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2021 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JUNE 28-JULY 11, 2021 – TOURNAMENT

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This is the 134th Wimbledon Championships. The event was first held in 1877, with the first women’s singles championship being staged in 1884. This is the 127th staging of the Wimbledon women’s singles championship and the 53rd of the Open Era, which began in 1968 and saw the introduction of prize money. Due to the pandemic, the tournament was not held in 2020.

SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS

PRIZE RANKING ROUND MONEY (£) POINTS Winner 1,700,000 2000 Runner-Up 900,000 1300 Semifinalists 465,000 780 Quarterfinalists 300,000 430 Round of 16 (4r) 181,000 240 Round of 32 (3r) 115,000 130 Round of 64 (2r) 75,000 70 Round of 128 (1r) 48,000 10

2021 SEASON SO FAR . TOURNAMENT LEVEL CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SEMIFINALISTS (USA), Nottingham WTA250 (GBR) Shuai (CHN) Nina Stojanovic (SRB) Alizé Cornet (FRA), Berlin WTA500 Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) (SUI) (BLR) Coco Vandeweghe (USA), Birmingham WTA250 (TUN) (RUS) (GBR) (ITA), (EST), Eastbourne WTA500 TBD TBD Jelena Ostapenko (LAT), (KAZ) (GER), Petra Kvitova (CZE), Bad Homburg WTA250 TBD TBD Katerina Siniakova (CZE), (ESP)

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PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN . Here are the PRTS standings as of Monday June 21, 2021:

SINGLES DOUBLES RANK PLAYER RANK TEAM 1 (AUS) 1 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 2 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 2 (JPN) / (JPN) 3 (BLR) 3 (USA) / (NED) 4 (JPN) 4 (CAN) / (MEX) 5 Iga Swiatek (POL) 5 (BEL) / Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 6 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 6 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA / Iga Swiatek (POL) 7 (RUS) 7 (USA) / (BRA) 8 (GRE) 8 (CHI) / (USA) 9 (USA) 9 Catherine McNally (USA) / Cori Gauff (USA) 10 Cori Gauff (USA) 10 (ROU) / (UKR)

SEEDED FOR FIRST TIME AT A SLAM

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) – No.15 (sixth Grand Slam MD appearance)

MAIN DRAW SINGLES WITHDRAWALS

The following players have withdrawn from Wimbledon:

Naomi Osaka (JPN) (CHN) (ROU) (BEL) Jennifer Brady (USA) (RUS) (CHN)

WTA SPECIAL RANKINGS

The following players are entering Wimbledon using a Special Ranking:

Elena Vesnina (RUS) – No.52 Coco Vandeweghe (USA) – No.100 Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) – No.68 (GER) – No.101 (GER) – No.80 (UKR) – No.104 (AUS) – No.97 Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) – No.104

MAIN DRAW DEBUTANTES

The following players are making their Grand Slam main draw debut:

Jodie Burrage (GBR) (GBR)

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The following players are making their Wimbledon main draw debut:

Aliona Bolsova (ESP) María Camila Osorio Serrano (COL) (FRA) (ITA) (GBR) (AUS) Leylah Fernandez (CAN) (ARG) (RUS) Emma Raducanu (GBR) (GBR) Elena Rybakina (KAZ) (UKR) Nina Stojanovic (SRB) Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) Clara Tauson (DEN) Danielle Lao (USA) Martina Trevisan (ITA) (USA) Wang Xinyu (CHN) (BEL) Katie Volynets (USA) Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)

2021 WIMBLEDON WILDCARDS

The All England Club has awarded seven singles wildcards this year: (GBR), Jodie Burrage (GBR), (GBR), Francesca Jones (GBR), (GBR), Emma Raducanu (GBR), and Liudmila Samsonova (RUS). The best result by a wildcard at a Grand Slam was achieved by , who won the 2009 US Open title.

Best Results by a Wildcard at Best Results by a Wildcard ... Round Year at... Round Grand Slam Wimbledon All Grand Slams (GER) SF 2011 Kim Clijsters Won 2009 US Open (CHN)* SF 2008 R-Up 2010 (KAZ) 4r 2012 Zheng Jie* SF 2008 Wimbledon Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 4r 2006 Sabine Lisicki SF 2011 Wimbledon (RUS) 4r 2003 QF Samantha Smith (GBR) 4r 1998 QF 2006 Australian Open (USA) 4r 1985 QF 2002 Roland Garros (USA) 4r 1982 *Zheng Jie became first WC to advance to SF at a Grand Slam (since joined by Clijsters, Henin and Lisicki)

QUALIFIERS AT GRAND SLAMS & WIMBLEDON

In 2010, Estonian became the sixth qualifier in the Open Era to reach Wimbledon QF. The best result by a qualifier at Wimbledon came in 1999 when advanced to SF. Christine Dorey (now Mathison) also reached SF at 1978 Australian Open as a qualifier, while Nadia Podoroska repeated the feat at 2020 Roland Garros.

Best Results by a Qualifier at ... Best Results by a Qualifier at ... Round Year Round Grand Slam Wimbledon All Grand Slams Alexandra Stevenson (USA) SF 1999 Alexandra Stevenson (USA) SF 1999 Wimbledon Kaia Kanepi (EST) QF 2010 Christine Dorey (AUS) SF 1978 Australian Open Severine Beltrame-Bremond (FRA) QF 2006 Nadia Podoroska (ARG) SF 2020 Roland Garros Jelena Dokic (AUS) QF 1999 Molly Van Nostrand (USA) QF 1985 Carina Karlsson (SWE) QF 1984

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ACTIVE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS

The 2021 season has already welcomed one new Grand Slam champion: Barbora Krejcikova won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros in June, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. There are 18 active Grand Slam champions, six of whom have lifted the trophy previously at Wimbledon: Simona Halep (2019), Angelique Kerber (2018), Garbiñe Muguruza (2017), Petra Kvitova (2011, 2014), (2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16) and (2000-01, 2005, 2007-08).

GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS (ACTIVE PLAYERS) PLAYERS GS TITLES GRAND SLAM TITLES BREAKDOWN

Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Serena Williams 23 Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14

Venus Williams 7 Wimbledon: 2000-01, 2005, 2007-08; US Open: 2000-01

Kim Clijsters 4 Australian Open: 2011; US Open: 2005, 2009, 2010

Naomi Osaka 4 Australian Open: 2019, 2021; US Open: 2018, 2020

Angelique Kerber 3 Australian Open: 2016; US Open: 2016 Wimbledon: 2018

Victoria Azarenka 2 Australian Open: 2012-13

Simona Halep 2 Roland Garros: 2018; Wimbledon: 2019

Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 Roland Garros: 2009; US Open: 2004

Petra Kvitova 2 Wimbledon: 2011, 2014

Garbiñe Muguruza 2 Roland Garros: 2016; Wimbledon: 2017

Bianca Andreescu 1 US Open: 2019

Ashleigh Barty 1 Roland Garros: 2019

Sofia Kenin 1 Australian Open: 2020

Barbora Krejcikova 1 Roland Garros: 2021

Jelena Ostapenko 1 Roland Garros: 2017

Sloane Stephens 1 US Open: 2017

Samantha Stosur 1 US Open: 2011

Iga Swiatek 1 Roland Garros: 2020

In addition, five other players in this year’s Wimbledon main draw have contested at least one Grand Slam final in their careers: (2017 US Open), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2021 Roland Garros), Karolina Pliskova (2016 US Open), Marketa Vondrousova (2019 Roland Garros) and (2010 Wimbledon, 2010 US Open)

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MOST GRAND SLAM SINGLES FINAL APPEARANCES

A total of 27 active players have reached a Grand Slam singles final.

