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2020 US OPEN – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES NEW YORK, NY, USA – AUG 31-SEPT 13, 2020 –

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2020 US OPEN

First held in 1887, the US Open women’s singles championship is being staged for the 134th time. The 2020 event marks the 53rd staging of the Open Era, which began in 1968 and saw the introduction of prize money. Overall this is the 140th US Open, the men’s event having first being held in 1881. Here is a breakdown of the rewards on offer in 2020:

SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS

PRIZE RANKING ROUND MONEY (US$) POINTS Winner 3,000,000 2000 Runner-Up 1,500,000 1300 Semifinalists 800,000 780 Quarterfinalists 425,000 430 Round of 16 (4r) 250,000 240 Round of 32 (3r) 163,000 130 Round of 64 (2r) 100,000 70 Round of 128 (1r) 61,000 10

SEEDED FOR FIRST TIME AT A SLAM

Magda Linette (POL) – No.24 (21st Grand Slam MD appearance) (TUN) – No.27 (14th Grand Slam MD appearance) (USA) – No.28 (13th Grand Slam MD appearance) (RUS) – No.29 (sixth Grand Slam MD appearance) (SWE) – No.32 (10th Grand Slam MD appearance)

WTA SPECIAL RANKINGS

The following players are using a Special Ranking to gain entry into this year’s US Open:

Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) – No.85 (RUS) – No.137 (BLR) – No.120 (BUL) – No.123 (RUS) – No.78

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ACTIVE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS

The 2020 season has already welcomed one new Grand Slam champion: won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at Melbourne Park in January, defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in the final. There are 16 active Grand Slam champions, nine of whom have lifted the trophy previously at US Open: (2019), (2018), (2017), (2016), (2011), Kim Clijsters (2005, 2009-10), (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14), (2004) and (2000-01).

GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS (ACTIVE PLAYERS)

GS PLAYERS GRAND SLAM TITLES BREAKDOWN TITLES

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 : 2011; US Open: 2005, 2009-10

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

Victoria Azarenka 2 Australian Open: 2012-13

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

Petra Kvitova 2 Wimbledon: 2011, 2014

Garbiñe Muguruza 2 Roland Garros: 2016; Wimbledon: 2017

Naomi Osaka 2 US Open: 2018; Australian Open: 2019

Simona Halep 2 Roland Garros: 2018; Wimbledon 2019

Ashleigh Barty 1 Roland Garros: 2019

Jelena Ostapenko 1 Roland Garros: 2017

Sloane Stephens 1 US Open: 2017

Samantha Stosur 1 US Open: 2011

Bianca Andreescu 1 US Open: 2019

Sofia Kenin 1 Australian Open: 2020

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

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MOST GRAND SLAM SINGLES FINAL APPEARANCES A total of 23 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) 5 2 Wins 3 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (18) Australian Open (18) Wimbledon (19) Roland Garros (14, 17) Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 2 Wins 2 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (09) Roland Garros (06) US Open (04) US Open (07) 4 2 Wins 2 Runner-Ups Australian Open (12, 13) US Open (12, 13) Angelique Kerber 4 3 Wins 1 Runner-Up Australian Open (16) Wimbledon (16) US Open (16) Wimbledon (18) Garbiñe Muguruza 4 2 Wins 2 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (16) Wimbledon (15) Wimbledon (17) Australian Open (20) Petra Kvitova 3 2 Wins 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (11, 14) Australian Open (19) Naomi Osaka 2 2 Wins Australian Open (19) US Open (18) Sloane Stephens 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) Bianca Andreescu 1 1 Win US Open (19) 1 1 Win Roland Garros (19) Jelena Ostapenko 1 1 Win Roland Garros (17) Sofia Kenin 1 1 Win Australian Open (20) 1 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (14) 1 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (12) Madison Keys 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (17) 1 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (13) Karolina Pliskova 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (16) Marketa Vondrousova 1 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (19)

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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 Martina Navratilova (USA) 3 2 9 4 18 Chris Evert (USA) 2 7 3 6 18 Margaret Court (AUS) 4 3 1 3 11 (USA) 4 3 0 2 9 Billie Jean King (USA) 0 1 4 3 8 Venus Williams (USA) 0 0 5 2 7 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 4 1 2 0 7 Justine Henin (BEL) 1 4 0 2 7 (SUI) 3 0 1 1 5 (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 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 Helen Wills Moody (USA) 19 Chris Evert (USA) 18 Martina Navratilova (USA) 18 Billie Jean King (USA) 12

ALL-TIME US OPEN TITLES – BY COUNTRY

TITLES COUNTRY MOST RECENTLY 94 United States 2017 (Sloane Stephens) 6 2011 (Samantha Stosur) 5 Belgium 2010 (Kim Clijsters) 6 Germany 2016 (Angelique Kerber) 4 1966 () 4 Norway 1918 (Molla Bjurstedt) 2 Great Britain 1968 (Virginia Wade) 2 2006 (Maria Sharapova) 2 Yugoslavia 1992 (Monica Seles) 1 1990 (Gabriela Sabatini) 1 2019 (Bianca Andreescu) 1 Chile 1937 (Anita Lizane) 1 Czechoslovakia 1985 (Hana Mandlikova) 1 2015 () 1 Japan 2018 (Naomi Osaka) 1 1994 (Aranxta Sánchez Vicario) 1 Switzerland 1997 (Martina Hingis) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 4

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OPEN ERA: US OPEN CHAMPIONS

PLAYER TITLES YEARS Williams, Serena 6 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014 Evert, Chris 6 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982 Graf, Stefanie 5 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996 Navratilova, Martina 4 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 Court, Margaret 3 1969, 1970, 1973 King, Billie-Jean 3 1971, 1972, 1974 Clijsters, Kim 3 2005, 2009, 2010 Williams, Venus 2 2000, 2001 Austin, Tracey 2 1979, 1981 Seles, Monica 2 1991, 1992 Henin, Justine 2 2003, 2007 Wade, Virginia 1 1968 Mandlikova, Hana 1 1985 Sabatini, Gabriela 1 1990 Sanchez Vicario, 1 1994 Arantxa Hingis, Martina 1 1997 Davenport, Lindsey 1 1999 Kuznetsova, Svetlana 1 2004 Sharapova, Maria 1 2006 Stosur, Samantha 1 2011 Pennetta, Flavia 1 2015 Kerber, Angelique 1 2016 Stephens, Sloane 1 2017 Osaka, Naomi 1 2018 Andreescu, Bianca 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 Maureen Connolly (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 Doris Hart (1954) 1949 Australian Championships, 1950 Roland Garros, 1951 Wimbledon, 1954 US Championships Shirley Fry (1957) 1951 Roland Garros, 1956 Wimbledon, 1956 US Championships, 1957 Australian Championships Billie Jean King (1972) 1966 Wimbledon, 1967 US Championships, 1968 Australian Championships, 1972 Roland Garros Chris Evert (1982) 1974 Roland Garros, 1974 Wimbledon, 1975 US Open, 1982 Australian Open

Maria Sharapova (2012) 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, , 2012 Roland Garros

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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 US Open draw, here are the players with the best strike rate in the opening round at a Grand Slam: • Serena Williams (73-1 in 1r): Serena’s lone opening round loss at a Grand Slam came at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Razzano) • Kim Clijsters (33-2 in 1r): Clijsters’s two first-round defeats both came back in 2000, when she fell at this stage at both the Australian Open (l. Van Roost) and Roland Garros (l. Sugiyama) • Naomi Osaka (14-2 in 1r): Osaka lost her first match at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Van Uytvanck) and most recently at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Putintseva) • Madison Keys (27-3 in 1r): Keys has not fallen in the first round on her past 20 major appearances. All three of her losses at this stage came in her teenage years, at (l. J.Zheng), 2013 US Open (l. Jankovic) and 2014 Roland Garros (l. Errani) • Garbiñe Muguruza (24-5 in 1r): Muguruza fell 1r most recently at 2019 US Open (l. Riske) and Wimbledon (l. Haddad Maia). Prior to this, the Spaniard had not been upset in the first round in her previous 18 major appearances. Her three other defeats at this stage came on her Grand Slam debut at 2012 US Open (l. J. Errani), 2014 Wimbledon (l. Vandeweghe) and 2014 US Open (l. Lucic-Baroni) • Venus Williams (72-13 in 1r): Venus has fallen in the opening round of a Grand Slam 13 times in her career: 1997 Wimbledon (l. Grzybowska), 2001 Roland Garros (l. Schett), 2006 Australian Open (l. Pironkova), 2012 Wimbledon (l. Vesnina), 2013 Roland Garros (l. U.Radwanska), (l. Makarova), 2015 Roland Garros (l. Stephens), (l. Konta), (l. Bencic), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Q.Wang), 2019 Roland Garros (l. Svitolina), 2019 Wimbledon (l. Gauff) and 2020 Australian Open (l. Gauff)

ACTIVE PLAYERS: FIRST ROUND WINNING % AT SLAMS

(MINIMUM 10 APPEARANCES)

PLAYER W L TOTAL PCT SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) 73 1 74 .986 KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL) 33 2 35 .943 MADISON KEYS (USA) 27 3 30 .900 NAOMI OSAKA (JPN) 14 2 16 .875 VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) 72 13 85 .847 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP) 24 5 29 .827

STREAKING AT THE US OPEN

There are just three players in the draw (minimum 10 wins) who are undefeated in the opening round of the US Open: Venus Williams (21-0), Serena Williams (19-0) and Vera Zvonareva (10-0).

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2020 US OPEN WILDCARDS

Americans Hailey Baptiste, Catherine Bellis, , Allie Kick, Robin Montgomery, Katrina Scott and Sachia Vickery have all been awarded main draw wild cards. Belgium’s Kim Clijsters, the 2005, 2009 and 2010 US Open champion, will also receive a US Open main draw wild card.

A wildcard has won a Grand Slam title once in the Open Era – this was achieved by Kim Clijsters, who was crowned champion in 2009

Best Results by a Wildcard at... Best Results by a Wildcard Round Year Round Grand Slam US Open at... All Grand Slams Kim Clijsters (BEL) Won 2009 Kim Clijsters (BEL) Won 2009 US Open Maria Sharapova (RUS) R16 2017 Justine Henin (BEL) R-Up 2010 Australian Open (USA) R16 2013 Sabine Lisicki (GER) SF 2011 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) R16 2006 * (CHN) SF 2008 Wimbledon Martina Hingis (SUI) R16 2002 (AUS) QF Severine Bremond Beltrame (FRA) R16 2008 Martina Hingis (SUI) QF 2006 Australian Open Victoria Azarenka (BLR) R32 2018 Mary Pierce (FRA) QF 2002 Roland Garros *Zheng Jie became first WC to advance to SF at a Grand Slam (since joined by Clijsters, Henin and Lisicki)

US OPEN MATCH WIN LEADERS

Among the players in this year’s draw, here is a look at who has made the most appearances at the US Open as well as most matches played and won. Entering 2020 US Open, Venus Williams now holds the record for most US Open appearances in the Open Era as she passes the previous record of 21 held by Martina Navratilova.

US OPEN MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES US OPEN MOST MAIN DRAW MATCHES PLAYED PLAYER APPEARANCES PLAYER MATCHES W-L Venus Williams 22* Serena Williams 114 101-13 Serena Williams 20* Venus Williams 97 79-18 Svetlana Kuznetsova 17 Svetlana Kuznetsova 51 35-16 Bethanie Mattek-Sands 15 Victoria Azarenka 46 34-12 Samantha Stosur 15 Kim Clijsters 44 38-6 Alize Cornet 14* Petra Kvitova 38 26-12 *Including 2020 US Open

MOST CAREER US OPEN WINS – OPEN ERA (Entering 2020 US Open) OPEN ERA ACTIVE PLAYERS PLAYER W-L PLAYER W-L Chris Evert 101-12 Serena Williams 101-13 Serena Williams 101-13 Venus Williams 79-18* Martina Navratilova 89-17 Kim Clijsters 38-6 Venus Williams 79-18* Svetlana Kuznetsova 35-15 Stefanie Graf 73-9 Victoria Azarenka 34-12 62-16 Petra Kvitova 26-12 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 56-15 Vera Zvonareva 26-10 Monica Seles 53-10 Angelique Kerber 25-11 Gabriela Sabatini 51-12 Samantha Stosur 22-14

BOLD denotes active singles players *Walkover to Lisicki in 2r at 2011 US Open does not count on W-L record

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QUEENS OF THE HARDCOURT

HARD COURT TITLES MULTIPLE HARD COURT US OPEN TITLES ACTIVE PLAYERS GS TITLE WINNERS – OPEN ERA ALL-TIME 47 Serena Williams 14 Serena Williams 8 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory* 31 Venus Williams 9 Stefanie Graf 7 Helen Wills Moody* 31 Kim Clijsters 6 Monica Seles 6 Chris Evert** 20 Victoria Azarenka 4 Kim Clijsters 6 Serena Williams*** 18 Petra Kvitova 4 Martina Hingis 5 Margaret Court* 14 Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 Martina Navratilova 5 Stefanie Graf*** 11 Simona Halep 3 Chris Evert * Tournaments played on grass 3 Justine Henin ** Evert won 3 US titles on clay 2 Tracy Austin *** All wins on hardcourts 2 Victoria Azarenka 2 2 Lindsay Davenport 2 Angelique Kerber 2 Maria Sharapova 2 Venus Williams

HARDCOURT HEAT: TOP 16 SEEDS’ HARDCOURT SEASONS

YTD BEST RESULT AT 2020 US OPEN SEED PLAYER HARD BEST 2020 HARDCOURT RESULT LEAD-UPS W-L** 1 Karolina Pliskova 2r (1): Western & Southern Open 8-4 WON (1) Brisbane 2 Sofia Kenin 2r (1): Western & Southern Open 15-6 WON (2): Australian Open, Lyon 3 Serena Williams QF (1): Lexington 11-4 WON (1): Auckland 4 Naomi Osaka R-Up (1): Western & Southern Open 9-2 R-Up (1): Western & Southern Open 5 3r (1): Western & Southern Open 14-7 WON (1): Doha 6 Petra Kvitova 2r (1): Western & Southern Open 12-4 R-Up (1): Doha 7 Madison Keys 2r (1): Western & Southern Open 6-3 R-Up (1): Brisbane 8 Petra Martic NA 5-5 SF (1): Dubai 9 SF (1): Western & Southern Open 6-6 SF (1): Western & Southern Open 10 Garbiñe Muguruza DNP 16-5 R-Up (1): Australian Open WON (1): Hobart; R-Up (3): Shenzhen, St. 11 Elena Rybakina 1r (1): Western & Southern Open 21-5 Petersburg, Dubai 12 Marketa Vondrousova 1r (1): Western & Southern Open 3-6 QF (1): Adelaide 13 Alison Riske 1r (1): Western & Southern Open 5-5 QF (1): Brisbane; R16 (1): Australian Open 14 QF (1): Western & Southern Open 12-6 QF (2): Australian Open, Cincinnati 15 QF (1): Western & Southern Open 12-7 QF (1): Cincinnati 16 SF (1): Western & Southern Open 15-6 SF (1): Western & Southern Open ** Main draw matches

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THIRTYSOMETHINGS KEEP THRIVING

This year’s draw at the US Open has 26 players who are aged 30 or older. Listed oldest to youngest: Venus Williams (40), Serena Williams (38), Kim Clijsters (37), (35), Vera Zvonareva (35), (34), (34), (33), Angelique Kerber (32), (32), Mihaela Buzarnescu (32), (32), Tsvetana Pironkova (32), Victoria Azarenka (31), (31), (31), Alison Riske (30), Alize Cornet (30), (30), Irina- Camelia Begu (30), (30), Petra Kvitova (30), Sorana Cirstea (30), Stefanie Voegele (30), (30) and (30).

In the Open Era, a 30-something has won a Grand Slam title 26 times, a feat accomplished by 10 different women: Serena Williams (10), Margaret Court (3), Martina Navratilova (3), Chris Evert (2), Billie Jean King (2), Ann Jones (1), Angelique Kerber (1), Li Na (1), Flavia Pennetta (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 2017 Australian Open.

OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS – 30+

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 2014 Australian Open 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 Ages based on tournament end date

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TEENAGE KICKS

There are 11 teenagers in this year’s women’s singles draw (youngest to oldest): Robin Montgomery (15), (16), Katrina Scott (16), Leylah Fernandez (17), Hailey Baptiste (18), (18), Caty McNally (18), (18), (19), Iga Swiatek (19) and (19).

The youngest player in Open Era to: • Play at Flushing Meadows: Kathleen Horvath (14 years, 5 days) in 1979 • Win the US Open: Tracy Austin, who was 16 years, 8 months, 280 days when she picked up the title in 1979 • 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 34 times (13 different players) in the Open Era. The last teenager to win a Grand Slam title was Bianca Andreescu (19 yrs, 84 days) at 2019 US Open.

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 73 consecutive appearances (including 2020 US Open).

Heading into this year’s US Open, Alizé Cornet holds the longest active streak for consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance streak with 54 consecutive appearances to her name.

GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW: CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES

ACTIVE STREAKS CONSECUTIVE PLAYER START OF STREAK APPEARANCES* Alizé Cornet (FRA) 54* Angelique Kerber (GER) 43* 2009 US Open *Including 2020 US Open

LONGEST STREAKS ALL-TIME CONSECUTIVE PLAYER SLAMS (JPN) 62 (ITA) 61 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 56 Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 54 Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 54 Patty Schnyder (SUI) 52 Alizé Cornet (FRA)* 54* (RUS) 48 (SRB) 48 Julia Goerges (GER) 47 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 47 (RSA) 46 Lisa Raymond (USA) 46 (RUS) 46 *Including 2020 US Open and indicates active streak Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 10

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MOST GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES

Venus Williams is playing in her 86th career Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US Open, the most in the Open Era. There are nine active players who have played in 50 or more Grand Slam main draws:

OPEN ERA – ALL PLAYERS ACTIVE SINGLES PLAYERS GS GS PLAYER PLAYER APPEARANCES APPEARANCES* Venus Williams (USA) 86* Venus Williams (USA) 86* Serena Williams (USA) 75* Serena Williams (USA) 75* Amy Frazier (USA) 71 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 67 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 69 Samantha Stosur (AUS) 65 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 67 Alizé Cornet (FRA) 57* Martina Navratilova (USA) 67 Barbora Strycova (CZE) 55 Samantha Stosur (AUS) 65 (CHN) 50 Conchita Martínez (ESP) 64 Angelique Kerber (GER) 50* Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 50* Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 61 *Includes 2020 US Open

Helena Sukova (CZE) 61 Virginie Razzano (FRA) 59 Patty Schnyder (SUI) 59

Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 59

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 58

Maria Sharapova (RUS) 58 Alizé Cornet (FRA) 57* (ESP) 57 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 57 Barbora Strycova (CZE) 55 (ITA) 52 *Includes 2020 US Open; BOLD = active player

200+ GRAND SLAM WINS AND BEYOND

Serena Williams leads all active players with 351 Grand Slam match wins, followed by her sister Venus Williams with 269. They are the only active players to have 200+ Grand Slam main draw wins. Seven active players have won 100 or more Grand Slam main draw matches:

MOST CAREER GRAND SLAM WINS - OPEN ERA (Entering 2020 US Open)

OPEN ERA ACTIVE PLAYERS PLAYER W-L PLAYER W-L Serena Williams 351-50 Serena Williams 351-50 Martina Navratilova 306-49 Venus Williams 269-77 Chris Evert 299-37 Svetlana Kuznetsova 153-65 Stefanie Graf 278-32 Kim Clijsters 132-31 Venus Williams 269-77 Victoria Azarenka 127-46 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 210-54 Petra Kvitova 106-43 Angelique Kerber 105-46 BOLD denotes active singles players

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DEFENDING CHAMPIONS AT US OPEN (OPEN ERA)

In the Open Era, the singles title has been successfully defended 14 times, most recently by Serena Williams (2012-14). In 2014 Serena became the first woman to win the US Open three times in a row since Chris Evert won four consecutive titles in 1975-78. Serena’s 2014 success was also the first three-peat at any Slam since Justine Henin at Roland Garros 2005-07.

YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT 1969 Virginia Wade (GBR) SF 1995 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 4r 1970 Margaret Court (AUS) Won 1996 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1971 Margaret Court (AUS) DNP 1997 Stefanie Graf (GER) DNP (inj) 1972 Billie Jean King (USA) Won 1998 Martina Hingis (SUI) R-Up 1973 Billie Jean King (USA) 3r 1999 Lindsay Davenport (USA) SF 1974 Margaret Court (AUS) DNP 2000 Serena Williams (USA) QF 1975 Billie Jean King (USA) DNP 2001 Venus Williams (USA) Won 1976 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2002 Venus Williams (USA) R-Up 1977 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2003 Serena Williams (USA) DNP (inj) 1978 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2004 Justine Henin (BEL) 4r 1979 Chris Evert (USA) R-Up 2005 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 1r 1980 Tracy Austin (USA) SF 2006 Kim Clijsters (BEL) DNP (retired) 1981 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2007 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3r 1982 Tracy Austin (USA) QF 2008 Justine Henin (BEL) DNP (retired) 1983 Chris Evert (USA) R-Up 2009 Serena Williams (USA) SF 1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2010 Kim Clijsters (BEL) Won 1985 Martina Navratilova (USA) R-Up 2011 Kim Clijsters (BEL) DNP (inj) 1986 Hana Mandlikova (TCH) 4r 2012 Samantha Stosur (AUS) QF 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2013 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1988 Martina Navratilova (USA) QF 2014 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1989 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2015 Serena Williams (USA) SF 1990 Stefanie Graf (GER) R-Up 2016 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) DNP (retired) 1991 Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) QF 2017 Angelique Kerber (GER) 1r 1992 Monica Seles (YUG) Won 2018 Sloane Stephens (USA) QF 1993 Monica Seles (YUG) DNP (inj) 2019 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 4r 1994 Stefanie Graf (GER) R-Up 2020 Bianca Andreescu (CAN) DNP

FIVE-YEAR SEEDS COMPARISON

SEED 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 1 Karolina Pliskova Naomi Osaka Simona Halep Karolina Pliskova Serena Williams 2 Sofia Kenin Ashleigh Barty Simona Halep Angelique Kerber 3 Serena Williams Karolina Pliskova Sloane Stephens Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza 4 Naomi Osaka Simona Halep Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwanska 5 Aryna Sabalenka Elina Svitolina Petra Kvitova Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep 6 Petra Kvitova Petra Kvitova Angelique Kerber Venus Williams 7 Madison Keys Elina Svitolina Johanna Konta Roberta Vinci 8 Petra Martic Serena Williams Karolina Pliskova Svetlana Kuznetsova Madison Keys 9 Johanna Konta Aryna Sabalenka Julia Goerges Venus Williams Svetlana Kuznetsova 10 Garbiñe Muguruza Madison Keys Jelena Ostapenko Agnieszka Radwanska Karolina Pliskova 11 Elena Rybakina Sloane Stephens Dominika Cibulkova Carla Suárez Navarro 12 Marketa Vondrousova Anastasija Sevastova Garbiñe Muguruza Jelena Ostapenko Dominika Cibulkova 13 Alison Riske Kiki Bertens Petra Kvitova Johanna Konta 14 Anett Kontaveit Angeligue Kerber Madison Keys Petra Kvitova 15 Maria Sakkari Bianaca Andreescu Elise Mertens Madison Keys 16 Elise Mertens Johanna Konta Venus Williams Samantha Stosur Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 12

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NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES

• Karolina Pliskova enters the US Open as the top seed for her second time at the majors (also 2017 US Open) • Since 1968, the No.1 seed at the US Open has claimed the title on 20 occasions and finished runner-up on nine 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. Virginia Ruano Pascual) 2017 Roland Garros Kerber (l. Ekaterina Makarova) 2018 US Open Halep (l. Kaia Kanepi)

NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES AT US OPEN

YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT 1968 Billie Jean King (USA) R-Up 1995 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1969 Ann Jones (GBR) DNP (ill) 1996 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1970 Margaret Court (AUS) Won 1997 Martina Hingis (SUI) Won 1971 Billie Jean King (USA) Won 1998 Martina Hingis (SUI) R-Up 1972 Billie Jean King (USA) Won 1999 Martina Hingis (SUI) R-Up 1973 Billie Jean King (USA) 3r 2000 Martina Hingis (SUI) SF 1974 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2001 Martina Hingis (SUI) SF 1975 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2002 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1976 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2003 Kim Clijsters (BEL) R-Up 1977 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2004 Justine Henin (BEL) 4r 1978 Martina Navratilova (TCH) SF 2005 Maria Sharapova (RUS) SF 1979 Chris Evert (USA) R-Up 2006 Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) SF 1980 Tracy Austin (USA) SF 2007 Justine Henin (BEL) Won 1981 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2008 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2r 1982 Martina Navratilova (USA) QF 2009 (RUS) 3r 1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2010 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) SF 1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2011 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) SF 1985 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2012 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) R-Up 1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2013 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1987 Stefanie Graf (GER) R-Up 2014 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1988 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2015 Serena Williams (USA) SF 1989 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2016 Serena Williams (USA) SF 1990 Stefanie Graf (GER) R-Up 2017 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) QF 1991 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF 2018 Simona Halep (ROU) 1r 1992 Monica Seles (YUG) Won 2019 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 4r 1993 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2020 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) ?? 1994 Stefanie Graf (GER) R-Up

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TOP 16 SEEDS’ US OPEN & GRAND SLAM RESULTS

USO GS PLAYER USO BEST RESULT GS BEST RESULT W-L W-L 1 Karolina Pliskova 19-7 R-Up (2016) 61-31 R-Up (2016 US Open) 2 Sofia Kenin 6-5 3r (2019, 2018, 2017) 18-11 WON (2020 Australian Open) Serena Williams WON (1999, 2002, WON (23 Grand Slam titles, most recently 2017 Australian 3 101-13 351-50 2008, 2012-14) Open) 4 Naomi Osaka 14-3 WON (2018) 39-14 WON (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open) 5 Aryna Sabalenka 4-2 4r (2018) 8-10 4r (2018 US Open) 6 Petra Kvitova 26-12 QF (2015, 2017) 106-43 WON (2011, 2014 Wimbledon) 7 Madison Keys 22-8 R-Up (2017) 73-30 R-Up (2017 US Open) 8 Petra Martic 5-7 4r (2019) 34-32 QF (2019 Roland Garros) Johanna Konta SF (2016 Australian Open, 2017 Wimbledon, 2019 Roland 9 11-7 QF (2019) 38-25 Garros) 10 Garbiñe Muguruza 6-7 4r (2017) 72-27 WON (2016 Roland Garros, 2017 Wimbledon) 11 Elena Rybakina 0-1 1r (2019) 2-3 3r (2020 Australian Open) 12 Marketa Vondrousova 3-2 4r (2018) 12-11 R-Up (2019 Roland Garros) 13 Alison Riske 4-8 4r (2013) 23-32 QF (2019 Wimbledon) 14 Anett Kontaveit 5-4 4r (2015) 23-19 QF (2020 Australian Open) 15 Maria Sakkari 5-5 3r (2017, 2019) 21-17 4r (2020 Australian Open) 16 Elise Mertens 7-4 QF (2019) 29-13 SF (2018 Australian Open)

RECENT GRAND SLAM FORM

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

2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 PLAYER USO AO RG WMB USO AO RG WIMB USO AO Karolina Pliskova QF QF 3r 4r QF SF 3r 4r 4r 3r Sofia Kenin 3r 1r 1r 2r 3r 2r 4r 2r 3r WON Serena Williams - - 4r R-Up R-Up QF 3r R-Up R-Up 3r Naomi Osaka 3r 4r 3r 3r WON WON 3r 1r 4r 3r Aryna Sabalenka - 1r 1r 1r 4r 3r 2r 1r 2r 1r Petra Kvitova QF 1r 3r 1r 3r R-Up - 4r 2r QF Madison Keys R-Up QF SF 3r SF 4r QF 2r 4r 3r Petra Martic 1r 4r 2r 1r 1r 3r QF 4r 4r 2r Johanna Konta 1r 2r 1r 2r 1r 2r SF QF QF 1r Garbine Muguruza 4r 2r SF 2r 2r 4r 4r 1r 1r R-Up Elena Rybakina ------1r - 1r 3r Marketa Vondrousova 1r 2r 1r 1r 4r 2r R-Up 1r - 1r Alison Riske 1r 1r 1r 2r 1r 1r 1r QF 2r 4r Anett Kontaveit 1r 4r 4r 3r 1r 2r 1r 3r 3r QF Maria Sakkari 3r 1r 3r 1r 2r 3r 2r 3r 3r 4r Elise Mertens 1r SF 4r 3r 4r 3r 3r 4r QF 4r

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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 US Open:

2019 2019 2019 2019 PLAYER RESULT PTS PLAYER RESULT PTS Karolina Pliskova 4r 240 Johanna Konta QF 430 Sofia Kenin 3r 130 Garbiñe Muguruza 1r 10 Serena Williams R-Up 1300 Elena Rybakina 1r 10 Naomi Osaka 4r 240 Marketa Vondrousova - - Aryna Sabalenka 2r 70 Alison Riske 2r 70 Petra Kvitova 2r 70 Anett Kontaveit 3r 130 Madison Keys 4r 240 Maria Sakkari 3r 130 Petra Martic 4r 240 Elise Mertens QF 430

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US OPEN HONOR ROLL (OPEN ERA)

YEAR [SEED] CHAMPION [SEED] RUNNER-UP SCORE 1968 (6) Virginia Wade (GBR) (1) Billie Jean King (USA) 64 62 1969 (2) Margaret Court (AUS) (6) Nancy Richey (USA) 62 62 1970 (1) Margaret Court (AUS) (2) Rosie Casals (USA) 62 26 61 1971 (1) Billie Jean King (USA) (2) Rosie Casals (USA) 64 76(5-2) 1972 (1) Billie Jean King (USA) (9) Kerry Melville-Reid (AUS) 63 75 1973 (2) Margaret Court (AUS) (4) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 76(5-2) 57 62 1974 (2) Billie Jean King (USA) (5) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 36 63 75 1975 (1) Chris Evert (USA) (2) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 57 64 62 1976 (1) Chris Evert (USA #1) (2) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS #2) 63 60 1977 (1) Chris Evert (USA #1) (12) Wendy Turnbull (AUS #12) 76(3) 62 1978 (2) Chris Evert (USA #2) (16) Pam Shriver (USA #20) 75 64 1979 (3) Tracy Austin (USA #3) (1) Chris Evert (USA #1) 64 63 1980 (3) Chris Evert (USA #3) (9) Hana Mandlikova (TCH #10) 57 61 61 1981 (3) Tracy Austin (USA #3) (4) Martina Navratilova (USA #4) 16 76(4) 76(1) 1982 (2) Chris Evert (USA #2) (5) Hana Mandlikova (TCH #5) 63 61 1983 (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (2) Chris Evert (USA #2) 61 63 1984 (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (2) Chris Evert (USA #2) 46 64 64 1985 (3) Hana Mandlikova (TCH #4) (2) Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 76(3) 16 76(2) 1986 (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (7) Helena Sukova (CZE #7) 63 62 1987 (2) Martina Navratilova (USA #2) (1) Stefanie Graf (GER #1) 76(4) 61 1988 (1) Stefanie Graf (GER #1) (5) Gabriela Sabatini (ARG #4) 63 36 61 1989 (1) Stefanie Graf (GER #1) (2) Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 36 75 61 1990 (5) Gabriela Sabatini (ARG #5) (1) Stefanie Graf (GER #1) 62 76(4) 1991 (2) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (6) Martina Navratilova (USA #6) 76(1) 61 1992 (1) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (5) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP #5) 63 63 1993 (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (12) Helena Sukova (CZE #13) 63 63 1994 (2) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP #2) (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) 16 76(3) 64 1995 (1) Steffi Graf (GER co-#1) (2) Monica Seles (USA co-#1) 76(6) 06 63 1996 (1) Steffi Graf (GER co-#1) (2) Monica Seles (USA co-#1) 75 64 1997 (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) Venus Williams (USA #66) 60 64 1998 (2) Lindsay Davenport (USA #3) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) 63 75 1999 (7) Serena Williams (USA #7) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) 63 76(4) 2000 (3) Venus Williams (USA #3) (2) Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) 64 75 2001 (4) Venus Williams (USA #4) (10) Serena Williams (USA #10) 62 64 2002 (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Venus Williams (USA #2) 64 63 2003 (2) Justine Henin (BEL #3) (1) Kim Clijsters (BEL #1) 75 61 2004 (9) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #9) (6) Elena Dementieva (RUS #6) 63 75 2005 (4) Kim Clijsters (BEL #4) (12) Mary Pierce (FRA #12) 63 61 2006 (3) Maria Sharapova (RUS #4) (2) Justine Henin (BEL #2) 64 64 2007 (1) Justine Henin (BEL #1) (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #4) 61 63 2008 (4) Serena Williams (USA #3) (2) Jelena Jankovic (SRB #2) 64 75 2009 (WC) Kim Clijsters (BEL NR) (9) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #8) 75 63 2010 (2) Kim Clijsters (BEL #3) (7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS #8) 62 61 2011 (9) Samantha Stosur (AUS #10) (28) Serena Williams (USA #27) 62 63 2012 (4) Serena Williams (USA #4) (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #1) 62 26 75 2013 (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #2) 75 67(6) 61 2014 (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #11) 63 63 2015 (26) Flavia Pennetta (ITA (#26) Roberta Vinci (ITA #43) 76(4) 62 2016 (2) Angelique Kerber (GER #2) (10) Karolina Pliskova (CZE #11) 63 46 64 2017 (SR) Sloane Stephens (USA #83) (15) Madison Keys (USA #16) 63 60 2018 (20) Naomi Osaka (JPN #19) (17) Serena Williams (USA #26) 62 64 2019 (15) Bianca Andreescu (CAN #15) (8) Serena Williams (USA #8) 63 75

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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 [1] Mima Jausovec (YUG) [3] Virginia Wade (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) DEC - [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 1978 [-] Chris O’Neil (AUS) [2] (ROU) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) 1979 [5] Barbara Jordan (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) 1983 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1984 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1985 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [=1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) 1986 Not held [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1987 [2] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1988 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1989 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [7] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 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) 1994 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (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) 1998 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [4] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) 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) 2004 [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [6] Anastasia Myskina (RUS) [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova (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) 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] (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) - 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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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FIRST TIME GRAND-SLAM CHAMPIONS Since 1968 Roland Garros, 51 women have won at least one Grand Slam title: AGE TOTAL OPEN ERA PLAYER FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE YRS, MOS 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 2016 Australian Open 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 2 Osaka, Naomi (JPN) 20,11 2018 US Open 2 Barty, Ashleigh (AUS) 23,1 2019 Roland Garros 1 Andreescu, Bianca (CAN) 19, 2 2019 US Open 1 Kenin, Sofia (USA) 21,2 2020 Australian Open 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

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COUNTRY AND REGION BREAKDOWN

USA (31) AHN, KRISTIE ANISIMOVA, AMANDA ARCONADA, USUE MAITANE BAPTISTE, HAILEY BELLIS, CICI BRADY, JENNIFER BRENGLE, MADISON COLLINS, DANIELLE DAVIS, LAUREN DI LORENZO, FRANCESCA DOLEHIDE, CAROLINE GAUFF, COCO KENIN, SOFIA KEYS, MADISON KIICK, ALLIE LI, ANN LIU, CLAIRE MCHALE, CHRISTINA MCNALLY, CATY MONTGOMERY, ROBIN OSUIGWE, WHITNEY PEGULA, JESSICA PERA, BERNARDA RISKE, ALISON ROGERS, SHELBY SCOTT, KATRINA STEPHENS, SLOANE TOWNSEND, TAYLOR VICKERY, SACHIA WILLIAMS, VENUS WILLIAMS, SERENA RUS (12) ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA BLINKOVA, ANNA DIATCHENKO, VITALIA GASPARYAN, MARGARITA GRACHEVA, VARVARA KALINSKAYA, ANNA KASATKINA, DARIA KHROMACHEVA, IRINA KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA SAMSONOVA, LIUDMILA VIKHLYANTSEVA, NATALIA ZVONAREVA, VERA

CZE (8) BOUZKOVA, MARIE KVITOVA, PETRA MARTINCOVA, TEREZA MUCHOVA, KAROLINA PLISKOVA, KAROLINA PLISKOVA, KRISTYNA SINIAKOVA, KATERINA VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA UKR (7) BONDARENKO, KATERYNA KALININA, ANHELINA KOSTYUK, MARTA KOZLOVA, KATERYNA TSURENKO, LESIA YASTREMSKA, DAYANA ZAVATSKA, KATERINA BEL (7) BONAVENTURE, YSALINE CLIJSTERS, KIM FLIPKENS, KIRSTEN MERTENS, ELISE MINNEN, GREET VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON WICKMAYER, YANINA BLR (5) AZARENKA, VIKTORIA GOVORTSOVA, OLGA LAPKO, VERA SABALENKA, ARYNA SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA GER (5) FRIEDSAM, ANNA-LENA KERBER, ANGELIQUE KORPATSCH, TAMARA Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 19

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MARIA, TATJANA SIEGEMUND, LAURA AUS (4) CABRERA, LIZETTE INGLIS, MADISON SHARMA, ASTRA TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA FRA (4) CORNET, ALIZÉ DODIN, OCÉANE GARCIA, CAROLINE MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA ESP (4) BADOSA, PAULA BOLSOVA, ALIONA MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE SORRIBES TORMO, SARA JPN (4) DOI, MISAKI HIBINO, NAO NARA, KURUMI OSAKA, NAOMI ROU (4) BEGU, IRINA CAMELIA BUZARNESCU, MIHAELA CIRSTEA, SORANA TIG, PATRICIA MARIA KAZ (3) DIYAS, ZARINA PUTINTSEVA, YULIA RYBAKINA, ELENA POL (3) LINETTE, MAGDA KAWA, KATARZYNA SWIATEK, IGA SUI (3) GOLUBIC, VIKTORIJA TEICHMANN, JIL VOEGELE, STEFANIE BUL (2) PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA TOMOVA, VIKTORIYA CRO (2) MARTIC, PETRA VEKIC, DONNA EST (2) KANEPI, KAIA KONTAVEIT, ANETT GBR (2) KONTA, JOHANNA WATSON, HEATHER ITA (2) GIORGI, CAMILA PAOLINI, JASMINE AUT (1) HAAS, BARBARA CAN (1) FERNANDEZ, LEYLAH CHN (1) ZHANG, SHUAI GRE (1) SAKKARI, MARIA LAT (1) SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA HUN (1) BABOS, TIMEA MNE (1) KOVINIC, DANKA NED (1) RUS, ARANTXA PUR (1) PUIG, MONICA SRB (1) STOJANOVIC, NINA SLO (1) JUVAN, KAJA SVK (1) KUZMOVA, VIKTORIA SWE (1) PETERSON, REBECCA TUN (1) JABEUR, ONS

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FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK | AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.wimbledon.com | @Wimbledon | facebook.com/wimbledon WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte, Chase Altieri, Teyva Sammet US OPEN - DAY 1 MATCH-UPS [1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. ANHELINA KALININA (UKR #145) First meeting Pliskova seeded No.1 for the second time in her career at a major... Kalinina bidding for first Top 20 win of career... Pliskova’s runner-up finish here in 2016 remains best major result [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. (JPN #81) Osaka leads 1-0 Osaka beat her compatriot en route to Tokyo final in 2016...Doi has never overcome a Top 10 player in her career... Osaka is one of six former US Open champions in the draw IRINA CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #73) vs. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12) Kvitova leads 4-0 Kvitova beat Begu during title runs at 2018 St. Petersburg and 2015 Madrid... Begu has not upset a Top 20 player since 2018 season... US Open is only major where Kvitova has failed to reach SF

TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #136) vs. [8] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15) First meeting (at main draw, tour level) Martic won when the two met in qualifying at 2015 Bad Gastein... Martincova is lowest-ranked of eight Czechs in the draw... Martic lost to Williams in R16 here last year TATJANA MARIA (GER #95) vs. [13] ALISON RISKE (USA #20) Riske leads 5-0 Riske won pair’s most recent encounter at 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch... Maria has fallen at first hurdle on past five Slam appearances... Riske is enjoying her highest seeding at a major (USA #55) vs. [14] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) First meeting Collins is one of 31 Americans in the main draw this fortnight... Kontaveit’s best result here remains R16 run on debut in 2015... Collins has only won one main draw match at her home major [17] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23) vs. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #59) Kerber leads 1-0 Kerber prevailed when they clashed at 2015 Roland Garros... Tomljanovic has never beaten a Top 50 player in New York... Kerber lifted title here in 2016 but also made first-round exit 12 months ago (RUS #62) vs. [28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40) Blinkova leads 1-0 Blinkova beat Brady on her way to WTA 125K Series title at New Haven in 2019... Brady recently lifted maiden career title at Lexington... Blinkova has never been beyond the first round at Flushing Meadows [30] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #44) vs. HAILEY BAPTISTE (USA #236) Mladenovic leads 1-0 Mladenovic emerged triumphant when she faced Baptiste at 2019 Washington... Baptiste was awarded late wildcard into the draw... Mladenovic made Grand Slam breakthrough here in 2015 with QF run CORI GAUFF (USA #51) vs. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #45) First meeting Gauff reached third round on US Open debut 12 months ago... Sevastova has made the QF or better on three of past four appearances here... Gauff is yet to lose in the first round at a major MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. ANHELINA KALININA (UKR #145)

Head to Head: First meeting

KAROLINA PLISKOVA ANHELINA KALININA 3 WTA RANKING 145 14 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 91 21-03-1992 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-02-1997 (23) $485,171 YTD PRIZE MONEY $27,618 $19,997,689 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $432,719 1 / 16 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 19-7 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 1-1 8-3 / 317-162 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 2-5 3-1 / 103-59 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 2-2 2-5 / 64-69 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-0 8-3 / 227-109 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-3 1-0 / 32-39 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 3-1 / 62-72 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 1-0 / 31-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KAROLINA PLISKOVA ANHELINA KALININA 2019 2019 R16 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #16) 6-7(1) 6-3 7-5 R1* L - (USA #157) 6-0 6-3 2018 2018 QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-4 6-3 R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 4-6 7-5 6-2 2017 2017 QF L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22) 7-6(4) 6-3 R2* L - ANNA BLINKOVA (RUS #130) 6-3 1-6 6-0 2016 2016 F L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-3 4-6 6-4 R1* L - REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #132) 5-7 6-0 6-2 2015 2015 R1 L - (USA #121) 6-2 6-1 R1* L - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #131) 3-6 6-3 6-1

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2014 R3 L - (AUS #32) 6-3 3-6 6-4 2013 R1 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #59) 4-6 6-4 7-5 2012 R2* L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #206) 6-1 6-2 2011 R1* L - (LUX #127) 6-1 6-3 2010 R1* L - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #175) 6-4 6-4

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open • Making second Grand Slam main draw appearance (and 11th appearance overall) – was finalist here in at 2020 US Open, with her only other Slam outing 2016 (l. Kerber), the best Slam result of her career also coming here in New York in 2018 • Her run to the final here in 2016 saw her simultane- • That year, came through qualifying, defeated Von ously make Slam debuts in R16, QF, SF and final Deichmann in 1r (via ret. - cramping) before falling • Became first Czech to reach US Open final since to that year’s reigning champion and World No.3 Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) Stephens in 3s • Has reached at least the R16 stage here in New • By reaching 2r in 2018, pocketed USD$93,000 in York on last four visits – 2016 (R-Up), 2017 (QF, l. prize money – nearly half her career total heading Vandeweghe), 2018 (QF, l. S.Williams) and 2019 into that tournament (R16, l. Konta) • Fell in qualifying here in New York in 2015-17 and • No.1 seed this fortnight at US Open – her second 2019 time entering a Slam as the top seed, after 2017 US • Enters main draw this year as direct entrant, ranked Open. Also her 22nd consecutive major appearance No.145 - career-high ranking is No.107 (December as a seeded player 17, 2018) • She is the only Czech woman ever to enter a Grand • As a junior was runner-up in girls’ singles at 2014 US Slam as the No.1 seed Open (l. Bouzkova) • In Open Era, the top seed has only ever lost once in • US Open marks first event since the tour’s hiatus – 1r at US Open (Kanepi d. Halep in 2018) and seven last outing on court was the WTA 125k Series event times across all four majors at Indian Wells in March • Contesting her 32nd Grand Slam main draw, and • Faces top seed and World No.3 Ka.Pliskova today win-loss record stands at 61-31 in opening match – best win of career so far came • Across the Slams, has best win percentage here at over No.31 Collins at the WTA 125k Series event in US Open (19-7, 73%) Houston in 2019 • In the Open Era the No.1 seed has won the US Open • Other Top 50 win of career came over No.41 Sinia- 20 times, most recently S.Williams in 2014 kova in 1r at 2019 Jurmala - also her most recent • Faces Kalinina in opening match today – has not tour-level victory fallen in 1r at a Slam since 2016 Roland Garros (l. • Match today vs. No.3 Ka.Pliskova is only second Rogers), a run of 15 straight opening match wins time facing Top 100 opposition this season (l. No.79 • A loss to No.145 Kalinina would be her worst since Townsend at WTA 125k series event at Newport falling to No.153 Kuznetsova at 2019 Cincinnati, and Beach) her worst-by-ranking in the main draw at a major • Ukrainian No.7 in the rankings and one of seven • Last loss to a player outside the Top 100 at Slam competing in New York (also Yastremska, Kozlova, level was No.108 Rogers at 2016 Roland Garros Zavatska, Tsurenko, Kostyuk and Bondarenko) • Owns 10 career WTA singles titles on hard courts, at 2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Seoul, 2014 Linz, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019-2020 Brisbane and 2019 Zhengzhou • During the 2019 North American hard court season, made QF at Toronto (l. champion Andreescu), QF at Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova) and R16 here (l. Konta) • During the hiatus, contested the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual competition, undertook charity work by sup- porting key workers with free coffee, kept fit with bike rides (her first in 15 years), held her Foundation’s first junior tournament as well as played several exhibition events in the KAROLINA ANHELINA PLISKOVA VS KALININA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US • Maiden Grand Slam main draw came at 2018 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debuts in Open (as qualifier, l. Stephens in 2r) R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became • Has fallen in qualifying at all the other Slams – Aus- first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena tralian Open (2019-20), Roland Garros (2017-19) Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) and Wimbledon (2015, 2018-19) • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 • As a junior was runner-up in girls’ singles at 2014 US (l. Osaka), also reached last four at 2017 Roland Open (l. Bouzkova) and doubles champion at 2014 Garros (l. Halep) Australian Open (w/Kulichkova) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) and 2019 (l. Muchova) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Bartoli in 1r) SEASON SEASON

• First event back following the hiatus was the Western • Prior to 2020 US Open last event contested was fall- & Southern Open – as No.1 seed, fell 2r (after 1r ing 1r at the WTA 125k Series event at Indian Wells bye, l. Kudermetova) in March (l. Vikhlyantseva) • Prior to his, last event was in Doha, reaching the 3r • At WTA level this year, fell in qualifying at Australian (l. Jabeur) Open and Acapulco, while reached 3r at WTA 125k • Fell to eventual finalist Rybakina in QF of Dubai Series event in Newport Beach (l. Townsend) • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenko- • Has played several ITF events in 2020, highlight of va) which was run to final at $100k in Michigan – was • Began 2020 by winning 16th career title at Brisbane forced to concede walkover in title match to Rogers International (d. Keys in F), defending her title from (w/right toe injury) 2019 – has now won at least one WTA title for eight consecutive seasons. Was also first time successful- ly defending one of her previous 15 titles • Brisbane marked first event working with new coach Daniel Vallverdu CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 ranked No.2 for career-best year-end • Ended 2019 ranked No.181 – best finish of career finish came in 2018, ranked No.110 • Lifted a Tour-leading four title across the season (tied • Highlight of last season was reaching 2r at Jurmala with Barty), taking tally to 15 – triumphed at Bris- (d. Siniakova, l. Tig) and winning ITF title at $25k bane, , Eastbourne and Zhengzhou Perov in the Czech Republic • Dropped 19 games across five matches during East- • Matched career-high ranking of No.107 last year, bourne title win (d. Kerber in F) – most economic title which she first achieved week of December 17, 2018 run in 2019 • Made her Grand Slam main draw debut at 2018 • Also reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, US Open - came through qualifying to make 2r (l. losing to Barty in straight sets Stephens) • Produced best Australian Open performance of • Also in 2018 made second tour-level appearance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in her career, falling 1r at Washington DC (as qualifier, 3s); saved four match points to beat S.Williams in QF l. Bonaventure) • Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham, • Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 Tashkent (fell in what was their first career main draw encounter 1r, l. Hibino) • Made fourth straight appearance at the WTA Finals in • Sidelined for 10 months at the end of 2015 w/shoul- 2019, reaching SF for the third year in a row der injury, playing only 12 matches in 2016 season • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and • On ITF Circuit has won 10 titles in singles and three Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in in doubles Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Turkey in 2012 KAROLINA ANHELINA PLISKOVA VS KALININA

CAREER CONT. PERSONAL

• At Grand Slam level in 2018 season, made QF • Coached here in New York by Anton Korchevskyi run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), • Formerly trained in Trnava at the Empire Academy, reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made where she was under the tutelage of Dinara Safina R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had and then Vladimir Platenik QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. • Favorite surface is hard S.Williams) • Also in 2018, made the SF at Brisbane (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Ste- phens). Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) • Owns 15-12 record in singles finals, having won having titles on all three surfaces • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova) • Won first career WTA title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur (d. Mattek-Sands) and followed it up with two more in 2014 Seoul (d. Lepchenko) and 2014 Linz (d. Giorgi) • Made professional debut on ITF circuit in 2006 PERSONAL

• Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club • Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon • Currently coached by Daniel Vallverdu and , and previously coached by Conchita Martínez, Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. MISAKI DOI (JPN #81)

Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 1-0

2016 TOKYO HARD O R1 NAOMI OSAKA 6-4 6-4 85 mins

NAOMI OSAKA MISAKI DOI 9 WTA RANKING 81 13 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 133 16-10-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 29-04-1991 (29) $199,756 YTD PRIZE MONEY $119,415 $14,617,235 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,810,370 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 14-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 1-7 5-3 / 125-73 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-5 / 82-131 3-1 / 35-19 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-3 / 29-42 1-3 / 24-22 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 20-27 5-2 / 96-50 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-4 / 55-92 1-1 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-17 2-1 / 27-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 6-35 0-0 / 7-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 5-12 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

NAOMI OSAKA MISAKI DOI 2019 2019 R16 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 7-5 6-4 R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 7-5 6-0 2018 2018 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-2 6-4 R1* L - (JPN #122) 6-4 6-3 2017 2017 R3 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #418) 6-3 2-6 7-5 R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #25) 6-1 6-3 2016 2016 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) R1 L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #102) 6-4 6-1 2015 2015 R2* L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 6-4 6-4 R2 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 5-7 7-6(3) 6-3 2014 R1 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #17) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-1 2013 R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #10) 6-2 3-6 6-1

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2012 R1* L - (ITA #153) 7-5 7-5 2011 R1 L - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #75) 6-2 6-7(12) 5-2 2010 R2* L - KATIE O'BRIEN (GBR #127) 7-6(5) 6-1

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open, • Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open where she lifted title in 2018 (d. S.Williams in F) (11th overall) • As a result, became first Japanese player to win a • Has progressed through to 2r once, in 2015 (d. Han- Grand Slam singles title and was and the youngest tuchova, l. Bencic) US Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 • Contesting 28th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Returned as defending champion last year, falling Open; owns a 9-27 record across the majors R16 (l. Bencic) • Faces No.10 Osaka today in opening match – pos- • Made 3r on debut in 2016 (l. Keys) and again in 2017 sesses a 6-21 record in Slam 1r matches, and has (l. Kanepi). Fell in 2r of qualifying in 2015 (l. Konta) lost her last nine in a row • This is her 17th Grand Slam main draw – has one • Last tasted victory in 1r of a Slam during R16 run at other Grand Slam title to her name, coming at 2019 2016 Wimbledon (d. Chirico) Australian Open. One of 10 Grand Slam champions • Win today vs. Osaka would be her first Top 10 win. and six former US Open winners in this year’s draw Best wins of career so far came over No.13 Keys • Overall record in Slams stands at 39-14 at 2017 Madrid and No.13 Suarez Navarro at 2016 • Faces Doi in opening match today – owns a 14-2 Eastbourne record in Slam 1r match. The only two women to • Bidding for her first tour-level main draw win of the beat her in the 1r of a Slam are Van Uytvanck (2017 season today, having lost openers at the five tourna- Roland Garros) and Putintseva (2019 Wimbledon) ments she’s contested in 2020 • First time facing Japanese opposition at a Slam main • One of four all-country match-ups – also Ahn v S.Wil- draw (d. Kato at 2016 Australian Open qualifying) liams (USA), Vickery v Townsend (USA) and Watson • The two were Fed Cup teammates during February’s v Konta (GBR) 3-1 defeat to Spain in Murcia • Best career result in the US was QF run at 2016 • Two of her three defeats this season have come at Stanford. More recently was R-Up at WTA 125K hands of players ranked outside Top 50: No.67 Gauff Series event at Indian Wells in March (Australian Open) and No.78 Sorribes Tormo (Fed Cup) • All five career singles titles have been won on hard- courts – Indian Wells and US Open in 2018, and Australian Open, Osaka and Beijing in 2019

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2010 Roland liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in Garros where she fell in 1r (as qualifier, l. Hercog) F) • Best result at a Grand Slam was R16 run at 2016 • Is the first woman to win her second major straight Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Kerber) - at the time, after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 became first Japanese player to reach R16 at any (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) Grand Slam in 10 years – Ai Sugiyama last did so at • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- Wimbledon in 2006 (l. Beltrame) ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open • Has reached 2r - but never further - once at each of and Australian Open back-to-back the other three majors, at Australian Open in 2013, • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became Roland Garros in 2015 and US Open in 2015 youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber) NAOMI MISAKI OSAKA VS DOI

SEASON SEASON

• Withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final of the • Contested qualifying last week at Western & South- Western & Southern Open against Azarenka ern Open and made 1r exit at Lexington (l. Rogers) • Prior to this, last competitive action was during • In last competitive action before the tour’s break, fin- Japan’s 3-1 Fed Cup qualifier defeat vs. Spain in ished R-Up at the WTA 125K Series event at Indian February (l. Sorribes Tormo) Wells (l. Begu) • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (as defending • Fell 1r at Doha (as LL, l. Martincova) and contested champion, l. Gauff) qualifying at Dubai • In Australia, also reached SF at Brisbane (l. even- • Played in Japan 3-1 Fed Cup qualifier defeat vs. tual champion Ka.Pliskova); was on a 14-match win Spain in February (l. Suarez Navrro) streak prior to Brisbane SF loss – the longest of her • Opened season with back-to-back 1r exits at Shen- career zhen (l. Bondarenko) and Australian Open (l. Dart) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 ranked No.3 for career-best sea- • Ended 2019 ranked No.74, her first Top 100 finish for son-ending finish two years • Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. • Appeared in her third WTA final at 2019 Hiroshima, Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach falling to compatriot Hibino in the first all-Japanese World No.1 ranking following the tournament final since 1997 when Sawamatsu defeated Yoshida • In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in in Jakarta her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and • She later teamed with Hibino and won the Hiroshima Beijing (d. Barty in F); now owns 5-2 record in WTA doubles title; now 2-1 in WTA doubles finals singles finals. Defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final • Highlights of 2018 campaign came on the ITF Circuit, for second career victory over world No.1 (also beat winning her sixth and seventh career titles at $25k Halep at 2018 Indian Wells) Kofu-JPN and $100k Vancouver-CAN • Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 • Best results in 2017 were SF at Nurnberg, QF at record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up Taipei City and 3r run at Madrid from No.68 in 2017 • Posted career-best finish in 2016 at No.38 (up from • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- No.60 in 2015) while also posting new career-high an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam ranking of No.30 (week of October 10, 2016) crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) • Notched up career-best 24 main draw match wins in • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time 2016. Highlights were reaching second WTA singles major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, final at Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and best Slam Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight showing with R16 run at Wimbledon (l. eventual was against Sakkari in R16 R-Up Kerber) • Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. • Represented Japan at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching Ka.Pliskova) 2r in singles (l. Stosur) and 2r in doubles (w/Hozumi, • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at l. Kasatkina/Kuznetsova) Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included • Best result of 2016 clay season was Premier-level 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open QF at 2016 Rome. At the time was the first Japanese • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated player to reach QF at Premier-level tournament or No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over above since 2014, when Date made Birmingham QF defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at • In March 2016, won the WTA 125k Series event at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win San Antonio (d. Friedsam in F) • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight • Reached first WTA singles final at 2015 Luxembourg was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- (d. Barthel in F) acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at • Owns two doubles titles, at 2014 Istanbul (w/Svitoli- Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open na) and 2019 Hiroshima (w/Hibino) • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at • Scored first WTA main draw win at 2011 Kuala Lum- 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- pur (fourth tour-level main draw) and first back-to- ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came back wins at 2011 Wimbledon (eighth main draw) from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of • Played first WTA qualifying at 2009 Osaka; made main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r main draw debut at 2010 Roland Garros • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 • Member of Japanese Fed Cup Team, 2011, 2013-15, (l. Dabrowski) 2017, 2019-20 NAOMI MISAKI OSAKA VS DOI

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Began working with Wim Fisette at beginning of 2020 • Coached at US Open by Christian Zahalka season. Previous coaches include Sascha Bajin and • Began playing tennis at age six when parents intro- Jermaine Jenkins duced her to the game at the local tennis club • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul • An all-court player, who likes to be aggressive and Sillah (fitness trainer) come to the net; plays left-handed • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when • Tennis idol was Justine Henin, because she is small she was three years old in stature and has an aggressive game • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster Wowow, Nissin, Nissan, ANA Airlines, Shiseido and bareMinerals • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in New York City before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays profession- al tennis MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #73) vs. PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 4-0

2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R2 PETRA KVITOVA 6-1 6-3 69 mins 2018 ST. PETERSBURG HARD I R16 PETRA KVITOVA 6-3 1-6 6-1 95 mins 2015 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R3 PETRA KVITOVA 6-3 6-2 58 mins 2015 MADRID CLAY O QF PETRA KVITOVA 7-5 6-3 92 mins

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU PETRA KVITOVA 73 WTA RANKING 12 29 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 6 26-08-1990 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (30) $129,661 YTD PRIZE MONEY $771,741 $5,284,617 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $31,838,378 0 / 4 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 27 0 / 9 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 3-8 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 26-12 3-4 / 172-175 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-3 / 447-208 2-0 / 65-57 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 134-88 1-2 / 40-42 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 90-65 0-2 / 79-97 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 12-3 / 301-147 0-2 / 6-29 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 56-57 0-2 / 12-44 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 109-96 0-1 / 10-17 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 45-14 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

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US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU PETRA KVITOVA 2019 2019 R2* L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #153) 6-3 6-2 R2 L - (GER #88) 6-4 6-4 2018 2018 R2 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #52) 6-3 6-1 R3 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #20) 7-5 6-1 2017 2017 R1 L - (UKR #118) 6-2 7-6(7) QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 3-6 7-6(2) 2016 2016 R1 L - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #99) 6-0 6-4 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-3 7-5 2015 2015 R1 L - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #68) 6-1 0-6 7-6(3) QF L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #26) 4-6 6-4 6-2 2014 2014 R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #30) 2-6 6-4 6-1 R3 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 6-4 6-4

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2013 2013 R1 L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #38) 6-1 6-3 R3 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #81) 6-3 6-0 2012 2012 R2 L - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #58) 6-4 7-6(5) R16 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 1-6 6-2 6-0 2011 2011 R1 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #20) 6-3 6-4 R1 L - (ROU #48) 7-6(3) 6-3 2009 2010 R1* L - (AUS #139) 6-2 7-5 R3 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #3) 6-3 6-0 2009 R16 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #50) 4-6 6-4 7-5 2008 R1 L - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #102) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 2007 R2* L - SANDRA KLOESEL (GER #113) 7-5 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making ninth main draw appearance at US Open • Making 13th main draw appearance at the US Open (11th overall), where her best results were 2r show- (and 14th overall) ings in 2012 (d. No.9 Wozniacki, l. Soler-Espinosa), • Best result is reaching the QF twice, in 2015 (l. even- 2014 (l. Vinci) and 2018 (l. Q.Wang) tual champion Pennetta) and 2017 (l. V.Williams) • Fell at the second hurdle in qualifying at last year’s • Posted R16 finishes in 2009 (l. Wickmayer), 2012 (l. tournament Bartoli) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Kerber) • Overall win-loss record at Grand Slams is 25-33 • On most recent outing, in 2019, fell 2r (l. No.88 • Faces No.12 Kvitova in 1r today; bidding for first Petkovic) Top 20 win since upsetting No.5 Ostapenko at 2018 • US Open is only major where she is yet to reach SF Madrid • One of 10 reigning or former major winners in the • Record in Grand Slam 1r matches stands at 17-16, women’s singles draw this fortnight including a loss to Bertens at this stage of the Austra- • Seeded No.6 this fortnight – has now been seeded lian Open in January at the past 37 Grand Slams she has contested, since • Is one of four Romanians in the draw (also Buzarnes- first seeding here at US Open in 2010 (No.27 seed). cu, Cirstea and Tig) Has been seeded as high as No.2, most recently at • Best result of career on US soil was SF run at 2011 2015 Wimbledon Dallas. More recently, won WTA 125K Series title at • This is her 46th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Indian Wells this March Overall Grand Slam record is 106-43 - one of seven active players with 100 or more main draw wins at majors • Faces Begu today in 1r; has won all four previous meetings with the Romanian, including en route to titles at 2018 St. Petersburg and 2015 Madrid, and R-Up finish at 2019 Australian Open • Record in Slam 1r matches stands at 36-9 • One of eight Czech players to start the main draw (third-best represented country, behind USA - 31 and Russia -12) • Owns 18 hard court titles (the fifth-most among active players, after S.Williams - 47, V.Williams - 31, Clijsters - 31 and Azarenka - 20). Three of these titles came on US soil, at New Haven in 2012, 2014-15 GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting 34th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Winner of two major singles titles: 2011 Wimbledon Open (d. Sharapova) and 2014 Wimbledon (d. Bouchard) • Best results at the majors are R16 showings at 2015 • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam Australian Open (l. Bouchard) and 2016 Roland title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- Garros (l. Rogers) phens, Wozniacki, Halep, Osaka, Barty and Kenin) • Also made 3r at Wimbledon in 2015, Roland Garros • Best result at Australian Open came with runner-up in 2015 and 2018-19, and 2r at US Open in 2012 and finish in 2019 (l. Osaka) – becoming first Czech 2014 woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park since • Made Grand Slam debut at 2011 Roland Garros, Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the reaching 2r (d. Rezai, l. Kuznetsova) Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. • In doubles, reached SF stage at 2018 Australian Navratilova) Open (w/Niculescu), and QF at 2017 Roland Garros • Had she defeated Osaka, would have become the (w/Zheng), 2018 Wimbledon (w/Buzarnescu) and WTA World No.1 – Osaka’s win meant she took the 2012 Australian Open (w/Niculescu) accolade • Other Grand Slam highlights include reaching SF at 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Ro- land Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) IRINA-CAMELIA PETRA BEGU VS KVITOVA

SEASON SEASON

• Made first WTA SF in over two years at Prague in • Coming off 2r exit at Western & Southern Open (after mid-August (l. eventual champion Halep); win over 1r bye, l. Bouzkova) - main draw record vs. fellow No.43 Sevastova in 1r was first over a Top 50 player Czechs now 36-5 since 2018 Roland Garros • Before the hiatus, last tournament contested was • Fell 1r at Palermo (l. Siegemund) Doha, finishing as R-Up (l. Sabalenka); now 27-10 in • Prior to tour’s hiatus was in good form, winning the WTA singles finals title at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells and • Defeat of Barty in Doha SF was sixth career win over another title at $100K ITF/Cairo-EGY a reigning World No.1 • In opening month of the season, fell 1r at Shenzhen • Advanced to QF at St Petersburg (withdrew prior to (as qualifier, l. Kr.Pliskova) and Australian Open (l. match vs. Alexandrova w/illness) Bertens). Also contested qualifying at Hobart • Made 12th major QF at Australian Open (l. Barty) • Opened season at Brisbane, reaching SF (l. R-Up Keys) before withdrawing from Adelaide w/fatigue CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 at No.99 – sixth straight Top 100 finish • Ended 2019 ranked No.7 for second consecutive • Season highlight was 3r run at Roland Garros (l. year ending in Top 10 and seventh time in her career Anisimova) and three QF runs at Hobart (l. Schmied- • Captured 26th and 27th career titles in 2019 at Syd- lova), Budapest (l. Vondrousova) and Bucharest (l. ney (d. Barty) and Stuttgart (d. Kontaveit). With 27 Siegemund) titles, is currently tied with Mandlikova and Sabatini • In doubles in 2019, won Hua Hin (w/Niculescu), her in 20th place (Open Era) ninth doubles title • Reached title match at 2019 Australian Open for third • Won two doubles titles in 2018 – Shenzhen and career Grand Slam final appearance – result moved Bucharest – finishing the year at a career-best No.23 her to World No.2, matching her career high ranking in the WTA Doubles Rankings. Reached SF stage of • Also in 2019, qualified for WTA Finals in Shenzhen 2018 Australian Open doubles event w/Niculescu for seventh time (went 0-3 in group play) • Reached two singles SFs - Shenzhen and Istanbul - • Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St Peters- and one QF in 2018. Also defeated No.5 Ostapenko burg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), at 2018 Madrid for second Top 5 win of career having Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in also beaten No.4 Muguruza at 2016 Madrid F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the • Highlight of 2017 was lifting fourth singles title of her year ranked No.7 – sixth career Top 10 finish, and career at Bucharest without dropping a set (d. Goerg- first since 2015 (up fro No.29 in 2017) es in F); also took home the doubles trophy without • Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first dropping a set w/Olaru player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a • Also in 2017 reached two SFs: Istanbul (l. Mertens) season since S.Williams in 2015 and Moscow (l. Kasatkina), and one QF at Charles- • Including 2019, has won at least one title every year ton (l. eventual champion Kasatkina) dating back to 2011 • Represented at 2016 Rio Olympics, making • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, 1r exits in singles (l. Hibino) and doubles (w/Nicules- l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in cu, l. Chan/Chan) Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required • Other notable results in 2016 included SF at Rome (l. extensive surgery to left hand S.Williams), QF at Charleston (l. Kerber) and QF at • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- Madrid (l. Halep) lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual • Posted career-best ranking at No.22 (August 22, champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US 2016) Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) • In run to QF at 2016 Madrid was one of four Roma- • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the nians for reach QF – which was first time this had WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai occurred at a Premier Mandatory event (also Halep, • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the Cirstea and Tig). Secured two milestones during singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze Madrid: career-best win vs. No.4 Muguruza, and medal play-off) 300th match win of career (all levels) with R16 defeat • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. of McHale A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) IRINA-CAMELIA PETRA BEGU VS KVITOVA

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Owns four WTA singles titles from seven finals, lifting • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 the trophies at 2012 Tashkent, 2015 Seoul, 2016 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six Florianopolis and 2017 Bucharest months) • Owns nine WTA doubles titles from 16 finals, most • Owns six wins over current World No.1s: Safina recently at 2019 Hua Hin (w/Niculescu) (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), • Struggled with right shoulder injury in 2013 – first S.Williams (2015 Madrid), Kerber (2016 Wuhan), felt pain at and missed three Wozniacki (2018 Doha) and Barty (2020 Doha) months of action • Among active players, owns the most wins in indoor • Holds 12 singles titles and 19 doubles titles on ITF hardcourt events (77) Circuit • Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team • Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2011 (media in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 vote) • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached here at US Open by Teador Bolanu • Won the 2019 Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship • Started playing tennis at age 3 with aunt, who was a Award, as voted by her WTA peers for the eighth coach time in career • Did gymnastics and played handball when younger • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, • Idol growing up was Martina Hingis a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, while fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger • Parents are Jiri and Pavla MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #136) vs. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15)

Head to Head: First meeting (not including qualifiers)

TEREZA MARTINCOVA PETRA MARTIC 136 WTA RANKING 15 86 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 33 24-10-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 19-01-1991 (29) $65,711 YTD PRIZE MONEY $313,665 $624,871 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,140,051 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-2 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 5-7 2-2 / 17-35 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-7 / 134-128 2-2 / 11-14 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 56-35 0-1 / 3-10 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 33-30 2-2 / 9-20 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-5 / 70-79 1-0 / 4-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 8-12 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-14 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 4-28 0-1 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 15-46 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration

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US OPEN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

TEREZA MARTINCOVA PETRA MARTIC 2019 2019 R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 7-6(6) 7-6(3) R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-3 6-4

2018 2018 R2-Q L - ANHELINA KALININA (UKR #134) 6-3 6-1 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #69) 6-4 6-4

2017 2017 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #19) 6-0 6-1 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 6-4 7-6(3)

2015 2015 R1-Q L - NAO HIBINO (JPN #123) 6-3 6-4 R3-Q L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #207) 6-4 6-4

2014 R1-Q L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 6-4 6-3

2012 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) 6-1 6-1

2011 R2 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #16) 6-4 2-6 6-4

2010 R1 L - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #57) 6-2 6-2

2009 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-1 6-0

2008 R1-Q L - KATIE O'BRIEN (GBR #140) 3-6 6-4 6-0

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making third US Open main draw appearance (fifth • Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open overall) (11th overall) where she made it through to R16 for • Grand Slam debut came here in 2017, when she fell the first time in 2019 (l. S.Williams) in 1r (as qualifier, l. Garcia) • Previous best results at Flushing Meadows were 2r • Came through qualifying again last year before falling showings on main draw debut in 2009 (l. Wozniacki) once more in 1r (l. No.3 seed Ka.Pliskova) and again in 2011 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Faces No.15 Martic in 1r today; solitary Top 20 win • Seeded No.8 this fortnight - her highest at a major. of career came over No.20 Garcia at 2017 Gstaad Has now been among 32 seeds for six straight Slams - also lost to No.19 Garcia at 2017 US Open, No.3 • Owns 34-32 win-loss record across all Slams Ka.Pliskova at 2019 US Open and No.20 Sakkari at • Faces No.136 Martincova in 1r today; most recent 2020 Doha loss to a player outside Top 100 was against No.134 • Lost to Martic - then-ranked No.139 - in qualifying at Wang Xiyu at 2019 Hua Hin, while the last time it 2015 Bad Gastein happened in the main draw at a Slam was at the • One of eight Czechs in main draw - only USA (31) hands of No.131 Dominguez Lino at 2014 Wimble- and Russia (12) are better represented don • Is 0-3 in Grand Slam 1r matches - failing to win a set • Record in Grand Slam 1r matches is 17-16 on any of these occasions • Enters this week ranked No.15 – one spot shy from • Is bidding today for first tour-level match win on US her career high of No.14 (achieved on January 13, soil 2020) – and as Croatian No.1 ahead of No.24 Vekic • Owns two tour-level wins this season, over Doi • In addition to R16 run here, only other outings during and Bogdan during 2r showings at Doha and Lyon, 2019 summer hard court season were 1r exits at respectively Toronto (l. Di Lorenzo) and Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) • During tour’s hiatus this year, played a series of ex- • Deepest run of career on US soil was to SF at 2019 hibitions in central Europe, taking on, among others, Charleston (l. Wozniacki) Ka.Pliskova, Bencic and Muchova GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2017 US • Contesting 34th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Open (as qualifier, l. Garcia) Australian Open, reaching 2r (l. Goerges) • Also came through qualifying only to exit in 1r at • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 2019 Wimbledon (l. Y.Wang) and 2019 US Open (l. Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova) Ka.Pliskova) • Reached R16 on six other occasions across the • Fell in qualifying at the majors on 14 occasions Slams, at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and 2019 (l. Svitolina), Australian Open in 2018 (l. Mer- tens), Roland Garros in 2012 (l. Kerber) and 2017 (as qualifier, l. Svitolina after leading 5-2 in final set) and 2019 US Open (l. S.Williams) • Was ranked No.290 during 2017 Roland Garros run– the lowest-ranked player to reach R16 at a Grand- Slam since the unranked Henin finished R-Up at 2010 Australian Open (l. S.Williams). Since 1983, the only other player outside the Top 200 to reach R16 in Paris was No.279 Martínez in 1988 • Roland Garros exploits in 2017 ended run of seven1r losses at the majors (did not contest main draw at any of the Slams in 2016) • Made 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2009 Roland Gar- ros (as qualifier, l. Wozniak) TEREZA PETRA MARTINCOVA VS MARTIC

SEASON SEASON

• Fell in qualifying at both Palermo and Prague • On the tour’s return reached SF at Palermo (l. Kon- • Reached 2r at Lyon (l. Kuzmova) in final event before taveit) and then fell 2r at Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova) tour’s halt • In the Middle East, advanced to SF at Dubai (l. Ry- • In Middle East, reached 2r at Doha (as qualifier, l. bakina) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Strycova) Sakkari) and contested qualifying at Dubai • Made 1r exit at Hua Hin (l. X.Wang) • Made qualifying exit at St. Petersburg • Reached her career high singles ranking of World • Opened 2020 campaign by falling at the final hurdle No.14 on January 13 of qualifying for Australian Open • Started 2020 with back-to-back 2r showings at Auck- land (l. Cornet) and Australian Open (l. Goerges)

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 with best year-end finish of No.130 (up • Posted best season finish of career in 2019, at her from No.212 in 2018) then-career-high ranking of No.15 (first achieved • Last year, came through qualifying to reach 2r at October 21, 2019). Lifted maiden career WTA title at both St. Petersburg (l. Alexandrova) and Tashkent (l. Istanbul (d. Vondrousova in F) Zavatska) and fell 1r five times, including Wimbledon • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 and US Open; won fourth career singles title on ITF Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova); Circuit upset No.2 seed and No.2-ranked Ka.Pliskova in 3r • In 2018, won ITF singles title at $25k ITF/Obidos and to register fourth Top 10 win of career (and best by made QF run at WTA 125K Series event at Taipei ranking) • Advanced to first tour-level SF at 2017 Gstaad, earn- • Also in 2019, enjoyed R16 runs at both Wimbledon (l. ing career first Top 20 win over then-No.20 Garcia Svitolina) and US Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) • Earned a career-high singles ranking of No.114 fol- • Finished R-Up at Zhengzhou before qualifying for the lowing 2r run at 2017 Nanchang (l. eventual champi- WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the first time (fell at RR on Peng) stage) • Win-loss record at tour-level in 2017 was 5-7, includ- • In 2018, finished R-Up at Bucharest (l. Sevastova), ing three wins at Gstaad and 2r runs at Monterrey (d. posted QF showing at Indian Wells and made R16 at McHale, l. Boserup) and Nanchang (d. Kudryavtse- Australian Open va, l. Peng) • In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years • In 2015, reached first WTA QF at Florianopolis (l. over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros Mattek-Sands) • In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months • Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2013 out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to Nurnberg (l. Cabeza Candela in 1r) win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA • Owns four singles titles on the ITF Circuit at 2014 • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after $10k ITF/Heraklion-GRE, 2015 $25k ITF/Lenzer- US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a heide-SUI, 2018 $25k ITF/Obidos and 2019 $25k Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49 Essen-GER • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team 2008-2010, • Professional debut came on ITF Circuit in Germany 2012, 2014 in 2010 (as qualifier, l. 1r) • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2007 Miami • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in in 2005

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Daniel Vanek • Coached by Martijn Bok. Formerly worked with San- • Born and raised in Prague, Czech Republic dra Zaniewska • Mother’s name is Sandra Martic; she was a handball- player • Favorite city is Paris and favorite food is pancakes • During tour’s hiatus in 2020, spent time honing her cooking skills at home MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

TATJANA MARIA (GER #95) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #20)

Head to Head: ALISON RISKE leads 5-0

2018 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS O R1 ALISON RISKE 6-4 7-6(2) 103 mins 2015 STANFORD HARD O R1 ALISON RISKE 6-2 5-7 6-1 133 mins 2011 JOUE-LES-TOURS HARD O R1 ALISON RISKE 6-3 6-4 n/a 2010 SAINT RAPHAEL CLAY O SF ALISON RISKE 6-4 3-6 6-3 n/a 2010 JOUE-LES-TOURS HARD O SF ALISON RISKE 6-4 6-3 n/a

TATJANA MARIA ALISON RISKE 95 WTA RANKING 20 100 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 48 08-08-1987 (33) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-07-1990 (30) $97,203 YTD PRIZE MONEY $313,237 $3,164,704 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,865,799 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 3-7 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 4-8 3-4 / 84-159 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 147-155 2-0 / 24-38 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 54-65 2-1 / 20-24 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-4 / 41-54 2-4 / 33-87 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 87-96 0-0 / 4-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 9-30 0-2 / 6-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 21-54 0-1 / 5-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 12-8 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

TATJANA MARIA ALISON RISKE 2019 2019 R1 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #82) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3 R2 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #77) 6-4 6-3 2018 2018 R2 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) 6-2 6-3 R1 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #51) 6-3 3-6 7-5 2017 2017 R2 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-3 6-4 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22) 2-6 6-3 6-4 2016 2016 R3* L - (GBR #254) 7-6(5) 6-1 R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 2015 2015 R1 L - (CRO #79) 6-4 6-4 R1 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #25) 6-4 6-3

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2014 2014 R2* L - ONS JABEUR (TUN #166) 0-6 7-5 7-6(4) R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #9) 6-3 6-0 2012 2013 R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #44) 5-7 6-4 6-2 R16 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #48) 6-3 5-7 6-2 2011 2012 R2* L - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #97) 6-7(1) 6-3 6-1 R1* L - (USA #136) 6-2 3-6 6-2 2010 2011 R1* L - (RUS #151) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-1 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #12) 6-2 6-0 2009 2010 R1 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #17) 6-3 6-4 R1* L - ZUZANA KUCOVA (SVK #119) 6-3 4-6 6-2 2007 2009 R1 L - (FRA #106) 6-2 6-4 R1* L - YULIA FEDOSSOVA (FRA #197) 5-7 6-4 6-2 2007 R2* L - (USA #157) 6-2 6-1

