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2017 MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAU DOUBLES FINAL

[3] SANIA MIRZA (IND #7) / BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #10) vs. GABRIELA DABROWSKI (CAN #34) / XU YIFAN (CHN #26)

Head-to-Head: First meeting

A LOOK AT THE DOUBLES FINALISTS YTD YTD CAREER CAREER DOUBLES YTD CAREER PLAYER NAT AGE DOUBLES DOUBLES DOUBLES DOUBLES RANK PRIZE $ PRIZE $ W-L TITLES W-L TITLES [3] Sania Mirza 7 IND 30 129,085 19-5 1 6,570,862 474-201 41 [3] Barbora Strycova 16 CZE 31 345,900 15-5 0 6,029,977 391-219 20 Gabriela Dabrowski 34 CAN 25 52,669 15-7 0 667,873 196-165 3 Xu Yifan 26 CHN 28 49,578 10-6 0 777,373 284-169 3 Players listed in order of doubles ranking; match records up-to-date through SF; prize money figures do not include this tournament

BEST PREVIOUS MIAMI DOUBLES RESULTS PLAYER BEST MIAMI RESULTS [3] Sania Mirza WON (1): 2015 (w/Hingis) [3] Barbora Strycova FINAL (1): 2017 (w/Mirza) Gabriela Dabrowski FINAL (1): 2017 (w/Xu) Xu Yifan FINAL (1): 2017 (w/Dabrowski)

ROAD TO THE FINAL [3] SANIA MIRZA (IND #7) / BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE GABRIELA DABROWSKI (CAN #34) / XU YIFAN (CHN #26) #16)

R32: d. Schuurs/Voracova (NED/CZE) 63 76(3) R32: d. [8] Spears/Srebotnik (USA/SLO) 62 36 107 R16: d. Babos/Pavlyuchenkova (HUN/RUS) 16 61 104 R16: d. Arruabarrena/Liang (ESP/CHN) 61 75

QF: d. [6] King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ) 64 61 QF: d. [2] Makarova/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) 76(3) 61

SF: d. [5] Y.Chan/Hingis (TPE/SUI) 67(6) 61 104 SF: d. [4] Hlavackova/Peng (CZE/CHN) 75 57 107 vs.

Total games: 75 Total games: 82 Games won/lost: 46-29 Games won/lost: 49-33 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Sets won/lost: 8-2

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DOUBLES FINAL QUICK HITS

• By reaching the final, Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan ensure that for the fifth time in the last 10 years, at least one unseeded team will contest the championship match at Miami – the last unseeded team to win here was Martina Hingis and Sabine Lisicki in 2013 • Barbora Strycova, Dabrowski and Xu Yifan are all making their Miami doubles final debut. Sania Mirza is a former champion (2015) • Strycova is looking to become the fourth Czech player to lift the doubles trophy here – also Sukova (1986, 1989, 1990), Novotna (1998, 1999) and Safarova (2016) • No Chinese or Canadian woman has ever lifted the doubles trophy here in Miami

MIAMI DOUBLES HONOR ROLL

YEAR CHAMPIONS RUNNERS-UP SCORE 2007 [1] Raymond/Stosur (USA/AUS) [2] Black/Huber (ZIM/RSA) 64 36 102 2008 [2] Srebotnik/Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) [1] Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) 75 46 103 2009 [WC] Kuznetsova/Mauresmo (RUS/FRA) [3] Peschke/Raymond (CZE/USA) 46 63 103 2010 Dulko/Pennetta (ARG/ITA) [3] Petrova/Stosur (RUS/AUS) 63 46 107 2011 Hantuchova/A.Radwanska (SVK/POL) [3] Huber/Petrova (USA/RUS) 76(5) 26 108 2012 [5] Kirilenko/Petrova (RUS/RUS) [6] Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) 76(0) 46 104 2013 [3] Petrova/Srebotnik (RUS/SLO) [WC] Raymond/Robson (USA/GBR) 61 76(2) 2014 [WC] Hingis/Lisicki (SUI/GER) [2] Makarova/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) 46 64 105 2015 [1] Hingis/Mirza (SUI/IND) [2] Makarova/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) 75 61 2016 [3] Mattek-Sands/Safarova (USA/CZE) [4] Babos/Shvedova (HUN/KAZ) 63 64

[3] SANIA MIRZA (IND) [3] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE) Residence: Hyderabad, India Residence: Dubai, UAE Date of Birth: 15 Nov 1986 Date of Birth: 28 Mar 1986 Birthplace: Mumbai, India Birthplace: Plzen, Czech Republic Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Height: 5' 4 and ½ " (1.64 m) Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

• Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova are through to their fifth final together; having first teamed up together last summer • The pair won 2016 Cincinnati and Tokyo together, and reached finals at 2016 Wuhan and 2017 Sydney • India’s Mirza is looking to win her second Miami Open title (also won in 2015 w/Hingis); Strycova has advanced to her first Miami Open final this year. Her previous best result was reaching the QF in 2016 (w/Makarova) • Mirza owns a total of 41 career WTA doubles titles including three Grand Slams • Strycova owns 20 doubles titles with nine different partners • Mirza spent a total of 91 weeks as doubles No.1 – she first hit the top spot on April 13, 2015 and occupied the position until January 8, 2017 • Strycova is playing Miami Open on a career-high doubles ranking of No.10 (March 20, 2017) • Mirza owns one WTA singles title – at 2005 Hyderabad – and has reached a further three finals • Strycova owns WTA singles title – at 2011 Quebec City – and has reached a further six finals Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 DAILY MATCH NOTES: MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAU

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GABRIELA DABROWSKI (CAN) XU YIFAN (CHN) Residence: Ottawa, Canada Residence: Beijing, China Date of Birth: 1 April, 1992 Date of Birth: 8 August, 1988 Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada Birthplace: Tianjin, China Height: 5' 9'' (1.75 m) Height: 5' 5" (1.65m) Plays: Right-handed (two-handed both sides) Plays: Left-handed (two-handed backhand)

• Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan are playing their first Tournament together this week at the Miami Open • Prior to this year, Dabrowski’s best Miami result was a 2r appearance in 2015 (w/Rosolska, l. eventual champions Hingis/Mirza) • Xu Yifan reached the SF here in Miami in 2016 (w/Zheng, l. eventual champions Mattek-Sands/Safarova) • Canadian Dabrowski has advanced to her second doubles final so far this season (Hobart, w/Yang – l. Olaru/Savchuk) • Xu Yifan has mostly played with American Raquel Attawo throughout the 2017 season with the team’s best result being a SF run at Shenzhen (l.Olaru/Savchuk) and QF appearance at Australian Open (l. eventual champions Mattek- Sands/Safarova) • Dabrowski owns three WTA career doubles titles, most recently at 2016 Mallorca (w/Martinez Sanchez) • Dabrowski has a career-high doubles ranking of No.30 (February 20, 2017) • Xu Yifan owns three WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2015 Tianjin (w/S.Zheng) • Xu Yifan has a career-high doubles ranking of No.16 (July 11, 2016)

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINTS BREAKDOWN SINGLES US$ RANK POINTS DOUBLES US$ RANK POINTS Winner 1,175,505 1000 Winner 385,170 1000 Runner-Up 573,680 650 Runner-Up 187,970 650 Semifinalist 287,515 390 Semifinalist 94,220 390 Quarterfinalist 146,575 215 Quarterfinalist 48,010 215 Round of 16 77,265 120 Round of 16 25,320 120 Round of 32 41,350 65 Round of 32 13,550 10 Round of 64 22,325 35 Round of 128 13,690 10

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2017 MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAU SINGLES FINAL

[10] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11) vs. [12] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) Konta leads 1-0

A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS YTD MIAMI YTD YTD CAREER CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE PRIZE $^ W/L* W/L* TITLES PRIZE $^ W/L* TITLES [10] Johanna Konta 11 GBR 25 518,110 8-1 18-3 1 3,723,939 293-173 2 [12] Caroline Wozniacki 14 DEN 26 582,204 27-9 23-6 0 22,668,380 530-213 25 *Includes current tournament; includes all levels / ^Does not include current tournament

FINAL HISTORIES

BEST MIAMI LAST FINAL CAREER PLAYER BEST 2017 RESULT RESULT REACHED (final result) F W/L [10] Johanna Konta WON (1): Sydney FINAL (1): 2017 2017 Sydney (WON) 2-1 FINAL (1): Indian Wells, R-UP (2): [12] Caroline Wozniacki FINAL (1): 2017 2017 Dubai (R-UP) 25-19 Doha, Dubai

HONOR ROLL: PREMIER MANDATORY EVENTS YEAR INDIAN WELLS MIAMI MADRID BEIJING 2010 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) Kim Clijsters (BEL) Aravane Rezai (FRA) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 2011 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Petra Kvitova (CZE) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 2012 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) Serena Williams (USA) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2013 Maria Sharapova (RUS) Serena Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) 2014 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) Serena Williams (USA) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 2015 Simona Halep (ROU) Serena Williams (USA) Petra Kvitova (CZE) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 2016 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Simona Halep (ROU) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 2017 Elena Vesnina (RUS) TBD TBD TBD

FINAL QUICK HITS  Johanna Konta and Caroline Wozniacki will contest the 33rd Miami Open singles final, each aiming to become the 14th different player to lift the title  Both Konta and Wozniacki are making their first appearance in a Miami final – the last time two final debutantes met in the championship match occurred when Kim Clijsters beat Maria Sharapova in 2005  Konta (Great Britain) and Wozniacki (Denmark) are the first players from their respective countries to reach a Miami final  Konta’s semifinal victory over Venus Williams means that today’s final will be only the seventh since 1998 to not feature at least one of the Williams sisters Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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 Wozniacki has conceded one set and 31 games en route to the final. Konta has dropped two sets and 46 games  Since Miami was elevated to Premier Mandatory status as part of the 2009 Roadmap Calendar, the final has gone to three sets only once, when Serena Williams fought back to defeat Maria Sharapova 46 63 60 in 2013  Wozniacki is appearing in the 45th final of her career, the fourth-most among active players:

PLAYER FINALS Serena Williams 92 Venus Williams 81 Maria Sharapova 58 Caroline Wozniacki 45 Svetlana Kuznetsova 40 Victoria Azarenka 36

 Wozniacki has now reached the final of each of the WTA’s four Premier Mandatory tournaments, having previously won Beijing (2010) and Indian Wells (2011), and finished runner-up at Madrid (2009) and Indian Wells (2010, 2013)  Konta’s only previous Premier Mandatory final came at Beijing in 2016, when she finished runner-up to Agnieszka Radwanska  Konta’s most recent title came this January in Sydney, while Wozniacki’s was at Hong Kong, in October 2016  With current prize money of just under US$23 million, Wozniacki has become only the eighth player to surpass the US$23 million mark by reaching the Miami final. Konta will close in on US$5 million in prize money with victory in the final  Along with her semifinal victim, Karolina Pliskova, Wozniacki owns the most wins on the WTA in 2017, with 23. She didn’t reach this total in 2016 until the Asian swing, at Tokyo [PPO]

WTA RANKING PROJECTIONS

 Following the conclusion of the Miami Open presented by Itau, there will be no changes to the Top 6 in the WTA Rankings. As of Monday, the Top 6 will be:

1. Angelique Kerber 2. Serena Williams 3. Karolina Pliskova 4. Dominika Cibulkova 5. Simona Halep 6. Garbiñe Muguruza

 Meanwhile, Johanna Konta is guaranteed to return to the Top 10 after dropping out this February. If she wins the final she will rise to a career-high No.7, while she will move to No.10 should she finish runner-up

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 Caroline Wozniacki, having reached the final, will rise to No.12. Should she win the title today, she will return to the Top 10 (at No.8) at the expense of Madison Keys and Elina Svitolina – it will mark the first time she has been in the Top 10 since September 21, 2015

ROAD TO SINGAPORE STOPS OFF IN MIAMI

 The 2017 edition of the WTA’s Road to Singapore (RTS) will travel through 31 countries with 55 events, plus the four Grand Slam tournaments  Last October, the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global were held in Asia-Pacific for the third time, with Dominika Cibulkova defeating Angelique Kerber in the final.  This year’s event, the fourth of a five-year tenure at the Singapore Sports Hub, sees competition spread over eight days, October 22 - 29, 2017  Entering the fortnight of the 2017 Miami Open, the standings on March 20 were as follows:

