14] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #19) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32)

Head to Head: ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA leads 3-1

2018 TOKYO HARD I R16 CAROLINE GARCIA 6-4 2-6 7-5 136 mins 2017 MONTERREY HARD O SF ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-2 6-4 89 mins 2014 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R2 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-4 7-5 96 mins 2013 MOSCOW HARD I R1 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-0 6-3 66 mins

CAROLINE GARCIA ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 19 WTA RANKING 32 68 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8 16-10-1993 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-07-1991 (27) $124,220 YTD PRIZE MONEY $381,096 $9,545,265 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,150,176 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 0 / 12 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 0 / 5 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 7-4 4-8 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 191-147 9-4 / 324-238 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 62-53 2-4 / 108-90 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 51-47 1-1 / 77-66 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 121-97 9-4 / 240-159 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 17-13 0-0 / 26-29 0-0 / 5-23 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 13-33 0-0 / 16-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 30-61 0-0 / 31-60 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 58-105 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

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DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

CAROLINE GARCIA ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2018 2018 QF L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) 7-5 6-2 R1 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #12) 7-6(2) 6-2

2017 2017 R2 L - MONICA PUIG (PUR #42) 6-1 4-6 6-2 R1 L - ONS JABEUR (TUN #171) 7-6(6) 2-6 6-4

2016 2015 SF L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #47) 6-2 3-6 6-3 R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #18) 6-2 6-4 2015 2013 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #8) 6-3 2-6 6-3 R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-3 7-6(5) 2012 2012 R1-Q L - IVETA MELZER (CZE #45) 6-2 6-3 R1 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #53) 6-4 6-2

2011 R1 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #22) 4-6 6-4 6-0

2010 QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #5) 6-3 6-4

2009 R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #6) 6-0 6-1

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• Making fifth main draw appearance at Dubai Duty • Making ninth appearance at Dubai, where her best Free Tennis Championships (sixth overall), with best result was 2010’s QF run (l. V.Williams) result 2016’s SF run • Has fallen 1r on subsequent six visits, including to • Also made QF last year (l. Muguruza) Konta in straight sets last year • Seeded No.14 - was also seeded in 2017 (No.15) • Bidding to break this sequence against Garcia today. and 2018 (No.5) Owns two Top 20 wins already in 2019, against No.9 • Faces No.24 Pavlyuchenkova in 1r today; beat the Bertens and No.5 Stephens en route to Australian Russian for the first time in their last encounter at Open QF 2018 Tokyo, recovering from 5-3 down in the final set • One of three Russians in starting field (also Kasatki- and saving three match points na and Makarova). Dementieva is the only Russian • One of three Frenchwoman in the draw (also COrnet woman to win the title here, beating compatriot and Mladenovic). Best result by a Frenchwoman Kuznetsova in 2008 final here was Mauresmo’s title run in 2002 SEASON SEASON • Was part of Russia team that gained promotion from • Began season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Jorovic) Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I (d. Linette and and Hobart (l. eventual champion Kenin) Peterson in straight sets) • Scored her first wins of the season over qualifier • Opened Australian swing with 2r showing at Shen- Ponchet and wildcard Hives en rout to Australian zhen (l. Kudermetova) before suffering 1r exit at Open 3r (l. Collins) Hobart (l. Lapko) • Has now reached 3r or better on eight of her past • Matched best result at Melbourne Park by reaching nine major appearances (exception was 1r exit to QF (l. Collins); defeating No.9 Bertens and No.5 Bencic at 2018 Wimbledon) Stephens en route • As No.2 seed made 1r exit at Hua Hin (l. Brady) • Inspired France to 3-1 World Group I win over Bel- gium in Liège (d. Van Uytvanck and Mertens) CAREER MILESTONES • Withdrew from Doha last week w/leg injury • Ended 2018 ranked No.42, down from No.15 in 2017, marking her 11th consecutive Top 50 finish • 2018 season highlight was claiming her 12th WTA CAREER MILESTONES singles title at Strasbourg (d. Cibulkova in F) • Other highlights were QF runs at Stuttgart (l. Kon- • In 2018, won sixth career title at Tianjin; also made taveit), Wuhan (d. No.11 Bertens in 2r and No.5 semifinals at Stuttgart and Madrid Kvitova in R16, l. Barty), Linz (l. Alexandrova) and • Broke into the Top 5 on August 13, 2018 and reached Moscow [Kremlin Cup] (l. Kasatkina) a career-high of No.4 on September 10, 2018 • Owns 12 WTA singles titles, including a career-best • Became first player to win Wuhan and Beijing back- three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, to-back in 2017. As a result, qualified for WTA Finals. Rabat and Hong Kong Was ranked No.30 on the Race to Singapore Leader- • Notched only win over a reigning World No.1 against board in May 2017 Kerber en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 • Best win of her career came over No.2 Halep in 2017 • Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, Beijing final most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/Babos) • 2017 Wuhan marked first Premier-5 level title and • In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, 2017 Beijing marked first Premier-Mandatory crown; reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Bris- subsequently made Top 10 debut bane (l. Kerber), St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco • Won a career-best 48 main draw matches in 2017 (l.Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) (48-22 record, 2 titles) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova) • Qualifying for WTA Finals in 2017, became the first • Owns 30 Top 10 victories (30-61 record), most re- Frenchwoman to compete at WTA Finals in singles cently No.5 Stephens at 2019 Australian Open since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F) • Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to even- • Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in tual gold medalist Puig in 2r Singapore (l. Osaka in F) • Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008 CAROLINE ANASTASIA GARCIA VS PAVLYUCHENKOVA

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• Represented France at 2016 Rio Olympics in singles • Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose (2r) and doubles (1r, w/Mladenovic) as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011) • Member of French Fed Cup team that advanced to • Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 2016 competition final vs. Czech Republic Moscow • Made professional debut at 13 on ITF Circuit in • Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion France in 2007