PLAYER TOTAL TITLES WON RUNNER-UP FINISHES Serena Williams 33 23 Wins 10 Runner-Ups Australian Open (03, 05, 07, 09, 10, 15, 17) Australian Open (16) Roland Garros (02, 13, 15) Roland Garros (16) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 10, 12, 15) Wimbledon (04, 08, 18, 19) US Open (99, 02, 08, 12, 13, 14, 16) US Open (01, 11, 18, 19) Venus Williams 16 7 Wins 9 Runner-Ups Wimbledon (00, 01, 05, 07, 08) Australian Open (03, 17) US Open (00, 01) Roland Garros (02) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 17) US Open (97, 02) Kim Clijsters 8 4 Wins 4 Runner-Ups Australian Open (11) Australian Open (04) US Open (05, 09, 10) Roland Garros (01, 03) US Open (03) Victoria Azarenka 5 2 Wins 3 Runner-Ups Australian Open (12, 13) US Open (12, 13, 20) Simona Halep 5 2 Win 3 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (18) Australian Open (18) Wimbledon (19) Roland Garros (14, 17) Angelique Kerber 4 3 Wins 1 Runner-Up Australian Open (16) Wimbledon (16) US Open (16) Wimbledon (18) 4 2 Wins 2 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (09) Roland Garros (06) US Open (04) US Open (07) Garbiñe Muguruza 4 2 Wins 2 Runner-Up Roland Garros (16) Australian Open (20) Wimbledon (17) Wimbledon (15) Naomi Osaka 4 4 Wins --- US Open (18, 20) Australian Open (19, 21) Petra Kvitova 3 2 Wins 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (11, 14) Australian Open (19) 2 1 Win 1 Runner-Up US Open (17) Roland Garros (18) Samantha Stosur 2 1 Win 1 Runner-Up US Open (11) Roland Garros (10) Vera Zvonareva 2 --- 2 Runner-Ups Wimbledon (10) US Open (10) 2 1 Win 1 Runner-Up Australian Open (20) Roland Garros (20) 1 1 Win --- US Open (19) Ashleigh Barty 1 1 Win Roland Garros (19) Barbora Krejcikova 1 1 Win Roland Garros (21) Jelena Ostapenko 1 1 Win Roland Garros (17) Iga Swiatek 1 1 Win --- Roland Garros (20) Jennifer Brady 1 --- 1 Runner-Up Australian Open (21) 1 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (14) 1 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (12) Madison Keys 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (17) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 5 2021 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JUNE 28-JULY 11, 2021 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

Sabine Lisicki 1 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (13) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (21) Karolina Pliskova 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (16) Marketa Vondrousova 1 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (19)

OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS

PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL Serena Williams (USA) 7 3 7 6 23 Stefanie Graf (GER) 4 6 7 5 22 (USA) 3 2 9 4 18 (USA) 2 7 3 6 18 (AUS) 4 3 1 3 11 (USA) 4 3 0 2 9 (USA) 0 1 4 3 8 Venus Williams (USA) 0 0 5 2 7 (AUS) 4 1 2 0 7 Justine Henin (BEL) 1 4 0 2 7 Martina Hingis (SUI) 3 0 1 1 5 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 1 2 1 1 5 Kim Clijsters (BEL) 1 0 0 3 4 Hana Mandlikova (CZE) 2 1 0 1 4 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 0 3 0 1 4 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 2 0 0 2 4 Angelique Kerber (GER) 1 0 1 1 3

ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS

PLAYER TOTAL Margaret Court (AUS) 24 Serena Williams (USA) 23 Stefanie Graf (GER) 22 Moody (USA) 19 Chris Evert (USA) 18 Martina Navratilova (USA) 18 Billie Jean King (USA) 12

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OPEN ERA: WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS

PLAYER TITLES YEARS 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, Navratilova, Martina 9 1990 Graf, Stefanie 7 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996 Williams, Serena 7 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 Williams, Venus 5 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008 King, Billie Jean 4 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975 Evert, Chris 3 1974, 1976, 1981 Goolagong, Evonne 2 1971, 1980 Kvitova, Petra 2 2011, 2014 Ann Haydon-Jones 1 1969 Court, Margaret 1 1970 Wade, Virginia 1 1977 Martínez, Conchita 1 1994 Hingis, Martina 1 1997 Novotna, Jana 1 1998 Davenport, Lindsey 1 1999 Sharapova, Maria 1 2004 Mauresmo, Amélie 1 2006 Bartoli, Marion 1 2013 Muguruza, Garbiñe 1 2017 Kerber, Angelique 1 2018 Halep, Simona 1 2019 Bold denotes active player

CALENDAR AND CAREER GRAND SLAMS

Three women have won all four majors in the same calendar year (achieving the Grand Slam), while three have held all four major titles at the same time (non-calendar year Grand Slam). In addition five more women have achieved a career Grand Slam:

CALENDAR-YEAR GRAND NON-CALENDAR YEAR GRAND SLAMS SLAM (1953) Martina 1983 Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and 1984 Roland Navratilova Garros Margaret Smith Court (1970) Stefanie Graf 1993 Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open and 1994 Australian Open Stefanie Graf (1988) Serena Williams 2002 Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open and Serena Williams 2014 US Open, , Roland Garros and Wimbledon CAREER GRAND SLAMS (1954) 1949 Australian Championships, 1950 Roland Garros, 1951 Wimbledon, 1954 US (1957) Championships Billie Jean King (1972) 1951 Roland Garros, 1956 Wimbledon, 1956 US Championships, 1957 Australian Chris Evert (1982) Championships Maria Sharapova (2012) 1966 Wimbledon, 1967 US Championships, 1968 Australian Championships, 1972 Roland Garros 1974 Roland Garros, 1974 Wimbledon, 1975 US Open, 1982 Australian Open 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, , 2012 Roland Garros

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WORLD NO.1 – TOP SPOT ON THE LINE AT WIMBLEDON

During the Wimbledon fortnight, Ashleigh Barty will spend her 82nd and 83rd weeks at the top of the WTA rankings. Barty, who claimed the No.1 spot on June 24, 2019, is only the second Australian to achieve the historic milestone, following in the footsteps of Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Aryna Sabalenka can potentially challenge for the top spot at Wimbledon, although to do so she would need to win the title with Barty falling before the semifinals.

PLAYER WEEKS AT No.1 DATE REACHED No.1 Stefanie Graf (GER) 377 August 17, 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) 332 July 10, 1978 Serena Williams (USA) 319 July 8, 2002 Chris Evert (USA) 260 November 3, 1975 Martina Hingis (SUI) 209 March 31, 1997 Monica Seles (USA) 178 March 11, 1991 Justine Henin (BEL) 117 October 20, 2003 (USA) 98 October 12, 1998 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 83 June 24, 2019 (DEN) 71 October 11, 2010 Simona Halep (ROU) 64 October 9, 2017 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 51 January 30, 2012 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 39 September 13, 2004 Angelique Kerber (GER) 34 September 12, 2016 (RUS) 26 April 20, 2009 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 25 January 28, 2019 (USA) 21 April 7, 1980 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 21 August 22, 2005 Kim Clijsters (BEL) 20 August 11, 2003 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 18 August 11, 2008 (USA) 17 October 15, 2001 (SRB) 12 June 9, 2008 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) 12 February 6, 1995 Venus Williams (USA) 11 February 25, 2002 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 8 July 17, 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4 September 11, 2017 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 2 April 26, 1976 *including weeks of June 28 and July 5, 2021

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STRONG OFF THE BLOCKS – FIRST-ROUND SUCCESS

Of those players with 10 or more Grand Slam appearances in this year’s Wimbledon draw, here are the players with the best strike rate in the opening round at a Grand Slam:

• Serena Williams (77-1 in 1r): Serena’s lone opening round loss at a Grand Slam came at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Razzano). Since then, she has made 31 Grand Slam appearances without another 1r exit

• Madison Keys (29-4 in 1r): Keys had gone 21 majors in a row without suffering a first-round exit before her run was ended at last year’s Roland Garros (l. S.Zhang). Her other three losses at this stage came in her teenage years, at (l. J.Zheng), 2013 US Open (l. Jankovic) and 2014 Roland Garros (l. Errani)

• Venus Williams (73-16 in 1r): Venus has lost in the opening round of a Grand Slam 16 times in her career, including three times at Wimbledon, in 1997 (l. Grzybowska), 2012 Wimbledon (l. Vesnina), and 2019 Wimbledon (l. Gauff)

• Garbiñe Muguruza (27-6 in 1r): Muguruza fell 1r most recently at this year’s Roland Garros (l. Kostyuk). Her other five defeats at this stage came on her Grand Slam debut at 2012 US Open (l. J. Errani), 2014 Wimbledon (l. Vandeweghe), 2014 US Open (l. Lucic-Baroni), 2019 Wimbledon (l. Haddad Maia) and 2019 US Open (l. Riske)

ACTIVE PLAYERS: BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN OPENING ROUND OF A SLAM