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open • Making ninth main draw appearance (and 13th over- (and 12th overall) all) at US Open • Best result here is reaching the 2r in 2012 (as • Best result here came with R16 run in 2013 (d. No.10 qualifier, l. Stephens) and 2017 (l. Keys) and 2018 (l. Kvitova in 3r, l. Hantuchova) Svitolina) • Made 2r in 2019 (d. former World No.1 Muguruza in • Fell 1r here on four occasions, including last year 1r, l. Ostapenko) when she held 3mp in second set before losing out • Has fallen 1r on all six other visits to New York to Kanepi • Is seeded No.13 this fortnight, her highest seeding at • Overall this is her 32nd Grand Slam main draw ap- a Slam. Her highest and only other time being seed- pearance. Record across the Slams stands at 12-31 ed at a major was 2020 Australian Open (No.18) • Playing first tournament since the tour’s resumption • Contesting 33rd Grand Slam main draw this fortnight. in early August Her win-loss record stands at 23-32 at the majors • Faces No.20 Riske today in opening match – bidding • Contesting US Open at No.19, one spot off her ca- for first Top 20 win since 2019 Miami, where she reer-high ranking of No.18 (achieved No.4, 2019) defeated No.6 and reigning champion Stephens • Faces Maria today – record in Slam 1r matches • Only Top 20 win at a Grand Slam came over No.5 stands as 11-21 Svitolina in 1r at 2018 Wimbledon • Last 1r Slam loss came at 2019 Roland Garros (l. • Has fallen 1r in her last five Grand Slam outings. Petkovic) Overall record in 1r Slam matches stands at 11-20 • Owns a perfect 5-0 record vs. Maria across all levels; • Last Grand Slam 1r win came over No.48 A.Rad- in terms of ranking, a loss today would be her worst wanska here in New York in 2018 since falling to No.137 Gibbs at 2019 Osaka • Contested two events during last year’s North • Bidding to avoid fourth successive opening match American hard court swing, falling 2r at Toronto (as defeat, having fallen 1r at Dubai (l. Jabeur) and Doha qualifier, ret. vs. Osaka w/left abdominal injury) and (l. Brady) prior to the tour’s break and then last week falling 1r at US Open (l. Kanepi) at Western & Southern Open (l. Anisimova) • During last year’s North American hard court swing, fell 2r at Montreal (as qualifier, l. Ka.Pliskova) and US Open (l. Ostapenko), and made 1r exit at Cincinnati (l. Sharapova) • Best result on home soil was SF run at 2016 Stan- ford (l. V.Williams) • One of 31 Americans in the main draw this fortnight • Playing doubles here w/Dabrowski (face Dzalamidze/ Khromacheva in 1r) • During tennis’ break played a few exhibitions, in- cluding May’s UTR Pro Match Series in West Palm Beach, FL (faced Anisimova, Collins, Tomljanovic)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Made her major debut at 2007 Wimbledon (l. Kanepi • Best Grand Slam result was QF run at 2019 Wimble- in 1r) don (d. No.1 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) • Best result across the majors came at 2015 Wimble- • Also produced R16 showing at 2013 US Open (d. don, where she reached 3r (d. Jovanovski and Duan, No.10 Kvitova en route, l. Hantuchova) and 2020 l. Keys) Australian Open (l. Barty) • Has reached 2r at the other three majors on multi- • Has also reached 3r at Australian Open in 2014 and ple occasions – in 2017, reached 2r at three of four at Wimbledon on three previous occasions (2013-14, majors for first time in career 2017) • Made 2r on debut at Roland Garros in 2014 but is yet to go further in Paris TATJANA ALISON MARIA VS RISKE

SEASON SEASON

• Opened season with qualifying loss in Shenzhen and • Returned to tennis at Western & Southern Open last then fell 1r at Adelaide (as qualifier, l. Vondrousova) week, falling 1r (l. Anisimova) • Also made 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Bellis) but • During Middle Eastern swing made 1r exits at both bounced back with QF run at WTA 125k Series event Dubai (l. Jabeur) and Doha (l. Brady) at Newport Beach (l. Podoroska) • Posted best result at Australian Open, reaching R16 • Enjoyed 2r showings at Acapulco (l. Potapova) and (l. Barty) Monterrey (l. Konta) • Open season with QF run at Brisbane (d. Czechs • Won singles rubber against Ce to help Germany to Muchova and Strycova before falling to Czech No.1 4-0 Fed Cup qualifier victory over Brazil in February and eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 ranked No.90. Highlights were first R16 • Ended 2019 at career-high ranking of No.18, posted showing at a WTA Premier Mandatory event at Miami on November 4, 2019 – up from No.63 in 2018, with (d. No.6 Stephens in 3r, l. Vondrousova) previous career-best finish being No.41 in 2016 • Won fourth doubles title of career at 2019 Seoul (w/ • In a breakout 2019 campaign, achieved best Slam Arruabarena); now 4-4 in doubles finals result by advancing to QF at Wimbledon, ousting • Ended 2018 season at No.79 after a campaign in World No.1 Barty to notch biggest win of her career which she clinched her maiden WTA singles title at before being halted by eventual R-Up S.Williams 2018 Mallorca (d. No.20 Sevastova in F). Also won • Additionally, lifted second career WTA singles title at doubles title at Acapulco (w/Watson) ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Bertens in F after saving 5mp) • Finished 2017 by cracking into the Top 50 for the first and finished runner-up at Shenzhen (l. Sabalenka) time in her career; jumped 69 spots from No.115 in and Wuhan (l. Sabalenka) 2016 to a career-high No.46 in 2017 • Highlights in 2018 include reaching 3r at 2018 Miami, • Played 33 tournaments in 2017, more than any other her best result at a Premier Mandatory tournament player, a feat all the more notable for the fact she (l. Y.Wang on third set tiebreak), and advancing to was joined at all but a few tournaments by her young QF at Hobart (l. Buzarnescu), ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. daughter, Charlotte Vandeweghe), Mallorca (l. Stosur) and Tokyo [PPO] • Reached first career WTA SF of career at 2017 Qué- (l. Ka.Pliskova). Also won eighth ITF Circuit singles bec City (l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck); also title at Surbiton (d. Perrin in F) made three QF appearances across the season, at • In 2017, finished R-Up at Shenzhen (d. No.3 A.Rad- Rabat, Bucharest and Linz wanska, l. Siniakova). Also part of Fed Cup winning • Maiden WTA QF came at 2009 Barcelona USA team and reached QF at Nürnberg and 3r at • Owns four Top 10 wins in career, over No.10 Li at Australian Open and Wimbledon 2010 Kuala Lumpur, No.7 Bouchard at 2015 Miami, • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2014 Tianjin without No.5 Svitolina at 2018 Wimbledon and No.6 Ste- dropping a set (d. Bencic in F) phens at 2019 Miami • Made Top 100 debut on July 22, 2013 (No.96) • Winner of 15 singles and 15 doubles titles on ITF • Reached first WTA SF at 2010 Birmingham (as quali- Circuit fier, l. Sharapova) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2001 • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston and made WTA main draw debut in 2006 • Winner of nine singles and one doubles title on ITF Women’s Circuit PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Husband and coach is Charles Edouard Maria (mar- • Coached by Billy Heiser ried April 8, 2013 – formerly Tatjana Malek) • Earned tennis scholarship to Vanderbilt University • Gave birth to daughter, Charlotte, on December in summer 2009, but after good results and finding 20, 2013 and was back on the tennis circuit by the financial backing pursued tennis full time and turned following April pro two weeks before classes were due to begin • During pregnancy break, decided to switch from two- • Parents, Albert and Carol, are retired. Earlier in ca- hander to one-handed backhand reer was coached by her sister, Sarah McGlamery; • Began playing at age 4 when introduced to tennis by also has a brother, Daniel parents • Married Stephen Amritraj in Alison’s hometown of Pittsburgh after 2019 Wimbledon MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23) vs. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #59)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 1-0

2015 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 6-2 71 mins

ANGELIQUE KERBER AJLA TOMLJANOVIC 23 WTA RANKING 59 60 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 59 18-01-1988 (32) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-05-1993 (27) $231,843 YTD PRIZE MONEY $180,120 $29,526,500 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,046,712 0 / 12 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 25-11 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 4-6 4-3 / 431-247 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-6 / 103-123 1-1 / 120-100 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 41-48 1-4 / 87-61 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 35-34 4-3 / 283-162 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-6 / 66-77 0-0 / 39-62 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 3-13 0-0 / 90-116 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 8-36 0-0 / 34-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 5-11 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER AJLA TOMLJANOVIC 2019 2019 R1 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #54) 7-5 0-6 6-4 R2 L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) 4-6 7-5 6-2 2018 2018 R3 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #35) 3-6 6-3 6-3 R2 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #54) 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 2017 2017 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #45) 6-3 6-1 R2 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #78) 6-3 6-2 2016 2015 F W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-3 4-6 6-4 R1 L - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #34) 6-7(1) 6-2 6-4 2015 2014 R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #20) 7-5 2-6 6-4 R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #16) 3-6 6-2 6-1 2014 2013 R3 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #58) 6-1 7-5 R2 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #28) 6-2 6-2 2013 2011 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #20) 4-6 6-3 7-6(3) R2* L - (ISR #170) 6-3 7-6(4)

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2012 2010 R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #10) 7-6(5) 6-3 R2* L - (ITA #130) 6-2 6-3 2011 SF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-3 2-6 6-2 2010 R1 L - (ARG #41) 6-3 6-1 2009 R2 L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #43) 7-5 6-3 2008 R1* L - SHENAY PERRY (USA #9,999) 6-2 6-3 2007 R1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open • Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open (and 14th overall) (ninth overall) • Champion here in 2016 (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), which • Best result were 2r appearances here in 2013 (as marked second Grand Slam title of career, after qualifier, l. Cornet), 2017 (l. Krunic), 2018 (l. Siniako- debut title at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in va) and 2019 (l. Kontaveit) F). Also won 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) • Overall Grand Slam win-loss record stands at 13-22 • Run to title here four years ago also saw her rise • Faces No.23 Kerber in 1r today; record in Grand to World No.1; was 22nd player to hold WTA World Slam 1r matches stands at 11-11 No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve • In terms of ranking, her best win at US Open was milestone since computer rankings were introduced last year’s 1r triumph over No.56 Bouzkova in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record • Is one of four Australian women to contest the main 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997) draw this week in New York (also Cabrera, Inglis and • Other key results in Flushing Meadows were SF run Sharma) in 2011 (had not been past 3r at a major until that • Arrives at Flushing Meadows ranked No.57, down 10 point) and has reached R16 on two further occasions places from No.47 this time last year (2012-13) • Best previous result on US soil were SF runs at 2015 • Her 1r loss in 2017 (l. Osaka) marked second time Stanford and 2018 San Jose in Open Era a defending US Open champion lost in • In addition to 2r showing here, during last year’s opening round (also Kuznetsova in 2005, who lost to North American hard court swing, fell 1r at Toronto ) (as qualifier, l. Swiatek via ret.) and San Jose (l. Ahn) • Has fallen 16 times in 1r at a major, most recently • During break from tour, played a series of exhibitions here in New York in 2019 (l. Mladenovic) in the US and World Team Tennis for the Vegas • Playing first tournament since R16 defeat at the Aus- Rollers tralian Open in January (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Is one of 10 Grand Slam champions and one of six former US Open champions in this year’s draw • One of 26 thirtysomethings to begin this year’s draw – became 10th woman in Open Era history to lift a Grand Slam title at the age of 30 at 2018 Wimbledon • Faces No.57 Tomljanovic today in 1r – has lost to players ranked outside Top 50 at three of the past four majors: No.81 Potapova (2019 Roland Garros), No.95 Davis (2019 Wimbledon) and No.54 Mlade- novic (2019 US Open) • Owns an 8-4 1r record here at US Open, and across the Slams, is 33-16 • Playing her milestone 50th Grand Slam main draw - and 43rd in a row - at 2020 US Open; owns 105-46 win-loss record at this level - one of seven active players with more than a century of victories at this level • US Open is her third-most successful Slam, with a main draw record here standing at 25-11, followed by Wimbledon (31-11) and the Australian Open (32-12), and then finally Roland Garros (17-12) • Owns seven hard court titles, most recently at 2018 Sydney. Most recent hard court final was 2019 Indian Wells (l. Andreescu) ANGELIQUE AJLA KERBER VS TOMLJANOVIC

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Just one of two players all-time to defeat Serena Wil- • Contesting 23rd Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US liams in two Grand Slam finals (also Venus Williams Open. Made debut at 2013 Wimbledon (as qualifier, at 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon) l. Jovanovski) • At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam • Best Grand Slam result to date was R16 run at 2014 champion to save match point en route to the title Roland Garros (d. No.32 seed Vesnina in 2r and since Li Na at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a No.3 seed A.Radwanska in 3r, l. Suárez Navarro) match point in 1r win over Doi) • Has also reached 2r on at least two occasions at the • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. other three Slams Ka.Pliskova in F) and duly rose to World No.1 • Won 2009 Australian Open girls’ doubles title w/ • Kerber made just five unforced errors to beat S.Wil- McHale liams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champi- on Halep) SEASON SEASON

• Suffered from left leg injury during Australian swing, • Coming off 1r exits at Western & Southern Open (l. leading her to pull out of Sushine Double Kudermetova in 3s) and Lexington (l. Putintseva) • Before tennis’ hiatus, posted R16 run at Australian • Contested qualifying at Dubai before making 2r at Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Doha (l. Muguruza) • Posted 2r showing at Adelaide (ret. vs. Yastremska • Fell 2r at St. Petersburg (l. Potapova) w/left hamstring injury) • Began 2020 season with 2r exits at Brisbane (l. • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Ka.Pliskova), Adelaide (l. Halep) and Australian Stosur) Open (l. Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 ranked No.20, down from No.2 in 2018 • Ended 2019 ranked No.51. Highlight of season was • Reached two finals across last season, firstly finish- reaching fourth WTA final of her career at Hua Hin (l. ing as R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what Yastremska in F); now 0-4 in finals was the first Premier Mandatory final of her career. • Posted new career-high ranking of No.39 on April 1, As a result, passed the $28 million prize money mark 2019 – currently eighth on the all-time list • Made two further SFs in 2019, at Rabat (l. Konta) • Second final came on the grass of Eastbourne (R- and first Premier-level SF of career, at Zhengzhou (d. Up, l. Pliskova) No.8 Bertens, l. KaPliskova) • Also made SF runs at Doha (l. eventual champion • Return to form and fitness in 2018 was marked by Mertens), Osaka (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Mallorca first career Top 50 finish, at No.43, and second and • Victory over Kontaveit in 2r at Doha marked 600th third WTA singles finals at Rabat (l. Mertens) and career win across all levels Seoul (l. Bertens) • Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r at 2019 Australian • Opened 2016 season at Brisbane and Australian Open for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of seven Open, but thereafter underwent shoulder surgery and active players to achieve the feat) was off tour until 2017 Acapulco (early March) • Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and • Finished 2016 season at No.930 third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. • Advanced to 2r at comeback event at 2017 Acapul- S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 co, defeating Bouchard in 1r – her first main draw • Also in 2018, advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. win since September 2015 at Tokyo [] – Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai before retiring vs. Flipkens in 2r (w/shoulder injury (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. • Returned to No.151 by end of 2017 season, helped eventual champion Wozniacki by 3r run at Miami and 2r efforts at US Open and Linz

ANGELIQUE AJLA KERBER VS TOMLJANOVIC

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of • On ITF Circuit, was R-Up in final event of 2017 at season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SF runs $100k ITF/Dubai-UAE and reached two other finals at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai • Made first WTA final of career in 2015, finishing R-Up • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first at Pattaya City (l. Hantuchova in 3s) – previously, Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. had never been past the QF at any WTA event S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), • Reached first Premier-level QF of career in 2015, at finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and Stanford (l. No.11 Ka.Pliskova). Other notable results rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- in 2015 were SF run at Tokyo [Japan Open] and QF came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 at Strasbourg • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – be- • Improved ranking from No.453 to No.78 in 2013 sea- came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- son – biggest jump of any player in Top 100 ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2007 and • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by inter- WTA main draw at 2009 Indian Wells (as WC, l. 1r) national media and fans; also, ITF World Champion • Owns six wins over Top 20 opponents: No.8 Bertens • Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 (2019 Zhengzhou), No.9 Sabaklenka (2019 Miami), • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- No.13 Vesnina (2017 Miami), No.18 Keys (2015 gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova Stanford), No.16 Jankovic (2015 Brisbane) and No.3 in F); first German to reach final at the season-end- A.Radwanska (2014 Roland Garros) ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 • As a junior, achieved career-high ranking of No.4 in • Won first career title at 2012 Paris [Indoors] singles and No.4 in doubles. Member of Croatia’s • One of only four active players with three or more victorious junior Fed Cup team in 2009 Grand Slam titles to their resume along with S.Wil- liams (23), V.Williams (7) and Clijsters (4)

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Recently reunited with fromer coach Torben Beltz • Started playing tennis at age 7 (introduced by sister) • Previously worked with Dieter Kindlman, Raemon • Announced in 2014 she would switch nationalities Sluiter and Wim Fissette from Croatia to Australia (first at 2014 US Open) • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 • Moved to Brisbane in November 2014 with Australian in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside residency; parted ways with coach David Taylor in the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez June 2015 • Commercial endorsements include deals with Porsche, Rolex and Head & Shoulders and SAP MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

ANNA BLINKOVA (RUS #62) vs. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40)

Head to Head: ANNA BLINKOVA leads 1-0

2019 NEW HAVEN 125K HARD O QF ANNA BLINKOVA 6-2 6-1 73 mins

ANNA BLINKOVA JENNIFER BRADY 62 WTA RANKING 40 103 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 13 10-09-1998 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-04-1995 (25) $125,620 YTD PRIZE MONEY $393,259 $1,248,537 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,402,719 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 3-3 3-4 / 25-40 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 11-5 / 43-51 2-2 / 13-21 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 16-15 1-0 / 8-8 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 11-16 3-4 / 21-32 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-5 / 34-33 1-0 / 1-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 2-10 1-0 / 3-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 10-15 0-0 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 3-5 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANNA BLINKOVA JENNIFER BRADY 2019 2019 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 R1 L - (BLR #46) 6-1 4-6 6-0 2018 2018 R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #133) 6-2 6-7(6) 7-5 R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #59) 6-3 6-3 2017 2017 R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #18) 6-1 6-3 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) 6-1 6-0 2016 R3* L - (USA #146) 7-5 6-4 2015 R1* L - (RUS #107) 6-2 6-4 2014 R1* L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #169) 2-6 7-5 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making fourth appearance at US Open, having fallen • Making her fourth career main draw appearance at 1r in 2017 (as qualifier, l. Vesnina), 2018 (l. Zvonare- Flushing Meadows this fortnight, with her best result va) and 2019 (l. Osaka) coming in the form of a R16 appearance in 2017 (l. • Playing 11th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US top seed Ka.Pliskova) Open; record at this level stands at 5-10 • Overall win-loss record at the majors is 10-12 • Faces Brady in 1r today; owns 4-6 record in Grand • Contesting her 13th Grand Slam main draw at this Slam 1r matches year’s US Open, where she is seeded for the first • One of 12 Russian women in this year’s field - sec- time at this level ond-best represented country behind USA (31). Two • One of 31 amount of Americans competing in this Russians have triumphed at US Open, Kuznetsova year’s event, including seven seeds in 2004 and Sharapova in 2006 • Faces No.62 Blinkova today in 1r; faces 9-1 record • In addition to 1r exit here, during last summer’s North (including qualifying) against players ranked outside American hard court season made QF at the Bronx Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat coming in her most (as qualifier, l. Q.Wang) and fell 1r at Washington DC recent outing against No.83 Pegula in 1r at Western (l. Gracheva); following US Open lifted WTA 125K & Southern Open Series title at New Haven (d. Arconada in F) • Record in Grand Slam 1r matches is 6-6 • Playing doubles this year in New York w/Kudermeto- • Has been one of the most impressive servers on va (face Hibino/Ninomiya in 1r) tour in 2020, winning 77.1% of service games; was particularly impressive during recent Lexington title run when she won 40 of 43 service games - just the 10th tournament champion in the past decade to win at 93% or more of her service games: • During 2019 North American hard court swing, made 2r at Toronto (as qualifier, l. Halep in 3s) and Cincin- nati (as qualifier, l. Hsieh), fell 1r at Washington DC (l. Kenin) and US Open (l. Sasnovich) • Best result on US soil before 2020 Lexington was R16 run at 2017 US Open; also finished R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells in 2019 (l. Golubic) • Since joining forces with Julia Goerges’ former coach, Michael Geserer, has enjoyed an impressive run, compiling a 17-6 record in 2020, which includes wins over Sharapova, Barty, Svitolina, Vondrousova, Muguruza, and Gauff • Playing doubles this fortnight w/Dolehide (face Ka- lashnikova/Kudryavtseva in 1r) GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Achieved best Grand Slam result on Roland Garros • Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open debut in 2019 by advancing to 3r (as qualifier, l. and went on to become first major debutante Keys) to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 • Has also reached 2r at Australian Open in 2017 (as Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r qualifier, l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2020 (l. Diyas) and 2018 (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to Wimbledon (l. Bertens). Has never been beyond 1r Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier at US Open to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2017 Austra- • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on lian Open, coming through qualifying to reach 2r (d. Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams Niculescu, l. Ka.Pliskova) (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), • In juniors finished runner-up at 2015 Wimbledon (l. Gasparyan and Konta (2016) Zhuk) • Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and made 2r at Roland Garros (2018-19) and Wim- bledon (2017-18) ANNA JENNIFER BLINKOVA VS BRADY

SEASON SEASON

• Over the past few weeks, reached 2r at Lexington • Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. (l. Bouzkova) and contested qualifying at Western & Pegula) Southern Open • Lifted maiden WTA title at Lexington (d. Teichmann • In final outing before tour’s break, fell 2r at WTA in F) - did not drop a set and broken just three times 125K Series event at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. all week; made Top 40 debut at No.40 following the Boulter) tournament (August 17, 2020) • Failed to negotiate qualifying at either Doha or Dubai • Prior to the tour’s resumption, performed in a series • Also reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Diyas) and fell of exhibitions and World Team Tennis matches in the 1r at Hobart (l. Jabeur) US, posting a 12-7 record including wins over Grand • Opened season with 2r showing at Shenzhen (l. Slam champions Azarenka and Stephens Diyas); upset No.8 Bencic in 1r to register first Top 10 • Shortly before tour’s hiatus, fell 2r at Doha (l. Jabeur) win of her career • Enjoyed one of her career-best weeks at Dubai, where, as a qualifier, she advanced to first SF at a Premier level (l. eventual champion Halep); defeat- ed No.6 Svitolina, No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza en route • Suffered 1r exit at St Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova) • Fell in the 1r at Australian Open (l. Halep) but progressed to QF in doubles w/Dolehide (l. Hsieh/ Strycova) • In opening event of the season, made QF at Bris- bane (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) – scored first career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty in 2r; broke into Top 50 afterwards (No.49 on January 13, 2020) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted second Top 100 season in 2019 (at No.59, up • Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as from No.98 in 2018) low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights includ- • Reached first WTA SFs of her career at Guangzhou ed SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Gar- (l. eventual champion Kenin) and Luxembourg (l. cia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), eventual champion Ostapenko). Earlier in the sea- Indian Wells (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Andreescu) son, also made maiden QF at the Bronx (as LL, l. • Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top Q.Wang) and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Keys) 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64). Best results included • Also in 2019, lifted singles title at WTA 125K Series reaching SFs at $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) event at New Haven (d. Arconada in F) and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño), • Contested 13 WTA main draws in 2018, highlighted 2r showing at Indian Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros by run through qualifying to 3r at Doha, where she (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) registered first Top 20 win, over No.13 Mladenovic • Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at • Also in 2018 won maiden WTA doubles title at Rabat No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first (w/Olaru) WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up • Reached 2r on two occasions in 2017, at Australian Gavrilova) Open and Budapest • Made R16 at 2017 Australian Open and US Open, • Posted significant ranking jump at end of 2016, fin- which remains her best Grand Slam result to date ishing the year at No.206, up from No.826 in 2015 • Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at • Made WTA main draw debut at 2016 Rabat (as wild- 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) card, l. Bacsinszky). Posted first main draw win at • Made first four main draw appearances at tour level 2016 Moscow (as qualifier, d. Sevastova, conceded in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in w/o to Konjuh in 2r) 1r), Stanford and Montréal • Clinched first two ITF Circuit titles in 2016, at $10K • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. ITF/Stuttgart-GER and $25K ITF/Westende-BEL. Falconi in 1r) Also owns 10 ITF doubles titles • Owns four singles and four doubles ITF Circuit titles • Reached as high as No.3 in junior singles rankings, • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- winning the ITF Junior Masters in Chengdu in April USA (l. 1r) 2016 (d. Swann in F) ANNA JENNIFER BLINKOVA VS BRADY

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Mother Elena travels on tour and is now coaching • Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, her; father’s name is Vladimir. Formerly coached by making her debut for the Bruins tennis team in 2013 Thomas Drouet and Mislav Hizak and part of 2014 team that won NCAA Division 1 • Introduced to tennis aged four; did not win a single Women’s tennis National Championship. Completed game in first match as a junior sophomore year of studies before turning profession- • Played both tennis and chess to a high level as a al in 2015 teenager before concentrating on tennis • Recently hired Michael Geserer (previously with • Likes to read – Jack London and Erich Maria Re- Goerges) at end of 2019, spent offseason training in marque are her favorite authors. Also fond of classic Germany for first time Russian literature and sports autobiographies (Andre • Mother’s name is Elizabeth; father’s name is Patrick; Agassi, Usain Bolt, Rafa Nadal, ) has twin sister, Jessica • Speaks Russian, Slovak, French and English MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #44) vs. HAILEY BAPTISTE (USA #236)

Head to Head: KRISTINA MLADENOVIC leads 1-0

2019 WASHINGTON DC HARD O R16 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 6-4 4-6 6-3 125 mins

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC HAILEY BAPTISTE 44 WTA RANKING 236 71 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 150 14-05-1993 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-11-2001 (18) $412,721 YTD PRIZE MONEY $29,723 $11,401,224 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $89,596 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1 / 23 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 10-9 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 0-0 2-6 / 199-204 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-1 1-2 / 66-62 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 0-1 / 48-53 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-0 2-5 / 113-132 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-1 0-2 / 17-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-0 0-2 / 34-57 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-0 0-0 / 11-18 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-0 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC HAILEY BAPTISTE 2019 2019 R2 L - (FRA #74) 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 R2* L - (GBR #139) 7-5 6-4 2018 R2 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #24) 6-1 4-6 6-4 2017 R1 L - (ROU #57) 6-3 6-2 2016 R2 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #18) 6-2 4-6 7-6(5) 2015 QF L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #43) 6-3 5-7 6-4 2014 R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) 6-1 6-0 2013 R2 L - (USA #26) 7-5 6-4

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2012 R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 6-2 6-4 2011 R2* L - MICHAELLA KRAJICEK (NED #183) 7-5 6-1 2009 R1 L - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #113) 6-0 6-4

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 10th main draw appearance at US Open • Making Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open (11th overall) this fortnight • Best result was QF run here in 2015 (l. Vinci) - joint- • Last year fell at second hurdle in qualifying best Slam showing (also 2017 Roland Garros) • Received WC in both singles and doubles (w/Osuig- • Made 3r in 2012 (l. Bartoli); fell 2r in 2013 (l. Hamp- we) draws here this year; received singles wildcard ton), 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova), 2018 (l. Suarez originally granted to Li (following the withdrawals of Navarro) and 2019 (l. Ferro) Strycova and Wang Xiyu Li gained direct entry via • Finished R-Up in doubles w/Babos here in 2018 (l. her ranking) Barty/Vandeweghe in F) • Competed at Flushing Meadows three times as a • Top seed in doubles this year w/Babos (face Chris- junior, and in 2018 was doubles R-Up (w/Hewitt, l. tian/Olmos in 1r) Gauff/McNally) • Faces No.236 Baptiste in 1r today; last year lost • Faces Mladenovic in 1r today; only previous win over three times to players outside Top 200 - No.247 Aia- a Top 100 player came against No.17 Keys in 1r at va (Brisbane), No.249 Birrell (Sydney) and No.328 2019 Washington DC (l. Mladenovic in 2r) Snigur ($100k ITF/Dubai-UAE) • One of 11 teenagers in the main draw here this year • Record in Grand Slam 1r matches stands at 19-18 • Overall win-loss record across the Slams is 32-37 • Top-ranked of three French players in Top 50 (also No.47 Ferro and No.50 Garcia)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Best Slam results are QF runs at 2015 US Open (l. • Making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2020 US Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) Open • Also reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Gavrilo- • Fell in qualifying at 2019 US Open and 2020 Austra- va), 2015 Wimbledon (l. Azarenka) and 2018 Wim- lian Open bledon (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) • Highlight of junior Grand Slam results was R-Up in • In doubles, won first Grand Slam title at 2016 Roland girls’ doubles at 2018 US Open (w/Hewitt, l. Gauff/ Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina in McNally) F) – were first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr in 1971 • Won second Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Aus- tralian Open (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F), third at 2019 Roland Garros (w/Babos, d. Duan/S. Zheng in F) and fourth at 2020 Australian Open (w/ Babos, d. Hsieh/Strycova in F) • Finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos), 2016 US Open (w/Garcia), 2018 US Open (w/Babos) and 2019 Australian Open (w/Babos) • Won mixed doubles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished R-Up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 • Australian Open (all w/Nestor) KRISTINA HAILEY MLADENOVIC VS BAPTISTE

SEASON SEASON

• On tennis’ resumption, made 1r exit at Palermo (l. • Coming off qualifying exit at Lexington Alexandrova) and 2r at last week’s Western & South- • Made her World Team Tennis debut in 2020 with the ern Open (l. Mertens in 3s) Vegas Rollers, later ending up on the roster for the • Last outing prior to tour’s hiatus was 2r showing at Lyon (l. Friedsam) • Returned from Australia to play a mixture of ITF • In Middle East, made 2r at Dubai (as qualifier, l. Circuit and WTA 125K Series events, with highlight a Ka.Pliskova) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Kudermetova) SF showing at $25k ITF/Rancho Santa Fe • Lifted fourth doubles major at Australian Open (w/ • Opened 2020 season by falling at second hurdle in Babos, d. Hsieh/Strycova) in F) qualifying at Australian Open • Began 2020 falling as a qualifier at Brisbane and 1r at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and St. Peters- burg (l. Van Uytvanck)

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 season strongly with SF appearances in • Ended 2020 season at No.285 (up from No.457 in Moscow (l. eventual champion Bencic) and Zheng- 2018) after posting 29-13 record (all levels) zhou (l. Martic) and QF in Linz (l. Alexandrova) • Highlight of 2019 was 2r showing on WTA debut at • Notched five Top 10 wins in 2019 with two wins vs. Washington DC (as WC, d. No.17 Keys, l. Mlade- reigning World No.1 (d. Osaka in Dubai; Barty in Fed novic) Cup Final); win over World No.1 Barty helped • Also contested qualifying at US Open and on ITF Cir- take home their first Fed Cup title since 2003 cuit won $25k titles at Tucon, Sumter and Plantation • Other 2019 highlights include QF at Monterrey, Istan- • Posted career-high ranking of No.229 on December bul, Rome, Nottingham and Washington DC 2, 2019 • 2019 was another strong doubles year with titles at • In 2018, posted 31-9 record, including one SF and Istanbul and Roland Garros (both w/Babos) elevating four QFs on ITF Circuit her to World No.1 for the first time in career • Made debut on ITF Circuit in Florida in 2017 • Also w/Babos, defended title at WTA Finals and was • As a junior reached career-high ranking of No.38 in R-Up at Australian Open 2018 • Won only career singles title to date at 2017 St. Pe- tersburg (d. Putintseva) from eight finals – returned to final in 2018 as defending champion (l. Kvitova) • Reached biggest final of career at Premier Mandato- ry level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep) • Finished 2017 season at No.11 for highest year-end ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on October 23, 2017 • Career best singles result at Grand Slam is QF at 2015 US Open (l. Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) • Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top 50 on March 18, 2013 • Played first WTA main draw matches in 2009 and first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 Paris [Indoors] PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Mother is Dzenita (was a pro volleyball player); father • Coached by Peter Lucassen at the USTA National is Dragan (was a pro handball player); brother is Campus in Orlando Luka (soccer player) • Met Williams sisters as a kid when they were playing • Started playing tennis aged 8 when introduced to World Team Tennis and managed to hit with both sport by parents • Pet dog, a half-Shar Pei, half-Pug named Tsonga, • Speaks French, English, Serbian, Italian and Spanish has joined her in New York MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

CORI GAUFF (USA #51) vs. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #45)

Head to Head: First meeting

CORI GAUFF ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 51 WTA RANKING 45 40 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 491 13-03-2004 (16) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 13-04-1990 (30) $260,977 YTD PRIZE MONEY $131,329 $812,990 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,410,704 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 4 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 2-1 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 17-7 7-3 / 18-8 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-7 / 177-143 3-2 / 9-2 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 57-49 3-0 / 6-0 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 40-38 7-3 / 15-7 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-6 / 93-87 1-0 / 2-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 10-24 2-1 / 3-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-4 / 19-47 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 10-11 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

CORI GAUFF ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 2019 2019 R3 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) 6-3 6-0 R3 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #22) 6-4 6-3 2018 2018 R1* L - (GBR #116) 6-4 6-1 SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-3 6-0 2017 QF L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #83) 6-3 3-6 7-6(4)

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2016 QF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #74) 6-0 6-2 2015 R1* L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #207) 6-2 7-6(2) 2012 R3* L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #66) 6-7(8) 7-5 6-2 2011 R1 L - (RUS #72) 6-3 6-4 2010 R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #13) 6-2 6-3 2009 R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #6) 6-4 6-2

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• Making second main draw appearance at US Open • Playing main draw at US Open for an eighth time • Last year, on New York debut, entered on a wild card (10th overall); made SF in 2018 (l. R-Up S.Williams) and enjoyed run to 3r (l. defending champion Osaka) • Became the first Latvian woman to reach a US Open • In 1r last year, beat fellow teenager Potapova - previ- semifinal. Across all majors, the only other Latvian ous player to win a main draw match at the US Open woman to reach this stage is Ostapenko (2017 Ro- prior to their 16th birthday was CiCi Bellis in 2014 land Garros – WON; 2018 Wimbledon – SF) • Also in 2019, defeated Babos in 2r to become the • Knocked out reigning champion Stephens en route to youngest player to reach last 32 at Flushing Mead- SF in 2018 ows since Kournikova’s R16 run in 1996 • Also a two-time quarterfinalist here in 2016 (l. Wozni- • Reached US Open girls’ singles final in 2017, aged acki) and 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens) 13 – youngest finalist in history (l. Anisimova) • Run here in 2016 saw her became first Latvian wom- • Won US Open girls’ doubles title in 2018 w/McNally an to reach a Grand Slam QF since Savchenko at • Third-youngest of 11 teenagers to start this year’s 1994 Wimbledon (since joined by Ostapenko) draw • This is her happiest major hunting ground, holding a • A teenager has won a Grand Slam singles title 34 17-7 record in New York with a 71% win rate. Next times (13 different players). Andreescu became the best is at the Australian Open (10-7, 59%) first teenager to lift a major title at 2019 US Open • Faces No.51 Gauff today, and bidding for first since Sharapova at 2006 US Open Tour-level win of 2020 – has fallen 1r at all previous • Faces Sevastova today in 1r – yet to lose an opening seven tournaments this season match at a Slam, defeating V.Williams (2019 Wim- • At Slams has 35-28 main draw record, and is 16-12 bledon), Potapova (2019 US Open) and V.Williams in 1r matches. Most recent opening match loss at the again (2020 Australian Open) majors was at 2019 Australian Open (l. Tomljanovic) • Playing fourth Grand Slam; win-loss record is 8-3 • Sat at career-high ranking of No.11 entering 2019 US • Contesting doubles this fortnight (w/McNally, face Open; this year, fell out of Top 40 in February for the Baptiste/Osuigwe in 1r) first time since her breakthrough at 2016 US Open GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• On Grand Slam main draw debut, became first • Playing 29th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US 15-year-old to reach R16 at Wimbledon - and also Open appear on Centre Court - since Hingis in 1996 (l. • Best results have been at US Open, making SF in eventual champion Halep) 2018 (l. S.Williams). Fell at QF stage on two occa- • In 1r, defeated No.44 Venus Williams to become the sions, in 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2017 (l. Stephens) youngest player (15y123d at end of tournament) to • Best results elsewhere are reaching R16 at Austra- win a main draw match at Wimbledon since Capriati lian Open in 2011 (l. Wozniacki) and 2019 (l. even- (15y100d) reached SF in 1991; and youngest at all tual champion Osaka), and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Slams since Kournikova (15y93d) advanced to R16 Vondrousova) at 1996 US Open (l. Graf) • Made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros; this was the first • Also competed at 2019 US Open (as WC, l. then- time a Latvian woman reached 3r in the Open Era No.1 Osaka in 3r) (also eventual champion Ostapenko). Latvian-born • At 2020 Australian Open, Defeated No.4 Osaka in 3r, Larisa Savchenko advanced to 3r in 1984 and 1989 becoming the youngest woman to beat a Top 5 oppo- whilst representing the USSR nent at WTA level since Capriati (15y163d) defeated • At Wimbledon, has reached 2r in 2017 and 2019 No.3 Sabatini in QF of 1991 US Open • Fell in qualifying at 2019 Roland Garros • Is only the third player in last 30 years to win seven or more Grand Slam matches before her 16th birth- day - also Capriati (28) and Hingis (20) • Is the first American woman in 30 years to reach the 3r in her first three majors • Won girls’ singles title at Roland Garros in 2018 (d. McNally); youngest to win the title since Hingis1993 • Won US Open girls’ doubles title in 2018 (w/McNally) • Reached US Open girls’ singles final in 2017, aged 13 – youngest finalist in history (l. Anisimova) CORI ANASTASIJA GAUFF VS SEVASTOVA

SEASON SEASON

• Returned to tennis at Lexington, reaching the SF • Has fallen 1r at every Tour level event contested this (l. eventual champion Brady), before 1r exit at last season, at Brisbane (l. Kenin), Adelaide (l. Vekic), week’s Western & Southern Open (l. Sakkari) Australian Open (l. Tomljanovic), Dubai (l. Von- • Won 12 of the last 15 points of the match to upset drousova), Doha (l. Kontaveit), Prague (l. Begu) and No.11 Sabalenka in 2r at Lexington; now owns three Western & Southern Open (l. Mladenovic) career Top 20 wins, having also defeated No.4 • Her solitary win this season came during Latvia’s Osaka earlier this year at Australian Open and No.8 3-2 Fed Cup loss to USA, handing S.Williams her Bertens at 2019 Linz first-ever singles loss in the competition • At 2h 50m, match against Sabalenka was the longest of her career – five minutes longer than her win over CAREER MILESTONES Hercog at 2019 Wimbledon • Opened 2020 season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. • Finished 2019 ranked No. 27 for fourth consecutive Siegemund) and R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual Top 50 finish. Captured fourth career title inaugural champion Kenin in 3s) home event in Jurmala • Also in 2019 advanced to R16 for the first time at CAREER MILESTONES Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova); saved 5mp during 3h 21m 3r win over Mertens • Enjoyed breakout season in 2019, highlighted by • Other standout results included SF run at Mallorca (l. maiden WTA singles title at Linz (as lucky loser, d. eventual champion Kenin), reaching R16 at Aus- Ostapenko in F) - earned her first Top 10 win en tralian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) and QF route to title over No.8 Bertens in QF runs at Brisbane (l. Osaka) and Stuttgart (l. eventual • At 15y214d, her title run in Linz made her young- champion Kvitova) est to win a WTA tour-level title since Vaidisova • Recorded second Top 20 season in 2018 (also No.16 (15y177d) won Tashkent in 2004 in 2017), finishing No.11 and posted a career-high • Also claimed maiden WTA doubles titles at Washing- number of wins (43) ton, DC (w/McNally, d. Sanchez/Stollar in F) and Lux- • Lifted third title of her career on clay in Bucharest (d. embourg (w/McNally, d. Christian/Guarachi in F) Martic in F) and reached first Premier Mandatory final • By winning the doubles title at Washington, DC at 15 at Beijing (l. Wozniacki in F); now 4-4 in singles finals yrs, 144 days, became the youngest player to win • Was the second of two singles alternates for WTA a doubles title since May 1995 (Martina Hingis won Finals in Singapore and fell in round robin stage at Hamburg at 14 yrs, 219 days) WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai • Reached R16 at 2019 Wimbledon on Grand Slam • Flushing Meadows run saw her became the first main draw debut (l. eventual champion Halep) - fol- Latvian woman to reach SF there, upsetting No.7 lowed with 3r showing at US Open (as WC, l. Osaka) Svitolina and No.3 Stephens en route. • Finished 2019 season ranked No.69, having started • Captured second career singles title and first in sev- the year ranked No.685 en years at 2017 Mallorca (d. Goerges in F) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2019 Miami (as WC, • In 2016, played first full season since 2012, reaching l. Kasatkina in 2r) two singles finals at Mallorca (l. Garcia) and Bucha- • Made ITF debut in May 2018 as a qualifier into the rest (l. Halep), as well as first Grand Slam QF of $25K ITF/Osprey, FL—USA, where she won her first career at US Open professional match (as qualifier, l. Stewart in R16) • Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to • Finished 2018 season with a WTA ranking of No.875 various injuries – mostly muscular and back-related • Former junior World No.1 (July 2018) – but returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed • During tennis break studied leisure management • Prior to break, won first singles title at 2010 Oeiras – becoming first Latvian to win a WTA title in 17 years (since Savchenko at Schenectady in 1993) • Made Top 100 debut on July 13, 2009, Top 50 debut on October 11, 2010 and Top 20 debut on May 15, 2017 • Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Slam main draw debut as qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros • Member of Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005-06, 2008-10, 2018-20 CORI ANASTASIJA GAUFF VS SEVASTOVA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Began playing tennis at age 7 • Trains and resides in Liepaja, Latvia and coached by • Grew up in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Florida Ronald Schmidt to pursue tennis; main residence is now Delray • Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher) Beach, Florida • Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by • Currently coached by her father Corey Gauff (played her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15 basketball for Georgia State University) and is part • Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German of ‘Team Mouratoglou’ along with rising male players • Other sports interests are soccer and jet skiing Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexei Popyrin, Rudi Molleker and Jason Tseng – has trained at Mouratoglou Academy in France since age of 10 • Mother, Candi was a track and field athlete at Florida State University. Has two younger brothers, Cody and Cameron • Favorite subject at school is literature • Cites Serena Williams as the reason she plays tennis and also admires Venus • Signed first multi-year sponsorships in 2018 with New Balance, Head and Barilla, an Italian food com- pany known for its pasta US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK | AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.wimbledon.com | @Wimbledon | facebook.com/wimbledon WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte, Chase Altieri, Teyva Sammet US OPEN - DAY 2 MATCH-UPS YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #146) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4) Wickmayer leads 1-0 Wickmayer won when the two met at a WTA 125K Series event two years ago... Kenin fell early at last week’s Western & Southern Open... Wickmayer made SF here in New York back in 2009 (USA #96) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) First meeting Williams is one of only two women to record more than 100 wins at the US Open... Ahn made Slam breakthrough by reaching last 16 here in 2019... Williams coming off early exit at Western & Southern Open [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) vs. OCEANE DODIN (FRA #115) First meeting Sabalenka produced best Grand Slam result to date with fourth-round run at 2018 US Open... Dodin owns two Top 20 wins in her career... Sabalenka is seeded for the seventh straight Slam [7] MADISON KEYS (USA #14) vs. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #101) Keys leads 3-1 Keys beat the Hungarian en route to finals at Rome and Birmingham in 2016... Babos posted best result at a major with third-round run here in 2016... Keys was runner-up to Stephens in 2017’s all-American final HEATHER WATSON (GBR #54) vs. [9] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #13) Konta leads 3-0 Konta won pair’s most recent encounter at 2018 Nottingham in two tight sets... Former junior champion Watson has never won a singles match in the women’s draw... Konta made QF here 12 months ago NAO HIBINO (JPN #78) vs. [10] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #16) Muguruza leads 2-0 Muguruza dropped a combined total of four games across their two previous encounters back in 2016... Hibino has fallen at the first hurdle eight times in 10 Slam appearances... Muguruza playing 30th major [20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) vs. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #67) First meeting Williams is one of six former champions in the draw... Muchova made third round here in 2018... Williams bidding to become third woman in her 40s to win a US Open singles match [WC] KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #N/A) vs. [21] (RUS #29) First meeting Clijsters lifted title here as a wildcard in 2009... Alexandrova beat former US Open champion Stosur in first round here last year... Clijsters looking for first match win since returning to the tour (BUL #133) vs. [22] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28) First meeting Anisimova is the highest-ranked of 11 teenagers in the draw... Tomova owns one Top 50 win in her career... Anisimova was junior champion here in 2017 [26] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) vs. MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #122) First meeting Stephens won the title at Flushing Meadows ranked No.83 in 2017... Buzarnescu returning to the tour after a long-term shoulder injury... Stephens has lost five times to players outside Top 100 in 2020 VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. (AUT #139) First meeting Azarenka embarking upon 50th Grand Slam main draw of career... Haas meanwhile is contesting only her second... Azarenka fresh from collecting 21st singles title of her career MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #146) vs. SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

Head to Head: YANINA WICKMAYER leads 1-0

2018 INDIAN WELLS 125K HARD O R16 YANINA WICKMAYER 6-3 6-3 71 mins

YANINA WICKMAYER SOFIA KENIN 146 WTA RANKING 4 117 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 1 20-10-1989 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 14-11-1998 (21) $43,193 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,031,173 $5,179,604 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,949,905 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 5 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 12-11 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 6-5 0-0 / 227-207 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 15-6 / 84-50 0-0 / 77-72 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 32-22 0-0 / 57-58 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-6 / 24-16 0-0 / 144-134 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 15-6 / 68-36 0-0 / 5-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 8-14 0-0 / 22-57 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 15-23 0-0 / 19-21 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 3-3 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

YANINA WICKMAYER SOFIA KENIN 2019 2019 R2* L - XIYU WANG (CHN #131) 6-4 7-5 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 6-3 7-5 2018 2018 R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) 6-1 6-4 R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-4 7-6(2) 2017 2017 R2 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #418) 6-4 6-2 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #146) 7-5 6-2 2016 2016 R1 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #64) 6-3 6-2 R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-4 6-3 2015 2015 R2 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #20) 7-5 6-4 R1 L - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #96) 6-3 6-1 2014 R1 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #58) 6-3 6-2 2013 R1 L - (RUS #17) 6-1 6-1

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2012 R2 L - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #90) 7-6(5) 6-3 2011 R2 L - (RUS #77) 6-1 3-0 2010 R16 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #32) 0-6 7-6(2) 6-1 2009 SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-3 6-3 2008 R1 L - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #28) 3-6 6-0 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 12th main draw appearance at Flushing • Making sixth straight appearance at US Open Meadows (13th overall) • Has reached 3r here on last three visits, in 2017 (as • Best result in New York - and across all four Slams - WC, l. Sharapova), 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2019 was SF run in 2009 (l. Wozniacki) (l. Keys) • Also advanced to R16 in 2010 (l. Kanepi) • Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a • Fell 2r in 2011 (l. Kudryavtseva), 2012 (l. Parmenti- wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ er), 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2017 (l. Kanepi) 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño • Suffered 1r exits in 2008 (l. Srebotnik), 2013 (l. • Won maiden Grand-Slam in Melbourne defeating Kirilenko), 2014 (l. Bencic), 2016 (l. Goerges) and two-time major champion Muguruza to become the 2018 (l. Kvitova) youngest champion (21y, 80d) at Australian Open • Faces No. 4 Kenin in 1r today; owns five wins over- since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008 Top 10 opponents, having defeated No.9 A.Rad- • Overall Grand Slam win-loss record stands at 18-11 wanska (2010 Fed Cup), No.7 Li Na (2011 Dubai), • Faces No.146 Wickmayer in 1r today; last loss to No.10 Bartoli (2012 Stanford), No.8 Kvitova (2013 a player ranked outside the Top 100 came against Eastbourne) and No.10 Kirilenko (2013 Eastbourne) No.132 Stosur at 2019 Eastbourne • Career Slam record stands at 42-43, while is 23-20 • Meanwhile at the majors, only losses to players in 1r matches outside Top 100 were in 2018, to No.132 Diatchenko • One of seven Belgian women competing this (Wimbledon) and No.146 Sharapova (US Open) fortnight in New York - also Bonaventure, Clijsters, • Is 8-4 in Grand Slam 1r matches Flipkens, Mertens, Minnen and Van Utyvanck • Contesting 2020 US Open ranked at a career-high No.4 (achieved March 4, 2020). By contrast, this time last year was No.20 • Seeded No.2, her fourth time among the 32 seeds at a major (also No.27 at 2019 Wimbledon and No.20 at 2019 US Open and No.14 at 2020 Australian Open) • During last year’s US Open Series, made 2r at Washington DC, posted SF runs at Toronto and Cincinnati (d. No.1s Barty and Osaka along the way) before reaching 3r at US Open • Has won four titles on hard courts: 2020 Australian Open, 2020 Lyon, 2019 Guangzhou and 2019 Hobart • One of two players with multiple titles in 2020 (also Halep)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Playing 44th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Won maiden Grand-Slam in Melbourne defeating Open two-time major champion Muguruza to become the • Best major result to date is reaching the SF at the youngest champion (21y, 80d) at Australian Open US Open in 2009 (l. Wozniacki) since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008 • Has reached R16 twice at the Australian Open (2010 • Prior to 2020 Australian Open, best Slam result was and 2015), once at Wimbledon (2011) and once reaching R16 at Roland Garros (l. eventual cham- more at the US Open (2010) pion Barty); in 3r became first American to defeat • Also made 3r three times at Roland Garros (2010-11 S.Williams at the majors since Stephens at 2013 AO and 2016) QF • Fell in qualifying at 2018 Australian Open, ending run • Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a of 39 straight main draw appearances at the Slams wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño • Reached 3r at 2017 US Open as a wildcard (l. Sharapova), in what was only fourth tour-level main draw outing. Repeated feat in 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and again in 2019 (l. Keys) • Made 2r at Australian Open in 2019 and Wimbledon in 2018-19 YANINA SOFIA WICKMAYER VS KENIN

SEASON SEASON

• On tour’s resumption, fell in qualifying at Palermo • Coming off 2r exit at Western and Southern Open (l. and Prague Cornet) • Prior to hiatus, reached QF at WTA 125K Series • Before hiatus, lifted fifth WTA singles title at Lyon (d. event at Indian Wells (l. Doi) Friedsam in F) • After Australia, headed to the US, posting a 3r effort • Suffered 1r exit at Dubai (l. Rybakina) before falling at WTA 125K Series event in Newport Beach (l. 2r at Doha (l. Yastremska) Kiick) before a series of outings on the ITF Circuit, • Won deciding doubles rubber w/Mattek-Sands to reaching two QFs and a SF at $25K Rancho Santa help USA beat Latvia 3-2 and qualify for next year’s Fe (l. Sramkova) Fed Cup finals in Budapest; also went 1-1 in singles • Began 2020 campaign with qualifying exits at Auck- (d. Sevastova, l. Ostapenko) land and Australian Open • Made her Top 10 debut at No.7 and US No.1 on February 3 • Won maiden major at Australian Open (d. Muguruza in F) to become the youngest champion (21y, 80d) in Melbourne since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008 • Kicked off season with 2r showings at Brisbane (l. Osaka) and Adelaide (l. Collins) CAREER MILESTONES

CAREER MILESTONES • Produced incredible 2019 campaign, winning three singles titles, a career-best Grand Slam perfor- • Finished 2019 at No.152, down from No.113 in 2018. mance, qualification into both WTA Elite Trophy Zhu- • Highlights last year included reaching 2r at Wimble- hai and WTA Finals (as alternate, played one match), don (l. Zhang) and Miami (l. Osaka), and finishing and a career-high singles ranking of No.12 R-Up at $60K ITF/Shrewsbury-GBR in February (as • Finished the year as US No.2 (behind No.9 S.Wil- top seed, l. Diatchenko in F) liams) and leader in hard court wins (38-tied w/Barty) • Was doubles R-Up at Zhengzhou (w/Zidansek); now • Registered back-to-back SF runs at Cincinnati and 2-2 in doubles finals Toronto, subsequently leading to Top 20 debut • Finished 2018 at No.113, one spot lower than her • During this run, defeated No.1 Barty (Toronto) and 2017 year-end ranking of No.112 - her first finish No.1 Osaka (Cincinnati), to become first player since outside Top 100 since 2007 October 2001 to defeat reigning No.1s in consecutive • Best tour-level result in 2018 was 3r run at Wimble- weeks (Davenport); also became youngest American don (l. Vekic). Lifted 11th career ITF singles title in to defeat reigning No.1 in eight years (after McHale) 2018 at $25K ITF/Surprise-USA (d. Sanchez in F) • Advanced to R16 for first time at a Slam at Roland - also took home the doubles trophy in Surprise (w/ Garros (d. S.Williams), becoming first American to Doi) defeat Serena at the majors since Stephens at 2013 • Won first WTA 125K Series doubles title at Indian Australian Open QF Wells in 2018 (w/Townsend, d. Brady/King in F) • Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018, Top 50 on • Claimed her fifth career WTA singles title at 2016 October 8, 2018 and Top 20 on August 19, 2019 Washington D.C. (d. Davis in F). Other singles titles • Advanced to first WTA level SF in 2018 at Mallorca are 2015 Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. Linette in F), 2010 as a qualifier, also reaching this stage later in the Auckland (d. Pennetta in F), 2009 Oeiras (d. Makaro- season at Québec City va in F) and 2009 Linz (d. Kvitova in F); owns 5-6 • Represented the USA in the Fed Cup final vs. the record in singles finals Czech Republic in November 2018 • Enjoyed breakthrough year in 2009, winning first two • In 2017, won the US Open Wild Card Challenge, WTA titles (Oeiras and Linz) and reaching first Grand reaching the third round (l. Sharapova) and posting Slam SF at 2009 US Open (l. Wozniacki) career first Top 50 win over No.34 Davis • Winner of two WTA doubles titles: 2013 Luxembourg • Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a (w/Vogt), 2016 Washington DC (w/Niculescu) wildcard (l. Duque-Mariño in 1r) • Suffered with Lyme Disease in the off-season at end • Owns four ITF singles titles and two doubles titles of 2014 • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2013, • Belgian Fed Cup Team, 2007-17, 2019 climbing to No.2 in ITF World Junior Rankings • Played first events of career in 2004 on ITF Circuit • Represented the USA at the 2014 Youth Olympic and in WTA qualifying at Hasselt Games and competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Mas- ters, both held in YANINA SOFIA WICKMAYER VS KENIN

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached this fortnight by Ann Devries • Born in Moscow, moved to New York as a baby • She was awarded “Most Improved Player” by the before family settled in Florida. Now resides in Pem- WTA in 2009 broke Pines, Florida, where she was home-schooled • Speaks Dutch, English and French • Known as ‘Sonya’ • With father, Marc, moved to Florida for two-and-a- • Coached by father Alexander Kenin with support Lo- half years aged nine (after death of mother) renzo Cava; trains at at ProWorld Academy in Delray • Married former footballer Jerome van der Zijl in Beach, Florida November 2014, and opened a riverside restaurant/ • Best tennis memory is playing idol Maria Sharapova function center by the river in hometown of Hasselt on Arthur Ashe (US Open 2017) • If not a tennis player would be a fashion designer • Dream doubles partners would be Serena Williams and • Good friends with CiCi Bellis and Katie Swan • Likes rap music, especially Drake • Treat food is Froyo - cookies and cream with Hershey’s on top MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

KRISTIE AHN (USA #96) vs. SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8)

Head to Head: First meeting

KRISTIE AHN SERENA WILLIAMS 96 WTA RANKING 8 149 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 19 15-06-1992 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 26-09-1981 (38) $77,736 YTD PRIZE MONEY $176,306 $933,878 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $92,720,122 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 73 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 23 3-2 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 101-13 0-3 / 14-23 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-3 / 827-141 0-1 / 3-6 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 164-63 0-0 / 4-3 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 110-55 0-3 / 10-18 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 10-3 / 516-87 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 175-72 0-0 / 1-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 306-98 0-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 69-13 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KRISTIE AHN SERENA WILLIAMS 2019 2019 R16 L - ELISE MERTENS (BEL #26) 6-1 6-1 F L - BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #15) 6-3 7-5 2018 2018 R2* L - ONS JABEUR (TUN #114) 6-1 6-2 F L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4 2017 2016 R2* L - FANGZHOU LIU (CHN #162) 6-3 7-5 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-2 7-6(5) 2016 2015 R3* L - ELISE MERTENS (BEL #137) 6-1 6-4 SF L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #43) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2009 2014 R2* L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #137) 6-1 6-2 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) 6-3 6-3

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2008 2013 R1 L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #7) 6-3 6-4 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2012 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 F L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-2 6-3 2009 SF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #9,999) 6-4 7-5 2008 F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #2) 6-4 7-5 2007 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 7-6(3) 6-1 2006 R16 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #1) 6-4 0-6 6-2 2005 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 7-6(5) 6-2 2004 QF L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #8) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2002 F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 6-4 6-3 2001 F L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 6-4 2000 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-4 6-2 1999 F W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 7-6(4) 1998 R3 L - IRINA SPIRLEA (ROM #8) 6-3 0-6 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making third main draw appearance (seventh overall) • Making 20th appearance at US Open where she is at Flushing Meadows a six-time champion: 1999 (d. Hingis in F), 2002 (d. • Best result here - and across all Slams - is last year’s V.Williams in F), 2008 (d. Jankovic in F), 2012 (d. R16 run (as WC, l. Mertens) Azarenka in F), 2013 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2014 (d. • Victory over former US Open champion Kuznetsova Wozniacki in F). Tied with Chris Evert for most US in last year’s 1r was first main draw win at a major Open titles in the Open Era • Made Top 100 debut at No.93 following last year’s • Also a four-time runner-up, in 2001 (l. V.Williams), exploits here 2011 (l. Stosur), 2018 (l. Osaka) and 2019 (l. An- • Made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2008 dreescu). Fell in SFs on three occasions, in 2009 (l. US Open, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. Safina) eventual champion Clijsters), 2015 (l. eventual R-Up • Fell in qualifying here on four occasions, 2009 and Vinci) and 2016 (l. eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova) 2016-18 • With 101-13 record at US Open, is level with Chris • Contesting this year’s event as a direct main draw Evert (101-12) for most US Open wins in the Open acceptant for only the second time at a major (also Era ahead of Martina Navratilova (89-17) - only the 2020 Australian Open) fourth player to ever reach 100+ wins at one single • Owns 3-5 win-loss record at Slam level major, in addition to Evert also Navratilova (120 wins • Faces No.8 S.Williams in 1r today; lost only previous at Wimbledon) and Federer (101 wins at Wimbledon) encounter with a Top 10 player, against No.7 Safina • By reaching last year’s final, established the largest at 2008 US Open gap between first and most recent Slam final ap- • In terms of ranking, best win of her career came over pearance at 19 yrs, 362 days (d. Hingis in 1999 US No.20 Mertens at 2019 San Jose Open) - previously held by V.Williams at 19 yrs, 312 • Has never faced either Serena or Venus on tour. days (l. Hingis in 1997 US Open, l. Muguruza in 2017 However, during this year’s break from tennis beat Wimbledon) Venus while representing the Las Vegas Rollers in • Her 20 appearances at the US Open is second most World Team Tennis among players in 2020 starting field, two behind her • Only other American she has faced in a WTA main sister, Venus (22) draw match was Vandeweghe in 1r at 2014 Stanford • Doubles champion here in 1999 (w/V.Williams d. (l. 6-2 7-5) Rubin/Testud in F) and 2009 (w/V.Williams d. Black/ • The pair are two of 31 Americans in the main draw Huber). Also won mixed doubles (w/Mirnyi) in 1998 • Entering this year’s US Open, the home nation has • Bidding this fortnight to tie Australia’s Margaret Court had at least one representative in the semifinals (or on 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the all-time record. better) every year dating back to the 2007 edition of Her record in Grand Slam finals stands at 23-10 the tournament • Winner of 13 major titles on hard – most of any play- er in Open Era; across all WTA events, has won 47 hard court titles, more than any other active player • Contesting her 75th Grand Slam main draw – in the Open Era, trails only her sister Venus (86, including 2020 US Open) • Seeded No.3 this fortnight; has been seeded on all but two of her appearances in New York (exceptions were debut in 1998 and 2006) • Faces Ahn in 1r today; record against fellow Ameri- cans at the majors stands at stands at 47-14 (21-4 at US Open) SEASON • All five matches since the tour’s restart in August have been decided in three sets • Is 19-0 in opening round matches at Flushing Meadows, winning the last 16 first round matches in straight sets • Win-loss record across the Grand Slams is 351-50, the most wins in Open Era, ahead of Martina Navra- tilova (306-49) • Among active players, owns the most main draw hard court wins 516-87 (.856), ahead of V.Williams on 481-150 (.762), heading into US Open KRISTIE SERENA AHN VS WILLIAMS

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Appearing in sixth Grand Slam main draw at 2020 • A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste- US Open fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind • Best result was R16 run at 2019 US Open (as WC, d. only Margaret Court (24) all time Kuznetsova, Kalinskaya and Ostapenko, l. Mertens) • Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, • Also fell 1r at at Australian Open in 2020 (l. Wozniac- 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, ki) and 2018 (as WC,l. Strycova) and 2019 Wimble- 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, don (as qualifer, l. Sevastova) and on Grand Slam 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 main draw debut at 2008 US Open (as qualifier, l. • Owns a 23-10 record in Slam finals, with losses com- Safina) ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble- • Has yet to make main draw debut at Roland Garros don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber), 2018 US Open (l. Osaka), 2019 Wimbledon (l. Halep) and 2019 US Open (l. Andreescu) • Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era • Boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, 17y 6.5m before her 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off qualifying exit last week at Western & • Made 3r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. Sakkar- Southern Open in - led 7-5 5-3); 2h48m 2r win over Rus was longest • Fell 1r at Lexington (as qualifier, l. Blinkova via ret. w/ match since l. Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros right knee injury) • Returned to action at Lexington earlier this month, • Prior to tour’s hiatus, made 3r at WTA 125K Series reaching the QF (l. Rogers) event at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Begu), • Faced sister Venus in 2r in what was their 31st meet- fell 1r at St. Petersburg (as qualifer, l. Vekic) and in ing – now leads their head-to-head 19-12 (13-9 on 2r at $25k ITF/Glasgow-GBR hard courts and 8-5 on US soil) • Opened the 2020 campaign by contesting qualifying • With a combined age of 79 years, 19 days, S.Wil- at Auckland and Hobart before falling 1r at Australian liams vs. V.Williams represented the highest com- Open (l. Wozniacki) bined age in a match since 2004 Charleston when Martina Navratilova (47) faced Amy Frazier (31), with a combined age of 79 years, 28 days • Loss to No.116 Rogers was 14th to a player ranked outside the Top 50, and most recent since 2017 Auckland to No.72 Brengle, while last to a player outside the Top 100 came against No.111 Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros PERSONAL • In last tournament before tour’s hiatus, fell 3r at Australian Open (l. Q.Wang) before participating in Fed Cup action going 1-1 in singles as USA defeated Latvia 3-2 (d. Ostapenko, l. Sevastova) • Began 2020 with 73rd career title at Auckland (d. Pegula in F) for first championship since giving birth to her daughter in 2017– also finished R-Up in dou- bles w/Wozniacki (l. Townsend/Muhammed); overall record in finals stands at 73-25 • At 44m, 6-1 6-1 SF defeat of Anisimova in Auckland is currently shortest completed match of the year KRISTIE SERENA AHN VS WILLIAMS

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Enjoyed impressive 2019 campaign, compiling 34-24 • Highlights of 2019 season were her 32nd and 33rd record (across all levels) and finishing year inside Grand Slam finals, at Wimbledon (l. Halep) and US Top 100 for the first time (at No.91) Open (l. Andreescu) • Highlights of last season were R16 showing at US • Reached one further final last year at Toronto (ret. vs. Open (as WC, l. Mertens) and first Premier-level QF Andreescu w/back injury) at San Jose (l. Vekic), another QF at Seoul (l. Alex- • With 73 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open androva) and reaching one final on ITF Circuit Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), • Made Top 100 debut following run at Flushing Mead- Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret ows (rose from No.141 to No.93 on September 9, Court (92) 2019) • All three finals in 2019 – Wimbledon, Toronto and US • Enjoyed second Top 200 season in 2018 at No.196 Open – came in consecutive tournaments (also No.106 in 2017) • Ended 2019 ranked No.10, her first year-end finish • Highlights of 2018 season were R-Up finish at $60K inside the elite ranking bracket since 2016 (at No.2) ITF/Landisville-PA and 2r showing at Charleston (l. • Other highlights last season were reaching QF at Goerges). Also fell 1r at Sydney, Australian Open, Australian Open and partnering with Andy Murray to Nottingham, Washington DC and Quebec City contest Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon (reaching 3r) • Owns four career wins over Top 50 players: No.39 • Defeated World No.1 Halep in R16 at Australian Suarez Navarro (at 2018 Sydney), No.29 Ostapenko Open – at 37 years, is oldest player to defeat the (2019 Bogota), No.42 Tomljanovic and No.20 Mer- reigning World No.1 tens (both at 2019 San Jose) • Reached two Grand Slam finals in 2018, at Wimble- • Reached QF at 2017 Nottingham (as qualifier, d. don (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka). Made return Osaka, l. Rybarikova); also won $80k USTA Pro to Tour following birth of daughter Olympia at 2018 Circuit event in Tyler Texas in November, 2017 Indian Wells • Owns seven ITF Circuit singles titles overall, as well • Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two as two doubles titles events all season, and both in January. Broke streak • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Landisville, PA- of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 16 USA (won title) Top 10 finishes to her name (most recently in 2019) – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – including five as the year-end No.1 • Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA history – set record when most recent streak began on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332 • Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991) • Has registered 17 career wins over (eight different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo- va (18) • Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics • Along w/sister Venus held all four Grand Slam titles at same time, from 2009 Wimbledon through 2010 Roland Garros – third pair to do so (also Navratilova/ Shriver and Fernandez/Zvereva). Also teamed with Venus to win three Olympic gold medals: 2000 Syd- ney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London • Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil- liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters) • Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013 KRISTIE SERENA AHN VS WILLIAMS

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Jay Devashetty • Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora- • Born in Flushing Hospital in New York before moving cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato- to New Jersey glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins • Serves on the WTA Player’s Council as a represen- • Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. tative for players ranked 101+ on September 1, 2017 • Graduated from Stanford University in 2014 with a • Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem- major in Science, Technology and Society ber 2017 in New Orleans • Also graduated as a four-time all American, going • Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 97-17 in four seasons with the Cardinal and was 2018 named the 2014 ITA National Senior Player of the Year MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) vs. OCEANE DODIN (FRA #115)

Head to Head: First meeting

ARYNA SABALENKA OCEANE DODIN 11 WTA RANKING 115 7 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 38 05-05-1998 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-10-1996 (23) $849,993 YTD PRIZE MONEY $61,141 $6,414,619 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,140,603 1 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 4-2 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 2-2 14-7 / 111-59 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 28-39 6-3 / 42-23 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 14-15 2-6 / 22-24 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 6-11 13-6 / 91-39 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 16-22 1-2 / 12-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 1-5 3-2 / 24-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 2-10 3-1 / 9-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-5 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ARYNA SABALENKA OCEANE DODIN 2019 2017 R2 L - (KAZ #39) 6-3 7-6(3) R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) 7-5 6-4 2018 2016 R16 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-3 2-6 6-4 R1* L - (ARG #230) 6-3 6-3 2017 2015 R1* L - (ITA #251) 5-7 6-4 6-3 R2 L - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #96) 6-1 5-7 6-2 2016 R2* L - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #110) 7-6(2) 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making third main draw appearance (and fifth overall) • Making third main draw appearance at Flushing at the US Open Meadows • Suffered 2r exit in 2019 (d. Azarenka, l. Putintseva) • Previously made 2r in both 2017 (d. Parmentier, l. • Posted career best Grand Slam finish here in 2018 V.Williams) and 2015 (d. Jankovic, l. Duque-Marino) by reaching R16 (d. No.5 Kvitova, l. eventual cham- • This time last summer was ranked outside Top 300 pion Osaka) on Flushing Meadows main draw debut and contesting a series of clay court events on the • Won doubles title here 12 months ago w/Mertens (d. ITF Circuit Azarenka/Barty in F); defending their title as No.2 • Faces No.11 Sabalenka in opening round today; a seeds (face Rodionova/Santamaria in 1r) win would be best-by-ranking since victory over No.5 • Owns a 8-10 win-loss record across all Slams Cibulkova at 2017 Madrid • Faces No.115 Dodin in 1r; last loss to a player • Owns a 2-10 record vs Top 20 opponents with only ranked outside the Top 100 came against No.139 other victory coming against No.14 Konta at 2020 St. Rybarikova at 2019 Wimbledon Petersburg • Competing this year as the No.5 seed - her seventh • Grand Slam record stands at 5-11; is 5-6 in 1r match- Slam in a row among the 32 seeds es • Best results of career on US soil are R-Up finish at • One of four French women in this years starting field 2019 San Jose and SF run at 2018 Cincinnati (also Cornet, Garcia and Mladenovic) GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. • Contesting 12th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US eventual champion Osaka in 3s) Open • Best singles showing at Australian Open was 3r run • Reached 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2015 in 2019 (l. Anisimova) Australian Open (as WC, d. Riske, l. Ka.Pliskova) • First Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on • Since then has made 2r - but never further - on four Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, more occasions, at Australian Open (2017), Roland d. Khromacheva, l. Witthoeft) Garros (2017) and US Open (2015 and 2017), • Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at • Suffered a 1r exit in Wimbledon debut in 2017 (l. 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros Safarova) (l. Bertens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) • Won career first Grand Slam title of any kind, in dou- bles at 2019 US Open (w/Mertens) – pair defeated Azarenka/Barty in final SEASON SEASON

• Made 2r at Lexington (l. Gauff in 3s), then reached 3r • Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (as at Western & Southern Open (l. Pegula in 3s) qualifier, l. Bellis in 3s) • Before hiatus, won sixth career WTA title at Doha (d. • Contested qualifying at Prague Kvitova in F) • In first event back since the tour resumed, came • Reached QF at Dubai (l. eventual champion Halep) through three rounds of qualifying to reach 2r at • Represented Belarus in Fed Cup play-off victory Palermo (l. Yastremska) vs. the . Teamed up with Sasnovich in • Before hiatus, enjoyed QF run at Lyon (l. eventual doubles to seal the victory (d. Bertens/Schuurs on a champion Kenin) third-set tie-break). In singles, d. Rus, l. Bertens • Picked up 10th ITF singles title at $25k ITF/Ma- • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro) con-FRA (d. Ponchet in F) • Posted SF run at Adelaide (l. Yastremska). Upset • Came through qualifying to reach St.Petersburg No.4 Halep in QF at Adelaide to score fifth Top 5 win QF (l. eventual R-Up Rybakina) - her deepest run of her career, having previously beaten No.2 Wozni- at a WTA event since reaching same stage at 2017 acki (2018 Montréal), No.5 Garcia (2018 Cincinnati), Washington DC. Overcame No.14 Konta in 2r to re- No.5 Kvitova (2018 US Open) and No.1 Barty (2019 cord second Top 20 victory of her career2017 Madrid Wuhan) • Fell in qualifying at Australian Open • Opened 2020 campaign with 2r exit at Shenzhen as the defending champion (d. Gasparyan, l. Kr.Plisko- va) ARYNA OCÉANE SABALENKA VS DODIN

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended as World No.11 for the second straight year • Ended 2019 back inside Top 200 (at No.192, up from in 2019 after capturing three WTA singles titles at No.319 in 2018) after posting 48-20 record Shenzhen (d. Riske in F), Wuhan (d. Riske in F) and • Highlights of last year were lifting her ninth ITF Zhuhai (d. Bertens in F) Circuit singles title on home soil at $25k ITF/Cher- • Became first player to successfully defend Wuhan boug-FRA (d. Tan in F) and reaching three further title (d. Kontaveit in 2018 F). Also finished runner-up finals at this level. Also fell in WTA qualifying on three in doubles with Mertens in 2019 (l. Duan/Kudermeto- occasions (including Roland Garros and Wimbledon) va in F) • Advanced through qualifying at the 2018 • During summer hard court season made R-Up finish to defeat Cepede Royg in 1r, her sole tour-level main at San Jose (l. S.Zheng) draw win of 2018 (l. Halep) • Made Top 10 debut on January 28, 2019 following 3r • Posted second Top 100 season finish in 2017, run at 2019 Australian Open reaching career high WTA singles ranking No.46 on • Captured first Grand Slam doubles trophy at US June 12 Open (w/Mertens, d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Earlier in • Highlights included SF at Washington DC (l. Makaro- the season, the pair claimed the ‘Sunshine Double’ va) and first Premier Mandatory R16 at 2017 Madrid by winning back-to-back titles at Indian Wells (d. (l. Mladenovic) Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) and Miami (d. Stosur/ • Captured maiden career title at 2016 Québec City Zhang in F) (d. Davis in F) on ranking of No.132. Following this • Qualified for WTA Finals Shenzhen (w/Mertens), result, made Top 100 debut (September 19, 2016) going 1-2 in the round robin stage • Québec City run formed centerpiece of 16-match • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two win streak that began with title at $25k ITF/Barcelo- titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and na-ESP and concluded with SF effort at $25k ITF/ Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and Clermont-Ferrand-FRA finishing at No.11 in the rankings • Also appeared in QF at 2016 Linz (as qualifier, l. • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Keys) Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, • Ended 2016 season by defeating Davis in final of reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand $100k ITF/Poitiers-FRA – her eighth ITF Circuit Slam run to R16 at US Open singles title • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending • Made tour-level debut in 2015 at Australian Open (as year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first a wildcard), then reached Strasbourg main draw as a tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making lucky loser, received another WC into Roland Garros, SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) bowed out of the 1r at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, made 2r at • Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wim- US Open (defeating 2008 runner-up Jankovic) and bledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and fell 1r at Luxembourg (as qualifier) WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko) • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) • Owns three WTA doubles titles – all coming along- side Mertens during 2019 season (Indian Wells, Miami and US Open) • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, end- ing year at No.155 • WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat • Made debut on ITF Circuit in Minsk in 2012 ARYNA OCÉANE SABALENKA VS DODIN

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Dieter Kindlmann. Formerly worked withf • Is an only child; started playing tennis with parents; ormer ATP player Dmitry Tursunov father is a tennis coach and mother travels with her • Started playing aged six as an accident when father • Favorite surface is hard; favorite shot is serve; favor- drove by local tennis courts ite tournament is Australian Open (made tour-level • Voted 2018 WTA Newcomer of the Year by interna- main draw debut there and won first main draw tional media match) • Her favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo • Coached by father Frederic Dodin • Tennis idols are Maria Sharapova and • Short-term goal this year is to reach Top 50 and long- term goal is to be No.1 • Has always trained in France and is supported by the French Tennis Federation MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

MADISON KEYS (USA #14) vs. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #101)

Head to Head: MADISON KEYS leads 3-1

2016 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R1 MADISON KEYS 7-6(3) 6-4 86 mins 2016 ROME CLAY O R16 MADISON KEYS 7-6(2) 6-3 82 mins 2014 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R2 TIMEA BABOS 6-2 6-1 60 mins 2012 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 MADISON KEYS 6-3 6-0 60 mins

MADISON KEYS TIMEA BABOS 14 WTA RANKING 101 32 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 93 17-02-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-05-1993 (27) $283,156 YTD PRIZE MONEY $366,327 $12,374,422 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,610,082 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 23 22-8 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 4-8 6-3 / 213-124 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-4 / 120-163 1-1 / 53-52 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 38-66 1-0 / 54-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 38-49 6-3 / 131-85 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-4 / 82-103 1-1 / 18-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-21 1-1 / 37-49 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 8-42 2-0 / 20-18 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 7-13 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

MADISON KEYS TIMEA BABOS 2019 2019 R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 7-5 6-4 R2 L - CORI GAUFF (USA #140) 6-2 4-6 6-4 2018 2018 SF L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4 R1 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #11) 6-4 5-7 6-4 2017 2017 F L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #83) 6-3 6-0 R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #146) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 2016 2016 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #74) 6-3 6-4 R3 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 6-1 2-6 6-4

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2015 2015 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-3 6-3 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #22) 6-3 6-4 2014 2014 R2 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #15) 6-4 7-5 2013 2013 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #12) 6-3 6-4 R1 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #13) 6-4 6-2 2012 2012 R2* L - (ARG #120) 6-4 6-2 R1 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #203) 6-2 7-5 2011 2011 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26) 3-6 7-5 6-4 R1* L - STÉPHANIE FORETZ (FRA #116) 7-5 7-5 2010 R1* L - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #130) 3-6 6-4 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making ninth main draw appearance at US Open • Making ninth consecutive main draw appearance at (and 11th overall) US Open (10th overall) • Best result here was R-Up finish in 2017 (l. Ste- • Best singles result here - and across all Slams - was phens); took part in first all-American US Open final reaching 3r in 2016 (l. Halep after leading 3-1 in the since 2002 (Serena d. Venus) final set) • Enjoyed SF run in 2018 (l. eventual champion • Fell in 2r here last year (as qualifier, l. Gauff) Osaka) and advanced to R16 in 2015 (l. S.Williams), • Also a doubles R-Up here in 2018 (w/Mladenovic, l. 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2019 (l. Svitolina) Barty/Vandeweghe - held 3mp); top seed in doubles • Reached 2r here in 2011 on Grand Slam main draw this year w/Mladenovic (face Christina/Olmos in 1r) debut (as WC, l. Safarova) and again in 2014 (l. • Owns 11-29 Grand Slam win-loss record Krunic). Fell 1r in 2013 (l. Jankovic) • Faces No.14 Keys in 1r today; owns eight Top 20 • No.7 seed this fortnight – her 20th consecutive major wins, most recently over No.9 Vandeweghe at 2018 as a seeded player Australian Open • Faces No.101 Babos in 1r; most recently met the • Record in Grand Slam 1r matches is 10-19 Hungarian on tour in 2016, en route to finals at Rome • Aside from US Open showing, during last year’s US and Birmingham hard court season suffered 1r exit at San Jose, con- • Last loss to a player ranked outside the Top 100 tested qualifying at Toronto and made SF at $100k came against No.283 Baptiste at 2019 Washington ITF/Vancouver-CAN DC, while last occurrence at a Slam to at hands of No.120 Rodina at 2018 Wimbledon • Record in Grand Slam 1r matches stands at 27-3; all three losses at this stage came in her teenage years, at 2012 Australian Open (l. J.Zheng), 2013 US Open (l. Jankovic) and 2014 Roland Garros (l. Errani) • US Open is Keys’ happiest major hunting ground holding a 22-8 record here, followed by the Austra- lian Open (20-8) and is 73-30 across the Slams • One of 31 Americans in starting field. The home nation has had at least one representative in SF (or better) every year since 2007

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Best result at a major was 2017 US Open R-Up • Contesting landmark 30th Grand Slam main draw at finish to Stephens 2020 US Open. Reached 3r at a major for the first - • Deepest run prior to that was breakthrough SF run at and to date only - time in at 2016 US Open (l. Halep) Australian Open in 2015 when she defeated No.18 • Has reached 2r at other three majors: Australian V.Williams and No.4 Kvitova en route (l. eventual Open (2016, 2018 and 2019), Wimbledon (2012, champion S.Williams) 2015, 2016) and Roland Garros (2016, 2018) • Became just the third American teenager since 1995 • Won maiden Slam doubles title at 2018 Australian to reach SF at the Australian Open – also Chanda Open (w/Mladenovic, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F). Rubin (1996, SF) and Sloane Stephens (2013, SF) Also triumphed w/Mladenovic at 2019 Roland Garros • Prior to 2015 had not passed 3r at a major (d. Duan/Zheng in F) and 2020 Australian Open (d. • Achieved best result at Roland Garros with SF run in Hsieh/Strycova in F) 2018 (l. Stephens) – has reached at least QF at all • Four-time major doubles runner-up, at 2014 Wimble- four majors, including Wimbledon in 2015 don (w/Mladenovic, l. Errani/Vinci), 2016 Wimbledon • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 US (w/Shvedova, l. S.Williams/V.Williams), 2018 US Open, advancing to 2r (was first 16-year-old to com- Open (w/Mladenovic, l. Barty/Vandeweghe) and 2019 pete at Flushing Meadows since Kristie Ahn in 2008) Australian Open (w/Mladenovic, l. Stosur/Zhang) • Mixed doubles runner-up at 2015 Wimbledon (w/ Peya l. Hingis/Paes) and 2018 Australian Open (w/ Bopanna, l. Dabrowski/Pavic) MADISON TIMEA KEYS VS BABOS