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY • 2019 Australian Open marked 45th career main draw • 2019 Australian Open marked 29th Grand Slam main appearance at a major draw appearance • Best result at a Slam is reaching QF; owns 0-5 • Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Plisko- record at this stage – has reached QFs at all four va) for best Grand Slam singles result to date majors; 2011 Roland Garros (l. Schiavone) and US • Has also reached R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta), Open (l. S.Williams), 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and 2018 Roland champion S.Williams), 2017 Australian Open (l. Garros (l. Kerber) eventual R-Up V.Williams), and 2019 Australian • Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska), 2017 (l. Open (l. Collins) Kvitova) and 2018 (l. Suárez Navarro) • Owns 4-10 record vs Top 10 opponents at majors, • In juniors, singles runner-up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) with wins coming over No.3 Zvonareva (2011 Roland and was a semifinalist at the other three Grand Slam Garros), No.8 Schiavone (2011 US Open), No.9 Ber- events tens and No.5 Stephens (2019 Australian Open) • In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros • One of just five active players to achieve feat of and R-Up at US Open (both w/Mladenovic) reaching QF or better at all four majors in both singles and doubles (also Williams sisters, Kuznetsova and Zvonareva) and is the only player to do so since PERSONAL 2011 • Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at • Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova 6-0 6-1) • Played many sports when she was younger and • As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the Aus- chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the tralian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior most title) and was runner-up at 2006 Roland Garros and • Enjoys reading and spending time with family won four Grand Slam girls’ doubles titles • Endorsement portfolio includes Rolex, Nike, Yonex and Sothys beauty products PERSONAL

• In 2018 reunited with former coach Simon Goffin • Also works with father, Sergey and brother, Aleks • Introduced to tennis at age six by family • Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was Olympic-level canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FEBRUARY 17 – 23, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

DUBAI, UAE | FEBRUARY 17 - 23, 2019 | USD $2,828,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #64) vs. [WC] FATMA AL NABHANI (OMA #406) First meeting Mladenovic has already lost to two players ranked outside Top 200 this season... Al Nabhani, however, has never beaten a Top 100 player...Winner faces World No.1 Osaka in second round ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #51) vs. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #100) Cornet leads 1-0 Cornet won in three sets when the pair met at Roland Garros in 2017... Babos currently sitting at her lowest ranking since October 2014... Cornet one of 10 former Dubai finalists in this year’s draw [Q] MAGDALENA FRECH (POL #180) vs. [11] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) First meeting Kasatkina faced Polish opposition in the first round during last year’s run to the final here...Frech looking for maiden win over Top-50 opposition... Kasatkina’s only win so far in 2019 came on Fed Cup duty [12] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #15) vs. DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #34) Yastremska leads 2-0 Yastremska beat Muguruza twice at the past four months, including en route to Hua Hin title... Muguruza held multiple match points against Kasatkina in last year’s SF... Yastremska only teenager in Top 50 [WC] EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #80) vs. VERA LAPKO (BLR #60) First meeting Both players making Dubai main draw debut... Best result by a wildcard here was Venus Williams’s title run in 2014.. Winner meets Halep in second round

FINALISTS CURSE? TEENAGE KICKS

Last year’s runner-up Daria Kasatkina will attempt to Even at the tender age of 18, Dayana Yastremska is buck a recent trend in Dubai this week. None of the past already posting some formidable numbers on tour: 10 losing finalists here have made the quarterfinals the following year:

PLAYER YEAR R-UP RESULT NEXT YEAR Svetlana Kuznetsova 2008 Second Round 20 Virginie Razzano 2009 Second Round Since falling in the first Victoria Azarenka 2010 Third Round round at Beijing last Sep- tember, Yastremska has Svetlana Kuznetsova 2011 First Round compiled a 20-4 win-loss record on tour Julia Goerges 2012 First Round 5 Sara Errani 2013 Second Round Has reached the quar- Alize Cornet 2014 Third Round terfinal or better at five tournaments, including Karolina Pliskova 2015 First Round title runs at Hong Kong and Hua Hin Barbora Strycova 2016 Second Round

Caroline Wozniacki 2017 DNP MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #64) vs. [WC] FATMA AL NABHANI (OMA #406)

Head to Head: First meeting

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC FATMA AL NABHANI 64 WTA RANKING 406 189 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 283 14-05-1993 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 20-05-1991 (27) $221,110 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,572 $9,222,538 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $220,693 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 19 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 3-3 0-1 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-4 / 168-178 0-1 / 0-9 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 54-56 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 44-47 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-4 / 92-115 0-1 / 0-9 0-0 / 9-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-0 0-0 / 6-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-0 0-0 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-1 0-0 / 27-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-4 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC FATMA AL NABHANI 2018 2018 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #48) 6-2 6-2 R1-Q L - ONS JABEUR (TUN #113) 6-7(5) 6-0 6-2

2017 2017 R16 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #76) 6-1 6-4 R1-Q L - KAI-CHEN CHANG (TPE #118) 6-0 6-1

2016 2016 R16 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #46) 7-5 3-6 6-4 R1-Q L - QIANG WANG (CHN #94) 6-4 6-4 2014 2015 R16- L - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #39) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1 R1-Q L - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #101) 6-3 6-1 Q 2012 2013 R1-Q L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #38) 6-2 2-6 6-1 R1-Q L - OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #138) 6-2 6-3