RANK SINGLES PLAYERS 1 Serena Williams (USA) 2 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 3 Elina Svitolina (UKR) 4 Venus Williams (USA) 5 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6 Elina Vesnina (RUS) 7 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 9 Johanna Konta (GBR) 10 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

 Johanna Konta will jump from No.9 to No.5 following her progession to the Miami final, and No.2 should she win the title  If Caroline Wozniacki wins the title, she will be No.1 on the leaderboard. She will move to No.3 by finishing runner-up

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINTS BREAKDOWN RANK RANK SINGLES US$ DOUBLES US$ POINTS POINTS Winner 1,175,505 1000 Winner 385,170 1000 Runner-Up 573,680 650 Runner-Up 187,970 650 Semifinalist 287,515 390 Semifinalist 94,220 390 Quarterfinalist 146,575 215 Quarterfinalist 48,010 215 Round of 16 77,265 120 Round of 16 25,320 120 Round of 32 41,350 65 Round of 32 13,550 10 Round of 64 22,325 35 Round of 128 13,690 10

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[10] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11) vs. [12] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 1-0

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JOHANNA KONTA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 11 WTA RANKING 14 9 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 5 17-05-1991 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-07-1990 (26) $518,110 YTD PRIZE MONEY $582,204 $3,723,939 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $22,668,380 1 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 25 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 8-1 MIAMI W-L (MD) * 27-9 18-3 / 84-50 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 23-6 / 495-207 4-2 / 18-23 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 121-68 1-3 / 18-9 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 78-66 18-3 / 67-27 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 23-6 / 368-143 2-1 / 12-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 48-61 4-1 / 20-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 112-93 2-0 / 9-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 51-24 * Updated entering 2017 Miami F ROAD TO THE

[10] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11) vs. [12] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) SF: d. [11] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12) 6-4,7-5 (2h03) SF: d. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 5-7,6-1,6-1 (2h16) QF: d. [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 3-6,7-6(7),6-2 (2h30) QF: d. LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #36) 6-4,6-3 (1h50) R16: d. LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #72) 7-5,6-1 (1h17) R16: d. [6] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #6) 7-6(1), Ret'd (1h15) R32: d. PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #57) 6-4,6-0 (1h03) R32: d. SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #65) 6-4,6-2 (1h21) R64: d. [Q] ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #120) 6-2,6-7(5),6-4 (2h39) R64: d. [Q] VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #83) 6-1,6-2 (1h5) R128: BYE R128: BYE Total games: 118 Total games: 91 Won/lost: 72-46 Won/lost: 60-31 Sets won/lost: 10-2 Sets won/lost: 9-1 Total time on court: 9h32 Total time on court: 7h47 Average time on court: 1h54 Average time on court: 1h33 Average rank of opponent: 53 Average rank of opponent: 39

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MIAMI Tournament History * JOHANNA KONTA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2016 2016 QF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #8) 6-4 6-2 R3 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #16) 5-7 6-4 7-6(1) R16 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #33) 6-2 6-2 R2 W - VANIA KING (USA #183) 7-5 6-2 R3 W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #96) 4-6 6-1 7-6(3) R1 BYE R2 W - DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #51) 6-4 6-2 2015 R1 BYE R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #16) 6-3 7-6(1) R3 W - KAIA KANEPI (EST #51) 4-6 6-1 6-3 R2 W - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #44) 6-0 6-1 R1 BYE 2014 QF L - NA LI (CHN #2) 7-5 7-5 R16 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #49) 6-0 6-1 R3 W - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #16) 6-1 6-0 R2 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #58) 6-1 1-6 6-3 R1 BYE 2013 R3 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #73) 6-2 6-4

R2 W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #92) 5-7 6-3 6-3 R1 BYE 2012 SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 4-6 6-2 6-4 QF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #11) 6-4 6-4 R16 W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #33) 7-6(6) 6-0

R3 W - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #29) 6-3 7-5 R2 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #59) 6-4 6-0 R1 BYE 2011 R16 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #23) 7-5 3-6 6-3 R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #30) 6-1 7-6(7) R2 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #43) 6-2 7-5

R1 BYE 2010 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #33) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 R16 W - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #35) 6-2 6-2 R3 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #30) 1-6 6-1 6-4 R2 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #117) 3-6 6-3 6-4 R1 BYE 2009 QF L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #8) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 R16 W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #4) 7-5 6-4 R3 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #18) 6-4 6-4 R2 W - JELENA DOKIC (AUS #80) 6-3 5-7 6-2 R1 BYE

2008 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #7) 6-3 6-3 R3 W - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #25) 2-6 6-3 6-1

R2 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) 6-3 6-1 R1 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #73) 6-4 7-5

Konta:

 Making second appearance at Miami. Is through to the final for the first time, improving on QF showing on debut in

2016 (l. eventual champion Azarenka)

 After 1r bye, defeated No.120 Sasnovich in 2r, Parmentier in 3r and Arruabarrena in R16

 Defeated No.5 Halep on Wednesday to reach second SF of 2017 season (also Sydney); win was third career victory over a

Top 5 ranked opponent (overall record is 3-6). Other wins came against No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan and No.3

A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney

 Defeated No.12 V.Williams in SF to improve lifetime record against Top 20 players to 20-14. Faces No.14 Wozniacki in

final

 Is the first British woman to advance to the final here in Miami – the best showings by other British players were R16 runs

by Durie in 1988 and Watson in 2016

 Is enjoying joint-highest seeding at a WTA Premier Mandatory event this week at No.10. Best performance at this level

was R-Up finish at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska)

 Guaranteed to return to Top 10 by reaching the final; will rise to a career best No.7 ranking by lifting the title – this

would be the highest position occupied by a British woman since Durie was ranked No.7 on April 30, 1984

 Enters Miami after 3r exit at Indian Wells earlier this month (after 1r bye, defeated countrywoman Watson in 2r before

falling to No.25 Garcia in third set tiebreak)

 Withdrew from Dubai w/foot injury. In February also helped Britain defeat Portugal, Latvia, Turkey and Croatia to reach

the Fed Cup World Group II promotional play-off. Alongside Watson came from a set down in the decisive doubles

against Croatia

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from  Reached QF at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), having made SF run at Melbourne Park in 2016 (l.

Kerber)

 Arrived in Melbourne having won second WTA singles title at Sydney, the city where she was born, on main draw debut

(d. A.Radwanska in F). First British woman to win Sydney title since Durie in 1983. Now 2-1 in WTA singles finals

 Win over No.3 A.Radwanska in Sydney final was 11th over Top 10 opponent (7-6 in 2016, although no wins over Top 5).

Victory against No.5 Halep in 2017 Miami improved lifetime record to 12-8. Previous wins were over No.8 Makarova

(2015 Eastbourne), No.9 Muguruza (2015 US Open), No.2 Halep (2015 Wuhan), No.10 V.Williams (2016 Australian Open),

No.7 Vinci (2016 Rome), No.7 V.Williams (2016 Stanford), No.10 Kuznetsova (2016 Rio Olympics), No.8 Suárez Navarro

(2016 Wuhan), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Beijing) and No.9 Keys (2016 Beijing)

 Opened 2017 season with SF run at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Siniakova)

 Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10, rising as high as No.9 (week of October 10, 2016); previous best season

finish was No.47 in 2015 (first Top 100 finish)

 Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2-0 in round-robin play), fell in SF (l. Svitolina)

 Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a match

 Advanced to QF or better at 10 events in 2016

 Reached career-first Premier Mandatory level final at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska), previous best efforts at this level

being R16 at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and QF at 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka)

 By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the elite group since

Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker). Became 121st woman to break into

the Top 10, and the fourth to do so in 2016 after Vinci, Bencic and Keys

 Achieved career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of

a Premier event since WTA Roadmap was introduced in 2009, and first British woman to win the tournament since

Barker in 1977 (when it was held in San Francisco)

 Represented Great Britain at Rio Olympics; reached QF in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), 2r in doubles

(w/Watson, l. Chan/Chan) and fell 1r in mixed doubles (w/J.Murray, l. eventual gold medalists Mattek-Sands/Sock)

 Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13,

1986, with Durie at No.20)

 Defeated No.2 Halep at Wuhan in 2015 for career-best victory. Prior to this feat, the last British woman to beat a world

No.2 had been Sue Barker, who defeated No.2 Tracy Austin at 1981 Brighton  Aside from SF (2016) and QF (2017) runs at Australian Open, best major results have been back-to-back R16 efforts at US

Open in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova). Reached 2r at Wimbledon for first time in 2016 (l.

Bouchard), and yet to pass 1r at Roland Garros in two main draw appearances (2015-16)

 Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans

 On ITF Circuit, won 11 singles and four doubles titles

 Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen (as qualifier, l. 1r)

 Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after-school care program

 Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion)

 Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012

 Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf; favorite tennis memories include representing Great Britain in Fed Cup

 Currently coached by Wim Fissette, having parted ways with longtime coach Esteban Carril at end of 2016 season.

Hitting partner is Andrew Fitzpatrick

Wozniacki:

 Making 10th consecutive main draw appearance at Miami

 Has posted best result by reaching final here this fortnight, bettering 2012’s SF run (d. S.Williams in QF, l. Sharapova);

also three QF showings – in 2009 (l. Kuznetsova), 2010 (l. Henin) and 2014 (l. Li)

 After 1r bye, beat qualifier Lepchenko in 2r and defeated Cirstea in 3r. Was leading 76(1) in R16 when opponent,

Muguruza, retired w/heat-related illness in R16. Defeated Safarova in QF in straight sets

 Upset No.3 Ka.Pliskova in SF to improve career record vs. Top 5 ranked players to 12-34 (1-1 in 2017). Before this, most

recent win over a Top 3-ranked player was against then-No.3 Halep at 2015 Stuttgart

 Victory in SF drew her level with Ka.Pliskova atop the WTA’s 2017 match win leaderboard – both have posted 23. The

Dane did not reach this total in 2016 until the Asian swing, at Tokyo [PPO]

 Faces No.11 Konta today; lost her only previous meeting with the Briton, was a 63 61 defeat in 3r of this year’s Australian

Open. Wins over Muguruza and Pliskova in Miami have improved record vs. Top 20 players to 112-93

 Has now reached the final of each of the WTA’s four Premier Mandatory tournaments, having previously won Beijing

(2010) and Indian Wells (2011), and finished runner-up at Madrid (2009) and Indian Wells (2010, 2013)

 Should she win the title today, she will return to the Top 10 (at No.8) – it will mark the first time she has been in the Top

10 since September 21, 2015. Will rise to No.12 with R-Up finish  Enters Miami after reaching fifth QF of season at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic)

 Advanced to back-to-back finals at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) last month. Now owns 25-19 record in

career singles finals. S.Williams (92), V.Williams (81) and Sharapova (58) are the only active players to have appeared in

more finals

 Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to Strycova

lasted 3 hours 20 minutes

 Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets

 Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 – lowest year‐end ranking since 2007 (No.64) – having

played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery; defeated

No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber

 In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong (d.

Mladenovic in F). Has won at least one title nine years running (2008‐2016)

 Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg

 Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four‐time champion (2008‐11; at one point

enjoyed 21‐match win streak at event)

 Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova)

 Returned to action following two‐and‐a‐half months out w/right ankle injury during grass court swing, making

comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r). Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l.