SEASON SEASON

• In first event back since six month hiatus, fell 2r at • On return from Australia, fell in qualifying at St. Western and Southern Open (after 1r bye, l. Jabeur) Petersburg before 1r exits at Doha (as qualifier, l. • Before hiatus, advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Putintseva) and Lyon (l. Bara) Sakkari) • Lifted fourth Grand Slam doubles title at Australian • Began 2020 campaign with R-Up finish at Brisbane Open (w/Mladenovic, d. Hsieh/Strycova in F) (l. Ka.Pliskova); now 5-5 in WTA singles finals • Began 2020 campaign by contesting qualifying at Shenzhen before 1r exits at Adelaide (as qualifier, l. Yastremska) and Australian Open (l. Swiatek) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Lifted biggest title of career during 2019 season at • Ended 2019 ranked No.104 to record her first year- WTA Premier-5 level Cincinnati (d. Kuznetsova in end finish outside the Top 100 since 2011 F); afterwards returned to Top 10 for first time since • Last spring through Grand Slam qualifying for the week of June 25, 2018 first time in her career at Roland Garros before mak- • Reached QF at Roland Garros (l. Barty). One of ing 1r exit (l. Hon); bounced back to lift second major three Americans to make last eight (also Anisimova doubles title (w/Mladenovic, d. Duan/Zheng in F) and Stephens) - the first time since 2004 (Capriati, • Other doubles highlights in 2019 included finishing S.Williams and V.Williams) R-Up in doubles at Australian Open (w/Mladenovic, • Also in 2019, produced R16 showings at Australian l. Stosur/Zheng), reaching SF at Wimbledon and title Open and US Open (l. Svitolina on both occasions) run at Istanbul (both w/Mladenovic) as well as picking up first title on clay at Charleston • Season highlights in 2018 were reaching seventh (d. Wozniacki in F) and eighth career finals, at Taipei City (d. Kozlova in • Season highlights in 2018 were SF at US Open (l. F) and Monterrey (l. Muguruza in F in 3s); is now 3-5 eventual champion Osaka), Roland Garros (l. Ste- in WTA finals phens) and QF at Australian Open (l. Kerber) • Enjoyed success in doubles in 2018, winning debut • Reached first Grand Slam final in 2017 in New York, Slam at Australian Open, WTA Finals, Birmingham losing out to Stephens in 10th all-American US Open and reached QF at Wimbledon (all w/Mladenovic); final in the Open Era. At 22, became the youngest crowned new WTA World No.1 in doubles after Wim- Flushing Meadows finalist since 19-year-old Wozni- bledon run (July 16, 2018) acki lost to Clijsters in 2009 • Reached a career-high three singles finals in 2017 • Enjoyed first Top 10 year-end finish in 2016 (at No.8), (R-Up at Québec City and Tashkent), capturing the as youngest player in the year-end Top 25 second WTA singles title of her career on home soil • Broke into Top 10 on June 20, 2016, becoming 118th in Budapest (d. Safarova in F) player to reach the elite bracket since computer • Produced an impressive season on the doubles rankings were introduced. Became first American to court, claiming a career-high six titles, including make Top 10 debut since S.Williams in 1999 hoisting the trophy at the WTA Finals in Singapore • Reached a career-high singles ranking of No.7 on (w/Hlavackova) October 10, 2016 • Finished 2016 ranked No.26 – just one spot shy of • Made WTA Finals debut at Singapore in 2016, going her career-high ranking of No.25 (September 19, 1-2 in round robin play 2016) • Represented USA at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching • Qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai; fell in SF (lost Bronze medal match against Kvitova) round robin stage (0-2) to No.18 Bacsinszky and • Owns seven career Top 5 victories: No.5 Li (2013 No.28 S.Zhang Madrid), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Australian Open), No.4 • Reached third singles final of career at 2016 Flo- Muguruza (2016 Rome, 2017 Stanford), No.4 Svito- rianopolis (l. Begu in F). Other 2016 highlights lina (2017 US Open), No.4 Kerber (2018 Cincinnati) included SF appearances at Shenzhen (l. Riske) and No.4 Halep (2019 Cincinnati) and Rabat, and QF runs at St Petersburg (l. eventual • Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2015 (went champion Vinci), Katowice (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati 1-1 in round robin stage on all three appearances); (l. Muguruza) and Moscow (l. eventual champion advanced to SF stage in 2018 however withdrew Kuznetsova) before match due to a left knee injury • Qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals in doubles w/Shve- • Cracked Top 20 on February 2, 2015 dova – fell in 1r (l. Mattek-Sands/Safarova); also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals w/Mladenovic – pair exited at RR stage MADISON TIMEA KEYS VS BABOS

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Was second-youngest player to win a WTA title in • Highlights in 2015 were R-Up finish at Marrakech (l. 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur); Svitolina in F), winning the WTA 125K Series event in also youngest American to win a title since Vania Taipei (d. Doi in F), and three doubles titles, at Dubai, King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok Marrackech and Rome (all w/Mladenovic) • Made tour-level debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach at • Highest-ranked opponent beaten in career to date is 14 years old (as WC, d. Kudryavtseva); was seventh No.9 Vandeweghe at 2018 Australian Open 1r youngest player to win a WTA main draw match at 14 • Received WC into first WTA event of career at 2010 years, 48 days, and youngest since Hingis in 1994 Budapest (l. Bacsinszky in 1r) • On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and 10 doubles titles • Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2011-15 and 2017; Hun- garian Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 • In juniors, was three-time doubles Grand Slam cham- pion (2010 Roland Garros/Wimbledon/US Open – all w/Sloane Stephens) and two-time runner-up (2009 Roland Garros, 2010 Australian Open) PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Ola Malmqvist; fitness coach is Rodney • Father’s name is Csaba; mother’s name is Zsuzsan- Marshall na; sister is Susie; started playing at age 8 • Past coaches: Juan Todero, Jim Madrigal, Jesse • Tennis idol is Elena Dementieva Levine, Thomas Hogstedt, Dieter Kindlmann, Lindsay • Coached by . Previously worked with Davenport and David Taylor Nick Horvat and Thomas Drouet • Ambassador for Evian and FearlesslyGIRL • Was the architect behind Kinder Girl World Day recently on May 21, created in the “hope of replacing some of the toxicity we often see online with mes- sages of kindness” MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

HEATHER WATSON (GBR #54) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #13)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 3-0

2018 NOTTINGHAM GRASS O R16 JOHANNA KONTA 6-4 7-6(5) 100 mins 2017 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R64 JOHANNA KONTA 6-4 6-4 95 mins 2013 ITF/BARNSTAPLE HARD I QF JOHANNA KONTA 4-0 ret. n/a

HEATHER WATSON JOHANNA KONTA 54 WTA RANKING 13 24 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 28 19-05-1992 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-05-1991 (29) $166,440 YTD PRIZE MONEY $183,003 $3,767,955 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,537,367 1 / 4 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-8 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 11-7 10-6 / 118-151 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-6 / 170-107 6-3 / 44-60 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 44-44 3-3 / 30-43 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 37-30 9-5 / 78-93 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-6 / 107-62 0-0 / 2-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 21-22 1-1 / 9-38 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 38-36 4-1 / 15-11 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 13-13 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

HEATHER WATSON JOHANNA KONTA 2019 2019 R1* L - (GEO #202) 6-4 6-2 QF L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-4 6-4 2018 2018 R1 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #45) 6-1 3-6 6-3 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) 6-2 6-2 2017 2017 R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #46) 6-4 6-4 R1 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #78) 4-6 6-3 6-4 2016 2016 R1 L - RICHEL HOGENKAMP (NED #165) 6-2 7-5 R16 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #48) 6-4 7-5

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2015 2015 R1 L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #84) 7-6(3) 7-6(0) R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) 7-5 6-3 2014 2014 R1 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #80) 6-1 6-1 R1 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #155) 6-2 6-3 2013 2013 R1 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #19) 4-6 6-4 6-2 R1* L - OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #151) 7-5 6-4 2012 2012 R1 L - NA LI (CHN #8) 6-2 6-3 R2 L - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #67) 2-6 6-2 7-5 2011 R1 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) 3-6 7-5 6-3 2010 R1* L - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #148) 2-6 6-4 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making ninth appearance at US Open (11th overall) • Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open where she looks to advance to 2r for the first time (ninth overall); reached QF in 2019 (l. Svitolina) • Won US Open junior singles title in 2009 - one of five • Previous deepest runs here were to R16 in 2015 (d. former junior champions in the draw (also Anisimova, No.9 Muguruza in 2r, l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sev- Bouzkova, Flipkens and Azarenka) astova) – first British woman to reach last 16 since • Record in 1r matches at Majors is 14-20 (0-8 at US Jo Durie went all the way to the SF in 1983 (l. Evert) Open) • Came through qualifying to reach 2r on debut here in • Faces fellow Brit and Fed Cup teammate No.13 Kon- 2012 (l. Govortsova) ta in today’s opening match; owns 23-9 career record • Overall Slam record is 38-25; is 13-12 in 1r matches against fellow Brits (at all levels) at majors • Most recent Top 20 win came against No.17 Mertens • Faces compatriot Watson in 1r today; beat her com- en route to this year’s Hobart SF patriot most recently en route to 2018 Nottingham • Career record at Grand Slams stands at 18-34 final • Watson and Konta are the only British players ap- • Overall career record against fellow Brits stands at pearing in this year’s US Open women’s draw 27-8 (at all levels) • During last year’s North American hard court season • Last year, arrived in New York having gone 0-2 on fell 1r at San Jose and during qualifying at Toronto North American hard courts – made 1r exits at Toron- before lifting the title at 100K ITF/Vancouver-CAN to (l. Yastremska) and Cincinnati (l. Peterson) (d. Sorribes Tormo in F). Also reached SF at 125K • Best career result on US soil came in 2017 when she Oracle Challenger Series event in New Haven (l. landed biggest title of career at Premier Mandatory Arconada) Miami (d. Wozniacki in F). Also lifted maiden WTA • Is currently ranked No.54. By contrast was No.101 title at 2016 Stanford heading into last year’s tournament GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting 35th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam Open breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Austra- • Best showings are 3r runs at Wimbledon in 2012, lian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); became 2015 and 2017, and Australian Open in 2013 first British woman to reach the last four at Mel- • Reached 2r at Roland Garros on six occasions. Has bourne Park since Sue Barker in December 1977, never been beyond 1r at US Open in eight attempts and at any Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open • Won mixed doubles title at All England Club in 2016 • Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up (w/Kontinen, d. Farah/Groenefeld in F) and finished V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to R-Up in 2017 (w/Kontinen, l. Hingis/Murray) reach the last four since Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and • Won US Open junior singles title in 2009 at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova) • One of eight active players to reach a major SF on hard, grass and clay: also Azarenka, Bouchard, Ha- lep, Kvitova, Sharapova, S.Williams and V.Williams • Also advanced to QF at 2017 Australian Open, 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open SEASON SEASON

• Coming off 1r exits at Lexington (l. eventual champi- • Coming off SF appearance at the Western & South- on Brady) and Cincinnati (l. Pera) ern Open (l. eventual champion Azarenka); did not • Made 1r exit at Monterrey (l. Maria) drop serve in any of her three matches en route to • Lifted fourth career title and first since 2016 at Aca- SF pulco (d. Fernandez in F) • Suffered 1r defeat at Lexington (l. Bouzkova) • Split Fed Cup rubbers against Slovakia (d. Sramko- • Before tour’s hiatus, ended losing streak by advanc- va, l. Schmiedlova) ing to SF at Monterrey (l. Bouzkova) • Suffered 2r exit at Australian Open (d. Kr.Pliskova, • Returned to Europe in February to make 2r exit at St. l. Mertens) and made SF at Hobart (as qualifier, l. Petersburg (after 1r bye, l. qualifier Dodin) eventual champion Rybakina) • Opened campaign by falling 1r at Brisbane (l. Stryco- • Opened 2020 season with qualifying exit at Brisbane va) and Australian Open (l. Jabeur) HEATHER JOHANNA WATSON VS KONTA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Recorded 10th Top 100 season in 2019 by finishing • Ended 2019 campaign at No.12 (up from No.39 in the year at No.92. Best result was R-Up finish at 2018), despite not playing after US Open due to Tianjin (l. Peterson) knee injury • Finished 2018 just outside the Top 100 (No.101). • Last season was highlighted by historic run at Roland Best year-end finish came in 2012 (No.49) Garros; recording first ever main draw win in Paris • Highlights of 2018 were SF runs at Hobart (as before becoming the first British woman to reach SF qualifier, l. eventual champion Mertens) and Quebec since Jo Durie’s run to the same stage in 1983, even- City (l. eventual champion Parmentier). Also picked tually falling to Vondrousova up fourth career WTA doubles title at Acapulco (w/ • Re-entered Top 20 on June 10, 2019 for first time Maria) and reached doubles final at Nottingham (w/ since March 2018 (dropped as low as No.50) Buzarnescu) • Other highlights in 2019 included QF run at Wimble- • Won third WTA singles title of career at 2016 Monter- don (d. No.9 Stephens and No.6 Kvitova; l. Strycova) rey (d. Flipkens in F), adding to wins at 2012 Osaka and US Open (l. Svitolina), R-Up finish in Rome (l. and 2015 Hobart (3-0 record in finals) Ka.Pliskova) and Rabat (l. Sakkari, after leading by a • Hit career-high singles ranking of No.38 on January set and a break) 19, 2015 after title run at Hobart • Highlights in 2018 included a second successive • Lifetime record against Top 10 players stands at R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. Barty) and SF at Mos- 2-17, with wins coming against No.8 A.Radwans- cow [] (l. eventual champion Kasatkina) ka (2015 Indian Wells) and No.9 Cibulkova (2017 • Began 2017 season by lifting title at Sydney (d. Eastbourne) A. Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of • In doubles owns four WTA titles, most recently at career at Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) 2018 Acapulco (w/Maria) • At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since • Represented Great Britain at 2016 Rio Olympics, Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. reaching 2r in singles (l. Svitolina), 2r in doubles (w/ eventual R-Up V.Williams) Konta, l. H.Chan/Y.Chan) and QF in mixed doubles • Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. (w/A.Murray, l. Bopanna/Mirza) Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in • Struggled throughout 2014 season with a right rib in- a row at home event of Eastbourne – QF defeat of jury and missed two months in 2013 due to glandular World No.1 Kerber was first by a British woman over fever (Miami to Roland Garros) a reigning No.1 since Barker d. Evert at 1979 Boston • Enjoyed a breakthrough 2012 season, winning • Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at Osaka to become first British woman to win a WTA 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988. Finished year • Was the non-playing alternate for WTA Finals in as British No.1 Singapore in 2016, narrowly missing qualification in • With 2012 Osaka singles title, became first British the Top 8 woman to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer • By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA in 1988 Top 10 debut – becoming the first British woman to • Broke into Top 100 on June 6, 2011 and made Top feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the 50 debut on October 15, 2012 fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles and three dou- Barker) bles titles • Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman Miami and recorded first main draw match win at to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Road- 2010 Eastbourne map was introduced in 2009 • Played first professional event on ITF Circuit at 2009 • Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first ITF/Jersey-GBR British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the • Member of Great Britain Fed Cup Team, 2011-18 and week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20) Great Britain Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 • Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans • Made tour-level main draw debut at 2011 Copenha- gen HEATHER JOHANNA WATSON VS KONTA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Currently working with Alexander Ward • Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in • Born on Channel Island of Guernsey. Mother is Mi- May 2012. Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriel- chelle and father is Ian; siblings are Adam, Stephanie la (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion) and Julie • Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the • Started playing at age 7; moved to Bollettieri Acade- Hungarian ‘Golden Team’ with Ferenc Puskas in my in Florida at age 12 (still trains there) 1955 • Endorsement portfolio includes New Balance, Dun- • Switched clothing sponsor from Asics to Ellesse at lop, Bently Motors and Always end of 2018 • Ambassador for UK Tennis Charity ‘Give it Your Max’ • Currently working with Thomas Hogstedt, formerly worked with Dimitri Zavialoff, Michael Joyce and Wim Fissette MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

NAO HIBINO (JPN #78) vs. GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #16)

Head to Head: GARBIÑE MUGURUZA leads 2-0

2016 OLYMPICS HARD O R2 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 6-1 6-1 n/a 2016 DOHA HARD O R2 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 6-2 6-0 59 mins

NAO HIBINO GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 78 WTA RANKING 16 57 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 2 28-11-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-10-1993 (26) $127,829 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,603,605 $1,551,562 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $20,821,334 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 7 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 1-2 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 6-7 5-3 / 49-58 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 16-4 / 252-141 1-1 / 16-14 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 80-62 2-1 / 12-11 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-0 / 41-50 5-3 / 46-45 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 16-4 / 173-97 1-0 / 1-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 35-34 1-0 / 2-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 61-60 1-1 / 6-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 18-14 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

NAO HIBINO GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2019 2019 R2* L - (SWE #171) 7-5 7-6(5) R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #36) 2-6 6-1 6-3 2018 2018 R2* L - KATIE SWAN (GBR #178) 6-1 6-4 R2 L - KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #202) 3-6 6-4 6-4 2017 2017 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #37) 6-1 3-6 6-2 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) 7-6(3) 6-3 2016 2016 R1 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #37) 6-4 7-5 R2 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #48) 7-5 6-4 2015 2015 R3* L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #104) 6-1 6-1 R2 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-2 2014 2014 R2* L - FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #205) 6-1 6-1 R1 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #121) 6-3 7-6(4) 2012 R1 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #10) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making third main draw appearance at US Open and • Making eighth main draw appearance at the US seventh overall Open • Reached 2r here in 2017 (d. Bellis, l. Safarova), • Best result here is reaching R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) which is joint best Slam result, having also made this • Made 2r in 2015-16 and 2018, and lost opening stage at 2020 Australian Open matches 2012 (which was Grand Slam main draw • Fell 1r in 2016 (l. Mladenovic) and in qualifying in debut), 2014 and most recently in 2019 2014-15 and 2018-19 • Flushing Meadows is the only Slam where she has • Had suffered seven consecutive 1r exits at majors yet to reach the QF or better – however has reached before advancing to 2r here in 2017: 2016 Australian the QF or better at every event she’s played in 2020, Open (l. Sharapova), Roland Garros (l. Halep), Wim- going 16-4 across the season – third most main draw bledon (l. Petkovic), US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2017 wins this year, behind Rybakina (21) and Mertens Australian Open (l. Sevastova), 2017 Roland Garros (19) and tied with Kontaveit (16) (l. Garcia) and 2017 Wimbledon (l. Keys) • Making milestone 30th Grand Slam main draw ap- • Contesting 11th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US pearance this fortnight Open – owns a 2-10 record across the Slams • Is a two-time Grand Slam champion (2016 Roland • Faces No.16 Muguruza today – owns two Top 20 Garros, 2017 Wimbledon) – one of 10 Grand Slam wins in career, over No.18 Stosur at 2016 Hong Kong champions in the draw and No.4 Svitolina at 2020 Hua Hin • Overall record across the Slams stands at 72-27, and • Has won two hard-court titles in her career, at 2015 is 24-5 in Slam 1r matches - last loss at this stage Tashkent and 2019 Hiroshima was to Riske at 2019 US Open • Playing doubles this fortnight w/Ninomiya (face • Faces Hibino today in opening match – first time Blinkova/Kudermetova in 1r) facing Japanese opposition at a Slam • A loss to No.78 Hibino would be worst by ranking since 2019 Wimbledon (l. No.121 Haddad Maia) • Last 1r exit came at 2019 Beijing (l. Kenin) • Seeded No.10 this fortnight – highest seeding at a Slam since 2018 Wimbledon (No.3 seed) • Withdrew from Western & Southern Open last week w/ left ankle injury

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 • Won titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in Australian Open (l. Sharapova) F dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe • Best result at a major were 2r showings at 2017 US ) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Wil- Open (l. Safarova) and 2020 Australian Open (as liams in F) qualifier, l. Sakkari) • Reached title match at 2020 Australian Open (l. • In 2016 and 2017 fell in 1r at both Roland Garros Kenin in 3s) – Grand Slam final record now stands at and Wimbledon 2-2 (also R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon – l. S.Williams) • Best doubles results at a major were 3r showings at • One of just eight players all-time to defeat Serena in US Open in 2016 (w/Gibbs) and 2018 (w/Kalashniko- a Grand Slam final va) • Is one of 29 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles • Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 – d. V.Williams, and 1999 – l. S.Williams) • By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017) • Best result at US Open came in 2017 with R16 showing • In doubles, best result was SF run at 2014 Roland Garros w/Suárez Navarro NAO GARBIÑE HIBINO VS MUGURUZA

SEASON SEASON

• Last week contested qualifying at Western & South- • Prior to tour’s hiatus, was enjoying her best ever start ern Open to a season and for the first time in her career made • Prior to tennis’ hiatus, last outing was 2r showing at the QF or better at five straight tournaments - is the WTA 125k Series event at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, only player to achieve this feat in 2020 l. Rogers) • Last event played was Doha, reaching QF (l. Barty) • Posted SF run at Hua Hin (upset No.4 Svitolina en • Also made QFs at Dubai (l. Brady in 3s). Defeat- route, l. Kung) and made 2r at Acapulco (l. Fernan- ed former No.1 and four-time Grand Slam singles dez) champion Clijsters in the 1r at Dubai which was the • Opened season with qualifying loss at Auckland and Belgian’s first professional match since 2012 matching her best major perfomance with a 2r run at • Finished R-Up at Australian Open (l. Kenin in 3s) – Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Sakkari) her fourth career major final • Defeated four seeds en route to Melbourne final, including three of the Top 10 (No.4 Halep, No.5 Svi- tolina, No.9 Bertens) • Forced to withdraw with viral illness prior to QF match against Kudermetova at • Began 2020 campaign posting SF appearance (l. eventual champion Alexandrova) at Shenzhen Open CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 ranked No.102, up from No.119 in 2018 • Finished 2019 season at No.36 for first non-Top 20 • Season highlight was singles and doubles sweep at finish since 2014 2019 Hiroshima (w/Doi, whom she beat in singles • Successfully defended her title in Monterrey for sev- final). Also reached 2r at Monterrey (l. Vickery) and enth career WTA trophy (d. Azarenka in F) fell 1r four times • Also in 2019, reached QF at Indian Wells defeat- • In 2018, reached the 2r five times across the season ing No.10 S.Williams and No.7 Bertens en route (l. and picked up one singles and one doubles title on eventual champion Andreescu) and R16 at Australian ITF Circuit Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Roland Garros (l. Ste- • Posted third Top 100 finish in 2017, having reached phens) finals in Kuala Lumpur (l. Barty in F) and Nanchang • Is a two-time Grand-Slam champion winning titles at (l. Peng) 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F) and 2017 • Ended 2016 at No.84 for second consecutive Top Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F). Dropped only one 100 season (finished 2015 at No.78 – up from set in Roland Garros title run No.207 in 2014) • Is only player to ever beat both Williams sisters in a • 2016 season highlights included reaching second Grand Slam final and one of 29 women in the Open WTA singles final at Tashkent (as defending champi- Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles on, l. Kr.Pliskova) and advancing to QF at Auckland • Also finished R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) (l. Goerges), Istanbul (l. Buyukakcay) and Florianop- to make Top 10 debut. Is one of two players to meet olis (l. Begu) both Williams sisters in the final of the same Grand • Achieved career-high singles ranking of No.56 on Slam – also Hingis at US Open (1997, d. V.Williams; January 18, 2016 1999, l. S.Williams) • Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015 • First Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sán- (media vote; won by Gavrilova) chez Vicario in 1996 and first to reach any Slam final • Made WTA main draw debut in September 2015 since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros at Tokyo [Japan Open]. Reached 2r (d. Kuwata, l. • Rose to World No.1 on September 11, 2017 to Brengle) become the 24th woman in history to hold the top • Fell in 2015 Tokyo [PPO] qualifying, however spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in following week landed her first WTA singles title, at 1995). Also named ITF World Champion for 2017 Tashkent (d. Vekic in F) – was her second tour-level • In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at main draw; just six players have done better, winning the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vi- their debut event cario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit at $25k ITF/ l. Hingis/Mirza) Karuizawa-JPN in 2012 (fell in qualifying), however • Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, de- won next tournament played at $10k ITF/Tokyo-JPN feating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career NAO GARBIÑE HIBINO VS MUGURUZA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Born in Aichi, Japan, and currently resides there • Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of • Named after former WTA player Naoko Sawamatsu the sport was playing with her brothers • Was introduced to tennis aged 10 • Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José • Coached by Eiji Takeuchi Antonio, is from Spain • Coached by Conchita Martínez MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) vs. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #67)

Head to Head: First meeting

KAROLINA MUCHOVA VENUS WILLIAMS 26 WTA RANKING 67 89 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 265 21-08-1996 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-06-1980 (40) $164,060 YTD PRIZE MONEY $83,268 $1,579,451 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $41,819,806 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 49 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 22 4-2 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 79-18 3-5 / 33-20 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-5 / 795-252 1-2 / 11-9 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-4 / 185-117 2-0 / 9-4 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 135-97 3-5 / 23-16 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-5 / 481-151 0-2 / 1-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 136-106 0-3 / 6-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 236-153 0-0 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 73-16 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KAROLINA MUCHOVA VENUS WILLIAMS 2019 2019 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-3 6-2 R2 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-4 6-4 2018 2018 R3 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #17) 6-3 6-4 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-1 6-2 2016 2017 R1* L - (FRA #169) 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5 SF L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #83) 6-1 0-6 7-5 2016 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) 2015 QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-2 1-6 6-3 2014 R3 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #14) 6-0 0-6 7-6(5) 2013 R2 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #56) 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)

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2012 R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) 6-2 5-7 7-5 2011 R2 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #18) W/O 2010 SF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #3) 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 2009 R16 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #9,999) 6-0 0-6 6-4 2008 QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #3) 7-6(6) 7-6(7) 2007 SF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 7-6(2) 6-4 2005 QF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #4) 4-6 7-5 6-1 2004 R16 L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #4) 7-5 6-4 2002 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-4 6-3 2001 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-2 6-4 2000 F W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-4 7-5 1999 SF L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-1 4-6 6-3 1998 SF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #3) 6-4 6-4 1997 F L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-0 6-4

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making third main draw appearance at US Open • Making 22nd appearance at US Open – overtaking (fourth overall) four-time champion Navratilova (21) for most appear- • Came through qualifying to reach 3r on her Grand ances in the Open Era Slam main draw debut in 2018 at Flushing Meadows, • Two-time singles champion, in 2000 (d. Davenport in (d. Yastremska, d. No.12 Muguruza, l.Barty) F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F), and a finalist on two • Matched previous best result with 3r run here last other occasions – on event debut in 1997 (l. Hingis) year (l. S.Williams) and again in 2002 (l. S.Williams) • Career best result at a major came at 2019 Wim- • Reached SF or better on each of first six appearanc- bledon with loss to Svitolina in the QF (d. No.20 es at Flushing Meadows Kontaveit and No.3 Ka.Pliskova en route) • Also a two-time US Open doubles champion, in 1999 • Faces No.67 V. Williams in opening round today; and 2009 (both w/S.Williams) owns 5-1 record in Grand Slam 1r matches • Unseeded at US Open for second consecutive year • Overall Grand Slam win-loss record is 10-6 and just sixth time overall • Competing at No.26, five places off her career high • Faces No.26 Muchova in opening round today; is ranking of No.21 (achieved on November 4, 2019). 21-0 in 1r matches at Flushing Meadows By contrast, was No.44 this time last year • Owns 79-18 record at her home Slam (2r walkover to • Currently the Czech No.4 of eight women in the Top Lisicki in 2011, when Venus announced her Sjogren’s 100 (week of August 31, 2020) diagnosis, does not count on record). Among active players trails only Serena (101-13) for wins in New York - tied with Evert for the most wins here in the Open Era (101-12) • At 40 years old, is bidding to become just the third woman to win a US Open singles match after reach- ing this milestone - also Pratt (1968) and Richards (1979-80) • One of eight players in this year’s field who’ve held the WTA World No.1 ranking, and one of six former US Open champions • Last summer on hard courts, suffered 1r exits at San Jose and Toronto, made QF run at Western and Southern Open before falling 2r at US Open • Among active players, sits in joint second place with Clijsters for career hard court titles – 31, trailing only Serena (47) GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Playing seventh Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Playing 86th Grand Slam main draw appearance, the Open most in the Open Era • Earned career-best result with QF appearance at • Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, 2019 Wimbledon defeating No.20 Kontaveit and winning Wimbledon five times: 2000-01 2005 and No.3 Ka.Pliskova en route (I. Svitolina) 2007-08. Also won US Open in 2000 (d. Davenport in • Reached 3r at 2018 US Open in her main draw debut F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F) at the majors (as qualifier, I. Barty in 3r) and 2019 (I. • In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all R-Up S.Williams) four majors: Wimbledon (2002-03, 2009 and 2017), • Fell 2r at 2019 Roland Garros and 2020 Australian US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Open Australian Open (2003, 2017) • Earned USDS156,000 in prize money during 2018 • The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at Flushing Meadows run, more than doubling her the US Open in 1997 and 2017 Wimbledon is the career total longest in Open Era history, followed by Navratilova 1975-94 • Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Wil- liams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon • In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/Gimels- tob) and Roland Garros (w/Gimelstob, d. S.Willams/ Lobo in F) in 1998 KAROLINA VENUS MUCHOVA VS WILLIAMS

SEASON SEASON

• Returned to action at Western & Southern Open, • Coming off 1r exit at Western and Southern Open (l. where she lost to eventual R-Up Osaka in 3 sets in 2r Yastremska) • Prior to hiatus, suffered 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova) • Posted 2r showing at Lexington; snapped four-match and fell 2r at Doha (l. Bertens) losing streak with victory over fellow former No.1 • Reached 2r for first time at Australian Open (l. Bellis) Azarenka in 1r, before falling to sister Serena in 2r • Opened season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Riske) in what was the 31st career meeting between the sisters • The win over Azarenka marked her first main draw win of 2020, having fallen in the opening round this year at the Australian Open (l. Gauff), Acapulco (l. Juvan) and Monterrey (l. Schmiedlova) • Slipped to No.67 on March 9 – her lowest position since occupying No.72 spot on July 30, 2012 CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 season in rich vein of form, winning • Ended 2019 ranked No.53, down from No.40 in 2018 18 of last 24 matches, including winning maiden • Reached four QFs across 2019, including Auckland WTA title at Seoul (d. Linette in F), SFs at Zhuhai (l. eventual R-Up Andreescu), Indian Wells (l. even- (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and Moscow (l. tual R-Up Kerber), Birmingham (l. eventual champion Pavlyuchenkova) and maiden major QF at Wimble- Barty) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Keys) don (l. Svitolina) • Scored her best win of the season at Indian Wells, • Rose to career-high ranking of No.21 on November ousting No.3 Kvitova in 3s. Also defeated defending 4, 2019 champion and then-ranked No.5 in Cincinnati • Other highlights of breakthrough 2019 season were • Also made R16 at Miami (l. Halep) and Rome (l. R-Up finish on home soil at Prague (l. Teichmann) Konta) and QF at Doha (l. Svitolina) and the Bronx (l. • Season highlights in 2018 were SF run at Indian Linette) Wells (d. S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatki- • Ended 2018 ranked No.145, her first Top 200 sea- na) and QF effort at Miami (l. Collins) son (up from her previous best of No.208 in 2016) • Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past • 2018 season highlight was making Grand Slam $40 million – S.Williams ($92 million) is the only other main draw debut at US Open (as qualifier, I. Barty player to pass this milestone in 3r) • Teamed up in Fed Cup for Serena’s first competitive • Also contested WTA qualifying in 2018 at Stuttgart, match back since giving birth in September 2017 Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Luxembourg (played dead doubles rubber, l. Kerkhove/Schuurs) • Reached three ITF Circuit finals in 2018, including • Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. back-to-back finals at $25k ITF/Altenkirchen-GER Wozniacki) – the oldest player to ever reach the title (I. Dart) and $60k ITF/Croissy-Beauborg-FRA (I. bout at the season finale Blinkova) • Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open • Also reached the final at $80k ITF/Olomouc-CZE (I. (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) – only Ferro) player in 2017 to reach two Grand Slam finals • Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Seoul (as • Shortly after her 37th birthday, returned to Top 10 qualifier, I. Hon). Also contested qualifying at ‘s-Her- by reaching 2017 Wimbledon final, becoming (at togenbosch and Tokyo [Japan Open] and finished the time) the third oldest player to rank in Top 10 in R-Up at one ITF Circuit event WTA history behind Billie Jean King (September 26, • Won second career ITF Circuit title in 2016 and 1983 – 39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova posted 39-18 win-loss record; at tour-level fell in (December 26, 1994 – 38 years, 75 days); also sur- qualifying at US Open passed by 37-year-old Serena in February 2019 • On ITF Circuit has won two titles in singles and one • 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career in doubles singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is sixth-oldest • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Croatia player to win a WTA singles title, after Billie Jean in 2013 King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, (38) at 2009 Seoul, Serena Williams (38) at 2020 Auckland, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoor] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá KAROLINA VENUS MUCHOVA VS WILLIAMS

PERSONAL CAREER CONT.

• Born in city of Olomouc in eastern Czech Republic, • With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era but moved to train in Prague this year titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) • Started playing tennis at aged seven with dad, a • At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at former professional footballer in Czech Republic Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching • Roger Federer was tennis idol growing up that stage at a major since 2010 US Open • Coached by David Kotyza, formerly with Emil Miske • At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock) • Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy • Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, missing the end of that season and start of 2012 • Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London • Spent 11 weeks at World No.1 in singles (first as- cended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 • Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then-world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets

PERSONAL

• Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits • Chief Brand Officer of Asutra, a self-care line • In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East • Coached by Eric Hechtman, Richard Williams and Oracene Price. Split with long-term coach David Witt at end of 2018 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #N/A) vs. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #29)

Head to Head: First meeting

KIM CLIJSTERS EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA - WTA RANKING 29 - PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 15 08-06-1983 (37) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 15-11-1994 (25) $19,355 YTD PRIZE MONEY $392,511 $24,461,695 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,065,732 0 / 41 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 11 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 38-6 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 2-3 0-2 / 482-123 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-6 / 61-58 0-0 / 104-56 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 20-21 0-1 / 57-38 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 11-17 0-2 / 315-69 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 12-4 / 47-33 0-0 / 83-62 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 2-10 0-2 / 162-81 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 5-14 0-0 / 27-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 8-4 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KIM CLIJSTERS EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 2012 2019 R2 L - LAURA ROBSON (GBR #89) 7-6(4) 7-6(5) R2 L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #34) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 2010 2018 F W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #8) 6-2 6-1 R1 L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #43) 6-3 4-6 6-3 2009 2017 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 7-5 6-3 R2 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #19) 4-6 6-3 6-0 2005 2016 F W - MARY PIERCE (FRA #12) 6-3 6-1 R2* L - VIKTORIYA TOMOVA (BUL #177) 4-6 6-3 7-5 2003 F L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #3) 7-5 6-1 2002 R16 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #9) 4-6 6-3 7-5 2001 QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-3 6-1

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2000 R2 L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 4-6 6-2 6-2 1999 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #6) 4-6 6-2 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 10th appearance here in Flushing Meadows • Making fourth main draw appearance at US Open as a three-time US Open champion, having lifted the (fifth overall) trophy in 2005 (d. Pierce in F), 2009 (as unranked • Best result was reaching 2r in 2017 (d. Zaja, l. Gar- WC, d. Wozniacki in F) and 2010 (d. Zvonareva in F) cia) and 2019 (d. Stosur, l. S.Zhang) • One of 10 Grand Slam champions and six former US • Owns 9-14 Grand Slam win-loss record across; is Open winners in this year’s draw 7-7 in 1r matches • Owns 132-31 record across all majors - is one of • In today’s 1r, faces three-time former champion seven active players to reach a century of wins Clijsters; the Russian beat Clijsters’ successor as US • Faces No.29 Alexandrova in today’s opening match Open champion in 2011, Stosur, in last year’s 1r where she looks to score her first win since returning • In addition to 2r showing here, last year’s North to the WTA Tour American hard court season featured a 3r run at • Owns an excellent 33-2 record in Grand Slam 1r Toronto (as qualifier, l. S.Williams), a 2r showing matches; this .943 win percentage is bettered by only at Cincinnati (l. Halep) and 1r exit at San Jose (l. one other active player - S.Williams (73-1, .986) Sakkari) • Today will mark her 45th match at Flushing Mead- • Other standout result of career on US soil was a 3r ows. Prior to the start of this year’s draw, only four run at 2019 Indian Wells (d. No.13 Wozniacki in 2r, l. active players have contested more matches at Bencic) the tournament: S.Williams (114), V.Williams (97), • Currently top-ranked of seven Russians in Top 100; Kuznetsova (51) and Azarenka (46) sits at No.29, four places off career high (set on • During her eight years away, the Belgian gave birth February 17, 2020) to her second and third child, and was inducted into • Is seeded No.21 this fortnight; only previous occa- the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2017 sion as once of the seeds at a major came at 2020 • Clijsters said goodbye to the game for the second Australian Open (No.25) time at the 2012 US Open, falling to Robson in • Both career WTA final appearances have come on straight sets; heading into her 2r match-up against hard, a R-Up finish at 2018 Linz and title run at 2020 the Brit, the then 29-year-old Belgian was on a Shenzhen 22-match winning streak at Flushing Meadows – a run stemming back to her defeat by Justine Henin in the final of 2003. Only Chris Evert had won more consecutive matches at the US Open (31) • Clijsters ‘first career’ was highlighted by two victories at the WTA Championships (2002-03), 19 non-con- secutive weeks as World No.1 on the WTA Rankings (first attained on August 11, 2003 for 10 weeks), and a maiden Slam title at the 2005 US Open. That tri- umph at New York came after four runner-up finishes at the Slams: Roland Garros in 2001 and 2003, the US Open in 2003 and the Australian Open in 2004 • Clijsters first stepped away from tennis in May 2007, marrying Bryan Lynch shortly after and giving birth to a daughter, Jada, in February 2008. But in July 2009, after 26 months away from the tour, she launched what would prove to be a famous comeback. In just her third tournament back, Clijsters won the US Open to become the first mother to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong at Wimbledon in 1980. She defended that title in 2010, going on to capture a third WTA Championships title at Doha, and winning the 2011 Australian Open. Her win in Melbourne saw Clijsters return to No.1 one for a 20th career week in February 2011 • Thirteenth player in the Open Era to win 40 singles titles, with 41 in total • Is 18 wins away from reaching the 500 wins club (main draw) KIM EKATERINA CLIJSTERS VS ALEXANDROVA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting 36th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Contesting 15th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US Open - her first since 2012 US Open Open • Four-time Grand Slam winner, at US Open in 2005 • Matched best Grand Slam result to date by reach- (d. Pierce in F), 2009 (d. Wozniacki) and 2010 (d. ing 3r at 2020 Australian Open (d. Teichmann and Zvonareva), extended winning streak there to 21 Krejcikova, l. Kvitova) matches; won first GS title outside US at 2011 Aus- • Also reached 3r at 2019 Roland Garros (d. Bu- tralian Open zarnescu and Stosur, l. Bolsova) • At 2009 US Open became first wildcard to win a • Made Grand Slam debut at 2016 Wimbledon – de- Grand Slam title and first mother to do so since feated No.23 seed Ivanovic before falling to Fried- Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1980 Wimbledon); 2009 sam in 2r US Open was first Slam played since 2007 Austra- • Competed in all four majors for the first time in career lian Open in 2017, falling in 1r at Australian Open (l. Makarova) • Won 2005 US Open in fifth Grand Slam final – the and Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Muguruza) only female player in the Open Era to lose four finals and advancing to 2r at Roland Garros (l. Ka.Plisko- and go on to win a major; runner-up at 2001 Roland va) and US Open (l. Garcia) Garros (l. Capriati), 2003 Roland Garros/2003 US Open/2004 Australian Open (l. Henin each time); also 8-time semifinalist, and 3-time quarterfinalist • Has not lost in 1r of a major since 2000 Roland Gar- ros, one of only two occasions that she has fallen in the opening round • On Grand Slam (and tour-level) debut at 1999 Wim- bledon, advanced to R16 (as qualifier, l. No.2 seed Graf) • Owns two Grand Slam doubles titles w/Sugiyama (2003 Roland Garros and Wimbledon); mixed dou- bles finalist (2000 Wimbledon w/Hewitt) SEASON SEASON

• Withdrew from Western & Southern Open w/abdom- • Coming off 2r showing at Western & Southern Open inal injury (d. Rybakina, l. McHale) • Suffered 1r exits at both tournaments contested • On return to action from the tennis’ hiatus, fell 2r at this season - Dubai (l. Muguruza) and Monterrey (l. Palermo (l. Ferro) and 1r at Prague (l. Tsurenko) Konta) • During the tour’s break, played several exhibition • Dubai marked the first event of her 2020 comeback events in Prague alongside, among others, Ka.Plis- campaign; originally targeted an earlier start to the kova and Vondrousova year but injuries delayed her return to the WTA Tour • Opened 2020 season by winning first tour-level WTA singles title at Shenzhen (d. Rybakina in F, having dispatched seeds Wang (QF) and Muguruza (SF) along the way) • Extended winning streak to seven by advancing to 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) – was seeded for the first time at a major (No.25) • Won both singles rubbers (d. Bogdan and Ruse) as Russia beat Romania in Cluj-Napoca to reach next year’s Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals • In February reached maiden Premier-level SF at St. Petersburg (l. Bertens) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Anisi- mova); rose to career-high ranking of No.25 after St. Petersburg run (February 17, 2020) KIM EKATERINA CLIJSTERS VS ALEXANDROVA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Posted first Top 40 season finish in 2019, at No.35 • Owner of 41 singles titles, including four Grand (up from No.93 the year prior) Slams, most recently 2011 Australian Open; Run- • Registered 30 tour-level match wins during 2019, in ner-Up at 19 events, most recently 2011 Paris which she reached SF at Budapest, Seoul and Linz (indoors); owns 11 doubles crowns and made QF at St. Petersburg, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, • Retired at 2012 US Open, losing 76(4) 76(5) to then- Eastbourne and Moscow. Also advanced to 3r at a 18-year-old Laura Robson in 2r major for the first time, at Roland Garros • In final season, advanced to three SFs at 2012 • Made Top 50 debut after QF run at ‘s-Hertogenbosch Brisbane, Australian Open (as def. champion) and (June 17, 2019) ‘s-Hertogenbosch, in addition to a QF finish at the • Other highlights in 2019 included upset of No.5 London Olympics (falling to eventual silver medalist Halep en route to R16 at Beijing – the first win of Sharapova) her career over a Top 5 player – and 3r showing at • 13th player in the Open Era to win 40 singles titles Roland Garros or more, adding 2 in 2011, including 4th Grand Slam • Won first WTA doubles title at 2019 Budapest (w/ singles title Zvonareva) • At the time of winning 2011 Australian Open, moved • Reached maiden WTA final at 2018 Linz (l. Giorgi). into 3rd place on career prize money list behind both Other notable results in 2018 were QF run at Seoul Williams sisters (d. No.10 Ostapenko en route for her first career Top • Returned to tour at 2009 Cincinnati (after more than 10 win) and lifted WTA 125K Series title at Limoges 2 years away, during which time she became a moth- for second time er). In 3rd tournament back won 2nd Grand Slam title • Made Top 100 debut at No.93 after winning title at at US Open; played 4 events in 2009 and ended year $60K ITF/Shenzhen-CHN (March 20, 2017) ranked No.18; prior to return had not played since • Won WTA 125K Series title at Limoges in 2016 (d. May 6, 2007 (l. Vakulenko, 2r Warsaw); announced Garcia in F). Also in 2016 reached 2r at Wimbledon plans for comeback in March 2009, played exhibi- (won her way through qualifying, on first attempt to tions at Wimbledon in May, ‘s-Hertogenbosch in June qualify at any Slam, upsetting No.23 seed Ivanovic and World Team Tennis in July in 1r) • Only player to beat Serena and Venus Williams at • Reached 2r on WTA main draw debut at 2016 Kato- the same tournament twice (2002 WTA Champs and wice (as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up Giorgi) 2009 US Open) • Contested qualifying for the first time at a WTA-level • Became 13th player and first Belgian to hold No.1 tournament at 2014 Bad Gastein singles ranking on August 11, 2003; spent total of • Played first professional events of career on ITF 20 weeks at No.1; last ranked No.1 on February 20, Circuit in 2011 2011; also held No.1 ranking in doubles for 3 weeks, becoming only the 5th player in WTA history to hold No.1 singles and doubles simultaneously (Navratilo- va, Sánchez-Vicario, Hingis and Davenport; S.Wil- liams became 6th player to do so in June 2010) • Missed much of 2004 w/left wrist injury (underwent surgery on June 12, 2004; played only 1 tournament between then and February 2005; returned to win Indian Wells-Miami double (only 2nd woman after Graf); injured left wrist again at 2006 Montreal and missed a further 2 months. Missed most of 2010 clay court season with left foot injury (suffered at Fed Cup tie) • Has 6 career wins vs. reigning No.1, most recently vs. Wozniacki at 2012 Australian Open • Member of Belgian Fed Cup Team, 2000-06, 2010-11 helping Belgium win its first-ever title in 2001 and Belgian Olympic Team, 2012 KIM EKATERINA CLIJSTERS VS ALEXANDROVA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Fred Hemmes Jr • Coached by Vojtech Flegl and also her father, Evge- • Fred is a former ATP player; since his playing days, ny Alexandrov he has worked in several academies and privately • Born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and began playing with several players - including , tennis at age six; remembers playing on holiday at , Ruben Bemelmans, Scott Greekspoor Spain. Now trains in Prague, Czech Republic and Jay Clarke. From 2012-2017, he worked with the • Favorite surface is hard and admires Serena Wil- Flanders men’s team under the supervision of Johan liams van Herck. He joined the Kim Clijsters Academy and will be travelling full time • Husband, Brian Lynch, is a retired professional bas- ketball player and current coach; married July 2007. Mother to three children: Jada, Jack and Blake • Father, Leo (nickname Lei) passed away in January 2009; he was a soccer coach and former player (Belgium’s 1988 Player of the Year); mother, Els, was a top gymnast in Belgium; younger sister, Elke also played tennis professionally MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

VIKTORIYA TOMOVA (BUL #133) vs. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28)

Head to Head: First meeting

VIKTORIYA TOMOVA AMANDA ANISIMOVA 133 WTA RANKING 28 94 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 63 25-02-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 31-08-2001 (19) $34,058 YTD PRIZE MONEY $131,765 $540,925 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,691,915 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-0 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 0-1 2-1 / 8-14 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 39-23 1-1 / 4-4 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 8-13 0-2 / 3-2 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 8-3 2-1 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 25-17 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 3-7 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 5-10 0-0 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-4 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

VIKTORIYA TOMOVA AMANDA ANISIMOVA 2019 2018 R1* L - (RUS #127) 6-2 6-4 R1 L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #73) 3-6 6-4 6-3 2018 2017 R1* L - ANTONIA LOTTNER (GER #151) 6-1 6-1 R1* L - IPEK SOYLU (TUR #165) 6-2 0-6 6-0 2017 2016 R3* L - LESLEY PATTINAMA KERKHOVE (NED #171) 6-3 4-6 6-3 R2* L - (JPN #205) 6-1 2-6 7-6(1) 2016 R3* L - MONTSERRAT GONZALEZ (PAR #192) 6-1 2-6 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making main draw debut at US Open, having previ- • Making second main draw appearance at US Open, ously fallen in qualifying 2016-19 having previously fallen in 1r in 2018 (as WC, l. • Came within one match of reaching the main draw Townsend) at Flushing Meadows in both 2016 and 2017, losing • Also contested qualifying in 2016 and 2017 in three sets in the final round of qualifying on both • Won girls’ singles here in 2017 (d. Gauff in F); is one occasions of five former junior champions in the women’s draw • Contesting third Grand Slam main draw this fortnight. (also Flipkens, Azarenka, Watson and Bouzkova) Fell 1r at 2018 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Gibbs) • Is seeded No.22 this fortnight – her third time being and reached 2r at 2018 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. seeded at a major (also No.25 at 2019 Wimbledon Smitkova, l. S.Williams) and No.21 at 2020 Australian Open) • Faces Anisimova in 1r today; highest-ranked oppo- • Overall win-loss record at Grand Slams stands at nent faced in her career was No.4 Osaka in 2r at 9-6, while is 3-3 in 1r matches, most recently falling 2019 Osaka at this stage to Diyas at this year’s Australian Open • Best career win by ranking was over No.40 Goerges • Faces No.133 Tomova in 1r this year; last loss to a in 1r of 2017 Bastad player outside Top 100 came against No.292 Kostyuk • Currently ranked No.133, five spots off career-high in qualifying at 2019 Madrid which was set after 2r run at 2018 Wimbledon (July • One of 31 Americans in this year’s main draw 16, 2020) • The highest-ranked of 11 teenagers in the draw (also • Bulgarian No.1 of two in Top 200 (also No.189 Baptiste, Fernandez, Gauff, Juvan, Kostyuk, McNally, Shinikova), although former Wimbledon semifinalist Montgomery, Osuigwe, Scott and Swiatek) Pironkova is also competing in New York under a • Only contested one event during the 2019 North protected ranking of No.123 American hard court swing, reaching the QF at San Jose – her best career result on home soil. Missed the remainder of the summer due to family reasons • During tennis’ hiatus in 2020 played a series of ex- hibition events, including the UTR Pro Match Series in West Palm Beach, FL (faced Collins, Riske and Tomljanovic)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Best result at one of the majors was 2r showing at • Is contesting seventh Grand Slam main draw at 2020 2018 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Smitkova, l. S.Wil- US Open liams) • Produced best Slam showing at 2019 Roland Gar- • On Grand Slam debut, fell 1r at 2018 Australian ros, becoming the first player born in 2000s – man Open (as LL, l. Gibbs) or woman – to reach a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual • Has lost in qualifying at other two majors Roland champion Barty) Garros (2017-19) and US Open (2016-19) • Best previous result was a R16 run at 2019 Austra- • Competed in girls’ singles and doubles at Wimbledon lian Open (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova) and Roland Garros in 2011 • At 17 years and five months old, was the youngest player to reach R16 at Melbourne Park since Vaidiso- va in 2006 (16 yrs 281 days), and across all Slams since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days) • Also the youngest American to reach this stage of a Slam since S.Williams at 1998 Roland Garros (16y 254d) and at Australian Open since Capriati in 1993 • Fell 1r on Slam main draw debut at 2017 Roland Garros (as WC, l. Nara, having led 6-3 4-2) • Suffered 1r exit at 2018 US Open (l. Townsend); fell in qualifying in 2016 and 2017 • In juniors, won US Open girls’ singles in 2017 and was R-Up at 2016 Roland Garros VIKTORIYA AMANDA TOMOVA VS ANISIMOVA

SEASON SEASON

• During the break on tour, won a series of exhibitions • Coming off 2r showing last week at the Western & in central Europe, posting 7-0 win-loss record Southern Open (d. Riske, l. Pegula) • In final event before the tour’s hiatus, made 2r at • At Doha in February, withdrew prior to 3r match vs. Lyon (l. Van Uytvanck) Kuznetsova (w/gastrointestinal illness) • Enjoyed productive spell on ITF Circuit in Great • Upset No.7 Svitolina in 2r at Doha to record her Britain, finishing R-Up at $25K Glasgow before first Top 10 win of 2020 and third overall, also No.9 winning 16th title at this level at $25K Sunderland (d. Kvitova (2018 Indian Wells) and No.3 Halep (2019 Raducanu in F) Roland Garros) • Opened 2020 by contesting qualifying at both Bris- • Made 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Diyas) and Dubai bane and Australian Open (l. Strycova, having led 3-1 in third set) • Kicked off campaign with SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion S.Williams) – her first time reaching the final four since 2019 Roland Garros (l. Barty) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted fourth consecutive Top 200 season in 2019 • Highlight of 2019 season was winning maiden title at (finishing at No.159) Bogotá (d. Sharma in F); at 17y 222d was the young- • Made four tour-level appearances last year, highlight- est American to win a title since S.Williams at 1999 ed by 2r showing at Osaka (as qualifier, d. Cornet, l. Indian Wells (17y 169d) Osaka), while won title at $80K ITF/Biarritz-FRA (d. • Finished 2019 ranked No.24 – the youngest of three Kovinic in F) teenagers in the Top 50 (also Andreescu and Yas- • Finished 2018 ranked No.156 however reached her tremska). Other standout performances included SF career high ranking of No.128 on July 16, 2018 run at Roland Garros – first player (man or woman) • Year was highlighted by her first ever Grand Slam born in 2000s to advance to this stage of a major – main draw appearance at Australian Open (l. Gibbs QF showings at Mallorca and San Jose, and R16 in 1r) and first ever Grand Slam main draw victory at appearance at Australian Open – at 17 years and Wimbledon (d. Smitkova, l. S.Williams in 2r) five months old, was the youngest player to reach • Reached 2r at Istanbul (d. Ivakhnenko, l. Kuznetso- R16 at a Slam since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 va) and Hong Kong (d. Hakupovic, l. Kucova) yrs 277 days) • On ITF circuit, best result was SF at $100k ITF/Su- • Scored maiden win over a Top 5 player during 2019 zhou-CHN (l. Zheng) Roland Garros, upsetting No.3 and defending cham- • Finished 2017 ranked No.141 (up from No.152 in pion Halep in QF 2016) – best year-end finish of career • Made Top 100 debut at No.95 on September 17, • In 2017, reached 2r at Bastad (as qualifier, l. Krunic) 2018, after reaching first WTA final at Hiroshima (as and Linz (as qualifier, l. Golubic). Also fell 1r at qualifier, l. Hsieh) Gstaad – making her WTA main draw debut – and in • Also in 2018, upset No.9 Kvitova to become the qualifying on 12 occasions (including all four majors) joint-youngest player to reach R16 at Indian Wells, • Won two ITF Circuit titles in 2017 at $25k ITF/Istan- along with Majoli, who made SF in 1994 (both aged bul-TUR and $25k ITF/Sofial-BUL – her 13th and 16 years, 199 days) 14th titles at this level • Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Miami (l. • Made successful comeback from injury in 2016, Townsend in 3s), with Grand Slam bow coming at winning 64 matches and four titles, rising over 300 2017 Roland Garros. Also in 2017, reached four ITF places in the rankings. Since return has stopped Circuit finals, winning $60k ITF/Sacramento, CA-USA playing doubles to protect injury and finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Curtiba-BRA, $80k • In 2015, missed five months with a leg muscle strain ITF/Indian Harbour Beach, FL-USA and $60k ITF/ – ended season at No.474 Dothan, AL-USA • Member of Bulgarian Fed Cup Team, 2014-15, 2017- • Owns six Top 20 wins: No.9 Kvitova (2018 Indian 20 Wells), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Australian Open), • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2010 Miami No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep • On ITF Circuit owns 16 singles titles and 12 doubles (2019 Roland Garros), No.7 Svitolina (2020 Doha) titles and No.19 Riske (2020 Western & Southern Open) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Bulgar- • In juniors, won US Open girls’ singles in 2017 and ia in 2009 was R-Up at 2016 Roland Garros • Reached No.2 in junior world rankings VIKTORIYA AMANDA TOMOVA VS ANISIMOVA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Has been coached by Mihail Kanev since she was 9 • Coached by Jaime Cortez and Andis Juska, while • Comes from a sporting family; grandfather played fitness trainer is Yutaka Nakamura football for Bulgarian national team and also Levski • Mother is Olga and father is Konstantin (deceased), and CSKA Sofia, while older brother Ivan was a top both parents were born and raised in Moscow; sister junior footballer Maria Anisimova-Egee played tennis at University of • Mother Eleonora works at the airport, father, Kon- Pennsylvania and now lives in New York stantin, owns a currency bureau • Born in New Jersey but moved to Miami at age of 3 • Best friend on tour is Harriet Dart • Admires Simona Halep’s game • Speaks Bulgarian, English, Croatian and a little Russian MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) vs. MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #122)

Head to Head: First meeting

SLOANE STEPHENS MIHAELA BUZARNESCU 39 WTA RANKING 122 259 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9,999 20-03-1993 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 04-05-1988 (32) $106,843 YTD PRIZE MONEY $0 $15,287,865 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,076,777 0 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 19-7 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 0-2 1-7 / 221-157 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 52-51 1-3 / 71-53 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 18-17 1-1 / 60-30 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 14-11 1-7 / 142-106 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 21-28 0-0 / 17-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-11 0-0 / 36-58 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 6-16 0-2 / 19-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 2-2 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

SLOANE STEPHENS MIHAELA BUZARNESCU 2019 2019 R1 L - ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #127) 6-3 6-4 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #88) 6-3 6-4 2018 2017 QF L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #18) 6-2 6-3 R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #5) 6-1 7-5 2017 2015 F W - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-3 6-0 R1* L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #118) 6-4 6-2 2015 2012 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #45) 6-4 6-3 R1* L - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #167) 6-0 7-6(3) 2014 2011 R2 L - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #96) 5-7 6-4 6-2 R3* L - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #90) 6-3 7-5 2013 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-4 6-1 2012 R3 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2

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2011 R3 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #19) 6-3 6-4 2010 R2* L - ZUZANA ONDRASKOVA (CZE #120) 6-3 7-5 2009 R1* L - (POR #154) 6-3 6-2 2008 R2* L - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #162) 6-1 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making ninth main draw appearance at US Open • Making third main draw appearance at US Open (and 12th appearance overall) (fifth overall) • One of six champions in this year’s draw having • Has fallen 1r in both previous main draw appearanc- triumphed unseeded in 2017 es here: one her Grand Slam main draw debut in • At No.83, was second-lowest ranked Grand Slam 2017 (as qualifier, l. No.5 seed Wozniacki) and 2019 champion (since inception of computer rankings (l. Petkovic) in 1975) and 14th unseeded player to advance to • Missed 2018 tournament after badly injuring right an- a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and only fifth kle in Montreal; at the time had just cracked the Top unseeded champion 20 after lifting maiden singles title at San Jose • Made QF during title defense in 2018 (l. Sevastova) • Owns 6-8 Grand Slam win-loss record across the • Reached 3r here in 2011 on US Open main draw majors with career-best result coming at 2018 Ro- debut (as WC, l. Ivanovic) and again in 2012 (l. land Garros where she advanced to R16 (l. Keys) Ivanovic) before reaching R16 in 2013 (l. eventual • Faces No.39 Stephens in opening round today; champion S.Williams) playing her first match since last September (due to • Record in Grand Slam 1r matches stands at 22-10 shoulder injury) • Win-loss record across all Slams is 67-31 • During last year’s North American hard court season • Faces No.122 Buzarnescu in 1r today; lost to a suffered 1r exit at San Jose before falling in qualify- player ranked outside Top 100 at this stage last year ing at Toronto and Cincinnati. Also advanced to 2r at (Suffered 1r exit last year: No.127 Kalinskaya Bronx before falling 1r at US Open • Five of her seven defeats in 2020 have been at the hands of players outside Top 100 • One of 31 Americans in starting field. The home nation has had at least one representative in SF (or better) every year since 2007 GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2020 US Open marks 33rd Grand Slam main draw • Playing ninth Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US appearance Open • Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden • Has been seeded four times in her six previous Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F) Grand Slam appearances – was No.31 seed at 2018 • Best result across other Slams was R-Up finish at Roland Garros, No.29 seed at 2018 Wimbledon, 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep) No.25 at 2019 Australian Open and No.30 at 2019 • Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result across all Roland Garros majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. • Advanced to R16 at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Keys) S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) for her best result at a major to date; also made 3r at • Also just the second American (after Davenport) to 2018 Wimbledon (l. Ka.Pliskova) beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play • Fell 1r on Slam main draw debut at 2017 US Open • Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, (as qualifier, l. No.5 seed Wozniacki) Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 • Reached QF stage in doubles at 2018 Roland Garros Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli) (w/Bara, l. H.Chan/Z.Yang) • Before making main draw debut, had fallen eight times in qualifying

SEASON SEASON

• On tennis’ return suffered 1r exits at Lexington (l. • Missed opening months of the season due to shoul- Fernandez) and Cincinnati (l. Garcia) der injury • Before break, advanced to 2r at Monterrey (d. Navar- ro, l. Fernandez). Fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Zarazua) • Suffered 1r defeats in three tournaments of the year, at Brisbane (l. Samsonova), Adelaide (l. Rodionova) and Australian Open (l. Zhang) SLOANE MIHAELA STEPHENS VS BUZARNESCU

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Finished 2019 season ranked No.110; campaign was • Finished 2019 season ranked No.25; campaign was highlighted by SF run at Hiroshima (l. Hibino) highlighted by SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion • Enjoyed stellar year in 2018, reaching her first three Bertens) and QF at Roland Garros (l. Konta) WTA singles finals and breaking into the Top 20 • Also made R16 at Sydney (l. Putintseva), Australian • Lifted first WTA singles title at Premier level San Jose Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Acapulco (l. Haddad (d. Sakkari in F). Also finished R-Up at 2018 Hobart Maia), Cincinnati (l. to Kuznetsova), Osaka (l. Giorgi) (l. Mertens) and 2018 Prague (l. Kvitova) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova) • Posted career-high ranking of No.20 on August 6 • In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, • Prior to 2018, had three WTA main draw wins to her at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July name. Ended last season with a 36-21 record at tour, 16, 2018 main draw level • Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first • Posted her first five Top 20 wins of career in 2018, Premier Mandatory title at Miami – subsequently over No.6 Ostapenko (2018 Doha), No.4 Svitolina made Top 10 debut at No.9. Also reached her second (2018 Roland Garros), No.5 Svitolina (2018 Birming- Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros and posted R-Up ham), No.20 Bertens (2018 Eastbourne) and No.15 finishes at Montréal and WTA Finals Mertens (San Jose) • Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, • Enjoyed run to R16 at Roland Garros, her best result d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player at a major (l. Keys) to win a major in the Open Era • Reached first four career doubles finals in 2018, • Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. winning Strasbourg (w/Olaru, d. N.Kichenok/An.Rodi- Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on onova in F) and finishing R-Up at Prague, Notting- sidelines w/foot injury (had surgery in the January) ham and Eastbourne • After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 • Made second WTA singles final of career at Prague through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF (l. Kvitova in 3s); rose to then-career-high ranking of at Toronto and Cincinnati No.32 following the tournament (May 7, 2018) • Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and • Reached first career WTA singles final at Hobart (l. Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in Mertens in 3s) first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC • Enjoyed breakthrough year in 2017, achieving first • At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 Top 100 season of career at No.72. Previous best in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, year-end finish was in 2011 (No.155) reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the • Reached first tour-level SF of career at 2017 Linz only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 (having come through qualifying), defeating No.35 • Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 Kontaveit en route (l. eventual champion Strycova) • Broke into Top 100 after Linz run (October 16, 2017); at 29 was the oldest Top 100 debutante since 33-year-old Obziler on February 19, 2007 at No.96 • Made Slam and WTA main draw debut at 2017 US Open as a qualifier (l. Wozniacki in 1r). Prior to US Open breakthrough had made 16 unsuccessful at- tempts to qualify for tour-level tournaments, including eight Grand Slams, dating back to 2007 Fès • Ascent up the rankings helped by strong showings on ITF Circuit in 2017, picking up seven titles, includ- ing $100k ITF/Poitiers-FRA • In 2015, won 48 matches, four ITF Circuit titles and rose 600 spots in the rankings, ending at No.260 • Has won 22 singles and 34 doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Made professional debut at 2004 $10k ITF/Bucha- rest-ROU (l. Savu in 1r) SLOANE MIHAELA STEPHENS VS BUZARNESCU

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Reunited with former long-term coach Kamau Mur- • Coached by Artemon Apostu and father, Mihai, a for- ray during off-season; formerly coached by Sven mer Romanian intercollegiate tennis player; mother Groenefeld and Nick Saviano is Marcela (pharmacist) • Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer • Introduced to tennis at age 4 by parents at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, • Has been part of the Romanian national tennis feder- was an NFL player in 1980s and 1990s; brother is ation since age 12 Shawn Farrell • Dream doubles partners are childhood idol Pete • Aged 11, relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Sampras and all-time favorite player Serena Williams Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis • Gained PhD in sports science from UNEFS in Bu- Academy before moving to Nick Saviano High Per- charest formance Tennis Academy • On April 29, 2019 announced engagement to Toronto FC soccer star Jozy Altidore MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. BARBARA HAAS (AUT #139)

Head to Head: First meeting

VICTORIA AZARENKA BARBARA HAAS 27 WTA RANKING 139 12 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 113 31-07-1989 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 19-03-1996 (24) $4,600 YTD PRIZE MONEY $49,741 $30,360,105 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $434,864 0 / 20 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 8 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 34-12 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 0-1 0-2 / 451-180 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 2-14 0-0 / 85-62 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 2-7 0-0 / 66-44 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-2 0-2 / 309-108 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 1-7 0-0 / 67-72 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 0-0 / 120-100 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 0-0 / 46-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 0-2 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

VICTORIA AZARENKA BARBARA HAAS 2019 2019 R1 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) 3-6 6-3 6-4 R1* L - XINYU WANG (CHN #192) 6-1 5-7 6-2 2018 2017 R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-4 R2* L - (CRO #131) 6-4 2-6 6-1 2015 2016 QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-3 4-6 6-4 R1 L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #34) 5-7 6-3 7-5 2014 QF L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #18) 6-4 6-2 2013 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2012 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #27) 6-1 7-6(5)

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2010 R2 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 5-1 2009 R3 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #28) 4-6 6-2 6-2 2008 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) 6-4 6-4 2007 R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-3 2006 R3 L - (RUS #29) 6-4 6-3

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• Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open, • Making second Grand Slam main draw appearance where she is a two-time R-Up, in 2012 (l. S.Williams) at 2020 US Open, with her only other Slam outing and 2013 (l. S.Williams) also coming here in New York in 2016 • Also a two-time quarterfinalist in New York, in 2014 • That year, came through qualifying, before falling to and 2015 Babos in 1r, having led 4-0 in the third set • Among active players, places fifth for wins at US • Fell in qualifying here in New York in 2017 and 2019 Open (34-12 record) • Enters main draw this year as direct entrant, ranked • R-Up in doubles here in 2019 (w/Barty, l. Mertens/ No.139 - career-high ranking is No.133 (February 24, Sabalenka); seeded No.7 this year w/Kenin (face 2020) Perez/Sanders in 1r) • Faces No.27 Azarenka in 1r today – highest-ranked • Contesting landmark 50th major this fortnight - one of opponent faced in her career is No.10 Bertens at 201 nine active players to reach this milestone - compil- Linz (l. 6-2 6-1) ing 127-46 win-loss record • In terms of ranking, best win of career came over • Has lost in 1r at Slams on nine occasions – but only No.86 Hsieh in qualifying at 2017 Brisbane once at US Open, in 2019 to Sabalenka - whom she • Only previous tour-level match wins of career came could face in 2r this year over No.183 Eraydin at 2017 Gstaad and No.214 • Faces No.139 Haas in 1r today - has lost three times Muramatsu at 2020 Hua Hin to players ranked outside Top 100 in the main draw • Austrian No.1 of two in Top 500 (also No.226 Grab- at a Slam: No.217 A.Radwanska (2006 Wimbledon), her). Is also the first Austrian woman to compete in No.118 Knapp via ret. (2016 Roland Garros) and the main draw at a Slam in singles since her own run No.110 Siegemund (2019 Australian Open) through qualifying here in 2016 • One of eight players who’ve held the WTA World • The last Austrian to win a match at US Open was No.1 singles ranking in this year’s draw Mayr-Achleitner in 2013 (d. Rybarikova in 1r), while • Currently ranked No.27 – her highest ranking since across all Slams it was Meusburger at 2014 Wimble- returning to the tour from maternity leave in 2017 don (d. in 1r) • One of seven mothers in this year’s US Open field – also Bondarenko, Clijsters, Govortsova, Maria, S.Williams and Zvonareva • In addition to 1r exit here, last summer reached 2r at San Jose, Toronto and Cincinnati • Twenty of 21 career titles have come on hardcourts (equal fifth among active players), with nine of these coming in the US • Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago; there are 26 thirtysomethings in the field at start of tournament

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Two-time major champion, winning Australian Open • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 (d. Li in F) Open, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. Babos in 3s) • Also a two-time runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US • Has lost in the final round of qualifying at Australian Open (losing to S.Williams in 3s on both occasions) Open (2020), Roland Garros (2016) and Wimbledon • Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while (2016 and 2018) best result at Roland Garros is also SF run in 2013 • Also fell in qualifying on nine further occasions • Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Aus- tralian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesni- na), 2011 Australian Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US Open (w/Barty) • Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray) • Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2005 VICTORIA BARBARA AZARENKA VS HAAS

SEASON SEASON

• Lifted 21st career title at last week’s Western & • Contested qualifying at Palermo Southern Open when final opponent Osaka withdrew • Prior to tour’s hiatus, made 3r at WTA 125K Series w/left hamstring injury; now 21-17 in singles finals event at Indian Wells (l. Wickmayer) • Suffered 1r exit at Lexington (l. V.Williams) in her • At Hua Hin in February reached 2r in singles (l. second WTA event of 2020 Wang Xiyu) and was doubles R-Up (w/Perez) • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Monterrey (l. • Opened the season with qualifying exit at Brisbane Zidansek), having contested any events in Australia before reaching third round of qualifying at the Aus- due to personal reasons tralian Open CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where • Rose to career-high ranking of No.133 on February she fell to Sabalenka in 1r; also reached the doubles 24, 2020 final w/Barty (l. Mertens/Sabalenka) • Posted third Top 200 season in 2019, at No.151 (up • Highlight of 2019 was 37th singles final at Monterrey from No.204 in 2018) after compiling 45-26 record (d. No.5 Kerber in SF, l. Muguruza in F via ret. w/leg (across all levels) injury). Also made QFs at Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stutt- • Last year, fell 1r at Prague (as qualifier, l. Pera), Lau- gart (l. Kontaveit via ret.) and Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) sanne (as qualifier, l. Stosur), Jurmala (as qualifier, • On February 2, 2019 returned to Top 50 for first time l. Potapova) and Linz (as WC, l. Pavlyuchenkova), following the birth of her child, Leo while won three singles titles on ITF Circuit, including • Highlights of 2018 season included SF at Miami (l. at $60k ITF/Hechingen-GER Stephens) and QF at San Jose and Tokyo • In doubles was R-Up at 2019 Linz (w/Knoll); is 0-2 in • Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of WTA doubles finals first child in December 2016 • Registered first tour-level match win during 2r show- • Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. ing at 2017 Gstaad (d. Eraydin, l. Larsson) Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tourna- • Enjoyed first Top 150 season in 2016 (finishing ment contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) No.149). Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at • Followed this with R16 at Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did US Open (as qualifier, l. Babos) and also made 1r not play after Wimbledon due to personal reasons exits at Linz and Gstaad, while on ITF Circuit won • Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing sec- back-to-back singles titles and reached two other ond half of season after going on maternity leave SFs (announced pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, • Fell 1r on WTA debut at 2012 Bad Gastein (as WC, l. at Brisbane and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells Evtimova) and Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in • On ITF Circuit has won 16 titles in singles and two in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 doubles • Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with • Member of Austrian Fed Cup team 2015-19 losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp in 2010 w/right knee injury) • Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons due to variety of injuries • Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion (l. Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul) • Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks • Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1 • Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 Olympics bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata • ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year VICTORIA BARBARA AZARENKA VS HAAS

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Currently without a full-time coach but worked with • Coached by Juergen Waber (previously worked with Francis Bougy at last week’s Western & Southern Paszek and Bammer) Open. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Sam • Born in Linz, Austria Sumyk and Michael Joyce • Off the court enjoys traveling, shopping, reading and • Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 cooking - favorite foods are Kaiserschmarrn and • Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s Schnitzel name is Fedor and older brother is Max • Favorite book is Unstoppable. US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK | AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.wimbledon.com | @Wimbledon | facebook.com/wimbledon WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte, Chase Altieri, Teyva Sammet US OPEN - DAY 3 MATCH-UPS [1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #50) Series tied 3-3 Pliskova won their only Grand Slam meeting at 2017 Roland Garros... Garcia was runner-up in the juniors here in 2011... Pliskova has reached the last 16 or better on her past four appearances in New York [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. (ITA #74) Osaka leads 1-0 Osaka overcame the Italian en route to 2018 Tokyo final...Giorgi recovered from 5-3 down in final set to beat Van Uytvanck on Monday... Osaka has lost twice to players ranked outside Top 50 so far in 2020 KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #99) vs. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12) First meeting Kvitova’s first-round win was her 107th at Slam level... Kozlova attempting to reach third round at a major for the first time... US Open is only Grand Slam whereKvitova has failed to reach SF

KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #349) vs. [8] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15) Bondarenko leads 2-1 Martic won when the two met most recently at 2017 Roland Garros... Bondarenko is one of seven mothers in the draw... Martic enjoying her highest seeding at a Slam [11] ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #17) vs. (USA #93) First meeting Rybakina has won a tour-leading 22 matches in 2020... Rogers bidding to reach third round here for a third time... Rybakina playing just third main draw tournament on US soil ANN LI (USA #128) vs. [13] ALISON RISKE (USA #20) Riske leads 1-0 Riske beat Li in straight sets on grass at Surbiton last summer... Li fell to Kenin in second round at Australian Open in January... Riske dropped just five games in quick-fire first-round win KAJA JUVAN (SLO #113) vs. [14] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) First meeting Juvan struck 35 winners during straight-set first-round win... Kontaveit made Grand Slam breakthrough with run to last 16 here in 2015... Juvan one of 11 teenagers in the starting field [17] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23) vs. ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #109) Kerber leads 2-0 Kerber won comfortably when they played in first round at 2018 Australian Open...Friedsam through to second round in New York for the first time...Kerber playing her milestone 50th major this fortnight MADISON BRENGLE (USA #84) vs. [19] (UKR #25) First meeting Yastremska pushed hard by Sharma in opening round... Brengle’s opening round win was first at Flushing Meadows since 2015... Yastremska’s coach Sacha Bajin helped Naomi Osaka to 2018 US Open title [WC] CICI BELLIS (USA #188) vs. [28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40) Bellis leads 1-0 Bellis won when the two clashed in qualifying at 2018 Sydney... Brady seeded for the first time at a Slam, on her 13th appearance at this level... On Monday, Bellis won her first US Open match in four years MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #50)

Head to Head: Series tied 3-3

2018 TIANJIN HARD O F CAROLINE GARCIA 7-6(7) 6-3 104 mins 2017 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O QF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(3) 6-4 111 mins 2017 DOHA HARD O R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-5 6-4 69 mins 2016 FED CUP FINAL HARD I R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 6-3 3-6 6-3 n/a 2015 MADRID CLAY O R2 CAROLINE GARCIA 6-2 4-6 6-1 94 mins 2013 CINCINNATI HARD O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3-6 6-3 6-3 110 mins

KAROLINA PLISKOVA CAROLINE GARCIA 3 WTA RANKING 50 14 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 77 21-03-1992 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 16-10-1993 (26) $499,371 YTD PRIZE MONEY $145,650 $20,011,889 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $10,346,111 1 / 16 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 7 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 20-7 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 8-7 9-4 / 318-163 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-7 / 220-176 3-1 / 103-59 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 76-62 2-5 / 64-69 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 58-55 9-4 / 228-110 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-7 / 133-116 1-0 / 32-39 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 16-40 3-1 / 62-72 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 32-67 1-0 / 31-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 21-18 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KAROLINA PLISKOVA CAROLINE GARCIA 2019 2019 R16 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #16) 6-7(1) 6-3 7-5 R1 L - ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) 7-6(8) 6-2 2018 2018 QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-4 6-3 R3 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #24) 5-7 6-4 7-6(4)

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2017 2017 QF L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22) 7-6(4) 6-3 R3 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) 6-0 6-4 2016 2016 F L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-3 4-6 6-4 R3 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-2 6-3 2015 2015 R1 L - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #121) 6-2 6-1 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #18) 3-6 6-4 7-5 2014 2014 R3 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #32) 6-3 3-6 6-4 R1 L - (USA #135) 6-2 2-6 6-3 2013 2013 R1 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #59) 4-6 6-4 7-5 R2 L - LAURA ROBSON (GBR #32) 6-4 7-6(5) 2012 2012 R2* L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #206) 6-1 6-2 R2* L - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #163) 6-2 6-4 2011 2011 R1* L - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #127) 6-1 6-3 R1* L - (RUS #191) 2-6 6-4 6-2 2010 R1* L - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #175) 6-4 6-4

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open • Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open (and 11th overall) – was finalist here in 2016 (l. Ker- • Best result here is 3r runs in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska), ber), the best Slam result of her career 2017 (l. Kvitova) and 2018 (Suárez Navarro) • Her run to the final here in 2016 saw her simultane- • In juniors, runner-up in girls’ singles at 2011 US ously make Slam debuts in R16, QF, SF and final Open (l. Min) • Became first Czech to reach US Open final since • Contesting her 33rd Grand Slam main draw appear- Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) ance this fortnight – including 1r win here in New • Has reached at least the R16 stage here in New York on Monday, record across the majors stands at York on last four visits – 2016 (R-Up), 2017 (QF, l. 37-32 Vandeweghe), 2018 (QF, l. S.Williams) and 2019 • Her best Grand Slam result was making the QF at (R16, l. Konta) 2017 Roland Garros – losing to today’s opponent • No.1 seed this fortnight at US Open – her second Ka.Pliskova time entering a Slam as the top seed, after 2017 US • Her joint-highest seeding at a Slam came here in Open. Also her 22nd consecutive major appearance New York in 2018, as No.6 seed (also 2018 Wimble- as a seeded player don) • In the Open Era the No.1 seed has won the US Open • Defeated Italian Paolini in 1r, breaking serve five 20 times, most recently S.Williams in 2014 times • She is the only Czech woman ever to enter a Grand • Faces the No.1 seed Ka.Pliskova today – is the third Slam as the No.1 seed time facing the top seed at a Slam, after two losses • Contesting her 32nd Grand Slam main draw – includ- to S.Williams (back-to-back at 2013 Roland Garros ing her 1r win on Monday, win-loss record stands at then 2013 Wimbledon) 62-31 • Defeat of No.3 Ka.Pliskova today would be her sixth • Across the Slams, has best win percentage here at win over a Top 5 player in career – most recent was US Open (20-7, 74% - includes 1r win on Monday) at 2018 Stuttgart (d. No.4 Svitolina) • Defeated Kalinina in opening match on Monday, • Bidding to reach 3r of a Slam for first time since 2019 dropping only four games – has not fallen in 1r at a Australian Open (l. Collins) Slam since 2016 Roland Garros (l. Rogers), a run of • During last year’s North American hard court swing, now 16 straight opening match wins suffered 1r exits at Toronto (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati • Faces France’s Garcia today in 2r – the last time (l. Swiatek) and US Open (l. Jabeur) the No.1 seed fell at this stage of the US Open was • Best results of career on US soil were QF appear- Ivanovic in 2008, who also fell to French opposition ances at New Haven in 2015 and 2018 (l. Coin) • Has not fallen 2r at a Slam since 2017 Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) • Series currently tied 3-3 vs. Garcia – this is their second meeting at a Slam (Pliskova d Garcia at 2017 Roland Garros) • Owns 10 career WTA singles titles on hard courts, at 2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Seoul, 2014 Linz, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019-2020 Brisbane and 2019 Zhengzhou • During the 2019 North American hard court season, made QF at Toronto (l. champion Andreescu), QF at Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova) and R16 here (l. Konta) • During the hiatus, contested the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual competition, undertook charity work by sup-porting key workers with free coffee, kept fit with bike rides (her first in 15 years), held her Founda- tion’s first junior tournament as well as played sever- al exhibition events in the Czech Republic KAROLINA CAROLINE PLISKOVA VS GARCIA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US • Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Plisko- Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debuts in va) for best Grand Slam singles result to date R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became • Has also reached R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta), first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and 2018 Roland Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) Garros (l. Kerber) • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 • Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska), 2017 (l. (l. Osaka), also reached last four at 2017 Roland Kvitova) and 2018 (l. Suárez Navarro) Garros (l. Halep) • In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) and and R-Up at US Open (both w/Mladenovic) 2019 (l. Muchova) • In juniors, singles runner-up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland and was a semifinalist at the other three Slams Garros (as qualifier, l. Bartoli in 1r) SEASON SEASON