2012 R1 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #40) 6-3 6-1

2011 R1-Q L - ALBERTA BRIANTI (ITA #101) 6-4 6-3

2010 R2-Q L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #83) 6-0 6-4

2009 R1-Q L - VIKTORIYA KUTUZOVA (UKR #144) 6-1 6-1

2008 R1-Q L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #31) 6-4 6-1

2007 R1-Q L - ANNE KREMER (LUX #109) 6-1 6-0

2006 R1-Q L - STEPHANIE GEHRLEIN (GER #207) 6-0 6-3

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• Making fourth main draw appearance at Dubai (and • Making second main draw appearance at Dubai; fell sixth overall) 1r in 2012 (l. Peer) • Best result was 2017’s 3r showing (l. Q.Wang); upset • Also made qualifying exits on 11 occasions, including No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 2r – the first of five Top 10 wins last year; only match win came in 1r of qualifying in in 2017 2010 (d. No.108 Bychkova, l. Flipkens) • In doubles, won title here in 2015 (w/Babos) and was • In terms of ranking, that win over remains the best of runner-up in 2016 (w/Garcia). Top seed this week w/ her career; faces No.64 Mladenovic in 1r today Babos (after 1r bye will face Arruabarrena/Christian • Winner will face World No.1 Osaka in 2r or Atawo/Srebotnik in 2r) • Only other tour-level main draw appearances all • Faces No.406 Al Nabhani today. Last loss to a player came as WC in Doha and all eight ended in 1r ranked outside Top 400 came against then-No.522 defeats Kontaveit in qualifying at Copenhagen in 2012 • However, has suffered a several other losses to lowly ranked opposition in recent years, including against No.341 Perez at 2018 Sydney, No.247 Aiava at 2018 SEASON Brisbane and No.249 Birrell at 2018 Sydney • One of three French players in draw this week (also • Coming off 1r exit at Doha (as WC, l. Strycova). Also Cornet and Garcia). Only Frenchwoman to win Dubai fell 1r as WC in doubles (w/Al-Naimi) title was Mauresmo in 2002 • Began season on ITF Circuit, reaching 2r at $25k • Based in Dubai, having moved here in December Hong Kong-CHN and $25k Kazan-RUS 2015; in final competitive action of 2018 season, • Earlier this month, made QF at $25k Jodhpur-IND - reached QF in December’s ITF $100k tournament her best result at this level since September 2018 here SEASON CAREER MILESTONES • Finished 2018 at No.415. Best year-end finish of • Winless in singles so far in 2019, falling 1r in Bris- career came in 2010 (at No.372) bane (l. Aiava), Sydney qualifying (l. Birrell), Austra- • In 2018, fell 1r in Doha (l. Rybarikova) and in WTA lian Open (l. Vekic) and St. Petersburg (l. Ostapenko) qualifying at Dubai • Sydney marked first tie contesting qualifying since • On ITF Circuit in 2018, best result was SF run at 2015 Rome (d. Falconi and Puig to reach main $15k Corroios-Seixal-POR and four further QFs draw). Was first qualifying loss since 2015 Madrid (l. • Highest-ranked opponents she has faced are No.6 Doi) Jankovic (2011 Doha) and No.16 Peng (2012 Doha). • As defending champion in doubles at Australian Faces No.17 Strycova (2016 Doha) and No.18 Ryba- Open (w/Babos), reached final again in 2010, howev- rikova (2018 Doha) er fell to Stosur/Zhang • Contested first WTA qualifying at 2006 Dubai and made WTA Main draw debut at 2011 Doha (as WC, l. Jankovic) CAREER MILESTONES • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Dubai in 2005 • On ITF Circuit, winner of 10 singles titles and 13 • Season highlights in 2018 were R-Up finish as St. doubles titles. At $10k ITF/Fujairah-UAE in 2010, Petersburg (as defending champion, l. Kvitova in F) became first player from Oman, female or male, to and matching her best career result at Wimbledon by win an ITF singles event reaching 3r (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) • Set career-high ranking to date of No.362 on October • In doubles in 2018, won second career Grand Slam 4, 2010 doubles title at Australian Open (w/Babos) – defeated • Sole Omani player with a WTA ranking and continues Makarova/Vesnina in F. Also finished doubles R-Up to play mostly on ITF Circuit at Flushing Meadows York (w/Babos, l. Barty/Vande- • Won gold medal in singles for Oman at 2011 Pan weghe) and ended campaign by lifting WTA Finals Arab Games, as well as bronze in doubles and team crown w/Babos (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) event • Owns six Top 5 career wins, over No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2015 Birmingham), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Dubai), No.4 Halep (2017 Indian Wells), No.2 Kerber (2017 Stuttgart) and No.5 Muguruza (2017 Roland Garros) KRISTINA FATMA MLADENOVIC VS AL NABHANI

CAREER CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, making • Has never competed in qualifying or main draw at Top 10 debut and lifting first career singles title at one of the four Grand Slams Premier-level 2017 St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in • Contested all four majors as a junior in 2009 F). Passed $5 million career prize money mark by winning title • Finished season at No.11 for highest year-end PERSONAL ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on October 23, 2017 • Began playing tennis at age four • Reached biggest final of career at Premier Mandato- • Enjoys fishing and catching up with friends ry-level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep) and was R-Up at • Favorite surface is hard court Acapulco (l. Tsurenko) and Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) • Advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 Halep and No.13 Wozniacki. Result saw her break into Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, and overtake Garcia to become French No.1 • Qualified as first alternate for 2017 WTA Finals but not called on to play • Reached two singles finals in 2016, at ‘s-Hertogen- bosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozni- acki), having been runner-up at 2015 Strasbourg (l. Stosur) • Won four doubles titles in 2016 w/Garcia: Charleston, Stuttgart, Madrid and Roland Garros • Member of French Fed Cup side that advanced to 2016 competition final against Czech Republic – lost epic singles rubber to Ka.Pliskova, 63 46 16-14 in 3 hours 48 minutes – 30-game final set being longest-ever in a Fed Cup final – as well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Garcia, l. Pliskova/Strycova) • Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top 50 on March 18, 2013 • Played first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 Paris [Indoors] GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Best Slam results are QF runs at 2015 US Open (l. Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) • Also reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Gavrilo- va), 2015 Wimbledon (l. Azarenka) and 2018 Wim- bledon (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) • In doubles, won first Grand Slam title at 2016 Roland Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) – were first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr in 1971 • Won second Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Aus- tralian Open (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) • Finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos), 2016 US Open (w/Garcia), 2018 US Open (w/Babos) and 2019 Australian Open (w/Babos) • Won mixed doubles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished R-Up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/Nestor) KRISTINA FATMA MLADENOVIC VS AL NABHANI

