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[5] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #28) vs. (RUS #37)

Head to Head: 0-0

DAYANA YASTREMSKA DARIA KASATKINA 28 WTA RANKING 37 24 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 69 15-05-2000 (19) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-05-1997 (22) $1,080,740 YTD PRIZE MONEY $802,939 $1,484,237 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,846,033 2 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0-0 MOSCOW W-L (MD) * 14-4 30-19 / 41-30 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-20 / 126-93 5-8 / 7-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-6 / 46-32 6-5 / 8-10 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 24-21 22-12 / 31-19 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-14 / 81-62 1-1 / 2-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 9-9 1-2 / 1-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 8-9 1-4 / 1-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 12-21 5-9 / 6-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-5 / 24-37 * Updated entering 2019 Moscow 1r

MOSCOW Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

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MOSCOW Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

DAYANA YASTREMSKA DARIA KASATKINA 2017 2018 R1-Q L - OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #1,206) 3-6 6-2 6-4 F W - (TUN #101) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4

2017 F L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #27) 6-1 6-2

2016 QF L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #64) 7-5 6-1

2015 SF L - (RUS #31) 2-6 6-2 6-4

2014 R1 L - (USA #44) 6-1 6-2

2013 R1-Q L - PAULA KANIA (POL #194) 6-1 7-5

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ONS JABEUR (TUN #53) vs. (RUS #42)

Head to Head: VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA leads 1-0

2019 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS O R1 VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA 6-3 6-4 73 mins

ONS JABEUR VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA 53 WTA RANKING 42 75 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 39 28-08-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-04-1997 (22) $561,053 YTD PRIZE MONEY $812,057 $1,622,393 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,163,431 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 4-1 MOSCOW W-L (MD) * 0-0 15-17 / 39-60 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 25-19 / 31-25 6-5 / 11-24 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 10-7 / 13-8 8-4 / 11-18 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-6 / 9-7 10-13 / 26-44 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 12-10 / 13-13 1-3 / 4-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 7-2 0-1 / 1-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-0 0-4 / 3-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 1-1 1-4 / 5-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 2-4 * Updated through 2019 Moscow 1r

MOSCOW Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

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MOSCOW Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ONS JABEUR VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA 2018 2016 F L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 R1-Q L - POLINA LEYKINA (RUS #288) 6-0 6-2

2014 R16- L - CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #144) 6-4 6-4 Q

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JABEUR:

MOSCOW

• Making her second main draw appearance at VTB • On her only previous appearance here in 2018 reached her maiden WTA final. Defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA final, where she fell in three sets to No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament (Sfar was the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level) • Faces Kudermetova in 1r today. Lost their only previous encounter at ’s-Hertogenbosch earlier this year • Enters Moscow on the back of reaching her first hardcourt SF of the year at Tianjin (l. Peterson)

SEASON

• During Asian swing reached second SF of year at Tianjin (l. eventual champion Peterson), reached 2r as a qualifier at Wuhan (l. WC Rybakina) and fell in 1r at Guangzhou (l. Pera). Failed to qualify at Beijing • Made 1r exit at Cincinnati (as qualifier, l. Brady). Other results this North American hard court swing were falling in Toronto qualifying, suffering 1r exit at Washington DC (l. Swiatek) and reaching 3r at US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Had 1r exit at Wimbledon, which followed career best grass result with SF result in Eastbourne - withdrew due to ankle injury • Made R16 appearance in Mallorca (l. eventual champion Kenin) • Lost first grass court match of the season in 1r of ‘s-Hertogenbosch to Kudermetova • Exited 1r in Roland Garros (l. quarterfinalist Martic) • Failed to make main draw in Rome qualifying (l. Zidansek) • Lost to qualifier Doi in 1r at Indian Wells and No.6 Stephens in 2r of Miami • Retired with a right shoulder injury when trailing Svitolina in 2r at Dubai • Made 1r exit at Doha (as WC, l. Suárez Navarro in straight sets). As alternate pairing, reached first WTA doubles SF w/Riske (l. Groenefeld/Schuurs) • Was part of Tunisia Fed Cup team which failed to progress from Europe/Africa Group II (posted 2-1 record in singles and 0-2 in doubles) • Fell in 1r at the to Babos in straight sets • Opened season with 2r showings at Shenzhen (l. Y.Wang) and Hobart (l.Kenin)