• First event back following the hiatus was the Western • Returned to tennis at Western & Southern Open last & Southern Open – as No.1 seed, fell 2r (after 1r week, making 2r (d. Stephens, l. eventual champion bye, l. Kudermetova) Azarenka) • Prior to his, last event was in Doha, reaching the 3r • Defeat of No.37 Stephens was first time facing a Top (l. Jabeur) 50 player in 2020 • Fell to eventual finalist Rybakina in QF of Dubai • Prior to the tour’s hiatus made QF at Lyon (l. Van • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenko- Uytvanck) va) • Also suffered 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Ferro) and • Began 2020 by winning 16th career title at Brisbane Doha (l. Pera) International (d. Keys in F), defending her title from • Opened season with 2r showings at Auckland (l. 2019 – has now won at least one WTA title for eight Bouchard) and Australian Open (l. Jabeur) and 1r consecutive seasons. Was also first time successful- exit at Hobart (l. Cabrera) ly defending one of her previous 15 titles • Brisbane marked first event working with new coach Daniel Vallverdu CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 ranked No.2 for career-best year-end • Highlights of 2019 included capturing her seventh finish career WTA singles title at Nottingham and finishing • Lifted a Tour-leading four title across the season (tied R-Up at Strasbourg (l. Yastremska); now owns 7-3 with Barty), taking tally to 15 – triumphed at Bris- record in singles finals bane, Rome, Eastbourne and Zhengzhou • Member of French Fed Cup team that won the 2019 • Dropped 19 games across five matches during East- final vs. Australia, teaming up with Mladenovic to win bourne title win (d. Kerber in F) – most economic title the decisive doubles runner against Barty/Stosur. run in 2019 Also took part in the team that advanced to 2016 Fed • Also reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, Cup final vs. Czech Republic losing to Barty in straight sets • Fell out of the Top 20 on March 18, 2019 after hold- • Produced best Australian Open performance of ing her position there since August 14, 2017 career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in • In 2018, won sixth career title at Tianjin; also made 3s); saved four match points to beat S.Williams in QF semifinals at Stuttgart and Madrid • Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham, • Broke into the Top 5 on August 13, 2018 and reached in what was their first career main draw encounter a career-high of No.4 on September 10, 2018 • Made fourth straight appearance at the WTA Finals in • Became first player to win Wuhan and Beijing back- 2019, reaching SF for the third year in a row to-back in 2017 – maiden Premier 5 and Premier • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, Mandatory titles. As a result, qualified for WTA Finals, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and having been ranked No.30 on the Race leaderboard Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in in May 2017 Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Best win of her career came over No.2 Halep in 2017 Beijing final KAROLINA CAROLINE PLISKOVA VS GARCIA

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• At Grand Slam level in 2018 season, made QF • Made Top 10 debut at No.9 following Beijing title run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), (October 9, 2017) reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made • Won a career-best 48 main draw matches in 2017 R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had (48-22 record, two titles) QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. • Qualifying for WTA Finals in 2017, became the first S.Williams) Frenchwoman to compete at WTA Finals in singles • Also in 2018, made the SF at Brisbane (as defending since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F) champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. • Lifted second and third career titles in 2016, at eventual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Ste- Strasbourg and Mallorca, and represented France at phens). Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments 2016 Rio Olympics in singles (2r) and doubles (1r, w/ • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite Mladenovic) making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was • Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking Singapore (l. Osaka in F) since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 • Member of French Fed Cup team that advanced to (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 2016 competition final vs. Czech Republic while representing USA) • Lifted maiden WTA title at Bogotá in 2014 • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in • Made professional debut at 13 on ITF Circuit in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. France in 2007 Wozniacki in F) • Owns 15-12 record in singles finals, having won having titles on all three surfaces • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova) • Won first career WTA title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur (d. Mattek-Sands) and followed it up with two more in 2014 Seoul (d. Lepchenko) and 2014 Linz (d. Giorgi) • Made professional debut on ITF circuit in 2006

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at • Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia; Mother is Sparta Praha tennis club Marylene • Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the • Played many sports when she was younger and first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon most • Currently coached by Daniel Vallverdu and Olga • Endorsement portfolio includes Rolex, Nike, Yonex Savchuk, and previously coached by Conchita and Sothys beauty products Martínez, Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #74)

Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 1-0

2018 TOKYO HARD I SF NAOMI OSAKA 6-2 6-3 71 mins

NAOMI OSAKA CAMILA GIORGI 9 WTA RANKING 74 13 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 39 16-10-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 30-12-1991 (28) $352,755 YTD PRIZE MONEY $153,511 $14,770,234 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,909,329 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 15-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 6-8 10-3 / 130-73 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-5 / 151-135 6-1 / 38-19 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 51-47 2-4 / 25-23 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-0 / 41-29 10-2 / 101-50 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 94-86 1-1 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 9-19 3-1 / 28-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 27-45 0-0 / 7-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 11-10 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

NAOMI OSAKA CAMILA GIORGI 2019 2019 R16 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 7-5 6-4 R1 L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #29) 6-1 6-0 2018 2018 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-2 6-4 R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #16) 6-4 7-5 2017 2017 R3 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #418) 6-3 2-6 7-5 R1 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #32) 6-3 6-4 2016 2016 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) 7-5 6-7(4) 6-1 2015 2015 R2* L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 6-4 6-4 R2 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #24) 6-4 6-0 2014 R1 L - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #221) 1-6 7-5 6-3 2013 R16 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #13) 6-4 6-2

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2012 R1 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #55) 6-3 6-4 2011 R2* L - REKA-LUCA JANI (HUN #222) 7-5 6-1 2010 R1* L - PATRICIA MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT #114) 7-5 6-1

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open, • Making ninth main draw appearance at the US Open where she lifted title in 2018 (d. S.Williams in F) (11th overall) • As a result, became first Japanese player to win a • Recorded best result in 2013 by reaching R16 (d. Grand Slam singles title and was and the youngest No.8 Wozniacki in 3r, l. Vinci) US Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 • Recovered from 4-1 and 5-3 down in the final set to • Returned as defending champion last year, falling see off Van Uytvanck in 1r R16 (l. Bencic) • Now owns a 33-31 win-loss record across all majors • Made 3r on debut in 2016 (l. Keys) and again in 2017 • Faces No.9 Osaka today where she looks to record (l. Kanepi). Fell in 2r of qualifying in 2015 (l. Konta) the 10th Top 10 win of her career and first since • This is her 17th Grand Slam main draw – has one defeating No.2 Wozniacki en route to the 2018 Tokyo other Grand Slam title to her name, coming at 2019 SF (where she lost to Osaka) Australian Open. One of 10 Grand Slam champions • Record in Grand Slam 2r matches stands at 10-8 and six former US Open winners in this year’s draw • Enjoyed a successful North American hard court • Struck 25 winners to see off fellow countrywoman season last year, reaching the final of Washington and Fed Cup teammate Doi in opening match on (l. Pegula in F) and the Bronx (l. Linette in F). Also Monday suffered 1r exits at Toronto (l. Azarenka), Cincinnati • Overall record in Slams now stands at 40-14 (l. Sakkari) and US Open (l. Sakkari) • In today’s match, faces No.74 Giorgi for their second • Sole Italian player remaining in the draw (Paolini fell career meeting; last defeated the Italian during R-Up 1r) finish at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] • Owns a 13-1 record in 2r matches across the Slams and 4-0 record at this stage in New York • Two of her three defeats this season have come at hands of players ranked outside Top 50: No.67 Gauff (Australian Open) and No.78 Sorribes Tormo (Fed Cup) • All five career singles titles have been won on hard- courts – Indian Wells and US Open in 2018, and Australian Open, Osaka and Beijing in 2019

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- • Contesting 32ndGrand Slam main draw at 2020 US liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in Open F) • Best result across the majors was reaching QF at • Is the first woman to win her second major straight 2018 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 • Also reached R16 at 2012 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) A.Radwanska) and at 2013 US Open (l. Vinci) • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- • Made 3r at Wimbledon in 2013 (l. eventual champion ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open Bartoli) and 2015 (l. Wozniacki), Australian Open in and Australian Open back-to-back 2015 (l. V.Williams), 2019 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2020 • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became (l. Kerber), and 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam R-Up Stephens) since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) • Made tour-level debut at Wimbledon in 2011 (as and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in qualifier, l. Pironkova in 1r) Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber) NAOMI CAMILA OSAKA VS GIORGI

SEASON SEASON

• Withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final of the • On tennis’ return, reached SF at Palermo (d. No.25 Western & Southern Open against Azarenka Yastremska, l. eventual champion Ferro) and 2r at • Prior to this, last competitive action was during Prague (l. eventual R-Up Mertens) Japan’s 3-1 Fed Cup qualifier defeat vs. Spain in • Before the tour’s hiatus, fell in qualifying at Dubai February (l. Sorribes Tormo) and Doha before enjoying a QF run at Lyon (l. Kasat- • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (as defending kina) champion, l. Gauff) • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Kerber) • In Australia, also reached SF at Brisbane (l. even- • Opened 2020 with 1r exit at Auckland (as qualifier, l. tual champion Ka.Pliskova); was on a 14-match win eventual champion S.Williams) and fell in qualifying streak prior to Brisbane loss – longest of her career at Hobart CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 ranked No.3 for career-best sea- • Finished 2019 ranked No.98 – her eighth consecu- son-ending finish tive Top 100 year-end finish • Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. • Highlights were R-Up finishes at Washington DC (l. Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach Pegula) and the Bronx (l. Linette); career record in World No.1 ranking following the tournament WTA finals is 2-6 • In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in • Lost both her matches (l. Golubic, Bencic) as Italy her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and fell to a 3-1 defeat to Switzerland in Fed Cup World Beijing (d. Barty in F); now owns 5-2 record in WTA Group II encounter. Her previous appearance in the singles finals. Defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final team competition came in 2016 for second career victory over world No.1 (also beat • Ended 2018 season perched at a career-best Halep at 2018 Indian Wells) ranking of No.26, winning second career title in final • Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 event at Linz (d. Alexandrova in F). Won 29 tour-level record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up matches in 2018 – the most wins she had previously from No.68 in 2017 posted in a single season was 28, in 2014 • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF at 2018 Wimbledon an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) on her 26th appear- crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) ance at this level; became the first Italian woman to • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time reach the QF of Wimbledon since 2009 (Schiavone, major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, l. Dementieva) Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight • Other highlights in 2018 included SF runs at Sydney, was against Sakkari in R16 Prague and Tokyo [PPO] • Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. • Posted sixth consecutive Top 100 season, finishing Ka.Pliskova) 2017 ranked No.79 (up from No.83 in 2017) • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at • In 2016 reached final at Katowice for the third year Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included in a row (l. Cibulkova). Appeared in four additional 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open quarterfinals in 2016, at Hobart, Prague, Washington, • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated DC and Seoul No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over • Finished 2015 season with then best year-end defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at ranking (No.34), up one place from No.35 in 2014. 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win Season highlighted by winning her first WTA singles • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Bencic in F) was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- • Had never reached WTA QF prior to 2014; reached acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at QF or better at seven events during that season Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open • Made Top 100 debut on July 9, 2012 and broke into • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at Top 50 on May 26, 2014 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- • Tour-level main draw debut came as a qualifier at ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came 2011 Wimbledon from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of • On ITF Circuit, winner of five singles titles main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • Played first career professional tournament at 2006 • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 ITF/Baku-AZE (l. Dabrowski) NAOMI CAMILA OSAKA VS GIORGI

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Began working with Wim Fisette at beginning of 2020 • Coached by father, Sergio Giorgi season. Previous coaches include Sascha Bajin and • Favorite book is The Diary of Anne Frank Jermaine Jenkins • Mother Claudia is a fashion designer • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster Wowow, Nissin, Nissan, ANA Airlines, Shiseido and bareMinerals • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in New York City before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays profession- al tennis MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #99) vs. PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

Head to Head: First meeting

KATERYNA KOZLOVA PETRA KVITOVA 99 WTA RANKING 12 214 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 6 20-02-1994 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (30) $82,973 YTD PRIZE MONEY $785,941 $1,639,298 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $31,852,578 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 27 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 2-5 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 27-12 2-4 / 52-73 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-4 / 448-209 0-2 / 10-28 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 134-89 0-1 / 14-16 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 90-65 2-4 / 37-53 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-4 / 302-148 0-0 / 2-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 56-57 0-0 / 2-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 109-96 0-0 / 4-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 45-14 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KATERYNA KOZLOVA PETRA KVITOVA 2019 2019 R1 L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #116) 3-6 6-3 6-2 R2 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #88) 6-4 6-4 2018 2018 R1 L - (ESP #85) 6-0 6-3 R3 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #20) 7-5 6-1 2017 2017 R2 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #17) 6-4 6-4 QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 3-6 7-6(2)

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2016 2016 R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #6) 6-2 5-7 6-4 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-3 7-5 2015 2015 R1 L - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #101) 6-4 6-3 QF L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #26) 4-6 6-4 6-2 2014 2014 R3* L - (TPE #228) 2-6 6-3 6-3 R3 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 6-4 6-4 2013 2013 R2* L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #118) 6-4 6-3 R3 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #81) 6-3 6-0 2012 R16 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 1-6 6-2 6-0 2011 R1 L - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #48) 7-6(3) 6-3 2010 R3 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #3) 6-3 6-0 2009 R16 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #50) 4-6 6-4 7-5 2008 R1 L - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #102) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 2007 R2* L - SANDRA KLOESEL (GER #113) 7-5 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making sixth consecutive main draw appearance at • Making 13th main draw appearance at the US Open Flushing Meadows (eighth overall) (and 14th overall) • Is through to 2r for second time here, having also • Best result is reaching the QF twice, in 2015 (l. even- been this far in 2017 (d. Begu, l. Sevastova) tual champion Pennetta) and 2017 (l. V.Williams) • Made Grand Slam debut here in 2015, falling 1r after • Posted R16 finishes in 2009 (l. Wickmayer), 2012 (l. coming through qualifying (l. Mattek-Sands) Bartoli) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Kerber) • Contesting 16th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • On most recent outing, in 2019, fell 2r (l. No.88 Open Petkovic) • In 1r this year saw off Osuigwe in straight sets; • US Open is only major where she is yet to reach SF Grand Slam record improves to 4-14 • One of 10 reigning or former major winners in the • Only other tour-level win this year came over Sorri- women’s singles draw this fortnight bes Tormo at Hobart • Seeded No.6 this fortnight – has now been seeded • Faces No.12 Kvitova today; owns two Top 20 wins, at the past 37 Grand Slams she has contested, since over No.5 Ostapenko at 2018 Roland Garros and first seeding here at US Open in 2010 (No.27 seed). No.5 Ka.Pliskova at 2019 Madrid Has been seeded as high as No.2, most recently at • Bidding to reach 3r at a Slam for the first time in her 2015 Wimbledon career • Beat Begu in 1r; three of four previous wins over the • One of seven Ukrainians in starting field (also Bond- Romanian were en route to titles at 2018 St. Peters- arenko, Kalinina, Kostyuk, Tsurenko, Yastremska and burg and 2015 Madrid, and a R-Up finish at 2019 Zavatska) Australian Open • Overall Grand Slam record improves to 107-43 - one of seven active players with 100 or more main draw wins at majors • Faces Kozlova in 2r today; record in Slam 2r match- es stands at 29-7 • One of eight Czech players to start the main draw (third-best represented country, behind USA - 31 and Russia -12) • Owns 18 hard court titles (the fifth-most among active players, after S.Williams - 47, V.Williams - 31, Clijsters - 31 and Azarenka - 20). Three of these titles came on US soil, at New Haven in 2012, 2014-15 GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2015 US • Winner of two major singles titles: 2011 Wimbledon Open, losing to Mattek-Sands in 1r (d. Sharapova) and 2014 Wimbledon (d. Bouchard) • Only 2r appearances at a major came at 2017 US • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam Open (d. Begu, l. Sevastova), 2018 Roland Garros title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- (d. defending champion Ostapenko, l. Siniakova), phens, Wozniacki, Halep, Osaka, Barty and Kenin) 2019 Roland Garros (d. Pera, withdrew before mat- • Best result at Australian Open came with runner-up tch vs. Svitolina w/viral infection) and now 2020 US finish in 2019 (l. Osaka) – becoming first woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park since • Upset of Ostapenko in Paris saw Latvian become Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the only sixth defending major champion to fall at open- Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. ing hurdle of title defense, after Graf (1994 Wim- Navratilova) bledon), Capriati (2003 Australian Open), Myskina • Had she defeated Osaka, would have become the (2005 Roland Garros), Kuznetsova (2005 US Open) WTA World No.1 – Osaka’s win meant she took the and Kerber (2017 US Open) accolade • Fell 1r at Australian Open (2017-19), Roland Garros • Other Grand Slam highlights include reaching SF at (2017), Wimbledon (2016, 2018-19) and US Open 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Ro- (2015-19) land Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) KATERYNA PETRA KOZLOVA VS KVITOVA

SEASON SEASON

• Contested qualifying at Western & Southern Open • Coming off 2r exit at Western & Southern Open (after • In final tournament prior to tour’s hiatus, made 1r exit 1r bye, l. Bouzkova) - main draw record vs. fellow at Monterrey (l. Peterson) Czechs now 36-5 • In opening month of season, reached 2r at Hobart • Before the hiatus, last tournament contested was (as qualifier, l. Giorgi) and fell 1r at Auckland (l. Anisi- Doha, finishing as R-Up (l. Sabalenka); now 27-10 in mova) and Australian Open (l. Hon) WTA singles finals • Defeat of Barty in Doha SF was sixth career win over a reigning World No.1 • Advanced to QF at St Petersburg (withdrew prior to match vs. Alexandrova w/illness) • Made 12th major QF at Australian Open (l. Barty) • Opened season at Brisbane, reaching SF (l. R-Up Keys) before withdrawing from Adelaide w/fatigue CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted fourth consecutive Top 100 season in 2019 • Ended 2019 ranked No.7 for second consecutive (finishing at No.89) year ending in Top 10 and seventh time in her career • Best results were QF runs at Budapest (l. to eventual • Captured 26th and 27th career titles in 2019 at Syd- champion Van Uytvanck) and Nanchang (l. to Sto- ney (d. Barty) and Stuttgart (d. Kontaveit). With 27 janovic) and 3r showing at Madrid (d. No.5 Ka.Plisko- titles, is currently tied with Mandlikova and Sabatini va, l. Bencic) in 20th place (Open Era) • Ended 2018 at No.99 for third Top 100 finish of ca- • Reached title match at 2019 Australian Open for third reer (also No.86 in 2017 and No.99 in 2016) career Grand Slam final appearance – result moved • Highlight of 2018 was reaching maiden WTA final at her to World No.2, matching her career high ranking Taipei City (l. Babos). Also made SF at Tashkent (l. • Also in 2019, qualified for WTA Finals in Shenzhen Potapova) and QF at Guangzhou (l. Putintseva) for seventh time (went 0-3 in group play) • Played all four majors in the same year for the first • Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St Peters- time in 2018. Reached 2r at Roland Garros, upset- burg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), ting No.5 and defending champion Ostapenko in 1r Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in • Posted career-high ranking of No.62 on February 19, F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the 2018 year ranked No.7 – sixth career Top 10 finish, and • Tour-level highlights in 2017 were QF run at Bastad first since 2015 (up fro No.29 in 2017) (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and 2r showing at US • Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first Open (as qualifier, l. Sevastova). Also won titles at player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a WTA 125K Series event in Dalian (d. Zvonareva in F) season since S.Williams in 2015 and at $60K ITF/Rome-ITA (d. Duque-Mariño in F) • Including 2019, has won at least one title every year • 2016 season saw her reach her first tour-level SFs, dating back to 2011 at Istanbul (l. eventual R-Up Kovinic) and Tashkent • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, (l. eventual champion Kr.Pliskova). Also made QF l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in stage at Premier-level St. Petersburg (as qualifier, l. Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required Ivanovic) and ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Brengle) extensive surgery to left hand • Contested 10 WTA main draws in 2015, progressing • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- beyond 1r at four events – Hobart, Dubai, Kuala lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual Lumpur, and Tashkent, where she reached QF (l. champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Hibino) Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Tashkent and • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the main draw debut at 2013 Baku (d. Daniildou, l. WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai Voskoboeva) • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2015, 2019 singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze • On ITF Circuit, owns five singles and 13 doubles medal play-off) titles • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. • Made pro debut at $10K ITF/Kharkiv-UKR in 2008 A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) KATERYNA PETRA KOZLOVA VS KVITOVA

PERSONAL CAREER CONT.

• Coached by Goran Marijan. Trains in Moscow • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 • Father is Igore; mother is Lyudmyla; sister is Nadiya; (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six has a cat named Nanya months) • Favorite surface is hard; favorite shots are drop shot • Owns six wins over current World No.1s: Safina and slice (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), • Favorite cities are New York (for its shopping) and S.Williams (2015 Madrid), Kerber (2016 Wuhan), Rome (for the sights and food) Wozniacki (2018 Doha) and Barty (2020 Doha) • If not a tennis player, would have been a psycholo- • Among active players, owns the most wins in indoor gist. hardcourt events (77) • Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 PERSONAL

• Current coach is Jiri Vanek, while fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger • Parents are Jiri and Pavla • Won the 2019 Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award, as voted by her WTA peers for the eighth time in career • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #349) vs. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15)

Head to Head: KATERYNA BONDARENKO leads 2-1

2017 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 PETRA MARTIC 6-2 7-5 72 mins 2015 STANFORD HARD O R16 KATERYNA BONDARENKO 6-3 3-6 6-3 98 mins 2014 MACON HARD O SF KATERYNA BONDARENKO 1-6 6-2 6-1 n/a

KATERYNA BONDARENKO PETRA MARTIC 349 WTA RANKING 15 127 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 33 08-08-1986 (34) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 19-01-1991 (29) $110,053 YTD PRIZE MONEY $313,665 $3,992,276 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,140,051 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 1 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 11-9 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 6-7 5-5 / 138-188 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-7 / 135-128 3-1 / 53-61 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 57-35 1-4 / 38-54 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 33-30 5-5 / 84-114 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-5 / 71-79 0-0 / 8-25 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 4-28 0-0 / 20-61 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 15-47 1-1 / 12-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 8-12 * Updated entering 2010 US Open 2r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KATERYNA BONDARENKO PETRA MARTIC 2018 2019 R1 L - VERA LAPKO (BLR #72) 6-3 6-3 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-3 6-4 2017 2018 R2* L - SACHIA VICKERY (USA #154) 6-1 6-4 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #69) 6-4 6-4 2016 2017 R3 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #48) 6-4 6-1 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 6-4 7-6(3) 2015 2015 R2 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-3 6-4 R3* L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #207) 6-4 6-4 2012 2014 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #27) 6-1 6-2 R1* L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 6-4 6-3

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2011 2012 R2 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #2) 7-5 3-6 6-3 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) 6-1 6-1 2010 2011 R2 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #45) 6-2 5-7 7-6(7) R2 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #16) 6-4 2-6 6-4 2009 2010 QF L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #50) 7-5 6-4 R1 L - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #57) 6-2 6-2 2008 2009 R1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #3) 6-1 6-4 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-1 6-0 2007 2008 R2 L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #16) 6-2 6-1 R1* L - KATIE O'BRIEN (GBR #140) 3-6 6-4 6-0 2006 R1* L - (ITA #221) 6-2 2-6 6-4 2005 R2* L - STÉPHANIE FORETZ (FRA #125) 6-2 7-6(5)

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 10th US Open main draw appearance (13th • Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open overall) (11th overall) where she made it through to R16 for • Produced best Grand Slam singles result at Flushing the first time in 2019 (l. S.Williams) Meadows by reaching QF in 2009 (d. No.11 seed • Previous best results at Flushing Meadows were 2r Ivanovic in 1r, l. Wickmayer) showings on main draw debut in 2009 (l. Wozniacki) • Next best result was 3r run in 2016 (d. Kuznetsova, and again in 2011 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) l. Bencic) • Seeded No.8 this fortnight - her highest at a major. • Contesting 39th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US Has now been among 32 seeds for six straight Slams Open • Recovered from 3-1 down in the final set to beat Mar- • Overcame WC Kiick in 1r to improve Grand Slam win- tincova in 1r; result improves win-loss record across loss record to 29-38 all Slams to 35-32 • Faces No.15 Martic in 2r today; most recent of her 20 • Faces No.349 Bondarenko in 2r today; beat the career Top 20 wins was over No.18 Pavlyuchenkova Ukrainian during run through qualifying to R16 at in 2r at 2018 Australian Open 2017 Roland Garros • Is 7-12 in Grand Slam 2r matches • Most recent loss to a player outside Top 300 came • One of seven Ukrainians in main draw - only USA at the hands of No.390 Sanchez at $100K ITF/Ilk- (31), Russia (12) and Czech Republic (eight) are ley-GBR in the summer of 2017 better represented • Record in Grand Slam 2r matches is 9-8 • Entered tournament under a special ranking of • Enters this week ranked No.15 – one spot shy from No.85; returned to tour in September 2019 after birth her career high of No.14 (achieved on January 13, of second daughter Eva 2020) – and as Croatian No.1 ahead of No.24 Vekic • One of nine mothers in this year’s US Open field – • In addition to R16 run here, only other outings during also Azarenka, Clijsters, Govortsova, Maria, 2019 summer hard court season were 1r exits at Pironkova, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva Toronto (l. Di Lorenzo) and Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) • Deepest run of career on US soil was to SF at 2019 Charleston (l. Wozniacki)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• At 2009 US Open became first Ukrainian woman to • Contesting 34th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 reach QF at a Grand Slam (since matched by Svitoli- Australian Open, reaching 2r (l. Goerges) na who has made this stage or better six times). Ad- • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 ditionally has made 3r at all of the majors: Australian Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova) Open (2009, 2016 and 2018), Roland Garros (2009, • Reached R16 on six other occasions across the 2018), Wimbledon (2011) and US Open (2016) Slams, at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and • Played all four Grand Slams in 2016, for first time 2019 (l. Svitolina), Australian Open in 2018 (l. Mer- since 2012 tens), Roland Garros in 2012 (l. Kerber) and 2017 • At 2015 US Open made first Grand Slam appear- (as qualifier, l. Svitolina after leading 5-2 in final set) ance since 2012 US Open (l. Jankovic 1r) – immedi- and 2019 US Open (l. S.Williams) ately after that event took time away from tour to give • Was ranked No.290 during 2017 Roland Garros run– birth to daughter Karin, who arrived in 2013 the lowest-ranked player to reach R16 at a Grand- • Captured first and only Grand Slam title of any kind Slam since the unranked Henin finished R-Up at in 2008, winning the doubles event with partner 2010 Australian Open (l. S.Williams). Since 1983, the A.Bondarenko only other player outside the Top 200 to reach R16 in • Junior singles champion at 2004 Wimbledon (d. Paris was No.279 Martínez in 1988 Ivanovic in final) • Roland Garros exploits in 2017 ended run of seven1r losses at the majors (did not contest main draw at any of the Slams in 2016) • Made 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2009 Roland Gar- ros (as qualifier, l. Wozniak) KATERYNA PETRA BONDARENKO VS MARTIC

SEASON SEASON

• Upon the tour’s resumption in August, fell at the first • On the tour’s return reached SF at Palermo (l. Kon- hurdle in qualifying at both Lexington and Western & taveit) and then fell 2r at Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova) Southern Open • In the Middle East, advanced to SF at Dubai (l. Ry- • Reached 2r at Acapulco (l. eventual champion Wat- bakina) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Strycova) son) and Monterrey (l. Petersen); also won doubles • Made 1r exit at Hua Hin (l. X.Wang) at Monterrey w/Fichman - now 4-5 in doubles finals • Reached her career high singles ranking of World • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Rodionova) and Hua No.14 on January 13 Hin (l. Linette) • Started 2020 with back-to-back 2r showings at Auck- • Opened the season by reaching her first QF since land (l. Cornet) and Australian Open (l. Goerges) 2017, at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Returned from her second maternity leave in Sep- • Posted best season finish of career in 2019, at her tember 2019, falling 1r at Tashkent and Tianjin then-career-high ranking of No.15 (first achieved • Finished 2018 down at No.132 in a campaign high- October 21, 2019). Lifted maiden career WTA title at lighted by 3r showing at Australian Open Istanbul (d. Vondrousova in F) • Finished 2017 at No.95, marking her seventh • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 non-consecutive Top 100 finish; season highlighted Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova); by winning her second career WTA title at Tashkent upset No.2 seed and No.2-ranked Ka.Pliskova in 3r (d. Babos in F), having also triumphed at 2008 Bir- to register fourth Top 10 win of career (and best by mingham (d. Wickmayer in F) ranking) • Posted one win over a Top 10 opponent in 2017 • Also in 2019, enjoyed R16 runs at both Wimbledon (l. (No.7 Muguruza at Dubai via ret.) Svitolina) and US Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) • Runner-up in doubles at 2016 New Haven (w/Ch- • Finished R-Up at Zhengzhou before qualifying for the uang) – was first tour-level final of any kind since WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the first time (fell at RR 2011 Hobart stage) • Season highlights in 2015 included reaching two QFs • In 2018, finished R-Up at Bucharest (l. Sevastova), – at Istanbul, upsetting V.Williams in 1r (as qualifier, posted QF showing at Indian Wells and made R16 at l. eventual champion Tsurenko) and Tokyo [Japan Australian Open Open] (l. eventual champion Wickmayer) • In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years • Nominated for WTA Comeback Player Award in 2015 over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros (media vote; won by V.Williams) • In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months • Made return to tour in April 2014 (fell in qualifying at out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to Katowice) win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA • Achieved career-high rank of No.29 in October 2009 • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after • Winner of four doubles titles, w/A.Bondarenko – US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a 2008 Australian Open, 2008 Paris [Indoors] and 2009 Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49 Prague – and w/Fichman at 2020 Monterrey • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team 2008-2010, • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2005-2012, 2016 and 2012, 2014 2018. Was a member of the team that helped secure • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2007 promotion to World Group for first time in 2010 Miami • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2005

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Throughout career coached by parents, Vladimir and • Coached by Martijn Bok. Formerly worked with San- Natalia dra Zaniewska • Married Kiev businessman Denis Volodko, who is • Mother’s name is Sandra Martic; she was a handball- also her full-time coach, on 29 September 2011 player • Gave birth to her daughters, Karin, in 2013, and Eva • Favorite city is Paris and favorite food is pancakes in 2019 • During tour’s hiatus in 2020, spent time honing her cooking skills at home MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #17) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93)

Head to Head: First meeting

ELENA RYBAKINA SHELBY ROGERS 17 WTA RANKING 93 5 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 42 17-06-1999 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 13-10-1992 (27) $767,382 YTD PRIZE MONEY $113,052 $1,212,126 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,397,139 1 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-1 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 7-6 22-5 / 48-18 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 62-78 9-1 / 17-5 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 22-35 6-5 / 13-9 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 23-21 22-5 / 36-13 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 30-44 2-3 / 4-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 3-8 4-3 / 6-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 11-21 2-0 / 4-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 7-4 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ELENA RYBAKINA SHELBY ROGERS 2019 2019 R1 L - KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #44) 6-4 6-4 R1* L - (USA #214) 7-6(3) 1-0 2018 2017 R2* L - ARANTXA RUS (NED #110) 6-2 6-2 R3 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) 6-4 7-5 2016 R2 L - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #158) 2-6 6-2 6-2 2015 R3 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-2 6-3 2014 R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #12) 6-4 6-3 2013 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #75) 6-3 6-2 2012 R2* L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #162) 7-6(3) 6-3 2010 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-3 ELENA SHELBY RYBAKINA VS ROGERS

US OPEN US OPEN

• Making second main draw appearance at 2020 US • Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open Open (ninth overall) • Fell 1r on debut here last year (as qualifier, l. Mucho- • Best result were 3r showings here in 2015 (as qualifi- va) and in 2r of qualifying in 2018 (l. Rus) er, l. Halep) and 2017 (l. Svitolina) • Contesting just third WTA main draw in the US, hav- • During 2017 run, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), ing previously fallen 1r at 2019 US Open and 2020 4-6, 7-6(5), in a 2r match that took 3 hours, 33 min- Western and Southern Open (l. Alexandrova) utes, setting a record for the longest women’s match • After comfortable 1r win over Zavatska, now has a in US Open history tour leading 22 wins this season. Also leads the tour • Reached 2r in 2014 (l. Pennetta) and 2016 (l. Bellis); for number of aces (155), ahead of Muguruza (123) fell 1r in 2010 (as WC, l. Peng on Grand Slam main and Ka.Pliskova (117) draw debut) and 2013 (l. Garcia); fell in qualifying in • Overall Grand Slam win-loss record improves to 3-3 2012 and 2019 • Faces No.93 Rogers for the first time in 2r today; loss • Struck 28 winners and just 12 unforced errors during would be worst-by-ranking since defeat by No.486 55-minute 1r win over Khromacheva Mattek-Sands in qualifying at 2019 Cincinnati • Contesting 21st Grand Slam main draw at US Open, • Has reached QF or better at seven of the past ten with win-loss record now standing at 18-20 (including tournaments, with most recent 2r exit coming at 2019 1r win) Jurmala (l. Pera) • Faces No.17 Rybakina in 2r today; has 11-21 record • Enters US Open on career-high ranking of No.17 vs Top 20 opponents, with most recent victory (achieved Feb 24, 2020). By contrast, was ranked coming against No.9 S.Williams a few weeks ago at No.69 contesting last years event Lexington • One of 31 US women contesting the main draw this fortnight • Enters US Open ranked No.92, up from No.299 this time last year

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting fourth Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Achieved best Grand Slam result to date when she Open advanced to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds • Best result across the Slams was 3r run at 2020 Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual Australian Open (l. Barty) champion Muguruza); backed up in 2017 by advanc- • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 ing to 3r (l. Mladenovic, 8-6 in third set) Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Siniakova) • Became ninth player ranked outside of the Top 100 • Also made 1r exit at 2019 US Open (as qualifier, l. (No.108) to advance to the last eight in Paris since Muchova) 1983 (Pironkova, No.102, became the 10th at the • Contested qualifying at Wimbledon in 2019 same tournament); ranking rose from No.108 to • As a junior, reached two Grand Slam SFs at 2017 No.59 following 2016 Roland Garros run Australian Open and Roland Garros • Also reached 3r at 2015 US Open (l. Halep) and 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and at the Australian Open, best result is reaching 2r in 2017 (l. Barty) • Made Grand Slam and tour-level main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 US Open – thereafter, did not con- test main draw at a major until 2013 Roland Garros ELENA SHELBY RYBAKINA VS ROGERS

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. • Fell in qualifying at Western & Southern Open Alexandrova) • Made SF run at Lexington; Upset No.9 S.Williams in • In final event prior to tour’s hiatus, withdrew w/abduc- QF for third career Top 10 win tor strain prior to 3r match vs. No.1 Barty at Doha • Suffered 1r exit at Acapulco (l. Volynets), while else- • Eight weeks into the season, registered 20th win by where made 3r at WTA 125K Series events at New- beating Cirstea in Doha 1r - making her the quickest port Beach and Indian Wells, and won sixth career to reach that milestone on WTA tour in over a decade title on ITF Circuit, at $100K ITF/Michigan-MI • Earlier in February was R-Up at Dubai (l. Halep); • Opened 2020 season with 2r showing at Shenzhen en route, upset No.7 Kenin and No.3 Ka.Pliskova to (l. Muguruza) and fell 1r at Australian Open (as quali- score third and fourth career Top 10 wins fier, l. eventual R-Up Muguruza) • Also R-Up at St. Petersburg (l. Bertens) – first final appearance at a Premier-level event; made Top 20 debut at No.19 following run in Russia (February 17) • Posted back-to-back Grand Slam wins for the first CAREER HIGHLIGHTS time by advancing to 3r at the Australian Open (d. Pera and Minnen, l. Barty) • Last year, made return from injury at Charleston • Opened 2020 season with back-to-back final runs, where she reached 2r (l. Ostapenko). Also posted 2r first finishing R-Up at Shenzhen (l. Alexandrova) showings at Roland Garros and Mallorca and fell 1r before claiming a second career title at Hobart (d. six occasions and reached one ITF Circuit final S.Zhang in F) • Fell 1r in only two tournaments played in 2018 at Australian Open and Indian Wells - injured left knee in loss to Dolehide at Indian Wells, requiring surgery in the summer CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • In 2017, posted third Top 100 season and best year- end finish of No.59. Year highlighted by reaching • Finished 2019 season at No.37 to record first Top 50 QFs at Charleston, Hobart and Strasbourg. Achieved finish of her career, up from 2018’s final ranking of career-high ranking of No.48 on January 30, 2017 No.191 • Also in 2017, played all three ties to help USA win its • During a breakout 2019 season, lifted maiden WTA first Fed Cup in 17 years, winning decisive doubles singles title at Bucharest (d. Tig in F). Also advanced rubber (w/Vandeweghe) in final against Belarus to second career final at Nanchang (l. Peterson) and • At 2017 US Open matched her previous best result made SF appearances at Luxembourg (l. Goerges) at her home Slam by advancing to 3r (l. Svitolina). In and ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Bertens) 2r, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5), in a • Additionally, made QF runs at Istanbul (l. Strycova), match that took 3 hours, 33 minutes, setting a record Wuhan (l. Sabalenka) and Linz (l. Ostapenko) for the longest women’s match in US Open history • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 Roland • Posted second Top 100 season in 2016, at No.60 – Garros, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. Siniakova). Also fell up from No.146 in 2015; had dropped from No.72 at 1r at 2019 US Open (as qualifier, l. Muchova) end of 2014 • On the ITF Circuit in 2019, lifted silverware on three • Appeared in two WTA singles finals, at 2016 Rio de occasions; back-to-back at $25k Moscow-RUS and Janeiro (l. Schiavone) and at 2014 Bad Gastein (d. $25k Kazan-RUS and at $60k ITF/Launceston-AUS. No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, Now holds four singles and four doubles titles on ITF l.Petkovic) Circuit • Owns three Top 10 wins, over No.9 S.Williams (2020 • Highlights of 2018 included reaching maiden WTA Lexington), No.4 Halep (2017 Australian Open) and QF at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges) and clinching title No.8 Bouchard (2014 Montréal) at $15k ITF/Kazan-RUS • One-time doubles runner-up, at 2015 Bogotá (w/ • First Top 10 win came over No.7 Garcia at 2018 St. Falconi) Petersburg. Has since added three more: No.6 Halep • Participated in 2014 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invi- (2019 Wuhan), No.7 Kenin and No.3 Ka.Pliskova tational in Singapore (along with Diyas, Puig and (both 2020 Dubai) Zheng) • Ended 2017 ranked No.425, improving 191 spots • Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014 from 2016 (finished at No.616) • Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg (d. • Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2017 Domachowska) Moscow (as qualifier, l. Begu in 1r) • Winner of five singles titles and two doubles titles on • Professional debut came at $10k ITF/Antalya-TUR ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in in 2014 United States in 2009, at age 16 ELENA SHELBY RYBAKINA VS ROGERS

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Trained at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior • Followed older sister Sabra into tennis • Coached by Stefano Vukov; previous coaches • Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf included Andrei Cheshnokov (Elena Vesnina’s former • Would have been a hockey player if weren’t a tennis coach) and Evgenia Kulikovskaya player • Nominated for 2019 WTA Newcomer of the Year • Favorite tournaments are Charleston, US Open Award • Started playing tennis aged five MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

ANN LI (USA #128) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #20)

Head to Head: ALISON RISKE leads 1-0

2019 ITF/SURBITON GRASS O R1 ALISON RISKE 6-2 6-4

ANN LI ALISON RISKE 128 WTA RANKING 20 95 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 48 26-06-2000 (20) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-07-1990 (30) $106,460 YTD PRIZE MONEY $326,487 $232,406 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,879,049 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-0 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 5-8 2-3 / 2-3 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-5 / 148-156 1-0 / 1-0 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 54-65 2-0 / 2-0 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-4 / 41-54 2-3 / 2-3 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-5 / 88-97 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 9-30 0-1 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 21-54 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 12-8 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANN LI ALISON RISKE 2019 2019 R2* L - NINA STOJANOVIC (SRB #165) 6-4 7-6(5) R2 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #77) 6-4 6-3 2018 2018 R1* L - MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #170) 6-4 6-4 R1 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #51) 6-3 3-6 7-5 2017 2017 R1* L - VICTORIA KAMENSKAYA (RUS #190) 6-4 7-5 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22) 2-6 6-3 6-4 2016 R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 2015 R1 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #25) 6-4 6-3 2014 R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #9) 6-3 6-0 2013 R16 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #48) 6-3 5-7 6-2

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2012 R1* L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #136) 6-2 3-6 6-2 2011 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #12) 6-2 6-0 2010 R1* L - ZUZANA KUCOVA (SVK #119) 6-3 4-6 6-2 2009 R1* L - YULIA FEDOSSOVA (FRA #197) 5-7 6-4 6-2 2007 R2* L - JULIE DITTY (USA #157) 6-2 6-1

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making US Open main draw debut and fourth ap- • Making ninth main draw appearance (and 13th over- pearance overall all) at US Open • Defeated No.68 Rus in 1r on Monday to record • Best result here came with R16 run in 2013 (d. No.10 career-best win-by-ranking, surpassing her previous Kvitova in 3r, l. Hantuchova) best which was a win over No.92 Wickmayer during • Made 2r in 2019 (d. former World No.1 Muguruza in qualifying at 2020 Australian Open 1r, l. Ostapenko) • Faces fellow American No.20 Riske today in her sec- • Has fallen 1r on all six other visits to New York ond meeting against a Top 20 ranked opponent (fell • Is seeded No.13 this fortnight, her highest seeding at to No.15 Kenin at 2020 Australian Open) a Slam. Her only other time being seeded at a major • So far this season is 1-3 against American opposi- was 2020 Australian Open (No.18) tion with sole win coming against Arconada during • Contesting US Open at No.19, one spot off her ca- Auckland qualifying reer-high ranking of No.18 (achieved No.4, 2019) • Entering the tournament, sole tour-level match win of • Struck 36 winners to ease past Maria in 1r to improve her career came over Cabrera in 1r of 2020 Austra- record against the German to 6-0 across all levels lian Open • Result improves win-loss record across all four ma- • Has successfully advanced through qualifying rounds jors to 24-32 three times so far this season, at Auckland, Austra- • Faces compatriot and No.128 Li today – record in lian Open and Western & Southern Open Slam 2r matches stands as 8-3 • One of 31 Americans to start the draw • Last 2r Slam loss came at 2019 US Open (l. Osta- penko) • A loss today would be her worst since falling to No.137 Gibbs at 2019 Osaka • During last year’s North American hard court swing, fell 2r at Montreal (as qualifier, l. Ka.Pliskova) and US Open (l. Ostapenko), and made 1r exit at Cincinnati (l. Sharapova) • Best result on home soil was SF run at 2016 Stan- ford (l. V.Williams) • One of 31 Americans in the main draw this fortnight • Playing doubles here w/Dabrowski (face Dzalamidze/ Khromacheva in 1r) • During tennis’ break played a few exhibitions, in- cluding May’s UTR Pro Match Series in West Palm Beach, FL (faced Anisimova, Collins, Tomljanovic)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Made her Grand Slam main draw debut this season • Contesting 33rd Grand Slam main draw this fortnight. at 2020 Australian Open where she advanced to 2r • Best Grand Slam result was QF run at 2019 Wimble- (as qualifier, d. Cabrera, l. eventual champion Kenin) don (d. No.1 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) • Has fallen in qualifying rounds of majors on four • Also produced R16 showing at 2013 US Open (d. occasions, at US Open (2017-19) and Wimbledon No.10 Kvitova en route, l. Hantuchova) and 2020 (2019) Australian Open (l. Barty) • Was R-Up in girls’ singles at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Liu) • Has also reached 3r at Australian Open in 2014 and - the first all-American girls final at the All England at Wimbledon on three previous occasions (2013-14, Club since 1979 2017) • Made 2r on debut at Roland Garros in 2014 but is yet to go further in Paris ANN ALISON LI VS RISKE

SEASON SEASON

• Suffered qualifying loss upon return to tennis at • Returned to tennis at Western & Southern Open last Lexington, then made 1r exit at Western & Southern week, falling 1r (l. Anisimova) Open (as qualifier, l. Muchova) • During Middle Eastern swing made 1r exits at both • Advanced to 2r at the Australian Open during her Dubai (l. Jabeur) and Doha (l. Brady) Grand Slam main draw debut (as qualifier, l. eventual • Posted best result at Australian Open, reaching R16 champion Kenin) (l. Barty) • Opened season by qualifying for maiden WTA main • Opened season with QF run at Brisbane (d. Czechs draw, falling 1r at Auckland (l. McHale) Muchova and Strycova before falling to Czech No.1 and eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 inside Top 200 for the first time, finishing • Ended 2019 at career-high ranking of No.18, posted at No.148 after compiling a 44-22 win-loss record on November 4, 2019 – up from No.63 in 2018, with • Won second ITF Circuit title last season, at $25k ITF/ previous career-best finish being No.41 in 2016 Osprey-FL, USA. Reached a further four finals at this • In a breakout 2019 campaign, achieved best Slam level in 2019, while fell in qualifying at US Open and result by advancing to QF at Wimbledon, ousting reached 3r at WTA 125K Series event at New Haven World No.1 Barty to notch biggest win of her career • Ended 2018 at No.310 (up from No.583 in 2017) before being halted by eventual R-Up S.Williams • Two weeks after appearing in the girls’ singles final • Additionally, lifted second career WTA singles title at at Wimbledon in 2017, won her first title in the senior ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Bertens in F after saving 5mp) ranks at $15k ITF/Evansville-IN, USA and finished runner-up at Shenzhen (l. Sabalenka) • Posted career-high singles ranking of No.122 after and Wuhan (l. Sabalenka) run to 2r at 2020 Australian Open (February 2, 2020) • Highlights in 2018 include reaching 3r at 2018 Miami, • WTA main draw debut came at 2020 Auckland, falling her best result at a Premier Mandatory tournament in 1r (as qualifier, l. McHale) (l. Y.Wang on third set tiebreak), and advancing to • Contested qualifying at US Open in 2017 QF at Hobart (l. Buzarnescu), ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. • Made professional debut at $10K ITF/Buffalo-NY, Vandeweghe), Mallorca (l. Stosur) and Tokyo [PPO] USA (l. Ka.Pliskova). Also won eighth ITF Circuit singles title at Surbiton (d. Perrin in F) • In 2017, finished R-Up at Shenzhen (d. No.3 A.Rad- wanska, l. Siniakova). Also part of Fed Cup winning USA team and reached QF at Nürnberg and 3r at Australian Open and Wimbledon • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2014 Tianjin without dropping a set (d. Bencic in F) • Made Top 100 debut on July 22, 2013 (No.96) • Reached first WTA SF at 2010 Birmingham (as quali- fier, l. Sharapova) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston • Winner of nine singles and one doubles title on ITF Women’s Circuit PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Grew up in Devon, Pennsylvania, currently resides in • Coached by Billy Heiser Orlanda, Florida and trains at USTA National Center • Earned tennis scholarship to Vanderbilt University • Coached by Henner Nehles and sometimes her in summer 2009, but after good results and finding mother financial backing pursued tennis full time and turned • Speaks English and Chinese pro two weeks before classes were due to begin • Mother is Feng Zhou, father is Jianchao, brother is • Parents, Albert and Carol, are retired. Earlier in ca- Fred reer was coached by her sister, Sarah McGlamery; • Introduced to tennis by her brother, he played and also has a brother, Daniel she would tag along • Married Stephen Amritraj in Alison’s hometown of Pittsburgh after 2019 Wimbledon MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

KAJA JUVAN (SLO #113) vs. ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21)

Head to Head: First meeting

KAJA JUVAN ANETT KONTAVEIT 113 WTA RANKING 21 108 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8 25-11-2000 (19) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-12-1995 (24) $74,073 YTD PRIZE MONEY $533,890 $310,225 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,532,651 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-0 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 6-4 4-3 / 7-7 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 17-7 / 120-95 2-1 / 4-3 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 43-32 1-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 30-31 3-2 / 4-2 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-6 / 74-62 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 11-19 1-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 3-5 / 19-32 2-0 / 4-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 12-10 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANETT KONTAVEIT 2019 R3 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) W/O 2018 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #54) 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5 2017 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #37) 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 2016 R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #20) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 2015 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #23) 6-2 6-1

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making debut at US Open • Making sixth consecutive appearance at US Open, • Advanced to SF of girls’ doubles here in 2017 (w/ where best result remains run through qualifying to Swiatek) R16 on debut in 2015 (l. V.Williams) • In 1r this year, struck 35 winners to see off Arconada • Only other victories here came during last year’s 3r in two tight sets showing; withdrew prior to match vs. Bencic w/illness • Now owns 2-3 record at Grand Slam level - subsequently sat out remainder of season • Faces No.21 Kontaveit in 2r today; in terms of • R-Up in 2012 US Open girls’ singles (l. Crawford) ranking, best win of her career was over No.18 Von- • Overall Slam win-loss record stands at 23-19 drousova at 2020 Palermo • Committed just 14 unforced errors during three-set 1r • Is one of 11 teenagers in the draw this fortnight win over Collins • Faces No.113 Juvan in 2r; last loss to a player out- side Top 100 was against No.356 Friedsam at 2019 Eastbourne • Best previous result on US soil was SF run at 2019 Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) • During last year’s North American hard court swing, made 3r at Toronto (l. Ka.Pliskova), Cincinnati (l. Barty) and US Open • Is currently ninth on the 2020 prize money list • Over the last few months, the Estonian has used her time off to refining her gardening skills back home; while on the court, last month defeated Ostapenko to help Estonia beat Latvia in the Merko Cup exhibition in Tallinn GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Made Grand Slam and tour-level debut as a lucky • Played landmark 20th Grand Slam main draw at loser at 2019 Roland Garros, falling 1r (l. Cirstea) 2020 Australian Open, where she made history by • One month later reached 2r at Wimbledon (as qualifi- becoming the first Estonian to reach QF (l. Halep) - er, d. Kr.Pliskova, l. S.Williams) across all four majors only other Estonian to reach • Won girls’ doubles title w/Danilovic at 2017 Wimble- the last eight is Kanepi (on six occasions) don • Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Wil- liams) – only seventh qualifier in Open Era to reach US Open R16 • Also made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) • Best showings at Wimbledon are 3r runs in 2017 (l. Wozniacki), 2018 (l. Van Uytvanck) and 2019 (l. Muchova) SEASON SEASON

• Marked return to action by coming through three • Coming off QF run at Western & Southern Open (l. rounds of qualifying to reach 2r at Palermo (d. No.18 Osaka in 3s) - the 20th time in her career she has Vondrousova, l. Giorgi). Also contested qualifying at reached last eight or better at a WTA event Prague • Posted R-Up finish at Palermo (d. No.15 Martic in • Before tennis’ hiatus, fell in qualifying at Monterrey SF, l. Ferro); career record in finals is now 1-5 after making 2r at Monterrey (l. Zidansek); saved • In Middle East, advanced to QF at Dubai (l. No.15 7mp during 1r win over V.Williams in Monterrey Martic) and fell 2r at Doha (l. eventual champion • Began 2020 season with qualifying loss in Shenzhen Sabalenka) before advancing through qualifying at Australian • Won four singles rubbers on Fed Cup duty (including Open to make Melbourne debut (l. Yastremska in 1r) over No.4 Svitolina), leading Estonia to within one win of victory over Ukraine in the promotional play-off KAJA ANETT JUVAN VS KONTAVEIT

CAREER MILESTONES SEASON CONT.

• Ended 2019 season at No.133 • Made Grand Slam breakthrough by reaching maiden • In 2019, made Grand Slam and tour-level debut as major QF at Australian Open (l. Halep), became the a lucky loser at Roland Garros, falling 1r (l. Cirstea) first Estonian to make the last eight in Melbourne` and won first Grand Slam match as qualifier at Wim- • Kicked off 2020 season by reaching 2r in Brisbane bledon (d. Kr.Pliskova) before losing to S. Williams (l. Bertens) and falling 1r in Adelaide (l. Pavlyuchen- on Centre Court in 2r kova) • Followed Wimbledon performance with 2r showing at Bucharest, helping her reach highest career ranking of No.106 on August 12, 2019 CAREER MILESTONES • Rose nearly 400 places in the rankings to finish 2018 at a career-best No.174 • Finished 2019 ranked No.26 – her second straight • Ended 2018 campaign with 42-10 record and four ti- Top 30 finish (No.21 in 2018) – despite missing final tles on ITF Circuit. Also fell at the first hurdle on WTA two months of the season w/viral illness qualifying debut at Budapest (l. Schnyder) • Reached her fifth career final in 2019 at Stuttgart (l. • Has 4-7 record for in Fed Cup, making Kvitova). Also in 2019, advanced to her first Premier debut in 2017 and representing her nation in 2018 Mandatory SF at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty), and 2019 as well which propelled her to a career high ranking of No.14 • Owns one Top 20 win, over No.18 Vondrousova at (April 1, 2019) 2020 Palermo • In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles • Owns seven singles and one doubles title on ITF final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw Circuit wins – the first time she had registered 30 or more • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Slovenia in wins in a season – finishing No.21 in the rankings 2015, losing in the 2r at $25K Velenje • Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 at • As a junior, she peaked at No.5 in the rankings and Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) and SF won the gold medal in singles at in showings at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina) 2018. Other highlights included winning the Orange and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) Bowl in 2016 and lifting the girls’ doubles title w/ • Breakthrough season came in 2017, finishing on a Danilovic at 2017 Wimbledon ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 – first year- end finish inside Top 50 and second non-consecutive year in Top 100 • Won first career singles title at 2017 ‘s-Hertogen- bosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at Biel/Benne (l. Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens) • Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run at Gstaad (July 24, 2017) • Also advanced to QF at Premier-level tournaments at Stuttgart, where she beat No.6 Muguruza en route, and Rome, where she posted her first career win over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber in 2r • In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams for first time, but dropped out of Top 100 • One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100 • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at No.96, up from No.152 • Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at 2016 Monterrey (2r) • Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. McHale, 1r) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010 • Junior highlights included winning 2012 US Open and 2011 Orange Bowl KAJA ANETT JUVAN VS KONTAVEIT

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Robert Cokan • Coached by Nigel Sears • Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia • Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia • Parents are Katja Azman Juvan and Robert Juvan • World No.1 Estonian player • Started playing tennis at five • Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in • Favorite surface is clay tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began working other Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is a manager at the Port of Tallinn MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23) vs. ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #109)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 2-0

2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-0 6-4 66 mins 2014 NÜRNBERG CLAY O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-2 7-6(0) 87 mins

ANGELIQUE KERBER ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM 23 WTA RANKING 109 60 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 75 18-01-1988 (32) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 01-02-1994 (26) $231,843 YTD PRIZE MONEY $58,877 $29,526,500 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,471,958 0 / 12 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 26-11 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 1-2 5-3 / 432-247 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-2 / 46-52 1-1 / 120-100 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 17-16 1-4 / 87-61 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 11-12 5-3 / 284-162 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-2 / 25-27 0-0 / 39-62 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 1-10 0-0 / 90-116 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 4-12 0-0 / 34-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 2-6 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM 2019 2019 R1 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #54) 7-5 0-6 6-4 R3* L - CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #214) 6-4 6-3 2018 2016 R3 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #35) 3-6 6-3 6-3 R1 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #8) 6-2 6-4 2017 2015 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #45) 6-3 6-1 R1 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #89) 6-1 6-1 2016 2014 F W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-3 4-6 6-4 R3* L - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #128) 6-4 4-6 6-2 2015 2013 R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #20) 7-5 2-6 6-4 R1* L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #144) 6-2 6-2 2014 R3 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #58) 6-1 7-5 2013 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #20) 4-6 6-3 7-6(3)

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2012 R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #10) 7-6(5) 6-3 2011 SF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-3 2-6 6-2 2010 R1 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 6-3 6-1 2009 R2 L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #43) 7-5 6-3 2008 R1* L - SHENAY PERRY (USA #9,999) 6-2 6-3 2007 R1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open • Making third main draw appearance at US Open, (and 14th overall) and is through to 2r for the first time • Champion here in 2016 (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), which • Suffered 1r exits in 2015 (l. Kanepi) and 2016 (l. marked second Grand Slam title of career, after de- Vinci) but title at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F). • Contesting 13th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Also won 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) US Open – including Monday’s 1r win, is now 8-12 • Run to title here four years ago also saw her rise across the majors to World No.1; was 22nd player to hold WTA World • Was ranked No.232 this time last year – enters 2020 No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve US Open at No.109 milestone since computer rankings were introduced • In 1r, gained revenge on Dolehide, her conqueror in in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record the final round of qualifying here 12 months ago 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997) • Prior to Monday’s victory, had lost her last three 1r • Other key results in Flushing Meadows were SF run Slam main draw matches: 2016 US Open, 2018 Aus- in 2011 (had not been past 3r at a major until that tralian Open (l. today’s opponent Kerber) and 2019 point) and has reached R16 on two further occasions Wimbledon (l. Gasparyan) (2012-13) • Defeat of Dolehide was first Slam win since 2016 • Her 1r loss in 2017 (l. Osaka) marked second time Wimbledon (d. Diyas in 1r, Alexandrova in 2r, l. Doi in Open Era a defending US Open champion lost in in 3r) opening round (also Kuznetsova in 2005, who lost to • Dropped only four games in defeat of Dolehide – the Ekaterina Bychkova) joint-most comprehensive Grand Slam win of career • Was one of 10 Grand Slam champions and one of (also dropped on four games vs. Diyas at 2016 six former US Open champions to begin year’s draw Wimbledon • One of 26 thirtysomethings to begin this year’s draw • Faces No.23 Kerber today – a win would be best-by- – became 10th woman in Open Era history to lift a ranking since 2019 Linz, where she defeated No.10 Grand Slam title at the age of 30 at 2018 Wimbledon Bencic • Playing her milestone 50th Grand Slam main draw • Second time facing Top 25 opposition this season– - and 43rd in a row - at 2020 US Open; 1r win on fell to No.5 Kenin in final at Lyon Monday moves her to a 106-46 win-loss record - one of seven active players with more than a century of victories at this level • US Open is her third-most successful Slam, with a 26-11 main draw record (includes 1r win), followed by Wimbledon (31-11) and the Australian Open (32-12), and then finally Roland Garros (17-12) • Ranked No.23 this fortnight – lowest ranking entering a Slam since 2012 Australian Open (No.30) • Overcome Tomljanovic in 1r on Monday – was first competitive match since R16 defeat at the Australian Open in January (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Faces compatriot No.109 Friedsam today – is a per- fect 10-0 vs. German woman at the Slams in career, defeating Petkovic (2009 US Open), Lisicki (2012 Wimbledon), Barthel (2013 Roland Garros), Witthoeft (2015 Wimbledon), Beck (2016 Australian Open), Witthoeft (2016 Wimbledon), Witthoeft (2017 WIm- bledon), Friedsam (2018 Australian Open), Barthel (2018 Roland Garros) and Maria (2019 Wimbledon) • Has lost to players ranked outside Top 50 at three of the past four majors: No.81 Potapova (2019 Roland Garros), No.95 Davis (2019 Wimbledon) and No.54 Mladenovic (2019 US Open) • Last loss to a player outside the Top 100 at a Slam came in 2011, at Wimbledon (l. 254 Robson) • Owns seven hard court titles, most recently at 2018 Sydney. Most recent hard court final was 2019 Indian Wells (l. Andreescu) ANGELIQUE ANNA-LENA KERBER VS FRIEDSAM

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam • Best result at the majors came with R16 run at 2016 champion to save match point en route to the title Australian Open (d. No.15 Vinci, l. A.Radwanska) since Li Na at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a • Made 3r at Wimbledon in 2016, and 2r 2015 Roland match point in 1r win over Doi) Garros and 2020 US Open • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2014 Ka.Pliskova in F) and duly rose to World No.1 Roland Garros (l. Voegele) • Kerber made just five unforced errors to beat S.Wil- liams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon • Just one of two players all-time to defeat Serena Wil- liams in two Grand Slam finals (also Venus Williams at 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon) • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champi- on Halep) SEASON SEASON

• Suffered from left leg injury during Australian swing, • Contested Western & Southern Open last week, also leading her to pull out of Sushine Double falling in qualifying (l. Ahn) • Before tennis’ hiatus, posted R16 run at Australian • Returned to tennis at Prague in August, falling in Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) qualifying (l. Kostyuk) • Posted 2r showing at Adelaide (ret. vs. Yastremska • Prior to hiatus, reached first tour-level final for almost w/left hamstring injury) five years, at Lyon (l. Kenin). Was first final since • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. 2015 Linz (l. Pavlyuchenkova in F) Stosur) • Run to Lyon final saw her win three consecutive matches for first time since 2016 Australian Open when she reached the R16 (l. A.Radwanska) • Also this season, fell in 1r qualifying of Australian Open (l. Naito) • Began 2020 campaign winning through two rounds of qualifying at Shenzhen Open but falling in 1r to Sasnovich CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 ranked No.20, down from No.2 in 2018 • 2019 season was first full season on tour in several • Reached two finals across last season, firstly finish- years after struggling with injuries – highlighted by ing as R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what back-to-back successful ITF weeks in same location, was the first Premier Mandatory final of her career. Roehampton, winning title at 25K and runner-up As a result, passed the $28 million prize money mark finish at ITF 25K the week prior – currently eighth on the all-time list • 2018 season was cut short due to a continuing • Second final came on the grass of Eastbourne (R- shoulder injury - only competed in tour level events Up, l. Pliskova) at Hobart (l. 2r) and Australian Open (l. 1r) • Also made SF runs at Doha (l. eventual champion • Finished the 2017 season ranked outside the Top Mertens), Osaka (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Mallorca 1000 due to her recovery from shoulder surgery • Victory over Kontaveit in 2r at Doha marked 600th • Competed in two WTA events in 2017 (Luxembourg career win across all levels and Linz) and capped off the year with by winning • Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r at 2019 Australian $25k ITF/Shrewsbury-GBR title Open for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of seven • Attained year-end career-highs in both singles active players to achieve the feat) (No.68) and doubles (No.121) in 2016 ANGELIQUE ANNA-LENA KERBER VS FRIEDSAM

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and • Season highlights in 2016 included runner-up in dou- third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. bles at Mallorca (w/Siegemund), the first WTA dou- S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 bles final of her career. Also advanced to QF stage at • Also in 2018, advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. Nürnberg (l. countrywoman Beck), finished runner-up Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai at new WTA 125K Series event at San Antonio (l. Doi (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. in F) and reached second tour-level SF of career to eventual champion Wozniacki date at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion A.Radwans- • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of ka) before R16 effort at Australian Open season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SF runs • Finished 2015 at No.99 for second consecutive Top at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai 100 finish (also No.86 in 2014) • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first • Season highlight in 2015 was runner-up finish at Linz Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. (l. Pavlyuchenkova) – best result of career so far S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), • Won WTA 125K Series event in Suzhou, China in finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and 2014 rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- • Made Top 100 debut on August 11, 2014 (went from came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 No.101 to No.100) • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – be- • On ITF Circuit, winner of 12 singles titles and three came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- doubles titles ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by inter- national media and fans; also, ITF World Champion • Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-end- ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 • Won first career title at 2012 Paris [Indoors] • One of only four active players with three or more Grand Slam titles to their resume along with S.Wil- liams (23), V.Williams (7) and Clijsters (4)

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Recently reunited with fromer coach Torben Beltz • Favorite shot is serve, favorite surface is hardcourt • Previously worked with Dieter Kindlman, Raemon • Has been a member of the Porsche Talent Team for Sluiter and Wim Fissette rising German stars • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 • Introduced to tennis at six years of age by parents in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside • Mother Barbora works at a kindergarten; father Lud- the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez wig is a mechanical engineer; brother, Sebastian, is • Commercial endorsements include deals with studying to be a sports teacher; and sister, Emmanu- Porsche, Rolex and Head & Shoulders and SAP ela, works at a kindergarten MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

MADISON BRENGLE (USA #84) vs. DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #25)

Head to Head: First meeting

MADISON BRENGLE DAYANA YASTREMSKA 84 WTA RANKING 25 73 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 17 03-04-1990 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 15-05-2000 (20) $103,966 YTD PRIZE MONEY $269,565 $2,937,849 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,897,142 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 4-7 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 3-2 1-2 / 68-106 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-7 / 56-39 0-2 / 22-33 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 10-19 2-0 / 19-15 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 13-13 1-2 / 45-72 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-6 / 44-27 0-0 / 3-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 2-9 0-1 / 6-30 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 11-15 0-0 / 12-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 4-2 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

MADISON BRENGLE DAYANA YASTREMSKA 2019 2019 R1 L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #39) 6-3 6-3 R3 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-2 6-0 2018 2018 R1 L - SOFIA KENIN (USA #65) 6-0 4-6 7-6(4) R1 L - KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #202) 6-4 6-2 2017 R1 L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #73) 6-2 6-3 2016 R1 L - (USA #374) 6-2 4-2 2015 R3 L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #152) 6-2 3-6 6-0 2014 R2 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #28) 6-4 6-1 2013 R3* L - YINGYING DUAN (CHN #133) 6-7(3) 6-1 6-2

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2012 R1* L - MADISON KEYS (USA #152) 6-3 6-2 2011 R1* L - TATJANA MARIA (GER #157) 6-1 1-6 6-3 2010 R1* L - CLAIRE DE GUBERNATIS (FRA #224) 3-6 6-2 7-5 2009 R1* L - CAMILLE PIN (FRA #128) 6-2 7-5 2008 R2* L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #108) 6-4 6-3 2007 R1 L - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #123) 6-4 6-1 2006 R2* L - (UKR #97) 6-3 7-5 2005 R1* L - VIKTORIYA KUTUZOVA (UKR #131) 6-1 6-2

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making eighth main draw appearance at the US • Making third appearance at US Open Open, and her 16th overall consecutive appearance • Best result here is making 3r in 2019 (l. Svitolina). here in New York Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut here in 2018 • First contested qualifying here in 2005 (l. Kutuzova), (l. Muchova). Has never contested qualifying here in and made main draw debut in 2007 (as WC, l. Mat- New York tek-Sands in 1r) • One of seven Ukrainians to begin main draw – six • Fell in qualifying six consecutive years from 2008- of which are in the top half of the draw (along with 2013, before being granted another wildcard into the Yastremska) draw 2014 • Enters tournament ranked No.25, four spots off • Her best result here is making the 3r in 2015 (l. career-high ranking of No.21, which she set the week Kontaveit) of January 20 following R-Up finish at Adelaide • Win over Zheng Saisai in 1r at 2015 US Open - at • This is her seventh Grand Slam main draw – best 3 hours, 20 minutes - set a new record for longest result is reaching R16 at 2019 Wimbledon women’s match at the US Open since the introduc- • Her coach Sacha Bajin coached Naomi Osaka to the tion of the tie-break in 1970. Record was surpassed 2018 US Open crown (and also won 2019 Australian by Konta vs. Muguruza later in same tournament, Open with her) which took three hours, 23 minutes • Won 15 of her 17 service games during hard-fought • Prior to defeat of Rodionova in 1r this year, had lost 1r win over Sharma her last four consecutive opening matches in New • Overall Grand Slam win-loss record now stands at York, falling to 2019 (l. Putintseva), 2018 (as qualifier, 9-6 l. Kenin), 2017 (l. Flipkens), 2016 (l. Day) • Faces Brengle today in 2r – is 1-1- vs. American • Opened 2020 US Open campaign with 1r win over woman at the Slams, losing to S.Williams at 2019 Rodionova, posting a 94% first serve rate Australian Open and defeating Kenin at 2019 Wim- • It was her 15th Grand Slam main draw win (15-26 bledon record across the majors) • Loss to No.84 Brengle would be worst-by-ranking • Was her first tour-level main draw win of 2020, and of season since falling to No.120 Flipkens at 2019 first since 2019 San Jose (d. Petkovic, l. Anisimova) Moscow • Faces No.25 Yastremska today – second time facing • Highlights of last summer’s North American hard Top 25 opposition in 2020, after defeat to No.11 court swing were 3r runs at US Open (l. Svitolina) Sabalenka at Lexington and Toronto (l. Kenin) • Win would be best-by-ranking since overcoming No.14 Vondrousova at 2019 Wimbledon • Today’s winner faces Rybakina or Rogers in 3r

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting her 27th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 • Advanced to second week of a major for the first time US Open – made her main draw debut at 2007 Aus- at 2019 Wimbledon, falling to S.Zhang in R16 tralian Open • Reached 3r at 2019 US Open (l. Svitolina) and 2019 • Best performance was R16 run at 2015 Australian Australian Open (l. S.Williams) Open (l. Keys). Reached 3r at 2015 US Open (l. • Made 1r exit at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Suárez Na- Kontaveit) and 2017 Wimbledon (l. Garcia). At 2017 varro) in first appearance in Paris Roland Garros made 2r (l. Bacsinszky) • Runner-up in 2016 Wimbledon junior girls’ event (l. • Did not contest main draw at a Grand Slam between Potapova) 2008 Roland Garros and 2014 US Open, where she received a wildcard • Win over Zheng Saisai at 2015 US Open – at 3 hours, 20 minutes – set a new record for longest women’s match at the US Open since the introduc- tion of the tiebreak in 1970. Record was surpassed by Konta vs. Muguruza later in same tournament, which took three hours, 23 minutes MADISON DAYANA BRENGLE VS YASTREMSKA

SEASON SEASON

• Last week contested qualifying at Western & South- • Coming off 3r run at Western & Southern Open (d. ern Open V.Williams in 1r, l. eventual R-Up Osaka) • Made 1r exit at Lexington (l. Sabalenka) • In first event of tour’s resumption, made QF career • In Febraury and March played a mixture of WTA WTA QF at Palermo (l. Giorgi, having held 2MP) 125K Series and ITF Circuit events, with highlights at • Highlight of opening months of season reaching first title at Newport Beach (d. Voegele in F) and reaching Premier-level SF and then F at Adelaide (l. Barty in SF $100K ITF/Nicholasville-KY, USA F). Posted three Top 20 wins en route, over No.18 • Opened season with qualifying exits at Brisbane and Kerber, No.20 Vekic and No.12 Sabalenka Hobart before falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Garcia) • Also made 3r at Doha (d. No.5 Kenin, l. Muguruza) and 2r at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki). Fell 1r at Brisbane (l. Bertens) and Dubai (l. Kudermetova) CAREER MILESTONES • In February, won all three singles rubbers to help Ukraine see off Estonia, Croatia and Bulgaria to earn • Finished 2019 ranked No.94 for sixth consecutive a trip to Japan for the rescheduled Fed Cup by BNP year-end ranking in the Top 100 Paribas Play-offs for a place in the 2022 Qualifiers • Highlights of year included QF at Nurnberg (l. Sin- iakova) as well as reaching 2r at Australian Open, Indian Wells, Wimbledon CAREER MILESTONES • Won two titles on ITF Circuit at $60K Berkeley-CA, USA and $60K Landisville-PA, USA • Posted second Top 100 and first Top 30 season • Posted fifth consecutive Top 100 finish in 2018, at finish in 2019, at No.22 No.90. Played predominantly on ITF Circuit, winning • Captured two WTA singles titles in 2019 at Hua Hin three singles titles in USA, at $100K Midland-MI, (d. Tomljanovic in F after trailing 5-2 in third set) and USA $60K Landisville-PA, USA and $60K Stock- Strasbourg (d. Garcia after saving 1mp) ton-CA, USA • Advanced to QF at 2019 Wuhan, where she record- • •At tour-level, 2018 season highlight was 2r at Wim- ed maiden Top 5 win against No.2 Ka.Pliskova in bledon (l. Giorgi) R16 (l. Kvitova), and made Grand Slam breakthrough • •eached one QF in 2017, at Auckland – d. No.2 with R16 run at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Zhang) S.Williams in R16 for best win of career to date • Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2019, going • 2016 season was highlighted by SF appearance at 1-1 in RR stage (d. No.20 Vekic, l. eventual R-Up ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Vandewe- Bertens) and reached maiden doubles final, at Bei- ghe) and QF at Dubai (l. eventual champion Errani) jing (w/Ostapenko, l. Kenin/Mattek-Sands) • 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch was third tour-level SF of • Posted first Top 100 season in 2018, at No.60, win- career (also finalist at 2015 Hobart; semifinalist at ning first career title at Hong Kong (d. Q.Wang in F) 2015 Stuttgart) • Also in 2018, reached SF at Luxembourg (l. Bencic), • Enjoyed breakthrough start to 2015, reaching first 2r at New Haven (as qualifier, l. Goerges) and WTA singles final at Hobart (as qualifier, l. Watson), Charleston (as LL, l. Pera) and fell 1r at US Open (l. followed by R16 run at Australian Open – left Austra- Muchova), Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Puig) Québec lia with a 14-3 record City (l. McHale) and Beijing (as qualifier, l. S.Zheng) • Reached first SF at Premier-level at 2015 Stuttgart (l. • Became first woman born in the 2000s to crack the eventual champion Kerber); posted first Top 5 win of Top 100 on the WTA rankings, debuting at No.100 career over No.4 Kvitova in 2r. Did not make cut on (week of July 16, 2018) original entry list but gained admittance due to player • Won third ITF singles title in at $60k ITF/Rome-ITA withdrawals and reached two more finals in 2018•Posted first Top • Achieved career-high ranking of No.35 on 4 May 200 season in 2017, at No.189 – rose more than 200 2015 places during the year • Reached first WTA QF at 2014 Linz; as qualifier, -ad • Won first WTA main draw match and reached first vanced when Begu retired in second set of 1r match tour-level QF at 2017 Istanbul, defeating former and received walkover from Ivanovic in 2r World No.9 Petkovic en route (l. Cepelova) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Australian Open • Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2016 Istan- (as WC) bul (l. Hibino in 1r) • Played first tour event at 2005 US Open, falling 1r of • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2015 qualifying (as WC) • In juniors, rose as high as No.6 in the world • Made professional debut at $25k ITF/Allentown, • On ITF Circuit, winner of three singles titles and three PA-USA in 2004; won first of 14 ITF singles titles in doubles titles 2005; also has seven doubles titles on ITF Circuit MADISON DAYANA BRENGLE VS YASTREMSKA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Glenn Weiner • Currently coached Sascha Bajin (former coach of • Father is Dan, mother is Gaby, brother is David (also Naomi Osaka and Kristina Mladenovic). Previously plays tennis) coached by Olivier Jeunehomme • Began playing tennis at age 2 when mother intro- • Nominated for 2019 WTA Newcomer of the Year duced her to the sport • Born and resides in Odessa, Ukraine • Favorite shot is backhand • Trained as a junior in Istanbul, at Koza WOS • Likes to play volleyball and skim boarding MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #188) vs. [28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41)

Head to Head: CATHERINE BELLIS leads 1-0

2018 SYDNEY HARD O R1 CATHERINE BELLIS 7-6(2) 7-5 91 mins

CATHERINE BELLIS JENNIFER BRADY 188 WTA RANKING 41 50 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 16 08-04-1999 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-04-1995 (25) $158,466 YTD PRIZE MONEY $409,189 $1,248,265 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,418,649 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 4-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 4-3 7-5 / 40-34 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-6 / 44-52 3-2 / 15-12 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 16-15 4-2 / 11-8 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 11-17 7-5 / 29-27 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 12-6 / 35-34 0-0 / 3-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 2-10 0-2 / 8-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 10-15 1-1 / 5-4 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 3-5 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r

* Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

CATHERINE BELLIS JENNIFER BRADY 2017 2019 R1 L - NAO HIBINO (JPN #80) 6-3 4-6 7-5 R1 L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #46) 6-1 4-6 6-0 2016 2018 R3 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-1 6-1 R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #59) 6-3 6-3 2015 2017 R3* L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #114) 6-3 6-2 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) 6-1 6-0 2014 2016 R2 L - (KAZ #48) 6-3 0-6 6-2 R3* L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #146) 7-5 6-4 2015 R1* L - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #107) 6-2 6-4 2014 R1* L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #169) 2-6 7-5 6-3