PERSONAL

• Mother is Dzenita (was a pro volleyball player); father is Dragan (was a pro handball player); brother is Luka (soccer player) • Started playing tennis aged 8 when introduced to sport by parents • Speaks French, English, Serbian, Italian and Spanish • Currently without a full-time coach

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ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #51) vs. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #100)

Head to Head: ALIZÉ CORNET leads 1-0

2017 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 ALIZÉ CORNET 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2 155 mins

ALIZÉ CORNET TIMEA BABOS 51 WTA RANKING 100 50 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 123 22-01-1990 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-05-1993 (25) $117,467 YTD PRIZE MONEY $228,937 $6,684,145 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,930,749 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 19 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 8-3 0-1 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 284-275 1-4 / 115-147 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 96-92 0-0 / 37-58 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 57-58 2-1 / 36-47 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 170-165 1-4 / 78-90 0-0 / 24-17 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 6-13 0-0 / 8-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 0-11 0-0 / 17-47 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-21 0-0 / 37-99 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 8-42 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

DUBAI Tournament History

ALIZÉ CORNET TIMEA BABOS 2015 2015 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #5) 6-4 6-0 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) 6-3 4-6 6-1

2014 F L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #44) 6-3 6-0

2009 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #6) 6-3 6-2

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• Making fourth appearance at Dubai Duty Free Tennis • Making second appearance at Dubai, having fallen in Championships, where she was R-Up in 2014 (l. 1r in 2015 (l. Jankovic) V.Williams in F) • Bounced back in 2015 to lift doubles title (w/Mlade- • During 2014 run, beat No.9 Halep (via ret.) in 1r and novic, d. Muguruza/Suárez Navarro in F) No.1 S.Williams in SF • Top seed in doubles this week w/Mladenovic (after 1r • Is one of 10 former finalists in this year’s draw bye will face Arruabarrena/Christian or Atawo/Srebot- • Faces No.100 Babos today – a loss would be worse- nik in 2r) by-ranking since falling to No.241 Bacsinszky at the • Faces Cornet in 1r today;bidding for only second WTA 125K Series event in Limoges at the end of singles win of 2019 2018 • Currently ranked No.100, down from No.35 in the • One of three French players in draw this week (also corresponding week 12 months ago Garcia and Mladenovic). Only Frenchwoman to win Dubai title was Mauresmo in 2002 SEASON

SEASON • Retired in 1r at Hua Hin vs. Zidansek w/dizziness. Had won the title in the corresponding week in 2018 • Helped France to 3-1 win away to Belgium in Fed at Taipei City and subsequently dropped from No.65 Cup World Group (d. Mertens on day one). Will play to No.100 - her lowest position since October 20, Romania in April’s SF 2014 (No.114) • Produced SF showing at Hobart (l. eventual cham- • Fell in opening matches of season at Auckland (l. pion Kenin) before falling 2r at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Andreescu) and Hobart (l. Kuzmova) V.Williams) in lead-up to Australian Open • Opened season by losing singles matches to Barty, • Made 2r at Australian Open (d. Jabeur, l. Stephens). Muguruza and S.Williams as France made group Win in 1r vs. Jabeur snapped four-match losing stage exit at Hopman Cup streak • Finished R-Up in doubles at Australian Open (w/ CAREER Mladenovic, l. Stosur/Zhang)

• In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and CAREER MILESTONES Charleston • Other five career titles came at 2008 Budapest, 2012 • Ended 2018 ranked No.61 for seventh consecutive Bad Gastein, 2013 Strasbourg, 2014 Katowice and Top 100 finish, posting a 19-14 record 2016 Hobart; owns 6-6 career record in finals • Season highlights were reaching seventh and eighth • Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) career finals, at Taipei City (d. Kozlova in F) and who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first Monterrey (l. Muguruza in F in 3s); is now 3-5 in WTA time since May 2009; dropped out of Top 20 again finals after 2015 Dubai • Enjoyed success in doubles, winning debut Slam • Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 at Australian Open, WTA Finals, Birmingham and S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 reached QF at Wimbledon (all w/Mladenovic); Wuhan via ret.), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) crowned new WTA World No.1 in doubles after Wim- and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams bledon run (July 16, 2018) made her the first player to defeat the American in • Reached a career-high three singles finals in 2017 three straight meetings since Henin in 2007 (R-Up at Québec City and Tashkent), capturing the • Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champi- second WTA singles title of her career on home soil ons in Sofia, Bulgaria in Budapest (d. Safarova in F) • Three-time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/ • Produced an impressive season on the doubles Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong court, claiming a career-high six titles, including Kong (w/Shvedova) hoisting the trophy at the WTA Finals in Singapore • Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17; French (w/Hlavackova) Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 • Finished 2016 ranked No.26 – just one spot shy of her career-high ranking of No.25 (September 19, 2016)

ALIZÉ TIMEA CORNET VS BABOS

GRAND SLAM HISTORY CAREER CONT.

