2017 Qatar Total Open – Singles & Doubles Final

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2017 QATAR TOTAL OPEN – SINGLES & DOUBLES FINAL MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Wozniacki leads 3-0

A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS

DOHA YTD YTD CAREER CAREER YTD CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE W-L* W/L* PRIZE $^ PRIZE $^ W/L* TITLES TITLES [2] Karolina Pliskova 3 CZE 24 5-3 14-1 497,056 7,429,782 381-228 1 7 Caroline Wozniacki 18 DEN 26 16-7 10-3 121,128 22,207,304 517-210 0 25 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

FINAL RECORDS (WTA MAIN DRAW)

PLAYER FINALS W-L [2] Karolina Pliskova 7-10 Caroline Wozniacki 25-17

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

RANK RANK SINGLES USD $ DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 132,740 470 Winner 41,520 470 Runner-Up 70,880 305 Runner-Up 22,180 305 Semifinalist 37,850 185 Semifinalist 12,120 185 Quarterfinalist 20,350 100 Quarterfinalist 6,165 100 Round of 16 10,915 55 Round of 16 3,350 1 Round of 32 6,925 1

FINAL QUICK HITS

• There will be a new name on the Qatar Total Open Trophy; of the two finalists only Caroline Wozniacki has reached the final in Doha before (2011) • Wozniacki owns a 3-0 head to head record over Karolina Pliskova; all matches have been three sets and the pair last played almost three years ago at 2014 Istanbul • Pliskova hit 21 aces in her semifinal win over Dominika Cibulkova on Friday; this is a career-high for the Czech for most aces in a match. Her previous best was 20 (2014 Indian Wells vs. Larcher de Brito and 2016 Nottingham vs. Barty). Her sister Kristyna currently owns the WTA record for most aces in a match (2016 Australian Open) • This is the third consecutive year that an unseeded player has reached the final here in Doha – 2015 (Azarenka, Safarova), 2016 (Ostapenko) and 2017 (Wozniacki) • Pliskova is projected to remain as world No.3 after Doha, regardless of whether she wins the title; Wozniacki will rise to No.14 should she win the title • Wozniacki has advanced to the final without the loss of a set; Pliskova dropped just one set – in her semifinal win over Cibulkova • Pliskova is seeking her second WTA title of the 2017 season (after Brisbane) and her eighth career singles title overall • Wozniacki is aiming for her 26th career singles title – and first since Hong Kong last October

MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR | Feb 13 - Feb 18, 2017 | $776,000 | PREMIER

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 3-0

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 18 WTA RANKING 3 29 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 4 11-07-1990 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (24) $121,128 YTD PRIZE MONEY $497,056 $22,207,304 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,429,782 0 / 25 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 7 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 16-7 DOHA W-L (MD) * 5-3 10-3 / 482-204 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-1 / 169-102 1-2 / 119-67 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 55-33 1-0 / 77-65 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 34-36 10-3 / 355-140 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 14-1 / 127-67 1-1 / 45-60 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 14-23 1-2 / 109-91 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 31-45 1-0 / 49-24 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 15-15 * Updated through SF

DOHA Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration SF C. WOZNIACKI d. M. PUIG 6-1,6-2 70 mins SF K. PLISKOVA d. D. CIBULKOVA 6-4,4-6,6-3 112 mins

QF C. WOZNIACKI d. L. DAVIS 7-5,6-1 119 mins QF K. PLISKOVA d. S. ZHANG 6-2,6-0 54 mins

R16 C. WOZNIACKI d. A. RADWANSKA 7-5,6-3 99 mins R16 K. PLISKOVA d. C. GARCIA 7-5,6-4 69 mins

R1 C. WOZNIACKI d. K. BERTENS 6-2,6-3 84 mins R1 BYE - DOHA Tournament History * Qualifying match

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2016 2016 R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #118) 7-5 5-7 6-3 R1 L - MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #41) 6-1 6-1 R2 W - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #35) 6-3 6-3 2015 R1 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #81) 4-6 6-3 7-5 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #14) 7-6(2) 6-4 2015 R1 W - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #103) 7-6(4) 6-4 QF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) 6-3 6-1 2014

R16 W - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #94) 6-1 3-0 R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 7-6(2) 6-4 R1 W - CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #172) 6-3 6-3 R1 BYE 2014 R2 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #72) 6-4 7-5 R1 BYE Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR | Feb 13 - Feb 18, 2017 | $776,000 | PREMIER

2013 QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-2 7-5 R16 W - MONA BARTHEL (GER #32) 7-6(6) 6-3 R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #31) 7-6(7) 6-0

R1 W - MERVANA JUGIC-SALKIC (BIH #204) 6-1 6-2 2012 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) 4-6 6-4 7-6(3)

R1 BYE 2011 F L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) 6-4 6-4

SF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #18) 6-1 6-1 QF W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #15) 6-2 6-0 R16 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #22) 6-3 6-2

R1 BYE 2008 QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #5) 6-0 6-1

R16 W - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #31) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3 R2 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #9) 6-2 6-3 R1 W - YUNG-JAN CHAN (TPE #65) 3-6 6-2 6-3

Wozniacki:

• Making eighth appearance at Doha • Has advanced to the final here for the second time (also 2011 – lost to Zvonareva) • Has also been a three-time quarterfinalist here in Doha - in 2008 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l. Azarenka) • Defeated Bertens in 1r and No.6 A.Radwanska in 2r; win over the Pole was 45th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent (45-60 overall record). Is now 1-1 in 2017 (lost to No.9 Konta at Australian Open) • Overcame both qualifier Davis in QF and Puig in SF on Friday to reach 43rd career singles final; owns a 25-17 record in WTA singles finals • Has advanced to first final since 2016 Hong Kong (Won – d. Mladenovic) • Faces No.3 Ka.Pliskova in today’s final – owns a career 11-33 record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents. Last victory over a Top 5 player came at 2016 Tokyo semifinals (d. No.4 A.Radwanska) • Currently ranked No.18; could rise as high as No.14 by winning the title here in Doha • 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

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• 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). Now owns a 25-17 record in singles finals and 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) • Was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t seeded at a Grand Slam • Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina) • 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) • 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 • 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 here in Doha is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)

Ka.Pliskova:

• Making fourth consecutive appearance at Doha • Has achieved best result here by advancing to the Final – previously reached the 2r in 2014 (l. Kerber) and 2015 (l. Suarez Navarro). Also 1r exit in 2016 (l. Gasparyan) • After 1r bye, defeated Garcia in 2r, Zhang in QF and Cibulkova in SF • Defeat of No.5 Cibulkova on Friday was fifth career victory over a Top 5 ranked opponent (now 5-14 overall) • Has advanced to her second WTA final of 2017 (also won title in Brisbane to start the season) and eighth overall • Owns a 7-10 record in WTA singles finals • Looking to become the second Czech champion at the Qatar Total Open after Safarova in 2015 • Plays No.18 Wozniacki today – owns career 31-45 record vs. Top 20 players (4-0 so far in 2017) • Will remain as world No.3 following Doha regardless of the final result • Led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group round one tie last weekend in Ostrava - went 2-0 in singles (d. Arruabarrena and Muguruza) • Began season with dominant performance in Brisbane, where she won her seventh career singles title (d. Cornet in F). Withdrew from Sydney w/left thigh injury • Advanced to QF at Australian Open (l. No.79 Lucic-Baroni) last month; ranking rose to No.3 following run in Melbourne • The last Czech player to rank within the Top 3 was Kvitova (at No.2, week of June 29, 2015) • By reaching QF, posted best Australian Open result of career; previous best was reaching 3r in 2015 and 2016 (l. Makarova in both matches) • 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 consecutive 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 • Enjoyed a career-best season in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015) • 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 7-10, having won titles on clay (2015 Prague), grass (2016 Nottingham) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati and 2017 Brisbane) • 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 THE DOUBLES FINAL

OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #51)/YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #11) vs. [4] ABIGAIL SPEARS (USA #22)/KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #24)

Head-to-Head: First meeting

DOUBLES FINAL QUICK HITS

Savchuk/Shvedova: • 2017 Doha is the third tournament Olga Savchuk and Yaroslava Shvedova have played as team – and first since 2008. Previously they paired up at 2008 Australian Open (1r) and 2008 Pattaya City (1r) • Unseeded here in Doha, they upset No.3 seeds Hlavackova/Peng in the quarterfinals and top seeds Hingis/Chan in the semifinals • Savchuk began the 2017 strongly, reaching the final in Shenzhen (w/Olaru) and winning the title in Hobart (also w/Olaru); also reached 2r at Australian Open (w/Olaru) and 1r at St Petersburg (w/Olaru) • Shvedova started the season in Sydney (w/King – SF) followed by the Australian Open (w/King – 3r) • Savchuk teamed up with a variety of players throughout the 2016 season including countrywoman Kateryna Bondarenko, Arina Rodionova and Yafan Wang; Shvedova mostly played with Timea Babos last season • Savchuk owns three career doubles titles – most recently at 2017 Hobart (w/Olaru); she has been a runner-up twice • Shvedova has 13 doubles titles to her name – most recently at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Kalashnikova); she has reached an additional 14 finals • Shvedova is a two-time Grand Slam champion (2010 Wimbledon and 2010 US Open – both w/King). She has also reached another three finals • Savchuk has a career-high doubles ranking of No.44 (August 3, 2015); Shvedova’s career-high doubles ranking is No.3 (February 22, 2016) • Shvedova has appeared at the WTA Finals three times – 2010 (w/King – SF), 2011 (w/King – SF) and 2016 (w/Babos – QF). Also qualified in 2015 with Dellacqua but withdrew due to concussion injury to the Australian