Svitolina)

 Was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t seeded at a Grand Slam

 Ended 2015 ranked No.17 – first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was longest

active streak); currently ranked No.14 – her highest position since October 2015

 Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot – 2010 and 2011

 Two‐time Grand Slam finalist, finishing runner‐up at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters) and 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams). Has

reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

 Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams - 72, V.Williams - 49 and Sharapova - 35) for singles titles (25) – 20

of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was

previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)

 Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all‐time list. By reaching Miami final has become just the

eighth player to reach $23 million  Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs

 Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched the

program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide

critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight USANA

ambassadors on the WTA

 Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn and hitting partner is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)

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2017 MIAMI OPEN – SEMIFINALS

[11] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12) vs. [10] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11) Konta leads 2-1

[12] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Wozniacki leads 3-1

A LOOK AT THE FINAL FOUR YTD MIAMI YTD YTD CAREER CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE PRIZE $^ W/L* W/L* TITLES PRIZE $^ W/L* TITLES [2] Karolina Pliskova 3 CZE 25 938,351 8-4 23-3 2 7,871,077 390-230 8 [10] Johanna Konta 11 GBR 25 518,110 7-1 17-3 1 3,723,939 292-173 2 [11] Venus Williams 12 USA 36 1,511,485 61-13 14-3 0 35,943,233 746-210 49 [12] Caroline Wozniacki 14 DEN 26 582,204 26-9 22-6 0 22,668,380 529-213 25 *Includes current tournament; includes all levels / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD to HEADS V.WILLIAMS KONTA KA.PLISKOVA Series tied 1-1 Ka.Pliskova leads 5-1 WOZNIACKI V.Williams leads 7-0 Konta leads 1-0

SEMIFINAL HISTORIES

BEST MIAMI LAST FINAL PLAYER BEST 2017 RESULT RESULT REACHED (final result) [2] Karolina Pliskova WON (2): Brisbane, Doha SF (1): 2017 2017 Doha (Won) [10] Johanna Konta WON (1): Sydney SF (1): 2017 2017 Sydney (Won) [11] Venus Williams R-Up (1): Australian Open WON (3): 1998, 1999, 2001 2017 Australian Open (R-Up) [12] Caroline Wozniacki R-Up (2): Doha, Dubai SF (2): 2012, 2017 2017 Dubai (R-Up)

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SEMIFINAL QUICK HITS  Only one of the Top 4 seeds has reached her appointed semifinal slot – No.2 Karolina Pliskova. This is the same number as in 2016, when just No.2 Angelique Kerber made it this far  Pliskova is also the only semifinalist to have reached the same stage at Indian Wells a fortnight ago, where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova  Only one former Miami champion is still in contention – Williams (1998, 1999, 2001)  Williams is attempting to reach her fifth Miami final – 13 of the past 19 finals here have featured at least one of the Williams sisters  In reaching the semifinals, three players have achieved or matched their best result at Miami: Johanna Konta, Pliskova and Caroline Wozniacki  Williams, 36, is the oldest player remaining in the draw. At 25 years old, Pliskova is the youngest  Williams is the sole player from the USA to reach the semifinals, from 15 that began the main draw. At least one American has appeared in 21 of the tournament’s previous 32 finals  Konta (Great Britain), Pliskova (Czech Republic) and Wozniacki (Denmark) are bidding to become the first players from their respective countries to reach a Miami final  Konta (Sydney) and Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha) are the only semifinalists with a tour-level title this season  Three of the semifinalists are yet to drop a set: Pliskova, Williams and Wozniacki  Wozniacki has conceded the fewest games en route to reaching this stage (22), followed by Pliskova (24), Williams (27) and Konta (37)  Wins today will see Williams and Wozniacki advance to their 82nd and 45th career finals, respectively:

PLAYER FINALS Serena Williams 92 Venus Williams 81 Maria Sharapova 58 Caroline Wozniacki 44 Svetlana Kuznetsova 40 Victoria Azarenka 36

 With current prize money of just under US$36 million, by reaching the final Williams can leapfrog Maria Sharapova into second place in the all-time earnings leaderboard. By reaching the semifinals, Wozniacki has moved herself into eighth place and can surpass the US$23 million mark by reaching the final

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RANKING PROJECTIONS

Here is a look at the WTA Rankings after Miami:

1. Angelique Kerber 2. Serena Williams 3. Karolina Pliskova 4. Dominika Cibulkova 5. Simona Halep 6. Garbiñe Muguruza

 A.Radwanska will move to No.7 unless V.Williams or Konta win the title

 V.Williams is now guaranteed to go back to Top 10 unless Wozniacki defeats Konta in the final

 Konta will return to the Top 10 by reaching the final, but will be No.12 or 13 if she falls in SF

 Wozniacki must win the title to return to the Top 10 (at No.8)

In addition:

 On the Road To Singapore leaderboard, all four semifinalists will move into the Top 6, with Pliskova, Williams and Wozniacki all capable of overhauling current leader S.Williams and taking the No.1 spot

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINTS BREAKDOWN

RANK RANK SINGLES US$ DOUBLES US$ POINTS POINTS Winner 1,175,505 1000 Winner 385,170 1000 Runner-Up 573,680 650 Runner-Up 187,970 650 Semifinalist 287,515 390 Semifinalist 94,220 390 Quarterfinalist 146,575 215 Quarterfinalist 48,010 215 Round of 16 77,265 120 Round of 16 25,320 120 Round of 32 41,350 65 Round of 32 13,550 10 Round of 64 22,325 35 Round of 128 13,690 10

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[11] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12) vs. [10] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 2-1

2016 STANFORD HARD O F JOHANNA KONTA 7-5 5-7 6-2 138 mins 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R1 JOHANNA KONTA 6-4 6-2 79 mins 2015 WUHAN HARD O QF VENUS WILLIAMS 6-4 3-6 7-5 159 mins

VENUS WILLIAMS JOHANNA KONTA 12 WTA RANKING 11 4 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 9 17-06-1980 (36) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-05-1991 (25) $1,511,485 YTD PRIZE MONEY $518,110 $35,943,233 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,723,939 0 / 49 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 2 0 / 22 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 61-13 MIAMI W-L (MD) * 7-1 14-3 / 734-210 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 17-3 / 83-50 3-1 / 161-100 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 18-23 5-1 / 120-87 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 18-9 14-3 / 438-121 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 17-3 / 66-27 2-1 / 129-93 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 12-8 2-2 / 223-135 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 19-14 2-0 / 68-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 9-6 * Updated entering 2017 Miami Open SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS

[11] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12) vs. [10] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11) QF: d. [1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) 7-5,6-3 (1h39) QF: d. [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 3-6,7-6(7),6-2 (2h30) R16: d. [7] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #7) 6-3,7-6(4) (1h35) R16: d. LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #72) 7-5,6-1 (1h17) R32: d. [Q] PATRICIA MARIA TIG (ROU #95) 6-3,6-0 (1h10) R32: d. PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #57) 6-4,6-0 (1h03) R64: d. [WC] BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #166) 6-4,6-3 (1h30) R64: d. [Q] ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #120) 6-2,6-7(5),6-4 (2h39) R128: BYE R128: BYE Total games: 77 Total games: 96 Won/lost: 50-27 Won/lost: 59-37 Sets won/lost: 8-0 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Total time on court: 5h54 Total time on court: 7h29 Average time on court: 1h29 Average time on court: 1h52 Average rank of opponent: 67 Average rank of opponent: 64

MIAMI Tournament History * Qualifying match

VENUS WILLIAMS JOHANNA KONTA 2016 2016 R2 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #96) 6-0 6-7(5) 6-2 QF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #8) 6-4 6-2 R1 BYE R16 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #33) 6-2 6-2 2015 R3 W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #96) 4-6 6-1 7-6(3) QF L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #12) 0-6 6-1 7-5 R2 W - DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #51) 6-4 6-2 R16 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #5) 6-3 7-6(1) R1 BYE R3 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #26) 6-4 7-6(3) R2 W - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #123) 6-3 6-2 R1 BYE 2014 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #11) 6-1 5-7 6-3

R3 W - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #56) 6-4 5-7 6-4 R2 W - ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #73) 6-3 6-3 R1 BYE 2013 R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #16) W/O R2 W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #78) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 R1 BYE 2012 QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-4 6-1 R16 W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #16) 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2 R3 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #65) 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) R2 W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 6-4 4-6 6-0 R1 W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #78) 6-0 6-3 2010 F L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #16) 6-2 6-1

SF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #15) 6-3 6-4 QF W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #9) 6-3 6-1 R16 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #25) 1-6 7-5 6-4 R3 W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #55) 6-1 6-4 R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #40) 6-4 6-3 R1 BYE 2009 SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-4 3-6 6-3

QF W - IVETA MELZER (CZE #31) 6-1 6-4 R16 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 4-6 6-1 6-4 R3 W - ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD (GER #61) 7-5 6-3 R2 W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #46) 6-3 6-3 R1 BYE 2008 QF L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-4 6-4

R16 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #43) 6-3 6-3 R3 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #101) 6-2 6-1 R2 W - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #87) 6-4 6-3 R1 BYE Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL | Mar 21 - Apr 02, 2017 | $7,669,423 | PREMIER MANDATORY

2007 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 2-6 6-2 7-5 R2 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #34) 6-3 6-3 R1 W - YULIANA FEDAK (UKR #88) 7-5 6-2 2005 SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #3) 6-4 6-3 QF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-1 7-6(8) R16 W - CATALINA CASTAÑO (COL #111) 6-4 2-6 6-1 R3 W - FABIOLA ZULUAGA (COL #30) 6-2 6-0 R2 W - ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD (GER #44) 6-2 6-0

R1 BYE 2004 QF L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #8) 6-3 5-7 7-6(3) R16 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #21) 6-1 6-3 R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #36) 7-6(0) 6-2 R2 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #63) 6-4 6-4 R1 BYE 2003 R16 L - MEGHANN SHAUGHNESSY (USA #22) 7-6(2) 6-1 R3 W - EMMANUELLE GAGLIARDI (SUI #86) 6-3 6-2 R2 W - SHINOBU ASAGOE (JPN #71) 6-3 6-1 R1 BYE 2002 SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-2 6-2 QF W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #15) 5-7 6-3 6-2

R16 W - AMANDA COETZER (RSA #18) 6-2 6-0 R3 W - MARIANA DIAZ-OLIVA (ARG #81) 6-2 1-0 R2 W - EVA DYRBERG (DEN #90) 4-6 6-2 6-1 R1 BYE 2001 F W - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #5) 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) SF W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 7-6(6) QF W - JELENA DOKIC (AUS #28) 6-2 6-3

R16 W - TATHIANA GARBIN (ITA #50) 7-5 7-6(2) R3 W - SANDRA CACIC (USA #108) 6-2 6-2 R2 W - MIRIAM OREMANS (NED #81) 6-2 6-0 R1 BYE 1999 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #16) 6-1 4-6 6-4 SF W - STEFFI GRAF (GER #7) 6-2 6-4

QF W - JANA NOVOTNA (CZE #4) 5-7 6-2 6-3 R16 W - ANKE HUBER (GER #29) 6-3 5-7 7-6(4) R3 W - FABIOLA ZULUAGA (COL #67) 6-3 6-4 R2 W - TARA SNYDER (USA #37) 6-3 6-4 R1 BYE

1998

F W - ANNA KOURNIKOVA (RUS #25) 2-6 6-4 6-1 SF W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-2 5-7 6-2 QF W - SILVIA FARINA ELIA (ITA #31) 6-1 6-2

R16 W - RITA GRANDE (ITA #39) 6-1 6-4 R3 W - OLGA BARABANSCHIKOVA (BLR #55) 6-2 6-1 R2 W - TATIANA PANOVA (RUS #73) 6-3 6-3

R1 BYE 1997 R3 L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #2) 6-4 6-2

R2 W - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #28) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2 R1 W - GINGER NIELSEN (USA #526) 6-1 4-6 6-3

V.Williams:

 Making 18th appearance at Miami, and is a three‐time champion here (1998‐99 and 2001) – only S.Williams (8) and Graf (5) have won more Miami titles than her

 Also finished R‐Up here in 2010 (l. Clijsters in F)

 Last year, suffered earliest ever Miami exit (after 1r bye, l. Vesnina in 2r)

 Has advanced to second SF of 2017 season (also Australian Open); after 1r bye, saw off WC Haddad Maia in 2r, qualifier Tig in 3r and No.7 Kuznetsova in R16 on Monday

 Win over Kuznetsova was first win over a Top 10 ranked opponent this season (now owns a career 129‐93 record)

 Defeated world No.1 Kerber in QF on Wednesday; owns a 15‐22 lifetime record vs. No.1s (eight wins vs. Hingis, two wins vs. Davenport, one win vs. Safina, one win vs. Jankovic, two wins vs. Serena). Prior to defeat of Kerber, last victory over a reigning world No.1 was at 2014 Montreal (d. Serena in SF)

 At 36 years and 9 months, is the oldest player in the Open Era to defeat a world No.1 ranked player; previous record holder was Navratilova at 36 years and 4 months (1993 Paris Indoors, d. Seles in F)

 Faces No.11 Konta today – owns a 223‐135 career record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents

 Is the sole American women remaining in the tournament – 15 began the main draw

 Coming off QF run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina). Before this had lost opening match at her last five WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments, at 2015 Madrid (l. Azarenka), 2015 Beijing (l. Ivanovic), 2016 Indian Wells (l. Nara), 2016 Miami (l. Vesnina) and 2016 Beijing (l. Peng)

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from  Before 2017 Indian Wells made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (after 1r bye, l. eventual champion Mladenovic)