• 2019 Australian Open marked 49th consecutive • Qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai; fell in Grand Slam main draw appearance – the longest round robin stage (0-2) to No.18 Bacsinszky and streak among active players. However, among active No.28 S.Zhang players also has the most Grand Slam appearances • Reached third singles final of career at 2016 Flo- (52) without reaching a quarterfinal rianopolis (l. Begu in F). Other 2016 highlights • Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as included SF appearances at Shenzhen (l. Riske) a 15-year-old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to and Rabat, and QF runs at St Petersburg (l. eventual 2r (l. Mauresmo) champion Vinci), Katowice (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati • Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open (l. Muguruza) and Moscow (l. eventual champion in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual Kuznetsova) runner-up Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. • Qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals in doubles w/Shve- Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia) dova – fell in 1r (l. Mattek-Sands/Safarova); also • Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007-08, 2013-14) qualified for 2015 WTA Finals w/Mladenovic – pair • Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque- exited at RR stage Mariño in F) • 2015 season was highlighted by a runner-up finish at Marrakech (l. Svitolina in F), winning the WTA 125K Series event in Taipei, and three doubles titles, at PERSONAL Dubai, Marrackech and Rome (all w/Mladenovic) • Highest-ranked opponent beaten in career to date is • Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother No.9 Vandeweghe at 2018 Australian Open 1r is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent) • Received WC into first WTA event of career at 2010 • Sponsors include Peugeot, Babolat and Lacoste Budapest (l. Bacsinszky in 1r) • On-court coach this week in Dubai is Pierre Bouteyre • Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2011-15 and 2017; Hun- garian Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 • In juniors, was three-time doubles Grand Slam champion (2010 Roland Garros/Wimbledon/US Open – all • w/Sloane Stephens) and two-time runner-up (2009 Roland Garros, 2010 Australian Open) GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Made 3r at a major for the first time in at 2016 US Open (l. Halep) • Has reached 2r – but no further – at other three majors: Australian Open (2016, 2018, 2019), Wimbledon (2012, 2015, 2016) and Roland Garros (2016, 2018) • Won maiden Slam doubles title at 2018 Australian Open (w/Mladenovic, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) • Four-time major doubles runner-up, at 2014 Wimble- don (w/Mladenovic, l. Errani/Vinci), 2016 Wimbledon (w/Shvedova, l. S.Williams/V.Williams), 2018 US Open (w/Mladenovic, l. Barty/Vandeweghe) and 2019 Australian Open (w/Mladenovic, l. Stosur/Zhang) • Mixed doubles runner-up at 2015 Wimbledon (w/ Peya l. Hingis/Paes) and 2018 Australian Open (w/ Bopanna, l. Dabrowski/Pavic) PERSONAL

• Father’s name is Csaba; mother’s name is Zsuzsan- na; sister is Susie; started playing at age 8 • Tennis idol is Elena Dementieva • Coached by Nick Horvat. Split with long-term coach Thomas Drouet last September

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[Q] MAGDALENA FRECH (POL #180) vs. [11] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14)

Head to Head: First meeting

MAGDALENA FRECH DARIA KASATKINA 180 WTA RANKING 14 232 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 136 15-12-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-05-1997 (21) $14,855 YTD PRIZE MONEY $92,736 $292,151 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,135,830 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 0-0 4-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 4-13 1-4 / 115-77 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 3-2 0-1 / 42-27 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-2 0-2 / 20-20 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 1-8 1-4 / 74-52 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 7-7 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 8-9 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 12-20 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 21-32 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2-Q M. FRECH d. M. DOI 4-6,6-3,6-1 128 mins

R1-Q M. FRECH d. D. JURAK 6-3,6-1 59 mins

DUBAI Tournament History

DARIA KASATKINA 2018 F L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) 6-4 6-0