(MINIMUM 10 APPEARANCES)

PLAYER W L TOTAL PCT SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) 77 1 78 .987 KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL) 33 3 36 .917 NAOMI OSAKA (JPN) 17 2 19 .895 MADISON KEYS (USA) 29 4 33 .879 VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) 73 16 89 .820 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP) 27 6 33 .818 PETRA KVITOVA (CZE) 40 9 49 .816 VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR) 43 10 53 .811

FIRST-ROUND SUCCESS AT WIMBLEDON

Active players with the best strike rate in the opening round at Wimbledon (minimum of 10 appearances):

ACTIVE PLAYERS: BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN OPENING ROUND OF WIMBLEDON PLAYER W L TOTAL PCT WILLIAMS, SERENA (USA) 19 0 19 1.000 AZARENKA, VICTORIA (BLR) 12 1 13 0.923 WILLIAMS, VENUS (USA) 19 3 22 0.864 ZVONAREVA, VERA (RUS) 10 2 12 0.833 VESNINA, ELENA (RUS) 10 2 12 0.833

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GRASS COURT QUEENS

Six of the Top 10 seeds at 2021 Wimbledon have won a grass court title during their respective careers. But just 11 active players have won multiple grass court titles. Venus and Serena Williams are among 11 women to win five or more Wimbledon singles titles in the event’s history:

MULTIPLE GRASS COURT GRASS COURT TITLES WIMBLEDON TITLES TITLES - ACTIVE PLAYERS* ALL-TIME ALL-TIME 8 Serena Williams 40 Margaret Court 9 Martina Navratilova 5 Venus Williams 33 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 8 Helen Wills-Moody 4 Petra Kvitova 32 Martina Navratilova 7 Stefanie Graf 3 Karolina Pliskova 16 Billie Jean King 7 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers 2 Kim Clijsters 14 Chris Evert 7 Serena Williams 2 Angelique Kerber 10 6 Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 2 CoCo Vandeweghe 8 6 Billie Jean King 2 Ashleigh Barty 8 Serena Williams 6 2 7 Hana Mandlikova 5 Lottie Dod 2 Simona Halep 5 Charlotte Cooper-Sterry 2 Madison Keys 5 Venus Williams *does not include 2021 Eastbourne or Bad Homburg results

Among active players, Serena Williams holds the record of most grass court wins and the best grass court winning percentage (not including 2021 Eastbourne and Bad Homburg semifinal results).

PLAYER W-L* MATCHES PLAYER* W-L PCT Serena Williams (USA) 107-14 121 Serena Williams (USA) 107-14 .884 Venus Williams (USA) 96-22 118 Venus Williams (USA) 96-22 .814 Angelique Kerber (GER) 73-28 101 Kim Clijsters (BEL) 53-16 .768 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 59-18 77 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 59-18 .766 Kim Clijsters (BEL) 53-16 69 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 28-9 .757 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 51-22 73 Madison Keys (USA) 31-11 .738 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 49-29 78 Angelique Kerber (GER) 73-28 .723 Johanna Konta (GBR) 46-25 71 Sabine Lisicki (GER) 43-17 .717 (USA) 46-27 73 Sofia Kenin (USA) 10-4 .714 *Main draw only *Minimum 10 matches played

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GRASS COURT LEAD-UP WINNERS

Maria Sharapova is the last woman to win Wimbledon having won one of the pre-Wimbledon grass court events (2004 Birmingham). Subsequent Wimbledon results of pre-Wimbledon grass events are as follows:

’s-HERTOGENBOSCH MALLORCA / YEAR NOTTINGHAM BIRMINGHAM EASTBOURNE / BERLIN BAD HOMBURG 2021 Konta Samsonova Jabeur TBD TBD 2019 Garcia (1r) Riske (QF) Barty (4r) Kenin (2r) Ka.Pliskova (4r) 2018 Barty (3r) Krunic (1r) Kvitova (1r) Maria (2r) Wozniacki (2r) 2017 Vekic (2r) Kontaveit (3r) Kvitova (2r) Sevastova (2r) Ka.Pliskova (2r) 2016 Ka.Pliskova (2r) Vandeweghe (4r) Keys (4r) Garcia (2r) Cibulkova (QF) 2015 Konjuh (1r) Giorgi (3r) Kerber (3r) - Bencic (4r) 2014 -- Vandeweghe (2r) Ivanovic (3r) - Keys (3r) 2013 -- Halep (2r) Hantuchova (1r) - Vesnina (2r) 2012 -- Petrova (3r) Oudin (1r) - Paszek (QF) 2011 -- Vinci (3r) Lisicki (SF) - Bartoli (QF) 2010 -- Henin (4r) Li (QF) - Makarova (2r) 2009 -- Tanasugarn (1r) Rybarikova (1r) - Wozniacki (4r) 2008 -- Tanasugarn (QF) K.Bondarenko (2r) - A.Radwanska (QF) 2007 -- Chakvetadze (3r) Jankovic (4r) - Henin (SF) 2006 -- Krajicek (QF) Zvonareva (1r) - Henin (R-Up) 2005 -- Koukalova (1r) Sharapova (SF) - Clijsters (4r) 2004 -- Pierce (1r) Sharapova (WON) - Kuznetsova (1r) Wimbledon results in ( )

MOST WIMBLEDON APPEARANCES & MATCHES PLAYED

WIMBLEDON MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES WIMBLEDON MOST MAIN DRAW MATCHES PLAYED PLAYER APPEARANCES* PLAYER MATCHES W-L Venus Williams 23* Serena Williams 110 98-12 Serena Williams 20* Venus Williams 106 89-17 Svetlana Kuznetsova 17* Svetlana Kuznetsova 46 30-16 Samantha Stosur 17* Victoria Azarenka 44 32-12 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 14* Petra Kvitova 43 33-10 Alizé Cornet 14* Angelique Kerber 42 31-11 Victoria Azarenka 14* *including 2021 Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON MATCH WIN LEADERS

MOST CAREER WIMBLEDON WINS – OPEN ERA (Entering 2021 Wimbledon) OPEN ERA ACTIVE PLAYERS PLAYER W-L PLAYER W-L Martina Navratilova 120-14* Serena Williams 98-12 SERENA WILLIAMS 98-12 Venus Williams 89-17 Chris Evert 96-15 Petra Kvitova 33-10 VENUS WILLIAMS 89-16 Victoria Azarenka 32-12 Stefanie Graf 74-7 Angelique Kerber 31-11 Billie Jean King 65-10** Svetlana Kuznetsova 30-16 Virginia Wade 56-17** *the most by any player at a single Slam in Open Era **All-time record for King was 95-15 and Wade was 64-23

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THIRTYSOMETHINGS KEEP THRIVING

This year’s Wimbledon draw features 34 players aged 30 or older on the opening day of the tournament: Venus Williams (41), Serena Williams (39), Samantha Stosur (37), Kaia Kanepi (36), Vera Zvonareva (36), Svetlana Kuznetsova (36), Hsieh Su-Wei (35), (34), Andrea Petkovic (33), Angelique Kerber (33), (33), Mihaela Buzarnescu (33), (33), Samantha Murray Sharan (33), (32), Carla Suárez Navarro (32), (32), (32), Petra Kvitova (31), Victoria Azarenka (31), (31), Alizé Cornet (31), Sorana Cirstea (31), (31), Alison Riske (30), (30), Johanna Konta (30), Petra Martic (30), Irina Camelia-Begu (30), (30), (30), (30), Mona Barthel (30) and Danielle Lao (30).

In the Open Era, a 30-something has won a Grand Slam title 25 times, a feat accomplished by 10 different women: Serena Williams (10), Margaret Court (3), Martina Navratilova (3), Chris Evert (2), Billie Jean King (2), (1), Angelique Kerber (1), (1), (1) and Virginia Wade (1). Serena Williams is the oldest woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title – most recently at .

OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS – 30 AND OLDER YR SLAM NAME YRS DAYS 2017 Australian Open Serena Williams (USA) 35 125 2016 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 34 287 2015 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 33 285 1990 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) 33 263 2015 Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) 33 254 2015 US Open Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 33 198 2015 Australian Open Serena Williams (USA) 33 127 2014 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 32 330 1977 Wimbledon Virginia Wade (GBR) 31 357 2013 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 31 348 Li Na (CHN) 31 256 2013 Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) 31 225 1975 Wimbledon Billie Jean King (USA) 31 169 1986 Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) 31 55 1973 US Open Margaret Court (AUS) 31 347 2012 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 30 331 1987 US Open Martina Navratilova (USA) 30 322 1973 Roland Garros Margaret Court (AUS) 30 290 1974 US Open Billie Jean King (USA) 30 284 2012 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 30 261 1969 Wimbledon Ann Jones (GBR) 30 260 1987 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) 30 170 1985 Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) 30 169 1973 Australian Open Margaret Court (AUS) 30 285 2018 Wimbledon Angelique Kerber (GER) 30 177

Wimbledon’s oldest women’s singles champion of all time is Britain’s Charlotte Sterry, who won the title in 1908 at the age of 37 years, 282 days.

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TEENAGE KICKS

There are nine teenagers in this year’s women’s singles draw: Cori Gauff (17), Clara Tauson (18), Emma Raducanu (18), Leylah Fernandez (18), Marta Kostyuk (19*), María Camila Osorio Serrano (19), Katie Volynets (19), Wang Xinyu (19) and (19).

*age on Monday, June 28, 2021

The youngest player in Open Era to: • Play at Wimbledon: Jennifer Capriati (14 years, 90 days) • Win a match at Wimbledon: Jennifer Capriati (14 years, 90 days) • Win Wimbledon: Martina Hingis (16 years, 280 days) • Win at any Grand Slam: Martina Hingis, who was 16 years, 4 months, winning 1997 Australian Open

A teenager has won a Grand Slam singles title 35 times (14 different players) in the Open Era. The last teenager to win a Grand Slam title was Iga Swiatek (19 yrs, 132 days) at 2020 Roland Garros.

CORNET CONTINUES GRAND SLAM STREAK

Ai Sugiyama retains the longest streak in the Open Era for women – 62 appearances in a row. Feliciano López holds the men’s record with 77 consecutive appearances (including 2021 Wimbledon).

Heading into this year’s Wimbledon, Alizé Cornet holds the longest active streak for consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance streak with 58 to her name.

GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW: CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES – ACTIVE STREAKS CONSECUTIVE PLAYER START OF STREAK APPEARANCES* Alizé Cornet (FRA) 58* 2007 Australian Open Angelique Kerber (GER) 47* 2009 US Open *Including 2021 Wimbledon

GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW: CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES - LONGEST STREAKS ALL-TIME CONSECUTIVE PLAYER SLAMS (JPN) 62 (ITA) 61 Alizé Cornet (FRA)* 58* Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 56 (FRA) 54 Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 54 (SUI) 52 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 48 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 48 Julia Goerges (GER) 47 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 47 Angelique Kerber (GER)* 47* Amanda Coetzer (RSA) 46 (USA) 46 (RUS) 46 *Including 2021 Wimbledon and indicates active streak Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 13 2021 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JUNE 28-JULY 11, 2021 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

MOST GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES

Venus Williams is playing in her milestone 90th career Grand Slam main draw at 2021 Wimbledon, the most in the Open Era. There are 13 active players who have played in 50 or more Grand Slam main draws:

OPEN ERA – ALL PLAYERS ACTIVE SINGLES PLAYERS GS PLAYER GS APPEARANCES* PLAYER APPEARANCES Venus Williams (USA) 90* Venus Williams (USA) 90* Serena Williams (USA) 79* Serena WIlliams (USA) 79* Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 71* Amy Frazier (USA) 71 Samantha Stosur (AUS) 67* Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 71* Alizé Cornet (FRA) 61* Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 69 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 54* Martina Navratilova (USA) 67 Angelique Kerber (GER) 54* Samantha Stosur (AUS) 67* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 53* Conchita Martínez (ESP) 64 (CHN) 51 Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 Elena Vesnina (RUS) 51* Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 61 Kaia Kanepi (EST) 51* Helena Sukova (CZE) 61 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 50* Alizé Cornet (FRA) 61* (BUL) 50 (FRA) 59 *Includes 2021 Wimbledon

Patty Schnyder (SUI) 59

Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 59

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 58

Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 57 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 57 Barbora Strycova (CZE) 57 *Includes 2021 Wimbledon; BOLD = active player

200+ GRAND SLAM WINS AND BEYOND

Serena Williams leads all active players with 365 Grand Slam match wins, followed by her sister Venus Williams with 270. They are the only active players to have 200+ Grand Slam main draw wins. Eight active players have won 100 or more Grand Slam main draw matches:

MOST CAREER GRAND SLAM WINS - OPEN ERA (Entering 2021 Wimbledon) OPEN ERA ACTIVE PLAYERS PLAYER W-L PLAYER W-L Serena Williams 365-53 Serena Williams 365-53 Martina Navratilova 306-49 Venus Williams 270-81 Chris Evert 299-37 Svetlana Kuznetsova 154-68 Stefanie Graf 278-32 Victoria Azarenka 137-50 Venus Williams 270-81 Kim Clijsters 132-32 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 210-54 Petra Kvitova 116-46 BOLD denotes active singles players Angelique Kerber 108-50 Simona Halep 100-39

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DEFENDING A MAJOR IS A DIFFICULT TASK

There have been 24 title defenses at Wimbledon, 22 at the US Open, 21 at the Australian Open, and 11 at Roland Garros (post-1945): • 22 different women have successfully defended a Grand Slam singles title at least once in their careers • 10 different women have successfully defended two or more different Grand Slams • Only five women – Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Stefanie Graf, Monica Seles and Serena Williams – have defended three or more different majors • Stefanie Graf is the only woman to have defended at all four of the majors more than once; in fact she achieved the amazing feat at least twice at each Grand Slam • Five players in the Open Era have defended their title at Wimbledon: King, Navratilova, Graf, V.Williams and most recently S.Williams (2015-16) • Six defending champions have lost in the opening round of their title defense: Graf (1994 Wimbledon), Capriati (2003 Australian Open), Myskina (2005 Roland Garros), Kuznetsova (2005 US Open), Kerber (2017 US Open) and Ostapenko (2018 Roland Garros)

Below is a look at the Grand Slam singles champions who have defended their titles post-1945:

AUSTRALIAN OPEN (21) ROLAND GARROS (11) WIMBLEDON (24) US OPEN (22) Nancy Wynne Bolton (1946-48) Maureen Connolly Brinker Clapp (1948-50) Margaret Osborne uPont M. Smith Court (1960-66, 1969- (1953-54) Maureen Connolly Brinker (1948-50) 71) Margaret Smith Court (1969- (1952-54) Maureen Connolly Brinker E. Goolagong Cawley (1974-76) 70) (1957-58) (1951-53) Stefanie Graf (1988-90) Chris Evert (1974-75, 1979-80, (1959-60) Doris Hart (1954-55) Monica Seles (1991-93) 1985-86) Billie Jean King (1966-68, 1972- Althea Gibson (1957-58) Martina Hingis (1997-99) Stefanie Graf (1987-88, 1995- 73) (1960-61) Jennifer Capriati (2001-02) 96) M. Navratilova (1978-79, 1982- Maria Bueno (1963-64) Serena Williams (2009-10) Monica Seles (1990-92) 87) Margaret Court (1969-70) Victoria Azarenka (2012-13) Justine Henin (2005-07) S. Graf (1988-89, 1991-93, Billie Jean King (1971-72) 1995-96) Chris Evert (1975-78) Venus Williams (2000-01, 2007- M. Navratilova (1983-84, 1986- 08) 87) Serena Williams (2002-03, Stefanie Graf (1988-89, 1995- 2009-10, 2015-16) 96) Monica Seles (1991-92) Venus Williams (2000-01) Kim Clijsters (2009-10) Serena Williams (2012-14)

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DEFENDING CHAMPIONS’ PERFORMANCES AT WIMBLEDON (OPEN ERA)

YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT

1969 Billie Jean King (USA) R-Up 1995 Conchita Martínez (ESP) SF 1970 Ann Jones (GBR) did not play 1996 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1971 Margaret Court (AUS) R-Up 1997 Stefanie Graf (GER) did not play 1972 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) R-Up 1998 Martina Hingis (SUI) SF 1973 Billie Jean King (USA) Won 1999 Jana Novotna (CZE) QF 1974 Billie Jean King (USA) QF 2000 Lindsay Davenport (USA) R-Up 1975 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2001 Venus Williams (USA) Won 1976 Billie Jean King (USA) did not play 2002 Venus Williams (USA) R-Up 1977 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2003 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1978 Virginia Wade (GBR) SF 2004 Serena Williams (USA) R-Up 1979 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2005 Maria Sharapova (RUS) SF 1980 Martina Navratilova (USA) SF 2006 Venus Williams (USA) 3r 1981 Evonne Cawley (AUS) did not play 2007 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 4r 1982 Chris Evert (USA) R-up 2008 Venus Williams (USA) Won 1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2009 Venus Williams (USA) R-Up 1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2010 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1985 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2011 Serena Williams (USA) 4r 1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2012 Petra Kvitova (CZE) QF 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2013 Serena Williams (USA) 4r 1988 Martina Navratilova (USA) R-Up 2014 did not play 1989 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2015 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3r 1990 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF 2016 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1991 Martina Navratilova (USA) QF 2017 Serena Williams (USA) did not play 1992 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2018 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 2r 1993 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2019 Angelique Kerber (GER) 2r 1994 Stefanie Graf (GER) 1r 2021* Simona Halep (ROU) did not play *The event was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic

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FOUR DIFFERENT GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS

In 2020, for the fourth year in a row there were different champions at each of the majors in a calendar year – Sofia Kenin, Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka (Wimbledon was not held due to the pandemic).

In the Open Era, the majors have produced different champions in 15 different years, and it has happened 28 times since 1926. See table below for details (prefix denotes seeding):

YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN 1926 (1) D.Akhurst (AUS) (1) S.Lenglen (FRA) K.McKane-Godfrey (GBR) (2) M.Bjurstedt-Mallory (USA) 1933 (1) J.Hartigan (AUS) M.Scriven (GBR) (1) H.Wills-Moody (USA) (2) H.Jacobs (USA) 1934 (1) J.Hartigan (AUS) (2) M.Scriven (GBR) (2) D.Round (GBR) (1) H.Jacobs (USA) 1935 (1) D.Round (GBR) (2) H.Sperling (GER) (4) H.Wills-Moody (USA) (1) H.Jacobs (USA) 1936 (1) J.Hartigan (AUS) (1) H.Sperling (GER) (2) H.Jacobs (USA) (3) A.Marble (USA) 1937 (2) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (1) H.Sperling (GER) (7) D.Round (GBR) (2) A. Lizane (CHI) 1938 (1) D.Bundy (AUS) (1) S.Mathieu (FRA) (1) H.Wills-Moody (USA) (2) A.Marble (USA) 1947 (1) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (5) P.Todd (USA) (1) M.Osborne (USA) (2) L.Brough (USA) 1948 (1) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (3) N.Adamson-Landry (FRA) (2) L.Brough (USA) (4) M.Osbor. DuPont (USA) 1951 (1) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (3) S.Fry (USA) (3) D.Hart (USA) (3) M.Connolly (USA) 1955 (2) B.Penrose (AUS) (2) A.Mortimer (GBR) (2) L.Brough (USA) (1) D.Hart (USA) 1961 (1) M.Smith (AUS) (6) A.Haydon (GBR) (7) A.Mortimer (GBR) (1) D.Hard (USA) 1966 (1) M.Smith (AUS) (3) A.Haydon-Jones (GBR) (4) B.J.King (USA) (2) M.Bueno (BRA) 1968 OPEN ERA BEGAN 1977 (Jan) (2) K.Melville-Reid (AUS) (1) M.Jausovec (YUG) (3) V.Wade (GBR) (1) C.Evert (USA) 1978 C.O’Neil (AUS) (2) V.Ruzici (ROU) (2) M.Navratilova (TCH) (2) C.Evert (USA) 1981 (3) M.Navratilova (USA) (4) H.Mandlikova (TCH) (1) C.Evert-Lloyd (USA) (3) T.Austin (USA) 1990 (1) S.Graf (GER) (3) M.Seles (YUG) (2) M.Navratilova (USA) (5) G.Sabatini (ARG) 1998 (1) M.Hingis (SUI) (4) A.Sánchez Vicario (ESP) (3) J.Novotna (CZE) (2) L.Davenport (USA) 1999 (2) M.Hingis (SUI) (6) S.Graf (GER) (3) L.Davenport (USA) (7) S.Williams (USA) 2004 (1) J.Henin (BEL) (6) A. Myskina (RUS) (13) M.Sharapova (RUS) (9) S.Kuznetsova (RUS) 2005 (7) S.Williams (USA) (10) J.Henin (BEL) (14) V.Williams (USA) (4) K.Clijsters (BEL) 2008 (5) M.Sharapova (RUS) (2) A.Ivanovic (SRB) (7) V.Williams (USA) (4) S.Williams (USA) 2011 (3) K.Clijsters (BEL) (6) N.Li (CHN) (8) P.Kvitova (CZE) (9) S.Stosur (AUS) 2014 (4) Li.N. (CHN) (7) M.Sharapova (RUS) (6) P.Kvitova (CZE) (1) S.Williams (USA) 2017 (2) S.Williams (USA) J.Ostapenko (LAT) (14) G.Muguruza (ESP) S.Stephens (USA) 2018 (2) C.Wozniacki (DEN) (1) S.Halep (ROU) (11) A.Kerber (GER) (20) N.Osaka (JPN) 2019 (4) N.Osaka (JPN) (8) A.Barty (AUS) (7) S.Halep (ROU) (15) B.Andreescu (CAN) 2020 (14) S.Kenin (USA) I.Swiatek (POL) Not held (4) N.Osaka (JPN) 2021 (3) N.Osaka (JPN) B.Krejcikova (CZE) ??? ???

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BACK-TO-BACK CLUB

In the Open Era, only seven women have claimed Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles back-to-back:

Margaret Smith Court (1970*) Evonne Goolagong (1971) Billie Jean King (1972) Chris Evert (1974) Martina Navratilova (1982, 1984) Stefanie Graf (1988*, 1993, 1995, 1996) Serena Williams (2002, 2015) *player won all Grand Slam singles titles that year

ALL-TIME: MOST CAREER SINGLES TITLES* ALL-TIME TITLES ACTIVE TITLES Martina Navratilova 167 Serena Williams 73 Chris Evert 154 Venus Williams 49 Stefanie Graf 107 Kim Clijsters 41 Margaret Court 92 Petra Kvitova 28 Serena Williams 73 Simona Halep 22 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 68 Victoria Azarenka 21 Billie Jean King 67 Svetlana Kuznetsova 18 Lindsay Davenport 55 Karolina Pliskova 16 Virginia Wade 55 15 Monica Seles 53 *Not including 2021 Eastbourne FIVE-YEAR SEEDS COMPARISON

SEED 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 1 Ashleigh Barty Ashleigh Barty Simona Halep Angelique Kerber Serena Williams 2 Aryna Sabalenka Naomi Osaka Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep Garbiñe Muguruza 3 Elina Svitolina Karolina Pliskova Garbiñe Muguruza Karolina Pliskova Agnieszka Radwanska 4 Sofia Kenin Sloane Stephens Elina Svitolina Angelique Kerber 5 Bianca Andreescu Angelique Kerber Elina Svitolina Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep 6 Serena Williams Petra Kvitova Caroline Garcia Johanna Konta 7 Iga Swiatek Simona Halep Karolina Pliskova Svetlana Kuznetsova Belinda Bencic 8 Karolina Pliskova Elina Svitolina Petra Kvitova Dominika Cibulkova Venus Williams 9 Belinda Bencic Sloane Stephens Venus Williams Agnieszka Radwanska Madison Keys 10 Petra Kvitova Aryna Sabalenka Madison Keys Venus Williams Petra Kvitova 11 Garbiñe Muguruza Serena Williams Angelique Kerber Petra Kvitova 12 Victoria Azarenka Anastasija Jelena Ostapenko Carla Suárez Navarro Sevastova 13 Elise Mertens Belinda Bencic Julia Goerges Jelena Ostapenko Svetlana Kuznetsova 14 Barbora Krejcikova Caroline Wozniacki Daria Kasatkina Garbiñe Muguruza Samantha Stosur 15 Maria Sakkari Wang Qiang Elise Mertens Elena Vesnina Karolina Pliskova 16 Anastasia Marketa CoCo Vandeweghe Anastasia Johanna Konta Pavlyuchenkova Vondrousova Pavlyuchenkova