Spears/Srebotnik: • 2017 Doha marks the second time Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik have played as a team; the pair made their debut as a team at Brisbane last month, reaching the SF (l. Makarova/Vesnina) • The No.4 seeds here at Doha, they defeated No.2 seeds Mirza/Strycova in the semifinals on Friday • Spears began the season in Brisbane (w/Srebotnik – SF), followed by Hobart (w/Niculescu – QF) and Australian Open (w/Niculescu – 1r) • Srebotnik started 2017 in Brisbane (w/Srebotnik – SF), followed by Sydney (w/Zheng – 1r) and Australian Open (w/Zheng – 3r) • Spears split from long-term doubles partner Raquel Attawo at the end of the 2016 season; Srebotnik mostly played with countrywoman Andreja Klepac throughout 2016 • Spears owns 18 career doubles titles – most recently at 2016 Stanford (w/Attawo); she has been a runner-up nine times • Srebotnik has 36 doubles titles to her name – most recently at 2015 Eastbourne (w/Garcia); she has reached an additional 40 finals • Both Spears and Srebotnik are Grand Slam doubles champions – Spears won her first title in mixed doubles at the Australian Open last month (w/Cabal); Srebotnik won 2011 Wimbledon (w/Peschke) as well as five mixed doubles titles • Spears has a career-high doubles ranking of No.10 (March 2, 2015); Srebotnik is a former world No.1 in doubles (July 4, 2011) • Both players have reached the WTA Finals on multiple occasions – Spears (2014 – QF; 2015 – RR) and Srebotnik (2001 – QF; 2002 – QF; 2007 – R-Up; 2008 – SF; 2010 – R-Up; 2011 – R-Up; 2013 – SF; 2014 – SF; 2015 – RR)

2017 QATAR TOTAL OPEN – SEMIFINAL MATCH NOTES

[3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Cibulkova leads 3-0

MONICA PUIG (PUR #47) vs. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) Wozniacki leads 2-1

A LOOK AT THE FINAL FOUR

DOHA YTD YTD CAREER CAREER YTD CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE W-L* W/L* PRIZE $^ PRIZE $^ W/L* TITLES TITLES [2] Karolina Pliskova 3 CZE 24 4-3 13-1 497,056 7,429,782 380-228 1 7 [3] Dominika Cibulkova 5 SVK 27 6-4 8-4 166,540 11,041,464 400-253 0 8 Caroline Wozniacki 18 DEN 26 15-7 9-3 121,128 22,207,304 516-210 0 25 Monica Puig 47 PUR 23 3-0 4-3 77,378 1,884,033 234-146 0 1 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD to HEADS

CIBULKOVA KA.PLISKOVA PUIG Cibulkova leads 1-0 Ka.Pliskova leads 3-0 WOZNIACKI Wozniacki leads 9-4 Wozniacki leads 3-0

SEMIFINAL RECORDS (WTA MAIN DRAW)

PLAYER SF W-L [2] Karolina Pliskova 17-5 [3] Dominika Cibulkova 18-11 Caroline Wozniacki 42-19 Monica Puig 3-4

MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR | Feb 13 - Feb 18, 2017 | $776,000 | PREMIER

[3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA leads 3-0

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

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 5 WTA RANKING 3 14 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 4 06-05-1989 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (24) $166,540 YTD PRIZE MONEY $497,056 $11,041,464 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,429,782 0 / 8 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 7 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 6-4 DOHA W-L (MD) * 4-3 8-4 / 330-227 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-1 / 168-102 2-2 / 105-86 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 54-33 2-0 / 77-55 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 34-36 8-4 / 227-162 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-1 / 126-67 0-0 / 34-54 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 13-23 1-0 / 62-93 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 30-45 0-1 / 25-22 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 15-15 * Updated through QF

DOHA Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration QF D. CIBULKOVA d. S. STOSUR 7-5,6-4 99 mins QF K. PLISKOVA d. S. ZHANG 6-2,6-0 54 mins

R16 D. CIBULKOVA d. A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA 7-5,2-6,6-2 136 mins R16 K. PLISKOVA d. C. GARCIA 7-5,6-4 69 mins

R1 BYE - R1 BYE - DOHA Tournament History * Qualifying match

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2014 2016 R1 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #180) 5-5 R1 L - MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #41) 6-1 6-1 2012 2015 R1 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #23) 6-3 2-6 7-5 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #14) 7-6(2) 6-4 2011 R1 W - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #103) 7-6(4) 6-4 R16 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) 6-1 6-2 2014 R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #31) 6-4 4-6 7-6(8) R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 7-6(2) 6-4 2008 R1 W - CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #172) 6-3 6-3 QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #20) 6-4 6-7(1) 6-4 R16 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #7) 6-3 6-3

R2 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #12) 6-3 6-4 R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #39) 6-4 6-3

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Cibulkova: • Making fifth appearance at Doha; has achieved best result here by advancing to SF

• Previously reached QF in 2008 (l. A.Radwanska); also 2r in 2011 (l. Zvonareva) and 1r exits in 2012 (l. Pennetta) and 2014 (l. Kleybanova)

• After 1r bye, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in 2r and Stosur in QF for this first time (had lost five previous encounters prior to Thursday’s match)

• Win over Stosur on Thursday was 400th career match win (all levels)

• Plays No.3 Ka.Pliskova today – owns career 18-34 record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents. Most recent victory came over world No.1 Kerber at 2016 WTA Finals (F)

• Owns 18-11 record in SF matches

• Looking to advance to first final since winning 2016 WTA Finals Singapore last October

• Could rise to a career-high No.4 with a win over Ka.Pliskova in SF; should she win the title will rise to No.3 (In WTA history, 46 different players have reached the Top 3)

• Playing fifth tournament of 2017 season - most recently advanced to SF at St. Petersburg (l. Putintseva) earlier this month