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• Making fourth main draw appearance at US Open as • Making her fourth career main draw appearance at wildcard (fifth overall) Flushing Meadows this fortnight, with her best result • Best result was 3r run in 2016 (as qualifier, l. eventu- coming in the form of a R16 appearance in 2017 (l. al champion Kerber) top seed Ka.Pliskova) • Reached 2r in 2014 on Grand Slam (also tour level) • Contesting her 13th Grand Slam main draw at this debut as wildcard (l. Diyas); upset No.13 Cibulkova year’s US Open, where she is seeded for the first in 1r, at age 15, became the youngest player to win a time at this level US Open match since Kournikova in 1999 • One of 31 Americans competing in this year’s event, • Suffered 1r exit during her last visit in 2017 (l. Hibino including seven seeds in 3s) • Dispatched No.62 Blinkova in 1r (reeled of six games • Also fell in qualifying in 2015 (l. Ostapenko) in a row, winning 74% of points on first serve); now • Contesting eighth Grand Slam main draw this fort- has 10-1 record (including qualifying) against players night ranked outside Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat • Rallied from a set down to overcome No.118 Kor- coming against No.83 Pegula in 1r at Western & patsch in 1r to win her first US Open main draw Southern Open match in four years; her 7-6(13) loss in first set was • Overall win-loss record at the majors is now 11-12 the longest tie-break of the season, in which she held • Faces No.188 Bellis today, last time lost to an three set points opponent outside Top 100 was a defeat by another • Overall win-loss record at the majors is 8-7 compatriot, No.192 McNally at last year’s $100k ITF/ • Faces No. 41 Brady today; owns one Top 50 win Surbiton since came back from injury at WTA 125K Series • Record in Grand Slam 2r matches is 2-4; bidding event at Houston in 2019 - defeated No. 22 Muchova to pass 2r at a Slam for the first time since her R16 in 1r at 2020 Australian Open run here in 2017, the only other time was at 2017 • Record in 2r matches at majors stands at 3-1; Australian Open besides 2016 US Open, also reached 3r at 2017 • Owns 6-5 record against fellow countrywomen at Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki) and 2020 Australian tour level; has triumphed four times in past five Open (l. Mertens) encounters • Posted 6-6 record against fellow Americans at tour • Has been one of the most impressive servers on level (MD), 2-1 after her comeback from injury tour in 2020, winning 77.1% of service games; was • Best result on American soil was SF run at 2017 particularly impressive during recent Lexington title Stanford (d. Kvitova, l. Vandeweghe); also claimed run when she won 40 of 43 service games - just the her biggest title to date at WTA 125K Series event at 10th tournament champion in the past decade to win Honolulu in 2016 (d. S.Zhang in F) at 93% or more of her service games: • During 2019 North American hard court swing, made 2r at Toronto (as qualifier, l. Halep in 3s) and Cincin- nati (as qualifier, l. Hsieh), fell 1r at Washington DC (l. Kenin) and US Open (l. Sasnovich) • Best result on US soil before 2020 Lexington was R16 run at 2017 US Open; also finished R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells in 2019 (l. Golubic) • Since joining forces with Julia Goerges’ former coach, Michael Geserer, has enjoyed an impressive run, compiling a 18-6 record in 2020, which includes wins over Sharapova, Barty, Svitolina, Vondrousova, Muguruza, and Gauff • Playing doubles this fortnight w/Dolehide (face Ka- lashnikova/Kudryavtseva in 1r) CICI JENNIFER BELLIS VS BRADY

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Made Grand Slam debut at 2014 US Open (d. No.13 • Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open Cibulkova in 1r, l. Diyas in 2r). Became youngest and went on to become first major debutante Grand Slam main draw participant since Cornet to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 at 2005 Roland Garros (15 years, 133 days), and Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r youngest main draw participant at US Open since (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to 2004, when both Karatantcheva (15 years, 34 days) Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier and Vaidisova (15 years, 141 days) qualified to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era • Since then has reached 3r at US Open (2016, l. • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on eventual champion Kerber), Roland Garros (2017, l. Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams Wozniacki) and Australian Open (2020, l. Mertens) (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), • Fell 1r at Wimbledon (2017, l. Azarenka), US Open Gasparyan and Konta (2016) (2017, l. Hibino) and Australian Open (2018, l. Ber- • Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) tens) and made 2r at Roland Garros (2018-19) and Wim- • By reaching 3r at Roland Garros in 2017, became bledon (2017-18) the third American since turn of 21st century to reach this stage in Paris before turning 19 (also Har- kleroad, 2003, and Townsend, 2014) • In doubles, reached QFs at 2017 Wimbledon (w/ Vondrousova, l. Chan/Niculescu) SEASON SEASON

• Coming off 2r run at Western & Southern Open (as • Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. qualifier, l. Sabalenka in 3s) Pegula) • Reach QF at Lexington (l. Teichmann) – first time • Lifted maiden WTA title at Lexington (d. Teichmann reaching this stage at a WTA event since 2018 in F) - did not drop a set and broken just three times • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (d. No.22 Mucho- all week; made Top 40 debut at No.40 following the va in 2r, l. Mertens) tournament (August 17, 2020) • Opened 2020 season with 1r loss at Auckland (l. • Prior to the tour’s resumption, performed in a series Pegula) and 2r exit at Hobart (l. Kudermetova) of exhibitions and World Team Tennis matches in the US, posting a 12-7 record including wins over Grand Slam champions Azarenka and Stephens • Shortly before tour’s hiatus, fell 2r at Doha (l. Jabeur) • Enjoyed one of her career-best weeks at Dubai, where, as a qualifier, she advanced to first SF at a Premier level (l. eventual champion Halep); defeat- ed No.6 Svitolina, No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza en route • Suffered 1r exit at St Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova) • Fell in the 1r at Australian Open (l. Halep) but progressed to QF in doubles w/Dolehide (l. Hsieh/ Strycova) • In opening event of the season, made QF at Bris- bane (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) – scored first career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty in 2r; broke into Top 50 afterwards (No.49 on January 13, 2020) CICI JENNIFER BELLIS VS BRADY

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Has recently suffered from right elbow and wrist inju- • Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as ries, which kept her off tour for 18 months. Following low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights includ- 1r loss at 2018 Miami (l. Azarenka), did not play ed SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Gar- again until November 2019, at the WTA 125k Series cia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), even in Houston Indian Wells (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Andreescu) • Ranking dropped as low as No. 860 in Dec. 2019 • Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top • Prior to injury, posted QF run at 2018 Doha (as qual- 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64). Best results included ifier, d. Ka.Pliskova in 3r, l. Halep) followed by a 2r reaching SFs at $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) exit in Dubai at the hands of No.2 Muguruza and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño), • Finished 2017 ranked No.60 for career-best year-end 2r showing at Indian Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros finish (up from No.90 in 2016) (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) • Posted career-high ranking of No.35 on August 14, • Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at 2017 No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first • Named 2017 Newcomer of the Year in the annual WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up WTA Player Awards Gavrilova) • Stand-out results in 2017 included SF run at Stanford • Made R16 at 2017 Australian Open and US Open, (l. eventual runner-up Vandeweghe, in QF dropped which remains her best Grand Slam result to date only two games against world No.14 Kvitova to earn • Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at fourth Top 20 win) and SF at Mallorca (l. Goerges) 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) • Also advanced to QF at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up • Made first four main draw appearances at tour level Wozniacki) and Rabat (l. Bacsinszky) in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in • Win over No.6 A.Radwanska in 3r at 2017 Dubai 1r), Stanford and Montréal marked first Top 10 win of career. Became the • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. youngest player to defeat a Top 10 opponent since Falconi in 1r) 2014 US Open (Bencic d. No.7 Kerber and No.10 • Owns four singles and four doubles ITF Circuit titles Jankovic) and the youngest American to do so since • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- 2009 Wimbledon (Oudin d. No.6 Jankovic). USA (l. 1r) • Missed Australian swing in 2017 with hip injury • Ended 2016 at No,90 after a 15-match win streak brought titles at $50k ITF/Saguenay-CAN, $50k ITF/ Toronto-CAN and WTA 125K Series event in Hono- lulu (d. No.23 Zhang in F); made Top 100 debut on November 7, 2016 • Reached career-first tour-level QF at 2016 Stanford (l. V.Williams) • Ended 2015 at World No.248. Season highlight was 3r run at Miami (l. No.1 S.Williams). Also fell 1r at Stanford (as WC, l. Doi) • 2014 ITF Junior World Champion • Made tour debut at $25k ITF/Rancho Santa Fe, CA- USA in March 2014 • Winner of six singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Tom Gutteridge • Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, • Born in San Francisco and resides in Atherton, CA. part of the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Tennis National Was home schooled and is an only child Championship winning Bruins team in 2014. Com- • Turned pro after 2016 US Open, forgoing chanceto pleted sophomore year before turning pro in 2015 attend Stanford University on a tennis scholarship • Hired Michael Geserer (previously with Goerges) at • Has been helped by Chris Evert under US Tennis end of 2019, spent offseason training in Germany for Association mentoring program first time • Mother’s name is Elizabeth; father’s name is Patrick; has twin sister, Jessica US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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LEYLAH FERNANDEZ (CAN #104) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4) First meeting Fernandez knocked out former US Open finalist Zvonareva in first round... Kenin fell early at last week’s Western & Southern Open... Fernandez owns a Top 10 win over Bencic

MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #117) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) Williams leads 2-0 Williams beat Gasparyan in last 16 at Australian Open in 2016... Gasparyan has not passed this stage at a major since that Melbourne run... Williams is one of only two women to record more than 100 wins here

[5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) Sabalenka leads 1-0 Sabalenka overcame Azarenka in first round here last year...Azarenka contesting 50th major this fortnight... Sabalenka is seeded for the seventh straight Slam

[7] MADISON KEYS (USA #14) vs. ALIONA BOLSOVA (ESP #103) First meeting Keys won her opening match in under an hour... Bolsova has never faced a Top 20 player before... Keys was runner-up to Stephens in 2017’s all-American final

SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #77) vs. [9] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #13) Konta leads 1-0 Konta won pair’s only previous encounter at 2017 Eastbourne in straight sets... Cirstea is one of two Romanians to reach second round... Konta made QF here 12 months ago

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #NA) vs. [10] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #16) First meeting Muguruza recovered from slow start to beat Hibino in first round... Pironkova playing first tournament since 2017 Wimbledon... Muguruza contesting 30th major

[WC] KATRINA SCOTT (USA #637) vs. [22] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28) First meeting Both players registered their first win at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday...Scott one of three American wildcards to reach second round... Anisimova was junior champion here in 2017

[26] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) vs. OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #130) Stephens leads 2-0 Stephens beat Govortsova en route to 2016 Acapulco title... Govortsova among five Belarusians in second round at the same major for the first time...Stephens has lost five times to players outside Top 100 in 2020 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

LEYLAH FERNANDEZ (CAN #104) vs. SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

Head to Head: First meeting

LEYLAH FERNANDEZ SOFIA KENIN 104 WTA RANKING 4 41 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 1 06-09-2002 (17) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 14-11-1998 (21) $104,978 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,031,173 $161,326 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,949,905 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 5 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 1-0 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 7-5 9-6 / 10-10 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 16-6 / 85-50 1-2 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 32-22 3-2 / 4-3 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-6 / 24-16 9-6 / 10-9 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 16-6 / 69-36 1-1 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 8-14 1-1 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 15-23 0-1 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 3-3 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History

SOFIA KENIN 2019 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 6-3 7-5 2018 R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-4 7-6(2) 2017 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #146) 7-5 6-2 2016 R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-4 6-3 2015 R1 L - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #96) 6-3 6-1

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• Making main draw debut at US Open • Making sixth straight main draw appearance at US • Her other appearance at a major was 1r exit at 2020 Open Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Davis) • Has reached 3r here on last three visits, in 2017 (as • Has never contested qualifying here in New York or WC, l. Sharapova), 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2019 at Roland Garros or Wimbledon (l. Keys) • Was one of 11 teenagers (aged 17) to begin the main • Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a draw on Monday – entering 2r, is the second young- wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ est to remain in the draw (after Scott, 16) 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño • Sole Canadian woman in the singles main draw • Won maiden Grand Slam at Australian Open earlier • Contesting 2020 US Open on a career-high ranking this year. The last player to win back-to-back Slams of No.104 (achieved August 31, 2020) was Osaka (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open) • In 1r on Tuesday, defeated 2010 US Open finalist • Bidding for her 20th Grand Slam main draw win Zvonareva - first time the Russian has faled to make today – 1r win over Wickmayer on Tuesday takes her it past opening hurdle in New York record to 19-11 across the majors • Faces No.4 Kenin today – best win of career came • Contesting 2020 US Open ranked at a career-high over No.5 Bencic on Fed Cup duty earlier this year No.4 (achieved March 4, 2020). By contrast, this time • Lost to American opposition at her only other Slam last year was No.20 appearance, falling to Davis at 2020 Australian Open • Seeded No.2, her fourth time among the 32 seeds at • Other Top 10 opponent faced was loss to No.7 Svito- a major (also No.27 at 2019 Wimbledon and No.20 at lina at Monterrey 2019 US Open and No.14 at 2020 Australian Open) • Winner of today’s match faces Jabeur or Kanepi • Faces No.104 Fernandez today - last loss to a player ranked outside the Top 100 came against No.132 Stosur at 2019 Eastbourne • Meanwhile at the majors, only losses to players outside Top 100 were in 2018, to No.132 Diatchenko (Wimbledon) and No.146 Sharapova (US Open) • Is 5-3 is Grand Slam 2r matches • During last year’s US Open Series, made 2r at Washington DC, posted SF runs at Toronto and Cincinnati (d. No.1s Barty and Osaka along the way) before reaching 3r at US Open • Has won four titles on hard courts: 2020 Australian Open, 2020 Lyon, 2019 Guangzhou and 2019 Hobart • One of two players with multiple titles in 2020 (also Halep) GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Made Grand Slam debut with 1r exit at 2020 Austra- • Won maiden Grand-Slam in Melbourne defeating lian Open (as qualifier, l. Davis) two-time major champion Muguruza to become the • Has never contested qualifying at Roland Garros or youngest champion (21y, 80d) at Australian Open Wimbledon since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008 • Won 2019 Roland Garros junior’s title (d. Navarro) • Before 2020 Australian Open, best Slam result was becoming first Canadian to win a junior Grand Slam R16 run at 2019 Roland Garros (l. eventual champi- since Bouchard in 2012 on Barty); in 3r became first American to beat S.Wil- liams at a majors since Stephens at 2013 AO QF • Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño • Reached 3r at 2017 US Open as a wildcard (l. Sharapova), in what was only fourth tour-level main draw outing. Repeated feat in 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and again in 2019 (l. Keys) • Made 2r at Australian Open in 2019 and Wimbledon in 2018-19 LEYLAH SOFIA FERNANDEZ VS KENIN

SEASON SEASON

• Fell 2r at Lexington (as qualifier, l. Rogers) and 1r at • Coming off 2r exit at Western and Southern Open (l. Western & Southern Open (as qualifier, l. Jabeur) Cornet) • Before hiatus, made QF at Monterrey (d. Stephens, • Before hiatus, lifted fifth WTA singles title at Lyon (d. l. Svitolina) Friedsam in F) • Appeared in first ever WTA final at Acapulco (l. Wat- • Suffered 1r exit at Dubai (l. Rybakina) before falling son). At 17y, 177d, she was the youngest Canadian 2r at Doha (l. Yastremska) to reach a WTA singles final in 34 years (since Helen • Won deciding doubles rubber w/Mattek-Sands to Kelesi at 1986 Tokyo [Japan Open] won at 16y, help USA beat Latvia 3-2 and qualify for next year’s 338d) Fed Cup finals in Budapest; also went 1-1 in singles • Acapulco was the eighth tournament since the start (d. Sevastova, l. Ostapenko) of 2018 in which a player 17 or younger reached • Made her Top 10 debut at No.7 and US No.1 on the final – in contrast, from 2008-2017, only seven February 3 times did a player 17 or younger advance to a WTA • Won maiden major at Australian Open (d. Muguruza tour-level final. in F) to become the youngest champion (21y, 80d) in • Prior to Acapulco final run, had not won back-to-back Melbourne since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008 matches at tour-level • Kicked off season with 2r showings at Brisbane (l. • In Fed Cup action for Canada, earned first Top 100 Osaka) and Adelaide (l. Collins) win with a shock defeat of No.5 Bencic • Fell 1r on Grand SLam main draw debut at Australian CAREER MILESTONES Open (l. Davis) - result helped her break into Top 200 at No.185 for • Produced incredible 2019 campaign, winning three • Kicked off year by falling in qualifying at Auckland singles titles, a career-best Grand Slam perfor- mance, qualification into both WTA Elite Trophy Zhu- hai and WTA Finals (as alternate, played one match), CAREER MILESTONES and a career-high singles ranking of No.12 • Finished the year as US No.2 (behind No.9 S.Wil- • Played one WTA tournament in 2019 at Hiroshima liams) and leader in hard court wins (38-tied w/Barty) (l. Hibino in 1r) ending year ranked No.209 (up from • Registered back-to-back SF runs at Cincinnati and No.487 in 2018) Toronto, subsequently leading to Top 20 debut • Also in 2019 on ITF Circuit, won first title at $80k ITF/ • During this run, defeated No.1 Barty (Toronto) and Granby-CAN (d. Cabrera) and reached two further No.1 Osaka (Cincinnati), to become first player since finals, finishing the year with a 35-17 record October 2001 to defeat reigning No.1s in consecutive • Won 2019 Roland Garros junior’s title (d. Navarro) weeks (Davenport); also became youngest American becoming first Canadian to win a junior Grand Slam to defeat reigning No.1 in eight years (after McHale) since Bouchard in 2012 • Advanced to R16 for first time at a Slam at Roland • Played first WTA main draw and earned first main Garros (d. S.Williams), becoming first American to draw win of career at 2018 Quebec City defeating defeat Serena at the majors since Stephens at 2013 countrywoman Dabrowski in 1r (l. Watson in 2r) Australian Open QF • Member of Canadian Fed Cup Team 2019-20 • Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018, Top 50 on • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2016 October 8, 2018 and Top 20 on August 19, 2019 • Advanced to first WTA level SF in 2018 at Mallorca as a qualifier, also reaching this stage later in the season at Québec City • Represented the USA in the Fed Cup final vs. the Czech Republic in November 2018 • In 2017, won the US Open Wild Card Challenge, reaching the third round (l. Sharapova) and posting career first Top 50 win over No.34 Davis • Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a wildcard (l. Duque-Mariño in 1r) • Owns four ITF singles titles and two doubles titles • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2013, climbing to No.2 in ITF World Junior Rankings • Represented the USA at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Mas- ters, both held in China LEYLAH SOFIA FERNANDEZ VS KENIN

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Currently coached by Romain Deridder and father, • Born in Moscow, moved to New York as a baby Jorge Fernandez before family settled in Florida. Now resides in Pem- • Sponsors are ASICS, Babolat and Telcel/Claro broke Pines, Florida, where she was home-schooled • Born in Montreal, Canada and currently lives and • Known as ‘Sonya’ trains in Boynton Beach, Florida with her mother, • Coached by father Alexander Kenin with support Lo- Irene, father, Jorge, and younger sister (Bianca) who renzo Cava; trains at at ProWorld Academy in Delray also plays tennis Beach, Florida • Is trilingual, speaking Spanish, French and English • Best tennis memory is playing idol Maria Sharapova • Hobbies include taking dancing lessons, currently on Arthur Ashe (US Open 2017) learning Salsa with her younger sister; solving puz- • If not a tennis player would be a fashion designer zles and Rubiks Cubes which she does during match • Dream doubles partners would be Serena Williams rain delays or in her free time at the hotel and Grigor Dimitrov • Loves dessert but specifically enjoys molten lava • Good friends with CiCi Bellis and Katie Swan chocolate cake • Likes rap music, especially Drake • Treat food is Froyo - cookies and cream with Hershey’s on top MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #117) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8)

Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads 2-0

2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-2 6-1 55 mins 2015 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R1 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-4 6-1 83 mins

MARGARITA GASPARYAN SERENA WILLIAMS 117 WTA RANKING 8 274 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 19 01-09-1994 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 26-09-1981 (38) $79,578 YTD PRIZE MONEY $198,306 $1,567,781 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $92,742,122 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 73 0 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 23 2-2 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 102-13 1-2 / 44-48 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-4 / 829-142 1-0 / 17-13 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 165-64 0-1 / 11-8 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 112-56 1-2 / 37-30 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 12-4 / 518-88 0-0 / 2-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 175-72 0-1 / 4-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 306-98 0-0 / 3-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 70-13 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

MARGARITA GASPARYAN SERENA WILLIAMS 2019 2019 R2 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #16) 6-1 6-0 F L - BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #15) 6-3 7-5 2018 2018 R1 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) 7-6(5) 6-3 F L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4 2015 2016 R2* L - (USA #260) 6-3 6-3 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-2 7-6(5) 2014 2015 R1* L - (RUS #122) 7-6(3) 2-6 6-2 SF L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #43) 2-6 6-4 6-4

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2014 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) 6-3 6-3 2013 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2012 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 F L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-2 6-3 2009 SF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #9,999) 6-4 7-5 2008 F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #2) 6-4 7-5 2007 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 7-6(3) 6-1 2006 R16 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #1) 6-4 0-6 6-2 2005 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 7-6(5) 6-2 2004 QF L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #8) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2002 F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 6-4 6-3 2001 F L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 6-4 2000 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-4 6-2 1999 F W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 7-6(4) 1998 R3 L - IRINA SPIRLEA (ROM #8) 6-3 0-6 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making third main draw appearance at US Open • Making 20th appearance at US Open where she is • Is through to the 2r for the second time, having also a six-time champion: 1999 (d. Hingis in F), 2002 (d. made this stage in 2019 (d. Hon, l. Konta) V.Williams in F), 2008 (d. Jankovic in F), 2012 (d. • Lost 1r on debut in 2018 (l. Kerber) and fell in qualify- Azarenka in F), 2013 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2014 (d. ing on two occasions, in 2014 and 2015 Wozniacki in F). Tied with Chris Evert for most US • Today is bidding to reach the 3r of a major for the Open titles in the Open Era second time in her career, having made R16 at 2016 • Also R-Up four times, in 2001 (l. V.Williams), 2011 (l. Australian Open (l. today’s opponent S.Williams) Stosur), 2018 (l. Osaka) and 2019 (l. Andreescu) • Appearing in 12th career Grand Slam main draw at • By reaching 2019 final, established the largest gap 2020 US Open between first and most recent Slam final appearance • Missed 2016-2017 US Open as was rebuilding her at 19y 362d (d. Hingis in 1999 US Open) - previously career after enduring three (left) knee surgeries, held by V.Williams at 19 yrs, 312 days (l. Hingis in which kept her off tour for 16 months 1997 US Open, l. Muguruza in 2017 Wimbledon) • Opened campaign this fortnight with three-set win • Her 20 appearances at US Open is second among over Puig on Tuesday – moves to 7-11 win-loss players in 2020 starting field, behind V.Williams (22) record at the majors. Was first main draw win of • Doubles champion here in 1999 (w/V.Williams d. season Rubin/Testud in F) and 2009 (w/V.Williams d. Black/ • Won final set 6-0 – first time winning a set-to-love at Huber). Also won mixed doubles (w/Mirnyi) in 1998 Slam level • Bidding this fortnight to tie Australia’s Margaret Court • Entering 2020 US Open, was on an six-match losing on 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the all-time record. streak - $60K ITF/ Andrezieux-Boutheon-FRA (l. Her record in Grand Slam finals stands at 23-10 Frech in 2r via ret.), St. Petersburg (l. Zvonareva • Winner of 13 major titles on hard – most of any play- in qualifying), Dubai (l. Cirstea in qualifying), Doha er in Open Era; across all WTA events, has won 47 (l. Teichmann in qualifying), Lexington (l. Loeb in hard court titles, more than any other active player qualifying) and Western & Southern Open (l. Rogers • Contesting her 75th Slam main draw – in Open Era, in qualifying) trails only V.Williams (86, including 2020 US Open) • Prior to Puig win here, had not won a set since • Seeded No.3 this fortnight; has been seeded on all beating Pattinama Kerkhove in 1r at $60K ITF/ but two of her appearances in New York (exceptions Andrezieux-Boutheon-FRA. While last main draw were debut in 1998 and 2006) success came at 2019 Luxembourg 2r (d. Niculescu) • Win-loss record across the Grand Slams is 352-50 • Faces No.8 S.Williams today – last Top 10 win came (includes 1r win), the most wins in Open Era, ahead over No.7 Svitolina at 2019 Birmingham. Owns two of Martina Navratilova (306-49) wins overall vs. Top 10 players - also No.10 Bertens • Began 2020 US Open campaign with 1r win over at 2018 Linz) Ahn – moves to a perfect 20-0 in opening round • In terms of ranking, sole Top 50 win at a major came matches here in New York – 17 now of which have over then-No.19 Errani in 1r at 2016 Australian Open been decided in straight sets • In addition to 2r showing here, last summer’s sum- • Improves to 102-13 at US Open, now ahead of Evert mer results included a 1r qualifying exit at Cincinnati (101-12) for most wins in the Open Era, and ahead (l. Peterson) and 1r exit at the Bronx (l. eventual of Navratilova (89-17) - fourth player to ever reach finalist Giorgi) 100+ wins at one single major, in addition to Evert • Both career WTA singles titles have come on hard also Navratilova (120 wins at Wimbledon) and Feder- courts – 2015 Baku and 2018 Tashkent er (101 wins at Wimbledon) • Victory over Ahn was first straight sets win since the restart – all five other matches had gone the distance SEASON • Faces Gasparyan today - has suffered two losses in 2r of a Slam – on debut at Australian Open in 1998 (l. V.Williams) and 2014 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) • Owns a perfect 11-0 record vs. Russians here at US Open, playing and defeating Russian opposition in 2019 (Sharapova), 2016 (Makarova), 2015 (Diatch- enko), 2014 (Makarova), 2012 (Makarova), 2011 (Pavlyuchenkova), 2008 (Vesnina and Safina), 2007 (Zvonareva), 2002 (Safina) and in 2000 (Petrova) • The Russians to beat her at Slam level are Makarova at 2012 Australian Open (R16), Kuznetsova at 2009 Roland Garros (QF), Sharapova at 2004 Wimbledon (F) and Likhovtseva at 2000 Australian Open (R16) MARGARITA SERENA GASPARYAN VS WILLIAMS

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Achieved best major result by reaching R16 at 2016 • A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste- Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams); was fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind her debut appearance at the tournament – run in- only Margaret Court (24) all time cluded career first Top 20 win, over No.19 Errani in 1r • Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, • Did not win another main draw Grand Slam match 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, until 2019 Australian Open (l. Mertens in 2r) and 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2019 Wimbledon (ret. vs. Svitolina in 2r) 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 • Also made 2r at 2019 US Open • Owns a 23-10 record in Slam finals, with losses com- • Fell in 1r on other Grand Slam appearances, at ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble- 2015-16, 2019 Roland Garros, 2015-16 Wimbledon, don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), 2018 US Open and 2020 Australian Open 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. • Doubles semifinalist at 2016 Roland Garros (w/ Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 Kuznetsova, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mlade- Wimbledon (l. Kerber), 2018 US Open (l. Osaka), novic) 2019 Wimbledon (l. Halep) and 2019 US Open (l. Andreescu) • Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era • Boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, 17y 6.5m before her 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off qualifying exits last week at Western & • Made 3r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. Sakkar- Southern Open (l. Rogers) and also Lexington (l. in - led 7-5 5-3); 2h48m 2r win over Rus was longest Loeb) match since l. Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros • In Middle East failed to negotiate qualifying at either • Returned to action at Lexington earlier this month, Dubai or Doha reaching the QF (l. Rogers) • Returned to Europe to reach 2r at $60K ITF/ An- • Faced sister Venus in 2r in what was their 31st meet- drezieux-Boutheon-FRA and contest qualifying at St. ing – now leads their head-to-head 19-12 (13-9 on Petersburg hard courts and 8-5 on US soil) • Opened season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (as qualifi- • With a combined age of 79 years, 19 days, S.Wil- er, l. Sabalenka) and Australian Open (l. Sakkari) liams vs. V.Williams represented the highest com- bined age in a match since 2004 Charleston when Martina Navratilova (47) faced Amy Frazier (31), with a combined age of 79 years, 28 days • Loss to No.116 Rogers was 14th to a player ranked outside the Top 50, and most recent since 2017 Auckland to No.72 Brengle, while last to a player outside the Top 100 came against No.111 Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros PERSONAL • In last tournament before tour’s hiatus, fell 3r at Australian Open (l. Q.Wang) before participating in Fed Cup action going 1-1 in singles as USA defeated Latvia 3-2 (d. Ostapenko, l. Sevastova) • Began 2020 with 73rd career title at Auckland (d. Pegula in F) for first championship since giving birth to her daughter in 2017– also finished R-Up in dou- bles w/Wozniacki (l. Townsend/Muhammed); overall record in finals stands at 73-25 • At 44m, 6-1 6-1 SF defeat of Anisimova in Auckland is currently shortest completed match of the year MARGARITA SERENA GASPARYAN VS WILLIAMS

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 ranked No.87, up from No.105 the year • Highlights of 2019 season were her 32nd and 33rd prior Grand Slam finals, at Wimbledon (l. Halep) and US • Season highlight was SF run at Istanbul (ret. vs. Open (l. Andreescu) eventual champion Martic w/dizziness), QF at Lux- • Reached one further final last year at Toronto (ret. vs. embourg (ret. vs. Blinkova) and advancing to 2r at Andreescu w/back injury) Wimbledon for the first time (l. Svitolina) • With 73 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open • Defeated No.7 Svitolina in 1r at Birmingham for sec- Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), ond career Top 10 win (also defeated No.10 Bertens Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret at 2018 Linz) Court (92) • At St Petersburg suffered 1r defeat in singles (as • All three finals in 2019 – Wimbledon, Toronto and US qualifier, l. Azarenka) before bouncing back to cap- Open – came in consecutive tournaments ture doubles title w/Makarova. Also R-Up in doubles • Ended 2019 ranked No.10, her first year-end finish w/Niculescu at the Bronx (l. Jurak/Martínez Sán- inside the elite ranking bracket since 2016 (at No.2) chez), now owns 4-2 record in WTA doubles finals • Other highlights last season were reaching QF at • Started the 2018 season unranked and re-entered Australian Open and partnering with Andy Murray to the Top 100 at No.92 on November 12, 2018 contest Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon (reaching 3r) • Scored first Top 10 win of her career over No.10 • Defeated World No.1 Halep in R16 at Australian Bertens at 2018 Linz Open – at 37 years, is oldest player to defeat the • Owns a perfect 2-0 record in WTA singles finals. At reigning World No.1 No.299, became the lowest-ranked player to win a • Reached two Grand Slam finals in 2018, at Wimble- WTA title in 2018 at Tashkent – and second-lowest don (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka). Made return ranked WTA champion of all time after Angelique to Tour following birth of daughter Olympia at 2018 Widjaja at 2001 Bali (ranked No.579) Indian Wells • Sidelined for half of 2016 and most of 2017 due to • Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two knee surgeries, made comeback at 2017 Kremlin events all season, and both in January. Broke streak Cup (fell in qualifying) of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 16 • Ended 2015 season ranked No.62, her best year- Top 10 finishes to her name (most recently in 2019) end finish. Season was highlighted by winning first – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – WTA singles title at Baku (unseeded, d. Tig in F) and including five as the year-end No.1 first two doubles titles (Baku and Tashkent, both w/ • Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA Panova) history – set record when most recent streak began • Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015 on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 (awarded to Gavrilova) in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 • Reached career-high rankings during the 2016 sea- and Navratilova’s 332 son – No.41 in singles (week of February 15, 2016) • Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks and No.25 in doubles (week of May 6, 2016) (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record • Owns four WTA doubles titles: 2015 Baku (w/Pano- held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through va), 2015 Tashkent (w/Panova), 2016 Prague (w/ March 10, 1991) Sestini Hlavackova) and 2019 St Petersburg (w/ • Has registered 17 career wins over (eight different) Makarova) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo- • Made Fed Cup debut for Russia in 2013, playing va (18) doubles – Italy won the tie, 4-0. Also a member of • Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics squad in 2016 and 2019 • Along w/sister Venus held all four Grand Slam titles • On ITF Circuit, owns nine singles titles and eight at same time, from 2009 Wimbledon through 2010 doubles titles Roland Garros – third pair to do so (also Navratilova/ • First played WTA qualifying at 2010 Moscow and Shriver and Fernandez/Zvereva). Also teamed with made main draw debut at same event (Kremlin Cup) Venus to win three Olympic gold medals: 2000 Syd- in 2012 ney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London • Member of victorious Junior Fed Cup in 2010 for • Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil- Russia, alongside Gavrilova liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters) • Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013 MARGARITA SERENA GASPARYAN VS WILLIAMS

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached here in New York by Siarhei Betau. • Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora- Formerly coached by Carlos Martinez and Elena cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato- Makarova glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins • Born, lives and trains in Moscow; home club is CSKA • Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. • Father, a former weightlifter, is Melik, and mother on September 1, 2017 Lyudmyla competed in biathlon • Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem- • Began playing tennis at age five ber 2017 in New Orleans • Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27)

Head to Head: ARYNA SABALENKA leads 1-0

2019 US OPEN HARD O R1 ARYNA SABALENKA 3-6 6-3 6-4 133 mins

ARYNA SABALENKA VICTORIA AZARENKA 11 WTA RANKING 27 7 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 12 05-05-1998 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 31-07-1989 (31) $849,993 YTD PRIZE MONEY $294,530 $6,414,619 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $30,650,035 1 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 21 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 8 5-2 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 35-12 15-7 / 112-59 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 457-180 6-3 / 42-23 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 86-62 3-6 / 23-24 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 68-44 14-6 / 92-39 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 315-108 1-2 / 12-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 67-72 3-2 / 24-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 121-100 3-1 / 9-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 46-14 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) R128: d. OCEANE DODIN (FRA #115) 7-6(1),6-4 (1h30) R128: d. BARBARA HAAS (AUT #139) 6-1,6-2 (0h59)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ARYNA SABALENKA VICTORIA AZARENKA 2019 2019 R2 L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #39) 6-3 7-6(3) R1 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) 3-6 6-3 6-4 2018 2018 R16 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-3 2-6 6-4 R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-4 2017 2015 R1* L - CAMILLA ROSATELLO (ITA #251) 5-7 6-4 6-3 QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-3 4-6 6-4

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2016 2014 R2* L - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #110) 7-6(2) 6-3 QF L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #18) 6-4 6-2 2013 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2012 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #27) 6-1 7-6(5) 2010 R2 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 5-1 2009 R3 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #28) 4-6 6-2 6-2 2008 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) 6-4 6-4 2007 R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-3 2006 R3 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #29) 6-4 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making third main draw appearance (and fifth overall) • Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open, at the US Open where she is a two-time R-Up, in 2012 (l. S.Williams) • Posted career best Grand Slam finish here in 2018 and 2013 (l. S.Williams) by reaching R16 (d. No.5 Kvitova, l. eventual cham- • Also a two-time quarterfinalist in New York, in 2014 pion Osaka) on Flushing Meadows main draw debut and 2015 • Won doubles title here 12 months ago w/Mertens (d. • R-Up in doubles here in 2019 (w/Barty, l. Mertens/ Azarenka/Barty in F); defending their title as No.2 Sabalenka); seeded No.7 this year w/Kenin (face seeds (face Rodionova/Santamaria in 1r) Perez/Sanders in 1r) • Struck 28 winners - including 11 aces - in tight two- • Contesting landmark 50th major this fortnight - one of set 1r win over Dodin nine active players to reach this milestone • Now owns a 9-10 win-loss record across all Slams • Committed just seven unforced errors during 59-min- • Faces Azarenka in 2r; came from a set and a break ute 1r win over Haas down to beat her compatriot in 1r here last year • After clearing first hurdle here, Grand Slam win-loss • Record in Grand Slam 2r matches stands at 2-3 record record improves to 127-46 • Competing this year as the No.5 seed - her seventh • Meanwhile, among active players, places fifth for Slam in a row among the 32 seeds wins at US Open (35-12 record) • In addition to 2r showing here in New York, during • Faces No.11 Sabalenka in 2r today; owns 121 Top last year’s summer hard court season posted R-Up 20 wins, most recently over No.15 Konta during last finish at 2019 San Jose, made 3r at Cincinnati and week’s title run at Western & Southern Open fell 1r at Toronto • One of eight players who’ve held the WTA World No.1 singles ranking in this year’s draw • Currently ranked No.27 – her highest ranking since returning to the tour from maternity leave in 2017 • One of nine mothers in this year’s US Open field – also Bondarenko, Clijsters, Govortsova, Maria, Pironkova, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva • In addition to 1r exit here, last summer reached 2r at San Jose, Toronto and Cincinnati • Twenty of 21 career titles have come on hardcourts (equal fifth among active players), with nine of these coming in the US • Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago; there are 26 thirtysomethings in the field at start of tournament

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. • Two-time major champion, winning Australian Open eventual champion Osaka in 3s) in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 (d. Li in F) • Best singles showing at Australian Open was 3r run • Also a two-time runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US in 2019 (l. Anisimova) Open (losing to S.Williams in 3s on both occasions) • First Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on • Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, best result at Roland Garros is also SF run in 2013 d. Khromacheva, l. Witthoeft) • Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Aus- • Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at tralian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesni- 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros na), 2011 Australian Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US (l. Bertens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) Open (w/Barty) • Won career first Grand Slam title of any kind, in dou- • Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at bles at 2019 US Open (w/Mertens) – pair defeated 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros Azarenka/Barty in final (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray) • Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2005 ARYNA VICTORIA SABALENKA VS AZARENKA

SEASON SEASON

• Made 2r at Lexington (l. Gauff in 3s), then reached 3r • Lifted 21st career title at last week’s Western & at Western & Southern Open (l. Pegula in 3s) Southern Open when final opponent Osaka withdrew • Before hiatus, won sixth career WTA title at Doha (d. w/left hamstring injury; now 21-17 in singles finals Kvitova in F) • Suffered 1r exit at Lexington (l. V.Williams) in her • Reached QF at Dubai (l. eventual champion Halep) second WTA event of 2020 • Represented Belarus in Fed Cup play-off victory • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Monterrey (l. vs. the Netherlands. Teamed up with Sasnovich in Zidansek), having contested any events in Australia doubles to seal the victory (d. Bertens/Schuurs on a due to personal reasons third-set tie-break). In singles, d. Rus, l. Bertens • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro) • Posted SF run at Adelaide (l. Yastremska). Upset No.4 Halep in QF at Adelaide to score fifth Top 5 win of her career, having previously beaten No.2 Wozni- acki (2018 Montréal), No.5 Garcia (2018 Cincinnati), No.5 Kvitova (2018 US Open) and No.1 Barty (2019 Wuhan) • Opened 2020 campaign with 2r exit at Shenzhen as the defending champion (d. Gasparyan, l. Kr.Plisko- va)

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended as World No.11 for the second straight year • Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where in 2019 after capturing three WTA singles titles at she fell to Sabalenka in 1r; also reached the doubles Shenzhen (d. Riske in F), Wuhan (d. Riske in F) and final w/Barty (l. Mertens/Sabalenka) Zhuhai (d. Bertens in F) • Highlight of 2019 was 37th singles final at Monterrey • Became first player to successfully defend Wuhan (d. No.5 Kerber in SF, l. Muguruza in F via ret. w/leg title (d. Kontaveit in 2018 F). Also finished runner-up injury). Also made QFs at Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stutt- in doubles with Mertens in 2019 (l. Duan/Kudermeto- gart (l. Kontaveit via ret.) and Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) va in F) • On February 2, 2019 returned to Top 50 for first time • During summer hard court season made R-Up finish following the birth of her child, Leo at San Jose (l. S.Zheng) • Highlights of 2018 season included SF at Miami (l. • Made Top 10 debut on January 28, 2019 following 3r Stephens) and QF at San Jose and Tokyo run at 2019 Australian Open • Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of • Captured first Grand Slam doubles trophy at US first child in December 2016 Open (w/Mertens, d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Earlier in • Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. the season, the pair claimed the ‘Sunshine Double’ Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tourna- by winning back-to-back titles at Indian Wells (d. ment contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) and Miami (d. Stosur/ • Followed this with R16 at Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did Zhang in F) not play after Wimbledon due to personal reasons • Qualified for WTA Finals Shenzhen (w/Mertens), • Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing sec- going 1-2 in the round robin stage ond half of season after going on maternity leave • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two (announced pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and at Brisbane and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and and Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in finishing at No.11 in the rankings 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and • Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp Slam run to R16 at US Open w/right knee injury) • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending • Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first due to variety of injuries tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) ARYNA VICTORIA SABALENKA VS AZARENKA

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wim- • Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between bledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. each occasion (l. Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul) Ka.Bondarenko) • Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and • Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1 • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title • Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 Olympics at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi) • Owns three WTA doubles titles – all coming along- • Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata side Mertens during 2019 season (Indian Wells, • ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first Miami and US Open) tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, end- ing year at No.155 • WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat • Made debut on ITF Circuit in Minsk in 2012

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Dieter Kindlmann. Formerly worked with • Currently without a full-time coach but worked with former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov Francis Bougy at last week’s Western & Southern • Started playing aged six as an accident when father Open. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Sam drove by local tennis courts Sumyk and Michael Joyce • Voted 2018 WTA Newcomer of the Year by interna- • Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 tional media • Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s • Her favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo name is Fedor and older brother is Max MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[7] MADISON KEYS (USA #14) vs. ALIONA BOLSOVA (ESP #103)

Head to Head: First meeting

MADISON KEYS ALIONA BOLSOVA 14 WTA RANKING 103 32 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 124 17-02-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 06-11-1997 (22) $283,156 YTD PRIZE MONEY $39,461 $12,374,422 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $576,663 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 23-8 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 2-1 7-3 / 214-124 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 7-7 1-1 / 53-52 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-2 1-0 / 54-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 3-3 7-3 / 132-85 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 2-2 1-1 / 18-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-0 1-1 / 37-49 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-0 2-0 / 20-18 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-1 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [7] MADISON KEYS (USA #14) vs. ALIONA BOLSOVA (ESP #103) R128: d. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #101) 6-1,6-1 (0h55) R128: d. JIL BELEN TEICHMANN (SUI #52) 7-6(3),6-2 (1h42)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

MADISON KEYS ALIONA BOLSOVA 2019 2019 R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 7-5 6-4 R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #106) 3-6 6-4 6-2 2018 2018 SF L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4 R3* L - ARANTXA RUS (NED #110) 5-7 6-0 6-2 2017 F L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #83) 6-3 6-0

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2016 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #74) 6-3 6-4 2015 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-3 6-3 2014 R2 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5 2013 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #12) 6-3 6-4 2012 R2* L - PAULA ORMAECHEA (ARG #120) 6-4 6-2 2011 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26) 3-6 7-5 6-4 2010 R1* L - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #130) 3-6 6-4 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making ninth main draw appearance at US Open • Making second appearance at US Open, having (and 11th overall) reached 2r on debut in 2019 (l. Cirstea) • Best result here was R-Up finish in 2017 (l. Ste- • In 1r, struck nine aces to beat Teichmann and exact phens); took part in first all-American US Open final revenge for a defeat in qualifying for last week’s since 2002 (Serena d. Venus) Western & Southern Open • Enjoyed SF run in 2018 (l. eventual champion • Most recent tour-level win before this was 1r triumph Osaka) and advanced to R16 in 2015 (l. S.Williams), over Strycova here at Flushing Meadows in 2019 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2019 (l. Svitolina) • Faces No.14 Keys in 2r today; in terms of ranking, • Reached 2r here in 2011 on Grand Slam main draw the previous highest-ranked player she has faced debut (as WC, l. Safarova) and again in 2014 (l. was No.31 Strycova at 2019 US Open Krunic). Fell 1r in 2013 (l. Jankovic) • One of three Spaniards to reach 2r (also Muguruza • No.7 seed this fortnight – her 20th consecutive major and Sorribes Tormo) - all three are in the bottom half as a seeded player • Prior to this fortnight, had only played two tour-level • Fired 19 winners in just 55 minutes on court against events, reaching 2r at 2019 Charleston (d. Di Loren- Babos in 1r zo, l. Collins) and falling 1r at 2019 Bogota (l. Linette) • Faces No.13 Bolsova in 2r today. Last loss to a player ranked outside the Top 100 came against No.283 Baptiste at 2019 Washington DC, while last occurrence at a Slam to at hands of No.120 Rodina at 2018 Wimbledon • Record in Grand Slam 2r matches stands at 20-7 • US Open is Keys’ happiest major hunting ground holding a 23-8 record here, followed by the Austra- lian Open (20-8) and is 74-30 across the Slams • One of 31 Americans in starting field. The home nation has had at least one representative in SF (or better) every year since 2007

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Best result at a major was 2017 US Open R-Up • Mad Grand Slam debut at 2019 Roland Garros, com- finish to Stephens ing through qualifying to reach R16 (l. Anisimova) • Deepest run prior to that was breakthrough SF run at • Was the first player to reach R16 on debut at a major Australian Open in 2015 when she defeated No.18 since Brady at 2017 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. V.Williams and No.4 Kvitova en route (l. eventual Lucic-Baroni) champion S.Williams) • Also made 2r at 2019 US Open (l. Cirstea) • Became just the third American teenager since 1995 • Before 2019 Roland Garros, closest she had come to to reach SF at the Australian Open – also Chanda a major appearance was 3s loss to Rus in final round Rubin (1996, SF) and Sloane Stephens (2013, SF) of qualifying at 2018 US Open • Prior to 2015 had not passed 3r at a major • As a junior, played all four majors, reaching QF at • Achieved best result at Roland Garros with SF run in 2015 Australian Open girls’ singles 2018 (l. Stephens) – has reached at least QF at all four majors, including Wimbledon in 2015 • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 US Open, advancing to 2r (was first 16-year-old to com- pete at Flushing Meadows since Kristie Ahn in 2008) MADISON ALIONA KEYS VS BOLSOVA

SEASON SEASON

• In first event back since six month hiatus, fell 2r at • On return to action, fell 1r at Prague (l. Kung) and in Western and Southern Open (after 1r bye, l. Jabeur) qualifying at Palermo. Also contested qualifying at • Before hiatus, advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. last week’s Western & Southern Open Sakkari) • Enjoyed positive results when dropping down onto • Began 2020 campaign with R-Up finish at Brisbane ITF Circuit, finishing R-Up at $60k Cairo-EGY and (l. Ka.Pliskova); now 5-5 in WTA singles finals reaching another SF at this level • Failed to progress through qualifying at either Auck- land or Australian Open CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Lifted biggest title of career during 2019 season at • Finished 2019 campaign at No.114 in a year high- WTA Premier-5 level Cincinnati (d. Kuznetsova in lighted by R16 run at Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. F); afterwards returned to Top 10 for first time since Anisimova) week of June 25, 2018 • Last season, also made 2r at Charleston (l. Collins), • Reached QF at Roland Garros (l. Barty). One of Bucharest (l. Krejcikova) and US Open (l. Cirstea) three Americans to make last eight (also Anisimova • Broke into Top 100 after run in Paris and posted and Stephens) - the first time since 2004 (Capriati, career and posted career-high ranking of No.88 on S.Williams and V.Williams) July 15, 2019 • Also in 2019, produced R16 showings at Australian • Ended 2018 at No.163, her first career finish inside Open and US Open (l. Svitolina on both occasions) Top 400, following a season in which she compiled as well as picking up first title on clay at Charleston 41-16 record (mainly on ITF Circuit) (d. Wozniacki in F) • Won back-to-back clay court events at $25k ITF/ • Season highlights in 2018 were SF at US Open (l. Getxo-ESP and $25k ITF/Darmstadt-GER, her fifth eventual champion Osaka), Roland Garros (l. Ste- and sixth career titles at this level. Also reached four phens) and QF at Australian Open (l. Kerber) further ITF Circuit finals and contested qualifying at • Reached first Grand Slam final in 2017 in New York, Monterrey and US Open losing out to Stephens in 10th all-American US Open • Finished 2017 season at No.477, having won two final in the Open Era. At 22, became the youngest ITF Circuit titles Flushing Meadows finalist since 19-year-old Wozni- • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2018 Monterrey acki lost to Clijsters in 2009 • Fed Cup debut came in dead doubles rubber during • Enjoyed first Top 10 year-end finish in 2016 (at No.8), Spain’s 4-0 play-off win over Argentina in 2015 (w/ as youngest player in the year-end Top 25 Medina Garrigues, d. Bua/Podoroska) • Broke into Top 10 on June 20, 2016, becoming 118th • Owns six singles and eight doubles titles on ITF player to reach the elite bracket since computer Circuit rankings were introduced. Became first American to • Professional debut came on ITF Circuit in Europe at make Top 10 debut since S.Williams in 1999 end of 2012 • Reached a career-high singles ranking of No.7 on • Played for Oklahoma State University’s tennis team October 10, 2016 as a freshman in the 2016-17 season • Made WTA Finals debut at Singapore in 2016, going • On the junior circuit, had a career high ranking of 1-2 in round robin play No.4, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 • Represented USA at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching Australian Open SF (lost Bronze medal match against Kvitova) • Owns seven career Top 5 victories: No.5 Li (2013 Madrid), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Rome, 2017 Stanford), No.4 Svito- lina (2017 US Open), No.4 Kerber (2018 Cincinnati) and No.4 Halep (2019 Cincinnati) • Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2015 (went 1-1 in round robin stage on all three appearances); advanced to SF stage in 2018 however withdrew before match due to a left knee injury • Cracked Top 20 on February 2, 2015

MADISON ALIONA KEYS VS BOLSOVA

CAREER CONT. PERSONAL

• Was second-youngest player to win a WTA title in • Coached by Lourdes Dominguez. Formerly worked 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur); with Ana Alcazar also youngest American to win a title since Vania • Born in Chisinau, Moldova but moved to Spain at King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok a young age. Her father, Vadim Zadoynov and her • Made tour-level debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach at mother Olga Bolșova were both Olympic track and 14 years old (as WC, d. Kudryavtseva); was seventh field athletes youngest player to win a WTA main draw match at 14 • Gained Spanish citizenship in 2013 years, 48 days, and youngest since Hingis in 1994 • Started playing tennis at seven • Studies history and geography at the Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida PERSONAL • Hobbies include music, photography

• Coached by Ola Malmqvist; fitness coach is Rodney Marshall • Past coaches: Juan Todero, Jim Madrigal, Jesse Levine, Thomas Hogstedt, Dieter Kindlmann, Lindsay Davenport and David Taylor • Ambassador for Evian and FearlesslyGIRL • Was the architect behind Kinder Girl World Day recently on May 21, created in the “hope of replacing some of the toxicity we often see online with mes- sages of kindness” MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #77) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #13)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 1-0

2017 EASTBOURNE GRASS O R2 JOHANNA KONTA 6-2 6-2 73 mins

SORANA CIRSTEA JOHANNA KONTA 77 WTA RANKING 13 107 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 28 07-04-1990 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-05-1991 (29) $128,025 YTD PRIZE MONEY $183,003 $5,578,492 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,537,367 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 11-11 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 12-7 2-5 / 226-240 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-6 / 171-107 0-4 / 86-72 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 44-44 1-0 / 52-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 38-30 2-4 / 129-140 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-6 / 108-62 0-0 / 14-39 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 21-22 0-1 / 31-72 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 38-36 0-1 / 17-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 13-13 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

SORANA CIRSTEA JOHANNA KONTA 2019 2019 R3 L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #116) 7-5 6-2 QF L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-4 6-4 2018 2018 R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) 6-2 7-5 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) 6-2 6-2 2017 2017 R2 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #12) 6-4 6-4 R1 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #78) 4-6 6-3 6-4 2016 2016 R1 L - (ROU #116) 0-6 7-5 6-2 R16 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #48) 6-4 7-5 2015 2015 R3* L - MAYO HIBI (JPN #177) 6-4 6-4 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) 7-5 6-3

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2014 2014 R2 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #8) 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4 R1 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #155) 6-2 6-3 2013 2013 R2 L - (JPN #109) 7-5 6-1 R1* L - OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #151) 7-5 6-4 2012 2012 R2 L - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #73) 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2 R2 L - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #67) 2-6 6-2 7-5 2011 R1 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #22) 6-1 7-5 2010 R1 L - (SWE #55) 6-1 6-2 2009 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-3 6-2 2008 R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 7-6(3) 6-1 2007 R1* L - ALISON RISKE (USA #9,999) 6-2 7-6(4)

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 12th main draw appearance at US Open • Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open (14th overall) (ninth overall); reached QF in 2019 (l. Svitolina) • Best result is reach 3r twice, in 2009 (l. eventual • Previous deepest runs here were to R16 in 2015 (d. R-Up Wozniacki) and last year (l. Townsend) No.9 Muguruza in 2r, l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sev- • Also made 2r here in 2008, 2012-14 and 2017-18 astova) – first British woman to reach last 16 since • In 1r, struck 23 winners to beat McHale in two tight Jo Durie went all the way to the SF in 1983 (l. Evert) sets; is now 44-45 at Grand Slams • Came through qualifying to reach 2r on debut here in • Only other main draw win this year came over Stry- 2012 (l. Govortsova) cova at Australian Open • Fought past compatriot Watson in 1r on Tuesday, • Faces No.13 Konta in 2r today; last Top 20 win came saving six set points in the first set; now career re- over No.14 Keys at 2019 Madrid - the only other Top cord against fellow Brits stands at 28-8 (at all levels) 20 opponent she has faced since then was No.17 beat her compatriot most recently en route to 2018 Rybakina at 2020 Doha Nottingham final • Bidding to win back-to-back main draw matches (tour • Overall Slam record improves to 39-25 level) for the first time since 2019 Tashkent R-Up run • Faces No.77 Cirstea today in 2r; owns a 6-4 record • Owns a 12-16 record in 2r matches across the against players outside Top 50 this year Slams, and 2-6 here • Record in 2r at majors stands at 8-5 • During last year’s North American hard court season, • Last year, arrived in New York having gone 0-2 on only competed in US Open North American hard courts – made 1r exits at Toron- • Best results on American soil were SF appearances to (l. Yastremska) and Cincinnati (l. Peterson) at Los Angeles in 2009, and Stanford in 2012-13 • Best career result on US soil came in 2017 when she • One of two Romanians left in the draw from four in landed biggest title of career at Premier Mandatory the starting field (also Tig) Miami (d. Wozniacki in F). Also lifted maiden WTA title at 2016 Stanford GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting 46th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam Open breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Austra- • Best showing at a major came at 2009 Roland Gar- lian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); became ros (QF, l. Stosur) first British woman to reach the last four at Mel- • At 2017 Australian Open, achieved second-best bourne Park since Sue Barker in December 1977, Slam result by reaching R16 (upset No.10 seed and at any Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open Suárez Navarro in 2r, l. Muguruza); her previous • Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up best result in Melbourne was reaching 3r in 2012 (l. V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to Errani) and 2013 (l. Li); 1r win over Khromacheva in reach the last four since Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and Melbourne was first Grand Slam main draw victory at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova) since 2014 US Open (d. Watson in 1r) • One of eight active players to reach a major SF on • Reached 3r at Wimbledon in 2009, 2012 and 2017; hard, grass and clay: also Azarenka, Bouchard, Ha- at US Open, also reached 3r in 2009 and 2019 lep, Kvitova, Sharapova, S.Williams and V.Williams • Also advanced to QF at 2017 Australian Open, 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open SEASON SEASON

• After tour’s resumption, lost the opening match at • Coming off SF showing at the Western & Southern Palermo (l. Errani in 3s), before fell in qualifying at Open (l. eventual champion Azarenka); did not drop Western & Southern Open serve in any of her three matches en route to SF • Suffered 1r exit at Dubai (as qualifier, l. Kontaveit) • Suffered 1r defeat at Lexington (l. Bouzkova) and Doha (l. Rybakina) • Before tour’s hiatus, ended losing streak by advanc- • Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Gauff) ing to SF at Monterrey (l. Bouzkova) • Opened season with a 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. • Returned to Europe in February to make 2r exit at St. X.Wang) and qualifying defeat at Hobart (l. Begu) Petersburg (after 1r bye, l. qualifier Dodin) • Opened campaign by falling 1r at Brisbane (l. Stryco- va) and Australian Open (l. Jabeur) SORANA JOHANNA CIRSTEA VS KONTA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 ranked No.72 for her 11th non-con- • Ended 2019 campaign at No.12 (up from No.39 in secutive Top 100 year-end season (up from No.86 in 2018), despite not playing after US Open due to 2018) knee injury • Advanced to fourth career singles final in 2019 at • Last season was highlighted by historic run at Roland Tashkent (l. Van Uytvanck in F) as a former champi- Garros; recording first ever main draw win in Paris on in 2008 before becoming the first British woman to reach SF • Captured fifth career doubles title at Lugano (w/Mitu, since Jo Durie’s run to the same stage in 1983, even- d. Kudermetova/Voskoboeva in F) tually falling to Vondrousova • Other season highlights in 2019 were SF run at • Re-entered Top 20 on June 10, 2019 for first time Nürnberg (l. eventual champion Putintseva); previous since March 2018 (dropped as low as No.50) appearance in last four at a WTA-level event came at • Other highlights in 2019 included QF run at Wimble- the same tournament two years earlier don (d. No.9 Stephens and No.6 Kvitova; l. Strycova) • Also reached 3r at 2019 US Open (l. Townsend) and US Open (l. Svitolina), R-Up finish in Rome (l. • Ended 2018 season at No.86, after a year highlight- Ka.Pliskova) and Rabat (l. Sakkari, after leading by a ed by clay court QF runs at Nürnberg and Bucharest set and a break) • Posted fifth non-consecutive Top 50 finish in 2017, at • Highlights in 2018 included a second successive No.37 (up from No.81 in 2016). Has now finished in R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. Barty) and SF at Mos- Top 100 nine times in past 10 years, including Top 30 cow [Kremlin Cup] (l. eventual champion Kasatkina) finishes in 2012 and 2013 • Began 2017 season by lifting title at Sydney (d. • 2017 season highlighted by SF showing at Nürn- A. Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of berg (l. Krejcikova) and QF runs at Istanbul, Madrid, career at Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) Seoul, Beijing and Linz • At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since • Also reached R16 at 2017 Australian Open – first Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. time advancing to that stage at a Slam since 2009 eventual R-Up V.Williams) Roland Garros (QF, l. Stosur), her best Slam result • Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. • In 2016 played a mix of WTA and ITF events, improv- Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in ing ranking by 163 ranking places to No.81 in 2016 a row at home event of Eastbourne – QF defeat of on comeback from shoulder injury, with highlights World No.1 Kerber was first by a British woman over being a SF run at Rio de Janeiro (l. Rogers) and a reigning No.1 since Barker d. Evert at 1979 Boston making QF at Premier Mandatory Madrid (as wild- • Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at card, l. eventual R-Up Cibulkova) and Mallorca (as 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) qualifier, l. Jankovic) • Was the non-playing alternate for WTA Finals in • Reached biggest singles final of career at 2013 Singapore in 2016, narrowly missing qualification in Toronto – posted three Top 10 wins en route to final the Top 8 (No.10 Wozniacki, No.7 Kvitova and No.5 Li) before • By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA falling to No.1 S.Williams Top 10 debut – becoming the first British woman to • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2008 Tashkent (d. feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the Lisicki in F) having previously been R-Up at 2007 fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Budapest (l. Dulko) Barker) • Owns four Top 5 victories: No.5 Jankovic (2009 • Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in Roland Garros), No.5 Stosur (2012 Australian Open), maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman No.5 Li Na (2013 Toronto) and No.4 Ka.Pliskova to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Road- (2017 Beijing) map was introduced in 2009 • Posted career-high ranking of No.21 on August 21, • Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first 2013 British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the • Owns five WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2019 week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20) Lugano (w/Mitu) from 10 finals • Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by • Member of Romania’s Fed Cup team 2006, 2008-09, international media and fans 2013-14 and 2017-18; also part of Romanian Olym- • Made tour-level main draw debut at 2011 Copenha- pic Team 2008 and 2012 gen • Made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Stockholm (l. Kanepi in 1r) • On ITF Circuit owns eight singles and nine doubles titles • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2004 SORANA JOHANNA CIRSTEA VS KONTA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Introduced to tennis at age four by mother • Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in • Coached by Carl Maes May 2012. Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriel- • Born in Bucharest, but currently resides in Targoviste la (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion) where her parents (Mihai and Liliana) are from and • Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the her father owns an ice cream factory. Has a younger Hungarian ‘Golden Team’ with Ferenc Puskas in brother Mihnea 1955 • Switched clothing sponsor from Asics to Ellesse at end of 2018 • Currently working with Thomas Hogstedt, formerly worked with Dimitri Zavialoff, Michael Joyce and Wim Fissette MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #NA) vs. [10] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #16)

Head to Head: First meeting

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA GARBIÑE MUGURUZA - WTA RANKING 16 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 2 13-09-1987 (32) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-10-1993 (26) $0 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,603,605 $4,497,095 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $20,821,334 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 7 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 9-11 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 7-7 1-0 / 163-218 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 17-4 / 253-141 0-0 / 36-73 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 80-62 0-0 / 51-38 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-0 / 41-50 1-0 / 81-126 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 17-4 / 174-97 0-0 / 12-36 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 35-34 0-0 / 21-80 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 61-60 0-0 / 10-15 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 18-14 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2016 2019 R2 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #14) 6-2 5-7 6-2 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #36) 2-6 6-1 6-3 2015 2018 R1 L - (GER #53) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-1 R2 L - KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #202) 3-6 6-4 6-4 2014 2017 R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #10) 7-5 6-4 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) 7-6(3) 6-3 2013 2016 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #81) 6-3 6-3 R2 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #48) 7-5 6-4 2012 2015 R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-0 6-4 R2 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-2 2011 2014 R2 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #14) 6-2 6-4 R1 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #121) 6-3 7-6(4) 2010 2012 R2 L - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #185) 6-4 6-0 R1 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #10) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1

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2009 R1 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #31) 6-3 6-0 2008 R1 L - (ESP #26) 6-4 7-5 2007 R2 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 6-4 6-0 2006 R1 L - JAMEA JACKSON (USA #57) 6-2 6-2 2005 R2* L - TIFFANY DAVIS (USA #202) 6-3 4-6 6-2

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 12th main draw appearance at US Open and • Making eighth main draw appearance at the US 13th overall, and first since 2016 having spent over Open and milestone 30th Grand Slam main draw three years away from Tour to give birth to her son appearance this fortnight • One of nine mothers competing in the singles field • Best result here is reaching R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) this fortnight (also Azarenka, Bondarenko, Clijsters, • Made 2r in 2015-16 and 2018, and lost opening Govortsova, Maria, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva) matches 2012 (which was Grand Slam main draw • Best result in Flushing Meadows is reaching R16 in debut), 2014 and most recently in 2019 (l. Riske) 2012 (l. Ivanovic) • Flushing Meadows is the only Slam where she has • Reached 2r here on five occasions - 2007 (as qual- yet to reach the QF – however has reached the QF ifier, l. eventual champion Henin), 2010 (l. Minella), or better at every event she’s played in 2020, going 2011 (l. S.Peng), 2014 (l. Jankovic) and 2016 (l. 17-4 across the season – fourth most main draw Konta) wins this year, behind Rybakina (22) and Mertens • Fell 1r in 2006 (l. Jackson), 2008 (l. Medina Garri- (20) and Kontaveit (18) gues), 2009 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. Riske) and 2015 • Is a two-time Grand Slam champion (2016 Roland (l. Barthel), and in qualifying on her debut in 2005 Garros, 2017 Wimbledon) – one of 10 Grand Slam • Playing in her first tournament since 2017 Wimble- champions in the draw don (l. Wozniacki in 2r), where she is a former semifi- • Overall record across the Slams stands at 73-27 nalist - her best result across the majors • In her first time facing Japanese opposition at a • Contesting 48th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US Slam, ousted Hibino on Tuesday, improving her Open – owns a 44-47 record across the Slams record in 1r matches at the Slams to 25-5 • In her first match in over three years, defeated • Faces unranked Pironkova today for a spot in 3r. Samsonova on Tuesday to improve her record in 1r Owns 15-9 record in 2r matches at the majors, most matches at the majors to 29-19 recently falling at this stage at 2018 US Open (l. • Faces No.16 Muguruza today – owns 21 Top 20 wins Muchova) in career, most recently over No.18 Errani and No.2 • First time facing Bulgarian opposition since beating A.Radwanska en route to 2016 Roland Garros QF Karatantcheva at 2015 Miami • Owns a 6-22 record in Grand Slam 2r matches • Seeded No.10 this fortnight – highest seeding at a • Owns one title in her career, on the hard courts of Slam since 2018 Wimbledon (No.3 seed) Sydney in 2014 (as qualifier, d. Kerber in F) • Withdrew from Western & Southern Open last week • Currently without a ranking. Reached as high as w/ left ankle injury No.31 on September 13, 2010 to become the highest ranked Bulgarian woman in WTA history GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Won titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe • Had not missed a major between making her debut Suzanne Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Wil- at 2006 Australian through 2017 Wimbledon liams in F) • Became first player representing Bulgaria (male or • Reached title match at 2020 Australian Open (l. female) to reach a Grand Slam SF when she ad- Kenin in 3s) – Grand Slam final record now stands at vanced to last four at 2010 Wimbledon 2-2 (also R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon – l. S.Williams) • Defeated No.13 Bartoli and No.2 V.Williams en route • One of just eight players all-time to defeat Serena in to SFs at 2010 Wimbledon (l. Zvonareva) a Grand Slam final • At the other majors, best result at Roland Garros is • Is one of 29 women in the Open Era to win multiple a QF run in 2016 (d. No.2 A.Radwanska en route, l. Grand Slam titles Stosur); became first Bulgarian woman to reach the • Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in last eight in Paris since in 2005. the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open At US Open, made R16 in 2012 (l. Ivanovic) but is in 1997 – d. V.Williams, and 1999 – l. S.Williams) yet to pass 2r at Australian Open • By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017) • Best result at US Open came in 2017 with R16 showing • In doubles, best result was SF run at 2014 Roland Garros w/Suárez Navarro TSVETANA GARBIÑE PIRONKOVA VS MUGURUZA

SEASON SEASON

• US Open marks first tournament since 2017 Wimble- • Prior to tour’s hiatus, was enjoying her best ever start don having spent over three years away from tennis to a season and for the first time in her career made after giving birth to son Alexander in April 2018 the QF or better at five straight tournaments - is the only player to achieve this feat in 2020 • Last event played was Doha, reaching QF (l. Barty) • Also made QFs at Dubai (l. Brady in 3s). Defeat- ed former No.1 and four-time Grand Slam singles champion Clijsters in the 1r at Dubai which was the Belgian’s first professional match since 2012 • Finished R-Up at Australian Open (l. Kenin in 3s) – her fourth career major final • Defeated four seeds en route to Melbourne final, including three of the Top 10 (No.4 Halep, No.5 Svi- tolina, No.9 Bertens) • Forced to withdraw with viral illness prior to QF match against Kudermetova at Hobart International • Began 2020 campaign posting SF appearance (l. eventual champion Alexandrova) at Shenzhen Open CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2017 ranked No.162. Of her 16 year-end • Finished 2019 season at No.36 for first non-Top 20 rankings, has ended the year outside the Top 100 finish since 2014 only on five occasions • Successfully defended her title in Monterrey for sev- • Season highlights of 2017 were reaching QF at enth career WTA trophy (d. Azarenka in F) Nottingham (l. Safarova) and R16 at Eastbourne (l. • Also in 2019, reached QF at Indian Wells defeat- Halep) ing No.10 S.Williams and No.7 Bertens en route (l. • Also in 2017, reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. Svitoli- eventual champion Andreescu) and R16 at Australian na) and Wimbledon (l. Wozniacki) Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Roland Garros (l. Ste- • Ended 2016 at No.66 for 11th non-consecutive Top phens) 100 finish. Career-best finish was No.35 in 2010 • Is a two-time Grand-Slam champion winning titles at (rose as high as No.31 the week of September 13 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F) and 2017 that year) Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F). Dropped only one • Highlight of 2016 was first Grand Slam QF in five set in Roland Garros title run years, at Roland Garros (l. Stosur). Was only the • Is only player to ever beat both Williams sisters in a sixth major where she has achieved back-to-back Grand Slam final and one of 29 women in the Open wins during her career (after 2010 Wimbledon, 2011 Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles Wimbledon, 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon and • Also finished R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) 2015 Roland Garros) to make Top 10 debut. Is one of two players to meet • Other notable result was reaching QF at Birmingham both Williams sisters in the final of the same Grand (as qualifier, l. Strycova) Slam – also Hingis at US Open (1997, d. V.Williams; • Represented Bulgaria at the Rio Olympics, making 1r 1999, l. S.Williams) exit in singles (l. Siegemund) • First Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sán- • Owns one career singles title at 2014 Sydney (as chez Vicario in 1996 and first to reach any Slam final qualifier, achieved three Top 10 wins: vs. No.7 Errani since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros in QF, No.6 Kvitova in SF and No.9 Kerber in F). • Rose to World No.1 on September 11, 2017 to Ranked No.107 at time, was the lowest-ranked play- become the 24th woman in history to hold the top er to win a title in 2014 spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in • Competed in front of home fans at Tournament of 1995). Also named ITF World Champion for 2017 Champions-Sofia in 2012 (SF) and 2014 (RR) • In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at • Bulgarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-13, 2015-16; Bulgari- the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vi- an Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 cario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) • Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, de- feating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career TSVETANA GARBIÑE PIRONKOVA VS MUGURUZA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Gave birth to her son in March 2018 • Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of • Married husband Mihail Mirchez in July 2016 the sport was playing with her brothers • Coached Kiril Enchev Pironkov (father) • Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain • Coached by Conchita Martínez MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

KATRINA SCOTT (USA #637) vs. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28)

Head to Head: First meeting

KATRINA SCOTT AMANDA ANISIMOVA 637 WTA RANKING 28 416 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 63 11-06-2004 (16) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 31-08-2001 (19) $0 YTD PRIZE MONEY $145,965 $22,494 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,706,115 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-0 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 1-1 1-0 / 1-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-4 / 41-24 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 8-13 1-0 / 1-0 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 8-3 1-0 / 1-0 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-4 / 27-18 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 3-7 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 6-10 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-4 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KATRINA SCOTT AMANDA ANISIMOVA 2019 2018 R2* L - ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #127) 6-3 6-3 R1 L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #73) 3-6 6-4 6-3 2017 R1* L - IPEK SOYLU (TUR #165) 6-2 0-6 6-0 2016 R2* L - ERI HOZUMI (JPN #205) 6-1 2-6 7-6(1)

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making Grand Slam main draw debut as a wildcard • Making second main draw appearance at US Open, this fortnight at US Open having previously fallen in 1r in 2018 (as WC, l. • Reached the second round of qualifying last year Townsend) before falling to Kalinskaya • Also contested qualifying in 2016 and 2017 • Struck six aces to defeat No.131 Vikhlyantseva in • Won girls’ singles here in 2017 (d. Gauff in F); is one 1r on Tuesday and record her maiden tour-level win of five former junior champions in the women’s draw and best win by ranking (also Flipkens, Azarenka, Watson and Bouzkova) • Faces No.28 Anisimova in 2r today, the high- • Is seeded No.22 this fortnight – her third time being est-ranked opponent faced in her career seeded at a major (also No.25 at 2019 Wimbledon • Prior to this week, best career win by ranking was and No.21 at 2020 Australian Open) over No.243 Swan in qualifying of 2019 US Open • Overall win-loss record at Grand Slams stands at 10- • Currently ranked No.637. In contrast, was ranked 6, while is 2-1 in 2r matches with sole loss coming at No.1047 heading into last year’s tournament 2019 Roland Garros • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2019 San Jose • Struck 41 winners to defeat No.133 Tomova in a • One of 31 Americans in this year’s main draw and at hard-fought straight sets battle on Tuesday 16 years old is one of 11 teenagers (also Baptiste, • Today, faces fellow American and fellow teenager Fernandez, Gauff, Juvan, Kostyuk, McNally, Mont- No.637 Katrina Scott; in terms of ranking, a defeat gomery, Osuigwe, Scott and Swiatek) today would be the second-worst of career after falling to No.853 Potapova in the final at $25K ITF/ Curtiba-BRA in 2017 • One of seven teenagers to reach 2r (also Fernandez, Juvan, Kostyuk, McNally, Scott and Swiatek) • Only contested one event during the 2019 North American hard court swing, reaching the QF at San Jose – her best career result on home soil. Missed the remainder of the summer due to family reasons • During tennis’ hiatus in 2020 played a series of ex- hibition events, including the UTR Pro Match Series in West Palm Beach, FL (faced Collins, Riske and Tomljanovic)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Making Grand Slam main draw debut as a wildcard • Is contesting seventh Grand Slam main draw at 2020 this fortnight at US Open US Open • Suffered qualifying loss at 2019 US Open (d. Swan, • Produced best Slam showing at 2019 Roland Gar- l. Kalinskaya) ros, becoming the first player born in 2000s – man • In last year’s girls’ singles advanced to QF at US or woman – to reach a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual Open and 3r at Wimbledon champion Barty) • Best previous result was a R16 run at 2019 Austra- lian Open (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova) • At 17 years and five months old, was the youngest player to reach R16 at Melbourne Park since Vaidiso- va in 2006 (16 yrs 281 days), and across all Slams since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days) • Also the youngest American to reach this stage of a Slam since S.Williams at 1998 Roland Garros (16y 254d) and at Australian Open since Capriati in 1993 • Fell 1r on Slam main draw debut at 2017 Roland Garros (as WC, l. Nara, having led 6-3 4-2) • Suffered 1r exit at 2018 US Open (l. Townsend); fell in qualifying in 2016 and 2017 • In juniors, won US Open girls’ singles in 2017 and was R-Up at 2016 Roland Garros KATRINA AMANDA SCOTT VS ANISIMOVA

SEASON SEASON

• Playing tournament - on either senior or junior tours - • Coming off 2r showing last week at the Western & this fortnight at Flushing Meadows Southern Open (d. Riske, l. Pegula) • In July, participated in the Topnotch Tennis Tours • At Doha in February, withdrew prior to 3r match vs. MatchPlay 120 series, registering a win over former Kuznetsova (w/gastrointestinal illness) World No.26 • Upset No.7 Svitolina in 2r at Doha to record her first Top 10 win of 2020 and third overall, also No.9 Kvitova (2018 Indian Wells) and No.3 Halep (2019 Roland Garros) • Made 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Diyas) and Dubai (l. Strycova, having led 3-1 in third set) • Kicked off campaign with SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion S.Williams) – her first time reaching the final four since 2019 Roland Garros (l. Barty) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Best result on ITF Circuit was SF run as a qualifier • Highlight of 2019 season was winning maiden title at at $25K ITF/Malibu-CA, USA to close out her 2019 Bogotá (d. Sharma in F); at 17y 222d was the young- season est American to win a title since S.Williams at 1999 • Following SF run, achieved career-high ranking of Indian Wells (17y 169d) No.617 on November 18, 2019 • Finished 2019 ranked No.24 – the youngest of three • Participated in 2019 Junior Fed Cup where she was teenagers in the Top 50 (also Andreescu and Yas- a member of the winning American team tremska). Other standout performances included SF • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2019 San Jose and run at Roland Garros – first player (man or woman) Grand Slam qualifying debut at 2019 US Open born in 2000s to advance to this stage of a major – • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in South QF showings at Mallorca and San Jose, and R16 Carolina in 2018 appearance at Australian Open – at 17 years and five months old, was the youngest player to reach R16 at a Slam since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days) • Scored maiden win over a Top 5 player during 2019 Roland Garros, upsetting No.3 and defending cham- pion Halep in QF • Made Top 100 debut at No.95 on September 17, 2018, after reaching first WTA final at Hiroshima (as qualifier, l. Hsieh) • Also in 2018, upset No.9 Kvitova to become the joint-youngest player to reach R16 at Indian Wells, along with Majoli, who made SF in 1994 (both aged 16 years, 199 days) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Miami (l. Townsend in 3s), with Grand Slam bow coming at 2017 Roland Garros. Also in 2017, reached four ITF Circuit finals, winning $60k ITF/Sacramento, CA-USA and finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Curtiba-BRA, $80k ITF/Indian Harbour Beach, FL-USA and $60k ITF/ Dothan, AL-USA • Owns six Top 20 wins: No.9 Kvitova (2018 Indian Wells), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Australian Open), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2019 Roland Garros), No.7 Svitolina (2020 Doha) and No.19 Riske (2020 Western & Southern Open) • In juniors, won US Open girls’ singles in 2017 and was R-Up at 2016 Roland Garros • Reached No.2 in junior world rankings KATRINA AMANDA SCOTT VS ANISIMOVA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by David Kass, Balazs Novak and Patrick • Coached by Jaime Cortez and Andis Juska, while Thomson fitness trainer is Yutaka Nakamura • Started playing tennis at seven years old • Mother is Olga and father is Konstantin (deceased), • Was originally training to become a professional ice both parents were born and raised in Moscow; sister skater, but joined a friend’s tennis lesson by chance Maria Anisimova-Egee played tennis at University of and fell in love with the game. After juggling both Pennsylvania and now lives in New York tennis and ice skating, ultimately decided that tennis • Born in New Jersey but moved to Miami at age of 3 was the sport for her • An only child; mother is Lena, who was a competitive ballerina for 12 years; father is David, who played American Football • Grew up in Los Angeles, California but recently relo- cated to Columbus, Ohio • Began playing tennis at the Calabasas Tennis Center before attending her first USTA Tennis Camp at the age of nine • Tennis idols are Serena and Venus Williams, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[26] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) vs. OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #130)

Head to Head: SLOANE STEPHENS leads 2-0

2016 ACAPULCO HARD O R16 SLOANE STEPHENS 6-4 6-1 82 mins 2013 MIAMI HARD O R2 SLOANE STEPHENS 0-6 6-4 6-4 102 mins

SLOANE STEPHENS OLGA GOVORTSOVA 39 WTA RANKING 130 259 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 55 20-03-1993 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 23-08-1988 (32) $106,843 YTD PRIZE MONEY $47,568 $15,287,865 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,221,003 0 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 8 20-7 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 6-9 2-7 / 222-157 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 122-183 1-3 / 71-53 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 46-60 1-1 / 60-30 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 23-39 2-7 / 143-106 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 80-109 0-0 / 17-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 1-23 0-0 / 36-58 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 9-46 0-2 / 19-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 14-15 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 2r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

SLOANE STEPHENS OLGA GOVORTSOVA 2019 2019 R1 L - ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #127) 6-3 6-4 R2* L - XINYU WANG (CHN #192) 6-2 6-2 2018 2018 QF L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #18) 6-2 6-3 R3* L - NICOLE GIBBS (USA #115) 6-4 6-1 2017 2016 F W - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-3 6-0 R1* L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #153) 6-4 6-3 2015 2015 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #45) 6-4 6-3 R2 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #53) 2-6 6-2 6-4 2014 2014 R2 L - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #96) 5-7 6-4 6-2 R1 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #8) 6-2 6-1 2013 2013 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-4 6-1 R1 L - NA LI (CHN #6) 6-2 6-2 2012 2012 R3 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 R3 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) 6-1 6-2

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2011 2011 R3 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #19) 6-3 6-4 R1 L - JELENA DOKIC (AUS #73) 6-3 6-1 2010 2010 R2* L - ZUZANA ONDRASKOVA (CZE #120) 6-3 7-5 R1 L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #12) 6-1 6-2 2009 2009 R1* L - NEUZA SILVA (POR #154) 6-3 6-2 R1 L - (IND #74) 6-2 3-6 6-3 2008 2008 R2* L - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #162) 6-1 6-3 R2 L - AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #32) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 2007 R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #3) 6-2 6-2

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making ninth main draw appearance at US Open • Making 10th main draw appearance at US Open (and 12th overall) (13th overall) • One of six champions in this year’s draw having • Contesting the main draw at Flushing Meadows for triumphed in 2017 (d. Keys in F) the first time since 2r run here in 2015 (l. Barthel) • At 2017 tournament, capped historic summer come- • Best result was 3r run here in 2012 (d. Paszek and back by upsetting Cibulkova, V.Williams and Keys to Konta, l. Kerber) become the fifth unseeded woman (ranked No.83) in • In first Grand Slam main draw appearance since the Open Era to win a major, doing so just 69 days 2016 Wimbledon, beat on-site alternate Muhammad after returning from an 11-month injury lay-off, and (replaced Diatchenko who withdrew w/right knee six weeks since her ranking dropped to No.957 injury) in straight sets • Made QF during title defense in 2018 (l. Sevastova) • Prior to that, most recent Grand Slam win had been • Reached 3r here in 2011 on US Open main draw over No.28 Begu during 2r showing at 2015 US debut (as WC, l. Ivanovic) and again in 2012 (l. Open Ivanovic) before reaching R16 in 2013 (l. eventual • Faces No.39 Stephens in 2r today; upset of Begu in champion S.Williams) 1r here in 2015 was also her most recent over a Top • Beat Buzarnescu in 1r to end a three-match losing 50 player streak. Grand Slam win-loss record is now 68-31 • Owns 4-12 record in Grand Slam 2r matches • Faces No.130 Govortsova in 2r today; lost to a play- • One of five Belarussian women to contest the main er ranked outside Top 100 at last year’s tournament draw this fortnight - also Azarenka, Lapko, Sabalen- (No.127 Kalinskaya) ka and Sasnovich, all of whom made triumphed in • Five of her seven defeats in 2020 have been at their opening matches. It marks the first time in the the hands of players outside Top 100: Brisbane Open Era, five Belarusian players have advanced to (l. No.129 Samsonova), Adelaide (l. No.201 Rodi- 2r of a Slam onova), Acapulco (l. No.270 Zarazua), Monterrey • One of nine mothers in draw (also Azarenka, Bonda- (l. No.126 Fernandez) and Lexington (l. No.120 renko, Clijsters, Maria Pironkova, Tig, S.Williams and Fernandez) Zvonareva) • Won both previous matches against Govortsova, • Two of four career singles finals have come on US including in 2r of 2016 Acapulco title run soil, at 2010 Ponte Vedra Beach (l. Wozniacki) and • Owns 20-2 record in Grand Slam 2r matches, with 2008 Memphis (l. Davenport) sole defeates coming to Kuznetsova (2012 Australian Open) and Larsson (2014 US Open) • One of 31 Americans in starting field. The home nation has had at least one representative in SF (or better) every year since 2007 • Has won four of her six career titles in the United States, at 2015 Washington DC, 2016 Charleston, 2017 US Open and 2018 Miami

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting 33rd Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Contesting 36th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US Open Open and first since 2016 Wimbledon • Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden • Best result across the Slams was R16 appearance at Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F) 2015 Wimbledon (l. Keys) • Best result across other Slams was R-Up finish at • Other key results include 3r runs at Roland Garros 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep) in 2008 (l. Dementieva) and 2009 (l. Li Na) and 2012 • Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result across all US Open (l. Kerber) majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) • Also just the second American (after Davenport) to beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play • Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli) SLOANE OLGA STEPHENS VS GOVORTSOVA

SEASON SEASON

• On tennis’ return suffered 1r exits at Lexington (l. • Coming off 2r exit at Lexington (as qualifier, l. Jabeur Fernandez) and Cincinnati (l. Garcia) in 3s) • Before break, advanced to 2r at Monterrey (d. Navar- • Prior to tour’s resumption, fell 2r at Monterrey (as ro, l. Fernandez). Fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Zarazua) qualifier, l. eventual champion Svitolina) • Suffered 1r defeats in first three tournaments of the • Contested two events on ITF Circuit in February, year, at Brisbane (l. Samsonova), Adelaide (l. Rodi- highlighted by title run at $100K ITF/Nicholas- onova) and Australian Open (l. Zhang) ville-USA • Opened the season by falling at the second hurdle in qualifying at Australian Open

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 season ranked No.25; campaign was • Finished 2019 season inside the Top 200 for the first highlighted by SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion time since 2016, ending at No.194 after posting 45- Bertens) and QF at Roland Garros (l. Konta) 20 record • Also made R16 at Sydney (l. Putintseva), Australian • Contested one WTA main draw in 2019 at Tashkent, Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Acapulco (l. Haddad fell in WTA qualifying three times and won eighth Maia), Cincinnati (l. to Kuznetsova), Osaka (l. Giorgi) career title on ITF Circuit at $25K Darmstadt-GER and Wuhan (l. Kvitova) • Took nearly a year off across 2017 and 2018 sea- • In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, sons, giving birth to her son in February 2018 at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July • 2016 season highlights included 2r runs at Acapulco 16, 2018 and Guangzhou. Doubles R-Up at Guangzhou (w/ • Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first Lapko); owns 8-6 record in doubles finals Premier Mandatory title at Miami – subsequently • Recorded seventh and most recent Top 100 season made Top 10 debut at No.9. Also reached her second in 2015 (finishing No.69). Highlights included career Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros and posted R-Up best Slam showing with R16 run at Wimbledon finishes at Montréal and WTA Finals • Has appeared in four WTA singles finals, finishing • Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, R-Up at 2013 Tashkent (l. Jovanovski), 2010 Ponte d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player Vedra Beach (l. Wozniacki), 2009 Moscow (l. Schia- to win a major in the Open Era vone) and 2008 Memphis (l. Davenport) • Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. • Has lifted eight WTA doubles titles, at 2012 Stras- Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on bourg (w/Jans-Ignacik), 2011 Memphis, 2011 Bir- sidelines w/foot injury (had surgery in the January) mingham (both w/Kudryavtseva), 2011 New Haven • After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 and 2010 Beijing (both w/Chuang); 2009 - Guang- through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF zhou and Tashkent (both w/Poutchek) and 2008 at Toronto and Cincinnati Istanbul (w/Craybas) • Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and • Achieved career-high ranking of No.35 on June 23, Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in 2008 first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC • Recorded first Top 50 season in 2007; made SF at • At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 Tashkent (l. to Parmentier); QF three times at Cincin- in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, nati, Stanford and Québec City reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the • Made Top 100 debut on July 23 (after Cincinnati; only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 rose from No.107 to No.100) and Top 50 debut on • Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 October 15 (rose from No.51 to No.50) • Contested first WTA qualifying event at 2004 Tash- kent and maiden WTA main draw at the same tourna- ment in 2006, falling 1r • Belarus Fed Cup Team 2008-12, 2014-17 • On ITF CIrcuit owns nine singles and three doubles titles • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Belarus in 2002 SLOANE OLGA STEPHENS VS GOVORTSOVA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Reunited with former long-term coach Kamau Mur- • Coached by Vladimir Kruk ray during off-season; formerly coached by Sven • Parents are Alexei and Tatiana; brothers are Ilya and Groenefeld and Nick Saviano Alexander; also has two chihuahuas (Lucky, Chip) • Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer • Baseliner whose favorite shot is backhand; favorite at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, surface is clay was an NFL player in 1980s and 1990s; brother is • Started playing at age 6 when family introduced her Shawn Farrell to the sport • Aged 11, relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, • Speaks Belarusian, Russian and English Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis • Likes rap, rock, pop and Russian music Academy before moving to Nick Saviano High Per- • Other interests include hockey, shopping formance Tennis Academy • Favorite places to visit are Hawaii and Belarus; favor- • On April 29, 2019 announced engagement to Toronto ite tournament is Dubai FC soccer star Jozy Altidore • Tennis idols growing up were Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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US OPEN - DAY 5 MATCH-UPS

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #137) First meeting Osaka impressed in second-round win over Giorgi... Kostyuk is the last teenager remaining in top half... Osaka has twice lost to players outside Top 100 in a Grand Slam main draw

JESSICA PEGULA (USA #63) vs. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12) First meeting Kvitova attempting to reach the last 16 at a major for the 20th time... Pegula, meanwhile, has won back-to- back matches at this level for the first time...Kvitova owns 108 Grand Slam victories

VARVARA GRACHEVA (RUS #102) vs. [8] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15) Martic leads 1-0 Martic won in straight sets when they clashed on clay in Prague last month... Gracheva recovered from 6-1 5-1 down to beat Mladenovic in second round... Martic bidding to reach last 16 for second year in a row

[24] (POL #37) vs. [14] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) Linette leads 4-2 Linette won their most recent encounter in straight sets at 2017 Wuhan... Kontaveit attempting to reach fourth round here for first time since 2015...Linette has never been beyond this stage at a major

[17] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23) vs. ANN LI (USA #128) First meeting Kerber is one of six former champions in the starting field... Li contesting just her second Grand Slam main draw... Kerber’s last loss to a player outside Top 100 at a Slam was at 2011 Wimbledon

ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #106) vs. [23] YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #35) Putintseva leads 2-0 Putintseva won when they last met in qualifying at Sydney in 2016... Sasnovich bidding to reach last 16 at a major for the second time... Putintseva is the last Kazakhstani woman left in the draw

CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #30) vs. [28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40) Series tied 3-3 Garcia beat Brady en route to last year’s Nottingham title... Brady needed just 51 minutes to beat Bellis in second round... Garcia was equally impressive in upsetting top seed Pliskova in straight sets

SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93) vs. MADISON BRENGLE (USA #84) Brengle leads 2-1 Rogers won their most recent encounter on ITF Circuit last year... Brengle knocked out No.19 seed Yastremska in prevous round... Neither player has ever been past third round at their home Slam WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W)

Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 155, Garbiñe Muguruza – 128, Kristyna Pliskova – 125 Most aces in a match (22): (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) Match win leaders: Rybakina – 22, Mertens – 20, Kontaveit – 18, Muguruza - 17 Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart) Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland) Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens – all at Australian Open

WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY • As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. • Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongo- ing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit- ed Kingdom and the United States, among others. • In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants. • For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam- met [email protected] WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

RETURNING WITH INTEREST TROUBLE AT THE TOP

Madison Brengle produced one of the more surpris- Caroline Garcia produced one of her best performances ing results of the opening week in New York when she in recent years to upset top seed Karolina Pliskova in snapped a four-match losing streak to upset No.19 seed the second round. The result ensured that for the second Dayana Yastremska, 6-2 6-3. time in three years the draw’s leading seed failed to reach the third round at Flushing Meadows. Particularly impressive was the American’s returning, win- ning 64% of Yastremska’s service points. In fact, no play- It was the third time Garcia had taken on the No.1 seed at er in the top half has been as potent on their opponents’ a major in her career, after losses to Serena Williams at delivery as Brengle, who has broken 13 times across 2013 Roland Garros and 2013 Wimbledon. her opening two matches. Also returning with interest so far have been Yulia Putintseva and Anett Kontaveit, who The Frenchwoman’s record against Top 3-ranked oppo- have broken 12 and 11 times, respectively. sition now stands at 3-22, while she improves to 2-12 against Top 16 seeds at Slams (sole previous win came over No.14 seed Sara Errani at 2014 Wimbledon).