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NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES

• Ashleigh Barty enters Wimbledon as the top seed for the second time at All England Club and the fifth time in her career at the majors (also 2019 Wimbledon, 2020 and and 2021 Roland Garros) • Since 1968, the No.1 seed at All England Club has claimed the title on 24 occasions and finished runner-up on eight occasions • The most recent No.1 seed to win a Grand Slam title was Simona Halep at 2018 Roland Garros • In the Open Era, the top seed has lost in 1r on six occasions across all Grand Slams: 1979 Australian Open Ruzici (l. Mary Sawyer) 1994 Wimbledon Graf (l. Lori McNeil) 1999 Wimbledon Hingis (l. Jelena Dokic) 2001 Wimbledon Hingis (l. ) 2017 Roland Garros Kerber (l. Makarova) 2018 US Open Halep (l. Kanepi)

NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES AT WIMBLEDON

YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT 1968 Billie Jean King (USA) Won 1995 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1969 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) SF 1996 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1970 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) Won 1997 Martina Hingis (SUI) Won 1971 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) R-up 1998 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF 1972 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) R-up 1999 Martina Hingis (SUI) 1r 1973 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) SF 2000 Martina Hingis (SUI) QF 1974 Billie Jean King (USA) QF 2001 Martina Hingis (SUI) 1r 1975 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2002 Venus Williams (USA) R-up 1976 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2003 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1977 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2004 Serena Williams (USA) R-Up 1978 Chris Evert (USA) R-up 2005 Lindsay Davenport (USA) R-Up 1979 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2006 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) Won 1980 Martina Navratilova (USA) SF 2007 Justine Henin (BEL) SF 1981 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2008 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 3r 1982 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2009 Dinara Safina (RUS) SF 1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2010 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2011 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 4r Chris Evert (USA) R-up 2012 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 4r 1985 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2013 Serena Williams (USA) 4r 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2014 Serena Williams (USA) 3r 1988 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2015 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1989 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2016 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1990 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF 2017 Angelique Kerber (GER) 4r 1991 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2018 Simona Halep (ROU) 3r Monica Seles (YUG) R-Up 1992 2019 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 4r Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1993 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2020 Not held - 1994 Stefanie Graf (GER) 1r 2021 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) ???

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TOP 16 SEEDS’ WIMBLEDON & GRAND SLAM RESULTS

WIM GS PLAYER WIM BEST RESULT GS BEST RESULT W-L W-L 1 Ashleigh Barty 5-4 4r (2019) 41-23 WON (2019 Roland Garros) 2 Aryna Sabalenka 1-3 2r (2017) 16-14 4r (2018 US Open, 2021 Australian Open) 3 Elina Svitolina 10-7 SF (2019) 68-33 SF (2019 Wimbledon, US Open) 4 Sofia Kenin 2-2 2r (2018, 2019) 31-15 WON () 5 Bianca Andreescu 0-1 1r (2017) 10-4 WON (2019 US Open) WON (2002-03, 2009-10, WON (23 Grand Slam titles, most recently 2017 6 Serena Williams 98-12 365-53 2012, 2015-16) Australian Open) 7 Iga Swiatek 0-1 1r (2019) 24-8 WON (2020 Roland Garros) 8 Karolina Pliskova 11-8 4r (2018, 2019) 66-35 R-Up (2016 US Open) 9 Belinda Bencic 11-5 4r (2015, 2018) 39-23 SF (2019 US Open) 10 Petra Kvitova 33-10 WON (2011, 2014) 116-46 WON (2011, 2014 Wimbledon) 11 Garbiñe Muguruza 16-6 WON (2017) 78-31 WON (2016 Roland Garros, 2017 Wimbledon) 12 Victoria Azarenka 32-12 SF (2011, 2012) 137-50 WON (2012, ) 13 Elise Mertens 5-3 4r (2019) 40-17 SF () 14 Barbora Krejcikova 0-0 Making debut 12-4 WON (2021 Roland Garros) 15 Maria Sakkari 5-4 3r (2017, 2019) 31-21 SF (2021 Roland Garros) 16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 12-13 QF (2016) 71-52 R-Up (2021 Roland Garros)

RECENT GRAND SLAM FORM

Here are the recent Grand Slam performances of the Top 16 seeds:

2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 PLAYER AO RG WMB USO AO USO RG AO RG Ashleigh Barty QF WON 4r 4r SF - - QF 2r Aryna Sabalenka 3r 2r 1r 2r 1r 2r 3r 4r 3r Elina Svitolina QF 3r SF SF 3r - QF 4r 3r Sofia Kenin 2r 4r 2r 3r WON 4r R-Up 2r 4r Bianca Andreescu 2r 2r - WON - - - 2r 1r Serena Williams QF 3r R-Up R-Up 3r SF 2r SF 4r Iga Swiatek 2r 4r 1r 2r 4r 3r WON 4r QF Karolina Pliskova SF 3r 4r 4r 3r 2r 2r 3r 2r Belinda Bencic 3r 3r 3r SF 3r - - 3r 2r Petra Kvitova R-Up - 4r 2r QF 4r SF 2r 2r Garbiñe Muguruza 4r 4r 1r 1r R-Up 2r 3r 4r 1r Victoria Azarenka 1r 2r 3r 1r - R-Up 2r 1r 4r Elise Mertens 3r 3r 4r QF 4r QF 3r 4r 3r Barbora Krejcikova - - - - 2r - 4r 2r WON Maria Sakkari 3r 2r 3r 3r 4r 4r 3r 1r SF Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova QF 1r 1r 2r QF - 2r 1r R-Up

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DEFENDING RANKING POINTS

Here is a look at the Top 16 seeds and the ranking points that they will be defending from 2019 Wimbledon:

2019 2019 2019 2019 PLAYER PLAYER RESULT PTS RESULT PTS Ashleigh Barty 4r 240 Belinda Bencic 3r 130 Aryna Sabalenka 1r 10 Petra Kvitova 4r 240 Elina Svitolina SF 780 Garbiñe Muguruza 1r 10 Sofia Kenin 2r 70 Victoria Azarenka 3r 130 Bianca Andreescu - - Elise Mertens 4r 240 Serena Williams R-Up 1300 Barbora Krejcikova - - Iga Swiatek 1r 10 Maria Sakkari 3r 130 Karolina Pliskova 4r 240 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1r 10

MUM’S THE WORD

There are seven mothers this year’s Wimbledon singles draw: Victoria Azarenka, Olga Govortsova, Samantha Stosur, Patricia Maria Tig, Elena Vesnina, Serena Williams and Vera Zvonareva

At last year’s US Open, Azarenka and Williams made history by becoming the first pair of mothers to reach the semifinals of the same Grand Slam.

WIMBLEDON MISCELLANY

• Five players have won the singles title after saving match point: Blanche Hillyard (1889), Suzanne Lenglen (1919), Helen Wills-Moody (1935), Venus Williams (2005) and Serena Williams (2009) • Only 11 nations are represented on the Wimbledon women’s singles roll of honor. British and American women have won 91 of the 122 championships to date. The other nations are Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, , Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Romania • In 2013, France’s Marion Bartoli became the 29th woman to win the singles title without dropping a set (10th in Open Era) • In 2004, Maria Sharapova became the first woman not seeded in the Top 8 to win the Wimbledon singles title since seeding began in 1927. She has since been joined by Venus Williams (2005—No.14 and 2007—No.23), Marion Bartoli (2013—No.15), Garbiñe Muguruza (2017—No.14) and Angelique Kerber (2018 – No.11) • Just four players have won the Wimbledon women’s singles title after winning the Wimbledon girls’ singles title (Haydon-Jones, Susman, Hingis and Mauresmo). Former girls’ singles winners in the 2021 Wimbledon field are: Kristyna Pliskova (2010), Ashleigh Barty (2011), Belinda Bencic (2013), Jelena Ostapenko (2014), (2016), (2017) and Iga Swiatek (2018) • The player with the most women’s doubles titles is Elizabeth Ryan, who won 12 between 1914 and 1934 • Serena Williams was the last player to win both the singles and doubles titles in the same year, in 2016 • Ann Jones (1969), Martina Navratilova (nine times), Petra Kvitova (twice) and Angelique Kerber (2018) are the only four left-handers to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title in the Open Era Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 21 2021 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JUNE 28-JULY 11, 2021 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