 Embarked on historic run to Australian Open singles final in January (l. S.Williams). Title match in Melbourne marked 15th Grand Slam singles final of career, and first in seven and half years (2009 Wimbledon ‐ l. S.Williams). In the Open Era, no player has waited so long to reach another Grand Slam final – Mauresmo waited seven years between finishing runner‐up at 1999 Australian Open and winning 2006 Australian Open

 At 36 years of age, became the oldest finalist at the Australian Open in the Open Era. The match between Venus and Serena in Melbourne had the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam final match‐up in the Open Era (71 years, and 351 days), beating the previous record set by Pennetta and Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open

 2017 Australian Open marked 73rd Grand Slam main draw appearance – the Open Era record

 Australian Open result saw her rise to No.11 in WTA rankings; could return to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching the Miami semifinals (Konta and Wozniacki are also in contention for Top 10 spot). Is already the third oldest player to reach the Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (38 years, 75 days)

 Opened 2017 season at Auckland – defeated New Zealand wildcard Jade Lewis in 1r before conceding w/o to Osaka in 2r, citing right arm injury

 Ended 2016 at No.17, down from No.7 in 2015, for 15th non‐consecutive Top 20 finish; record includes six Top 5 year‐end finishes

 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi), and reaching 80th career singles final at Stanford (l. Konta). Is fourth‐oldest player to win a WTA singles title, behind Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, and Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoors]

 At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at a major since 2010 US Open. Also reached R16 at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) and 2016 US Open (l. eventual R‐Up Ka.Pliskova)

 Represented USA at Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Flipkens), 1r in doubles (w/S.Williams, l. eventual bronze medalists Safarova/Strycova) and winning a silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek‐Sands/Sock)

 Currently 11th on list of WTA title holders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles). Of her 49 titles, 31 have been won on hard court

 In 2015, returned to Top 10 following 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai triumph for first time since March 2011. At 35 years of age, was the oldest player to rank in Top 10 since 38‐year‐old Navratilova in December 1994 (whose run ended on January 1, 1995)

 Seven‐time Grand Slam singles champion, having won Wimbledon five times (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008) and the US Open twice (2000‐01)  Also an eight‐time Grand Slam runner‐up: Wimbledon (2002‐03 and 2009), US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017)

 Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Williams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon (d. Babos/Shvedova in F)

 Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010

 Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland (now Stanford) in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then‐world No.2 Sánchez‐Vicario in three sets

 Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price and David Witt; hitting partner here is Jermaine Jenkins

Konta:

 Making second appearance at Miami. Reached QF on debut in 2016 (l. eventual champion Azarenka)

 After 1r bye, defeated No.120 Sasnovich in 2r, Parmentier in 3r and Arruabarrena in R16 to reach second straight QF here in Miami

 Defeated No.5 Halep on Wednesday to reach second SF of 2017 season (also Sydney); win was third career victory over a Top 5 ranked opponent (overall record is 3‐6). Other wins came against No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan and No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney

 Is the first British woman to advance to the SFs here in Miami

 Faces No.12 V.Williams today; owns a lifetime 19‐14 record vs. Top 20 ranked players

 Is enjoying joint‐highest seeding at a WTA Premier Mandatory event this week at No.10. Best performance at this level was R‐Up finish at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska)

 Enters Miami after 3r exit at Indian Wells earlier this month (after 1r bye, defeated countrywoman Watson in 2r before falling to No.25 Garcia in third set tiebreak)

 Withdrew from Dubai w/foot injury. In February also helped Britain defeat Portugal, Latvia, Turkey and Croatia to reach the Fed Cup World Group II promotional play‐off. Alongside Watson came from a set down in the decisive doubles against Croatia

 Reached QF at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), having made SF run at Melbourne Park in 2016 (l. Kerber)

 Arrived in Melbourne having won second WTA singles title at Sydney, the city where she was born, on main draw debut (d. A.Radwanska in F). First British woman to win Sydney title since Durie in 1983. Now 2‐1 in WTA singles finals  Win over No.3 A.Radwanska in Sydney final improved lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents to 11‐8 (7‐6 in 2016, although no wins over Top 5). Previous wins were over No.8 Makarova (2015 Eastbourne), No.9 Muguruza (2015 US Open), No.2 Halep (2015 Wuhan), No.10 V.Williams (2016 Australian Open), No.7 Vinci (2016 Rome), No.7 V.Williams (2016 Stanford), No.10 Kuznetsova (2016 Rio Olympics), No.8 Suárez Navarro (2016 Wuhan), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Beijing) and No.9 Keys (2016 Beijing)

 Opened 2017 season with SF run at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Siniakova)

 Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10, rising as high as No.9 (week of October 10, 2016); previous best season finish was No.47 in 2015 (first Top 100 finish)

 Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2‐0 in round‐robin play), fell in SF (l. Svitolina)

 Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a match

 Advanced to QF or better at 10 events in 2016

 Advanced to career‐first Premier Mandatory level final at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska), previous best efforts at this level being R16 at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and QF at 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka)

 By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker). Became 121st woman to break into the Top 10, and the fourth to do so in 2016 after Vinci, Bencic and Keys

 Achieved career‐first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Roadmap was introduced in 2009, and first British woman to win the tournament since Barker in 1977 (when it was held in San Francisco)

 Represented Great Britain at Rio Olympics; reached QF in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), 2r in doubles (w/Watson, l. Chan/Chan) and fell 1r in mixed doubles (w/J.Murray, l. eventual gold medalists Mattek‐Sands/Sock)

 Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20)

 Defeated No.2 Halep at Wuhan in 2015 for career‐best victory. Prior to this feat, the last British woman to beat a world No.2 had been Sue Barker, who defeated No.2 Tracy Austin at 1981 Brighton

 Aside from SF run at 2016 Australian Open, best previous results have been back‐to‐back R16 efforts at US Open in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova). Reached 2r at Wimbledon for first time in 2016 (l. Bouchard), and yet to pass 1r at Roland Garros in two main draw appearances (2015‐16)

 Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans

 On ITF Circuit, won 11 singles and four doubles titles

 Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006 and made WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen (as qualifier, l. 1r)  Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after‐school care program

 Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion)

 Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012

 Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf; favorite tennis memories include representing Great Britain in Fed Cup

 Currently coached by Wim Fissette, having parted ways with longtime coach Esteban Carril at end of 2016 season. Hitting partner is Andrew Fitzpatrick

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL | Mar 21 - Apr 02, 2017 | $7,669,423 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[12] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 3-1

2017 DOHA HARD O F KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-3 6-4 79 mins 2014 ISTANBUL HARD O QF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-1 3-6 6-2 100 mins 2014 MONTERREY HARD O QF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 125 mins 2013 MIAMI HARD O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 5-7 6-3 6-3 138 mins

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI KAROLINA PLISKOVA 14 WTA RANKING 3 5 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 2 11-07-1990 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (25) $582,204 YTD PRIZE MONEY $938,351 $22,668,380 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,871,077 0 / 25 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 8 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 26-9 MIAMI W-L (MD) * 8-4 22-6 / 494-207 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 23-3 / 178-104 2-3 / 120-68 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 56-33 2-1 / 78-66 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 37-38 22-6 / 367-143 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 23-3 / 136-69 3-2 / 47-61 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 15-24 3-4 / 111-93 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 8-1 / 35-46 3-0 / 51-24 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 15-15 * Updated entering 2017 Miami Open SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS

[12] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) QF: d. LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #36) 6-4,6-3 (1h50) QF: d. [26] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #29) 6-3,6-4 (1h12) R16: d. [6] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #6) 7-6(1), Ret'd (1h15) R16: d. [15] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #20) 6-1,6-4 (1h10) R32: d. SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #65) 6-4,6-2 (1h21) R32: d. [27] YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #32) 7-5,6-3 (1h35) R64: d. [Q] VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #83) 6-1,6-2 (1h5) R64: d. [Q] MADISON BRENGLE (USA #86) 6-1,6-3 (0h59) R128: BYE R128: BYE Total games: 65 Total games: 73 Won/lost: 43-22 Won/lost: 49-24 Sets won/lost: 7-0 Sets won/lost: 8-0 Total time on court: 5h31 Total time on court: 4h56 Average time on court: 1h23 Average time on court: 1h14 Average rank of opponent: 48 Average rank of opponent: 42

MIAMI Tournament History * Qualifying match

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2016 2016 R3 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #16) 5-7 6-4 7-6(1) R2 L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #49) 5-7 6-2 7-6(0) R2 W - VANIA KING (USA #183) 7-5 6-2 R1 BYE R1 BYE 2015 2015 QF L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #10) 6-4 6-2 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #16) 6-3 7-6(1) R16 W - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #97) 6-3 6-2 R3 W - KAIA KANEPI (EST #51) 4-6 6-1 6-3 R3 W - PAULA BADOSA GIBERT (ESP #419) 7-5 6-1 R2 W - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #44) 6-0 6-1 R2 W - ANNIKA BECK (GER #81) 2-6 6-3 6-4 R1 BYE R1 BYE 2014 2014 QF L - NA LI (CHN #2) 7-5 7-5 R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #44) 7-5 6-0 R16 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #49) 6-0 6-1 2013 R3 W - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #16) 6-1 6-0 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #9) 5-7 6-3 6-3 R2 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #58) 6-1 1-6 6-3 R1 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #54) 6-2 6-1 R1 BYE R2* W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #98) 6-2 6-3 2013 R1* W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #196) 7-6(3) 6-1 R3 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #73) 6-2 6-4 R2 W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #92) 5-7 6-3 6-3

R1 BYE 2012 SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 4-6 6-2 6-4 QF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #11) 6-4 6-4 R16 W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #33) 7-6(6) 6-0 R3 W - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #29) 6-3 7-5 R2 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #59) 6-4 6-0

R1 BYE 2011 R16 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #23) 7-5 3-6 6-3 R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #30) 6-1 7-6(7) R2 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #43) 6-2 7-5 R1 BYE 2010 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #33) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 R16 W - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #35) 6-2 6-2

R3 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #30) 1-6 6-1 6-4 R2 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #117) 3-6 6-3 6-4 R1 BYE 2009 QF L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #8) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 R16 W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #4) 7-5 6-4 R3 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #18) 6-4 6-4

R2 W - JELENA DOKIC (AUS #80) 6-3 5-7 6-2 R1 BYE

2008

R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #7) 6-3 6-3 R3 W - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #25) 2-6 6-3 6-1 R2 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) 6-3 6-1

R1 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #73) 6-4 7-5

Wozniacki:

 Making 10th consecutive main draw appearance at Miami

 Has equaled best result by advancing to SF here this week (also reached SF in 2012 (d. S.Williams in QF, l. Sharapova)); also three QF showings – in 2009 (l. Kuznetsova), 2010 (l. Henin) and 2014 (l. Li)

 After 1r bye, beat qualifier Lepchenko in 2r and defeated Cirstea in 3r. Was leading 76(1) in R16 when opponent, Muguruza, retired w/heat‐related illness in R16. Defeated Safarova in QF in straight sets

 Plays No.3 Ka.Pliskova today; has an 11‐34 career record vs. Top 5 ranked players (0‐1 in 2017). Loss came against today’s opponent Ka.Pliskova in Doha final

 Is contesting her third SF of the 2017 season (also Doha and Dubai)

 Enters Miami after reaching fifth QF of season at Indian Wells last week (l. Mladenovic)

 Advanced to back‐to‐back finals at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) last month. Now owns 25‐19 record in career singles finals. S.Williams (92), V.Williams (81) and Sharapova (58) are the only active players to have appeared in more finals

 Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to Strycova lasted 3 hours 20 minutes

 Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets

 Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 – lowest year‐end ranking since 2007 (No.64) – having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery; defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber

 Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg

 Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four‐time champion (2008‐11; at one point

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 Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova)

 Returned to action following two‐and‐a‐half months out w/right ankle injury during grass court swing, making comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r). Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina)

 Was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t seeded at a Grand Slam

 Ended 2015 ranked No.17 – first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was longest active streak); currently ranked No.14 – her highest position since October 2015

 Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot – 2010 and 2011

 Two‐time Grand Slam finalist, finishing runner‐up at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters) and 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams). Has reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

 Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) for singles titles (25) – 20 of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)

 Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all‐time list. Will become just the eighth player to reach $23 million by winning her Miami semifinal

 Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs

 Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched the program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight USANA ambassadors on the WTA

 Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn and hitting partner is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)

Ka.Pliskova:

 Making fifth main draw appearance at Miami. Has posted best result by reaching SF, improving on 2015’s QF run (l. Petkovic). Fell in 2r on two occasions – 2013 (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and 2016 (l. Babos). Fell in 1r in 2014 (l. Peng)