• Began season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. eventual finalist Cornet); also made 2r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard)

• Reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.6 seed, l. Makarova in 3s)

• Currently ranked at career-high No.5 (first achieved on October 31, 2016)

• Posted first Top 10 season of career in 2016, finishing at No.5

• Won 2016 WTA Comeback Player of the Year award – ended 2015 ranked No.38 having been sidelined for four months with a left Achilles problem, with ranking dipping as low as No.66 in February 2016

• Capped 2016 by winning biggest title of career to date at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1-2 in group stage before defeating No.9 Kuznetsova in semifinals and World No.1 Kerber in final

• At No.7, became lowest seeded player to triumph at WTA Finals since No.7 seed V.Williams in 2008; first player to win WTA Finals on debut since Kvitova in 2011

• Won career-high 53 matches in 2016 (previous best was 42 matches in 2011)

• Won a WTA-leading four singles titles in 2016 – qualified for Singapore by virtue of lifting trophy at Linz (d. Golubic in F) after earlier wins at Katowice (d. Giorgi in F) and Eastbourne (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). In 2016 also reached finals at Acapulco (l. Stephens), Madrid (l. Halep) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)

• Earlier titles came at 2011 Moscow, 2012 Carlsbad, 2013 Stanford, 2014 Acapulco; overall is 8-10 in singles finals • Other notable results in 2016 season included SF runs at Hobart (l. eventual R-Up Bouchard) and Stanford (l. eventual champion Konta)

• Withdrew from Rio Olympics in singles and doubles (w/Schmiedlova) w/left calf injury

• Owns 34 victories over Top 10 opponents (eight in 2016) including three over world reigning World No.1s: Wozniacki at 2011 Wimbledon, Azarenka at 2012 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 WTA Finals

• A Grand Slam runner-up at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li); defeated four seeds en route, including No.3 Sharapova and No.5 A.Radwanska. Became first player representing Slovakia (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles final

• First Slovak player (male of female) to reach a Grand Slam final

• Also a semifinalist at 2009 Roland Garros and has reached a further five Slam quarterfinals, most recently at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Vesnina, having saved 1mp against A.Radwanska in R16)

• Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on March 31, 2014 (after Miami)

• Broke into Top 20 on August 4, 2008

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2005 Rabat and main draw debut at 2006 Istanbul

• In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on‐court Slovak catch-cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her foundation which assists athletes and other notables in her native Slovakia who have fallen on tough times

• Married husband Michal ‘Miso’ Navara in Bratislava in July 2016, after Wimbledon

• Coached by Matej Liptak

Ka.Pliskova:

• Making fourth consecutive appearance at Doha

• Has achieved best result here by advancing to SF – previously reached the 2r in 2014 (l. Kerber) and 2015 (l. Suarez Navarro). Also 1r exit in 2016 (l. Gasparyan)

• After 1r bye, defeated Garcia in 2r and Zhang in QF

• Looking to advance to her second WTA final of 2017 (also won title in Brisbane to start the season)

• Owns 17-5 record in SF matches

• Looking to become the second Czech champion at the Qatar Total Open after Safarova in 2015

• Plays No.5 Cibulkova today – owns career 4-14 record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents (all four wins came in 2016)

• Will stay as world No.3 following Doha, unless Cibulkova wins the title here (will then move to No.4) • Led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group round one tie over the weekend in Ostrava - went 2-0 in singles (d. Arruabarrena and Muguruza)

• Began season with dominant performance in Brisbane, where she won her seventh career singles title (d. Cornet in F). Withdrew from Sydney w/left thigh injury

• Advanced to QF at Australian Open (l. No.79 Lucic-Baroni) last month; ranking rose to No.3 following run in Melbourne

• The last Czech player to rank within the Top 3 was Kvitova (at No.2, week of June 29, 2015)

• By reaching QF, posted best Australian Open result of career; previous best was reaching 3r in 2015 and 2016 (l. Makarova in both matches)

• Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American’s 186 consecutive 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

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

• 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 7-10, having won titles on clay (2015 Prague), grass (2016 Nottingham) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati and 2017 Brisbane)

• 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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MONICA PUIG (PUR #47) vs. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 2-1

2017 SYDNEY HARD O R1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-3 2-6 6-4 131 mins 2016 EASTBOURNE GRASS O R16 MONICA PUIG 4-6 6-3 6-4 134 mins 2014 MIAMI HARD O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-1 1-6 6-3 116 mins

MONICA PUIG CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 47 WTA RANKING 18 119 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 29 27-09-1993 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-07-1990 (26) $77,378 YTD PRIZE MONEY $121,128 $1,884,033 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $22,207,304 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 25 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 3-0 DOHA W-L (MD) * 15-7 4-3 / 89-86 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 481-204 2-1 / 24-29 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 119-67 0-0 / 17-23 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 77-65 4-3 / 54-56 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 354-140 0-0 / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 45-60 0-2 / 13-23 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 109-91 0-0 / 6-4 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 49-24 * Updated through QF

DOHA Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration QF M. PUIG d. D. KASATKINA 4-6,7-5,6-4 162 mins QF C. WOZNIACKI d. L. DAVIS 7-5,6-1 119 mins