WIMBLEDON HONOR ROLL (OPEN ERA)

YEAR [SEED] CHAMPION [SEED] RUNNER-UP SCORE 1968 [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [7] Judy Tegart (AUS) 97 75 1969 [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 36 63 62 1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 1412 119 1971 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) 64 61 1972 [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 63 63 1973 [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [4] Chris Evert (USA) 60 75 1974 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [8] Olga Morozova (RUS) 60 64 1975 [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) 60 61 1976 [1] Chris Evert (USA #1) [2] Evonne Cawley (AUS #2) 63 46 86 1977 [3] Virginia Wade (GBR #3) [7] Betty Stove (NED #7) 46 63 61 1978 [2] Martina Navratilova (TCH #2) [1] Chris Evert (USA #1) 26 64 75 1979 [1] Martina Navratilova (TCH #2) [2] Chris Evert (USA #1) 64 64 1980 [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS #4) [3] Chris Evert Lloyd (USA #3) 61 76(4) 1981 [1] Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #1) [2] Hana Mandlikova (TCH #5) 62 62 1982 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [2] Chris Evert Lloyd (USA #2) 61 36 62 1983 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [3] (USA #4) 60 63 1984 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [2] Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) 76(5) 62 1985 [co-1] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) [co-1] Chris Evert Lloyd (USA #1) 46 63 62 1986 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [3] Hana Mandlikova (TCH #4) 76(1) 63 1987 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER #2) 75 63 1988 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 57 62 61 1989 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 62 67(1) 61 1990 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) [5] Zina Garrison Jackson (USA #5) 64 61 1991 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #2) [2] (ARG #3) 64 36 86 1992 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #2) [1] Monica Seles (YUG #1) 62 61 1993 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [8] Jana Novotna (CZE #8) 76(6) 16 64 1994 [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP #3) [4] Martina Navratilova (USA #4) 64 36 63 1995 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [2] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP #2) 46 61 75 1996 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [4] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP #3) 63 75 1997 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI #1) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE #3) 26 63 63 1998 [3] Jana Novotna (CZE #3) [16] (FRA #15) 64 76(2) 1999 [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER #3) 64 75 2000 [5] Venus Williams (USA #5) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) 63 76(3) 2001 [2] Venus Williams (USA #2) [8] Justine Henin (BEL #9) 61 36 60 2002 [2] Serena Williams (USA #2) [1] Venus Williams (USA #1) 76(4) 63 2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [4] Venus Williams (USA #4) 46 64 61 2004 [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS #15) [1] Serena Williams (USA #10) 61 64 2005 [14] Venus Williams (USA #16) [1] Lindsay Davenport (USA #1) 46 76(4) 97 2006 [1] Amélie Mauresmo (FRA #1) [3] Justine Henin (BEL #3) 26 63 64 2007 [23] Venus Williams (USA #31) [18] Marion Bartoli (FRA #19) 64 61 2008 [7] Venus Williams (USA #7) [6] Serena Williams (USA #6) 75 64 2009 [2] Serena Williams (USA #2) [3] Venus Williams (USA #3) 76(3) 62 2010 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [21] Vera Zvonareva (RUS #21) 63 62 2011 [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE #8) [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS #6) 63 64 2012 [6] Serena Williams (USA #6) [3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #3) 61 57 62 2013 [15] Marion Bartoli (FRA #15) [23] Sabine Lisicki (GER #24) 61 64 2014 [6] Petra Kvitova (CZE #6) [13] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN #13) 63 60 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [20] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #20) 64 64 2016 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [4] Angelique Kerber (GER #4) 75 63 2017 [14] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #15) [10] Venus Williams (USA #11) 75 60 2018 [11] Angelique Kerber (GER #10) [25] Serena Williams (USA #181) 63 63 2019 [7] Simona Halep (ROU #7) [11] Serena Williams (USA #10) 62 62

• The top seed has won the Wimbledon women’s singles 24 times in the Open Era including nine years in a row (1981-89); only two different players have won here as the No.1 seed in the last 20 years (Amélie Mauresmo in 2006, and Serena Williams in 2003, 2010 and 2015-16) • Marion Bartoli (2013), Angelique Kerber (2018), Garbiñe Muguruza (2017), Maria Sharapova (2004) and Venus Williams (2005, 2007) are the only players to win here seeded outside Top 10 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 22 2021 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JUNE 28-JULY 11, 2021 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

FIRST TIME GRAND-SLAM CHAMPIONS Since 1968 Roland Garros, 55 women have won at least one Grand Slam title: PLAYER AGE (YEARS, MONTHS) FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE OPEN ERA GS TITLES (SGL) ****Richey-Gunter, Nancy (USA) 25,10 1968 Roland Garros 1 ***King, Billie Jean (USA) 24,8 1968 Wimbledon 8 Wade, Virginia (GBR) 23,2 1968 US Open 3 *Court, Margaret (AUS) 26,6 1969 Australian Open 11 **Jones, Ann (GBR) 30,9 1969 Wimbledon 1 Goolagong Cawley, Evonne (AUS) 19,10 1971 Roland Garros 7 Evert, Chris (USA) 19,6 1974 Roland Garros 18 Barker, Sue (GBR) 20,2 1976 Roland Garros 1 Melville-Reid, Kerry (AUS) 29,4 1977 Australian Open (Jan) 1 Jausovec, Mima (YUG) 20,1 1977 Roland Garros 1 Ruzici, Virginia (ROM) 23,4 1978 Roland Garros 1 Navratilova, Martina (TCH/USA) 21,9 1978 Wimbledon 18 O’Neil, Christine (AUS) 22,9 1978 Australian Open 1 Austin, Tracy (USA) 16,9 1979 US Open 2 Jordan, Barbara (USA) 22,8 1979 Australian Open 1 Mandlikova, Hana (TCH/AUS) 18,10 1980 Australian Open 4 Graf, Stefanie (GER) 17,11 1987 Roland Garros 22 Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa (ESP) 17,6 1989 Roland Garros 4 Seles, Monica (YUG/USA) 16,6 1990 Roland Garros 9 Sabatini, Gabriela (ARG) 20,4 1990 US Open 1 Martínez, Conchita (ESP) 22,3 1994 Wimbledon 1 Pierce, Mary (FRA) 20,0 1995 Australian Open 2 Hingis, Martina (SUI) 16,4 1997 Australian Open 5 Majoli, Iva (CRO) 19,10 1997 Roland Garros 1 Novotna, Jana (CZE) 29,9 1998 Wimbledon 1 Davenport, Lindsay (USA) 22,3 1998 US Open 3 Williams, Serena (USA) 17,11 1999 US Open 23 Williams, Venus (USA) 20,0 2000 Wimbledon 7 Capriati, Jennifer (USA) 24,10 2001 Australian Open 3 Henin, Justine (BEL) 21,0 2003 Roland Garros 7 Myskina, Anastasia (RUS) 22,11 2004 Roland Garros 1 Sharapova, Maria (RUS) 17,2 2004 Wimbledon 5 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS) 19,2 2004 US Open 2 Clijsters, Kim (BEL) 22,2 2005 US Open 4 Mauresmo, Amelie (FRA) 26,6 2006 Australian Open 2 Ivanovic, Ana (SRB) 20,7 2008 Roland Garros 1 Schiavone, Francesca (ITA) 29,11 2010 Roland Garros 1 Li, Na (CHN) 29,3 2011 Roland Garros 2 Kvitova, Petra (CZE) 21,3 2011 Wimbledon 2 Stosur, Samantha (AUS) 27,5 2011 US Open 1 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR) 22,6 2012 Australian Open 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) 28,9 2013 Wimbledon 1 Pennetta, Flavia (ITA) 33,7 2015 US Open 1 Kerber, Angelique (GER) 28,0 3 Muguruza, Garbiñe (ESP) 22,8 2016 Roland Garros 2 Ostapenko, Jelena (LAT) 20,0 2017 Roland Garros 1 Stephens, Sloane (USA) 24,5 2017 US Open 1 Wozniacki, Caroline (DEN) 27,6 2018 Australian Open 1 Halep, Simona (ROU) 26,8 2018 Roland Garros 1 Osaka, Naomi (JPN) 20,11 2018 US Open 2 Barty, Ashleigh (AUS) 23,1 2019 Roland Garros 1 Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 19,2 2019 US Open 1 Sofia Kenin (USA) 21,1 2020 Australian Open 1 Iga Swiatek (POL) 19,4 2020 Roland Garros 1 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 25,6 2021 Roland Garros 1 *Court won her first Grand Slam title at 1960 Australian Championships aged 17 years, 6 months, and followed with 12 more titles between 1960 and 1966 ** Jones won two pre-Open Era Grand Slam titles: her first at 1961 French Championships, aged 22 years, 8 months and a 2nd at the French again in 1966 *** King won 4 titles prior to the Open Era: (Wimbledon 1966-67, US Open 1967 and the 1968 Australian Championships); King was aged 22 years, 8 months at the time of her first GS win at Wimbledon 1966 ****Richey won 1967 Australian Open (aged 24 years, 4 months) and the 1968 - the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 23 2021 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JUNE 28-JULY 11, 2021 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