 Contesting 2017 Miami Open at a career‐high ranking of No.3, achieved after QF run at Australian Open (week of January 30, 2017)

 After 1r bye, defeated No.86 Brengle in 59 minutes in 2r, No.27 seed Putintseva in 3r, countrywoman and No.15 seed Strycova in R16 and Lucic‐Baroni in QF

 Defeat of world No.20 Strycova in R16 here took lifetime record vs. Top 20 players to 35‐46 (including 8‐1 in 2017). Plays No.14 Wozniacki today  After QF win here, now holds best win‐loss record so far this season (23‐3), followed by Wozniacki (22‐6)

 In contrast, didn’t score 23 match wins last season until grass‐court swing (2016 Eastbourne in June)

 Coming off a SF finish at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova), matching her best result at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016)

 Defeated No.7 Muguruza in QF at Indian Wells – now owns a 15‐24 lifetime record vs. Top 10 ranked players, going 3‐1 in 2017, also defeating No.5 Cibulkova (Doha) and No.7 Muguruza (Fed Cup); win over Muguruza takes record vs. the Spaniard to 6‐1, having not lost to her since first meeting back in 2013

 Entering SF, has served the most aces this season – 179 from 24 matches (not including Fed Cup). Served most aces across 2016 ‐ 530 from 61 matches

 Has won two titles in 2017 from five events contested, triumphing at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F) and Doha (d. Wozniacki in F)

 In other results this season, is coming off opening match loss in Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Mladenovic) and made QF at Australian Open (l. Lucic‐Baroni). Withdrew from Sydney w/left thigh injury

 In February, led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group I tie in Ostrava, going 2‐0 in singles (d. Arruabarrena and Muguruza)

 Enjoyed a career‐best season in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015)

 Reached career‐first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. First Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F)

 Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career‐best victory, and ended the American’s 186‐week reign at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams). Defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament

 21st active player to advance to a Grand Slam final; prior to New York, was only Top 20 player yet to surpass 3r at a major. Became sixth player born in 1990s to reach major final (also Bouchard, Halep, Kvitova, Muguruza and Wozniacki)

 Other notable results in 2016 included R‐Up finish at Eastbourne (l. Cibulkova in F) and SF runs at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and at home event in Prague (l. eventual champion Safarova)

 Captured fifth career doubles title at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5‐2 in doubles finals

 Qualified for season‐ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1‐2 in the group stage and failing to progress. Also contested the doubles competition (w/Goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic  Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1‐1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia) before teaming w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the title in five out of the last six years, and now three‐in‐a‐row

 Currently the No.1 Czech player – claimed status as country’s top‐ranked player for first time in August 2016, overtaking Kvitova

 Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R‐Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova)

 Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November 1975, after Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova

 At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour‐level doubles title

 Nominated for 2016 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated in 2014 for WTA Most Improved

 Coached by David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Kvitova, with 2017 Brisbane marking their first tournament together. Formerly coached by Jiri Vanek

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2017 MIAMI OPEN – QUARTERFINALS

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) vs. [11] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12) Kerber leads 4‐2

[26] MIRJANA LUCIC‐BARONI (CRO #29) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Series tied 3‐3 (Lucic‐Baroni leads 3‐2 at main draw level)

[3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) vs. [10] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11) Konta leads 2‐1

[12] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) vs. LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #36) Wozniacki leads 4‐3

A LOOK AT THE LAST EIGHT YTD MIAMI YTD YTD CAREER CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE PRIZE $^ W/L* W/L* TITLES PRIZE $^ W/L* TITLES [1] Angelique Kerber 1 GER 29 404,269 14‐7 12‐6 0 19,726,053 530‐271 10 [2] Karolina Pliskova 3 CZE 24 938,351 7‐4 22‐3 2 7,871,077 389‐230 8 [3] Simona Halep 5 ROU 25 106,459 15‐5 6‐3 0 15,567,247 361‐169 14 [10] Johanna Konta 11 GBR 25 518,110 6‐1 16‐3 1 3,723,939 291‐173 2 [11] Venus Williams 12 USA 36 1,511,485 60‐13 13‐3 0 35,943,233 745‐210 49 [12] Caroline Wozniacki 14 DEN 26 582,204 25‐9 21‐6 0 22,668,380 528‐213 25 [26] Mirjana Lucic‐Baroni 29 CRO 35 680,244 6‐7 13‐5 0 3,686,268 391‐310 3 Lucie Safarova 36 CZE 30 428,635 12‐11 16‐6 0 10,857,956 415‐291 7 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS

HALEP KONTA KERBER Series tied 4‐4 Kerber leads 2‐0 V.WILLIAMS V.Williams leads 3‐1 Konta leads 2‐1

LUCIC‐BARONI KA.PLISKOVA WOZNIACKI Wozniacki leads 2‐0 Wozniacki leads 3‐1 SAFAROVA Safarova leads 4‐0 Ka.Pliskova leads 5‐2

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QUARTERFINAL HISTORIES

BEST MIAMI LAST SEMIFINAL PLAYER BEST 2017 RESULT RESULT REACHED (final result) [1] Angelique Kerber SF (1): Dubai SF (1): 2016 2017 Dubai (SF) [2] Karolina Pliskova WON (2): Brisbane, Doha QF (2): 2015, 2017 2017 Indian Wells (SF) [3] Simona Halep QF (2): St Petersburg, Miami SF (1): 2015 2016 Wuhan (SF) [10] Johanna Konta WON (1): Sydney QF (2): 2016, 2017 2017 Sydney (Won) [11] Venus Williams R‐Up (1): Australian Open WON (3): 1998, 1999, 2001 2017 Australian Open (R‐Up) [12] Caroline Wozniacki R‐Up (2): Doha, Dubai SF (1): 2012 2017 Dubai (R‐Up) [26] Mirjana Lucic‐Baroni SF (2): Australian Open, Acapulco QF (1): 2017 2017 Acapulco (SF) Lucie Safarova R‐Up (1): Budapest QF (1): 2017 2017 Budapest (R‐Up)

QUARTERFINAL QUICK HITS  Three of the Top 8 seeds have reached their appointed slots in the quarterfinals – No.1 Angelique Kerber, No.2 Karolina Pliskova and No.3 Simona Halep. This is one more than in 2016, when only Kerber and Halep made it this far  Lucie Safarova is the only unseeded player remaining. The only other unseeded player to make the QF in the past five years was Sloane Stephens, in 2015  Only three of the quarterfinalists reached the same stage at Indian Wells a fortnight ago: Pliskova, Williams and Caroline Wozniacki  Only one former Miami champion is still in contention – Williams (1998, 1999, 2001)  In reaching the quarterfinal, four players have achieved or matched their best result at Miami: Johanna Konta, Mirjana Lucic‐Baroni, Pliskova and Safarova  Williams, 36, is the oldest player remaining in the draw, followed by Lucic‐Baroni, 35. At 25 years old, Pliskova is the youngest  The Czech Republic (Pliskova and Safarova) is the only country with more than one quarterfinalist. This is the first time two Czechs have reached the last eight in Miami since 1989 (Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova)  Williams is the sole player from the USA to reach the quarterfinals, from 15 that began the main draw. Only twice in the last 12 years has a player from the USA failed to reach the Miami quarterfinals, in 2006 and 2011  Konta (Great Britain) and Lucic‐Baroni (Croatia) are bidding to become the first players from their respective countries to reach a Miami SF  Konta (Sydney) and Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha) are the only players remaining with a tour‐level title this season  Two of the eight players remaining have a Grand Slam title to their name –Williams (seven in total) and Kerber (2016 Australian Open, 2016 US Open)  Five of the quarterfinalist are yet to drop a set: Kerber, Pliskova, Safarova, Venus Williams and Wozniacki  Wozniacki has dropped the fewest games en route to reaching this stage (15)

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RANKING PROJECTIONS

Here is a look at the WTA Rankings Top 6 after Miami 1. Angelique Kerber 2. Serena Williams 3. Karolina Pliskova 4. Dominika Cibulkova (or Halep with Final) 5. Simona Halep (or Cibulkova if Halep reaches final) 6. Garbiñe Muguruza

In addition:

 A.Radwanska will move to No.7 unless V.Williams or Konta win the title

 V.Williams could go back to Top 10 with SF (also depends on Konta and Wozniacki)

 Konta could return to the Top 10 by reaching the Final

 Wozniacki could return to the Top 10 by reaching the Final depending on other results

 Lucic‐Baroni is projected to move to the Top 25, a chance to move to Top 20 with SF; and No.16 with Final or title

 Safarova is projected to return to the Top 30 by reaching QF, Top 25 with SF, No.20 or 21 with Final; and No.16 with win

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINTS BREAKDOWN

SINGLES US$ RANK POINTS DOUBLES US$ RANK POINTS Winner 1,175,505 1000 Winner 385,170 1000 Runner‐Up 573,680 650 Runner‐Up 187,970 650 Semifinalist 287,515 390 Semifinalist 94,220 390 Quarterfinalist 146,575 215 Quarterfinalist 48,010 215 Round of 16 77,265 120 Round of 16 25,320 120 Round of 32 41,350 65 Round of 32 13,550 10 Round of 64 22,325 35 Round of 128 13,690 10

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[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) vs. [11] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 4-2

2016 WIMBLEDON GRASS O SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-4 6-4 72 mins 2014 MONTRÉAL HARD O R16 VENUS WILLIAMS 6-3 3-6 6-4 145 mins 2012 US OPEN HARD O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-2 5-7 7-5 165 mins 2012 OLYMPICS GRASS O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 7-6(5) 7-6(5) 109 mins 2012 MADRID CLAY O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-4 6-1 64 mins 2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R1 VENUS WILLIAMS 6-3 6-3 80 mins

ANGELIQUE KERBER VENUS WILLIAMS 1 WTA RANKING 12 13 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 4 18-01-1988 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-06-1980 (36) $404,269 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,511,485 $19,726,053 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $35,943,233 0 / 10 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 49 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 22 15-7 MIAMI W-L (MD) * 61-13 13-6 / 337-188 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-3 / 734-210 4-2 / 96-73 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 161-100 1-3 / 62-46 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 119-87 13-6 / 224-122 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 14-3 / 438-121 1-0 / 31-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 129-93 1-3 / 72-88 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 223-135 1-0 / 28-16 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 67-14 * Updated entering 2017 Miami Open QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) vs. [11] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12) R16: d. [Q] RISA OZAKI (JPN #87) 6-2,6-2 (1h02) R16: d. [7] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #7) 6-3,7-6(4) (1h35) R32: d. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #61) 6-4,7-5 (1h29) R32: d. [Q] PATRICIA MARIA TIG (ROU #95) 6-3,6-0 (1h10) R64: d. YING-YING DUAN (CHN #66) 7-6(3),6-2 (1h23) R64: d. [WC] BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #166) 6-4,6-3 (1h30) R128: BYE R128: BYE

Total games: 59 Total games: 43 Won/lost: 38-21 Won/lost: 30-13 Sets won/lost: 6-0 Sets won/lost: 5-0 Total time on court: 3h54 Total time on court: 4h15 Average time on court: 1h18 Average time on court: 1h25 Average rank of opponent: 71 Average rank of opponent: 89

MIAMI Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER VENUS WILLIAMS 2016 2016 SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #8) 6-2 7-5 R2 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #96) 6-0 6-7(5) 6-2 QF W - MADISON KEYS (USA #24) 6-3 6-2 R1 BYE R16 W - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #49) 6-2 3-6 6-4 2015 R3 W - KIKI BERTENS (NED #108) 1-6 6-2 3-0 QF L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #12) 0-6 6-1 7-5 R2 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #32) 6-1 6-1 R16 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #5) 6-3 7-6(1) R1 BYE R3 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #26) 6-4 7-6(3) 2015 R2 W - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #123) 6-3 6-2 R3 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #29) 6-3 3-6 6-3 R1 BYE R2 W - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #41) 7-5 3-6 6-4 2014 R1 BYE R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #11) 6-1 5-7 6-3 2014 R3 W - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #56) 6-4 5-7 6-4 QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-2 6-2 R2 W - ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #73) 6-3 6-3 R16 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #24) 6-4 1-6 6-3 R1 BYE R3 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #47) 6-0 6-2 2013 R2 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #44) 6-3 1-6 7-6(5) R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #16) W/O R1 BYE R2 W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #78) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 2013 R1 BYE R3 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 6-4 6-0 2012 R2 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #47) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-4 6-1 R1 BYE R16 W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #16) 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2 2012 R3 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #65) 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) R2 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #31) 7-6(4) 6-1 R2 W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 6-4 4-6 6-0 R1 BYE R1 W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #78) 6-0 6-3 2011 2010 R2 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #4) 6-4 6-4 F L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #16) 6-2 6-1 R1 W - EDINA GALLOVITS-HALL (USA #105) 6-4 6-4 SF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #15) 6-3 6-4 2010 QF W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #9) 6-3 6-1 R2* L - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #136) 6-4 6-0 R16 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #25) 1-6 7-5 6-4 R1* W - VESNA DOLONC (SRB #122) 6-2 6-3 R3 W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #55) 6-1 6-4 2008 R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #40) 6-4 6-3 R2 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 6-4 6-2 R1 BYE R1 W - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #66) 7-5 6-1 2009 SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-4 3-6 6-3 QF W - IVETA MELZER (CZE #31) 6-1 6-4 R16 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 4-6 6-1 6-4 R3 W - ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD (GER #61) 7-5 6-3 R2 W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #46) 6-3 6-3 R1 BYE