2017 R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #15) 6-2 7-5

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DUBAI DUBAI

• Making debut appearance at Dubai Duty Free Tennis • Making third appearance at Dubai, where she was Championships after coming through qualifying on R-Up in 2018 (l. Svitolina) Friday and Saturday • During last year’s run, saved two match points to • This was the first time she has successfully negotiat- beat Konta in R16, then fended off three more to ed qualifying at a tour-level event since 2018 Roland upset No.3 Muguruza in SF Garros • Following tournament, made Top 20 debut (February • Best result by a qualifier here was McQuillan’s SF 26, 2018) run in 2001 • Also lost to eventual R-Up Wozniacki in 1r on debut • Faces No.11 Kasatkina in 1r; in only previous match in 2017 against a Top 20 player, lost 6-2 6-2 to then-No.10 • Plays Polish No.3 Frech in 1r today; beat a Pole, Stephens at 2018 Roland Garros A.Radwanska, in 1r last year • In terms of ranking, best career win was over No.69 • Playing doubles this week w/Bencic (face Bara/Jak- Pera during qualifying at 2019 Brisbane upovic in 1r) • Currently the No.3-ranked Polish player in Top 200, • One of three Russians in this year’s draw (also ma- behind Linette (No.89) and Swiatek (No.141) karova and Pavlyuchenkova) • Best result by a Pole in Dubai was A.Radwanska’s • Last year became the fourth Russian to appear in title run in 2012 (d. Goerges in final) Dubai final, following in the footsteps of Kuznetsova (R-Up in 2004, 2008 and 2011), Sharapova (R-Up in 2006) and Dementieva (champion in 2008) SEASON SEASON • Part of Poland Fed Cup team which failed to progress from the Europe/Africa Zone Group I event on • Posted first singles win of the season over No.669 home soil in Zielona Gora Barritza of Denmark during Russia’s triumph in Eu- • Also contested qualifying at St. Petersburg rope/Africa Zone Group I • Opened the season with qualifying exits at Brisbane • Lost to Zvonareva in straight sets in QF at St. Peters- and Australian Open burg (after 1r bye, received walkover when Sharapo- va withdrew w/shoulder injury) • Suffered 1 exit at Australian Open (l. Bacsinszky) CAREER • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane. Fell to wildcard Birrell in 1r after leading 5-3 in the third set. Also fell • Finished 2018 inside the Top 200 for the second time in 1r at Sydney International (l. Sasnovich) in her career, at No.151 (also No.166 in 2017) • Made 2r at Roland Garros (l. Stephens), Rabat CAREER MILESTONES (l. Fett), Nottingham (l. Jakupovic) and San Jose (l. Tomljanovic). Also fell 1r at six other tour-level • Posted season-best finish of No.10 in 2018, up from events, including qualifying for Grand Slam debut at No.24 in 2017 Australian Open • 2018 saw the Russian achieve her second WTA sin- • Contested three WTA qualifying events in 2017, gles title at Moscow [Kremlin Cup]. Recovered from a advancing past this stage at Bucharest (l. Kovinic in set and 6-2 4-1 down to defeat Jabeur in final; is now 1r). Fell in qualifying at Tokyo Int’l and Tokyo [PPO] 2-3 in WTA singles finals, all coming at Premier-level • Advanced to 2r at WTA $125k Series event at Chi- or above. nese Taipei (d. Zhu, l. Kudermetova) • Reached biggest final of career at 2018 Indian Wells • Won two of her three ITF singles title in 2017, at (l. Osaka). Finished R-Up at Dubai and made SF at $25k ITF/Leipzig-GER and $25k ITF/Braunsch- St. Petersburg weig-GER – both on clay • Was one of eight players to reach QF or better at • First ITF singles title came in 2016, at $10k ITF/Ni- two or more Grand Slams in 2018 (Wimbledon and shi-Tama-JPN. Also holds two ITF doubles titles Roland Garros) • Played first WTA qualifying event at home tourna- • Earned her sixth win over a Top 2 player when she ment in Katowice in 2013, falling to Raluca. Made ousted No.2 Wozniacki at 2018 Roland Garros R16 WTA main draw debut at Katowice the following year • One of five players in WTA history to have multiple (as wildcard, l. Meusburger in 1r) wins over World No.1s before their 21st birthday, oth- • Achieved career high singles ranking of No.115 on ers being: V.Williams (9), S. Williams (8), Sharapova July 2, 2018 (4) and Kuznetsova (2) MAGDALENA DARIA FRECH VS KASATKINA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY CAREER CONT.

• Best Grand Slam showing is reaching 2r at 2018 • 2017 season was highlighted by capturing first WTA Roland Garros (as qualifier, d. Alexandrova in 1r, l. singles title in debut final at Charleston, defeating eventual R-Up Stephens) fellow teenager Ostapenko in F – the first all-teenage • Also fell 1r at 2018 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) Suárez Navarro) • Reached second tour-level final at Moscow in 2017 • Contested qualifying at Wimbledon and US Open in (l. Goerges in F). Also finished R-Up in two WTA 2018 doubles finals at 2017 – at Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow (both w/Gavrilova) • 2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF PERSONAL stage at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held mps), Mon- • Coached by Andrzej Kovierski treal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys) and Moscow • Started playing tennis at age 6 when she noticed (l. Goerges) kids taking lessons near her school in Lodz, Poland • Reached first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavly- and asked her parents if she could try uchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over • Favorite surface is grass; favorite shot is backhand No.14 Suárez Navarro in QF) • Goal is to reach Top 100 in 2019 • QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first • Hobbies away from tennis include doing her own time reaching last eight at a WTA-level tournament nails, movies and reading • Won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Moscow (w/ Vesnina) • Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r) GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2019 Australian Open marked her 14th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Earned best result at the majors with QF runs at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2018 Wim- bledon (l. eventual champion Kerber) surpassing her previous-best R16 effort at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi) • Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors – 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Aus- tralian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) • In juniors, lifted the 2014 Roland Garros singles trophy PERSONAL

• Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatia- na Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin • Began playing at age six when older brother and fitness trainer, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to tennis • Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree • Coached by Philippe Dehaes; formerly coached by Vladimir Platenik

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[12] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #15) vs. DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #34)

Head to Head: DAYANA YASTREMSKA leads 2-0

2019 HUA HIN HARD O QF DAYANA YASTREMSKA 7-6(5) 6-1 100 mins 2018 LUXEMBOURG HARD I R16 DAYANA YASTREMSKA 6-2 6-3 70 mins

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA DAYANA YASTREMSKA 15 WTA RANKING 34 18 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 11 08-10-1993 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 15-05-2000 (18) $211,238 YTD PRIZE MONEY $175,952 $18,403,349 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $579,449 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 1 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 6-4 0-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 220-123 11-2 / 22-13 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 68-52 2-0 / 4-7 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 32-45 3-1 / 5-6 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 146-83 11-2 / 20-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 17-12 1-0 / 2-1 0-0 / 9-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-0 0-1 / 29-30 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-1 0-1 / 55-53 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 2-2 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

DUBAI Tournament History

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2018 SF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #24) 3-6 7-6(11) 6-1