R16 M. PUIG d. Y. PUTINTSEVA 6-2,4-6,2-1 Ret'd 108 mins R16 C. WOZNIACKI d. A. RADWANSKA 7-5,6-3 99 mins

R1 M. PUIG d. L. SIEGEMUND 6-0,6-1 40 mins R1 C. WOZNIACKI d. K. BERTENS 6-2,6-3 84 mins DOHA Tournament History * Qualifying match

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2013 QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-2 7-5 R16 W - MONA BARTHEL (GER #32) 7-6(6) 6-3

R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #31) 7-6(7) 6-0 R1 W - MERVANA JUGIC-SALKIC (BIH #204) 6-1 6-2 2012 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) 4-6 6-4 7-6(3)

R1 BYE

2011 F L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) 6-4 6-4 SF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #18) 6-1 6-1

QF W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #15) 6-2 6-0 R16 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #22) 6-3 6-2

R1 BYE 2008 QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #5) 6-0 6-1 R16 W - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #31) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3

R2 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #9) 6-2 6-3 R1 W - YUNG-JAN CHAN (TPE #65) 3-6 6-2 6-3

Puig:

• Making debut appearance in Doha, which marks fourth event of 2017

• Defeated Siegemund in 1r (conceded only one game), Putintseva in 2r (ret. w/left thigh injury) and Kasatkina in QF earlier today

• Looking to advance to first Final since historic Gold Medal run at Rio Olympics last summer

• Owns 3-4 record in SF matches

• Plays No.18 Wozniacki today – owns 13-23 career record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents

• Currently ranked No.47 – projected to rise to No.42 by reaching the SF; Top 40 (approx. No.36) should she reach the final; and Top 30 by winning the title

• Opened season with back-to-back exits at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and Sydney (l. Wozniacki), before making 2r at Australian Open (d. Tig, l. Barthel)

• Posted first Top 40 season finish in 2016, at No.32

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from Ka.Pliskova), Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova), Florianopolis (SF, l. Begu), Rio Olympics (Won, d. Kerber in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (QF, l. A.Radwanska)

• Made Top 30 debut the week of September 26, 2016 after QF run at Tokyo [PPO]

• Made history at Rio Olympics in August, winning Puerto Rico’s first ever Gold medal. Posted two Top 5 wins en route, over No.4 Muguruza (R16) and No.2 Kerber (F). Subsequently withdrew from Cincinnati (low back injury)

• Was Named Best Female Athlete of the 2016 Rio Olympics by Association of National Olympics Committees (ANOC); award was presented here in Doha last November

• Prior to Olympics, made SF at Florianopolis (l. eventual champion Begu)

• Best results in Grand Slam play in 2016 were 3r efforts at Australian Open (saved five match points during 2r win vs. Kr.Pliskova, in addition to the Czech serving a WTA record 31 aces in the match – beating Lisicki’s 27 vs. Bencic at 2015 Birmingham) and Roland Garros (l. Keys)

• Scored best result at WTA Premier Mandatory tournament with 3r run at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Kasatkina); this was followed by 2r exit at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka)

• Owns 1-1 record in singles finals, having won 2014 Strasbourg (d. Soler-Espinosa in F)

• First player representing Puerto Rico to win a WTA singles title; Kristina Brandi and Gigi Fernandez, both born in Puerto Rico, won titles while playing under USA flag

• On Grand Slam debut at 2013 Roland Garros, became first woman representing Puerto Rico to reach 3r at a Grand Slam in the Open Era (Kristina Brandi’s best results at Grand Slams were representing USA)

• In her fourth career tour-level main draw appearance (2013 Brisbane), defeated Rogowska in opening match, becoming the first player from Puerto Rico to win a main draw match since 2006 Charleston (Kristina Brandi)

• Won inaugural Rising Stars Invitational as part of WTA Finals in Singapore in 2014 (d. Zheng Saisai in F)

• Advanced to the final of two junior Grand Slams: 2011 Australian Open (l. Mestach) and 2011 Roland Garros (l. Jabeur)

• During 2016 off-season, hosted an exhibition match against Sharapova in Puerto Rico in December

• Coached by Juan Todero

Wozniacki:

• Making eighth appearance at Doha – best result is R-Up finish in 2011 (l. Zvonareva) • Has advanced to the SFs for the second time (also 2011) • Has also been a three-time quarterfinalist here in Doha - in 2008 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l. Azarenka) • Defeated Bertens in 1r and No.6 A.Radwanska in 2r; win over the Pole was 45th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent (45-60 overall record). Is now 1-1 in 2017 (lost to No.9 Konta at Australian Open) • Overcame qualifier and No.55 Davis earlier today to reach 62nd career semifinal; owns a 42-19 record in semifinal matches • Has advanced to first SF since 2016 Hong Kong where she won the title • Currently ranked No.18; could rise as high as No.14 by winning the title here in Doha • 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). Now owns a 25-17 record in singles finals and 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) • Was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t seeded at a Grand Slam • Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina) • 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) • 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 • 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 here in Doha is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)

2017 QATAR TOTAL OPEN – QUARTERFINAL MATCH NOTES

SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #21) vs. [3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) Stosur leads 5-0

DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #32) vs. MONICA PUIG (PUR #47) Kasatkina leads 1-0