GOING THE DISTANCE

Angelique Kerber’s tenacity from the baseline is rivalled by few players over the last decade or so. This fortnight she has lived up to this reputation, taking part in four of the 10 longest rallies of the tournament so far.

The lengthiest was a 28 exchange early on during her second-round win over compatriot Anna-Lena Friedsam. ON THIS DAY... However, she’ll need to go a tad longer to claim top spot in this particular leaderboard, with the longest rally of the September 4, 2003 - The US Open’s first “four-day” tournament currently owned by Anastasija Sevastova and match is completed as Francesca Schiavone of Italy Coco Gauff: completes a 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2 victory over Ai Sugiyama of Japan in the Round of 16. The match begins four days earlier on Monday, September 1st on Louis Armstrong MATCH Rally Length Rally Winner Stadium and finally concludes on Court No.10 after the two players go on and off the courts seven times during Sevastova v Gauff 29 Sevastova four days of rain at the USTA National Tennis Center. Kerber v Friedsam 28 Friedsam COOKING UP A STORM Sevastova v Gauff 27 Gauff Kerber v Tomljanovic 22 Kerber This week saw the unveiling of the WTA Cookbook, a new digital publication with more than 70 international recipes Collins v Kontaveit 22 Collins contributed by players past, present and future. Kerber v Friedsam 22 Kerber

The WTA Cookbook is available for download on wtaten- Kerber v Friedsam 22 Friedsam nis.com with all proceeds supporting WTA Charities’ global initiatives. Scott v Anisimova 21 Scott

Favorite recipes from WTA legends and superstars Brengle v Yastremska 20 Yastremska Martina Navratilova, Caroline Wozniacki, Bianca Andree- Kerber v Tomljanovic 19 Kenin scu, Naomi Osaka and current WTA World No.1 Ashleigh Barty, among others, are certain to delight palates from around the world. MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #137)

Head to Head: First meeting

NAOMI OSAKA MARTA KOSTYUK 9 WTA RANKING 137 13 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 121 16-10-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 28-06-2002 (18) $352,755 YTD PRIZE MONEY $40,333 $14,770,234 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $358,487 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 16-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 2-0 11-3 / 131-73 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 8-11 6-1 / 38-19 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 0-6 2-4 / 25-23 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 2-1 11-2 / 102-50 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 4-4 1-1 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-2 3-1 / 28-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-3 0-0 / 7-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 0-4 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 3r

* Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

NAOMI OSAKA MARTA KOSTYUK 2019 2018 R16 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 7-5 6-4 R2* L - MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #170) 6-1 7-5 2018 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-2 6-4 2017 R3 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #418) 6-3 2-6 7-5 2016 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) 2015 R2* L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 6-4 6-4

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open, • Making main draw debut at US Open – previously fell where she lifted title in 2018 (d. S.Williams in F) in qualifying here in 2018 • As a result, became first Japanese player to win a • Won junior doubles title at Flushing Meadows in major singles title and was and the youngest US 2017 (w/Danilovic) Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 • This is her first Slam main draw appearance as a • Returned as defending champion last year, falling direct entrant R16 (l. Bencic) • This is her second main draw appearance at a major, • Made 3r on debut in 2016 (l. Keys) and again in 2017 after breakthrough 3r run at 2018 Australian Open (l. Kanepi). Fell in 2r of qualifying in 2015 (l. Konta) • Since then, fell in Roland Garros and US Open • This is her 17th Grand Slam main draw – has one qualifying in 2018, then lost in qualifying at Australian other Slam title to her name, coming at 2019 Austra- Open, Paris and Wimbledon across 2019, and this lian Open. Was one of 10 major champions and six year also fell prior to main draw at Australian Open former US Open winners to begin this year’s draw • Contesting 2020 US Open ranked No.137 – posted • Hit 25 winners to see off Fed Cup teammate Doi in 1r career-high of No.116 in January, 2019 • Followed this up with straight sets win over Giorgi • Entering 2020 US Open, season prize money stood to move to a perfect 5-0 in Slam 2r matches here at US $40,333. By making the 3r, will pocket US in New York – also defeated the Italian en route to $163,000 alone R-Up finish at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] • Dominated Kasatkina in 1r, at one point winning six • Quick-fire 2r win over Giorgi in 2r improves win-loss straight gamess record at the Slams to 41-14 • Overcame No.45 Sevastova in 2r – was fourth Top • Faces No.137 Kostyuk today in 3r – last loss to a 50 win of career, after No.27 Peng (2018 Australian player outside the Top 100 came at 2018 Birming- Open), No.26 Gavrilova () and No.35 ham (l. No.117 Jakupovic via ret.) Cornet (2018 Mallorca qualifying) • Last loss to a player outside the Top 100 at a Slam • Prior to 2020 US Open, best win of season so far came here in New York in 2017 (l. No.418 Kanepi) came over No.65 Pera at Brisbane qualifying • Two of her three defeats in 2020 have come at hands • Faces No.9 Osaka today - third highest player she of players ranked outside Top 50: No.67 Gauff (Aus- has faced in career, after No.4 Svitolina (2018 Aus- tralian Open) and No.78 Sorribes Tormo (Fed Cup) tralian Open) and No.7 Garcia (2018 Stuttgart), and • Owns a perfect 6-0 record since the restart (four wins bidding for first Top 10 win at Western & Southern Open, two wins at US Open • Osaka is seeded No.4 – Kostyuk lost to the No.4 • All five career singles titles have been won on hard seed the last time she reached a Grand Slam 3r courts – Indian Wells and US Open in 2018, and (Svitolina at 2018 Australian Open) Australian Open, Osaka and Beijing in 2019 GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2018 Austra- liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in lian Open and reached 3r, having received a WC into F) the qualifying event by virtue of winning the junior • Is the first woman to win her second major straight title there in 2017 (d. Masarova in F). Was first player after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 born in 2002 to play in a Grand Slam main draw (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) • Was youngest player to reach the 3r at a major since • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- 1997 US Open when Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (15 years, ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open 182 days) reached this stage and Australian Open back-to-back • Became the youngest player to win a Slam main • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became draw match since CiCi Bellis defeated Cibulkova at youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam the 2014 US Open when she was 15 years 4 months since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) old and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in • In between 2018 Australian Open and 2020 US Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) Open , fell in Roland Garros and US Open qualifying • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland in 2018, then again lost in qualifying at Australian Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 Open, Paris and Wimbledon across 2019, and this (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) year also fell before main draw at Australian Open and 2018 (l. Kerber) • Aside from 2017 Australian Open girls’ singles title, won junior doubles at 2017 US Open (w/Danilovic) NAOMI MARTA OSAKA VS KOSTYUK

SEASON SEASON

• Withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final of the • Returned to tennis at Palermo, falling in qualifying. Western & Southern Open against Azarenka Also made 1r exit at Prague (as qualifier, l. Giorgi) • Prior to this, last competitive action was during • Prior to hiatus, last event played was Lyon, falling 1r Japan’s 3-1 Fed Cup qualifier defeat vs. Spain in (as qualifier, l. Bonaventure) February (l. Sorribes Tormo) • In February, picked up third ITF singles title of career, • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (as defending at a $60k event in Cairo. Also won doubles there, w/ champion, l. Gauff) Rakhimova • In Australia, also reached SF at Brisbane (l. even- • Opened 2020 season with qualifying losses at Bris- tual champion Ka.Pliskova); was on a 14-match win bane and Australian Open streak prior to Brisbane loss – longest of her career CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 ranked No.3 for career-best sea- • Finished 2019 ranked No.155, down from ca- son-ending finish reer-best No.118 in 2018 • Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. • Season highlight was reaching first WTA QF, at Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach Strasbourg (l. Garcia) World No.1 ranking following the tournament • Achieved career high ranking of No.116 on January • In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in 7, 2019 her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and • In 2018, enjoyed breakout result at Australian Open, Beijing (d. Barty in F); now owns 5-2 record in WTA reaching 3r (as qualifier, l. Svitolina) singles finals. Defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final • Also that season, made 2r at Stuttgart (as qualifier, l. for second career victory over world No.1 (also beat Garcia) Halep at 2018 Indian Wells) • Won first ITF Circuit title of career at $25k ITF/ • Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 Dunakeszi-HUN in 2017 (d. Pera in F) record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up • Played first WTA qualifying at 2017 Mallorca (l. Ka- from No.68 in 2017 linskaya in 1r) • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team 2018-20 an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam • Won the ITF Junior Masters event in Chengdu, China crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) in October 2017 • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time • Rose as high as No.3 in junior rankings in June 2017 major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, • Played first professional event at $10k ITF/Kharkh- Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight iv-UKR in August 2016 (fell in 1r) was against Sakkari in R16 • Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski) NAOMI MARTA OSAKA VS KOSTYUK

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Began working with Wim Fisette at beginning of 2020 • Born and resides in Kiev, Ukraine. Also trains in season. Previous coaches include Sascha Bajin and Monaco Jermaine Jenkins • Began playing tennis at age five; hails from a tennis • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul family Sillah (fitness trainer) • Father is Oleg Kostyuk; mother is Talyna Beiko; one • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when of the reasons Marta started tennis was so she could she was three years old spend more time with her mother • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster • Has two sisters, Zovyana and Mariya Wowow, Nissin, Nissan, ANA Airlines, Shiseido and • Father was technical director of the Antey Cup junior bareMinerals tournament in Kiev; mother achieved a WTA ranking • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti in the 400s in the 1990s and won a $10k ITF title in and attended college in New York City before moving Kiev in 1994 – now coaches Marta to Japan where he lived for 13 years Mother, Tamaki, • One of Marta’s first coaches was her uncle Taras is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays profession- Beyko, a respected player for the USSR and Ukraine al tennis in the late 1980s and early 1990s • Formerly worked also with Glenn Schaap and Luka Kutanjac. • Currently managed by former ATP player Ivan Ljubic- ic, who currently coaches Roger Federer MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

JESSICA PEGULA (USA #63) vs. PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

Head to Head: First meeting

JESSICA PEGULA PETRA KVITOVA 63 WTA RANKING 12 25 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 6 24-02-1994 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (30) $165,256 YTD PRIZE MONEY $785,941 $1,073,944 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $31,852,578 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 27 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 3-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 28-12 10-4 / 32-32 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-4 / 449-209 5-0 / 13-9 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 134-89 3-2 / 12-9 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 91-65 10-4 / 24-18 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 14-4 / 303-148 0-1 / 0-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 56-57 1-1 / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 109-96 0-1 / 2-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 45-14 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 3r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

JESSICA PEGULA PETRA KVITOVA 2019 2019 R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #64) 6-2 6-3 R2 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #88) 6-4 6-4 2018 2018 R3* L - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #186) 6-3 6-2 R3 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #20) 7-5 6-1 2017 2017 R1* L - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #201) 6-3 7-6(2) QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 3-6 7-6(2) 2016 2016 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-1 6-1 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-3 7-5 2015 2015 R2 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #50) 5-7 7-5 6-3 QF L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #26) 4-6 6-4 6-2 2012 2014 R2* L - CATALINA CASTAÑO (COL #273) 2-6 6-4 6-0 R3 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 6-4 6-4 2011 2013 R2* L - EDINA GALLOVITS-HALL (USA #107) 6-4 6-4 R3 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #81) 6-3 6-0

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2012 R16 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 1-6 6-2 6-0 2011 R1 L - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #48) 7-6(3) 6-3 2010 R3 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #3) 6-3 6-0 2009 R16 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #50) 4-6 6-4 7-5 2008 R1 L - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #102) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 2007 R2* L - SANDRA KLOESEL (GER #113) 7-5 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making fourth main draw appearance at US Open, • Making 13th main draw appearance at the US Open and has posted best Grand Slam result by reaching (and 14th overall) 3r this week • Best result is reaching the QF twice, in 2015 (l. even- • Previous best result was reaching 2r here on Grand tual champion Pennetta) and 2017 (l. V.Williams) Slam main draw debut in 2015 (as qualifier, d. Van • Posted R16 finishes in 2009 (l. Wickmayer), 2012 (l. Uytvanck in 1r, l. Cibulkova) Bartoli) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Kerber) • Posted 1r exit in 2016 (as qualifier, l. A.Radwanska) • On most recent outing, in 2019, fell 2r (l. No.88 and 2019 (l. Cornet) Petkovic) • Fell 2011-12, 2017-18 qualifying • US Open is only major where she is yet to reach SF • After reaching 2r on major debut in 2015 at US • One of 10 reigning or former major winners to begin Open, had suffered five consecutive 1r exits at Slams the women’s singles draw this fortnight before 1r win over Bouzkova on Monday (2016 US • Seeded No.6 this fortnight – has now been seeded Open, 2019 Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open, at the past 37 Grand Slams she has contested, since and 2020 Australian Open) first seeding here at US Open in 2010 (No.27 seed). • After coming within two points of defeat against Has been seeded as high as No.2, most recently at Bouzkova on Monday, overcame Flipkens in 3s in 2015 Wimbledon 2r match – has spent nearly five and a half hours on • Was one of eight Czech players to start the main court already this fortnight draw (third-best represented country, behind USA - • Faces No.12 Kvitova today, and bidding for fourth 31 and Russia -12) Top 20 win of career, after No.14 Stosur at 2016 • Began 2020 US Open campaign with defeat of Begu Washington DC, No.12 Sevastova at 2019 Charles- in 1r - three of four previous wins over the Romanian ton and No.11 Sabalenka at 2020 Western & South- have seen her go on to reach the final, picking up ern Open titles at 2018 St. Petersburg and 2015 Madrid, and a • During 2019 North American hard court season, won R-Up finish at 2019 Australian Open her first WTA title at Washington DC (d. Giorgi in F); • Defeated Kozlova in 2r on Wednesday, seeing her then fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. Diyas) and US Open (l. improve to 108-43 across the Slams - one of seven Cornet) active players with 100 or more main draw wins at • Best result on US soil before 2019 Washington DC majors was SF run at 2016 Washington DC; also finished • Faces Pegula today – owns a 19-10 record in Slam R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach in 3r matches, most recent loss coming here at 2018 2019 (l. Andreescu) US Open (l. Sabalenka) • Has twice faced Americans at their home Slams, defeating Gibbs in 2015 and losing to V.Williams in 2017 • Loss to No.63 Pegula would be worst-by-ranking of season (after No.48 Bouzkova at Western & South- ern Open), and worst at Slam level since falling to No.88 Petkovic at US Open last year • Owns 18 hard court titles (the fifth-most among active players, after S.Williams - 47, V.Williams - 31, Clijsters - 31 and Azarenka - 20). Three of these titles came on US soil, at New Haven in 2012, 2014-15 GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting seventh Grand Slam main draw at 2020 • Winner of two major singles titles: 2011 Wimbledon US Open (d. Sharapova) and 2014 Wimbledon (d. Bouchard) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut as qualifier at • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam 2015 US Open (d. Van Uytvanck, l. Cibulkova in 2r) title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- • Prior to 2020 US Open, sole Grand Slam main draw phens, Wozniacki, Halep, Osaka, Barty and Kenin) win had come over Van Uytvanck at 2015 US Open • Best result at Australian Open came with runner-up • Posted three 1r exits at Grand Slam events in 2019 finish in 2019 (l. Osaka) – becoming first Czech - beaten by eventual champion Barty at Roland woman to reach the final there since Novotna in 1991 Garros, Buzarnescu at Wimbledon and Cornet at US (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title Open was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Navratilova) JESSICA PETRA PEGULA VS KVITOVA

GRAND SLAM CONT. GRAND SLAM CONT.

• Fell 1r at 2020 Australian Open (l. Townsend) • Had she defeated Osaka, would have become the • Advanced through qualifying at 2016 US Open, World No.1 – Osaka’s took the accolade instead before lost to No.4 A.Radwanska in 1r • Other Grand Slam highlights include reaching SF at • Has fallen in qualifying for a total of 12 times – at US 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Ro- Open (2011-12, 2017-18), Wimbledon (2013, 2015- land Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and 16), Roland Garros (2013, 2015-16) and Australian QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2015 Open (2013, 2016) US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) SEASON SEASON

• Coming off first QF appearance at a WTA Premier • Coming off 2r exit at Western & Southern Open (after event, making the last eight at Western & Souther 1r bye, l. Bouzkova) - main draw record vs. fellow Open (l. Mertens) Czechs now 36-5 • Posted 2r showing at Lexington (l. Bellis) • Before the hiatus, last tournament contested was Before the hiatus, made main draw debut at Austra- Doha, finishing as R-Up (l. Sabalenka); now 27-10 in lian Open (l. Townsend in 1r) WTA singles finals • Started 2020 season with a run to Auckland final (d. • Defeat of Barty in Doha SF was sixth career win over Wozniacki in SF, l. eventual champion S.Williams) a reigning World No.1 • Advanced to QF at St Petersburg (withdrew prior to match vs. Alexandrova w/illness) • Made 12th major QF at Australian Open (l. Barty) • Opened season at Brisbane, reaching SF (l. R-Up Keys) before withdrawing from Adelaide w/fatigue CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 at No.76 for her first ever career Top • Ended 2019 ranked No.7 for second consecutive 100 finish, up from No.125 in 2018 year ending in Top 10 and seventh time in her career • Won her first WTA title at 2019 Citi Open in Washing- • Captured 26th and 27th career titles in 2019 at Syd- ton DC (d. Giorgi in F) to reach a career high ranking ney (d. Barty) and Stuttgart (d. Kontaveit). With 27 of No. 55 titles, is currently tied with Mandlikova and Sabatini • Also in 2019, made main draw debut at Roland Gar- in 20th place (Open Era) ros (l. eventual champion Barty in 1r) and Wimbledon • Reached title match at 2019 Australian Open for third (l. Buzarnescu in 1r) as well as Miami Open as a career Grand Slam final appearance – result moved qualifier (l. Konta in 1r) her to World No.2, matching her career high ranking • Highlights of 2018 included finishing runner-up as a • Also in 2019, qualified for WTA Finals in Shenzhen qualifier at Quebec City (l. Parmentier in F), record- for seventh time (went 0-3 in group play) ing SF finish at Houston 125K (l. S.Peng) and reach- • Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St Peters- ing QF or better at 10 ITF events burg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), • Won doubles title w/Manasse at 2018 Houston 125K Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in (d. Krawczyk/Olmos in F) F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the • Did not play between January and August 2017 year ranked No.7 – sixth career Top 10 finish, and after undergoing hip surgery. Primarily played at ITF first since 2015 (up fro No.29 in 2017) events for the rest of the year, winning two doubles • Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first titles with Townsend player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a • Played a mixture of WTA and ITF events in 2016 season since S.Williams in 2015 with highlight coming at Washington DC, where she • Including 2019, has won at least one title every year defeated No.14 Stosur for first Top 20 win of career dating back to 2011 on her way to a SF finish (l. Davis) • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, • Made Grand Slam main draw debut as qualifier at l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in 2015 US Open (d. Van Uytvanck, l. Cibulkova in 2r) Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra extensive surgery to left hand Beach and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Indian • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other highlights in- Wells Grand Slam History cluded a SF at Beijing (l. eventual champion Garcia) and reached second US Open QF (l. V. Williams) JESSICA PETRA PEGULA VS KVITOVA

PERSONAL CAREER CONT.

• Coached by David Witt, formerly with Michael Joyce • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the • Father owns Buffalo Bills NFL and Buffalo Sabres WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai NHL teams • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the • Owns her own skincare company called ‘Ready 24’ singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze • Passionate about new charity with her fiancé called A medal play-off) Lending Paw • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) • Owns six wins over current World No.1s: Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid), Kerber (2016 Wuhan), Wozniacki (2018 Doha) and Barty (2020 Doha) • Among active players, owns the most wins in indoor hardcourt events (77) • Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006

PERSONAL

• Current coach is Jiri Vanek, while fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger • Parents are Jiri and Pavla • Won the 2019 Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award, as voted by her WTA peers for the eighth time in career • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

VARVARA GRACHEVA (RUS #102) vs. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15)

Head to Head: PETRA MARTIC leads 1-0

2020 PRAGUE CLAY O R1 PETRA MARTIC 7-6(2) 6-3 110 mins

VARVARA GRACHEVA PETRA MARTIC 102 WTA RANKING 15 186 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 33 02-08-2000 (20) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 19-01-1991 (29) $52,494 YTD PRIZE MONEY $313,665 $162,797 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,140,051 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 2-0 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 7-7 2-1 / 4-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 11-7 / 136-128 1-0 / 2-2 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 57-35 1-1 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 33-30 2-0 / 4-2 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-5 / 72-79 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 4-28 0-1 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 15-47 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 8-12 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 3r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

VARVARA GRACHEVA PETRA MARTIC 2019 2019 R3* L - RICHEL HOGENKAMP (NED #207) 6-4 7-6(6) R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-3 6-4 2018 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #69) 6-4 6-4 2017 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 6-4 7-6(3) 2015 R3* L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #207) 6-4 6-4 2014 R1* L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 6-4 6-3 2012 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) 6-1 6-1

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2011 R2 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #16) 6-4 2-6 6-4 2010 R1 L - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #57) 6-2 6-2 2009 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-1 6-0 2008 R1* L - KATIE O'BRIEN (GBR #140) 3-6 6-4 6-0

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2020 US • Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open Open (11th overall) where she made it through to R16 for • One of eight Grand Slam debutantes in this year’s the first time in 2019 (l. S.Williams) starting field (also Arconada, Baptiste, Kawa, Kor- • Previous best results at Flushing Meadows were 2r patsch, Montgomery, Scott and Zavatska) showings on main draw debut in 2009 (as qualifier, l. • Fell in final round of qualifying at Flushing Meadows Wozniacki) and again in 2011 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) in 2019 • Seeded No.8 this fortnight - her highest at a major. • This year, registered first tour-level win of the season Has now been among 32 seeds for six straight Slams over Badosa in 1r • Recovered from 3-1 down in the final set to beat • In 2r recovered from 6-1 5-1, saving 4mp to defeat Martincova in 1r No.30 seed Mladenovic • Hit 29 winners - including eight aces - to see off • In 3r today, faces No.15 Martic whom she lost to 24 Bondarenko in 2r; result improves win-loss record days ago in Prague across all Slams to 36-32 • Highest-ranked opponent faced prior to Martic in • Faces No.102 Gracheva in 3r today. Most recent loss Prague was No.31 Hsieh at 2019 Washington DC (l. to a player outside Top 100 came at the hands of 7-5 4-6 7-6(6)) No.134 Wang Xiyu at Hua Hin in February, while in • In terms of ranking, best career win is over No.44 the main draw at a Slam it was to No.131 Dominguez Mladenovic on Wednesday (previously No.51 Toml- Lino at 2014 Wimbledon janovic at 2019 Moscow) • Record in Grand Slam 3r matches is 7-2 • Prior to US Open and Prague this summer, previous • Enters this week ranked No.15 – one spot shy from tour-level main draw appearances were last year’s 2r her career high of No.14 (achieved on January 13, showings at Washington DC and Moscow, and a 1r 2020) – and as Croatian No.1 ahead of No.24 Vekic exit at Lausanne • In addition to R16 run here, only other outings during • Playing here two spots off career-high ranking of 2019 summer hard court season were 1r exits at No.100 (achieved March 2, 2020) Toronto (l. Di Lorenzo) and Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) • One of 12 Ukrainians in main draw - only USA (31), • Deepest run of career on US soil was to SF at 2019 is better represented Charleston (l. Wozniacki) GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2020 US • Contesting 34th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Open Australian Open, reaching 2r (l. Goerges) • Previously fell at the final hurdle of qualifying at 2019 • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 US Open and 2020 Australian Open Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova) • Contested Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open • Reached R16 on six other occasions across the as a junior, with best result a 3r run at 2016 Wimble- Slams, at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and don 2019 (l. Svitolina), Australian Open in 2018 (l. Mer- tens), Roland Garros in 2012 (l. Kerber) and 2017 (as qualifier, l. Svitolina after leading 5-2 in final set) and 2019 US Open (l. S.Williams) • Was ranked No.290 during 2017 Roland Garros run– the lowest-ranked player to reach R16 at a Grand- Slam since the unranked Henin finished R-Up at 2010 Australian Open (l. S.Williams). Since 1983, the only other player outside the Top 200 to reach R16 in Paris was No.279 Martínez in 1988 • Roland Garros exploits in 2017 ended run of seven1r losses at the majors (did not contest main draw at any of the Slams in 2016) • Made 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2009 Roland Gar- ros (as qualifier, l. Wozniak) VARVARA PETRA GRACHEVA VS MARTIC

SEASON SEASON

• Contested qualifying at Western & Southern Open • On the tour’s return reached SF at Palermo (l. Kon- • Upon the tour’s resumption in August, fell in qualify- taveit) and then fell 2r at Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova) ing at Palermo and 1r at Prague (l. Martic) • In the Middle East, advanced to SF at Dubai (l. Ry- • Also fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg and Doha, bakina) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Strycova) while lost opening matches at both WTA 125K Series • Made 1r exit at Hua Hin (l. X.Wang) event at Indian Wells and $60K ITF/Cairo-EGY • Reached her career high singles ranking of World • Opened season by falling at final hurdle in qualifying No.14 on January 13 at both Shenzhen and Australian Open • Started 2020 with back-to-back 2r showings at Auck- land (l. Cornet) and Australian Open (l. Goerges)

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 at No.105, nearly 300 places up from • Posted best season finish of career in 2019, at her her 2018 finish after a campaign in which she posted then-career-high ranking of No.15 (first achieved a 70-26 win-loss record, lifting five titles on the October 21, 2019). Lifted maiden career WTA title at ITF Circuit, including at $60K Valencia and $60K Istanbul (d. Vondrousova in F) Saint-Malo • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 • Recorded first WTA victory during 2r run at 2019 Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova); Washington DC (as qualifier, d. Blinkova, l. Hsieh). upset No.2 seed and No.2-ranked Ka.Pliskova in 3r Made debut on WTA Tour as a qualifier at Lausanne, to register fourth Top 10 win of career (and best by losing in 1r to X.Han and Grand Slam qualifying ranking) debut at US Open • Also in 2019, enjoyed R16 runs at both Wimbledon (l. • During 2018 season, won second ITF Circuit title of Svitolina) and US Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) career at $15k/Antalya-TUR and reached three other • Finished R-Up at Zhengzhou before qualifying for the QFs at this level WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the first time (fell at RR • Fell 1r on WTA debut (main draw and qualifying) at stage) 2019 Lausanne (as qualifier, l. X.Han) • In 2018, finished R-Up at Bucharest (l. Sevastova), • On ITF Circuit, winner of seven singles titles posted QF showing at Indian Wells and made R16 at • Played first professional events of career on ITF Australian Open Circuit in Egypt in 2016 • In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros • In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49 • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team 2008-2010, 2012, 2014 • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2007 Miami • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2005

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Trains with Jean-Rene Lisnard at his Academy in • Coached by Martijn Bok. Formerly worked with San- Cannes; also often travels with Eric Dimaggio dra Zaniewska • Introduced to tennis by her mother Natalia Kazakova, • Mother’s name is Sandra Martic; she was a handball- who was her coach until the age of 14 before moving player to Germany to train with • Favorite city is Paris and favorite food is pancakes • Enjoys drawing, and her favorite artist is Vincent Van • During tour’s hiatus in 2020, spent time honing her Gogh - particularly ‘Self-portrait with a severed ear’ cooking skills at home MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

MAGDA LINETTE (POL #37) vs. ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21)

Head to Head: MAGDA LINETTE leads 4-2

2017 WUHAN HARD O R1 MAGDA LINETTE 7-5 6-4 95 mins 2015 ILKLEY GRASS O SF MAGDA LINETTE 6-4 2-6 7-5 n/a 2015 CROISSY-BEAUBOURG HARD I R1 MAGDA LINETTE 3-6 4-6 n/a 2014 NOTTINGHAM 3 GRASS O R16 ANETT KONTAVEIT 6-3 6-4 n/a 2014 NOTTINGHAM 2 GRASS O R16 ANETT KONTAVEIT 7-5 6-3 n/a 2013 TALLINN HARD I R16 MAGDA LINETTE 6-2 4-6 6-2 n/a

MAGDA LINETTE ANETT KONTAVEIT 37 WTA RANKING 21 46 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8 12-02-1992 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-12-1995 (24) $151,818 YTD PRIZE MONEY $533,890 $2,516,677 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,532,651 1 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 4-5 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 7-4 10-6 / 90-100 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 18-7 / 121-95 3-2 / 32-34 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 43-32 3-0 / 31-18 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 30-31 10-6 / 75-70 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 14-6 / 75-62 0-0 / 0-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 11-19 0-0 / 1-22 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 3-5 / 19-32 1-1 / 5-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 12-10 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 3r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

MAGDA LINETTE ANETT KONTAVEIT 2019 2019 R2 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) 6-2 6-4 R3 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) W/O 2018 2018 R1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-4 6-0 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #54) 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5 2017 2017 R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) 6-2 6-1 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #37) 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 2016 2016 R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #13) 6-2 6-3 R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #20) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 2015 2015 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #15) 6-3 6-2 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #23) 6-2 6-1

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2014 R1* L - RICHEL HOGENKAMP (NED #165) 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 2013 R1* L - CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #138) 2-6 6-1 6-2 2011 R1* L - (RUS #137) 6-7(2) 6-4 6-2

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making sixth consecutive US Open main draw ap- • Making sixth consecutive appearance at US Open, pearance, where she is through to 3r for the time where best result remains run through qualifying to • Previous best was making 2r last year (l. Osaka) and R16 on debut in 2015 (l. V.Williams) on main draw debut in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska) • Only other victories here came during last year’s 3r • Has lost to a seed in her five previous visits to Flush- showing; withdrew prior to match vs. Bencic w/illness ing Meadows, in 2015 (No.15 A.Radwanska), 2016 - subsequently sat out remainder of season (No.12 Cibulkova), 2017 (No.1 Ka.Pliskova), 2018 • R-Up in 2012 US Open girls’ singles (l. Crawford) (No.12 S.Williams) and 2019 (No.1 Osaka) • Committed just 14 unforced errors during three-set 1r • Has come out on top after being pushed to 3s in 1r win over Collins against Inglis and 2r against Kovinic. Overall Grand • Won 73% of first service points to see off No.113 Slam win-loss record now stands at 11-20 Juvan in 2r. Overall Slam win-loss record now stands • In today’s 3r match, faces No.14 seed Kontaveit for at 25-19 the seventh time in a rivalry stretching back to 2013 • Faces No.37 Linette in 3r today; record at this stage when both women were ranked outside Top 250 of majors stands at 4-3 (not including walkover at • Is 0-3 in 3r matches at the majors 2019 US Open) • A win today against the World No.21 would improve • Best previous result on US soil was SF run at 2019 20-51 record vs. Top 50 players and earn her a spot Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) in her maiden R16 Grand Slam match • During last year’s North American hard court swing, • In terms of ranking, best career win was over then- made 3r at Toronto (l. Ka.Pliskova), Cincinnati (l. ranked No.17 Osaka at 2018 Washington DC Barty) and US Open • Entering this tournament at No.37, is just four spots • Entering the tournament sat in ninth place on the off from career high ranking of No.33; achieved Feb- 2020 prize money list ruary 17, 2020 after lifting the title at Hua Hin • Over the last few months, the Estonian has used her • In addition to 2r run here, during last summer’s North time off to refining her gardening skills back home; American hard court season contested qualifying at while on the court, last month defeated Ostapenko to Toronto and Cincinnati before lifting maiden WTA title help Estonia beat Latvia in the Merko Cup exhibition at the Bronx (as qualifier, d. Giorgi in F) in Tallinn GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting 21st Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Played landmark 20th Grand Slam main draw at Open. Made debut at 2015 Roland Garros 2020 Australian Open, where she made history by • Best results to date were 3r runs at 2017 Roland becoming the first Estonian to reach QF (l. Halep) - Garros (l. Svitolina), 2018 Australian Open (l. Allerto- across all four majors only other Estonian to reach va), 2019 Wimbledon (l. Kvitova) and now 2020 US the last eight is Kanepi (on six occasions) Open • Earned her first Slam wins at 2015 US Open where • Recorded first Grand Slam win against during 2r she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) – only showing at 2015 US Open (d. U.Radwanska, l. seventh qualifier in Open Era to reach US Open R16 A.Radwanska) • Also made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) • Best showings at Wimbledon are 3r runs in 2017 (l. Wozniacki), 2018 (l. Van Uytvanck) and 2019 (l. Muchova) SEASON SEASON

• Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. • Coming off QF run at Western & Southern Open (l. Zvonareva) and 2r showing at Lexington (l. eventual Osaka in 3s) - the 20th time in her career she has champion Brady) reached last eight or better at a WTA event • Before tour’s hiatus, fell 1r at Doha (l. Muchova) • Posted R-Up finish at Palermo (d. No.15 Martic in • Earned second WTA title at Hua Hin (d. Kung in F) to SF, l. Ferro); career record in finals is now 1-5 reach career high ranking of No.33 (February 17) • In Middle East, advanced to QF at Dubai (l. Martic) • In title run, lost only 36 total games, the third fewest and fell 2r at Doha (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) amongst singles champions this year (behind Brady at Lexington - 24 and Bertens at St. Petersburg - 25) MAGDA ANETT LINETTE VS KONTAVEIT

SEASON CONT. SEASON CONT.

• Won all three singles rubbers as advanced • Won four singles rubbers on Fed Cup duty (including to face Brazil in next year’s rescheduled Fed Cup over No.4 Svitolina), leading Estonia to within one Play-offs win of victory over Ukraine in the promotional play-off • Started 2020 season with 1r loss at Shenzhen (l. • Made Grand Slam breakthrough by reaching maiden Zhang), before making 2r loss at Hobart (l. Davis) major QF at Australian Open (l. Halep), became the and then falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Rus) first Estonian to make the last eight in Melbourne` • Kicked off 2020 season by reaching 2r in Brisbane (l. Bertens) and falling 1r in Adelaide (l. Pavlyuchen- kova) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted first Top 50 season in 2019, finishing at No.43 • Finished 2019 ranked No.26 – her second straight after posting 41-26 record (at all levels) Top 30 finish (No.21 in 2018) – despite missing final • Highlights were maiden WTA title at the Bronx (d. two months of the season w/viral illness Giorgi in F), R-Up finish at Seoul (l. Muchova) and • Reached her fifth career final in 2019 at Stuttgart (l. SF at Hua Hin (l eventual champion Yastremska) Kvitova). Also in 2019, advanced to her first Premier • Enjoyed fourth consecutive Top 100 season in 2018 Mandatory SF at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty), at No.83 (down from best year-end finish at No.71 in which propelled her to a career high ranking of No.14 2017) (April 1, 2019) • Reached QF at 2018 Washington DC (l. Vekic); win • In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles over No.17 Osaka in 2r was first Top 20 victory – final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw previous career-best win came over No.21 Gavrilova wins – the first time she had registered 30 or more at 2017 Tokyo [PPO] wins in a season – finishing No.21 in the rankings • Highlights of 2018 clay court season were QF at • Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 at Bogotá (l. Jakupovic) and R-Up finish at WTA 125K Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) and SF event at Bol (l. Zidansek) showings at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina) • Posted first career victories at 2018 Australian Open and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) during 3r run (d. Brady in 1r and No.22 seed Kasatki- • Breakthrough season came in 2017, finishing on a na in 2r, l. Allertova) ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 – first year- • Appeared in third career WTA doubles final at 2017 end finish inside Top 50 and second non-consecutive Bogotá (w/Cepede Royg), having also been run- year in Top 100 ner-up at 2014 Guangzhou (w/Cornet) and 2016 • Won first career singles title at 2017 ‘s-Hertogen- Hong Kong (w/Xu) bosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at • 2017 highlighted by SF at Kuala Lumpur (l. Hibino). Biel/Benne (l. Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens) Also made QF at Bogotá and reached 3r at major for • Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run first time at Roland Garros at Gstaad (July 24, 2017) • In 2016 enjoyed run to first Premier-level quarterfinal • Also advanced to QF at Premier-level tournaments at of career at Tokyo [PPO] (as qualifier, l. eventual Stuttgart, where she beat No.6 Muguruza en route, champion Wozniacki); also advanced to QF at Kato- and Rome, where she posted her first career win wice (l. Parmentier) over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber in 2r • Broke into Top 100 on June 15, 2015 and Top 50 on • In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams September 9, 2019 for first time, but dropped out of Top 100 • Reached maiden WTA singles final at 2015 Tokyo • One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100 [Japan Open] (l. Wickmayer) • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at • At WTA 125K Series level, won title at Ningbo in No.96, up from No.152 2014 and was R-Up at Bol in 2018 • Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at • At 2013 Baku, made SF in second WTA main draw 2016 Monterrey (2r) appearance (l. Peer) • Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on • Played first two WTA main draws in 2013: 2r at Stras- ITF Circuit bourg (l. Cornet) and SF at Baku (l. Peer) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. • Owns 11 singles titles and eight doubles titles on ITF McHale, 1r) Circuit • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010 • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Poland in • Junior highlights included winning 2012 US Open 2007 and 2011 Orange Bowl MAGDA ANETT LINETTE VS KONTAVEIT

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Izo Zunic and Mark Gellard • Coached by Nigel Sears • Began playing tennis when she was six; favorite shot • Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia is backhand • World No.1 Estonian player • Tennis idol growing up was Monica Seles • Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in • Parents are Tomasz and Beata, sister is Dagmara tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began • Off the court, her interests include learning new lan- working other Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is guages and reading books a manager at the Port of Tallinn MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23) vs. ANN LI (USA #128)

Head to Head: First meeting

ANGELIQUE KERBER ANN LI 23 WTA RANKING 128 60 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 95 18-01-1988 (32) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 26-06-2000 (20) $231,843 YTD PRIZE MONEY $106,460 $29,526,500 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $232,406 0 / 12 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 27-11 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 2-0 6-3 / 433-247 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 3-3 1-1 / 120-100 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 1-0 2-4 / 88-61 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 2-0 6-3 / 285-162 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 3-3 0-0 / 39-62 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-0 0-0 / 90-116 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 1-1 0-0 / 34-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-0 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 3r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER ANN LI 2019 2019 R1 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #54) 7-5 0-6 6-4 R2* L - NINA STOJANOVIC (SRB #165) 6-4 7-6(5) 2018 2018 R3 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #35) 3-6 6-3 6-3 R1* L - MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #170) 6-4 6-4 2017 2017 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #45) 6-3 6-1 R1* L - VICTORIA KAMENSKAYA (RUS #190) 6-4 7-5

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2016 F W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-3 4-6 6-4 2015 R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #20) 7-5 2-6 6-4 2014 R3 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #58) 6-1 7-5 2013 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #20) 4-6 6-3 7-6(3) 2012 R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #10) 7-6(5) 6-3 2011 SF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-3 2-6 6-2 2010 R1 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 6-3 6-1 2009 R2 L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #43) 7-5 6-3 2008 R1* L - SHENAY PERRY (USA #9,999) 6-2 6-3 2007 R1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open • Making US Open main draw debut and fourth ap- (ninth overall); reached QF in 2019 (l. Svitolina) pearance overall • Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open • Defeated No.68 Rus in 1r on Monday to surpass her (and 14th overall) previous best win by ranking over No.92 Wickmayer • Champion here in 2016 (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), which during qualifying at 2020 Australian Open marked second Grand Slam title of career, after de- • Upset fellow American No.20 Riske in 2r to record but title at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F). her first ever Top 50 win, dropping only three games Also won 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) with a 27-minute first set bagel; now is 1-1 against a • Run to title here four years ago also saw her rise Top 20 ranked opponent (fell to No.15 Kenin at 2020 to World No.1; was 22nd player to hold WTA World Australian Open) No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve • At No.128, is the second lowest ranked player left milestone since computer rankings were introduced in top half of the draw (No.137 Kostyuk); one of four in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record players outside Top 100 to reach 3r in top half 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997) • Takes on 2016 champion Kerber in 3r today; first • Other key results in Flushing Meadows were SF run time facing a former No.1 or a Grand Slam titlist , in 2011 (had not been past 3r at a major until that also first time playing a left-hander at tour level point) and has reached R16 on two further occasions • Last player to make the second week at US Open (2012-13) main draw debut was Andreescu, who went all the • Her 1r loss in 2017 (l. Osaka) marked second time way to claim the title in 2019; last player to reach in Open Era a defending US Open champion lost in R16 at a Slam in first two main draw appearances opening round (also Kuznetsova in 2005, who lost to was Gauff at 2019 Wimbledon (before that, Swiatek Ekaterina Bychkova) and Bolsova at 2019 Roland Garros) • Was one of 10 Grand Slam champions and one of • Entering the tournament, sole tour-level match win of six former US Open champions to begin year’s draw her career came over Cabrera in 1r of 2020 Austra- • One of 26 thirtysomethings to begin this year’s draw lian Open – became 10th woman in Open Era history to lift a • Has successfully advanced through qualifying rounds Grand Slam title at the age of 30 at 2018 Wimbledon three times so far this season, at Auckland, Austra- • Playing her milestone 50th Grand Slam main draw lian Open and Western & Southern Open - and 43rd in a row - at 2020 US Open; 2r win on • One of 31 Americans to start the draw Wednesday moves her to a 107-46 win-loss record - one of seven active players with more than a century of victories at this level • US Open is her third-most successful Slam, with a 27-11 main draw record (includes wins this week), followed by Wimbledon (31-11) and the Australian Open (32-12), and then finally Roland Garros (17-12) • Ranked No.23 this fortnight – lowest ranking entering a Slam since 2012 Australian Open (No.30) • Overcome Tomljanovic in 1r on Monday – was first competitive match since R16 defeat at the Australian Open in January (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Edged past No.109 Friedsam in 2r – is now a perfect 11-0 vs. German woman at the Slams in career • Record in Grand Slam 3r matches stands at 20-8, with last loss coming at 2018 US Open (l.Cibulkova) • Faces No.128 Ann Li for a spot in R16 today, bidding to reach the second week here for the first time since her title run in 2016, and the fifth overall • Has lost to players ranked outside Top 50 at three of the past four majors: No.81 Potapova (2019 Roland Garros), No.95 Davis (2019 Wimbledon) and No.54 Mladenovic (2019 US Open) • Last loss to a player outside the Top 100 at a Slam came in 2011, at Wimbledon (l. 254 Robson) • Owns seven hard court titles, most recently at 2018 Sydney. Most recent hard court final was 2019 Indian Wells (l. Andreescu) ANGELIQUE ANN KERBER VS LI

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam • Made her Grand Slam main draw debut this season champion to save match point en route to the title at 2020 Australian Open where she advanced to 2r since Li Na at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a (as qualifier, d. Cabrera, l. eventual champion Kenin) match point in 1r win over Doi) • Has fallen in qualifying rounds of majors on four • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. occasions, at US Open (2017-19) and Wimbledon Ka.Pliskova in F) and duly rose to World No.1 (2019) • Kerber made just five unforced errors to beat S.Wil- • Was R-Up in girls’ singles at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Liu) liams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon - the first all-American girls final at the All England • Just one of two players all-time to defeat Serena Wil- Club since 1979 liams in two Grand Slam finals (also Venus Williams at 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon) • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champi- on Halep) SEASON SEASON

• Suffered from left leg injury during Australian swing, • Suffered qualifying loss upon return to tennis at leading her to pull out of Sushine Double Lexington, then made 1r exit at Western & Southern • Before tennis’ hiatus, posted R16 run at Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Muchova) Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Advanced to 2r at the Australian Open during her • Posted 2r showing at Adelaide (ret. vs. Yastremska Grand Slam main draw debut (as qualifier, l. eventual w/left hamstring injury) champion Kenin) • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. • Opened season by qualifying for maiden WTA main Stosur) draw, falling 1r at Auckland (l. McHale)

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 ranked No.20, down from No.2 in 2018 • Ended 2019 inside Top 200 for the first time, finishing • Reached two finals across last season, firstly finish- at No.148 after compiling a 44-22 win-loss record ing as R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what • Won second ITF Circuit title last season, at $25k ITF/ was the first Premier Mandatory final of her career. Osprey-FL, USA. Reached a further four finals at this As a result, passed the $28 million prize money mark level in 2019, while fell in qualifying at US Open and – currently eighth on the all-time list reached 3r at WTA 125K Series event at New Haven • Second final came on the grass of Eastbourne (R- • Ended 2018 at No.310 (up from No.583 in 2017) Up, l. Pliskova) • Two weeks after appearing in the girls’ singles final • Also made SF runs at Doha (l. eventual champion at Wimbledon in 2017, won her first title in the senior Mertens), Osaka (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Mallorca ranks at $15k ITF/Evansville-IN, USA • Victory over Kontaveit in 2r at Doha marked 600th • Posted career-high singles ranking of No.122 after career win across all levels run to 2r at 2020 Australian Open (February 2, 2020) • Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r at 2019 Australian • WTA main draw debut came at 2020 Auckland, falling Open for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of seven in 1r (as qualifier, l. McHale) active players to achieve the feat) • Contested qualifying at US Open in 2017 • Made professional debut at $10K ITF/Buffalo-NY, USA ANGELIQUE ANN KERBER VS LI

CAREER CONT. PERSONAL

• Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and • Grew up in Devon, Pennsylvania, currently resides in third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. Orlando, Florida and trains at USTA National Center S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 • Coached by Henner Nehles and sometimes her • Also in 2018, advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. mother Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai • Speaks English and Chinese (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. • Mother is Feng Zhou, father is Jianchao, brother is eventual champion Wozniacki Fred • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of • Introduced to tennis by her brother, he played and season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SF runs she would tag along at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai • Mentioned to press in New York this week that she • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first regards Li Na as a role model; tennis idols also Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. include Roger Federer and S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – be- came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by inter- national media and fans; also, ITF World Champion • Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-end- ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 • Won first career title at 2012 Paris [Indoors] • One of only four active players with three or more Grand Slam titles to their resume along with S.Wil- liams (23), V.Williams (7) and Clijsters (4)

PERSONAL

• Recently reunited with fromer coach Torben Beltz • Previously worked with Dieter Kindlman, Raemon Sluiter and Wim Fissette • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez • Commercial endorsements include deals with Porsche, Rolex and Head & Shoulders and SAP MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #106) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #35)

Head to Head: YULIA PUTINTSEVA leads 2-0

2016 SYDNEY HARD O R1 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 6-1 6-1 62 mins 2014 INNISBROOK CLAY O R16 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 6-3 6-1 n/a

ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH YULIA PUTINTSEVA 106 WTA RANKING 35 61 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 43 22-03-1994 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-01-1995 (25) $126,755 YTD PRIZE MONEY $224,826 $3,001,021 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,183,313 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 7-6 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 6-5 6-6 / 81-86 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-8 / 127-143 2-3 / 35-32 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 42-45 2-4 / 20-16 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-4 / 34-35 3-4 / 61-56 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 10-8 / 79-98 0-1 / 5-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 8-28 1-2 / 14-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 17-48 2-0 / 9-4 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 5-11 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 3r US OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 * Qualifying match

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH YULIA PUTINTSEVA 2019 2019 R2 L - ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) 3-6 6-4 6-2 R3 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #23) 6-4 6-1 2018 2018 R3 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-0 6-0 R1 L - (USA #92) 7-6(6) 6-4 2017 2017 R2 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #43) 6-1 7-6(7) R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 7-5 6-2 2016 2016 R1 L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #105) 6-2 4-6 7-5 R2 L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #102) 6-1 6-7(1) 6-1 2015 2015 R1 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #24) 6-1 6-4 R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #104) 6-0 6-3 2014 2014 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) 6-3 6-4 R2* L - (USA #304) 6-2 6-4

2012 R1* L - (ITA #194) 1-6 7-6(7) 7-5 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA ALIAKSANDRA YULIA SASNOVICH VS PUTINTSEVA

US OPEN US OPEN

• Making seventh appearance at US Open, where she • Making sixth main draw appearance at US Open is through to 3r for a second time (eighth overall) where she is through to 3r for the • Also made it this far in 2018 (d. No.11 Kasatkina in second time 2r, l. eventual champion Osaka) • Also made it this far in 2019 (d. No.13 Sabalenka in • In 1r this year, saved 1mp to beat Di Lorenzo 2r, l. Vekic) • Followed this with impressive 2r upset of No.19 • R-Up in girls’ singles at 2010 US Open (l. Gavrilova) Vondrousova - her first Top 20 win since overcoming • Has returned impressively this year, breaking serve No.15 Kontaveit at 2019 Madrid on 12 occasions across wins over Montgomery in 1r • Now owns 19-20 win-loss record across all Slams and Lapko in 2r - Brengle (13) is the only player to • Faces Putintseva in 3r today; record in Grand Slam break serve more times in the top half 3r matches stands at 1-3 • Win over Lapko was 30th across all majors (now • One of five Belarussian women to contest the main 30-25) draw this fortnight - also Azarenka, Lapko, Sabalenka • Faces Sasnovich in 3r; dropped just two games in and Sasnovich, all of whom triumphed in their open- beating her in qualifying at 2016 Sydney ing matches. It marked the first time in the Open Era, • Owns 2-4 record in Grand Slam 3r matches five Belarusian players made 2r at the same Slam • Last defeat to a player outside Top 100 came at • Two of career singles finals have both come on hard hands of No.131 Zhu in 1r at the Bronx in 2019 courts, at 2015 Seoul (l. Begu) and 2018 Brisbane (l. • In addition to 3r runs here at Flushing Meadows, Svitolina) standout result on US soil was SF run at 2016 Wash- ington DC GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting 21st Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland Open Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 • Best Grand Slam result was R16 run at 2018 Wim- (l. Keys). Was the first Kazakhstani to reach QF at bledon (d. No.8 Kvitova in 1r, l. Ostapenko) Roland Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in • Also posted 3r runs at 2018 (l. Garcia) and 2019 2012 (l. QF) Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2018 US • Away from Paris, other key results include 3r at 2016 Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) Australian Open (l. Gasparyan) and 2020 (l. Halep), • Made 2r at Roland Garros in 2017 and 2018 3r at 2019 US Open (l. Vekic) and 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. V.Williams), 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2019 (l. Golubic) • On her milestone 25th major, at 2020 Australian Open, made 3r alongside compatriots Diyas and Rybakina - the tournament marked the first time in history three Kazakhstani women have reached this stage at a major • A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US Open, 2012 Australian Open) SEASON SEASON

• At Palermo reached first WTA QF in 18 months (as • Coming off 2r showings at Western & Southern Open qualifier, l. Martic). Also lost in qualifying at Prague (l. Sakkari) and Lexington (l. Teichmann) • In Middle East, made 1r exit at Dubai (as qualifier, l. • Made 3r at Doha (d. defending champion Mertens, l. Mladenovic). Contested qualifying at Doha Bencic) • Represented Belarus in Fed Cup play-off victory • Made 1r exit at St. Petersburg (l. Kudermetova) vs. the Netherlands. Teamed up with Sabalenka in • Part of Kazakhstan team that lost 3-1 away to Bel- doubles to seal the victory (d. Bertens/Schuurs on a gium in Fed Cup qualifier third-set tie-break). In singles, d. Rus, l. Bertens • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Halep) • Opened season with 2r showing as Shenzhen (l. • Opened season with 2r appearance at Brisbane (as Q.Wang) and 1r exits at Adelaide (as qualifier, l. qualifier, l. Collins) before a 1r exit at Adelaide (as Collins) and Australian Open (l. Minnen) qualifier, l. Tomljanovic) ALIAKSANDRA YULIA SASNOVICH VS PUTINTSEVA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted third consecutive Top 100 season in 2019 • Finished 2019 ranked No.34 for joint- career-best (finishing at No.67), down from No.30 in 2018, having finish (also 2016) reached second career WTA final and first at a Pre- • Won first career title at Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in F); mier tournament at Brisbane (as qualifier, l. Svitolina) afterwards rose to No.28 in rankings – one spot off • Other season highlights in 2018 include SF run at career best No.27 (achieved February 6, 2017) Moscow [River Cup] (l. Danilovic) and QF at Moscow • Achieved best US Open result of career to date by [Kremlin Cup] (l. Konta) reaching 3r (l. Vekic) • Best Grand Slam result came with R16 run at 2018 • Has four Top 5 wins in career – after No.5 Cibulkova Wimbledon (d. No.8 Kvitova in 1r, l. Ostapenko) (2017 St Petersburg), No.5 Stephens (2019 Syd- • Played all three ties during Belarus’ run to its first ney) and No.1 Osaka (2019 Birmingham and final in 2017 – posted 5-1 record, including Wimbledon) win over No.13 Stephens in final • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg • Other standout performances in 2017 were SF run at (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over Biel and QF appearance at Premier-level Moscow No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic • Reached maiden WTA final, at 2015 Seoul (as quali- in F) – first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA fier, l. Begu) final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogotá (l. Pereira) • Made Top 100 debut on September 8, 2015 (after US • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on Febru- Open; rose from No.120 to No.97) ary 6, 2017 following St Petersburg • In 2014 season won 11th and most recent singles ti- • Also in 2017 reached QF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. tle on ITF Circuit. Also owns seven ITF doubles titles eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Brussels; made and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) WTA main draw debut at 2014 US Open • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarter- • Played first event of career at 2009 ITF/Minsk 2-BLR finals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in 2012 • Also reached SF at two International-level events in 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC (l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 Charleston • Later in season, posted second career win over a Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) • Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventu- al champion Larsson) • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six doubles titles • Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-20

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Working with Vlado Platenik. Previously coached by • Coached by Roman Kislianskii Aliaksandr Leniuchau • Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan • Studying physical culture at university in Minsk in May 2012 • Mother is Natalia; younger sister is Polina. Started • Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior be- playing at age 9; introduced to sport by father fore moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy • Tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine Henin – still watches videos of Henin on YouTube • Enjoys dancing, singing, Sudoku, cards and chess MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #50) vs. [28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41)

Head to Head: Series tied 3-3

2019 NOTTINGHAM GRASS O SF CAROLINE GARCIA 4-6 6-3 6-3 110 mins 2019 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R2 JENNIFER BRADY 6-3 3-6 6-0 108 mins 2019 DUBAI HARD O R2 JENNIFER BRADY 6-4 7-5 99 mins 2019 HUA HIN HARD O R1 JENNIFER BRADY 6-4 7-6(3) 124 mins 2018 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R2 CAROLINE GARCIA 6-4 6-4 84 mins 2017 STRASBOURG CLAY O R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 6-3 6-4 84 mins

CAROLINE GARCIA JENNIFER BRADY 50 WTA RANKING 41 77 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 16 16-10-1993 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-04-1995 (25) $145,650 YTD PRIZE MONEY $409,189 $10,346,111 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,418,649 0 / 7 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 6 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 9-7 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 5-3 7-7 / 221-176 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-6 / 45-52 3-3 / 76-62 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 16-15 3-2 / 59-55 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 11-17 7-7 / 134-116 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-6 / 36-34 1-0 / 17-40 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 2-10 1-0 / 33-67 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 10-15 2-1 / 21-18 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 3-5 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #50) vs. [28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) R64: d. [1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 6-1,7-6(2) (1h33) R64: d. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #188) 6-1,6-2 (0h51) R128: d. JASMINE PAOLINI (ITA #97) 6-3,6-2 (1h21) R128: d. ANNA BLINKOVA (RUS #62) 6-3,6-2 (1h16)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

CAROLINE GARCIA JENNIFER BRADY 2019 2019 R1 L - ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) 7-6(8) 6-2 R1 L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #46) 6-1 4-6 6-0

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2018 2018 R3 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #24) 5-7 6-4 7-6(4) R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #59) 6-3 6-3 2017 2017 R3 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) 6-0 6-4 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) 6-1 6-0 2016 2016 R3 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-2 6-3 R3* L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #146) 7-5 6-4 2015 2015 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #18) 3-6 6-4 7-5 R1* L - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #107) 6-2 6-4 2014 2014 R1 L - NICOLE GIBBS (USA #135) 6-2 2-6 6-3 R1* L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #169) 2-6 7-5 6-3 2013 R2 L - LAURA ROBSON (GBR #32) 6-4 7-6(5) 2012 R2* L - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #163) 6-2 6-4 2011 R1* L - REGINA KULIKOVA (RUS #191) 2-6 6-4 6-2

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open • Making her fourth career main draw appearance at • Has reached the 3r here for the fourth time, having Flushing Meadows this fortnight, with her best result previously reached this stage in 2016 (l. A.Radwans- coming in the form of a R16 appearance in 2017 (l. ka), 2017 (l. Kvitova) and 2018 (Suárez Navarro) top seed Ka.Pliskova) • In juniors, runner-up in girls’ singles at 2011 US • Contesting her 13th Grand Slam main draw at this Open (l. Min) year’s US Open, where she is seeded for the first • Contesting her 33rd Grand Slam main draw appear- time at this level, at No.28 ance this fortnight – including 1r and 2r wins here in • One of 31 Americans competing in this year’s event, New York, record across the majors stands at 38-32 including seven seeds • Her best Grand Slam result was making the QF at • Dispatched No.62 Blinkova in 1r (reeled of six games 2017 Roland Garros in a row, winning 74% of points on first serve) • Her joint-highest seeding at a Slam came here in • Improved 2r record at the Grand Slams to 3-4 with New York in 2018, as No.6 seed (also 2018 Wimble- victory over No.188 Bellis on Wednesday. Now has don) 11-1 record (including qualifying) against players • Defeated Italian Paolini in 1r, breaking serve five ranked outside Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat times, before ousting top seed and World No.3 coming against No.83 Pegula in 1r at Western & Ka.Pliskova on Wednesday - her sixth career win Southern Open over a Top 5 player • Overall win-loss record at the majors is now 12-12 • Has now faced the top seed at a Slam three times • Owns 7-5 record against fellow countrywomen at following two losses to S.Williams (back-to-back at tour-level; has triumphed five times in past six en- 2013 Roland Garros then 2013 Wimbledon) counters • In 2r, fired 30 winners compared to Ka.Pliskova’s 13 • Faces No.50 Garcia today. Bidding to reach the • Is through to the 3r of a Slam for first time since 2019 second week at the majors for the third time in her Australian Open (l. Collins); owns 4-7 record at this career, having done it twice in 2017, at Australian stage at the majors Open (l. Lucic-Baroni) and then in New York (l. • Has won back-to-back matches for the second time Ka.Pliskova) this season, having also done so at Lyon in March (d. • Has been one of the most impressive servers on Minnen and Bonaventure, l. Van Uytvanck in QF) tour in 2020, winning 77.1% of service games; was • Faces No.28 seed Brady today in their seventh ca- particularly impressive during recent Lexington title reer meeting (leveled at 3-3), most recently defeating run when she won 40 of 43 service games - just the the American en route to 2019 Nottingham title 10th tournament champion in the past decade to win • Owns 3-1 record vs. American opposition in 2020, at 93% or more of her service games: with wins coming over Townsend (Auckland), Brengle • During 2019 North American hard court swing, made (Australian Open) and Stephens (Western & South- 2r at Toronto (as qualifier, l. Halep in 3s) and Cincin- ern Open). Sole loss came to Pera (Doha) nati (as qualifier, l. Hsieh), fell 1r at Washington DC • During last year’s North American hard court swing, (l. Kenin) and US Open (l. Sasnovich) suffered 1r exits at Toronto (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati • Best result on US soil before 2020 Lexington was (l. Swiatek) and US Open (l. Jabeur) R16 run at 2017 US Open; also finished R-Up at • Best results of career on US soil were QF appear- WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells in 2019 (l. ances at New Haven in 2015 and 2018 Golubic) • Since joining forces with Julia Goerges’ former coach, Michael Geserer, has enjoyed an impressive run, compiling a 19-6 record in 2020, which includes wins over Sharapova, Barty, Svitolina, Vondrousova, Muguruza and Gauff • Played doubles this fortnight w/Dolehide (l. Kalash- nikova/Kudryavtseva in 1r on Thursday) CAROLINE JENNIFER GARCIA VS BRADY

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Plisko- • Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open va) for best Grand Slam singles result to date and went on to become first major debutante • Has also reached R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta), to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and 2018 Roland Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r Garros (l. Kerber) (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to • Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska), 2017 (l. Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier Kvitova), 2018 (l. Suárez Navarro) and 2019 to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era • In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on and R-Up at US Open (both w/Mladenovic) Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams • In juniors, singles runner-up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), and was a semifinalist at the other three Slams Gasparyan and Konta (2016) • Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and made 2r at Roland Garros (2018-19) and Wim- bledon (2017-18)

SEASON SEASON

• Returned to tennis at Western & Southern Open last • Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. week, making 2r (d. Stephens, l. eventual champion Pegula) Azarenka) • Lifted maiden WTA title at Lexington (d. Teichmann • Defeat of No.37 Stephens was first time facing a Top in F) - did not drop a set and broken just three times 50 player in 2020 all week; made Top 40 debut at No.40 following the • Prior to the tour’s hiatus made QF at Lyon (l. Van tournament (August 17, 2020) Uytvanck) • Prior to the tour’s resumption, performed in a series • Also suffered 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Ferro) and of exhibitions and World Team Tennis matches in the Doha (l. Pera) US, posting a 12-7 record including wins over Grand • Opened season with 2r showings at Auckland (l. Slam champions Azarenka and Stephens Bouchard) and Australian Open (l. Jabeur) and 1r • Shortly before tour’s hiatus, fell 2r at Doha (l. Jabeur) exit at Hobart (l. Cabrera) • Enjoyed one of her career-best weeks at Dubai, where, as a qualifier, she advanced to first SF at a Premier level (l. eventual champion Halep); defeat- ed No.6 Svitolina, No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza en route • Suffered 1r exit at St Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova) • Fell in the 1r at Australian Open (l. Halep) but progressed to QF in doubles w/Dolehide (l. Hsieh/ Strycova) • In opening event of the season, made QF at Bris- bane (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) – scored first career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty in 2r; broke into Top 50 afterwards (No.49 on January 13, 2020) CAROLINE JENNIFER GARCIA VS BRADY

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Highlights of 2019 included capturing her seventh • Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as career WTA singles title at Nottingham and finishing low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights includ- R-Up at Strasbourg (l. Yastremska); now owns 7-3 ed SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Gar- record in singles finals cia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), • Member of French Fed Cup team that won the 2019 Indian Wells (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Andreescu) final vs. Australia, teaming up with Mladenovic to win • Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top the decisive doubles runner against Barty/Stosur. 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64). Best results included Also took part in the team that advanced to 2016 Fed reaching SFs at $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) Cup final vs. Czech Republic and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño), • Fell out of the Top 20 on March 18, 2019 after hold- 2r showing at Indian Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros ing her position there since August 14, 2017 (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) • In 2018, won sixth career title at Tianjin; also made • Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at semifinals at Stuttgart and Madrid No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first • Broke into the Top 5 on August 13, 2018 and reached WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up a career-high of No.4 on September 10, 2018 Gavrilova) • Became first player to win Wuhan and Beijing back- • Made R16 at 2017 Australian Open and US Open, to-back in 2017 – maiden Premier 5 and Premier which remains her best Grand Slam result to date Mandatory titles. As a result, qualified for WTA Finals, • Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at having been ranked No.30 on the Race leaderboard 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) in May 2017 • Made first four main draw appearances at tour level • Best win of her career came over No.2 Halep in 2017 in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in Beijing final 1r), Stanford and Montréal • Made Top 10 debut at No.9 following Beijing title • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. (October 9, 2017) Falconi in 1r) • Won a career-best 48 main draw matches in 2017 • Owns four singles and four doubles ITF Circuit titles (48-22 record, two titles) • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- • Qualifying for WTA Finals in 2017, became the first USA (l. 1r) Frenchwoman to compete at WTA Finals in singles since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F) • Lifted second and third career titles in 2016, at Strasbourg and Mallorca, and represented France at 2016 Rio Olympics in singles (2r) and doubles (1r, w/ Mladenovic) • Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (l. Osaka in F) • Member of French Fed Cup team that advanced to 2016 competition final vs. Czech Republic • Lifted maiden WTA title at Bogotá in 2014 • Made professional debut at 13 on ITF Circuit in France in 2007

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia; Mother is • Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, Marylene part of the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Tennis National • Played many sports when she was younger and Championship winning Bruins team in 2014. Com- chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the pleted sophomore year before turning pro in 2015 most • Hired Michael Geserer (previously with Goerges) at • Endorsement portfolio includes Rolex, Nike, Yonex end of 2019, spent offseason training in Germany for and Sothys beauty products first time • Mother’s name is Elizabeth; father’s name is Patrick; has twin sister, Jessica MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93) vs. MADISON BRENGLE (USA #84)

Head to Head: MADISON BRENGLE leads 2-1

2019 ITF/BONITA SPRINGS CLAY O R1 SHELBY ROGERS 6-3 7-5 n/a 2014 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R2 MADISON BRENGLE 6-3 6-2 64 mins 2011 ITF/PELHAM CLAY O R1 MADISON BRENGLE 6-3 6-2 n/a

SHELBY ROGERS MADISON BRENGLE 93 WTA RANKING 84 42 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 73 13-10-1992 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-04-1990 (30) $113,052 YTD PRIZE MONEY $103,966 $2,397,139 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,937,849 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 8-6 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 5-7 6-4 / 63-78 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 69-106 3-1 / 22-35 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 22-33 1-2 / 23-21 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 19-15 6-4 / 31-44 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 46-72 1-0 / 3-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-14 2-0 / 12-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 6-30 2-1 / 7-4 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 12-9 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 3r

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

SHELBY ROGERS MADISON BRENGLE 2019 2019 R1* L - CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #214) 7-6(3) 1-0 R1 L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #39) 6-3 6-3 2017 2018 R3 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) 6-4 7-5 R1 L - SOFIA KENIN (USA #65) 6-0 4-6 7-6(4) 2016 2017 R2 L - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #158) 2-6 6-2 6-2 R1 L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #73) 6-2 6-3 2015 2016 R3 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-2 6-3 R1 L - KAYLA DAY (USA #374) 6-2 4-2 2014 2015 R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #12) 6-4 6-3 R3 L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #152) 6-2 3-6 6-0 2013 2014 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #75) 6-3 6-2 R2 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #28) 6-4 6-1

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2012 2013 R2* L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #162) 7-6(3) 6-3 R3* L - YINGYING DUAN (CHN #133) 6-7(3) 6-1 6-2 2010 2012 R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-7(5) 7-6(3) R1* L - MADISON KEYS (USA #152) 6-3 6-2 6-3 2011 R1* L - TATJANA MARIA (GER #157) 6-1 1-6 6-3 2010 R1* L - CLAIRE DE GUBERNATIS (FRA #224) 3-6 6-2 7-5 2009 R1* L - CAMILLE PIN (FRA #128) 6-2 7-5 2008 R2* L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #108) 6-4 6-3 2007 R1 L - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #123) 6-4 6-1 2006 R2* L - YULIYA BEYGELZIMER (UKR #97) 6-3 7-5 2005 R1* L - VIKTORIYA KUTUZOVA (UKR #131) 6-1 6-2

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open • Making eighth main draw appearance at the US (ninth overall) Open, and her 16th overall consecutive appearance • Has matched best result here by reaching the 3r, here in New York having also reached this stage in 2015 (as qualifier, l. • Has matched best result here by reaching the 3r, Halep) and 2017 (l. Svitolina) having also reached this stage in 2015 (l. Kontaveit) • During 2017 run, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), • First contested qualifying here in 2005 (l. Kutuzova), 4-6, 7-6(5), in a 2r match that took 3 hours, 33 min- and made main draw debut in 2007 (as WC, l. Mat- utes, setting a record for the longest women’s match tek-Sands in 1r) in US Open history • Fell in qualifying six consecutive years from 2008- • Reached 2r in 2014 (l. Pennetta) and 2016 (l. Bellis); 2013, before being granted another wildcard into the fell 1r in 2010 (as WC, l. Peng on Grand Slam main draw 2014 draw debut) and 2013 (l. Garcia); fell in qualifying in • Win over S.Zheng in 1r at 2015 US Open - at 3h 2012 and 2019 20m - set a new record for longest women’s match at • Struck 28 winners and just 12 unforced errors during the US Open since the introduction of the tie-break in 55-minute 1r win over Khromacheva on Monday 1970. Record was surpassed by Konta vs. Muguruza • Defeated No.17 Rybakina in 2r, improving her record later in same tournament (3h 23m), then again by vs. Top 20 opponents to 12-21 (2-0 in 2020). Also de- Rogers vs. Gavrilova in 2017 (3h 33m) feated No.9 S.Williams a few weeks ago at Lexington • Opened 2020 US Open campaign with 1r win over • Faces fellow American Brengle today in their fourth Rodionova, posting a 94% first serve rate career meeting. Holds 7-2 record vs. her compatriots • Prior to defeat of Rodionova in 1r this year, had lost in 2020, having defeated Gibbs (Shenzhen qualify- her last four opening matches in New York, falling ing), Dolehide (Australian Open qualifying), Glatch to 2019 (l. Putintseva), 2018 (as qualifier, l. Kenin), (Newport Beach 125K), Day and Falconi (both at 2017 (l. Flipkens), 2016 (l. Day) $100K/Midland-USA), Gibbs (Indian Wells 125K), • Victory over Rodionova marked her first tour-level and S.Williams (Lexington) main draw win since 2019 San Jose (d. Petkovic) • Aiming to pass 3r at a Slam for the second time in • Upset No.25 Yastremska in 2r on Wednesday to her career, having previously reached QF at 2016 improve her record at the Slams to 16-26 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Muguruza) • Win over Yastremska marked best-by-ranking since • Contesting 21st Grand Slam main draw at US Open, overcoming No.14 Vondrousova at 2019 Wimbledon with win-loss record now standing at 19-20 • Faces No.93 Rogers today. Bidding to reach the • One of 31 US women contesting the main draw this second week at a major for the second time in her fortnight career, having previously reached R16 at 2015 Aus- • Enters US Open ranked No.92, up from No.299 this tralian Open (l. Keys) time last year

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Achieved best Grand Slam result to date when she • Contesting her 27th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 advanced to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds US Open – made her main draw debut at 2007 Aus- Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual tralian Open champion Muguruza); backed up in 2017 by advanc- • Best performance was R16 run at 2015 Australian ing to 3r (l. Mladenovic, 8-6 in third set) Open (l. Keys). Reached 3r at 2015 US Open (l. • Became ninth player ranked outside of the Top 100 Kontaveit) and 2017 Wimbledon (l. Garcia). At 2017 (No.108) to advance to the last eight in Paris since Roland Garros made 2r (l. Bacsinszky) 1983 (Pironkova, No.102, became the 10th at the • Did not contest main draw at a Grand Slam between same tournament); ranking rose from No.108 to 2008 Roland Garros and 2014 US Open, where she No.59 following 2016 Roland Garros run received a wildcard • Also reached 3r at 2015 US Open (l. Halep) and • Win over Zheng Saisai at 2015 US Open – at 3 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and at the Australian hours, 20 minutes – set a new record for longest Open, best result is reaching 2r in 2017 (l. Barty) women’s match at the US Open since the introduc- • Made Grand Slam and tour-level main draw debut as tion of the tiebreak in 1970. Record was surpassed a wildcard at 2010 US Open – thereafter, did not con- by Konta vs. Muguruza later in same tournament, test main draw at a major until 2013 Roland Garros which took three hours, 23 minutes SHELBY MADISON ROGERS VS BRENGLE

SEASON SEASON

• Fell in qualifying at Western & Southern Open • Last week contested qualifying at Western & South- • Made SF run at Lexington; Upset No.9 S.Williams in ern Open QF for third career Top 10 win • Made 1r exit at Lexington (l. Sabalenka) • Suffered 1r exit at Acapulco (l. Volynets), while else- • In Febraury and March played a mixture of WTA where made 3r at WTA 125K Series events at New- 125K Series and ITF Circuit events, with highlights at port Beach and Indian Wells, and won sixth career title at Newport Beach (d. Voegele in F) and reaching title on ITF Circuit, at $100K ITF/Michigan-MI SF $100K ITF/Nicholasville-KY, USA • Opened 2020 season with 2r showing at Shenzhen • Opened season with qualifying exits at Brisbane and (l. Muguruza) and fell 1r at Australian Open (as quali- Hobart before falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Garcia) fier, l. eventual R-Up Muguruza) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Finished 2019 ranked No.94 for sixth consecutive year-end ranking in the Top 100 • Last year, made return from injury at Charleston • Highlights of year included QF at Nurnberg (l. Sin- where she reached 2r (l. Ostapenko). Also posted 2r iakova) as well as reaching 2r at Australian Open, showings at Roland Garros and Mallorca and fell 1r Indian Wells, Wimbledon six occasions and reached one ITF Circuit final • Won two titles on ITF Circuit at $60K Berkeley-CA, • Fell 1r in only two tournaments played in 2018 at USA and $60K Landisville-PA, USA Australian Open and Indian Wells - injured left knee • Posted fifth consecutive Top 100 finish in 2018, at in loss to Dolehide at Indian Wells, requiring surgery No.90. Played predominantly on ITF Circuit, winning in the summer three singles titles in USA, at $100K Midland-MI, • In 2017, posted third Top 100 season and best year- USA $60K Landisville-PA, USA and $60K Stock- end finish of No.59. Year highlighted by reaching ton-CA, USA QFs at Charleston, Hobart and Strasbourg. Achieved • •At tour-level, 2018 season highlight was 2r at Wim- career-high ranking of No.48 on January 30, 2017 bledon (l. Giorgi) • Also in 2017, played all three ties to help USA win its • •eached one QF in 2017, at Auckland – d. No.2 first Fed Cup in 17 years, winning decisive doubles S.Williams in R16 for best win of career to date rubber (w/Vandeweghe) in final against Belarus • 2016 season was highlighted by SF appearance at • At 2017 US Open matched her previous best result ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Vandewe- at her home Slam by advancing to 3r (l. Svitolina). In ghe) and QF at Dubai (l. eventual champion Errani) 2r, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5), in a • 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch was third tour-level SF of match that took 3 hours, 33 minutes, setting a record career (also finalist at 2015 Hobart; semifinalist at for the longest women’s match in US Open history 2015 Stuttgart) • Posted second Top 100 season in 2016, at No.60 – • Enjoyed breakthrough start to 2015, reaching first up from No.146 in 2015; had dropped from No.72 at WTA singles final at Hobart (as qualifier, l. Watson), end of 2014 followed by R16 run at Australian Open – left Austra- • Appeared in two WTA singles finals, at 2016 Rio de lia with a 14-3 record Janeiro (l. Schiavone) and at 2014 Bad Gastein (d. • Reached first SF at Premier-level at 2015 Stuttgart (l. No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, eventual champion Kerber); posted first Top 5 win of l.Petkovic) career over No.4 Kvitova in 2r. Did not make cut on • Owns three Top 10 wins, over No.9 S.Williams (2020 original entry list but gained admittance due to player Lexington), No.4 Halep (2017 Australian Open) and withdrawals No.8 Bouchard (2014 Montréal) • Achieved career-high ranking of No.35 on 4 May • One-time doubles runner-up, at 2015 Bogotá (w/ 2015 Falconi) • Reached first WTA QF at 2014 Linz; as qualifier, -ad • Participated in 2014 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invi- vanced when Begu retired in second set of 1r match tational in Singapore (along with Diyas, Puig and and received walkover from Ivanovic in 2r Zheng) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Australian Open • Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014 (as WC) • Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg (d. • Played first tour event at 2005 US Open, falling 1r of Domachowska) qualifying (as WC) • Winner of five singles titles and two doubles titles on • Made professional debut at $25k ITF/Allentown, ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in PA-USA in 2004; won first of 14 ITF singles titles in United States in 2009, at age 16 2005; also has seven doubles titles on ITF Circuit SHELBY MADISON ROGERS VS BRENGLE

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Followed older sister Sabra into tennis • Coached by Glenn Weiner • Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf • Father is Dan, mother is Gaby, brother is David (also • Would have been a hockey player if weren’t a tennis plays tennis) player • Began playing tennis at age 2 when mother intro- • Favorite tournaments are Charleston, US Open duced her to the sport • Favorite shot is backhand • Likes to play volleyball and skim boarding US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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US OPEN - DAY 6 MATCH-UPS

[27] ONS JABEUR (TUN #31) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4) Kenin leads 4-1 Jabeur has reached the QFs in four of the seven events contested this season... Kenin defeated Jabeur during her title run at 2020 Australian Open... Kenin scored 20th Grand Slam main draw win on Thursday

[26] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) S.Williams leads 5-1 Stephens has won her last three meetings against Americans at the majors... Serena has advanced to her 72nd Grand Slam R32 in her 75 major appearances and owns a record 103 match wins in New York

[7] MADISON KEYS (USA #14) vs. ALIZE CORNET (FRA #56) Keys leads 3-0 Keys has posted the most efficient run so far, dropping only five games between her first two rounds... Playing in her 57th Slam main draw, Cornet is into her first R32 at a major since 2018 Australian Open

[15] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #22) vs. [22] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28) First meeting Sakkari is looking to improve on her 1-7 record in Grand Slam R32 matches... Anisimova is one of three teenagers that have reached the R32 this fortnight, joining McNally and Swiatek

[16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) vs. CATY MCNALLY (USA #124) Mertens leads 1-0 Mertens has won 21 matches in 2020, the second-most on Tour behind Rybakina with 22... McNally has won back-to-back main draw matches for the second time in her career (also 2019 Washington, D.C.)