OPEN ERA GRAND SLAM HONOR ROLL

YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN1 ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN2 1968 ------[2] Nancy Richey (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [6] Virginia Wade (GBR) 1969 [2] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) 1971 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1972 [2] Virginia Wade (GBR) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1973 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1974 [2] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 1975 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1976 [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Sue Barker (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) JAN -[2] Kerry Reid (AUS) 1977 DEC - [1] Evonne Goolagong [1] Mima Jausovec (YUG) [3] Virginia Wade (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) (AUS) 1978 [-] Chris O’Neil (AUS) [2] (ROU) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) 1979 [5] (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1980 [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) [3] Chris Evert (USA) 1981 [3] Martina Navratilova (USA) [4] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1982 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova 1983 [2] Chris Evert (USA) (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova 1984 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [=1] Martina Navratilova 1985 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova 1986 Not held [2] Chris Evert (USA) (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova 1987 [2] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) (USA) 1988 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [7] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 1989 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) (ESP) 1990 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [5] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) 1991 [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) 1992 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [=1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) 1993 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 1994 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP) (ESP) (ESP) 1995 [4] Mary Pierce (FRA) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1996 [1] Monica Seles (USA) [=1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1997 [4] Martina Hingis (SUI) [9] Iva Majoli (CRO) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [4] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 1998 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) (ESP) 1999 [2] Martina Hingis (SUI) [6] Stefanie Graf (GER) [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [7] Serena Williams (USA) 2000 [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [6] Mary Pierce (FRA) [5] Venus Williams (USA) [3] Venus Williams (USA) 2001 [12] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [4] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [2] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Venus Williams (USA) 2002 [1] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [3] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Justine Henin (BEL) [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova 2004 [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [6] Anastasia Myskina (RUS) [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS) (RUS) 2005 [7] Serena Williams (USA) [10] Justine Henin (BEL) [14] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2006 [3] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [5] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [3] Maria Sharapova (RUS) 2007 [-] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [23] Venus Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL) 2008 [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [7] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA) 2009 [2] Serena Williams (USA) [7] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [WC] Kim Clijsters (BEL) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 24 2021 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JUNE 28-JULY 11, 2021 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

2010 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [17] Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2011 [3] Kim Clijsters (BEL) [6] Li Na (CHN) [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [9] Samantha Stosur (AUS) 2012 [3] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA) 2013 [1] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [15] Marion Bartoli (FRA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2014 [4] Li Na (CHN) [7] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [26] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 2016 [7] Angelique Kerber (GER) [4] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Angelique Kerber (GER) 2017 [2] Serena Williams (USA) Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) [14] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2018 [2] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] Simona Halep (ROU) [11] Angelique Kerber (GER) [20] Naomi Osaka (JPN) 2019 [4] Naomi Osaka (JPN) [8] Ashleigh Barty (AUS) [7] Simona Halep (ROU) [15] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 2020 [14] Sofia Kenin (USA) Iga Swiatek (POL) - [4] Naomi Osaka (JPN) 2021 [3] Naomi Osaka (JPN) Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)

Notes - 1. Australian Open held at start of year 1969-77 and from 1987, held at end of year from 1977 to 1985; held on grass through 1985, and hard court from 1987; 2. US Open held on grass through 1974, Clay (Har-tru) 1975-77; Hard court from 1978. Highlighted winners denote first-time Grand Slam champions

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COUNTRY AND REGION BREAKDOWN

USA (21) AHN, KRISTIE SORRIBES TORMO, SARA ANISIMOVA, AMANDA SUÁREZ NAVARRO, CARLA BRENGLE, MADISON FRA (5) BUREL, CLARA COLLINS, DANIELLE CORNET, ALIZÉ DAVIS, LAUREN FERRO, FIONA GAUFF, CORI GARCIA, CAROLINE KENIN, SOFIA MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA KEYS, MADISON AUS (4) BARTY, ASHLEIGH LAO, DANIELLE PEREZ, ELLEN LI, ANN STOSUR, SAMANTHA LIU, CLAIRE TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA MCHALE, CHRISTINA PEGULA, JESSICA BLR (4) AZARENKA, VICTORIA PERA, BERNARDA GOVORTSOVA, OLGA SABALENKA, ARYNA RISKE, ALISON SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA ROGERS, SHELBY STEPHENS, SLOANE GER (4) BARTHEL, MONA VANDEWEGHE, COCO KERBER, ANGELIQUE VOLYNETS, KATIE PETKOVIC, ANDREA SIEGEMUND, LAURA WILLIAMS, VENUS WILLIAMS, SERENA UKR (4) KOSTYUK, MARTA KOZLOVA, KATERYNA ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA RUS (13) SVITOLINA, ELINA BLINKOVA, ANNA TSURENKO, LESIA DIATCHENKO, VITALIA ITA (3) GIORGI, CAMILA GRACHEVA, VARVARA PAOLINI, JASMINE KALINSKAYA, ANNA TREVISAN, MARTINA KASATKINA, DARIA KAZ (3) DIYAS, ZARINA KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA RYBAKINA, ELENA PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA SLO (3) HERCOG, POLONA POTAPOVA, ANASTASIA JUVAN, KAJA SAMSONOVA, LIUDMILA ZIDANSEK, TAMARA VESNINA, ELENA SUI (3) BENCIC, BELINDA ZVONAREVA, VERA GOLUBIC, VIKTORIJA CZE (9) BOUZKOVA, MARIE TEICHMANN, JIL KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA KVITOVA, PETRA BEL (3) MERTENS, ELISE MINNEN, GREET MARTINCOVA, TEREZA VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON MUCHOVA, KAROLINA PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CHN (3) WANG, XINYU ZHANG, SHUAI PLISKOVA, KRISTYNA ZHU, LIN SINIAKOVA, KATERINA VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA CRO (3) KONJUH, ANA MARTIC, PETRA GBR (9) BOULTER, KATIE VEKIC, DONNA BURRAGE, JODIE DART, HARRIET NED (3) BERTENS, KIKI JONES, FRANCESCA PATTINAMA KERKHOVE, LESLEY KONTA, JOHANNA RUS, ARANTXA MURRAY SHARAN, SAMANTHA CAN (2) ANDREESCU, BIANCA RADUCANU, EMMA FERNANDEZ, LEYLAH SWAN, KATIE EST (2) KANEPI, KAIA WATSON, HEATHER KONTAVEIT, ANETT ROU (6) BOGDAN, ANA JPN (2) DOI, MISAKI BUZARNESCU, MIHAELA HIBINO, NAO BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA LAT (2) OSTAPENKO, JELENA CIRSTEA, SORANA SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA NICULESCU, MONICA POL (2) LINETTE, MAGDA TIG, PATRICIA MARIA SWIATEK, IGA ESP (5) BADOSA, PAULA ARG (1) PODOROSKA, NADIA BOLSOVA, ALIONA COL (1) OSORIO SERRANO, MARÍA CAMILA MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE DEN (1) TAUSON, CLARA Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 26 2021 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JUNE 28-JULY 11, 2021 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

GRE (1) SAKKARI, MARIA HUN (1) BABOS, TIMEA MNE (1) KOVINIC, DANKA SRB (1) STOJANOVIC, NINA SWE (1) PETERSON, REBECCA TPE (1) HSIEH, SU-WEI TUN (1) JABEUR, ONS

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