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. [Q] LAUREN DAVIS (USA #55) First meeting

ZHANG SHUAI (CHN #31) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Ka.Pliskova leads 3-0 (1-0 at WTA main draw level)

A LOOK AT THE LAST EIGHT

DOHA YTD YTD CAREER CAREER YTD CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE W-L* W/L* PRIZE $^ PRIZE $^ W/L* TITLES TITLES [2] Karolina Pliskova 3 CZE 24 3-3 12-1 497,056 7,429,782 379-228 1 7 [3] Dominika Cibulkova 5 SVK 27 5-4 7-4 166,540 11,041,464 399-253 0 8 Caroline Wozniacki 18 DEN 26 14-7 8-3 121,128 22,207,304 515-210 0 25 Samantha Stosur 21 AUS 32 9-5 4-4 83,653 16,484,219 544-371 0 8 Zhang Shuai 31 CHN 28 3-1 4-3 88,408 2,813,079 364-247 0 1 Daria Kasatkina 32 RUS 19 3-1 6-4 91,467 1,230,296 124-51 0 0 Monica Puig 47 PUR 23 2-0 3-3 77,378 1,884,033 233-146 0 1 [Q] Lauren Davis 55 USA 23 5-0 10-1 89,362 1,687,426 216-134 1 1 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS – TOP HALF

WOZNIACKI DAVIS KASATKINA First meeting First meeting PUIG Wozniacki leads 2-1 Davis leads 2-0

POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS – BOTTOM HALF

ZHANG KA.PLISKOVA STOSUR Zhang leads 2-1 Ka.Pliskova leads 1-0 CIBULKOVA Cibulkova leads 5-0 Cibulkova leads 3-0

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SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #21) vs. [3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5)

Head to Head: SAMANTHA STOSUR leads 5-0

2014 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R3 SAMANTHA STOSUR 6-4 6-4 100 mins 2014 MADRID CLAY O R1 SAMANTHA STOSUR 6-4 6-0 77 mins 2012 TOKYO HARD O R16 SAMANTHA STOSUR 6-4 7-5 96 mins 2012 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O QF SAMANTHA STOSUR 6-4 6-1 85 mins 2009 STANFORD HARD O R1 SAMANTHA STOSUR 6-4 6-3 91 mins

SAMANTHA STOSUR DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 21 WTA RANKING 5 119 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 14 30-03-1984 (32) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 06-05-1989 (27) $83,653 YTD PRIZE MONEY $166,540 $16,484,219 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $11,041,464 0 / 8 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 8 0 / 24 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 9-5 DOHA W-L (MD) * 5-4 4-4 / 415-286 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-4 / 329-227 2-2 / 115-104 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 105-86 1-0 / 85-99 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 77-55 4-4 / 255-184 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-4 / 226-162 0-1 / 31-72 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 34-54 1-1 / 71-132 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 62-93 0-0 / 40-35 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 25-22 * Updated through 2r

DOHA Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 S. STOSUR d. B. STRYCOVA 6-3,3-6,6-4 127 mins R16 D. CIBULKOVA d. A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA 7-5,2-6,6-2 136 mins

R1 S. STOSUR d. A. SEVASTOVA 7-5,6-4 99 mins R1 BYE - DOHA Tournament History * Qualifying match

SAMANTHA STOSUR DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 2015 2014 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #15) 7-6(3) 6-4 R1 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #180) 5-5 2014 2012 R2 L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #82) 6-4 4-6 6-1 R1 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #23) 6-3 2-6 7-5 R1 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #50) 6-4 6-2 2011 2013 R16 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) 6-1 6-2 QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #3) 6-2 6-4 R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #31) 6-4 4-6 7-6(8) R16 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #51) 6-4 7-5 2008 R2 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #60) 6-4 1-6 6-3 QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #20) 6-4 6-7(1) 6-4 R16 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #7) 6-3 6-3 R1 BYE R2 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #12) 6-3 6-4 R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #39) 6-4 6-3 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR | Feb 13 - Feb 18, 2017 | $776,000 | PREMIER

2012 F L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-1 6-2 SF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #7) 6-3 QF W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #31) 6-2 2-6 6-3

R16 W - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #30) 6-3 6-2 R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #49) 6-4 7-6(5)

R1 BYE 2005 R1 L - AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #21) 6-2 6-3

QF* L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #86) 6-2 6-1 R16* W - TIANTIAN SUN (CHN #131) 3-6 6-3 7-5 R1* W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #143) 6-1 6-3