CAREER

• Defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA final at 2018 Moscow, where she fell in three sets to No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament (Sfar was the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level) • Prior to 2018 Moscow, best previous results were QF at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 Bucharest • Owns three Top 10 victories, over No.1 Halep at 2018 Beijing (via ret.), No.8 Stephens at 2018 Moscow and No.7 Cibulkova at 2017 Roland Garros • Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016 • Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at Doha (as WC) and Olympics • Became first North African woman to win a junior Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), having also reached the final in 2010 (l. Svitolina in F) • On ITF Circuit, has 11 singles and one doubles title • Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Menzah-TUN

GRAND SLAM

• 2019 US Open marked 12th main draw appearance

• Best Grand Slam showings are 3r runs at 2017 Roland Garros and 2019 US Open; in Paris became first Arab woman to reach 3r of a Grand Slam and first to contest 3r of a Slam since Kasatkina at 2015 US Open, and first at Roland Garros since Pizzichini in 1996. Gaidano, at 1993 US Open, was the most recent lucky loser to reach R16 at a major • Is second Tunisian woman to win a Grand Slam main draw match after Selima Sfar reached 2r at 2001 Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; 2002 Wimbledon; 2005 Wimbledon; and 2008 Roland Garros • Has also made 2r at 2017 US Open (l. Vandeweghe) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Siniakova) • Has lost in 1r at Australian Open on three occasions, in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva), 2018 (l. Vesnina) and 2019 (l. Babos) • In girls’ singles at Roland Garros was champion in 2011 (d. Puig) and R-Up in 2010 (l. Svitolina)

PERSONAL

• Started playing at age 3 • Husband Karim Kamoun is half-Russian and a former professional fencer; also her fitness coach • Away from court enjoys playing and watching football • Big fan of Eminem and Cristiano Ronaldo

KUDERMETOVA:

MOSCOW

• Making Moscow main draw debut after qualifying losses in 2014 and 2016 • Faces Jabeur in 1r today for second time. Leads their head-to-head 1-0 having defeated the Tunisian in straight sets at ’s-Hertogenbosch earlier this year • One of nine Russian women to contest this year’s main draw along with Pavlyuchenkova, Kuznetsova, Potapova, wildcard Kalinskaya, No.8 seed Alexandrova, defending champion Kasatkina, qualifier Gracheva, and Vikhlyantseva. A Russian player has lifted the title here in 4 of the last 5 years • Competing this week on a career high ranking of World No.42 (first achieved on September 30, 2019) • Contesting doubles this fortnight w/Srebotnik (faces Alexandrova/Sasnovich in 1r)

SEASON

• In Asian swing recorded SF finishes at Hiroshima (l. eventual r-up Doi) and Tianjin (l. eventual r-up Watson), reached 3r as a qualifier at Wuhan (l. Martic) and fell in 1r at Beijing (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Won career first WTA doubles title at Wuhan with Duan (d. Mertens/Sabalenka in F) • During North American hardcourt series fell in 2r as a qualifier at Cincinnati (l. qualifier Peterson) and made 1r exits at The Bronx (l. WC Pera) and US Open (l. WC Di Lorenzo) • Retired in 2r at Bucharest when leading Di Giuseppe 6-2 4-5 • Made 1r exit at Eastbourne - came through qualifying but lost 1r to Bencic - and lost to Wozniacki in 2r at Wimbledon • Enjoyed SF run at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Riske) • Made QF at Nürnberg (l. eventual R-Up Zidansek) • Made career best Grand Slam run with 3r showing at Roland Garros, upsetting Wozniacki in 1r (l. Kanepi in 3r) • Fell in qualifying at both Madrid and Rome • After opening the clay court season with 1r defeat at Charleston (l. Kanepi), reached back-to-back QFs at Lugano (l. eventual champion Hercog) and Istanbul (l. Gasparyan). In doubles was R-Up at Charleston (w/Khromacheva) and Lugano (w/Voskoboeva) • Won biggest title of career at WTA 125K Series event at Guadalajara (d. Bouzkova in F) • Contested qualifying at Doha, Indian Wells and Miami • Made 2r at St. Petersburg (as LL, l. eventual R-Up Vekic); made Top 100 debut at No.98 following tournament (February 4, 2019)

• Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Kenin) • Opened 2019 season with QF run at Shenzhen (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva)

CAREER

• Ended 2018 ranked No.115 for career best year-end finish • Made WTA main draw debut at 2018 Stuttgart, reaching 2r (d. No.25 Suarez Navarro, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) • Posted two QF runs in 2018, at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Krunic) and Gstaad (l. Bouchard) • Won two doubles titles in 2018 at WTA 125k Series events, at Mumbai (w/Dzalamidze) and Limoges (w/Voskoboeva). Also has titles at this level from Taipei in 2016 (w/Dzalamidze) and 2017 (w/Sabalenka) • Has reached two WTA doubles finals, finishing R-Up at Charleston (w/Khromacheva) and Lugano (w/Voskoboeva) in 2019 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 Moscow • Contested first Tour-level match representing Russia in Fed Cup action in 2014 vs. Australia (l. Stosur) • On ITF Circuit, owns four singles titles and 16 doubles titles

GRAND SLAM

• Made her Grand Slam main draw debut at (l. Kenin in 1r as qualifier) • Best run at the majors was 3r at Roland Garros this year (l. Kanepi) • Also reached 2r at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Wozniacki); fell 1r at 2019 US Open (l. Di Lorenzo)

PERSONAL

• Coached by Sergey Demekhin, former coach of • Teenage sister, Polina, is on the junior circuit and contested Australian Open girls’ singles in January • Born in Kazan, Russia. Based in Moscow and trains at CSKA club • Started playing tennis aged 8. Was an active child, liked to paint and dance as well as play tennis • Favorite surface is hard • Off the court, has a passion for cooking and her specialty is roasted chicken with potatoes and garlic

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ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #40) vs. [7] (GRE #29)

Head to Head: MARIA SAKKARI leads 1-0

2019 ROME CLAY O R1 MARIA SAKKARI 6-1 7-5 92 mins

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA MARIA SAKKARI 40 WTA RANKING 29 42 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 22 03-07-1991 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 25-07-1995 (24) $927,339 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,004,303 $9,696,419 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,700,164 0 / 12 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 16-9 MOSCOW W-L (MD) * 0-0 19-20 / 334-254 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 29-19 / 72-72 5-9 / 111-95 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 11-7 / 23-27 4-2 / 80-67 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-6 / 19-14 18-15 / 249-170 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-10 / 37-44 2-0 / 28-29 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 7-5 1-1 / 13-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / 2-5 4-3 / 32-63 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-6 / 7-10 6-8 / 62-112 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-10 / 13-24 * Updated through 2019 Moscow 1r

MOSCOW Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

MOSCOW Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2018 QF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) 6-4 6-3

2017 R1 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #28) 7-6(2) 6-1

2016 QF L - (AUS #37) 7-5 4-6 6-3

2015 F L - (RUS #32) 6-2 6-1

2014 F W - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #61) 6-4 5-7 6-1

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2013 SF L - (ROU #18) 6-2 6-1

2012

R1 L - (KAZ #29) 6-2 6-2

2010 R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #31) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-0

2009

R1 L - (BUL #126) 6-3 2-6 6-4 2007 R1-Q L - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #150) 2-6 6-2 6-2

2006

R1 L - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #11) 6-3 6-3

PAVLYUCHENKOVA:

MOSCOW

• Making 11th main draw appearance at VTB Kremlin Cup (12th overall) • Lifted the trophy here in 2014 (d. Begu in F) – one of her two Premier-level titles (also 2014 Paris [Indoors]) • Was also R-Up here in 2015 (l. Kuznetsova in F) in the tournament’s third-ever all-Russian final (also in 2004 and 2006) • Other notable results include SF run in 2013 (l. Halep) and QFs in 2016 (l. Gavrilova) and 2018 (l. Kasatkina) • Faces No.29 Sakkari today in their second career meeting, having fallen to the Greek woman earlier this year at Rome • A win today would mark her 250th career victory on hard courts • Has posted an 8-9 record vs. Top 30 ranked opponents this season, with wins coming over No.9 Bertens and No.5 Stephens (both at Australian Open), No.22 Ostapenko (St. Petersburg), No.17 Goerges (Stuttgart), No.9 Sabalenka (Toronto), No.28 Yastremska, No.8 Bertens and No.15 Kerber (all at Osaka) • One of a tournament-leading nine Russian women competing this week in Moscow – also Alexandrova, Gracheva, Kalinskaya, Kasatkina, Kudermetova, Kuznetsova, Potapova and Vikhlyantseva

SEASON

• Last week in Linz, fell to Kuzmova in 2r • Fell 1r at Wuhan before reaching 2r at Beijing, falling to Kenin at both events • Advanced to first final of 2019 at Osaka (d. No.8 Bertens and No.15 Kerber before falling to No.4 Osaka in F) • Reached 2r at US Open (l. Bertens) • Fell in qualifying at Cincinnati (l. Diyas) - first time contesting WTA qualifying since 2011 Dubai • Made 2r at Toronto (d. No.9 Sabalenka, l. Ostapenko) after 1r exit at Washington, DC (l. McHale) • Also suffered straight-set 1r defeats at Wimbledon (l. Bencic), Roland Garros (l. Minella), Rome (l. Sakkari) and Madrid (l. Ostapenko) • Reached 2r at Stuttgart (d. Goerges, l. Kontaveit); also doubles R-Up (w/Safarova, l. Barthel/Friedsam) • Was part of Russian Fed Cup team that defeated Italy 4-0 in the World Group II play-offs. Won her two singles rubbers (d. Paolini, Trevisan) • Reached QF in Monterrey completing only the second double bagel of the season (d. Jorovic, l. Azarenka) • After opening round byes, made 2r exits at Indian Wells (l. McHale) and Miami (l. Kuzmova). Also fell 1r at Dubai (l. Garcia)

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from • Was part of Russia team that gained promotion from Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I (d. Linette and Peterson in straight sets) • Made QF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Bertens in 3s) • Matched best Grand Slam result at Melbourne Park by reaching QF (l. Collins); defeating No.9 Bertens and No.5 Stephens en route • Opened Australian swing with 2r showing at Shenzhen (l. Kudermetova) before suffering 1r exit at Hobart (l. Lapko)

CAREER

• Ended 2018 ranked No.42, down from No.15 in 2017, marking her 11th consecutive Top 50 finish • 2018 season highlight was claiming her 12th WTA singles title at Strasbourg (d. Cibulkova in F) • Other highlights were QF runs at Stuttgart (l. Kontaveit), Wuhan (d. No.11 Bertens in 2r and No.5 Kvitova in R16, l. Barty), Linz (l. Alexandrova) and Moscow [Kremlin Cup] (l. Kasatkina) • Owns 12 WTA singles titles, including a career-best three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, Rabat and Hong Kong • Notched only win over a reigning World No.1 against Kerber en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 • Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/Babos) • In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l. Kerber), St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l.Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova) • Owns 32 Top 10 victories (32-62 record), most recently No.8 Bertens at 2019 Osaka • Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r • Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008 • Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011) • Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow • Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion

GRAND SLAM

• Has reached QFs at all four majors; 2011 Roland Garros (l. Schiavone) and US Open (l. S.Williams), 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams), (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams), and 2019 Australian Open (l. Collins) • One of just five active players to reach QF or better at all four majors in both singles and doubles (also Williams sisters, Kuznetsova and Zvonareva) and is the only player to do so since 2011 • Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at 2007 Wimbledon (l. Hantuchova 6-0 6-1) • In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) and Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) • Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles (w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) • As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title)