2008 QF L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-4 6-4

R16 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #43) 6-3 6-3 R3 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #101) 6-2 6-1 R2 W - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #87) 6-4 6-3 R1 BYE 2007 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 2-6 6-2 7-5

R2 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #34) 6-3 6-3 R1 W - YULIANA FEDAK (UKR #88) 7-5 6-2 2005 SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #3) 6-4 6-3 QF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-1 7-6(8) R16 W - CATALINA CASTAÑO (COL #111) 6-4 2-6 6-1 R3 W - FABIOLA ZULUAGA (COL #30) 6-2 6-0 R2 W - ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD (GER #44) 6-2 6-0 R1 BYE 2004 QF L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #8) 6-3 5-7 7-6(3) R16 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #21) 6-1 6-3 R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #36) 7-6(0) 6-2 R2 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #63) 6-4 6-4 R1 BYE 2003 R16 L - MEGHANN SHAUGHNESSY (USA #22) 7-6(2) 6-1 R3 W - EMMANUELLE GAGLIARDI (SUI #86) 6-3 6-2 R2 W - SHINOBU ASAGOE (JPN #71) 6-3 6-1 R1 BYE 2002 SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-2 6-2 QF W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #15) 5-7 6-3 6-2 R16 W - AMANDA COETZER (RSA #18) 6-2 6-0 R3 W - MARIANA DIAZ-OLIVA (ARG #81) 6-2 1-0 R2 W - EVA DYRBERG (DEN #90) 4-6 6-2 6-1 R1 BYE 2001 F W - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #5) 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) SF W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 7-6(6) QF W - JELENA DOKIC (AUS #28) 6-2 6-3 R16 W - TATHIANA GARBIN (ITA #50) 7-5 7-6(2) R3 W - SANDRA CACIC (USA #108) 6-2 6-2 R2 W - MIRIAM OREMANS (NED #81) 6-2 6-0 R1 BYE

1999 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #16) 6-1 4-6 6-4

SF W - STEFFI GRAF (GER #7) 6-2 6-4

QF W - JANA NOVOTNA (CZE #4) 5-7 6-2 6-3 R16 W - ANKE HUBER (GER #29) 6-3 5-7 7-6(4) R3 W - FABIOLA ZULUAGA (COL #67) 6-3 6-4

R2 W - TARA SNYDER (USA #37) 6-3 6-4 R1 BYE 1998 F W - ANNA KOURNIKOVA (RUS #25) 2-6 6-4 6-1

SF W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-2 5-7 6-2

QF W - SILVIA FARINA ELIA (ITA #31) 6-1 6-2 R16 W - RITA GRANDE (ITA #39) 6-1 6-4 R3 W - OLGA BARABANSCHIKOVA (BLR #55) 6-2 6-1

R2 W - TATIANA PANOVA (RUS #73) 6-3 6-3 R1 BYE 1997 R3 L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #2) 6-4 6-2 R2 W - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #28) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2

R1 W - GINGER NIELSEN (USA #526) 6-1 4-6 6-3 Kerber:

• Making eighth main draw appearance at Miami (and ninth overall). Best results here include SF run last year (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and QF in 2014 (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

• Other notable results at Miami Open is making 3r in 2013 (l. Cirstea) and 2015 (l. Kuznetsova). Fell in 2010 qualifying

• Enters Miami following R16 showing at BNP Paribas Open (l. eventual champion Vesnina)

• Having lost World No.1 ranking to S.Williams after 2017 Australian Open, reclaimed the top spot after fortnight of Indian Wells due to S.Williams’s withdrawal w/left knee injury

• Has advanced to third QF of 2017 season (after Brisbane and Dubai) - defeated No.66 Duan in 2r (after 1r bye), No.61 Rogers in 3r and qualifier Ozaki in R16 on Monday

• Faces No.12 V.Williams today in their seventh career meeting – owns a 0-3 record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents so far this season (71-88 overall)

• During recent Middle Eastern swing, lost opening match at Doha (after 1r bye, l. Kasatkina) before strong SF run at Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina)

• Posted R16 exit at Australian Open in January as defending champion - lost to Vandeweghe in straight sets

• Enjoyed an incredible 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings

• Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; will pass $20 million by reaching semifinals at 2017 Miami Open (would become 15th player to do so)

• At 2016 Australian Open was first German to win a Grand Slam singles title since Graf at 1999 Roland Garros (d. Hingis in F). Became only fourth player to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (after V.Williams, Sharapova and Stosur; since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros)

• Also 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) and was the first left-handed player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon

• Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to world No.1; was 22nd player to hold WTA World No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve milestone since computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997)

• Aged 28, was oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001

• Secured the 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – only the 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times)

• Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans

• 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18

• Posted the most wins against Top 10 opponents in 2016, going 12-3, including defeats of No.8 Cibulkova, No.4 Halep, No.7 Keys and No.3 A.Radwanska in Singapore, as well as No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep (Fed Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon), No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics), No.4 Halep (Cincinnati) and No.8 Vinci (US Open)

• Reached a career-best total of eight finals across the 2016 season (most finals of any player); as well as winning first two

majors, successfully defended Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F)

• Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressed 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

• Other runner-up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics (silver

medalist, l. Puig in F) and Cincinnati (l. Ka.Pliskova in F – would have been crowned World No.1 then had she won) • Became fourth player in Open Era to reach three Grand Slam finals in the same year they reached their first, after

Goolagong Cawley (1971), Graf (1987) and Hingis (1997)

• Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka), Charleston (ret. vs. eventual

champion Stephens w/viral illness) and Montreal (l. eventual champion Halep)

• In other Grand Slam result in 2016, l. Bertens in 1r at Roland Garros

• Did not advance past 3r at any Slam in 2015, falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Begu), 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 3r at

Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) and 3r at US Open (l. Azarenka)

• Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]; overall, owns a 10-15 record in

tour level singles finals. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green)

• Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin

• In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth

Bale and Luis Suarez

• Coached by Torben Beltz

V.Williams:

• Making 18th appearance at Miami, and is a three-time champion here (1998-99 and 2001) – only S.Williams (8) and Graf (5) have won more Miami titles than her

• Also finished R-Up here in 2010 (l. Clijsters in F)

• Last year, suffered earliest ever Miami exit (after 1r bye, l. Vesnina in 2r)

• After 1r bye, saw off WC Haddad Maia in 2r, qualifier Tig in 3r and No.7 Kuznetsova in R16 on Monday

• Win over Kuznetsova was first win over a Top 10 ranked opponent this season (now owns a career 128-93 record)

• Plays world No.1 Kerber today - owns a 14-21 lifetime record vs. No.1s (eight wins vs. Hingis, two wins vs. Davenport, one win vs. Safina, one win vs. Jankovic, two wins vs. Serena). Last victory over a reigning world No.1 was at 2014 Montreal (d. Serena in SF)

• At 36 years, is oldest player in main draw (born June 17, 1980). Is one of seven thirtysomethings remaining in the draw (also Lucic-Baroni, today’s opponent Kuznetsova, Mattek-Sands, Safarova, Stosur, Strycova)

• Is the sole American women remaining in the tournament – 15 began the main draw • Coming off QF run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina). Before this had lost opening match at her last five WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments, at 2015 Madrid (l. Azarenka), 2015 Beijing (l. Ivanovic), 2016 Indian Wells (l. Nara), 2016 Miami (l. Vesnina) and 2016 Beijing (l. Peng)

• Before 2017 Indian Wells made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (after 1r bye, l. eventual champion Mladenovic)

• Embarked on historic run to Australian Open singles final in January (l. S.Williams). Title match in Melbourne marked 15th Grand Slam singles final of career, and first in seven and half years (2009 Wimbledon - l. S.Williams). In the Open Era, no player has waited so long to reach another Grand Slam final – Mauresmo waited seven years between finishing runner-up at 1999 Australian Open and winning 2006 Australian Open

• At 36 years of age, became the oldest finalist at the Australian Open in the Open Era. The match between Venus and Serena in Melbourne had the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam final match-up in the Open Era (71 years, and 351 days), beating the previous record set by Pennetta and Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open

• 2017 Australian Open marked 73rd Grand Slam main draw appearance – the Open Era record

• Australian Open result saw her rise to No.11 in WTA rankings; could return to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching the Miami semifinals (Konta and Wozniacki are also in contention for Top 10 spot). Is already the third oldest player to reach the Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (38 years, 75 days)

• Opened 2017 season at Auckland – defeated New Zealand wildcard Jade Lewis in 1r before conceding w/o to Osaka in 2r, citing right arm injury

• Ended 2016 at No.17, down from No.7 in 2015, for 15th non-consecutive Top 20 finish; record includes six Top 5 year-end finishes

• 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi), and reaching 80th career singles final at Stanford (l. Konta). Is fourth-oldest player to win a WTA singles title, behind Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, and Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoors]

• At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at a major since 2010 US Open. Also reached R16 at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) and 2016 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova)

• Represented USA at Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Flipkens), 1r in doubles (w/S.Williams, l. eventual bronze medalists Safarova/Strycova) and winning a silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock)

• Currently 11th on list of WTA title holders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles). Of her 49 titles, 31 have been won on hard court

• In 2015, returned to Top 10 following 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai triumph for first time since March 2011. At 35 years of age, was the oldest player to rank in Top 10 since 38-year-old Navratilova in December 1994 (whose run ended on January 1, 1995) • Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, having won Wimbledon five times (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008) and the US Open twice (2000-01)

• Also an eight-time Grand Slam runner-up: Wimbledon (2002-03 and 2009), US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017)

• Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Williams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon (d. Babos/Shvedova in F)

• Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); has won doubles gold three times with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London; claimed silver medal in mixed doubles at Rio (w/Ram)

• Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010

• Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland (now Stanford) in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then-world No.2 Sánchez-Vicario in three sets

• Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price and David Witt; hitting partner here is Jermaine Jenkins MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL | Mar 21 - Apr 02, 2017 | $7,669,423 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[26] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #29) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: 3-3

2017 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O QF MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI 6-4 3-6 6-4 108 mins 2015 WUHAN HARD O R2 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(4) 5-7 7-6(5) 139 mins 2015 TORONTO HARD O R1 MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 113 mins 2015 ANTWERP HARD I R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-4 7-6(5) 77 mins 2013 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R1 MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI 6-3 6-2 50 mins 2012 NASSAU HARD O R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-4 6-2

MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI KAROLINA PLISKOVA 29 WTA RANKING 3 10 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 2 09-03-1982 (35) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (25) $680,244 YTD PRIZE MONEY $938,351 $3,686,268 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,871,077 0 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 8 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 7-7 MIAMI W-L (MD) * 8-4 13-4 / 125-151 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 23-3 / 178-104 5-1 / 44-45 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 56-33 1-1 / 28-41 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 37-38 13-4 / 50-84 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 23-3 / 136-69 4-1 / 12-22 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 15-24 4-1 / 18-50 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 8-1 / 35-46 0-1 / 3-15 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 15-15 * Updated entering 2017 Miami Open QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [26] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #29) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) R16: d. [WC] BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #158) 7-5,6-4 (1h34) R16: d. [15] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #20) 6-1,6-4 (1h10) R32: d. [5] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #8) 6-0,6-3 (1h05) R32: d. [27] YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #32) 7-5,6-3 (1h35) R64: d. KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #94) 6-2,2-6,7-6(2) (1h48) R64: d. [Q] MADISON BRENGLE (USA #86) 6-1,6-3 (0h59) R128: BYE R128: BYE