2017 R2 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #79) 4-1

2016 R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #21) 7-6(3) 6-3

2015 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #18) 6-4 5-7 7-5

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• Making fifth consecutive appearance at Dubai Duty • Making debut appearance at Dubai, where she is the Free Tennis Championships, where she is a two-time only teenager in the draw semifinalist • Faces No.15 Muguruza in 1r today; her two career • Was unseeded semifinalist on debut in 2015 (l. Top 20 wins have both been over the Spaniard, Ka.Pliskova – came within three points of victory at including en route to Hua Hin title earlier this month 5-4 in final set). Reached last four again in 2018 (l. • Contesting Dubai at career-high ranking of No.34 - is Kasatkina after holding 3MP) the only teenager in Top 50; by contrast, this time last • Defeated in opening match on next two visits, includ- year was ranked No.167 ing retirement (w/left Achilles injury) to Bondarenko • Since losing in 1r at Beijing last autumn, has posted in 2017 a 20-4 win-loss record • Doubles finalist here in 2015 (w/Suárez Navarro, l. Babos/Mladenovic) • Faces Yastremska in 1r today; has lost to the young SEASON Ukrainian in straight sets twice in the past four months at Luxembourg and Hua Hin • Posted 2-0 singles record (d. Swiatek and Larsson • Currently Spanish No.1 of four in Top 100, ahead of in straight sets) as Ukraine failed to progress from Suárez Navarro, Sorribes Tormo and Arruabarrena Europe/Africa Zone Group I • Won second career title at Hua Hin (d. Tomljanovic in final after trailing 5-2 in third set) SEASON • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. S.Williams); wins over Stosur in 1r and Suárez Navarro in 2r were first • Made QF at Hua Hin (l. Yastremska) at Grand Slam level • Reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova). • Began season by contesting qualifying at Brisbane, Win over Konta in 2r holds the record for the lat- followed by QF showing at Hobart (l. Bencic) est-ever start time at the Australian Open, beginning at 12.30am • Played Hopman Cup in lead up to Australian Open, posting 1-2 singles record (d. Cornet, l. Kerber, l. CAREER MILESTONES Barty) as Spain made group stage exit, before with- drawing w/GI illness prior to 2r match last week at • Posted first Top 100 season in 2018, at No.60, win- Sydney 2r (d. Suárez Navarro in 1r) ning first career title at Hong Kong (d. Q.Wang in F) • Also in 2018, reached SF at Luxembourg (l. Bencic), 2r at New Haven (as qualifier, l. Goerges) and CAREER MILESTONES Charleston (as LL, l. Pera) and fell 1r at US Open (l. Muchova), Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Puig) Québec • Finished 2018 season at No.18 for first non-Top 10 City (l. McHale) and Beijing (as qualifier, l. S.Zheng). finish since 2014 Contested tour-level qualifying on five occasions – at • Season highlight in 2018 was sixth career singles Brisbane, Australian Open, St Petersburg, Stuttgart title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F) and Wimbledon • Also was R-Up at Doha (l. Kvitova) and made SF at • Became first woman born in the 2000s to crack the Roland Garros, Zhuhai, Dubai and Hong Kong Top 100 on the WTA rankings, debuting at No.100 • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best (week of July 16, 2018) year-end finish. Rose to World No.1 on September • Won third ITF singles title in at $60k ITF/Rome-ITA 11, 2017. Became the 24th woman in history of the and reached two more finals in 2018 WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain • Posted first Top 200 season in 2017, at No.189 – (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995) rose more than 200 places during the year • Named ITF World Champion for 2017 • Won first WTA main draw match and reached first • Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam tour-level QF at 2017 Istanbul, defeating former title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as World No.9 Petkovic en route (l. Cepelova) winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) • Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2016 Istan- • Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final bul (l. Hibino in 1r) victory over V.Williams at 2017 Wimbledon • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2015 • At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova and • In juniors, rose as high as No.6 in the world World No.2 Halep en route to title • On ITF Circuit, winner of three singles titles and three doubles titles GARBIÑE DAYANA MUGURUZA VS YASTREMSKA

CAREER CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in • Reached 3r at 2019 Australian Open (l. S.Williams) 2017, however failed to progress from group stage • Made 1r exit on Grand Slam debut at 2018 US Open • 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand (l. qualifier Muchova in straight sets) Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career-high • Fell in qualifying at 2018 Australian Open and 2018 ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman Wimbledon to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in De- • Runner-up in 2016 Wimbledon junior girls’ event (l. cember 1996 (as No.2) Potapova) • Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first major final at Wimble- don • Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; PERSONAL one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 – • Born and resides in Odessa, Ukraine also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Plis- • Began playing tennis at age 5 kova and Bacsinszky • Prefers hard courts • In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at • Mainly works with her father, Oleksandr as well as the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vi- Marco Girardini and occasionally with Gavin Hopper cario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, in Istanbul l. Hingis/Mirza) • Owns 6-4 career record in singles finals, winning titles at 2018 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart • Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) • Is one of 27 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. Owns a 2-1 record in Grand Slam final matches to date (also finishing R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon – l. S.Williams) • Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 – d. V.Williams, and 1999 – l. S.Williams). By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017) • At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) • Reached SF stage at 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Halep) • At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open reached R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) GARBIÑE DAYANA MUGURUZA VS YASTREMSKA

PERSONAL

• Coached by Sam Sumyk • Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers • Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain

MATCH NOTES DUBAI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Feb 17 - Feb 23, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[WC] EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #80) vs. VERA LAPKO (BLR #60)

Head to Head: First meeting

EUGENIE BOUCHARD VERA LAPKO 80 WTA RANKING 60 56 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 193 25-02-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 29-09-1998 (20) $95,046 YTD PRIZE MONEY $71,756 $6,183,121 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $522,053 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 DUBAI W-L (MD) * 0-0 0-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 140-123 1-2 / 17-16 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 38-46 1-0 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 38-21 0-1 / 3-5 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 85-81 1-2 / 12-11 0-0 / 9-11 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 0-0 / 3-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-0 0-0 / 12-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-0 0-2 / 18-45 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-3 * Updated entering 2019 Dubai 1r

DUBAI Tournament Performance - 2019

Rnd Result Duration

DUBAI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

EUGENIE BOUCHARD 2014 QF-Q L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #50) 6-1 6-4