Stosur: • Making sixth main draw appearance at Doha • Best result is runner-up finish in 2012 (l. Azarenka in F); also reached QF in 2013 (l. Sharapova) • Has advanced to QF in doubles here in 2005 (w/Stewart) and 2013 (w/Raymond) • Defeated Sevastova in 1r followed by Strycova in 2r earlier today; win over No.17 Strycova was first win over a Top 20 ranked opponent since defeating No.6 Halep at 2016 Roland Garros (R16). Overall record now stands at 71-132 • Has advanced to second consecutive QF after Taipei City earlier this month (l. eventual finalist Peng); also first wins since defeating Giorgi in 1r at 2016 US Open after suffering nine straight losses • Looking to advance to first SF since 2016 Roland Garros (SF, l. eventual champion Muguruza) • Faces No.5 Cibulkova today – owns 17-39 career record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents • Most recent Top 5 wins came at 2013 Carlsbad, where she defeated No.4 A.Radwanska in QF and No.3 Azarenka in final en route to the title • Began season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Muguruza), Sydney (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Australian Open (l. Watson) • Ended 2016 at No.21, up from No.27 in 2015. Currently ranked No.21 • 2016 Season highlights were advancing to fifth Grand Slam SF of career at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Muguruza). Following Roland Garros result, rose to No.14 – first time ranked inside Top 15 since week of August 26, 2013 • Represented Australia at Rio Olympics, progressing to 3r in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), and fell 1r in doubles (w/Gavrilova, l. eventual silver medalists Bacsinszky/Hingis) and 1r in mixed doubles (w/Peers, l. Mirza/Bopanna) • Went 4-10 versus Top 20 players in 2016. Wins came over No.15 Vinci (Sydney), No.11 Suárez Navarro (Madrid), and No.13 Safarova and No.6 Halep (both at Roland Garros) • Reached her 23rd career singles final at 2016 Prague (l. Safarova in three sets); is now 8‐15 in singles finals • Owns one Grand Slam singles title, having won 2011 US Open (d. S.Williams in F). One of just five women who have defeated S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Muguruza) Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from • In addition to 2011 US Open crown, reached final at 2010 Roland Garros (l. Schiavone in F). Has advanced to SF three times in Paris, in 2009 (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), 2012 (l. Errani) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Muguruza) • At Wimbledon, best result is reaching round three times (2009, 2013, 2015) • Won two WTA singles titles in 2015 season, both at International level, at Strasbourg (d. Mladenovic in F) and Bad Gastein (d. Knapp in F). Was second season where had won multiple titles (also 2013 – Carlsbad, Osaka) • Achieved 500th career match win (all levels) at 2015 Washington DC, the 15th active player to achieve the feat • Owns two wins over a reigning No.1: S.Williams (2010 Roland Garros) and Wozniacki (2010 WTA Finals) • Top-ranked Australian of two in Top 100 (ahead of Gavrilova) as at February 13, 2017 • Owns eight tour-level singles titles, most recently winning at 2015 Strasbourg and Bad Gastein • Former doubles world No.1 (spent 61 weeks in top spot) with 24 titles to her name, including 2005 US Open and 2006 Roland Garros (both w/Raymond) • Owns three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: 2005 Australian Open (w/Draper), 2008 Wimbledon (w/B.Bryan) and 2014 Wimbledon (w/Zimonjic) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Australia in 1998, and first WTA main draws in 2002, as a wildcard at Gold Coast and Australian Open • Currently coached by former ATP player and Australian Davis Cup coach Joshua Eagle; first worked together during 2016 US Open. Stopped working with long-time coach, David Taylor, after 2016 Roland Garros

Cibulkova: • Making fifth appearance at Doha; best result is QF run in 2008 (l. A.Radwanska) • After 1r bye, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in 2r to reach QF for second time • A win today over Stosur would be 400th career match win • Playing fifth tournament of 2017 season - most recently advanced to SF at St. Petersburg (l. Putintseva) earlier this month • Began season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. eventual finalist Cornet); also made 2r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard) • Reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.6 seed, l. Makarova in 3s) • Currently ranked at career-high No.5 (first achieved on October 31, 2016) • Posted first Top 10 season of career in 2016, finishing at No.5 • Won 2016 WTA Comeback Player of the Year award – ended 2015 ranked No.38 having been sidelined for four months with a left Achilles problem, with ranking dipping as low as No.66 in February 2016 • Capped 2016 by winning biggest title of career to date at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1-2 in group stage before defeating No.9 Kuznetsova in semifinals and World No.1 Kerber in final • At No.7, became lowest seeded player to triumph at WTA Finals since No.7 seed V.Williams in 2008; first player to win WTA Finals on debut since Kvitova in 2011 • Won career-high 53 matches in 2016 (previous best was 42 matches in 2011) • Won a WTA-leading four singles titles in 2016 – qualified for Singapore by virtue of lifting trophy at Linz (d. Golubic in F) after earlier wins at Katowice (d. Giorgi in F) and Eastbourne (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). In 2016 also reached finals at Acapulco (l. Stephens), Madrid (l. Halep) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova) • Earlier titles came at 2011 Moscow, 2012 Carlsbad, 2013 Stanford, 2014 Acapulco; overall is 8-10 in singles finals • Other notable results in 2016 season included SF runs at Hobart (l. eventual R-Up Bouchard) and Stanford (l. eventual champion Konta) • Withdrew from Rio Olympics in singles and doubles (w/Schmiedlova) w/left calf injury • Owns 34 victories over Top 10 opponents (eight in 2016) including three over world reigning World No.1s: Wozniacki at 2011 Wimbledon, Azarenka at 2012 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 WTA Finals • A Grand Slam runner-up at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li); defeated four seeds en route, including No.3 Sharapova and No.5 A.Radwanska. Became first player representing Slovakia (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles final • First Slovak player (male of female) to reach a Grand Slam final • Also a semifinalist at 2009 Roland Garros and has reached a further five Slam quarterfinals, most recently at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Vesnina, having saved 1mp against A.Radwanska in R16) • Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on March 31, 2014 (after Miami) • Broke into Top 20 on August 4, 2008 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2005 Rabat and main draw debut at 2006 Istanbul • In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on‐court Slovak catch-cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her foundation which assists athletes and other notables in her native Slovakia who have fallen on tough times • Married husband Michal ‘Miso’ Navara in Bratislava in July 2016, after Wimbledon • Coached by Matej Liptak