Total games: 66 Total games: 54 Won/lost: 40-26 Won/lost: 37-17 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 4h27 Total time on court: 3h44 Average time on court: 1h29 Average time on court: 1h15 Average rank of opponent: 87 Average rank of opponent: 46

MIAMI Tournament History * Qualifying match

MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2016 2016 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #48) 2-6 6-1 6-3 R2 L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #49) 5-7 6-2 7-6(0) 2015 R1 BYE R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #43) 6-4 6-0 2015 2014 QF L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #10) 6-4 6-2 R2* L - NADIIA KICHENOK (UKR #102) 6-1 5-7 6-3 R16 W - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #97) 6-3 6-2 R1* W - MELANIE OUDIN (USA #131) 6-1 6-3 R3 W - PAULA BADOSA GIBERT (ESP #419) 7-5 6-1 2013 R2 W - ANNIKA BECK (GER #81) 2-6 6-3 6-4 R1* L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #125) 6-2 6-1 R1 BYE 2012 2014 R2* L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #75) 4-6 6-2 6-4 R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #44) 7-5 6-0 R1* W - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #108) 6-4 7-6(6) 2013 2011 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #9) 5-7 6-3 6-3 R1* L - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #124) 6-2 6-4 R1 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #54) 6-2 6-1 2002 R2* W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #98) 6-2 6-3 R1 L - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #56) 6-2 6-4 2001 R1* W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #196) 7-6(3) 6-1 R1 L - KARINA HABSUDOVA (SVK #111) 6-3 7-6(3) 2000 R1 L - ANNE KREMER (LUX #35) 7-6(3) 6-2 1999 R3 L - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #12) 6-3 6-4 R2 W - DOMINIQUE MONAMI (BEL #17) 6-4 6-3 R1 W - MEILEN TU (USA #147) 3-6 6-1 6-4 1998 R2 L - ANNA KOURNIKOVA (RUS #25) 6-4 6-2 R1 W - MARIANA DIAZ-OLIVA (ARG #116) 6-3 6-0

Lucic-Baroni:

• Making eighth main draw appearance at Miami Open (and 12th appearance overall). Has equaled best result by advancing to 3r for first time in 18 years – in 1999, fell to l. Schnyder in 3r for best result at Miami

• Made 2r appearance in 1998 (l. Kournikova). Fell 1r in 2000 (l. Kremer), 2001 (l. Habsudova), 2002 (l. Srebotnik), 2015 (l. Riske) and 2016 (l. Garcia). Lost in qualifying from 2011-14

• Is bidding to become first Croatian woman to advance to QF at Miami since 2013, when Tomljanovic advanced to QF

• At 35, is the second-oldest player in this year’s main draw (after 36-year-old V.Williams)

• After 1r bye, defeated No.94 Bondarenko in 2r here for 10th main draw win of 2017; followed up with win over No.8 A.Radwanska in 3r and wildcard Mattek-Sands in R16

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from • Defeat of No.8 A.Radwanska was 11th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent; overall record is 11-22

• Faces No.3 Ka.Pliskova today – lifetime record vs. Top 5 players is 5-14, with all victories coming at Grand Slam level: No.4 Seles (1999 Wimbledon), No.2 Halep (2014 US Open), No.3 Halep (2015 Roland Garros), No.3 A.Radwanska (2017 Australian Open) and today’s opponent No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Australian Open)

• Is playing third tournament since reaching Australian Open SF (ranked No.79, l. eventual champion S.Williams) – nearly 18 years on from her previous Grand Slam SF appearance at 1999 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Graf) when she was 17 years old

• Reached new career-high ranking of No.29 on January 30, 2017. Entering 2017 Australian Open, her career-best singles ranking was No.32 (set May 11, 1998)

• Earned AUD$820,000 from Australian Open run – more than she earned on tour in singles play between 2000-2012

• Advanced to SF at Acapulco (ret. vs. Tsurenko w/GI illness)

• Opened 2017 with a 2r loss at Auckland (l. Ostapenko) and qualifying attempt at Sydney

• 2017 Australian Open marked 41st Grand Slam main draw appearance, with previous best result being SF run at 1999 Wimbledon. Best result at US Open is making R16 in 2014 (l. Errani), while at Roland Garros, made 3r in 2001 (l. Capriati) and 2015 (l. Cornet)

• Won 1998 Australian Open doubles title (w/Hingis)

• Finished 2016 at No.82, her sixth non-consecutive Top 100 finish

• Season highlight was R-Up finish at 2016 Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Garcia in F). Also finished runner-up at the event in 1997 (l. Graf) – a gap of 19 years between finals. Is 3-2 in tour-level singles finals, lifting the title at 1997-98 Bol and 2014 Québec City

• Also in 2016 made QF at Acapulco (l. McHale)

• In 2014 defeated V.Williams in final at Québec City for first singles title in 16 years, 4 months – longest gap between titles in WTA history (Croatia Open in May 1998 was last title before this)

• Named WTA Comeback Player of the Year for 2014 as voted for by international media

• Had extended layoff from tennis in mid-2000s; did not appear at a Slam between 2003 US Open (qualifying) through 2010 Wimbledon due to a series of personal issues which limited her playing time on tour

• Currently Croatia’s No.1‐ranked woman of three in the Top 100 (ahead of No.31 Konjuh and No.88 Vekic) as of March 20, 2017

• Owns three tour-level doubles titles: 1998 Australian Open and Tokyo [PPO] (both w/Hingis), and 2014 Québec City (w/Hradecka). Owns a 3-1 record in doubles finals

• Mixed doubles finalist at 1998 Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi) • On ITF Circuit, won four singles and three doubles titles

• Croatian Fed Cup Team, 1996-98

• Coach is Marin Bradaric; physio is Alen Stokan

• Married Daniele Baroni in November 2010

• Loves cooking and baking, and is in the process of writing a cook book

Ka.Pliskova:

• Making fifth main draw appearance at Miami. Had best result here in 2015, advancing to QF (l. Petkovic). Fell in 2r on two occasions – 2013 (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and 2016 (l. Babos). Fell in 1r in 2014 (l. Peng)

• Contesting 2017 Miami Open at a career-high ranking of No.3, achieved after QF run at Australian Open (week of January 30, 2017)

• After 1r bye, defeated No.86 Brengle in 59 minutes in 2r, No.27 seed Putintseva in 3r and countrywoman and No.15 seed Strycova in R16 yesterday

• Defeat of world No.20 Strycova in R16 here took lifetime record vs. Top 20 players to 35-46 (including 8-1 in 2017)

• After R16 win here, now holds best win-loss record so far this season (22-3), followed by Wozniacki (21-6)

• In contrast, didn’t score 22 match wins last season until grass-court swing (2016 Nottingham in June)

• Coming off a SF finish at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova), matching her best result at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016)

• Defeated No.7 Muguruza in QF at Indian Wells – now owns a 15-24 lifetime record vs. Top 10 ranked players, going 3-1 in 2017, also defeating No.5 Cibulkova (Doha) and No.7 Muguruza (Fed Cup); win over Muguruza takes record vs. the Spaniard to 6-1, having not lost to her since first meeting back in 2013

• Entering R16, has served the most aces this season – 175 from 22 matches (as at March 20, 2017, not including Fed Cup). Served most aces across 2016 - 530 from 61 matches

• Has won two titles in 2017 from four events contested, triumphing at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F) and Doha (d. Wozniacki in F)

• In other results this season, is coming off opening match loss in Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Mladenovic) and made QF at Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni). Withdrew from Sydney w/left thigh injury

• In February, led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group I tie in Ostrava, going 2-0 in singles (d. Arruabarrena and Muguruza)

• Enjoyed a career-best season in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015) • Reached career-first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. First Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F)

• Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American’s 186-week reign at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams). Defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament

• 21st active player to advance to a Grand Slam final; prior to New York, was only Top 20 player yet to surpass 3r at a major

• Further 2016 season highlights included winning her fifth and sixth career singles titles, at Nottingham (d. Riske in F) and Premier 5 Cincinnati (d. Kerber in F). Record in WTA finals stands at 8-10, having won titles on clay (2015 Prague), grass (2016 Nottingham) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz. 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha)

• Other notable results in 2016 included R-Up finish at Eastbourne (l. Cibulkova in F) and SF runs at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and at home event in Prague (l. eventual champion Safarova)

• Captured fifth career doubles title at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals

• Qualified for season-ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1-2 in the group stage and failing to progress. Also contested the doubles competition (w/Goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic

• Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1-1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia) before teaming w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the title in five out of the last six years, and now three-in-a-row

• Currently the No.1 Czech player – claimed status as country’s top-ranked player for first time in August 2016, overtaking Kvitova

• Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova)

• Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November 1975, after Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova

• At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title

• Nominated for 2016 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated in 2014 for WTA Most Improved

• Coached by David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Kvitova, with 2017 Brisbane marking their first tournament together. Formerly coached by Jiri Vanek

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL | Mar 21 - Apr 02, 2017 | $7,669,423 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) vs. [10] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 1-0

2015 WUHAN HARD O R16 JOHANNA KONTA 6-3 3-6 7-5 138 mins

SIMONA HALEP JOHANNA KONTA 5 WTA RANKING 11 75 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 9 27-09-1991 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-05-1991 (25) $106,459 YTD PRIZE MONEY $518,110 $15,567,247 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,723,939 0 / 14 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 16-5 MIAMI W-L (MD) * 7-1 7-3 / 243-126 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 17-3 / 83-50 3-1 / 69-38 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 17-23 1-0 / 27-41 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-3 / 17-9 7-3 / 149-79 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 17-3 / 66-27 0-0 / 22-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 11-8 1-0 / 64-53 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 18-14 0-0 / 22-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 9-6 * Updated entering 2017 Miami Open QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) vs. [10] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11) R16: d. [14] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #19) 4-6,7-5,6-2 (2h10) R16: d. LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #72) 7-5,6-1 (1h17) R32: d. [Q] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #112) 6-3,6-0 (0h55) R32: d. PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #57) 6-4,6-0 (1h3) R64: d. NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #49) 6-4,2-6,6-3 (1h53) R64: d. [Q] ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #120) 6-2,6-7(5),6-4 (2h39) R128: BYE R128: BYE

Total games: 72 Total games: 66 Won/lost: 43-29 Won/lost: 43-23 Sets won/lost: 6-2 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 4h58 Total time on court: 4h59 Average time on court: 1h39 Average time on court: 1h40 Average rank of opponent: 60 Average rank of opponent: 83

MIAMI Tournament History * Qualifying match

SIMONA HALEP JOHANNA KONTA 2016 2016 QF L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #20) 4-6 6-3 6-2 QF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #8) 6-4 6-2 R16 W - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #69) 6-3 6-4 R16 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #33) 6-2 6-2 R3 W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #66) 6-4 6-1 R3 W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #96) 4-6 6-1 7-6(3) R2 W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #36) 6-3 7-5 R2 W - DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #51) 6-4 6-2 R1 BYE R1 BYE

2015 SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-2 4-6 7-5 QF W - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #45) 6-1 7-5 R16 W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #28) 6-3 7-5

R3 W - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #37) 6-4 7-5 R2 W - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #328) 6-4 2-6 6-1

R1 BYE 2013

R3 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) 6-1 6-0

R2 W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #31) 6-1 6-7(4) 7-5 R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #37) 6-2 3-6 7-5 2012 R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #7) 6-4 7-6(6)

R2 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #35) 6-3 6-2 R1 W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #66) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 2011 R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #15) 6-0 6-4

R1 W - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #146) 6-3 6-2

Halep:

• Making sixth main draw appearance at Miami. Best result here is SF run in 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

• Other Miami results include QF showing last year (l. Bacsinszky); 3r in 2012 (l. Bartoli) and 2013 (l. Errani); fell in 2r in

2011 (l. Kuznetsova)

• Playing in fifth tournament of 2017 season; Miami marks first time winning back-to-back matches this year

• After 1r bye, defeated No.49 Osaka in 2r (second Top 50 win of season), qualifier Kontaveit in 3r and No.14 seed

Stosur in R16 on Monday (saved 1MP)

• Defeat of world No.19 Stosur in R16 was first win over a Top 20 ranked opponent in 2017. Career record now stands

at 64-53 – faces No.11 Konta today

• Has advanced to second QF of season (also St Petersburg – QF)

• Coming off 3r exit at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) after skipping Middle East Swing due to a left knee injury – same

injury that forced to withdraw from QF vs. Vikhlyantseva at St. Petersburg

• Made 1r exit at Australian Open for second successive year (l. Rogers in 2017, l. Zhang in 2016, who was 0-14 at Grand

Slams entering match and ranked No.133 at the time)

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from • Opened 2017 season at Shenzhen, reaching 2r (d. Jankovic in 1r, l. eventual champion Siniakova)

• Spent pre-season training with coach Darren Cahill in Adelaide

• Posted third straight Top 5 season finish in 2016, at No.4, down from career-high No.2 in 2015. Season-ending ranking

had improved eight years in a row until 2016

• 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F for second title at Premier Mandatory level, after

2015 Indian Wells), Bucharest (d. Sevatsova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F). Record in tour-level finals now stands at

14-8, eight of her titles coming on hardcourts

• Went on a 13-match winning streak thanks to titles at Bucharest (five wins) and Montréal (five wins) and SF run at

Cincinnati (three wins). Was second-longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka (16)

• Also reached the first WTA doubles final of her career at Montréal (w/Niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina)

• Qualified for WTA Finals in Singapore for the third time, going 1-2 in round-robin play – d. Keys, l. Kerber and

Cibulkova; did not progress to SF

• Other notable results in 2016 included reaching SF at Sydney (l. Kuznetsova), Cincinnati (l. Kerber) and Wuhan (l.