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DUBAI DUBAI

• Making main draw debut at Dubai Duty Free Tennis • Making debut at Dubai. Was originally outside main Championships draw cut-off, but gained entry after Sakkari’s with- • Fell in qualifying here in 2014, despite being ranked drawal (hand injury) No.19 - was No.31 at the time of acceptance list cut- • Faces Bouchard in 1r; a win will reward her with a off, six weeks prior to tournament meeting against No.3 Halep - she is yet to face a Top • One of four wildcards in main draw (also Al Nabhani, 10 opponent in her career Errani and Stosur) • Bidding for first win since opening match of season • Best result by a wildcard here was V.Williams’s title (d. Pavlyuchenkova at Hobart) run in 2014 • Enters 2018 Dubai ranked at a career-high No.60 • Faces No.60 Lapko in 1r today. A win would be her (first posted October 1, 2018). Twelve months ago, best, in terms of ranking, so far in 2019 was ranked No.128 and falling in qualifying at Buda- • Winner will face No.3 seed Halep in second round pest • This time last year, was ranked No.116 • One of three Belarusians in main draw (also Sa- balenka and Sasnovich) SEASON SEASON • Reached QF of WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach and fell in qualifying at Doha (l. Brengle) • Fell 1r on Australian Open main draw debut (l. Lars- • Made 2r at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) son) and in qualifying at St. Petersburg • Opened season by reaching last eight in singles at • Opened the season with 2r showing at Hobart (l. Auckland (l. eventual champion Goerges), and win- Yastremska) ning doubles title (w/Andreescu) - the first doubles title of her career CAREER MILESTONES CAREER • Finished 2018 inside Top 100 for first time (at No.65) • Campaign highlighted by reaching first WTA SF at • Ended 2018 ranked No.89, her sixth consecutive Lugano (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Mertens). Top 100 finish. Made two SFs, at Gstaad (l. eventual Also made QF at Guangzhou, Tashkent and Luxem- champion Cornet) and Luxembourg (l. Goerges). bourg Gstaad SF was first time reaching last four since • In 2017, rose from No.320 to No.131, her year culmi- 2017 Sydney nating in a maiden WTA quarterfinal run in Moscow – • During 2017, had 3r showing at Australian Open (l. where she held a match point before losing to Begu Vandeweghe), defeated No.6 Cibulkova en route to a • Member of Belarus Fed Cup team that advanced to SF appearance at Sydney to start the year (l. Konta) maiden final in 2017, against USA in Minsk followed by a QF finish at Madrid after defeating the • Four-times doubles R-Up, at 2016 Guangzhou (w/ likes of Sharapova and No.2 Kerber (via retirement) Govortsova), 2018 Lugano (w/Sabalenka), 2018 (l. Kuznetsova) Guangzhou (w/Kovinic) and 2018 Luxembourg (w/ • In doubles action, advanced to two finals in 2017, at Minella) Washington, DC (w/Stephens) and Luxembourg (w/ • Set career-high ranking of No.60 on October 1, 2018 Flipkens), losing both • Best career win came over No.22 Gavrilova at 2017 • 2016 season highlights included reaching fifth and Moscow sixth career singles finals, at Hobart (l. Cornet) and • Owns six ITF Circuit titles in singles and seven in Kuala Lumpur (l. Svitolina) doubles • After 2014 Wimbledon, made Top 10 debut at No.7, • Made WTA main draw debut at 2016 Katowice (as beating previous Canadian best of No.8 (Bassett-Se- WC, l. Kulichkova in 1r) guso). Climbed to a career-high No.5 on October 20, • Won first ITF Circuit title at 2015 $10k ITF/Sharm El 2014 Sheik (d. Vondrousova in F) • Owns a 1-5 record in career singles finals, sole title • Played first professional matches on ITF Circuit in coming at 2014 Nürnberg (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) 2014, qualifying at $10k ITF/Antalya-TUR and reach- • Qualified for 2014 season-ending WTA Finals Singa- ing SF at $25k ITF/Minsk-BLR pore, becoming first Canadian to qualify in 25 years. • Former junior World No.1 Went 0-3 in round-robin stage • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in USA in 2008 EUGENIE VERA BOUCHARD VS LAPKO

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2019 Australian Open marked her 23rd career main • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2018 Wimble- draw appearance at a major don (l. Goerges in 2r) • Reached the title match at 2014 Wimbledon (l. • Also reached 2r at 2018 US Open (l. Mertens) and Kvitova), becoming the first Canadian to ever reach fell 1r at 2019 Australian Open (l. Larsson) a Grand Slam final; since joined by Milos Raonic at • Fell in Grand Slam qualifying at 2017 Australian 2016 Wimbledon Open, 2017 US Open, 2018 Australian Open and • Made first Grand Slam SF at 2014 Australian Open 2018 Roland Garros (l. Li), and advanced to SF at 2015 Roland Garros (l. • In juniors, won the girls’ singles title at the 2016 eventual champion Sharapova) – defeating two Top Australian Open (d. doubles partner Mihalikova in F) 20 players en route (No.9 Kerber and No.15 Suárez and in doubles was R-Up (both w/Mihalikova) at US Navarro) Open in 2014 and Wimbledon in 2015 • Best result at US Open is R16 run in both 2014 (l. Makarova) and 2015 (withdrew prior to match vs. eventual R-Up Vinci w/concussion) PERSONAL

• Started playing tennis at age 5 PERSONAL • Mother, Elena is an engineer; her late father Valery was a builder; has a brother, Nikita • At age 12, she moved to Florida with her mother • Supports Liverpool FC to be coached at Nick Saviano’s high-performance • Coached by Vladimir Kruk academy, also attended by Sloane Stephens • Named 2013 WTA Newcomer of the Year, as voted by international tennis media • Currently working with Michael Joyce • Previously worked with Robert Lansdorp, Thomas Hogstedt, Sam Sumyk, Nick Saviano and Harold Solomon