[18] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #24) vs. TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #NA) Pironkova leads 3-0 Vekic is bidding to join Martic in the R16 as the only two Croatian women to begin in the main draw... Playing in her first tournament in over three years, Pironkova has yet to drop a set this week

[20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) vs. SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #77) First meeting Muchova is aiming to reach the second week of a Slam for the second time, following her QF run at 2019 Wimbledon... Cirstea is looking to surpass the R32 at Flushing Meadows for the first time in her career

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. IGA SWIATEK (POL #53) First meeting Azarenka is contesting her landmark 50th Grand Slam this fortnight... Swiatek is aiming to become the first Polish woman to reach the R16 at the US Open since A.Radwanska in 2016 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W)

Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 155, Garbiñe Muguruza – 128, Kristyna Pliskova – 125 Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) Match win leaders: Rybakina – 22, Mertens – 21, Kontaveit – 19, Muguruza – 17 Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart) Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland) Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens – all at Australian Open

WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY • As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. • Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongo- ing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit- ed Kingdom and the United States, among others. • In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants. • For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam- met [email protected] WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

CORNET CONTINUES COUNTRY BREAKDOWN

Playing in her 57th Grand Slam, Alize Cornet is trying to A total of 34 different countries were represented in the advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in her career. draw this year at the US Open. Players from 17 different countries advanced to the third round. For Cornet, the 2020 US Open is her 54th consecutive Grand Slam appearance, the longest active streak and With 11 Americans through to the third round, it is the tied for the fourth longest streak in the Open Era: most Americans to reach the R32 at the US Open since 1992 when 11 Americans also advanced. LONGEST STREAKS FOR STREAK CONSECUTIVE SLAMS PLAYED With Cornet and Garcia through the the third round, it marks the first time two Frenchwoman have reached the Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 62 R32 at the US Open since 2012 (Bartoli QF, Mladenovic Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 61 3r, Parmentier 3r).

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 56 Belarus, Croatia and Czech Republic are the only other countries with two players in the R32. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 54

Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 54

Alize Cornet (FRA) 54 30-SOMETHINGS THRIVE

Eight players who are 30+ years old have advanced to the third round this fortnight: ON THIS DAY... NAME AGE (Years) AGE (Days) September 5, 1989 - In her 54th career Grand Slam Serena Williams 38 351 quarterfinal, WTA Legend and six-time US Open singles champion Chris Evert played her final US Open tennis Tsvetana Pironkova 32 365 match, falling to her compatriot Zina Garrison. Angelique Kerber 32 238

Victoria Azarenka 31 43 COOKING UP A STORM Alize Cornet 30 233 Petra Kvitova 30 188 This week saw the unveiling of the WTA Cookbook, a new 30 162 digital publication with more than 70 international recipes Madison Brengle contributed by players past, present and future. Sorana Cirstea 30 158

The WTA Cookbook is available for download on wtaten- *All ages in table calculated by tournament end date nis.com with all proceeds supporting WTA Charities’ global initiatives.

Favorite recipes from WTA legends and superstars Martina Navratilova, Caroline Wozniacki, Bianca Andree- scu, Naomi Osaka and current WTA World No.1 Ashleigh Barty, among others, are certain to delight palates from around the world. MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[27] ONS JABEUR (TUN #31) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

Head to Head: SOFIA KENIN leads 4-1

2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O QF SOFIA KENIN 6-4 6-4 92 mins 2019 MALLORCA GRASS O R16 SOFIA KENIN 6-2 2-0 45 mins 2019 HOBART HARD O R16 SOFIA KENIN 7-6(6) 6-3 84 mins 2017 ITF/INDIAN HARBOUR CLAY O R16 ONS JABEUR 6-3 6-1 n/a BEACH 2016 ITF/WESLEY CHAPEL CLAY O R16 SOFIA KENIN 6-4 6-1 n/a

ONS JABEUR SOFIA KENIN 31 WTA RANKING 4 10 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 1 28-08-1994 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 14-11-1998 (21) $537,623 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,031,173 $2,169,436 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,949,905 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 5 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 5-4 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 8-5 16-7 / 55-68 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 17-6 / 86-50 6-3 / 17-27 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 32-22 4-5 / 15-23 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-6 / 24-16 16-7 / 42-52 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 17-6 / 70-36 1-1 / 4-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 8-14 4-3 / 9-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 15-23 1-1 / 6-4 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 4-3 * Updated entering 2020 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [27] ONS JABEUR (TUN #31) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4) R64: d. KAIA KANEPI (EST #100) 7-6(8),6-0 (1h18) R64: d. LEYLAH FERNANDEZ (CAN #104) 6-4, 6-3 (1h21)

R128: d. (POL #125) 6-2,7-6(6) (1h29) R128: d. YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #146) 6-2,6-2 (1h08)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ONS JABEUR SOFIA KENIN 2019 2019 R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 6-1 4-6 6-4 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 6-3 7-5

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2018 2018 R1 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #17) 6-1 6-3 R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-4 7-6(2) 2017 2017 R2 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22) 7-6(6) 6-2 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #146) 7-5 6-2 2016 2016 R1* L - YINGYING DUAN (CHN #103) 5-7 6-1 6-4 R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-4 6-3 2015 2015 R1* L - (ESP #216) 7-6(2) 2-6 6-4 R1 L - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #96) 6-3 6-1 2014 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #19) 7-6(7) 1-6 6-3 2013 R1* L - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #232) 6-4 7-6(8)

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open and • Making sixth straight main draw appearance at US eighth overall Open • Has matched best result at Flushing Meadows by • Has reached 3r here on last three visits, in 2017 (as reaching the 3r, having also reached this stage last WC, l. Sharapova), 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and 2019 year (l. Ka.Pliskova in 3s) (l. Keys) • 2019 result marked best result by an Arab woman at • Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a the US Open wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ • Made 2r in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and fell 1r in 2014 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño (l. Petkovic) and 2018 (l. Barty). Made qualifying exits • Won maiden Grand Slam at Australian Open earlier in 2013, 2015-16 this year. The last player to win back-to-back Slams • Seeded No.27 this fortnight - the first time seeded was Osaka (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open) at a Slam - and currently ranked at a career high of • Contesting 2020 US Open ranked at a career-high No.31 (achieved on August 31, 2020), the highest No.4 (achieved March 4, 2020). By contrast, this time ranking ever for an Arab woman last year was No.20 • Opened her 2020 US Open campaign with a straight • Seeded No.2, her fourth time among the 32 seeds sets victory over Kawa followed by another straight at a major (also No.27 at 2019 Wimbledon, No.20 at sets win over Kanpei in 2r 2019 US Open and No.14 at 2020 Australian Open) • Has now won back-to-back matches in five of the • Defeated No.146 Wickmayer in 1r on Tuesday in just eight tournaments contested in 2020, reaching the over an hour before dispatching No.104 Fernandez QFs on four of those occasions in 2r - both in straight sets • Faces No.4 Kenin today in their sixth career meeting. • Now owns 20 Grand Slam main draw wins (20-11 Scored one of her two career Top 5 wins earlier this across the majors) season over No.3 Ka.Pliskova at Doha • Faces No.31 Jabeur today. Has won their last three • Owns four career wins over Top 10 ranked oppo- encounters, including during her Australian Open title nents, having defeated No.7 Cibulkova (2017 Roland run earlier this season Garros), No.1 Halep (2018 Beijing), No.8 Stephens • Has lost to a player ranked lower than today’s oppo- (2018 Moscow) and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2020 Doha) nent at Tour-level just once in 2020, having fallen to • Record against Americans this season is 5-2, with No.60 Cornet last week at Western & Southern Open victories over Riske (Dubai), Brady (Doha), McNally • Is 2-3 in Grand Slam 3r matches (0-3 at US Open) (Lexington), Keys and McHale (both at Western & • During last year’s US Open Series, made 2r at Southern Open) Washington DC, posted SF runs at Toronto and • Overall record at the Slams stands at 12-13 Cincinnati (d. No.1s Barty and Osaka along the way) before reaching 3r at US Open • Has won four titles on hard courts: 2020 Australian GRAND SLAM HISTORY Open, 2020 Lyon, 2019 Guangzhou and 2019 Hobart • One of two players with multiple titles in 2020 (also • Playing her 14th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US Halep) Open • Deepest run at a major was advancing to QF at 2020 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Australian Open, making history by becoming the first Arab woman to reach the final eight of a Grand • Won maiden Grand Slam in Melbourne, defeating Slam (l. eventual champion Kenin) two-time major champion Muguruza to become the • Prior to 2020 Australian Open, best Slam runs youngest champion (21y, 80d) at Australian Open were 3r runs at 2017 Roland Garros and 2019 US since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008 Open; in Paris became first Arab woman to reach • Before 2020 Australian Open, best Slam result was 3r at a major and first lucky loser to contest 3r of a R16 run at 2019 Roland Garros (l. eventual champi- Slam since Kasatkina at 2015 US Open, and first at on Barty); in 3r became first American to beat S.Wil- Roland Garros since Pizzichini in 1996. Gaidano, at liams at a majors since Stephens at 2013 AO QF 1993 US Open, was most recent lucky loser to reach • Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a Slam R16 wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ • Is second Tunisian woman to win a Grand Slam main 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño draw match after reached 2r at 2001 Ro- • Reached 3r at 2017 US Open as a wildcard (l. land Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; 2002 Wim- Sharapova), in what was only fourth tour-level main bledon; 2005 Wimbledon; and 2008 Roland Garros draw outing. Repeated feat in 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) • In girls’ singles at Roland Garros was champion in and again in 2019 (l. Keys) 2011 (d. Puig) and R-Up in 2010 (l. Svitolina) • Made 2r at Australian Open in 2019 and Wimbledon in 2018-19 ONS SOFIA JABEUR VS KENIN

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off back-to-back QF runs at Western & • Coming off 2r exit at Western and Southern Open (l. Southern Open (d. defending champion Keys in 2r, Cornet) l. eventual champion Azarenka) and Lexington (l. • Before hiatus, lifted fifth WTA singles title at Lyon (d. Gauff) Friedsam in F) • Prior to tennis’ hiatus in March, advanced to Doha • Suffered 1r exit at Dubai (l. Rybakina) before falling QF (d. No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 3r, l. Kvitova) 2r at Doha (l. Yastremska) • Fell 2r at Dubai (l. Halep – held 1MP in third-set tie- • Won deciding doubles rubber w/Mattek-Sands to break) help USA beat Latvia 3-2 and qualify for next year’s • Made Top 50 debut at No.45 after breakthrough Fed Cup finals in Budapest; also went 1-1 in singles performance in Melbourne (d. Sevastova, l. Ostapenko) • Reached maiden Grand Slam QF at Australian Open • Made her Top 10 debut at No.7 and US No.1 on to become the first Arab woman to reach that stage February 3 at a major (l. eventual champion Kenin) • Won maiden major at Australian Open (d. Muguruza • Was voted January’s WTA Breakthrough Player of in F) to become the youngest champion (21y, 80d) in the Month Melbourne since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008 • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. • Kicked off season with 2r showings at Brisbane (l. Q.Wang) and 2r showing at Hobart (as qualifier, l. Osaka) and Adelaide (l. Collins) Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Produced incredible 2019 campaign, winning three singles titles, a career-best Grand Slam perfor- • Ended 2019 ranked No.77, while during season post- mance, qualification into both WTA Elite Trophy Zhu- ed ranking of No.51 (September 9, 2019) hai and WTA Finals (as alternate, played one match), • Season highlights were matching best result at and a career-high singles ranking of No.12 the Slams with 3r run at US Open (matching 2017 • Finished the year as US No.2 (behind No.9 S.Wil- Roland Garros and now 2020 Australian Open) and liams) and leader in hard court wins (38-tied w/Barty) SF appearances at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up • Registered back-to-back SF runs at Cincinnati and Kerber) and Tianjin (l. eventual champion Peterson) Toronto, subsequently leading to Top 20 debut • In 2018, defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed • During this run, defeated No.1 Barty (Toronto) and Kontaveit and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her No.1 Osaka (Cincinnati), to become first player since first WTA final at 2018 Moscow, where she fell in October 2001 to defeat reigning No.1s in consecutive three sets to No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian weeks (Davenport); also became youngest American woman to advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament to defeat reigning No.1 in eight years (after McHale) (Sfar was the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at • Advanced to R16 for first time at a Slam at Roland this level) Garros (d. S.Williams), becoming first American to • Prior to 2018 Moscow, best previous results were QF defeat Serena at the majors since Stephens at 2013 at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 Bucharest Australian Open QF • Owns four Top 10 victories, over No.7 Cibulkova • Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018, Top 50 on (2017 Roland Garros), No.1 Halep (2018 Beijing), October 8, 2018 and Top 20 on August 19, 2019 No.8 Stephens (2018 Moscow) and No.3 Ka.Pliskova • Advanced to first WTA level SF in 2018 at Mallorca (2020 Doha) as a qualifier, also reaching this stage later in the • Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016 season at Québec City • Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at • Represented the USA in the Fed Cup final vs. the Doha (as WC) and Olympics Czech Republic in November 2018 • Became first North African woman to win a junior • In 2017, won the US Open Wild Card Challenge, Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), having reaching the third round (l. Sharapova) and posting also reached the final in 2010 (l. Svitolina in F) career first Top 50 win over No.34 Davis • On ITF Circuit, has 11 singles and one doubles title • Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a • Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Men- wildcard (l. Duque-Mariño in 1r) zah-TUN • Owns four ITF singles titles and two doubles titles • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2013, climbing to No.2 in ITF World Junior Rankings • Represented the USA at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Mas- ters, both held in China ONS SOFIA JABEUR VS KENIN

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Issam Jellali • Born in Moscow, moved to New York as a baby • Started playing tennis at age 3 before family settled in Florida. Now resides in Pem- • Husband Karim Kamoun is half-Russian and a for- broke Pines, Florida, where she was home-schooled mer professional fencer; also her fitness coach • Known as ‘Sonya’ • Speaks Arabic, English and French • Coached by father Alexander Kenin with support Lo- • Away from court enjoys playing and watching football renzo Cava; trains at at ProWorld Academy in Delray • In London in December 2019, was honoured at the Beach, Florida Arab Women of the Year ceremony for her achieve- • Best tennis memory is playing idol Maria Sharapova ments in the sport so far on Arthur Ashe (US Open 2017) • Fan of Eminem and Cristiano Ronaldo • If not a tennis player would be a fashion designer • Dream doubles partners would be Serena Williams and Grigor Dimitrov • Good friends with CiCi Bellis and Katie Swan • Likes rap music, especially Drake • Treat food is Froyo - cookies and cream with Hershey’s on top MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[26] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8)

Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads 5-1

2015 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS 1-6 7-5 6-3 120 mins 2015 MADRID CLAY O R2 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-4 6-0 58 mins 2015 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-7(3) 6-2 6-2 127 mins 2013 US OPEN HARD O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-4 6-1 87 mins 2013 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O QF SLOANE STEPHENS 3-6 7-5 6-4 137 mins 2013 BRISBANE HARD O QF SERENA WILLIAMS 6-4 6-3 72 mins

SLOANE STEPHENS SERENA WILLIAMS 39 WTA RANKING 8 259 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 19 20-03-1993 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 26-09-1981 (38) $106,843 YTD PRIZE MONEY $198,306 $15,287,865 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $92,742,122 0 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 73 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 23 21-7 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 103-13 3-7 / 223-157 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-4 / 830-142 1-3 / 71-53 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 165-64 1-1 / 60-30 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 112-56 1-7 / 142-106 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-4 / 517-88 0-0 / 17-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 175-72 0-0 / 36-58 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 306-98 0-2 / 19-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 70-13 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [26] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) R64: d. OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #130) 6-2,6-2 (1h6) R64: d. MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #117) 6-2,6-4 (1h33) R128: d. MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #122) 6-3,6-3 (1h16) R128: d. KRISTIE AHN (USA #96) 7-5,6-3 (1h21)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

SLOANE STEPHENS SERENA WILLIAMS 2019 2019 R1 L - ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #127) 6-3 6-4 F L - BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #15) 6-3 7-5

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2018 2018 QF L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #18) 6-2 6-3 F L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4 2017 2016 F W - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-3 6-0 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-2 7-6(5) 2015 2015 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #45) 6-4 6-3 SF L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #43) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2014 2014 R2 L - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #96) 5-7 6-4 6-2 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) 6-3 6-3 2013 2013 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-4 6-1 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2012 2012 R3 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 2011 R3 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #19) 6-3 6-4 F L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-2 6-3 2010 2009 R2* L - ZUZANA ONDRASKOVA (CZE #120) 6-3 7-5 SF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #9,999) 6-4 7-5 2009 2008 R1* L - NEUZA SILVA (POR #154) 6-3 6-2 F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #2) 6-4 7-5 2008 2007 R2* L - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #162) 6-1 6-3 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 7-6(3) 6-1 2006 R16 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #1) 6-4 0-6 6-2 2005 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 7-6(5) 6-2 2004 QF L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #8) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2002 F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 6-4 6-3 2001 F L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 6-4 2000 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-4 6-2 1999 F W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 7-6(4) 1998 R3 L - IRINA SPIRLEA (ROM #8) 6-3 0-6 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making ninth main draw appearance at US Open • Making 20th appearance at US Open where she is (and 12th overall) a six-time champion: 1999 (d. Hingis in F), 2002 (d. • One of six champions in this year’s draw having V.Williams in F), 2008 (d. Jankovic in F), 2012 (d. triumphed in 2017 (d. Keys in F) Azarenka in F), 2013 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2014 (d. • At 2017 tournament, capped historic summer come- Wozniacki in F). Tied with Chris Evert for most US back by upsetting Cibulkova, V.Williams and Keys to Open titles in the Open Era become the fifth unseeded woman (ranked No.83) in • Also R-Up four times, in 2001 (l. V.Williams), 2011 (l. the Open Era to win a major, doing so just 69 days Stosur), 2018 (l. Osaka) and 2019 (l. Andreescu) after returning from an 11-month injury lay-off, and • By reaching 2019 final, established the largest gap six weeks since her ranking dropped to No.957 between first and most recent Slam final appearance • Made QF during title defense in 2018 (l. Sevastova) at 19y 362d (d. Hingis in 1999 US Open) - previously • Reached 3r here in 2011 on US Open main draw held by V.Williams at 19 yrs, 312 days (l. Hingis in debut (as WC, l. Ivanovic) and again in 2012 (l. 1997 US Open, l. Muguruza in 2017 Wimbledon) Ivanovic) before reaching R16 in 2013 (l. eventual • Her 20 appearances at US Open is second among champion S.Williams) players in 2020 starting field, behind V.Williams (22) • Beat Buzarnescu in 1r on Tuesday to end a three- • Doubles champion here in 1999 (w/V.Williams d. match losing streak before ousting No.130 Govortso- Rubin/Testud in F) and 2009 (w/V.Williams d. Black/ va in 2r Huber). Also won mixed doubles (w/Mirnyi) in 1998 • Grand Slam win-loss record is now 69-31 • Bidding this fortnight to tie Australia’s Margaret Court • Faces No.8 S.Williams today in their seventh career on 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the all-time record. meeting and second here at Flushing Meadows. Her record in Grand Slam finals stands at 23-10 Owns one win over her compatriot, at 2013 Austra- • Winner of 13 major titles on hard – most of any play- lian Open er in Open Era; across all WTA events, has won 47 • Owns 17-35 career record vs. Top 10 ranked players. hard court titles, more than any other active player Last victories over such players came at 2018 WTA • Contesting her 75th Slam main draw – in Open Era, Finals in Singapore, defeating No.2 Kerber, No.4 trails only V.Williams (86, including 2020 US Open) Osaka and No.9 Bertens in RR stage, and No.8 • Seeded No.3 this fortnight; has been seeded on all Ka.Pliskova in SF before falling to No.7 Svitolina in but two of her appearances in New York (exceptions the championship match were debut in 1998 and 2006) • Today marks her second meeting against an Ameri- • Win-loss record across the Grand Slams is 353-50 can in 2020, having defeated Navarro at Monterrey (includes both wins this week), the most wins in in March - her sole victory this season prior to this Open Era, ahead of Martina Navratilova (306-49) fortnight • Began 2020 US Open campaign with 1r win over Ahn • Has won her last three meetings against her com- – moves to a perfect 20-0 in opening round matches patriots at the Slams, with wins over V.Williams and here in New York Keys en route to 2017 US Open title and Townsend • Victory over Ahn was first straight sets win since the at 2019 Australian Open. Last loss to an American at restart – all five other matches had gone the distance the majors was against Riske in 1r at 2017 Wimble- • Defeated Gasparyan in 2r, improving her record don in what was her first professional match following against Russians at the US Open to 12-0 an 11-month injury lay off • Improves to 103-13 at US Open, now ahead of Evert • Owns 13-6 record in Grand Slam 3r matches (3-2 re- (101-12) for most wins in the Open Era, and ahead cord at US Open), most recently falling at this stage of Navratilova (89-17) - fourth player to ever reach at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Konta) 100+ wins at one single major, in addition to Evert • Five of her seven defeats in 2020 have been at also Navratilova (120 wins at Wimbledon) and Feder- the hands of players outside Top 100: Brisbane er (101 wins at Wimbledon) (l. No.129 Samsonova), Adelaide (l. No.201 Rodi- • Has advanced to 3r in 72 of her 75 Slam appearanc- onova), Acapulco (l. No.270 Zarazua), Monterrey es. Among this year’s field, Azarenka has the most (l. No.126 Fernandez) and Lexington (l. No.120 Grand Slam 3r appearances with 36, followed by Fernandez) Kvitova (30) and Kerber (29) • One of 31 Americans in starting field. The home • Faces Stephens today in their fourth Grand Slam nation has had at least one representative in SF (or meeting and first meeting since 2015 Roland Garros better) every year since 2007 • Owns 61-9 record in 3r at the Slams (18-1 at US • Has won four of her six career titles in the United Open). Sole loss at this stage in Flushing Meadows States, at 2015 Washington DC, 2016 Charleston, came on her debut in 1998 (l. No.8 Spirlea) 2017 US Open and 2018 Miami • One of eight 30-somethings to reach the 3r this fortnight - also Pironkova, Kerber, Azarenka, Cornet, Kvitova, Brengle and Cirstea SLOANE SERENA STEPHENS VS WILLIAMS

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contesting 33rd Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste- Open fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind • Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden only Margaret Court (24) all time Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F) • Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, • Best result across other Slams was R-Up finish at 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep) 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, • Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result across all 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. • Owns a 23-10 record in Slam finals, with losses com- S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble- • Also just the second American (after Davenport) to don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. • Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 Wimbledon (l. Kerber), 2018 US Open (l. Osaka), Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli) 2019 Wimbledon (l. Halep) and 2019 US Open (l. Andreescu) • Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era • Boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, 17y 6.5m before her 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span

SEASON SEASON

• On tennis’ return suffered 1r exits at Lexington (l. • Made 3r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. Sakkar- Fernandez) and Cincinnati (l. Garcia) in - led 7-5 5-3); 2h48m 2r win over Rus was her lon- • Before break, advanced to 2r at Monterrey (d. Navar- gest match since l. Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros ro, l. Fernandez). Fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Zarazua) • Returned to action at Lexington earlier this month, • Suffered 1r defeats in first three tournaments of the reaching the QF (l. Rogers) year, at Brisbane (l. Samsonova), Adelaide (l. Rodi- • Faced sister Venus in 2r in what was their 31st meet- onova) and Australian Open (l. Zhang) ing – now leads their head-to-head 19-12 (13-9 on hard courts and 8-5 on US soil) • With a combined age of 79 years, 19 days, S.Wil- liams vs. V.Williams represented the highest com- bined age in a match since 2004 Charleston when Martina Navratilova (47) faced Amy Frazier (31), with a combined age of 79 years, 28 days • Loss to No.116 Rogers was 14th to a player ranked outside the Top 50, and most recent since 2017 Auckland to No.72 Brengle, while last to a player outside the Top 100 came against No.111 Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros • In last tournament before tour’s hiatus, fell 3r at Australian Open (l. Q.Wang) before participating in Fed Cup action going 1-1 in singles as USA defeated Latvia 3-2 (d. Ostapenko, l. Sevastova) • Began 2020 with 73rd career title at Auckland (d. Pegula in F) for first championship since giving birth to her daughter in 2017– also finished R-Up in dou- bles w/Wozniacki (l. Townsend/Muhammed); overall record in finals stands at 73-25 • At 44m, 6-1 6-1 SF defeat of Anisimova in Auckland is currently shortest completed match of the year SLOANE SERENA STEPHENS VS WILLIAMS

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 season ranked No.25; campaign was • Highlights of 2019 season were her 32nd and 33rd highlighted by SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Grand Slam finals, at Wimbledon (l. Halep) and US Bertens) and QF at Roland Garros (l. Konta) Open (l. Andreescu) • Also made R16 at Sydney (l. Putintseva), Australian • Reached one further final last year at Toronto (ret. vs. Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Acapulco (l. Haddad Andreescu w/back injury) Maia), Cincinnati (l. to Kuznetsova), Osaka (l. Giorgi) • With 73 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open and Wuhan (l. Kvitova) Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), • In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July Court (92) 16, 2018 • All three finals in 2019 – Wimbledon, Toronto and US • Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first Open – came in consecutive tournaments Premier Mandatory title at Miami – subsequently • Ended 2019 ranked No.10, her first year-end finish made Top 10 debut at No.9. Also reached her second inside the elite ranking bracket since 2016 (at No.2) Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros and posted R-Up • Other highlights last season were reaching QF at finishes at Montréal and WTA Finals Australian Open and partnering with Andy Murray to • Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, contest Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon (reaching 3r) d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player • Defeated World No.1 Halep in R16 at Australian to win a major in the Open Era Open – at 37 years, is oldest player to defeat the • Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. reigning World No.1 Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on • Reached two Grand Slam finals in 2018, at Wimble- sidelines w/foot injury (had surgery in the January) don (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka). Made return • After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 to Tour following birth of daughter Olympia at 2018 through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF Indian Wells at Toronto and Cincinnati • Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two • Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and events all season, and both in January. Broke streak Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 16 first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC Top 10 finishes to her name (most recently in 2019) • At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, including five as the year-end No.1 reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the • Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 history – set record when most recent streak began • Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332 • Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991) • Has registered 17 career wins over (eight different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo- va (18) • Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics • Along w/sister Venus held all four Grand Slam titles at same time, from 2009 Wimbledon through 2010 Roland Garros – third pair to do so (also Navratilova/ Shriver and Fernandez/Zvereva). Also teamed with Venus to win three Olympic gold medals: 2000 Syd- ney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London • Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil- liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters) • Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013 SLOANE SERENA STEPHENS VS WILLIAMS

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Reunited with former long-term coach Kamau • Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora- Murray during off-season; formerly coached by Sven cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato- Groenefeld and Nick Saviano glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins • Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer • Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, on September 1, 2017 was an NFL player in 1980s and 1990s; brother is • Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem- Shawn Farrell ber 2017 in New Orleans • Aged 11, relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, • Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis 2018 Academy before moving to Nick Saviano High Per- formance Tennis Academy • On April 29, 2019 announced engagement to Toronto FC soccer star Jozy Altidore MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[7] MADISON KEYS (USA #14) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #56)

Head to Head: MADISON KEYS leads 3-0

2016 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R3 MADISON KEYS 6-4 5-7 6-2 116 mins 2014 CINCINNATI HARD O R1 MADISON KEYS 6-2 6-4 80 mins 2014 FED CUP WEEK HARD I R1 MADISON KEYS 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-3 2 - PLAYOFFS

MADISON KEYS ALIZÉ CORNET 14 WTA RANKING 56 32 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 37 17-02-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 22-01-1990 (30) $283,156 YTD PRIZE MONEY $144,640 $12,374,422 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,335,913 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 24-8 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 15-13 8-3 / 215-124 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-6 / 313-298 1-1 / 53-52 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 104-99 1-0 / 54-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 64-61 8-3 / 132-85 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 10-6 / 188-179 1-1 / 18-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 20-48 1-1 / 37-49 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 42-103 2-0 / 20-18 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 28-17 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [7] MADISON KEYS (USA #14) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #56) R64: d. ALIONA BOLSOVA (ESP #103) 6-2,6-1 (0h54) R64: d. (BEL #121) 7-6(4),6-3 (1h46) R128: d. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #101) 6-1,6-1 (0h55) R128: d. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #65) 6-3,1-6,6-0 (1h44)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

MADISON KEYS ALIZÉ CORNET 2019 2019 R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 7-5 6-4 R2 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 6-4 1-6 6-2 2018 2018 SF L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4 R1 L - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #82) 4-6 6-3 6-2

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2017 2017 F L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #83) 6-3 6-0 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) 6-1 6-2 2016 2016 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #74) 6-3 6-4 R1 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #57) 6-4 6-1 2015 2015 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-3 6-3 R1 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #82) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2014 2014 R2 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5 R3 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #15) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 2013 2013 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #12) 6-3 6-4 R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2 2012 2012 R2* L - PAULA ORMAECHEA (ARG #120) 6-4 6-2 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) 6-4 6-3 2011 2011 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26) 3-6 7-5 6-4 R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #20) 6-2 6-3 2010 2010 R1* L - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #130) 3-6 6-4 6-3 R1 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #32) 3-6 6-1 6-0 2009 R2 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #22) 1-6 6-3 6-3 2008 R3 L - ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD (GER #141) 6-4 7-5 2007 R3 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #3) 4-6 6-2 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making ninth main draw appearance at US Open • Making 14th main draw appearance at US Open, the (and 11th overall appearance) sixth most among active players • Best result here was R-Up finish in 2017 (l. Ste- • Has matched best result in 2020 by making 3r, phens); took part in first all-American US Open final having also made this stage in 2007 (l. Jankovic), since 2002 (Serena d. Venus) 2008 (l. Groenfeld), 2013 (l. Azarenka) and 2014 (l. • Enjoyed SF run in 2018 (l. eventual champion Safarova) Osaka) and advanced to R16 in 2015 (l. S.Williams), • 2020 US Open is her 54th consecutive Grand Slam 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2019 (l. Svitolina) main draw appearance, the longest active streak • Reached 2r here in 2011 on Grand Slam main draw • This is also her 57th Grand Slam main draw appear- debut (as WC, l. Safarova) and again in 2014 (l. ance overall – the fifth most among active players. Krunic). Fell 1r in 2013 (l. Jankovic) Made debut at 2005 Roland Garros • No.7 seed this fortnight – her 20th consecutive major • This is the most Slam appearances without ever as a seeded player making a QF • Fired 19 winners in just 55 minutes on court against • One for four French women to begin the main draw Babos in 1r this fortnight, and one of two to reach the 3r (also • Overcame Bolsova in 2r for the loss of only three Garcia) games – coupled with dropping only two games vs. • 2020 US Open campaign began with topsy turvy win Babos, has posted the most efficient run to the 3r, over Davis – after winning first set, dropped second losing only 5 games 1-6 before prevailing 6-0 in the third • Faces the experienced Cornet today in the 3r – owns • Followed this up straight sets 2r win over Bonaven- a 14-6 record in Slam 3r matches, last loss at this ture stage coming at 2020 Australian Open (l. Sakkari) • Is through to her first Slam 3r since 2018 Australian • Loss to No.56 Cornet today would represent worst Open (l. Mertens) and bidding for first R16 appear- loss-by-ranking of season (currently No.39 Jabeur at ance since 2017 Roland Garros (l. Garcia) Western & Southern Open), and worst loss outright • Faces No.14 Keys today – owns two Top 15 wins since 2018 Beijing (l. No.66 Brady) this season, over No.15 Martic (Auckland) and No.4 • Hasn’t lost to anyone outside the Top 50 at the Slams Kenin (Western & Southern Open). Defeat of Kenin since 2019 Wimbledon (l. No.60 Hercog in 2r) was first Top 5 win since No.4 Kerber at 2018 Mon- • Last time she faced French opposition at the Slams tréal was here at US Open in 2018 (d. Parmentier) • Win would be best at a Slam since overcoming • Is perfect 3-0 vs. French women at Grand Slam level, No.12 Goerges at 2018 Australian Open also defeating Garcia (2018 Australian Open) and • Through progression to 3r, owns a 60-56 record Cornet (2016 Wimbledon) across the Slams • The US Open is Keys’ happiest major hunting ground • Best career result in the US are SF runs at Amelia holding a 24-8 record here (through 3r), followed by Island, Charleston and New Haven in 2008 and the Australian Open (20-8). Washington DC in 2013 • Overall across the Slams, she is now 75-30 (through 3r) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • One of 31 Americans in starting field. The home nation has had at least one representative in SF (or • Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as better) every year since 2007 a 15-year-old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r (l. Mauresmo) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • 2020 US Open is her 54th consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance, the longest active streak • Best result at a major was 2017 US Open R-Up • This is also her 57th Grand Slam main draw appear- finish to Stephens ance overall – the fifth most among active players. • Deepest run prior to that was breakthrough SF run at This is the most Slam appearances without ever Australian Open in 2015 when she defeated No.18 making a QF V.Williams and No.4 Kvitova en route (l. eventual • Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open champion S.Williams) in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual • Became just the third American teenager since 1995 runner-up Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. to reach SF at the Australian Open – also Chanda Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia) Rubin (1996, SF) and Sloane Stephens (2013, SF) • Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007-08, 2013-14 • Prior to 2015 had not passed 3r at a major and 2020) • Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque- Mariño in F) MADISON ALIZE KEYS VS CORNET

GRAND SLAM CONT. SEASON

• Achieved best result at Roland Garros with SF run in • Coming off reaching R16 at Western & Southern 2018 (l. Stephens) – has reached at least QF at all Open (l. eventual champion Azarenka). Defeated four majors, including Wimbledon in 2015 No.4 Kenin in 2r – first Top 5 win since No.4 Kerber • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 US at 2018 Montréal Open, advancing to 2r (was first 16-year-old to com- • During the Tour’s break, played a series of exhibi- pete at Flushing Meadows since Kristie Ahn in 2008) tions against, among others, Mladenovic, Pavly- uchenkova and Ferro, compiling an 8-6 record SEASON • Reached 2r at Lyon (l. Giorgi) and St. Petersburg (as qualifier, l. Sakkari) • In first event back since six month hiatus, fell 2r at • Followed this with 2r showings at Hobart (l. eventual Western and Southern Open (after 1r bye, l. Jabeur) champion Rybakina) and then Australian Open (l. • Before hiatus, advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Vekic) Sakkari) • Began season with QF performance at Auckland (l. • Began 2020 campaign with R-Up finish at Brisbane eventual R-Up Pegula) (l. Ka.Pliskova); now 5-5 in WTA singles finals CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Finished 2019 ranked No.60 - had previously en- • Lifted biggest title of career during 2019 season at joyed seven consecutive Top 50 finishes WTA Premier-5 level Cincinnati (d. Kuznetsova in • Highlight of 2019 was reaching Lausanne final (l. F); afterwards returned to Top 10 for first time since Ferro as the defending champion) – has reached at week of June 25, 2018 least one WTA final in six of last seven seasons; now • Reached QF at Roland Garros (l. Barty). One of 6-7 in WTA singles finals three Americans to make last eight (also Anisimova • Part of victorious Fed Cup squad for France who and Stephens) - the first time since 2004 (Capriati, defeated Australia in Perth 3-2 to be crown 2019 S.Williams and V.Williams) champions (did not play) • Also in 2019, produced R16 showings at Australian • In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella Open and US Open (l. Svitolina on both occasions) in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and as well as picking up first title on clay at Charleston Charleston (d. Wozniacki in F) • Other five career titles came at 2008 Budapest, 2012 • Season highlights in 2018 were SF at US Open (l. Bad Gastein, 2013 Strasbourg, 2014 Katowice and eventual champion Osaka), Roland Garros (l. Ste- 2016 Hobart; owns 6-7 career record in finals phens) and QF at Australian Open (l. Kerber) • Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) • Reached first Grand Slam final in 2017 in New York, who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first losing out to Stephens in 10th all-American US Open time since May 2009; dropped out of Top 20 again final in the Open Era. At 22, became the youngest after 2015 Dubai Flushing Meadows finalist since 19-year-old Wozni- • Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 acki lost to Clijsters in 2009 S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 • Enjoyed first Top 10 year-end finish in 2016 (at No.8), Wuhan via ret.), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) as youngest player in the year-end Top 25 and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams • Broke into Top 10 on June 20, 2016, becoming 118th made her the first player to defeat the American in player to reach the elite bracket since computer three straight meetings since Henin in 2007 rankings were introduced. Became first American to • Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champi- make Top 10 debut since S.Williams in 1999 ons in Sofia, Bulgaria • Reached a career-high singles ranking of No.7 on • Three-time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/ October 10, 2016 Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong • Made WTA Finals debut at Singapore in 2016, going Kong (w/Shvedova) 1-2 in round robin play • Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17, 2019; • Represented USA at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 SF (lost Bronze medal match against Kvitova) • Owns seven career Top 5 victories: No.5 Li (2013 Madrid), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Rome, 2017 Stanford), No.4 Svito- lina (2017 US Open), No.4 Kerber (2018 Cincinnati) and No.4 Halep (2019 Cincinnati) MADISON ALIZE KEYS VS CORNET

CAREER CONT. PERSONAL

• Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2015 (went • Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother 1-1 in round robin stage on all three appearances); is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent) advanced to SF stage in 2018 however withdrew • Sponsors include BMW, Babolat and Lotto before match due to a left knee injury • Currently coached by Sandra Zaniewska. Worked • Cracked Top 20 on February 2, 2015 with Pierre Bouteyre in 2019 • Was second-youngest player to win a WTA title in 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur); also youngest American to win a title since Vania King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok • Made tour-level debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach at 14 years old (as WC, d. Kudryavtseva); was seventh youngest player to win a WTA main draw match at 14 years, 48 days, and youngest since Hingis in 1994

PERSONAL

• Coached by Ola Malmqvist; fitness coach is Rodney Marshall • Past coaches: Juan Todero, Jim Madrigal, Jesse Levine, Thomas Hogstedt, Dieter Kindlmann, Lindsay Davenport and David Taylor • Ambassador for Evian and FearlesslyGIRL • Was the architect behind Kinder Girl World Day recently on May 21, created in the “hope of replacing some of the toxicity we often see online with mes- sages of kindness” MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[15] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #22) vs. [22] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28)

Head to Head: 0-0

MARIA SAKKARI AMANDA ANISIMOVA 22 WTA RANKING 28 18 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 63 25-07-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 31-08-2001 (19) $379,038 YTD PRIZE MONEY $145,965 $3,135,122 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,706,115 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 7-5 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 2-1 14-8 / 86-83 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 8-4 / 42-24 6-5 / 29-34 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 9-13 7-0 / 26-14 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 8-3 14-7 / 51-54 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-4 / 28-18 2-2 / 9-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 3-7 3-6 / 16-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 6-10 1-2 / 8-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-4 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [15] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #22) vs. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28) R64: d. BERNARDA PERA (USA #61) 2-6,6-3,6-2 (1h43) R64: d. KATRINA SCOTT (USA #637) 46 64 61 (1h58)

R128: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #114) 6-3,3-6,7-5 (2h5) R128: d. VIKTORIYA TOMOVA (BUL #133) 7-5,7-5 (1h27)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

MARIA SAKKARI AMANDA ANISIMOVA 2019 2018 R3 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) 7-5 6-3 R1 L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #73) 3-6 6-4 6-3 2018 2017 R2 L - SOFIA KENIN (USA #65) 4-6 6-1 6-4 R1* L - IPEK SOYLU (TUR #165) 6-2 0-6 6-0 2017 2016 R3 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 6-4 R2* L - ERI HOZUMI (JPN #205) 6-1 2-6 7-6(1)

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2016 R1 L - YINGYING DUAN (CHN #103) 6-4 4-6 6-3 2015 R1 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #112) 7-5 6-2

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making sixth main draw appearance at the US Open, • Making second main draw appearance at US Open, where she is through to 3r for a third time having previously fallen in 1r in 2018 (as WC, l. • Also made it this far in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2019 Townsend) (l. Barty) • Also contested qualifying in 2016 and 2017 • Was seeded No.30 during last year’s 3r showing • Won girls’ singles here in 2017 (d. Gauff in F); is one here (l. Barty) - is seeded No.15 this fortnight, previ- of five former junior champions in the women’s draw ously, highest seeding at a major was No.22 at 2020 (also Flipkens, Azarenka, Watson and Bouzkova) Australian Open • Is seeded No.22 this fortnight – her third time being • Fell 2r in 2018, seeded No.32 - was the first Greek seeded at a major (also No.25 at 2019 Wimbledon woman seeded at a Slam since Daniilidou at 2007 and No.21 at 2020 Australian Open) Australian Open • Defeated No.133 Tomova in a hard-fought straight • In 1r this year, fired 38 winners to dismiss No.114 sets battle on Tuesday Voegele in three sets • In 2r, overcame fellow American and fellow teenager • Overcame No.61 Pera in 2r on Thursday to equal No.637 Katrina Scott in three set battle on Thursday best result at Flushing Meadows by reaching 3r • Faces No.22 Sakkari in 3r today for the pairs first • Overall Grand Slam win-loss record now stands at encounter; has 2-0 in 3r matches across the Slams 23-17 • Overall win-loss record at Grand Slams stands at • Faces No.28 Anisimova for the first time in 3r today; 11-6 the only 3r match-up that features two Top 30 players • One of 31 Americans in this year’s main draw • Is 1-7 in 3r matches at majors, falling at this stage • The highest-ranked of 11 teenagers in the draw (also here in New York in 2017 and 2019, at the Australian Baptiste, Fernandez, Gauff, Juvan, Kostyuk, McNally, Open in 2017 and 2019, at Roland Garros in 2018, Montgomery, Osuigwe, Scott and Swiatek) and at Wimbledon in 2017 and 2019 • Only contested one event during the 2019 North • In addition to 3r showing here, last summer in North American hard court swing, reaching the QF at San America, posted SF showing at San Jose, reached Jose – her best career result on home soil. Missed QF at Cincinnati and fell 1r at Toronto the remainder of the summer due to family reasons • Contesting US Open ranked No.22, two spot of ca- • During tennis’ hiatus in 2020 played a series of ex- reer-high of No.20 (first achieved February 24, 2020) hibition events, including the UTR Pro Match Series in West Palm Beach, FL (faced Collins, Riske and Tomljanovic)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY • 2020 US Open marks 18th Grand Slam main draw • Is contesting seventh Grand Slam main draw at 2020 appearance US Open • Best result across the Slams came at 2020 Austra- • Produced best Slam showing at 2019 Roland Gar- lian Open when she reached R16 to become the first ros, becoming the first player born in 2000s – man Greek woman to reach this stage at a Grand Slam or woman – to reach a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual since at 2004 Wimbledon champion Barty) • By reaching 3r at 2017 Australian Open, became first • Best previous result was a R16 run at 2019 Austra- Greek woman to reach this stage at a Slam since lian Open (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova) Daniilidou at 2005 Wimbledon (l. Pennetta) • At 17 years and five months old, was the youngest • At 2016 Australian Open, by reaching 2r (d. Y.Wang, player to reach R16 at Melbourne Park since Vaidiso- l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from va in 2006 (16 yrs 281 days), and across all Slams Greece to win a main draw match at a Slam since since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days) Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open • Also the youngest American to reach this stage of a • Has made 3r at Wimbledon (2017 and 2019), Roland Slam since S.Williams at 1998 Roland Garros (16y Garros (2018) and US Open (2017 and 2019) 254d) and at Australian Open since Capriati in 1993 • Fell 1r on Slam main draw debut at 2017 Roland Garros (as WC, l. Nara, having led 6-3 4-2) • Suffered 1r exit at 2018 US Open (l. Townsend); fell in qualifying in 2016 and 2017 • In juniors, won US Open girls’ singles in 2017 and was R-Up at 2016 Roland Garros MARIA AMANDA SAKKARI VS ANISIMOVA

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off QF run at Western and Southern Open • Coming off 2r showing last week at the Western & (d. Gauff, Putintseva and S.Williams before falling to Southern Open (d. Riske, l. Pegula) Konta in QF) • At Doha in February, withdrew prior to 3r match vs. • Returned to competitive action following tour’s hiatus Kuznetsova (w/gastrointestinal illness) at Palermo in early August, falling in 1r (l. Kr.Plisko- • Upset No.7 Svitolina in 2r at Doha to record her va) first Top 10 win of 2020 and third overall, also No.9 • Was No.3 seed in Palermo – her joint-highest Kvitova (2018 Indian Wells) and No.3 Halep (2019 seeding at a WTA event (also during SF run at 2018 Roland Garros) Seoul) • Made 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Diyas) and Dubai • Prior to this, made 3r at Doha (l. eventual champion (l. Strycova, having led 3-1 in third set) Sabalenka) and fell 1r at Dubai (l. Sabalenka again, • Kicked off campaign with SF at Auckland (l. eventual in 3s) champion S.Williams) – her first time reaching the • Posted SF run at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up final four since 2019 Roland Garros (l. Barty) Rybakina) – her first SF since 2019 San Jose in August • Made the R16 at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) – her CAREER MILESTONES best result at the majors – to become the first Greek woman to reach this stage at a Grand Slam since • Highlight of 2019 season was winning maiden title at Eleni Daniilidou at 2004 Wimbledon Bogotá (d. Sharma in F); at 17y 222d was the young- • Fell 2r at Adelaide (l. Vekic) after a 1r exit at Brisbane est American to win a title since S.Williams at 1999 (l. Osaka) Indian Wells (17y 169d) • Finished 2019 ranked No.24 – the youngest of three teenagers in the Top 50 (also Andreescu and Yas- CAREER MILESTONES tremska). Other standout performances included SF run at Roland Garros – first player (man or woman) • Broke into Top 20 on February 24, 2020 born in 2000s to advance to this stage of a major – • Finished 2019 at No.23 – the best year-end finish of QF showings at Mallorca and San Jose, and R16 her career (up from No.41 in 2018) appearance at Australian Open – at 17 years and • Season highlight was winning maiden WTA title at five months old, was the youngest player to reach Rabat, recovering from a set and break down to R16 at a Slam since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 defeat Konta in final yrs 277 days) • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Barty), Wimbledon (l. • Scored maiden win over a Top 5 player during 2019 Svitolina) and US Open (l. Barty) Roland Garros, upsetting No.3 and defending cham- • Closed out season by qualifying for WTA Elite Trophy pion Halep in QF Zhuhai for first time in career (fell in RR stage) • Made Top 100 debut at No.95 on September 17, • 2018 season highlights included reaching her first 2018, after reaching first WTA final at Hiroshima (as tour-level final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu), scoring qualifier, l. Hsieh) first career Top 5 win after defeat of No.5 Ka.Plis- • Also in 2018, upset No.9 Kvitova to become the kova in Rome as well as reaching SF at Istanbul (l. joint-youngest player to reach R16 at Indian Wells, Hercog) and Seoul (l.Bertens) along with Majoli, who made SF in 1994 (both aged • Notched first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 16 years, 199 days) Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of career at 2017 • Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Miami (l. Wuhan Open Townsend in 3s), with Grand Slam bow coming at • Since then has posted a further seven Top 10 wins, 2017 Roland Garros. Also in 2017, reached four ITF against No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Rome), No.6 Bertens Circuit finals, winning $60k ITF/Sacramento, CA-USA (2019 Charleston), No.5 Kvitova (2019 Rome, via and finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Curtiba-BRA, $80k ret.), No.7 Svitolina (2019 San Jose), No.6 Kvitova ITF/Indian Harbour Beach, FL-USA and $60k ITF/ and No.9 Sabalenka (both at 2019 Cincinnati), and Dothan, AL-USA No.5 Bencic (2020 St. Petersburg) • Owns six Top 20 wins: No.9 Kvitova (2018 Indian • Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October Wells), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Australian Open), 9, 2017 No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep • Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul after (2019 Roland Garros), No.7 Svitolina (2020 Doha) qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) – at the and No.19 Riske (2020 Western & Southern Open) time, achieved her then best win-by-ranking defeat- • In juniors, won US Open girls’ singles in 2017 and ing No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r was R-Up at 2016 Roland Garros • Reached No.2 in junior world rankings MARIA AMANDA SAKKARI VS ANISIMOVA

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• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo • Coached by Jaime Cortez and Andis Juska, while • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010; owns seven ITF fitness trainer is Yutaka Nakamura Circuit singles titles and five in doubles • Mother is Olga and father is Konstantin (deceased), both parents were born and raised in Moscow; sister Maria Anisimova-Egee played tennis at University of Pennsylvania and now lives in New York PERSONAL • Born in New Jersey but moved to Miami at age of 3 • Born and grew up in Athens, Greece, before moving to Barcelona aged 18 – has trained there for two years • Mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, was tennis player • Tried karate and gymnastics but was thrown out of class for laughing too much • Currently coached by Tom Hill MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) vs. CATHERINE MCNALLY (USA #124)

Head to Head: ELISE MERTENS leads 1-0

2019 CINCINNATI HARD O R1 ELISE MERTENS 7-5 6-0 89 mins

ELISE MERTENS CATHERINE MCNALLY 18 WTA RANKING 124 9 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 90 17-11-1995 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 20-11-2001 (18) $417,264 YTD PRIZE MONEY $156,497 $6,373,909 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $501,945 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 9 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 9-4 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 3-1 21-8 / 137-80 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-4 / 7-11 5-3 / 40-29 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 2-2 3-3 / 26-31 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 1-3 17-6 / 85-50 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-4 / 7-10 0-3 / 6-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 0-4 / 13-38 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 2-0 / 14-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) vs. CATHERINE MCNALLY (USA #124) R64: d. (ESP #82) 6-3,7-5 (1h0) R64: d. [21] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #29) 4-6,6-3,7-6(2) (1h0) R128: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #64) 6-2,6-2 (1h27) R128: d. VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #85) 6-4,6-1 (1h2)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ELISE MERTENS CATHERINE MCNALLY 2019 2019 QF L - BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #15) 3-6 6-2 6-3 R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 5-7 6-3 6-1 2018 2018 R16 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-3 R1* L - (GEO #167) 0-6 7-5 6-2 2017 2017 R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-3 7-6(6) R2* L - ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #175) 6-0 6-2

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2016 R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) 2-6 6-0 6-3 2015 R1* L - NASTASSJA BURNETT (ITA #428) 6-3 3-6 6-4

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• Making fifth consecutive main draw appearance at • Making second main draw appearance at US Open US Open (sixth overall) following her 2r run last year (d. Bacsinszky, l. S.Wil- • Achieved best result here last year by reaching QFs liams in 3s) (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) • Fell in qualifying here in 2017 and 2018 • Reached R16 in 2018 (l. Stephens) and fell 1r in • 2020 US Open marks her fourth Grand Slam main 2016 (l. Muguruza) and 2017 (l. Keys). Fell in qualify- draw appearance, following 2019 Wimbledon and US ing in 2015 Open and 2020 Australian Open • Opened her 2020 US Open campaign with a straight • Won the US Open girls’ doubles title in 2018 (w/ sets victory over Siegemund. Has now won her last Gauff) 10 Grand Slam 1r matches. Last 1r loss at the ma- • Contesting just 12th Tour-level main draw of her ca- jors was at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys) reer and fifth of 2020 following Auckland, Australian • Outlasted Sorribes Tormo in 2r after a rain delay Open, Lexington and Western & Southern Open caused their match to be played between Thursday • Defeated No.85 Kuzmova in 1r on Tuesday in just and Friday, firing 33 winners against the Spaniard over an hour before ousting No.21 seed Alexandro- • Has now won 21 matches this season (21-8 record) - va, conqueror of Clijsters in 1r, on Friday in 3s only Rybakina (22) has won more in 2020 • Has now won back-to-back main draw matches for • Faces No.124 McNally today for a spot in her fourth the second time in her career, having reached the consecutive Grand Slam R16. Reached R16 at 2020 SFs last year at Washington, DC (l. Giorgi) Australian Open (l. Halep), QF at 2019 US Open (l. • Faces No.18 Mertens today in their second career Andreescu) and R16 at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Stryco- meeting, falling to the Belgium at her home tourna- va) ment in Cincinnati last year in 1r • A loss today would mark her worst-by-ranking since • Has only faced one Top 20 ranked opponent in her falling to No.178 Ahn last summer at San Jose career, falling to No.8 S.Williams here in Flushing • Is 3-0 vs. Americans in 2020, having defeated Meadows last year McHale (Hobart), Bellis (Australian Open) and Pegu- • Is the youngest of three teenagers to reach 3r this la (Western & Southern Open) fortnight (also Anisimova, 19, and Swiatek, 19) • Is 6-3 in Grand Slam 3r matches (2-0 at US Open) • One of 11 American women to reach the 3r this fort- • During last year’s summer hard court season fell 2r night. The last time 11 Americans reached the R32 at at San Jose (after 1r bye, l. Ahn), Toronto (l. S.Wil- the US Open was 1992 liams) and Cincinnati (l. Svitolina) before bouncing • Played doubles here w/Gauff; the pair fell to No.3 back to reach US Open QF for the first time (l. even- seeds Melichar/Xu in 2r tual champion Andreescu); also won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d. Azarenka/ Barty in F) • Seeded No.2 w/Sabalenka in doubles this fortnight. GRAND SLAM HISTORY The pair face Rogers/Pegula in 2r on Saturday • Making fourth Grand Slam main draw appearance at 2020 US Open; 4-3 win-loss record at this level • Reached 2r at 2019 US Open (as WC, d. Bacsinsz- ky, l. S.Williams in 3s) • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Watson) • Contested qualifying at US Open in 2017 and 2018 • Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 • As a junior, was R-Up in singles at 2018 Roland Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki), Garros (l. Gauff) and champion in doubles at 2018 • In 2020, reached QF at 2020 US Open (l. eventual Roland Garros (w/Swiatek) and 2018 US Open (w/ champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at Wimbledon Gauff); also a three-time doubles finalist at junior (l. Strycova, having led 6-4 5-2) – the deepest run of Wimbledon her career at both tournaments • Has also reached R16 at Roland Garros in 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) • Won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sa- balenka (d. Azarenka/Barty in F) ELISE CATHERINE MERTENS VS MCNALLY

SEASON SEASON • Coming off SF run at Western & Southern Open last • Coming off back-to-back 1r exits as a wildcard at week (l. Osaka); was seeded No.1 in doubles w/ Lexington (l. Jabeur) and Western & Southern Open Sabalenka – withdrew prior to QF against Hradecka/ (l. Cornet) Klepac w/left leg injury • In March, fell 1r at Indian Wells $125K (l. Vickery) • Fell 1r in the first week of the tour’s return at Palermo • Advanced to QF at $100K ITF/Midland-USA (l. Kalini- (l. Sasnovich) na) before 2r run at $100K ITF/Nicholasville-USA (l. • Bounced back the following week at Prague, where Abanda) she finished R-Up (l. Halep). Is now 5-2 in WTA • Claimed her second Grand Slam main draw victory singles finals at Australian Open over home favorite Stosur (as • Began the season with QF runs at Shenzhen (l. Ry- qualifier, l. S.Zhang in 2r) bakina) and Hobart (l. Watson – 3h 33m match is the • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Auckland (as LL, longest so far in 2020) and R16 showing at Austra- l. Siegemund) lian Open (l. Halep) • In February made 2r exit in defense of Doha title (l. Putintseva) and also fell at this stage the previous week at Dubai (l. Sabalenka)

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 ranked No.17 for second consecutive • Finished 2019 season ranked No.682 (up from Top 20 finish No.682 in 2018) • Singles highlight was winning biggest title of career • Posted first WTA main draw wins of career during at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final). Also beat No.8 Ber- SF run at Washington, DC, where she also won the tens and No.6 Kerber in Doha, doubling career total doubles title (w/Gauff, d. Sanchez/Stollar in F); with of Top 10 wins to six a combined age of 33y 36d, Gauff/McNally became • Advanced to QF at US Open for the first time (l. the youngest doubles championship team since 1991 eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at Rome (Capriati/Seles, at 32y 205d) Wimbledon for the first time (l. Strycova, having led • Also won doubles title at Luxembourg (w/Gauff) 6-4 5-2). Reached QF during defense of Rabat title • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Wimble- (l. eventual champion Sakkari) don (as qualifier, l. Watson) • Enjoyed standout season in doubles in 2020 - won • In first appearances at WTA-level tournaments, fell 1r maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka at 2019 Indian Wells (as qualifier, l. Pera) and Miami (d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Also Completed ‘Sunshine (as WC, l. Gauff) Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalenka), lifting the back-to- • Highlight of 2018 season was winning maiden ITF back titles at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova) Circuit title at $25K Lawrence, KS-USA. Also reached and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang) QF on four occasions at this level • Team qualified for Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen • Owns nine career Top 100 wins, all registered in (went 1-2 in RR) 2019: d. No.80 Brengle and No.57 Peterson (both • Won three singles titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and at $100K ITF/Midland, MI-USA), No.63 Lapko (WTA Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or 125K Series at Indian Wells), No.90 Kr.Pliskova more titles to their name that year - also Kvitova (5), (Indian Wells qualifying), No.80 Brady and No.54 Van Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki Uytvanck (both at $100K ITF/Surbiton-GBR), No.31 (3) Hsieh (Washington, DC), No.89 Bacsinszky (2019 • Also in 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of US Open) and No.92 Ahn (2020 Auckland qualifying) career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champi- • Awarded WC w/Glatch into doubles draw at 2017 on Wozniacki), going on to post 46 main draw match Cincinnati (l. Barty/Dellacqua in 1r) – first main draw wins across the campaign – only Ka.Pliskova (49) tour-level match she played and Kvitova (47) registered more. By contrast, prior • Owns two singles and five doubles titles on ITF to 2018 season owned only 36 wins at this level Circuit across entire career • Made professional debut at ITF/$100K Midland, MI- • In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at USA in 2016 (fell in qualifying) WTA Finals (w/Schuurs) ELISE CATHERINE MERTENS VS MCNALLY

CAREER CONT. PERSONAL

• Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 • Hails from the Cincinnati suburb of Madeira in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish • Coached by mother Lynn Nabors-McNally, who brief- 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at ly played on tour, and Kevin O’Neill Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) • Father is John, brother John Jr. was a high-ranked • Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 junior player who is also making the transition to the Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing professional tour (also received a WC into recent • Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Her- Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati) togenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) • Began playing at age of three • Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 • Friends call her Caty Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has nine doubles titles – • Hobbies include listening to music, watching Netflix, also 2017 Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ reading, hanging out with friends Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens), 2018 ‘s-Her- togenbosch (w/Schuurs), 2018 Wuhan (w/Schuurs), 2019 Indian Wells-Miami double (w/Sabalenka) and 2019 US Open (w/Sabalenka) • Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Ant- werp (fell in qualifying) • Has 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010

PERSONAL

• Working once again with former coach Robbe Ceys- sens having recently worked with both David Taylor and Dieter Kindlmann • Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mourato- glou Academy • Mother is Liliane Barbe (teaches languages and history); father is Guido Mertens (makes furniture for churches). Was home schooled, enjoyed studying languages • Loves animals and has lots of pets at home, four dogs and a variety of birds (pheasants, peacocks, chickens, MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[18] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #24) vs. TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #0)

Head to Head: TSVETANA PIRONKOVA leads 3-0

2016 SAN ANTONIO HARD O QF TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 6-2 6-1 52 mins 2016 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R1 TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 6-2 7-5 77 mins 2015 SYDNEY HARD O R16 TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 6-1 6-0 44 mins

DONNA VEKIC TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 24 WTA RANKING 53 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 13-09-1987 (32) 28-06-1996 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) $0 $200,806 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,497,095 $4,248,202 CAREER PRIZE MONEY 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 9-5 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 10-11 8-7 / 132-133 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 164-218 3-1 / 36-46 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 36-73 1-0 / 28-35 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 53-38 7-6 / 91-96 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 82-126 0-0 / 7-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 12-36 0-0 / 10-40 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 22-80 2-0 / 10-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 10-15 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [18] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #24) vs. TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #0) R64: d. PATRICIA MARIA TIG (ROU #88) 6-2,6-1 (1h14) R64: d. [10] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #16) 7-5,6-3 (1h24) R128: d. KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #66) 3-6,7-6(6),6-4 (2h4) R128: d. LUDMILLA SAMSONOVA (ITA #120) 6-4,6-4 (1h20)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

DONNA VEKIC TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 2019 2016 QF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 7-6(5) 6-3 R2 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #14) 6-2 5-7 6-2 2018 2015 R1 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #18) 6-2 2-6 6-3 R1 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #53) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-1

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2017 2014 R3 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #17) 6-2 6-3 R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #10) 7-5 6-4 2016 2013 R3* L - NADIA PODOROSKA (ARG #230) 6-4 6-3 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #81) 6-3 6-3 2015 2012 R2* L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #176) 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4 R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-0 6-4 2014 2011 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #38) 2-6 6-3 6-1 R2 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #14) 6-2 6-4 2013 2010 R2 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #19) 6-2 6-1 R2 L - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #185) 6-4 6-0 2012 2009 R3* L - EDINA GALLOVITS-HALL (USA #135) 2-6 6-4 6-0 R1 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #31) 6-3 6-0 2008 R1 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #26) 6-4 7-5 2007 R2 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 6-4 6-0 2006 R1 L - JAMEA JACKSON (USA #57) 6-2 6-2 2005 R2* L - TIFFANY DAVIS (USA #202) 6-3 4-6 6-2

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• Making sixth main draw appearance at US Open – • Making 12th main draw appearance at US Open and her best result here and across the Slams came with 13th overall, and first since 2016 having spent over QF run last year (l. Bencic) three years away from Tour to give birth and raise • Also made 3r in 2017 (l. Sevastova), 2r in debut here her son in 2013 (l. Halep), and fell 1r in 2014 (l. Vandeweghe) • One of nine mothers to begin the singles field this and 2018 (l. Sevastova) fortnight (also Azarenka, Bondarenko, Clijsters, Gov- • One of two Croatians to begin main draw – also ortsova, Maria, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva) Martic, who has progressed to R16 • Best result in Flushing Meadows is reaching R16 in • 2020 US Open is her 27th Grand Slam main draw 2012 (l. Ivanovic) appearance, and progression to 3r this week takes • Reached 2r here on five occasions - 2007 (as qual- her to 26-26 across the Slams ifier, l. eventual champion Henin), 2010 (l. Minella), • Seeded No.18 this fortnight – her highest seeding 2011 (l. S.Peng), 2014 (l. Jankovic) and 2016 (l. at a Slam, bettering that of No.19 at 2020 Australian Konta) Open • Fell 1r in 2006 (l. Jackson), 2008 (l. Medina Garri- • Began 2020 US Open campaign with tough 1r win gues), 2009 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. Riske) and 2015 against Kr.Pliskova, prevailing 6-4 in the third (l. Barthel), and in qualifying on her debut in 2005 • Enjoyed a more comfortable defeat of Tig in 2r, drop- • Playing in her first tournament since 2017 Wimble- ping only three games don (l. Wozniacki in 2r), where she is a former semifi- • Faces unranked Pironkova today – worst loss-by- nalist - her best result across the majors ranking at Slam level came to No.240 Birrell at 2019 • Contesting 48th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open US Open – progression to 3r improves her to 45-47 across the Slams • In her first match in over three years, defeated Samsonova on Tuesday to improve her record in 1r GRAND SLAM HISTORY matches at the majors to 29-19 • Caused major upset by defeating No.16 and 2020 • 2020 US Open is her 27th Grand Slam main draw Australian Open finalist Muguruza in 2r on Thursday appearance, and progression to 3r this week takes – was her 22nd Top 20 win of career, and first since her to 26-26 across the Slams wins over No.18 Errani and No.2 A.Radwanska en • At 2019 US Open, posted her best Slam result, route to 2016 Roland Garros QF reaching the QF • Hasn’t dropped a set yet en route to 3r • Has reached R16 at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Goerges) • Faces No.18 seed Vekic today – Prior to this fort- and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Konta) night, last defeated a seed at a Slam at 2016 Roland • At Australian Open, reached 3r in 2020 (l. Swiatek) Garros (No.2 seed A.Radwanska). Has lost her last six Slam meetings vs. seeded players – No.5 Wozni- acki (2017 Wimbledon), No.5 Svitolina (2017 Roland Garros), No.3 A.Radwanska (2017 Australian Open), No.13 Konta (2016 US Open), No.7 Bencic (2016 SEASON Wimbledon) and No.21 Stosur (2016 Roland Garros) • Owns one title in her career, on the hard courts of • Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. Sydney in 2014 (as qualifier, d. Kerber in F) eventual champion Azarenka) • Currently without a ranking. Reached as high as • Returned to tennis following the hiatus at Palermo, No.31 on September 13, 2010 to become the highest making 2r (l. Cocciaretto) ranked Bulgarian woman in WTA history • Standout results of the early 2020 season were a QF run at Adelaide (l. Yastremska) and 3r showing at Australian Open (l. Swiatek), her best result at Melbourne Park GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Also posted 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Putintseva) • Had not missed a major between making her debut at 2006 Australian through 2017 Wimbledon • Became first player representing Bulgaria (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam SF when she ad- vanced to last four at 2010 Wimbledon • Defeated No.13 Bartoli and No.2 V.Williams en route to SFs at 2010 Wimbledon (l. Zvonareva) DONNA TSVETANA VEKIC VS PIRONKOVA

CAREER MILESTONES GRAND SLAM CONT.