Kvitova) and back-to-back QF at Indian Wells (l. S.Williams) and Miami (l. Bacsinszky)

• At the other Slams in 2016, made R16 at Roland Garros (l. Stosur) and posted QF runs at Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up

Kerber) and US Open (l. S.Williams)

• Withdrew from opening tournament of 2016 season at Brisbane (w/left Achilles injury) along with Birmingham (w/left

Achilles injury) and Tokyo [PPO] (w/left hamstring injury)

• Following 1r loss at Australian Open, announced plan to undergo nasal surgery that would have entailed missing Fed

Cup, Dubai and Doha, but changed mind and played throughout month of February

• Went 6-7 vs. Top 10 opponents in 2016, wins being over No.9 Kvitova (Fed Cup), No.9 Keys (Wimbledon and Wuhan),

No.2 Kerber (Montreal), No.5 A.Radwanska (Cincinnati) and No.7 Keys (WTA Finals)

• Has reached at least the SF stage at all of the Grand Slams apart from Australian Open. Best results at the majors is

R-Up at 2014 Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), SF at 2014 Wimbledon and 2015 US Open, and QF at Australian Open

(2014-2015)

• Record vs. reigning World No.1 players is 1-10, win coming at 2014 WTA Finals Singapore vs. S.Williams (group stage)

• Romania’s highest ranked player of five women in current Top 100, ahead of Begu, Niculescu, Cirstea and Tig (week of

March 20, 2017) • Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to as high as No.2 in the world, winning seven

titles in this period

• Became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) ma

• Coached by Australian Darren Cahill after parting ways with former coach Victor Ionita in June 2015

• king Top 10 debut week of January 27, 2014; now highest-ranked Romanian woman ever

• Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, 2014-16

• 2008 Roland Garros girls’ singles champion

Konta:

• Making second appearance at Miami. Reached QF on debut in 2016 (l. eventual champion Azarenka)

• After 1r bye, defeated No.120 Sasnovich in 2r, Parmentier in 3r and Arruabarrena in R16 to reach second straight QF here in Miami

• Plays No.5 Halep today – owns career 2-6 record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents. Wins came against No.2 Halep (today’s opponent) at 2015 Wuhan and No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney

• Enters Miami after 3r exit at Indian Wells last week (after 1r bye, defeated countrywoman Watson in 2r before falling to No.25 Garcia in third set tiebreak) - was first event since QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

• Is enjoying joint-highest seeding at a WTA Premier Mandatory event this week at No.10. Best performance at this level was R-Up finish at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska)

• Reached QF at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), having made SF run at Melbourne Park in 2016 (l. Kerber)

• Arrived in Melbourne having won second WTA singles title at Sydney, the city where she was born, on main draw debut (d. A.Radwanska in F). First British woman to win Sydney title since Durie in 1983. Now 2-1 in WTA singles finals

• Win over No.3 A.Radwanska in Sydney final improved lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents to 11-8 (7-6 in 2016, although no wins over Top 5). Previous wins were over No.8 Makarova (2015 Eastbourne), No.9 Muguruza (2015 US Open), No.2 Halep (2015 Wuhan), No.10 V.Williams (2016 Australian Open), No.7 Vinci (2016 Rome), No.7 V.Williams (2016 Stanford), No.10 Kuznetsova (2016 Rio Olympics), No.8 Suárez Navarro (2016 Wuhan), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Beijing) and No.9 Keys (2016 Beijing)

• Opened 2017 season with SF run at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Siniakova)

• Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10, rising as high as No.9 (week of October 10, 2016); previous best season finish was No.47 in 2015 (first Top 100 finish)

• Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2-0 in round-robin play), fell in SF (l. Svitolina) • Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a match

• Advanced to QF or better at nine events in 2016

• Advanced to career-first Premier Mandatory level final at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska), previous best efforts at this level being R16 at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and QF at 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka)

• By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker). Became 121st woman to break into the Top 10, and the fourth to do so in 2016 after Vinci, Bencic and Keys

• Achieved career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Roadmap was introduced in 2009, and first British woman to win the tournament since Barker in 1977 (when it was held in San Francisco)

• Represented Great Britain at Rio Olympics; reached QF in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), 2r in doubles (w/Watson, l. Chan/Chan) and fell 1r in mixed doubles (w/J.Murray, l. eventual gold medalists Mattek-Sands/Sock)

• Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20)

• Defeated No.2 Halep at Wuhan in 2015 for career-best victory. Prior to this feat, the last British woman to beat a world No.2 had been Sue Barker, who defeated No.2 Tracy Austin at 1981 Brighton

• Aside from SF run at 2016 Australian Open, best previous results have been back-to-back R16 efforts at US Open in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova). Reached 2r at Wimbledon for first time in 2016 (l. Bouchard), and yet to pass 1r at Roland Garros in two main draw appearances (2015-16)

• Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans

• On ITF Circuit, won 11 singles and four doubles titles

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006 and made WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen (as qualifier, l. 1r)

• Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after-school care program

• Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion)

• Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012

• Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf; favorite tennis memories include representing Great Britain in Fed Cup

• Currently coached by Wim Fissette, having parted ways with longtime coach Esteban Carril at end of 2016 season. Hitting partner is Andrew Fitzpatrick

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL | Mar 21 - Apr 02, 2017 | $7,669,423 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[12] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) vs. LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #36)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 4-3

2015 STUTTGART CLAY I R16 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 7-6(5) 6-1 85 mins 2014 SYDNEY HARD O R16 LUCIE SAFAROVA 6-4 7-6(7) 116 mins 2013 TOKYO HARD O QF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2-6 6-3 6-2 117 mins 2013 DUBAI HARD O R1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-2 6-2 60 mins 2012 DOHA HARD O R2 LUCIE SAFAROVA 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) 148 mins 2011 COPENHAGEN HARD I F CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-1 6-4 68 mins 2010 STUTTGART CLAY I R16 LUCIE SAFAROVA 6-4 6-4 66 mins

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI LUCIE SAFAROVA 14 WTA RANKING 36 5 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 26 11-07-1990 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 04-02-1987 (30) $582,204 YTD PRIZE MONEY $428,635 $22,668,380 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $10,857,956 0 / 25 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 7 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 13 25-9 MIAMI W-L (MD) * 12-11 21-6 / 493-207 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 16-6 / 337-256 2-3 / 120-68 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 111-106 2-1 / 78-66 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 102-97 21-6 / 366-143 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 16-6 / 195-162 3-2 / 47-61 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 25-70 3-4 / 111-93 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 62-103 2-0 / 50-24 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 23-24 * Updated entering 2017 Miami QF ROAD TO THE QF

[12] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) vs. LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #36) R16: d. GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #6) 7-6(1), Ret'd (1h15) R16: d. DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #4) 7-6(5),6-1 (1h49) R32: d. SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #65) 6-4,6-2 (1h21) R32: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #594) 6-1,6-3 (1h00) R64: d. VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #83) 6-1,6-2 (1h05) R64: d. DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #26) 6-2,6-2 (1h13) R128: BYE R128: d. YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #67) 7-6(2),6-4 (1h55)

Total games: 46 Total games: 75 Won/lost: 31-15 Won/lost: 50-25 Sets won/lost: 5-0 Sets won/lost: 8-0 Total time on court: 3h41 Total time on court: 5h57 Average time on court: 1h14 Average time on court: 1h29 Average rank of opponent: 51 Average rank of opponent: 173

MIAMI Tournament History * Qualifying match

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI LUCIE SAFAROVA 2016 2016 R3 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #16) 5-7 6-4 7-6(1) R2 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #47) 6-2 6-3 R2 W - VANIA KING (USA #183) 7-5 6-2 R1 BYE R1 BYE 2015 2015 R2 L - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #52) 7-6(5) 6-2 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #16) 6-3 7-6(1) R1 BYE R3 W - KAIA KANEPI (EST #51) 4-6 6-1 6-3 2014 R2 W - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #44) 6-0 6-1 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #7) 6-4 6-7(7) 6-2 R1 BYE R2 W - VANIA KING (USA #72) 6-3 7-6(2) 2014 R1 BYE QF L - NA LI (CHN #2) 7-5 7-5 2013

R16 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #49) 6-0 6-1 R2 L - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #59) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5) R3 W - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #16) 6-1 6-0 R1 BYE R2 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #58) 6-1 1-6 6-3 2012 R1 BYE R2 L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #129) 6-2 6-1 2013 R1 BYE R3 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #73) 6-2 6-4 2011 R2 W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #92) 5-7 6-3 6-3 R3 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #5) 6-0 7-6(1) R1 BYE R2 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #41) 6-2 6-4 2012 R1 BYE SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 4-6 6-2 6-4 2010 QF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #11) 6-4 6-4 R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #7) 6-4 6-2 R16 W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #33) 7-6(6) 6-0 R2 W - MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP #27) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2 R3 W - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #29) 6-3 7-5 R1 W - KAIA KANEPI (EST #100) 6-7(1) 6-4 6-3 R2 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #59) 6-4 6-0 2009

R1 BYE R2 L - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #18) 4-6 6-1 6-4 2011 R1 W - ANNE KEOTHAVONG (GBR #51) 6-4 7-5 R16 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #23) 7-5 3-6 6-3 2008 R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #30) 6-1 7-6(7) R3 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #3) 6-2 6-1 R2 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #43) 6-2 7-5 R2 W - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #35) 3-6 7-5 6-0 R1 BYE R1 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #88) 6-1 7-5 2010 2007 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #33) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #18) 6-3 6-4 R16 W - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #35) 6-2 6-2 R2 W - EMILIE LOIT (FRA #42) 6-0 7-5

R3 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #30) 1-6 6-1 6-4 R1 BYE R2 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #117) 3-6 6-3 6-4 2006 R1 BYE R2 L - MICHAELLA KRAJICEK (NED #56) 6-3 6-4 2009 R1 BYE QF L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #8) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 R16 W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #4) 7-5 6-4 R3 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #18) 6-4 6-4

R2 W - JELENA DOKIC (AUS #80) 6-3 5-7 6-2 R1 BYE

2008

R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #7) 6-3 6-3 R3 W - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #25) 2-6 6-3 6-1 R2 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) 6-3 6-1

R1 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #73) 6-4 7-5

Wozniacki:

 Making 10th consecutive main draw appearance at Miami

 Best result is reaching SF in 2012 (d. S.Williams in QF, l. Sharapova); also three QF showings – in 2009 (l. Kuznetsova), 2010 (l. Henin) and 2014 (l. Li)

 Faces No.36 Safarova today; owns 50-24 career record against left-handers

 After 1r bye, beat qualifier Lepchenko in 2r and defeated Cirstea in 3r. Was leading 76(1) in R16 when opponent, Muguruza, retired w/illness

 Is contesting her ninth QF in past 10 tournaments

 Enters Miami after reaching fifth QF of season at Indian Wells last week (l. Mladenovic)

 Advanced to back-to-back finals at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) last month. Now owns 25-19 record in career singles finals. S.Williams (92), V.Williams (81) and Sharapova (58) are the only active players to have appeared in more finals