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DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #32) vs. MONICA PUIG (PUR #47)

Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads 1-0

2016 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R3 DARIA KASATKINA 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) 163 mins

DARIA KASATKINA MONICA PUIG 32 WTA RANKING 47 44 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 119 07-05-1997 (19) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 27-09-1993 (23) $91,467 YTD PRIZE MONEY $77,378 $1,230,296 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,884,033 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 3-1 DOHA W-L (MD) * 2-0 6-4 / 46-32 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 88-86 3-1 / 18-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 23-29 1-3 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 17-23 6-4 / 34-22 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 53-56 2-2 / 4-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-5 2-2 / 7-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 13-23 2-0 / 4-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 6-4 * Updated through 2r

DOHA Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 D. KASATKINA d. A. KERBER 6-4,0-6,6-4 122 mins R16 M. PUIG d. Y. PUTINTSEVA 6-2,4-6,2-1 Ret'd 108 mins

R1 D. KASATKINA d. I. BEGU 3-6,6-1,7-5 142 mins R1 M. PUIG d. L. SIEGEMUND 6-0,6-1 40 mins DOHA Tournament History * Qualifying match

DARIA KASATKINA 2016 R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) 2-6 6-4 7-6(3) R1 W - QIANG WANG (CHN #101) 6-1 2-6 6-3

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• Making second appearance at Doha – in 2016, reached 2r (l. Vinci) – has achieved best result here by advancing to QF

• Defeated Begu in 1r before scoring second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber earlier today

• Defeat of No.2 Kerber was second career win over a Top 5 opponent (overall record is 2-4)

• Also defeated the German when she was ranked World No.1 earlier this year at Sydney (R16). Became 6th teenager to defeat a World No.1 since the beginning of 2009

Teenager Age Reigning No.1 Tournament Round Score Daria Kasatkina 19 Angelique Kerber 2017 Sydney R16 7-6(5) 6-2 Belinda Bencic 18 Serena Williams 2015 Toronto S 3-6 7-5 6-4 Christina McHale 19 Caroline Wozniacki 2011 Cincinnati R32 6-4 7-5 Chang Kai-Chen 18 Dinara Safina 2009 Tokyo [PPO] R32 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 Petra Kvitova 19 Dinara Safina 2009 US Open R32 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) Victoria Azarenka 19 Serena Williams 2009 Miami F 6-3 6-1

• Defeat of No.1 Kerber was first such victory over a reigning No.1; is now 1-1 vs. No.1 players (l. S.Williams at 2016 Australian Open 3r)

• Coming off 2r exit at St. Petersburg (l. No.115 and countrywoman Vikhlyantseva). Was first loss to a player outside Top 100 since 2016 Linz (l. No.102 Allertova)

• Posted disappointing 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Peng). Enjoyed highest seeding at a Slam in Melbourne (No.23)

• Opened 2017 season with a 2r exit at Brisbane (l. Muguruza) and QF showing at Sydney (d. No.1 Kerber in R16, l. eventual champion Konta)

• Owns a 4-11 record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.7 V.Williams (2016 Auckland), No.8 Vinci (2016 Montreal), No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha)

• Ended 2016 at career-best No.27, up from No.72 in 2015. Also posted new career-high ranking in 2016, at No.24 (week of August 15, 2016)

• 2016 highlights include reaching second WTA SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held MPs), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges)

• In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/Vesnina), finishing as R-Up w/Gavrilova (l. Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza’s 41-match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/Vesnina)

• In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Serena Williams), Roland Garros (l. Bertens 10-8 in third set. Was also first time seeded at a Slam) and Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Fell 1r at US Open (l. Wang)

• 2015 saw her reach her first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suarez Navarro in QF)

• QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at WTA-level tournament

• Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

• Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia

• Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her fitness trainer and travels with her

• Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five year degree

• Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

• Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC

• Coached by Vladimir Platenik since October 2014

Puig:

• Making debut appearance in Doha, which marks fourth event of 2017

• Defeated Siegemund in 1r (conceded only one game) and Putintseva in 2r (ret. w/left thigh injury)

• Looking to advance to first SF since historic Gold Medal run at Rio Olympics last summer

• Opened season with back-to-back exits at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and Sydney (l. Wozniacki), before making 2r at Australian Open (d. Tig, l. Barthel)

• Posted first Top 40 season finish in 2016, at No.32

• Finished 2016 season with QF run at International-level Tianjin (l. Kovinic); reached at least QF on eight occasions during the year – also Sydney (R-Up; l. Kuznetsova in first final at Premier level), Prague (QF, l. Kuznetsova), Nottingham (SF, l. Ka.Pliskova), Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova), Florianopolis (SF, l. Begu), Rio Olympics (Won, d. Kerber in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (QF, l. A.Radwanska)