PERSONAL

• Recently began new coaching partnership with Sam Sumyk. Occasionally works with father, Sergey and brother, Aleks • Introduced to tennis at age six by family • Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was Olympic-level canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer

SAKKARI:

MOSCOW

• Making debut appearance at Moscow as the No.7 seed • Faces No.40 Pavlyuchenkova in her first event since the US Open due to a wrist injury • Bidding for her 30th win of the season today (29-19 record)

• Has won three of her four meetings against Russian opponents this season, having defeated Zvonareva (Rome qualifying), today’s opponent Pavlyuchenkova (Rome) and Alexandrova (San Jose). Fell to Kudermetova (Istanbul) • Currently ranked No.29, two spots shy from her career high of No.27 achieved on September 16, 2019 - is the only Greek woman inside Top 200 (week of October 14, 2019)

SEASON

• Reached 3r at the US Open (l. Barty). Has now reached 3r - but never further - at the majors seven times • Made QF showing at Cincinnati (l. today’s opponent Barty); en route scored fourth and fifth Top 10 wins of the season over No.6 Kvitova and No.9 Sabalenka • Also on hard courts over the summer, made SF at San Jose (d. No.7 Svitolina, l. eventual champion S.Zheng) and fell 1r at Toronto (l. Riske after holding 3mp) • Reached 3r at Wimbledon for a second time in her career (l. Svitolina) • Exited 1r of Birmingham (l. No.1 Osaka in 3s) before reaching 2r at Eastbourne (l. Konta) • Reached QF at Nottingham (l. Brady) • Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) • Battled through qualifying to reach SF at Rome (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) • Suffered 1r exit at Madrid (l. Suarez Navarro) • Won maiden WTA title at Rabat, recovering from a set and break down to defeat Konta in final • Fell 1r at Istanbul (l. Kudermetova) • Reached first QF of 2019 at Charleston (l. Wozniacki); ended defending champion Bertens’s reign in R16 • Suffered 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges), Acapulco (l. Puig) and at Indian Wells (l. McHale) • Part of the Greek Fed Cup Team who failed to gain promotion from Europe/Africa Zone Group I event in February (posted 2-1 record in singles) • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Barty). Fell 1r at Hobart (l. Linette) • Began 2019 campaign pairing with Tsitsipas at – went 2-1 in singles (d. Bencic, d. Boulter, l. S.Williams)

CAREER

• Registered third-consecutive Top 100 year-end finish in 2018 ranked No.42, up from No.52 in 2017 – the highest year-end finish by a Greek player since Daniilidou in 2006 (No.36) • 2018 season highlights included reaching her first tour-level final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu), scoring first career Top 5 win after defeat of No.5 Ka.Pliskova in Rome as well as reaching SF at Istanbul (l. Hercog) and Seoul (l. Bertens) • Posted then-career-high ranking of No.29 after Seoul run (September 24, 2018) • Notched first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of career at 2017 Wuhan Open • Since then has posted a further six Top 10 wins, against No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Rome), No.6 Bertens (2019 Charleston), No.5 Kvitova (2019 Rome, via ret.), No.7 Svitolina (2019 San Jose), No.6 Kvitova and No.9 Sabalenka (both at 2019 Cincinnati) • Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October 9, 2017 • Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul after qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) – at the time, achieved her then best win-by-ranking defeating No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010; owns seven ITF Circuit singles titles and five in doubles

GRAND SLAM

• Contested 16th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open • Has reached 3r at all four of the majors, most recently at 2019 US Open (l. Barty) • By reaching 3r at 2017 Australian Open, became first Greek woman to reach this stage at a Slam since Daniilidou at 2005 Wimbledon (l. Pennetta) • At , by reaching 2r (d. Y.Wang, l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from Greece to win a main draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open

PERSONAL

• Born and grew up in Athens, Greece, before moving to Barcelona aged 18 – has trained there for two years

• Mother, , was tennis player too, however didn’t start because of her – just liked the sport. Tried karate and gymnastics but was thrown out of class for laughing too much • Favorite surface is hard court • Currently coached by Tom Hill