• Ended 2019 ranked No.19 for career-best year-end • At the other majors, best result at Roland Garros is finish (up from No.34 in 2018) a QF run in 2016 (d. No.2 A.Radwanska en route, l. • Cracked the WTA Top 20 for the first time on October Stosur); became first Bulgarian woman to reach the 21, 2019 last eight in Paris since Sesil Karatantcheva in 2005. • Produced career best Grand Slam result at US At US Open, made R16 in 2012 (l. Ivanovic) but is Open, where she reached QF (l. Bencic) yet to pass 2r at Australian Open • Reached biggest final of career at Premier-level St. Petersburg (l. Bertens) • Posted best win of career by ranking – and third over a Top 5 opponent –with defeat of No.2 Kvitova en SEASON route to St. Petersburg QF, bettering victories over No.4 Stephens at 2018 Wimbledon and No.4 Garcia • US Open marks first tournament since 2017 Wimble- at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] don having spent over three years away from tennis • season saw her reach final at Notting- after giving birth to son Alexander in April 2018 ham (l. Garcia in thirdset tie-break) • Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, however fell in RR stage • Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, CAREER MILESTONES after registering 31 tour-level wins • 2018 season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washing- • Finished 2017 ranked No.162. Of her 16 year-end ton, DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first rankings, has ended the year outside the Top 100 finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham only on five occasions • Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo • Season highlights of 2017 were reaching QF at [PPO] and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Nottingham (l. Safarova) and R16 at Eastbourne (l. Wimbledon (l. Goerges) Halep) • Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top • Also in 2017, reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. Svitoli- 50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign na) and Wimbledon (l. Wozniacki) ranked No.54 • Ended 2016 at No.66 for 11th non-consecutive Top • Grass court season highlighted by winning second 100 finish. Career-best finish was No.35 in 2010 WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham –d. No.8 (rose as high as No.31 the week of September 13 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-toback that year) main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at • Highlight of 2016 was first Grand Slam QF in five Tashkent) years, at Roland Garros (l. Stosur). Was only the • Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, sixth major where she has achieved back-to-back winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm ElSheikh-EGY wins during her career (after 2010 Wimbledon, 2011 • Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeat- Wimbledon, 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon and ing Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic 2015 Roland Garros) at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin • Other notable result was reaching QF at Birmingham • Highlights in 2015 included reaching final at Tashkent (as qualifier, l. Strycova) (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku • Represented Bulgaria at the Rio Olympics, making 1r • When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala exit in singles (l. Siegemund) Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest • Owns one career singles title at 2014 Sydney (as player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok qualifier, achieved three Top 10 wins: vs. No.7 Errani (Vania King) in QF, No.6 Kvitova in SF and No.9 Kerber in F). • Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. Ranked No.107 at time, was the lowest-ranked play- In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, er to win a title in 2014 became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old • Competed in front of home fans at Tournament of Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished run- Champions-Sofia in 2012 (SF) and 2014 (RR) ner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) • Bulgarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-13, 2015-16; Bulgari- and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2019 St. an Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 Petersburg and 2019 Nottingham, owns a 2-6 record in singles finals • Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 Has won five ITF Circuit singles and one doubles title • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017, 2019 DONNA TSVETANA VEKIC VS PIRONKOVA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Both parents played professional sports: mother, • Gave birth to her son in March 2018 Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer • Married husband Mihail Mirchez in July 2016 goalkeeper) • Coached Kiril Enchev Pironkov (father) • Currently working with Nikola Horvat, having split with coach Torben Beltz during the tour’s hiatus. Dario Novak is also part of coaching team Favorite surface is hard • Speaks Croatian, English and Italian • Self-described as strong-willed, determined and extremely competitive MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) vs. SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #77)

Head to Head: 0-0

KAROLINA MUCHOVA SORANA CIRSTEA 26 WTA RANKING 77 89 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 107 21-08-1996 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-04-1990 (30) $164,060 YTD PRIZE MONEY $128,025 $1,579,451 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,578,492 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 6-2 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 12-11 5-5 / 35-20 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-5 / 227-240 1-2 / 11-9 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-4 / 87-72 3-0 / 10-4 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 53-45 5-5 / 25-16 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-4 / 130-140 0-2 / 1-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 14-39 0-3 / 6-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 32-72 0-0 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 17-20 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) vs. SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #77) R64: d. ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #110) 6-3,7-6(4) (1h20) R64: d. [9] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #13) 2-6,7-6(5),6-4 (2h50) R128: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #67) 6-3,7-5 (1h49) R128: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #75) 6-4,7-5 (1h36)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

KAROLINA MUCHOVA SORANA CIRSTEA 2019 2019 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-3 6-2 R3 L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #116) 7-5 6-2 2018 2018 R3 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #17) 6-3 6-4 R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) 6-2 7-5 2016 2017 R1* L - AMANDINE HESSE (FRA #169) 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5 R2 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #12) 6-4 6-4

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2016 R1 L - ANA BOGDAN (ROU #116) 0-6 7-5 6-2 2015 R3* L - MAYO HIBI (JPN #177) 6-4 6-4 2014 R2 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #8) 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4 2013 R2 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #109) 7-5 6-1 2012 R2 L - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #73) 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2 2011 R1 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #22) 6-1 7-5 2010 R1 L - SOFIA ARVIDSSON (SWE #55) 6-1 6-2 2009 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-3 6-2 2008 R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 7-6(3) 6-1 2007 R1* L - ALISON RISKE (USA #9,999) 6-2 7-6(4)

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US OPEN US OPEN • Making 12th main draw appearance at US Open • Making third main draw appearance at US Open (14th overall) (fourth overall) • Has matched previous best result by reaching 3r, • Came through qualifying to reach 3r on her Grand also in 2009 (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) and last Slam main draw debut in 2018 at Flushing Meadows, year (l. Townsend) (d. Yastremska and No.12 Muguruza, l. Barty) • Also made 2r here in 2008, 2012-14 and 2017-18 • Also made 3r run here last year (l. S.Williams) • In 1r, struck 23 winners to beat McHale in two tight • Career best result at a major came at 2019 Wim- sets bledon with loss to Svitolina in the QF (d. No.20 • Rallied from a set down to upset No.13 Konta in 2r Kontaveit and No.3 Ka.Pliskova en route) on Thursday to record first back-to-back main draw • Has matched previous best result here by reaching match wins (tour level) since 2019 Tashkent R-Up 3r for third consective year this week run • Fired 27 winners to dismiss No.65 V.Williams in • Only other main draw win this year came over Stry- opening round on Tuesday cova at Australian Open • Overcame No.98 Kalinskaya in straight sets on • Faces No.26 Muchova in 3r today for the pairs first Thursday; is yet to drop a set this week meeting; bidding for first R16 appearance at a Slam • Faces No.77 Cirstea in 3r today; is bidding for first since 2017 Australian Open (l. Muguruza) R16 appearance at Flushing Meadows • Owns a 2-9 record in 3r matches across the Slams, • Owns 6-2 record in New York and 0-2 here in New York • Competing at No.26, five places off her career high • Has 45-45 record across the Slams ranking of No.21 (achieved on November 4, 2019). • During last year’s North American hard court season, By contrast, was No.44 this time last year only competed in US Open (l. Townsend in 3r) • Currently the Czech No.4 of eight women in the Top • Best results on American soil were SF appearances 100 (week of August 31, 2020) at Los Angeles in 2009, and Stanford in 2012-13 • Sole Romanian left in the draw from four in the start- ing field (also Begu, Buzarnescu and Tig) GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2020 US Open marks seventh Grand Slam main draw appearance of her career • Earned career best result with QF appearance at 2019 Wimbledon defeating No.20 Kontaveit and No.3 Ka.Pliskova en route (I. Svitolina) Reached 3r at 2018 US Open in her main draw debut at the majors (as qualifier, I. Barty in 3r) and 2019 (I. R-Up S.Williams) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Fell 2r at 2019 Roland Garros and 2020 Australian Open • Contesting 46th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Earned USDS156,000 in prize money during 2018 Open Flushing Meadows run, more than doubling her • Best showing at a major came at 2009 Roland Gar- career total ros (QF, l. Stosur) • Previously fell in qualifying at US Open in 2016, and • At 2017 Australian Open, achieved second-best Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2018 Slam result by reaching R16 (upset No.10 seed Suárez Navarro in 2r, l. Muguruza); her previous best result in Melbourne was reaching 3r in 2012 (l. Errani) and 2013 (l. Li); 1r win over Khromacheva in SEASON Melbourne was first Grand Slam main draw victory since 2014 US Open (d. Watson in 1r) • Prior to hiatus, suffered 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova) • Reached 3r at Wimbledon in 2009, 2012 and 2017; and fell 2r at Doha (l. Bertens) at US Open, also reached 3r in 2009 and 2019 • Reached 2r for first time at Australian Open (l. Bellis) • Opened season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Riske) KAROLINA SORANA MUCHOVA VS CIRSTEA

CAREER MILESTONES SEASON

• Finished 2019 season in rich vein of form, winning • After tour’s resumption, lost the opening match at 18 of last 24 matches, including winning maiden Palermo (l. Errani in 3s), and fell in qualifying at WTA title at Seoul (d. Linette in F), SFs at Zhuhai Western & Southern Open (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and Moscow (l. • Suffered 1r exit at Dubai (as qualifier, l. Kontaveit) Pavlyuchenkova) and maiden major QF at Wimble- and Doha (l. Rybakina) don (l. Svitolina) • Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Gauff) • Rose to career-high ranking of No.21 on November • Opened season with a 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. 4, 2019 X.Wang) and qualifying defeat at Hobart (l. Begu) • Other highlights of breakthrough 2019 season were R-Up finish on home soil at Prague (l. Teichmann) and QF at Doha (l. Svitolina) and the Bronx (l. Linette) • Ended 2018 ranked No.145, her first Top 200 season (up from her previous best of No.208 in 2016) • 2018 season highlight was making Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open (as qualifier, I. Barty in 3r) CAREER MILESTONES • Also contested WTA qualifying in 2018 at Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Luxembourg • Finished 2019 ranked No.72 for her 11th non-con- • Reached three ITF Circuit finals in 2018, including secutive Top 100 year-end season (up from No.86 in back-to-back finals at $25k ITF/Altenkirchen-GER 2018) (I. Dart) and $60k ITF/Croissy-Beauborg-FRA (I. • Advanced to fourth career singles final in 2019 at Blinkova) Tashkent (l. Van Uytvanck in F) as a former champi- • Also reached the final at $80k ITF/Olomouc-CZE (I. on in 2008 Ferro) • Captured fifth career doubles title at Lugano (w/Mitu, • Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Seoul (as quali- d. Kudermetova/Voskoboeva in F) fier, I. Hon). Also contested qualifying at ‘s-Hertogen- • Other season highlights in 2019 were SF run at bosch and Tokyo [Japan Open] and finished R-Up at Nürnberg (l. eventual champion Putintseva); previous one ITF Circuit event appearance in last four at a WTA-level event came at • Won second career ITF Circuit title in 2016 and post- the same tournament two years earlier ed 39-18 win-loss record; at tour-level fell in qualify- • Also reached 3r at 2019 US Open (l. Townsend) ing at US Open • Ended 2018 season at No.86, after a year highlight- • On ITF Circuit has won two titles in singles and one ed by clay court QF runs at Nürnberg and Bucharest in doubles • Posted fifth non-consecutive Top 50 finish in 2017, at • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Croatia No.37 (up from No.81 in 2016). Has now finished in in 2013 Top 100 nine times in past 10 years, including Top 30 finishes in 2012 and 2013 • 2017 season highlighted by SF showing at Nürn- berg (l. Krejcikova) and QF runs at Istanbul, Madrid, Seoul, Beijing and Linz PERSONAL • Also reached R16 at 2017 Australian Open – first time advancing to that stage at a Slam since 2009 Roland Garros (QF, l. Stosur), her best Slam result • Born in city of Olomouc in eastern Czech Republic, • In 2016 played a mix of WTA and ITF events, improv- but moved to train in Prague this year ing ranking by 163 ranking places to No.81 in 2016 • Started playing tennis at aged seven with dad, a on comeback from shoulder injury, with highlights former professional footballer in Czech Republic being a SF run at Rio de Janeiro (l. Rogers) and • Roger Federer was tennis idol growing up making QF at Premier Mandatory Madrid (as wild- • Coached by Emil Miske card, l. eventual R-Up Cibulkova) and Mallorca (as qualifier, l. Jankovic) • Reached biggest singles final of career at 2013 Toronto – posted three Top 10 wins en route to final (No.10 Wozniacki, No.7 Kvitova and No.5 Li) before falling to No.1 S.Williams • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2008 Tashkent (d. Lisicki in F) having previously been R-Up at 2007 Budapest (l. Dulko) KAROLINA SORANA MUCHOVA VS CIRSTEA

CAREER CONT. • Owns four Top 5 victories: No.5 Jankovic (2009 Ro- land Garros), No.5 Stosur (2012 Australian Open), No.5 Li Na (2013 Toronto) and No.4 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Beijing) • Posted career-high ranking of No.21 on August 21, 2013 • Owns five WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2019 Lugano (w/Mitu) from 10 finals • Member of Romania’s Fed Cup team 2006, 2008- 09, 2013-14 and 2017-18; also part of Romanian Olympic Team 2008 and 2012 • Made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Stockholm (l. Kanepi in 1r) • On ITF Circuit owns eight singles and nine doubles titles • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2004

PERSONAL

• Introduced to tennis at age four by mother • Coached by Carl Maes • Born in Bucharest, but currently resides in Targoviste where her parents (Mihai and Liliana) are from and her father owns an ice cream factory. Has a younger brother Mihnea MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. IGA SWIATEK (POL #53)

Head to Head: 0-0

VICTORIA AZARENKA IGA SWIATEK 27 WTA RANKING 53 12 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 56 31-07-1989 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 31-05-2001 (19) $294,530 YTD PRIZE MONEY $257,459 $30,650,035 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $932,648 1 / 21 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 8 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 36-12 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 3-1 7-2 / 458-180 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 21-15 1-0 / 86-62 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 8-5 2-0 / 68-44 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 2-5 7-2 / 316-108 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 14-10 0-0 / 67-72 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-2 2-0 / 122-100 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 3-4 0-0 / 46-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 2-0 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. IGA SWIATEK (POL #53) R64: d. [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) 6-1,6-3 (1h7) R64: d. [WC] SACHIA VICKERY (USA #160) 6-7(5),6-3,6-4 (1h0) R128: d. BARBARA HAAS (AUT #139) 6-1,6-2 (0h59) R128: d. [29] VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #42) 6-3,6-3 (1h32)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

VICTORIA AZARENKA IGA SWIATEK 2019 2019 R1 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) 3-6 6-3 6-4 R2 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #11) 3-6 6-1 6-3 2018 R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-4 2015 QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-3 4-6 6-4

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2014 QF L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #18) 6-4 6-2 2013 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2012 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #27) 6-1 7-6(5) 2010 R2 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 5-1 2009 R3 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #28) 4-6 6-2 6-2 2008 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) 6-4 6-4 2007 R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-3 2006 R3 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #29) 6-4 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open, • Making second appearance at US Open, having where she is a two-time R-Up, in 2012 (l. S.Williams) reached 2r on her debut last year (l. Sevastova) and 2013 (l. S.Williams) • Made Grand Slam debut (main draw or qualifying) • Also a two-time quarterfinalist in New York, in 2014 at 2019 Australian Open, reached 2r having come (l. Makarova) and 2015 (l. Halep) through qualifying (d. Bogdan, l. Giorgi) • R-Up in doubles here in 2019 (w/Barty, l. Mertens/ • In 1r this year, beat No.29 seed Kudermetova before Sabalenka); seeded No.7 this year w/Kenin (fell to defeating American wildcard Vickery in 2r Zvonareva/Siegemund in R16 on Friday) • After dropping the opening set to Vickery on Thurs- • Contesting landmark 50th major this fortnight - one of day, play was suspended due to rain. Play resumed nine active players to reach this milestone on Friday, when she took the final two sets to seal • Committed just seven unforced errors during 59-min- the victory ute 1r win over Haas on Tuesday • Now owns 10 Grand Slam main draw wins (10-5 • In an all-Belarusian showdown, defeated No.11 record) Sabalenka in 2r to score her 122nd Top 20 win of • Faces No.27 Azarenka today. Is 2-0 vs. Top 30 her career and second of 2020 following a win over ranked opponents in 2020, with wins coming over No.15 Konta during last week’s title run at Western & No.20 Vekic (Australian Open) and No.24 Vekic Southern Open (Doha) • After clearing first two hurdles here, Grand Slam win- • Bidding to reach the R16 of a Slam for the third time loss record record improves to 129-46 in her career, having done so at 2019 Roland Garros • Meanwhile, among active players, places fifth for (l. Halep) and 2020 Australian Open (l. Kontaveit) wins at US Open (36-12 record) • Last Polish woman through to the R16 at the US • Faces No.53 Swiatek in their career first meeting. Open was A.Radwanska in 2016 (R16) Has not faced a Polish opponent since defeating • One of three teenagers to reach 3r this fortnight (also A.Radwanska en route to 2018 Miami SF Anisimova, 19, and McNally, 18) • Owns 23-12 record in Grand Slam 3r matches (5-5 at US Open) • Bidding to reach the second week at a Slam for the first time since 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep in R16) • One of eight players who’ve held the WTA World No.1 singles ranking in this year’s draw • Currently ranked No.27 – her highest ranking since GRAND SLAM HISTORY returning to the Tour from maternity leave in 2017 • One of nine mothers in this year’s US Open field • Contesting sixth career Grand Slam at 2020 US – also Bondarenko, Clijsters, Govortsova, Maria, Open Pironkova, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva • Made Grand Slam debut (main draw and qualifying) • In addition to 1r exit here, last summer reached 2r at at 2019 Australian Open, coming through qualifying San Jose, Toronto and Cincinnati to reach 2r (d. Bogdan, l. Giorgi) • Twenty of 21 career titles have come on hardcourts • On first direct entry, at 2019 Roland Garros, ad- (equal fifth among active players), with nine of these vanced to R16 (l. Halep); was one of three teenagers coming in the US to reach R16, along with Anisimova and Vondrouso- • Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago; there are va - the most to have reached this stage at a major 26 thirtysomethings in the field at start of tournament since 2009 US Open: Oudin (17), Kvitova (18), and eight to reach 3r - also Pironkova, Kerber, Cor- Wickmayer (19) and Wozniacki (19) net, Kvitova, Brengle, Cirstea and S.Williams • Last year also fell 2r at US Open (l. Sevastova) and 1r at Wimbledon (l. Golubic) • Enjoyed success at the junior Grand Slams, high- GRAND SLAM HISTORY lighted by winning the girls’ singles at 2018 Wim- bledon (d. Kung in F) and doubles at 2018 Roland • Two-time major champion, winning Australian Open Garros (w/McNally) in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 (d. Li in F) • Also a two-time runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US Open (losing to S.Williams in 3s on both occasions) • Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while best result at Roland Garros is also SF run in 2013 VICTORIA IGA AZARENKA VS SWIATEK

GRAND SLAM CONT. SEASON • Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Aus- • Coming off 1r exit last week at Western & Southern tralian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesni- Open (l. McHale); reached SF in doubles (w/Kuzmo- na), 2011 Australian Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US va, l. Melichar/Xu) Open (w/Barty) • Reached 2r at Doha in February (d. Vekic, l. • Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at Kuznetsova) 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros • Posted career-high ranking of No.48 on February 3, (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles 2020 R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray) • Represented Poland in Fed Cup playoffs vs. • Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and in February, defeating Bjorklund in her singles rubber US Open in 2005 • Opened her 2020 season with R16 run at Australian Open (l. Kontaveit) SEASON

• Lifted 21st career title at last week’s Western & Southern Open when final opponent Osaka withdrew w/left hamstring injury; now 21-17 in singles finals • Suffered 1r exit at Lexington (l. V.Williams) in her CAREER MILESTONES second WTA event of 2020 • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Monterrey (l. • Ended 2019 season ranked No.61 after a campaign Zidansek), having not contested any events in Aus- highlighted by R-Up finish at Lugano (l. Hercog) and tralia due to personal reasons R16 run at Roland Garros (l. Halep) • Also in 2019, reached 3r at Toronto (l. Osaka) and made 2r five times (incl. Australian and US Open) CAREER MILESTONES • Posted career-high ranking of No.48 on February 3, 2020 • Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where • Broke into Top 100 at No.88 after R-Up finish at 2019 she fell to Sabalenka in 1r; also reached the doubles Lugano final w/Barty (l. Mertens/Sabalenka) • Ended 2018 season ranked No.175 (up from No.690 • Highlight of 2019 was 37th singles final at Monterrey in 2017), after posting 42-6 record in ITF Circuit (d. No.5 Kerber in SF, l. Muguruza in F via ret. w/leg • Highlights of 2018 campaign were four titles on the injury). Also made QFs at Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stutt- ITF Circuit, including at the $60k clay court events in gart (l. Kontaveit via ret.) and Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) Budapest-HUN and Montreux-SUI • On February 2, 2019 returned to Top 50 for first time • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2019 Auckland following the birth of her child, Leo • On ITF Circuit, owns seven singles titles • Highlights of 2018 season included SF at Miami (l. • On professional debut, came through qualifying to Stephens) and QF at San Jose and Tokyo win title at $10k ITF/Stockholm-SWE • Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of • As a junior, she was part of the Polish team which first child in December 2016 won the Junior Fed Cup in 2016 and won girls’ single • Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. at 2018 Wimbledon and 2018 Summer Youth Olym- Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tourna- pics in Buenos Aires ment contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) • Followed this with R16 at Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did not play after Wimbledon due to personal reasons • Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing sec- ond half of season after going on maternity leave (announced pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 • Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury) • Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons due to variety of injuries

VICTORIA IGA AZARENKA VS SWIATEK

CAREER CONT. PERSONAL

• Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between • Coached by Piotr Sierzputowski; at times last season 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on was also helped by former ATP player Nick Brown each occasion (l. Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul) • Father is Olympic rower Tomasz Swiatek who • Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open competed in the men’s quadruple sculls event at the and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul • Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start • She resides in Raszyn, a small town near Warsaw since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1 • Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 Olympics bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata • ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year

PERSONAL

• Currently coached by Dorian Descloix. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael Joyce • Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 • Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s name is Fedor and older brother is Max 2020 US Open: R16 Quick Hits

Country Breakdown A total of 34 different countries were represented in the draw this year at the US Open. Players from 12 different countries advanced to the fourth round. • There are four Americans through to the R16 – Jen Brady, Sofia Kenin, Shelby Rogers and Serena Williams • This is the sixth consecutive US Open that at least three Americans have advanced to the R16 • At least one American has advanced to the quarterfinals every year at the US Open since 1993 • Czech Republic is the only other country with more than one player through to the R16 – Petra Kvitova and Karolina Muchova • Alize Cornet is the first Frenchwoman to reach the R16 at the US Open since 2015 when Mladenovic advanced to the QF

Youngest & Oldest in R16 At 21 years, 302 days, Sofia Kenin is the youngest player remaining in the draw: AGE AGE NAME NAT YRS DAYS [2] KENIN, SOFIA USA 21 302 [4] OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 22 331 [20] MUCHOVA, KAROLINA CZE 24 22 [14] KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 24 263 [16] MERTENS, ELISE BEL 24 300 All ages in table calculated by tournament end date.

For the first time in the Open Era at a Slam, six players 30+ years old have advanced to the R16: AGE AGE NAME NAT YRS DAYS [3] WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 38 351 PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA BUL 32 365 [17] KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 32 238 AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 31 43 CORNET, ALIZÉ FRA 30 233 [6] KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 30 188 All ages in table calculated by tournament end date

Nifty Fifty Four of the players among final 16 have made 50 or more Grand Slam appearances: Serena Williams (75th), Alize Cornet (57th), Victoria Azarenka (50th) and Angelique Kerber (50th).

Among the Stat Leaders • Serena Williams has hit a tournament-leading 32 aces, followed by Jen Brady (19) • Sofia Kenin has won 26-of-28 service games (93%) • Victoria Azarenka has won 16-of-24 return games (67%, a tournament best) • Serena Williams has hit the fastest recorded serve thus far at the US Open (124 mph / 199.5 kph) 2020 US Open: R16 Quick Hits

Quest for Quarterfinal Serena Williams has advanced to the R16 for the 62nd time in her career. She owns a 52-8 record in R16 matches at Slams, including a 16-2 record in the R16 at the US Open. Williams is bidding for her 53rd career quarterfinal appearance at a Slam MOST GRAND SLAM QUARTERFINAL APPEARANCES (OPEN ERA)

PLAYER QF APPEARANCES CHRIS EVERT 54 MARTINA NAVRATILOVA 53 SERENA WILLIAMS 52 MARGARET COURT 43 STEFANIE GRAF 42

Cornet Seeks First Grand Slam Quarterfinal Playing in her 57th Grand Slam, Alize Cornet (R16 vs. Pironkova) is trying to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in her career. Cornet has reached the R16 at all four Slams now having also done so at 2017 Roland Garros, 2015 Roland Garros, 2014 Wimbledon and 2009 Australian Open.

MOST GRAND SLAM APPEARANCES BEFORE REACHING QF

SLAM APPEARANCES FIRST GRAND SLAM PLAYER BEFORE QF DEBUT QF APPERANCE TANASUGARN, Tamarine (THA) 45 2008 Wimbledon FARINA ELIA, Silvia (ITA) 44 2003 Wimbledon VESNINA, Elena (RUS) 42 2016 Wimbledon GOERGES, Julie (GER) 41 2018 Wimbledon DECHY, Nathalie (FRA) 37 2005 Australian Open

For Cornet, the 2020 US Open is her 54th consecutive Grand Slam appearance, the longest active streak and tied for the 4th longest streak in the Open Era:

LONGEST STREAKS FOR CONSECUTIVE GRAND SLAMS PLAYED (Open Era) PLAYER STREAK Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 62 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 61 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 56 Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 54 Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 54 Alizé Cornet (FRA) 54

• Jen Brady and Maria Sakkari are seeking their first Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance.

• Azarenka is through to the R16 for the 24th time in her 50 Grand Slam appearances. This is her first R16 appearance at the US Open since 2015. She is 16-7 in R16 matches across the Slams, including 4-1 in R16.

• Playing in her first tournament since 2017 Wimbledon, Tsvetana Pironkova has advanced to the R16 for the 6th time in her career in 48 Slam appearances. She also advanced to the R16 at the US Open in 2012 (l. Ivanovic).

• Kvitova is making her 20th appearance in the R16 at a Slam (12-7 in R16 matches). She is one of seven active players to reach the R16 at least 20 times along with Serena Williams (62), Venus Williams (50), Svetlana Kuznetsova (32), Kim Clijsters (25), Victoria Azarenka (24) and Angelique Kerber (21). US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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US OPEN - DAY 7 MATCH-UPS

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. [14] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) Osaka leads 4-0 Osaka triumphed in a tight third set when the two met at last week’s Western & Southern Open...Kontaveit reached this stage at Flushing Meadows on debut in 2015... Osaka is the youngest player left in top half

SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93) vs. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) Rogers leads 1-0 Rogers won a see-saw encounter over Kvitova during her QF run at 2016 Roland Garros... Kvitova bidding to reach third US Open QF... Both players are yet to drop a set in the opening week

[23] YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #35) vs. [8] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15) First meeting Putintseva has broken serve a tournament-leading 19 times in the first week... Martic has now reached the last 16 at four of the past five Slams... Neither player faced a opT 100 opponent in the opening three rounds

[28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) vs. [17] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #21) First meeting Brady has dropped the fewest games of any player remaining in the top half...Kerber’s last major QF came during 2018 Wimbledon title run... Brady has struck 19 aces so far, the second-most behind Williams

A LOOK AT THE TOP HALF

PLAYER US OPEN W/L YTD W/L CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER (MD) W/L* TITLES [4] Naomi Osaka 17-3 12-3 229-133 352,755 14,617,235 0 5

[6] Petra Kvitova 29-12 15-4 542-237 779,391 31,838,378 0 27

[8] Petra Martic 8-7 12-7 352-240 313,665 5,140,051 0 1

[14] Anett Kontaveit 8-4 19-7 307-159 533,890 4,489,651 0 1

[17] Angelique Kerber 28-11 7-3 630-333 231,843 29,526,500 0 12

[23] Yulia Putintseva 7-5 16-8 295-229 224,826 4,169,113 0 1

[28] Jennifer Brady 6-3 20-6 221-152 409,189 2,402,719 1 1

Shelby Rogers 9-6 18-7 237-192 113,052 2,384,639 0 0 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep: 2 (Dubai, W, Prague, W)

Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 155, Garbiñe Muguruza – 128, Kristyna Pliskova – 125 Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) Match win leaders: Rybakina – 22, Mertens – 21, Kontaveit – 19 Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart) Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland) Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens – all at Australian Open

WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY • As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. • Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongo- ing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit- ed Kingdom and the United States, among others. • In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants. • For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam- met [email protected] WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

BREAKING POINT SERVING NOTICE

Yulia Putintseva’s progress to the fourth round at Flush- Jennifer Brady has continued her impressive summer ing Meadows for the first time has been underpinned by form in New York, easing into the fourth round at a major some impressive returning numbers. In her three wins for the second time in her career. Over the opening three thus far, the Kazakhstani has won 58% of the points on rounds the 25-year-old is yet to drop a set, conceding just her opponents’ serve, winning 19 of the 29 return games 14 games - the fewest in the top half. she has played: Just as during her recent title run at Lexington, Brady’s PLAYER BREAKS serve has been firing on all cylinders. She has hit 19 aces so far and dropped serve just three times in 26 service Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 19 games.

Anett Kontaveit (EST) 15 Madison Brengle (USA) 15 GULF IN EXPERIENCE Petra Martic (CRO) 15 When Angelique Kerber steps on court to face Jennifer Naomi Osaka (JPN) 14 Brady, it will be her 21st match in the last 16 at a major. Petra Kvitova is similarly experienced at this junc- ture, however, the other six players in the top half have ON THIS DAY... reached this stage at a Grand Slam a combined total of 26 times: September 6, 2018 - Naomi Osaka delivers an impres- sive performance in her maiden Grand Slam semifinal NAME GS R16 APPEARANCES* to see off Madison Keys in straight sets. The 6-2 6-4 win sets up a final showdown with 23-time major winner Sere- Angelique Kerber 21 na Williams, an earlier winner over Anastasija Sevastova. Petra Kvitova 20

Petra Martic 8

Naomi Osaka 5

Anett Kontaveit 5

Yulia Putintseva 3

Jennifer Brady 3

Shelby Rogers 2

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NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21)

Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 4-0

2020 NEW YORK HARD O QF NAOMI OSAKA 4-6 6-2 7-5 113 mins 2019 STUTTGART CLAY I SF ANETT KONTAVEIT W/O 2018 DUBAI HARD O R16 NAOMI OSAKA 6-2 7-6(5) 91 mins 2016 TOKYO INTERNATIONAL HARD O R1 NAOMI OSAKA 6-0 6-2 54 mins

2015 SURBITON GRASS O SF NAOMI OSAKA 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2

NAOMI OSAKA ANETT KONTAVEIT 9 WTA RANKING 21 13 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8 16-10-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 24-12-1995 (24) $352,755 YTD PRIZE MONEY $533,890 $14,770,234 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,532,651 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 17-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 8-4 12-3 / 132-73 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 19-7 / 122-95 7-1 / 39-19 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 43-32 3-4 / 26-23 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 30-31 12-2 / 103-50 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 15-6 / 76-62 1-0 / 8-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 12-10 0-1 / 4-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 3-11 1-1 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-3 / 11-19 3-1 / 28-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-5 / 19-32 * Updated entering 2020 US Open R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21)

R32: d. MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #137) 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2 (2h26) R32: d. MAGDA LINETTE (POL #37) 6-3, 6-2 (1h05) R64: d. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #74) 6-1, 6-2 (1h11) R64: d. KAJA JUVAN (SLO #113) 6-4, 6-1 (1h14) R128: d. MISAKI DOI (JPN #81) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 (2h04) R128: d. DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #55) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 (2h08)

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US OPEN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

NAOMI OSAKA ANETT KONTAVEIT 2019 2019 R16 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 7-5 6-4 R3 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) W/O

2018 2018 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-2 6-4 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #54) 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5

2017 2017 R3 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #418) 6-3 2-6 7-5 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #37) 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4

2016 2016 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #20) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 2015 2015 R2-Q L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 6-4 6-4 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #23) 6-2 6-1

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• Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open, • Making sixth consecutive appearance at US Open where she lifted title in 2018 (d. S.Williams in F) • Tied best result by reaching R16 this fortnight; last • As a result, became first Japanese player to win a advanced to this stage on debut in 2015 (as qualifier, major singles title and was and the youngest US l. V.Williams) Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 • Only other victories here came during last year’s 3r • Returned as defending champion last year, falling showing; withdrew prior to match vs. Bencic w/illness R16 (l. Bencic) - subsequently sat out remainder of season • Made 3r on debut in 2016 (l. Keys) and again in 2017 • R-Up in 2012 US Open girls’ singles (l. Crawford) (l. Kanepi). Fell in 2r of qualifying in 2015 (l. Konta) • Committed just 14 unforced errors during three-set 1r • This is her 17th Grand Slam main draw – has one win over Collins other Slam title to her name, coming at 2019 Austra- • Won 73% of first service points to see off No.113 lian Open. Was one of 10 major champions and six Juvan in 2r former US Open winners to begin this year’s draw • Defeated No.37 Linette in 3r to improve overall Slam • Hit 25 winners to see off Fed Cup teammate Doi in 1r win-loss record to 26-19 • Followed this up with straight sets win over Giorgi • Faces No.9 Osaka in R16 today where she looks to to move to a perfect 5-0 in Slam 2r matches here avenge QF loss to the Japanese player last week at in New York – also defeated the Italian en route to Western & Southern Open R-Up finish at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] • A win today would be her third Top 10 scalp of the • Quick-fire 2r win over Giorgi in 2r improves win-loss season, having already defeated No.7 Bencic (Aus- record at the Slams to 41-14 tralian Open) and No.4 Svitolina (Fed Cup) • Battled past an inspired 18-year-old Kostyuk in 3r • Record at this stage of majors stands at 1-3 with sole - improves record against players who are younger winning coming earlier this year at 2020 Australian than her to 12-2 with only losses coming to Kenin at Open (l. Halep) 2019 Cincinnati and Gauff at 2020 Australian Open • Aiming to become the second Estonian woman to • Today, meets No.21 Kontaveit in R16 match up; reach QF here (Kanepi in 2010 and 2017) owns a 7-1 record against Top 30 players this year • Best previous result on US soil was SF run at 2019 so far – collecting four wins at Western & Southern Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) Open (No.26 Muchova, No.25 Yastremska, No.20 • During last year’s North American hard court swing, Kontaveit and No.22 Mertens) and three at Brisbane made 3r at Toronto (l. Ka.Pliskova), Cincinnati (l. (No.23 Sakkari, No.14 Kenin and No.9 Bertens) Barty) and US Open • Aims to improve 2-2 record at this stage during the • Is currently ninth on the 2020 prize money list Slams. Both wins at this level have led Osaka to the • Over the last few months, the Estonian has used her crown time off to refining her gardening skills back home; • Two of her three defeats in 2020 have come at hands while on the court, last month defeated Ostapenko to of players ranked outside Top 50: No.67 Gauff (Aus- help Estonia beat Latvia in the Merko Cup exhibition tralian Open) and No.78 Sorribes Tormo (Fed Cup) in Tallinn • Owns a perfect 7-0 record since the restart (four wins at Western & Southern Open, three wins at US Open • All five career singles titles have been won on hard courts – Indian Wells and US Open in 2018, and Australian Open, Osaka and Beijing in 2019

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• Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- • Played landmark 20th Grand Slam main draw at liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in 2020 Australian Open, where she made history by F) becoming the first Estonian to reach QF (l. Halep) - • Is the first woman to win her second major straight across all four majors only other Estonian to reach after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 the last eight is Kanepi (on six occasions) (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) • Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Wil- ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open liams) – only seventh qualifier in Open Era to reach and Australian Open back-to-back US Open R16 NAOMI ANETT OSAKA VS KONTAVEIT

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• In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became • Also made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Suárez youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam Navarro) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) • Best showings at Wimbledon are 3r runs in 2017 and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in (l. Wozniacki), 2018 (l. Van Uytvanck) and 2019 (l. Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) Muchova) • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber) SEASON SEASON

• Withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final of the • Coming off QF run at Western & Southern Open (l. Western & Southern Open against Azarenka Osaka in 3s) - the 20th time in her career she has • Prior to this, last competitive action was during reached last eight or better at a WTA event Japan’s 3-1 Fed Cup qualifier defeat vs. Spain in • Posted R-Up finish at Palermo (d. No.15 Martic in February (l. Sorribes Tormo) SF, l. Ferro); career record in finals is now 1-5 • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (as defending • In Middle East, advanced to QF at Dubai (l. Martic) champion, l. Gauff) and fell 2r at Doha (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) • In Australia, also reached SF at Brisbane (l. even- • Won four singles rubbers on Fed Cup duty (including tual champion Ka.Pliskova); was on a 14-match win over No.4 Svitolina), leading Estonia to within one streak prior to Brisbane loss – longest of her career win of victory over Ukraine in the promotional play-off • Made Grand Slam breakthrough by reaching maiden major QF at Australian Open (l. Halep), became the first Estonian to make the last eight in Melbourne` • Kicked off 2020 season by reaching 2r in Brisbane (l. Bertens) and falling 1r in Adelaide (l. Pavlyuchen- kova) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 ranked No.3 for career-best sea- • Finished 2019 ranked No.26 – her second straight son-ending finish Top 30 finish (No.21 in 2018) – despite missing final • Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. two months of the season w/viral illness Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach • Reached her fifth career final in 2019 at Stuttgart (l. World No.1 ranking following the tournament Kvitova). Also in 2019, advanced to her first Premier • In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in Mandatory SF at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty), her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and which propelled her to a career high ranking of No.14 Beijing (d. Barty in F); now owns 5-2 record in WTA (April 1, 2019) singles finals. Defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final • In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles for second career victory over world No.1 (also beat final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw Halep at 2018 Indian Wells) wins – the first time she had registered 30 or more • Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 wins in a season – finishing No.21 in the rankings record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up • Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 at from No.68 in 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) and SF • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- showings at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina) an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) • Breakthrough season came in 2017, finishing on a • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 – first year- major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, end finish inside Top 50 and second non-consecutive Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight year in Top 100 was against Sakkari in R16 • Won first career singles title at 2017 ‘s-Hertogen- • Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. bosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at Ka.Pliskova) Biel/Benne (l. Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens) NAOMI ANETT OSAKA VS KONTAVEIT

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• Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at • Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included at Gstaad (July 24, 2017) 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open • Also advanced to QF at Premier-level tournaments at • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated Stuttgart, where she beat No.6 Muguruza en route, No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over and Rome, where she posted her first career win defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber in 2r 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win • In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight for first time, but dropped out of Top 100 was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- • One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100 acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open No.96, up from No.152 • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at • Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- 2016 Monterrey (2r) ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came • Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of ITF Circuit main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 McHale, 1r) (l. Dabrowski) • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010 • Junior highlights included winning 2012 US Open and 2011 Orange Bowl

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• Began working with Wim Fisette at beginning of 2020 • Coached by Nigel Sears season. Previous coaches include Sascha Bajin and • Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia Jermaine Jenkins • World No.1 Estonian player • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul • Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in Sillah (fitness trainer) tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when working other Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is she was three years old a manager at the Port of Tallinn • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster Wowow, Nissin, Nissan, ANA Airlines, Shiseido and bareMinerals • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in New York City before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays profession- al tennis MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93) vs. PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

Head to Head: SHELBY ROGERS leads 1-0

2016 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R3 SHELBY ROGERS 6-0 6-7(3) 6-0 103 mins

SHELBY ROGERS PETRA KVITOVA 93 WTA RANKING 12 42 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 6 13-10-1992 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (30) $113,052 YTD PRIZE MONEY $785,941 $2,397,139 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $31,852,578 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 27 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 9-6 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 29-12 7-4 / 64-78 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 15-4 / 450-209 3-1 / 22-35 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 134-89 1-2 / 23-21 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 91-65 7-4 / 32-44 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 15-4 / 304-148 2-1 / 7-4 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 45-14 0-0 / 1-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 26-35 1-0 / 3-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 56-57 2-0 / 12-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-3 / 109-96 * Updated entering 2020 US Open R16

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SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93) PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

R32: d. MADISON BRENGLE (USA #84) 6-2, 6-4 (1h11) R32: d. JESSICA PEGULA (USA #63) 6-4, 6-3 (1h25) R64: d. [11] ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #17) 7-5, 6-1 (1h28) R64: d. KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #99) 7-6(3), 6-2 (1h42) R128: d. IRINA KHROMACHEVA (RUS #674) 6-2, 6-2 (0h57) R128: d. IRINA BEGU (ROU #73) 6-3, 6-2 (1h05)

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US OPEN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SHELBY ROGERS PETRA KVITOVA 2019 2019 R1-Q L - CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #214) 7-6(3) 1-0 R2 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #88) 6-4 6-4

2017 2018 R3 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) 6-4 7-5 R3 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #20) 7-5 6-1

2016 2017 R2 L - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #158) 2-6 6-2 6-2 QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 3-6 7-6(2)

2015 2016 R3 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-2 6-3 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-3 7-5 2014 2015 R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #12) 6-4 6-3 QF L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #26) 4-6 6-4 6-2 2013 2014 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #75) 6-3 6-2 R3 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 6-4 6-4 2012 R2-Q L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #162) 7-6(3) 6-3 2013 R3 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #81) 6-3 6-0 2010 R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 2012 6-3 R16 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 1-6 6-2 6-0

2011 R1 L - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #48) 7-6(3) 6-3

2010 R3 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #3) 6-3 6-0

2009 R16 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #50) 4-6 6-4 7-5

2008 R1 L - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #102) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2

2007 R2-Q L - SANDRA KLOESEL (GER #113) 7-5 6-3

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• Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open • Making 13th main draw appearance at the US Open (ninth overall) (and 14th overall) • Is through to R16 at home Grand Slam event for the • Best result is reaching the QF twice, in 2015 (l. even- first time tual champion Pennetta) and 2017 (l. V.Williams) • Best previous result was reaching 3r in 2015 (as • Posted R16 finishes in 2009 (l. Wickmayer), 2012 (l. qualifier, l. Halep) and 2017 (l. Svitolina) Bartoli) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Kerber) • During 2017 run, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), • On most recent outing, in 2019, fell 2r (l. No.88 4-6, 7-6(5), in a 2r match that took 3 hours, 33 min- Petkovic) utes, setting a record for the longest women’s match • US Open is only major where she is yet to reach SF in US Open history • One of 10 reigning or former major winners to begin • Reached 2r in 2014 (l. Pennetta) and 2016 (l. Bellis); the women’s singles draw this fortnight fell 1r in 2010 (as WC, l. Peng on Grand Slam main • Seeded No.6 this fortnight – has now been seeded draw debut) and 2013 (l. Garcia); fell in qualifying in at the past 37 Grand Slams she has contested, since 2012 and 2019 first seeding here at US Open in 2010 (No.27 seed). • Struck 28 winners and just 12 unforced errors during Has been seeded as high as No.2, most recently at 55-minute 1r win over Khromacheva on Monday 2015 Wimbledon • Defeated No.17 Rybakina in 2r, improving her record • Was one of eight Czech players to start the main vs. Top 20 opponents to 12-21 (2-0 in 2020). Also de- draw (third-best represented country, behind USA - feated No.9 S.Williams a few weeks ago at Lexington 31 and Russia -12). Joined by Muchova as the only • Saw fellow American Brengle off in 3r on Friday to two Czech players to advance to the second week record her 20th match win across the Slams • Began 2020 US Open campaign with defeat of Begu • Now holds 8-2 record vs. her compatriots in 2020, in 1r - three of four previous wins over the Romanian having defeated Gibbs (Shenzhen qualifying), Dole- have seen her go on to reach the final, picking up hide (Australian Open qualifying), Glatch (Newport titles at 2018 St. Petersburg and 2015 Madrid, and a Beach 125K), Day and Falconi (both at $100K/Mid- R-Up finish at 2019 Australian Open land-USA), Gibbs (Indian Wells 125K), S.Williams • Defeated Kozlova in 2r and Pegula in 3r, both in (Lexington) and Brengle this fortnight straight sets, seeing her improve to 109-43 across • Faces No.12 Kvitova in R16 action today. Won only the Slams - one of seven active players with 100 or prior meeting with the Czech, a 6-0, 6-7(3), 6-0 third- more main draw wins at majors round stunner en route to sole QF major run at 2016 • Meets No.92 Rogers today for her milestone 20th French Open (l. eventual champion Muguruza) R16 match at a Grand Slam event – owns a 12-7 • Looking to record 13th career win against Top 20 record at this stage across majors, most recent loss opposition with her most recent scalp coming against coming at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Konta) No.17 Rybakina in 2r. Registered best career win to • Has twice faced Americans at their home Slams prior date over No.4 Halep in 1r at 2017 Australian Open to this event, defeating Gibbs in 2015 and losing to • Contesting 21st Grand Slam main draw at US Open V.Williams in 2017; now adds 3r win over Pegula • One of 31 US women contesting the main draw this • Loss to No.92 Rogers would be worst-by-ranking of fortnight season (after No.48 Bouzkova at Western & South- • Enters US Open ranked No.92, up from No.299 this ern Open), and worst at Slam level since falling to time last year No.98 Petkovic at 2018 US Australian Open • Owns 18 hard court titles (the fifth-most among active players, after S.Williams - 47, V.Williams - 31, Clijsters - 31 and Azarenka - 20). Three of these titles came on US soil, at New Haven in 2012, 2014-15 GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Achieved best Grand Slam result to date when she • Winner of two major singles titles: 2011 Wimbledon advanced to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds (d. Sharapova) and 2014 Wimbledon (d. Bouchard) Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam champion Muguruza); backed up in 2017 by advanc- title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- ing to 3r (l. Mladenovic, 8-6 in third set) phens, Wozniacki, Halep, Osaka, Barty and Kenin) • Became ninth player ranked outside of the Top 100 • Best result at Australian Open came with runner-up (No.108) to advance to the last eight in Paris since finish in 2019 (l. Osaka) – becoming first Czech 1983 (Pironkova, No.102, became the 10th at the woman to reach the final there since Novotna in 1991 SHELBY PETRA ROGERS VS KVITOVA

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same tournament); ranking rose from No.108 to (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title No.59 following 2016 Roland Garros run was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Navratilova) • Also reached 3r at 2015 US Open (l. Halep) and • Had she defeated Osaka, would have become the 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and at the Australian World No.1 – Osaka’s took the accolade instead Open, best result is reaching 2r in 2017 (l. Barty) • Other Grand Slam highlights include reaching SF at • Made Grand Slam and tour-level main draw debut as 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Ro- a wildcard at 2010 US Open – thereafter, did not con- land Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and test main draw at a major until 2013 Roland Garros QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) SEASON SEASON

• Fell in qualifying at Western & Southern Open • Coming off 2r exit at Western & Southern Open (after • Made SF run at Lexington; Upset No.9 S.Williams in 1r bye, l. Bouzkova) - main draw record vs. fellow QF for third career Top 10 win Czechs now 36-5 • Suffered 1r exit at Acapulco (l. Volynets), while else- • Before the hiatus, last tournament contested was where made 3r at WTA 125K Series events at New- Doha, finishing as R-Up (l. Sabalenka); now 27-10 in port Beach and Indian Wells, and won sixth career WTA singles finals title on ITF Circuit, at $100K ITF/Michigan-MI • Defeat of Barty in Doha SF was sixth career win over • Opened 2020 season with 2r showing at Shenzhen a reigning World No.1 (l. Muguruza) and fell 1r at Australian Open (as quali- • Advanced to QF at St Petersburg (withdrew prior to fier, l. eventual R-Up Muguruza) match vs. Alexandrova w/illness) • Made 12th major QF at Australian Open (l. Barty) • Opened season at Brisbane, reaching SF (l. R-Up Keys) before withdrawing from Adelaide w/fatigue

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Last year, made return from injury at Charleston • Ended 2019 ranked No.7 for second consecutive where she reached 2r (l. Ostapenko). Also posted 2r year ending in Top 10 and seventh time in her career showings at Roland Garros and Mallorca and fell 1r • Captured 26th and 27th career titles in 2019 at Syd- six occasions and reached one ITF Circuit final ney (d. Barty) and Stuttgart (d. Kontaveit). With 27 • Fell 1r in only two tournaments played in 2018 at titles, is currently tied with Mandlikova and Sabatini Australian Open and Indian Wells - injured left knee in 20th place (Open Era) in loss to Dolehide at Indian Wells, requiring surgery • Reached title match at 2019 Australian Open for third in the summer career Grand Slam final appearance – result moved • In 2017, posted third Top 100 season and best year- her to World No.2, matching her career high ranking end finish of No.59. Year highlighted by reaching • Also in 2019, qualified for WTA Finals in Shenzhen QFs at Charleston, Hobart and Strasbourg. Achieved for seventh time (went 0-3 in group play) career-high ranking of No.48 on January 30, 2017 • Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St Peters- • Also in 2017, played all three ties to help USA win its burg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), first Fed Cup in 17 years, winning decisive doubles Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in rubber (w/Vandeweghe) in final against Belarus F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the • At 2017 US Open matched her previous best result year ranked No.7 – sixth career Top 10 finish, and at her home Slam by advancing to 3r (l. Svitolina). In first since 2015 (up fro No.29 in 2017) 2r, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5), in a • Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first match that took 3 hours, 33 minutes, setting a record player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a for the longest women’s match in US Open history season since S.Williams in 2015 • Posted second Top 100 season in 2016, at No.60 – • Including 2019, has won at least one title every year up from No.146 in 2015; had dropped from No.72 at dating back to 2011 end of 2014 • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, • Appeared in two WTA singles finals, at 2016 Rio de l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Janeiro (l. Schiavone) and at 2014 Bad Gastein (d. Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required SHELBY PETRA ROGERS VS KVITOVA

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No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, extensive surgery to left hand l.Petkovic) • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other highlights in- • Owns three Top 10 wins, over No.9 S.Williams (2020 cluded a SF at Beijing (l. eventual champion Garcia) Lexington), No.4 Halep (2017 Australian Open) and and reached second US Open QF (l. V. Williams) No.8 Bouchard (2014 Montréal) • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the • One-time doubles runner-up, at 2015 Bogotá (w/ WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai Falconi) • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the • Participated in 2014 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invi- singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze tational in Singapore (along with Diyas, Puig and medal play-off) Zheng) • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. • Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014 A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season • Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg (d. finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Domachowska) Azarenka in F) • Winner of five singles titles and two doubles titles on • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six United States in 2009, at age 16 months) • Owns six wins over current World No.1s: Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid), Kerber (2016 Wuhan), Wozniacki (2018 Doha) and Barty (2020 Doha) • Among active players, owns the most wins in indoor hardcourt events (77) • Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Followed older sister Sabra into tennis • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, while fitness coach is • Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf Florian Zitzelsberger • Would have been a hockey player if weren’t a tennis • Parents are Jiri and Pavla player • Won the 2019 Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship • Favorite tournaments are Charleston, US Open Award, as voted by her WTA peers for the eighth time in career • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #35) vs. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15)

Head to Head: 0-0

YULIA PUTINTSEVA PETRA MARTIC 35 WTA RANKING 15 43 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 33 07-01-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 19-01-1991 (29) $224,826 YTD PRIZE MONEY $313,665 $4,183,313 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,140,051 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 7-5 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 8-7 11-8 / 128-143 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-7 / 137-128 5-1 / 43-45 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 56-35 1-4 / 34-35 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 33-30 11-8 / 80-98 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-5 / 73-79 1-1 / 5-11 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 8-12 0-1 / 4-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-14 0-2 / 8-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 4-28 1-3 / 17-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 15-47 * Updated entering 2020 US Open R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #35) PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15)

R32: d. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #106) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 (2h02) R32: d. VARVARA GRACHEVA (RUS #102) 6-3, 6-3 (1h29) R64: d. VERA LAPKO (BLR #351) 6-3, 6-3 (1h15) R64: d. KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #349) 6-3, 6-4 (1h24) R128: d. ROBIN MONTGOMERY (USA #593) 6-1, 6-3 (1h06) R128: d. TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #136) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 (2h29)

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US OPEN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

YULIA PUTINTSEVA PETRA MARTIC 2019 2019 R3 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #23) 6-4 6-1 R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-3 6-4

2018 2018 R1 L - BERNARDA PERA (USA #92) 7-6(6) 6-4 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #69) 6-4 6-4

2017 2017 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 7-5 6-2 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 6-4 7-6(3)

2016 2015 R2 L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #102) 6-1 6-7(1) 6-1 R3-Q L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #207) 6-4 6-4 2015 2014 R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #104) 6-0 6-3 R1-Q L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 6-4 6-3 2014 2012 R2-Q L - MARIA SANCHEZ (USA #304) 6-2 6-4 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) 6-1 6-1 2012 R1-Q L - ANNA FLORIS (ITA #194) 1-6 7-6(7) 7-5 2011 R2 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #16) 6-4 2-6 6-4

2010 R1 L - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #57) 6-2 6-2

2009 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-1 6-0

2008 R1-Q L - KATIE O'BRIEN (GBR #140) 3-6 6-4 6-0

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• Making sixth main draw appearance at US Open • Making eighth main draw appearance at US Open (and eighth appearance overall), and has posted (11th overall), and is through to R16 for the second best result here with progression to R16 in 2020 time, also making this stage in 2019 (l. S.Williams) • Previous best return here in New York was reaching • Other key results at Flushing Meadows are 2r 3r in 2019 (d. No.13 Sabalenka in 2r, l. Vekic) showings on main draw debut in 2009 (as qualifier, l. • Made 2r in 2016 (l. Witthoeft) and 2017 (l. A.Rad- Wozniacki) and again in 2011 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) wanska), and suffered 1r exits in 2015 (l. Ka.Bonda- • Seeded No.8 this fortnight - her highest at a major. renko) and 2018 (l. Pera) Has now been among 32 seeds for six straight Slams • R-Up in girls’ singles at 2010 US Open (l. Gavrilova) • Is ranked No.15 this fortnight – one spot shy from her • This is the third time she’s been seeded at a Slam, career high of No.14 (achieved on January 13, 2020) and her highest at No.23, after 2017 Australian Open – and as Croatian No.1 ahead of No.24 Vekic (No.31) and 2017 Roland Garros (No.27) • 2020 US Open marks 34th Grand Slam main draw, • 2020 US Open is her 26th Grand Slam main draw, and progression to R16 improves her to 37-32 across and progression to R16 this week takes her to 31-25 the Slams across the Slams • Can match her best Slam result by reaching the QF • Can match best Slam result today by reaching QF, today, making this stage at 2019 Roland Garros having also made this stage at Roland Garros in • Began 2020 US Open campaign by recovering from 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 (l. Keys) 3-1 down in the final set to beat Martincova in 1r • Has returned impressively this year, breaking serve • Hit 29 winners - including eight aces - to see off on 19 occasions across wins over Montgomery in 1r, Bondarenko in 2r Lapko in 2r and Sasnovich in 3r • Saw off Gracheva in straight sets on Friday, meaning • Defeat of Lapko was landmark 30th Grand Slam she has only dropped one set en route to R16 (to main draw win (31-25 record) Martincova in 1r) • Has only dropped one set in progression to R16 • Faces No.35 Putintseva today – has lost to players • Faces No.8 seed Martic today – has beaten a her rank or lower at four of seven events contested seeded player on four of her last five Slam outings this season, to No.57 Cornet (Auckland), No.39 - No.26 Collins at 2020 Australian Open, No.9 Goerges (Australian Open), No.134 Wang (Hua Hin) Sabalenka at 2019 US Open, No.2 Osaka at 2019 and No.69 Kr.Pliskova (Prague) Wimbledon, No.32 Strycova at 2019 Australian Open • Is 1-6 in R16 Slam matches, sole win coming over • Won today over No.15 Martic would be best win-by- Kanepi at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova) ranking of season, and best overall since defeating • In addition to R16 run here, only other outings during No.13 Sabalenka here in New York last season 2019 summer hard court season were 1r exits at • Owns a 2-0 record in Slam R16 matches, 0-2 in Slam Toronto (l. Di Lorenzo) and Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) QFs, at 2016 Roland Garros (d. Suarez Navarro, l. • Deepest run of career on US soil was to SF at 2019 S.Williams) and 2018 Roland Garros (d. Strycova, l. Charleston (l. Wozniacki) Keys) • In addition to R16 run here at Flushing Meadows, standout result on US soil was SF run at 2016 Wash- ington DC

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland • 2020 US Open marks 34th Grand Slam main draw Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 appearance (l. Keys). Was the first Kazakhstani to reach QF at • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 Roland Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova) 2012 (l. QF) • Reached R16 on seven other occasions across the • Away from Paris, other key results include 3r at 2016 Slams, at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and Australian Open (l. Gasparyan) and 2020 (l. Halep), 2019 (l. Svitolina), Australian Open in 2018 (l. Mer- R16 at 2020 US Open and 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 tens), Roland Garros in 2012 (l. Kerber) and 2017 (l. V.Williams), 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2019 (l. (as qualifier, l. Svitolina after leading 5-2 in final set) Golubic) and 2019-2020 US Open (l. S.Williams in 2019) • On her milestone 25th major, at 2020 Australian • Was ranked No.290 during 2017 Roland Garros run– YULIA PETRA PUTINTSEVA VS MARTIC

GRAND SLAM CONT. GRAND SLAM CONT.

Open, made 3r alongside compatriots Diyas and the lowest-ranked player to reach R16 at a Grand- Rybakina - the tournament marked the first time in Slam since the unranked Henin finished R-Up at history three Kazakhstani women have reached this 2010 Australian Open (l. S.Williams). Since 1983, the stage at a major only other player outside the Top 200 to reach R16 in • A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US Paris was No.279 Martínez in 1988 Open, 2012 Australian Open) • Roland Garros exploits in 2017 ended run of seven1r losses at the majors (did not contest main draw at any of the Slams in 2016) • Made 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2009 Roland Gar- ros (as qualifier, l. Wozniak)

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off 2r showings at Western & Southern Open • On the tour’s return reached SF at Palermo (l. Kon- (l. Sakkari) and Lexington (l. Teichmann) taveit) and then fell 2r at Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova) • Made 3r at Doha (d. defending champion Mertens, l. • In the Middle East, advanced to SF at Dubai (l. Ry- Bencic) bakina) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Strycova) • Made 1r exit at St. Petersburg (l. Kudermetova) • Made 1r exit at Hua Hin (l. X.Wang) • Part of Kazakhstan team that lost 3-1 away to Bel- • Reached her career high singles ranking of World gium in Fed Cup qualifier No.14 on January 13 • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Halep) • Started 2020 with back-to-back 2r showings at Auck- • Opened season with 2r appearance at Brisbane (as land (l. Cornet) and Australian Open (l. Goerges) qualifier, l. Collins) before a 1r exit at Adelaide (as qualifier, l. Tomljanovic)

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2019 ranked No.34 for joint- career-best • Posted best season finish of career in 2019, at her finish (also 2016) then-career-high ranking of No.15 (first achieved • Won first career title at Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in F); October 21, 2019). Lifted maiden career WTA title at afterwards rose to No.28 in rankings – one spot off Istanbul (d. Vondrousova in F) career best No.27 (achieved February 6, 2017) • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 • Achieved best US Open result of career to date by Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova); reaching 3r (l. Vekic) upset No.2 seed and No.2-ranked Ka.Pliskova in 3r • Has four Top 5 wins in career – after No.5 Cibulkova to register fourth Top 10 win of career (and best by (2017 St Petersburg), No.5 Stephens (2019 Syd- ranking) ney) and No.1 Osaka (2019 Birmingham and 2019 • Also in 2019, enjoyed R16 runs at both Wimbledon (l. Wimbledon) Svitolina) and US Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg • Finished R-Up at Zhengzhou before qualifying for the (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the first time (fell at RR No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic stage) in F) – first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA • In 2018, finished R-Up at Bucharest (l. Sevastova), final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogotá (l. Pereira) posted QF showing at Indian Wells and made R16 at • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on Febru- Australian Open ary 6, 2017 following St Petersburg • In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years • Also in 2017 reached QF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), • In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarter- win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA finals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after Shvedova in 2012 US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a • Also reached SF at two International-level events in Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team 2008-2010, YULIA PETRA PUTINTSEVA VS MARTIC

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

(l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route 2012, 2014 to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2007 Charleston Miami • Later in season, posted second career win over a • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating 2005 No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) • Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventu- al champion Larsson) • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six doubles titles • Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-20 PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by Roman Kislianskii • Coached by Martijn Bok. Formerly worked with San- • Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan dra Zaniewska in May 2012 • Mother’s name is Sandra Martic; she was a handball- • Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior be- player fore moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy • Favorite city is Paris and favorite food is pancakes • Tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine Henin – • During tour’s hiatus in 2020, spent time honing her still watches videos of Henin on YouTube cooking skills at home • Enjoys dancing, singing, Sudoku, cards and chess MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) vs. ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23)

Head to Head: 0-0

JENNIFER BRADY ANGELIQUE KERBER 41 WTA RANKING 23 16 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 60 12-04-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 18-01-1988 (32) $409,189 YTD PRIZE MONEY $231,843 $2,418,649 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $29,526,500 1 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 6-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 28-11 14-6 / 46-52 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 434-247 4-0 / 16-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 120-100 4-3 / 11-17 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-4 / 88-61 14-6 / 37-34 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 286-162 2-1 / 3-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 34-20 1-2 / 1-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 19-33 2-3 / 2-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 39-62 5-3 / 10-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 90-116 * Updated entering 2020 US Open R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23)

R32: d. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #50) 6-3, 6-3 (1h18) R32: d. ANN LI (USA #128) 6-3, 6-4 (1h18) R64: d. CICI BELLIS (USA #188) 6-1, 6-2 (1h02) R64: d. ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #109) 6-3, 7-6(6) (1h41) R128: d. ANNA BLINKOVA (RUS #62) 6-3, 6-2 (1h18) R128: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #59) 6-4, 6-4 (1h31)

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US OPEN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JENNIFER BRADY ANGELIQUE KERBER 2019 2019 R1 L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #46) 6-1 4-6 6-0 R1 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #54) 7-5 0-6 6-4

2018 2018 R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #59) 6-3 6-3 R3 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #35) 3-6 6-3 6-3

2017 2017 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) 6-1 6-0 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #45) 6-3 6-1

2016 2016 R3-Q L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #146) 7-5 6-4 F W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-3 4-6 6-4 2015 2015 R1-Q L - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #107) 6-2 6-4 R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #20) 7-5 2-6 6-4 2014 2014 R1-Q L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #169) 2-6 7-5 6-3 R3 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #58) 6-1 7-5

2013 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #20) 4-6 6-3 7-6(3)

2012 R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #10) 7-6(5) 6-3

2011 SF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-3 2-6 6-2

2010 R1 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 6-3 6-1

2009 R2 L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #43) 7-5 6-3

2008 R1-Q L - SHENAY PERRY (USA #9,999) 6-2 6-3

2007 R1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 7-5

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• Making her fourth career main draw appearance at • Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open Flushing Meadows this fortnight; has equaled her (and 14th overall) best result this fortnight with a R16 appearance. Also • Champion here in 2016 (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), which reached R16 here in 2017 (l. top seed Ka.Pliskova) marked second Grand Slam title of career, after de- • Has now reached the second week of a major for the but title at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F). third time – also 2017 Australian Open (R16 – l. Lu- Also won 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) cic-Baroni) and 2017 US Open (R16 – l. Ka.Pliskova) • Run to title here four years ago also saw her rise • Contesting her 13th Grand Slam main draw at this to World No.1; was 22nd player to hold WTA World year’s US Open, where she is seeded for the first No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve time at this level, at No.28 milestone since computer rankings were introduced • One of 31 Americans competing in this year’s event, in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record including seven seeds. One of four American women 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997) to reach R16 this year in New York (also Keys, • Other key results in Flushing Meadows were SF run Kenin, Rogers, S.Williams) [TO BE UPDATED] in 2011 (had not been past 3r at a major until that • Dispatched No.62 Blinkova in 1r (won six games in a point) and has reached R16 on two further occasions row, winning 74% of points on first serve) (2012-13) • Improved 2r record at the Grand Slams to 3-4 with • Has advanced to second week here in New York for victory over No.188 Bellis on Wednesday. Now has the fifth time (also 2011-2013, 2016) 11-1 record (including qualifying) against players • Her 1r loss in 2017 (l. Osaka) marked second time ranked outside Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat in Open Era a defending US Open champion lost in coming against No.83 Pegula in 1r at Western & opening round (also Kuznetsova in 2005, who lost to Southern Open Ekaterina Bychkova) • Overcame Garcia in straight sets in 3r on Friday to • Was one of 10 Grand Slam champions and one of reach R16 six former US Open champions to begin year’s draw • Overall win-loss record at the majors now stands at • One of two US Open champions remaining in the 13-12 draw; also Osaka and S.Williams • Has lost the fewest games en route to the second • One of 26 thirtysomethings to begin this year’s draw week among the Top Half – became 10th woman in Open Era history to lift a • Faces No.23 and 2016 US Open champion Kerber Grand Slam title at the age of 30 at 2018 Wimbledon today. Bidding to reach first QF Slam singles appear- • Only German woman remaining in the draw of five ance that began the tournament • Also looking to defeat a former or current world No.1 • Playing her milestone 50th Grand Slam main draw for the fourth time this season (also defeated Shara- - and 43rd in a row - at 2020 US Open; 1r win on pova and Barty in Brisbane and Muguruza in Dubai) Monday moved her to a 106-46 win-loss record – • Has been one of the most impressive servers on one of seven active players with more than a century tour in 2020, winning 77.1% of service games; was of victories at this level. After 3r win record stands at particularly impressive during recent Lexington title 108-46 run when she won 40 of 43 service games - just the • US Open is her third-most successful Slam, with a 10th tournament champion in the past decade to win 28-11 main draw record (includes 3r win), followed by at 93% or more of her service games Wimbledon (31-11) and the Australian Open (32-12), • During 2019 North American hard court swing, made and then finally Roland Garros (17-12) 2r at Toronto (as qualifier, l. Halep in 3s) and Cincin- • Ranked No.23 this fortnight – lowest ranking entering nati (as qualifier, l. Hsieh), fell 1r at Washington DC a Slam since 2012 Australian Open (No.30) (l. Kenin) and US Open (l. Sasnovich) • Overcame Tomljanovic in 1r on Monday – was first • Best result on US soil before 2020 Lexington was competitive match since R16 defeat at the Australian R16 run at 2017 US Open; also finished R-Up at Open in January (l. Pavlyuchenkova) WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells in 2019 (l. • Defeated compatriot No.109 Friedsam in 2r on Golubic) Wednesday; now holds a perfect 11-0 record vs. • Since joining forces with Julia Goerges’ former German women at Slams in career. Also Petkovic coach, Michael Geserer, has enjoyed an impressive (2009 US Open), Lisicki (2012 Wimbledon), Barthel run, compiling a 19-6 record in 2020, which includes (2013 Roland Garros), Witthoeft (2015 Wimble- wins over Sharapova, Barty, Svitolina, Vondrousova, don), Beck (2016 Australian Open), Witthoeft (2016 Muguruza and Gauff Wimbledon), Witthoeft (2017 WImbledon), Friedsam • Played doubles this fortnight w/Dolehide (l. Kalash- (2018 Australian Open), Barthel (2018 Roland Gar nikova/Kudryavtseva in 1r on Thursday) JENNIFER ANGELIQUE BRADY VS KERBER

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ros) and Maria (2019 Wimbledon) • Beat American Li in straight sets in 3r on Friday to reach R16 for the first time since 2016 title run • Faces No.28 seed Brady in R16 today; last loss to an American came at 2019 Zhengzhou 1r (Riske) • Owns 10-10 record in Grand Slam R16 matches • Bidding to reach her first QF at the majors since winning 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) • Has lost to players ranked outside Top 50 at three of the past four majors: No.81 Potapova (2019 Roland Garros), No.95 Davis (2019 Wimbledon) and No.54 Mladenovic (2019 US Open) • Last loss to a player outside the Top 100 at a Slam came in 2011, at Wimbledon (l. 254 Robson) • Owns seven hard court titles, most recently at 2018 Sydney. Most recent hard court final was 2019 Indian Wells (l. Andreescu)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open • At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam and went on to become first major debutante champion to save match point en route to the title to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 since Li Na at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r match point in 1r win over Doi) (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier Ka.Pliskova in F) and duly rose to World No.1 to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era • Kerber made just five unforced errors to beat S.Wil- • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on liams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams • Just one of two players all-time to defeat Serena Wil- (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), liams in two Grand Slam finals (also Venus Williams Gasparyan and Konta (2016) at 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon) • Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) and made 2r at Roland Garros (2018-19) and Wim- • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. bledon (2017-18) eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champi- on Halep)

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. • Suffered from left leg injury during Australian swing, Pegula) leading her to pull out of Sunshine Double • Lifted maiden WTA title at Lexington (d. Teichmann • Before tennis’ hiatus, posted R16 run at Australian in F) - did not drop a set and broken just three times Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) all week; made Top 40 debut at No.40 following the • Posted 2r showing at Adelaide (ret. vs. Yastremska tournament (August 17, 2020) w/left hamstring injury) • Prior to the tour’s resumption, performed in a series • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. of exhibitions and World Team Tennis matches in the Stosur) US, posting a 12-7 record including wins over Grand Slam champions Azarenka and Stephens • Shortly before tour’s hiatus, fell 2r at Doha (l. Jabeur) • Enjoyed one of her career-best weeks at Dubai, where, as a qualifier, she advanced to first SF at a Premier level (l. eventual champion Halep); defeated No.6 Svitolina, No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 JENNIFER ANGELIQUE BRADY VS KERBER

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Muguruza en route • Suffered 1r exit at St Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova) • Fell in the 1r at Australian Open (l. Halep) but pro- gressed to QF in doubles w/Dolehide (l. Hsieh/ Strycova) • In opening event of the season, made QF at Bris- bane (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) – scored first career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty in 2r; broke into Top 50 afterwards (No.49 on January 13, 2020) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as • Ended 2019 ranked No.20, down from No.2 in 2018 low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights includ- • Reached two finals across last season, firstly ed SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Gar- finish-ing as R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in cia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), what was the first Premier Mandatory final of her ca- Indian Wells (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Andreescu) reer. As a result, passed the $28 million prize money • Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top mark – currently eighth on the all-time list 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64). Best results included • Second final came on the grass of Eastbourne (R- reaching SFs at $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) Up, l. Ka.Pliskova) and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño), • Also made SF runs at Doha (l. eventual champion 2r showing at Indian Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros Mertens), Osaka (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Mallorca (l. (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) Bencic) • Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at • Victory over Kontaveit in 2r at Doha marked 600th No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first career win across all levels WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up • Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r at 2019 Australian Open Gavrilova) for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of seven active • Made R16 at 2017 Australian Open and US Open, players to achieve the feat) which remains her best Grand Slam result to date • Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and • Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 • Made first four main draw appearances at tour level • Also in 2018, advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai 1r), Stanford and Montréal (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Wozniacki Falconi in 1r) • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of • Owns four singles and four doubles ITF Circuit titles season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SF runs • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai USA (l. 1r) • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – be- came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by in- ter-national media and fans; also, ITF World Cham- pion • Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-end JENNIFER ANGELIQUE BRADY VS KERBER

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ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 • Won first career title at 2012 Paris [Indoors] – defeat- ed Bartoli in Final • One of only four active players with three or more Grand Slam titles to their resume along with S.Wil- liams (23), V.Williams (7) and Clijsters (4)

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, • Recently reunited with former coach Torben Beltz part of the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Tennis National • Previously worked with Dieter Kindlman, Raemon Championship winning Bruins team in 2014. Com- Sluiter and Wim Fissette pleted sophomore year before turning pro in 2015 • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 • Hired Michael Geserer (previously with Goerges) at in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside end of 2019, spent offseason training in Germany for the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez first time • Commercial endorsements include deals with • Mother’s name is Elizabeth; father’s name is Patrick; Porsche, Rolex and Head & Shoulders and SAP has twin sister, Jessica US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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US OPEN - DAY 8 MATCH-UPS

[16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4) Kenin leads 2-0 Mertens has won the joint-most matches of any player on Tour in 2020, along with Rybakina with 22... Kenin is bidding to become the first back-to-back Slam champion since Osaka (2018 US Open, 2019AO)

[15] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #22) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) Sakkari leads 1-0 Sakkari is aiming to become the first ever Greek woman to reach the QF stage of a major...Serena has hit a tournament-leading 32 aces this fortnight and has recorded the fastest serve (124mph / 199.5kph)

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. [20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) First meeting Azarenka is on an 8-match winning streak, including her title run last week at Western & Southern Open... Muchova now has seven wins in Flushing Meadows, more than the other three Slams combined (six)

ALIZE CORNET (FRA #56) vs. TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #NA) Pironkova leads 2-1 Cornet has now reached the R16 at all four majors, and aims to reach her career first QF... Pironkova defeated two seeds this fortnight (No.10 Muguruza, No.18 Vekic), having lost her previous six Slam meetings against seeded players... The two players meet today for the first time in over nine years A LOOK AT THE BOTTOM HALF (R16)

PLAYER US OPEN W/L YTD W/L CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER (MD) W/L* TITLES [2] Sofia Kenin 9-5 18-6 87-50 3,031,173 5,949,905 2 5

[3] Serena Williams 104-13 14-4 831-142 198,306 92,742,122 1 73

[15] Maria Sakkari 8-5 15-8 87-83 379,038 3,135,122 0 1

[16] Elise Mertens 10-4 22-8 138-80 417,264 6,373,909 0 5

[20] Karolina Muchova 7-2 6-5 36-20 164,060 1,579,451 0 1

Victoria Azarenka 37-12 8-2 459-180 294,530 30,650,035 1 21

Alize Cornet 16-13 11-6 314-298 144,640 7,335,913 0 6

Tsvetana Pironkova 11-11 3-0 165-218 0 4,497.095 0 1 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W)

Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 155, Garbiñe Muguruza – 128, Kristyna Pliskova – 125 Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) Match win leaders: Rybakina – 22, Mertens – 22, Kontaveit – 19 Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart) Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland) Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens – all at Australian Open

WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY • As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. • Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongo- ing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit- ed Kingdom and the United States, among others. • In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants. • For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam- met [email protected] WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

STAT LEADERS COUNTRY BREAKDOWN

• Serena Williams has hit a tournament-leading 32 aces, A total of 34 different countries were represented in the followed by Jennifer Brady (22) draw this year at the US Open. Players from 12 different countries advanced to the Round of 16. • Sofia Kenin has won 26-of-28 service games (93%) • Four Americans have reached the R16:Jennifer Brady • Victoria Azarenka has won 16-of-24 return games (QF), Sofia Kenin, Shelby Rogers (QF) and Serena (67%, a tournament best) Williams

• Serena has hit the fastest recorded serve thus far at the • This is the sixth consecutive US Open that at least three US Open (124 mph / 199.5 kph) Americans have advanced to the R16

• At least one American has advanced to the QFs every year at the US Open since 1993

ON THIS DAY... • Czech Republic is the only other country with more than

one player to reach the R16 – Petra Kvitova (l. Rogers in September 7, 1958 - WTA Legend Althea Gibson, the R16 on Sunday) and Karolina Muchova first African American player to win a Grand Slam title, defeated Darlene Hard to claim her second straight US • Alize Cornet is the first Frenchwoman to reach the R16 Open crown. at the US Open since 2015 when Mladenovic advanced to the QF

YOUTH VS. EXPERIENCE

At 21 years, 302 days, Sofia Kenin is the youngest player remaining in the draw while Serena Williams (38 years, 351 days) is the oldest.

Youngest Players Remaining:

NAME AGE YRS AGE DAYS

Sofia Kenin 21 302

Naomi Osaka 22 331 COOKING UP A STORM Karolina Muchova 24 22 Elise Mertens 24 300 This week saw the unveiling of the WTA Cookbook, a new digital publication with more than 70 international recipes contributed by players past, present and future. Oldest Players Remaining:

The WTA Cookbook is available for download on wtaten- NAME AGE YRS AGE DAYS nis.com with all proceeds supporting WTA Charities’ global initiatives. Serena Williams 38 351

Favorite recipes from WTA legends and superstars Tsvetana Pironkova 32 365 Martina Navratilova, Caroline Wozniacki, Bianca Andree- Victoria Azarenka 31 43 scu, Naomi Osaka and current WTA World No.1 Ashleigh Barty, among others, are certain to delight palates from Alize Cornet 30 233 around the world. MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

Head to Head: SOFIA KENIN leads 2-0

2019 WUHAN HARD O R2 SOFIA KENIN 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) 142 mins 2019 MALLORCA GRASS O QF SOFIA KENIN 1-6 6-1 6-3 111 mins

ELISE MERTENS SOFIA KENIN 18 WTA RANKING 4 9 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 1 17-11-1995 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 14-11-1998 (21) $417,264 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,031,173 $6,373,909 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,949,905 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 5 0 / 9 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 10-4 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 9-5 22-8 / 138-80 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 18-6 / 87-50 5-3 / 40-29 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 32-22 3-3 / 26-31 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 8-6 / 25-16 18-6 / 86-50 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 18-6 / 71-36 0-3 / 6-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 8-14 0-4 / 13-38 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 15-23 2-0 / 14-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 4-3 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4) R32: d. CATHERINE MCNALLY (USA #124) 7-5,6-1 (1h27) R32: d. [27] ONS JABEUR (TUN #31) 7-6(4),6-3 (1h41) R64: d. SARA SORRIBES TORMO (ESP #82) 6-3,7-5 (2h17) R64: d. LEYLAH FERNANDEZ (CAN #104) 6-4 6-3 (1h21)

R128: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #64) 6-2,6-2 (1h27) R128: d. YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #146) 6-2,6-2 (1h8)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ELISE MERTENS SOFIA KENIN 2019 2019 QF L - BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #15) 3-6 6-2 6-3 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 6-3 7-5 2018 2018 R16 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-3 R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-4 7-6(2) 2017 2017 R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-3 7-6(6) R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #146) 7-5 6-2

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2016 2016 R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) 2-6 6-0 6-3 R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-4 6-3 2015 2015 R1* L - NASTASSJA BURNETT (ITA #428) 6-3 3-6 6-4 R1 L - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #96) 6-3 6-1

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• Making fifth consecutive main draw appearance at • Making sixth straight main draw appearance at US US Open (and sixth appearance overall) Open, and has posted best result here in 2020 by • Achieved best result here last year by reaching QFs reaching R16 (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) • Previous best showings were making 3r three times - • Reached R16 in 2018 (l. Stephens) and fell 1r in in 2017 (as WC, l. Sharapova), 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) 2016 (l. Muguruza) and 2017 (l. Keys). Fell in qualify- and 2019 (l. Keys) ing in 2015 • Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a • 2016 appearance was Grand Slam main draw debut wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ • 2020 US Open is her 14th Grand Slam main draw 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño appearance, and progression to R16 this week im- • Won maiden Grand Slam at Australian Open earlier proves her to 33-13 across the Slams this year. The last player to win back-to-back Slams • Has reached her fourth consecutive R16 at a Slam, was Osaka (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open) after 2019 Wimbledon (R16, l. Strycova), 2019 US • Contesting 2020 US Open ranked at a career-high Open (QF, l. Andreescu) and 2020 Australian Open No.4 (achieved March 4, 2020). By contrast, this time (R16, l. Halep) last year was No.20 • US Open is now her joint happiest Slam hunting • Seeded No.2, her fourth time among the 32 seeds ground, owning 10 wins here (same as Australian at a major (also No.27 at 2019 Wimbledon, No.20 at Open) 2019 US Open and No.14 at 2020 Australian Open) • Seeded No.16 this fortnight, her ninth consecutive • 2020 US Open is her 13th main draw appearance seeding at a Slam – highest seeding was No.12 at at a Slam, and results this week take her to 21-11 2019 Australian Open across the Majors • Opened her 2020 US Open campaign with a straight • Defeated No.146 Wickmayer in 1r on Tuesday in just sets victory over Siegemund. Has now won her last over an hour before dispatching No.104 Fernandez 10 Grand Slam 1r matches. Last 1r loss at the ma- in 2r - both in straight sets jors was at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys) • Defeated No.31 Jabeur on Saturday in 3r – is now • Outlasted Sorribes Tormo in 2r after a rain delay 4-0 versus Jabeur, including beating her during Aus- caused their match to be played between Thursday tralian Open title run earlier this season and Friday, firing 33 winners against the Spaniard • Faces No.18 Mertens today – win would be second • Defeat McNally on Saturday to record her 22nd win Top 20 victory of season (also d. No.1 Barty at 2020 of 2020 – joint-highest with Rybakina Australian Open) • Reached 22 match wins last season across 17 • A win against No.16 seed Mertens would be the events – this season, has done it in 10 events fourth time she’s knocked out a seeded player at a • Is now 4-0 vs. Americans in 2020, having also de- Slam, after No.32 Sakkari (2018 US Open), No.10 feated McHale (Hobart), Bellis (Australian Open) and S.Williams (2019 Roland Garros) and No.1 Barty Pegula (Western & Southern Open). Can add to this (2020 Australian Open) tally with defeat of Kenin today • This is her third R16 appearance – owns a 1-1- re- • Yet to drop a set en route to her sixth Slam R16, cord at this stage of Slams. 2020 US Open is her dropping 16 games – second most efficient run to most efficient run to a major R16, dropping no sets this stage of a Slam, after 2019 US Open (14 games) and only 20 games • Defeat of No.4 Kenin would be best win of season • During last year’s US Open Series, made 2r at (currently No.28 Q.Wang at Dubai and Doha) Washington DC, posted SF runs at Toronto and • Win would also be second-best of career, after defeat Cincinnati (d. No.1s Barty and Osaka along the way) of No.3 Halep in 2019 Doha final and No.3 Stephens before reaching 3r at US Open at 2018 Cincinnati • Has won four titles on hard courts: 2020 Australian • Kenin is seeded No.2 this fortnight – highest seed Open, 2020 Lyon, 2019 Guangzhou and 2019 Hobart she has knocked out at a Slam is No.4 Svitolina at • One of two players with multiple titles in 2020 (also 2018 Australian Open Halep) • During last year’s summer hard court season fell 2r • At 21 years, 302 days old, is the youngest player at San Jose (after 1r bye, l. Ahn), Toronto (l. S.Wil- remaining in the draw liams) and Cincinnati (l. Svitolina) before bouncing back to reach US Open QF for the first time (l. even- tual champion Andreescu); also won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d. Azarenka/ Barty in F) • Seeded No.2 w/Sabalenka in doubles this fortnight. The pair fell to Zvonareva/Siegemund in QF ELISE SOFIA MERTENS VS KENIN

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 • Won maiden Grand Slam in Melbourne, defeating Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki), two-time major champion Muguruza to become the • In 2020, reached QF at 2020 US Open (l. eventual youngest champion (21y, 80d) at Australian Open champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at Wimbledon since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008 (l. Strycova, having led 6-4 5-2) – the deepest run of • Before 2020 Australian Open, best Slam result was her career at both tournaments R16 run at 2019 Roland Garros (l. eventual champi- • Has also reached R16 at Roland Garros in 2018 (l. on Barty); in 3r became first American to beat S.Wil- eventual champion Halep) liams at a majors since Stephens at 2013 AO QF • Won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sa- • Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a balenka (d. Azarenka/Barty in F) wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño • Reached 3r at 2017 US Open as a wildcard (l. SEASON Sharapova), in what was only fourth tour-level main draw outing. Has since posted best US Open result • Coming off SF run at Western & Southern Open last with R16 run in 2020 week (l. Osaka); was seeded No.1 in doubles w/ • Made 2r at Wimbledon in 2018-19 Sabalenka – withdrew prior to QF against Hradecka/ Klepac w/left leg injury • Fell 1r in the first week of the tour’s return at Palermo SEASON (l. Sasnovich) • Coming off 2r exit at Western and Southern Open (l. • Bounced back the following week at Prague, where Cornet) she finished R-Up (l. Halep). Is now 5-2 in WTA • Before hiatus, lifted fifth WTA singles title at Lyon (d. singles finals Friedsam in F) • Began the season with QF runs at Shenzhen (l. Ry- • Suffered 1r exit at Dubai (l. Rybakina) before falling bakina) and Hobart (l. Watson – 3h 33m match is the 2r at Doha (l. Yastremska) longest so far in 2020) and R16 showing at Austra- • Won deciding doubles rubber w/Mattek-Sands to lian Open (l. Halep) help USA beat Latvia 3-2 and qualify for next year’s • In February made 2r exit in defense of Doha title (l. Fed Cup finals in Budapest; also went 1-1 in singles Putintseva) and also fell at this stage the previous (d. Sevastova, l. Ostapenko) week at Dubai (l. Sabalenka) • Made her Top 10 debut at No.7 and US No.1 on February 3 • Won maiden major at Australian Open (d. Muguruza CAREER MILESTONES in F) to become the youngest champion (21y, 80d) in Melbourne since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008 • Ended 2019 ranked No.17 for second consecutive • Kicked off season with 2r showings at Brisbane (l. Top 20 finish Osaka) and Adelaide (l. Collins) • Singles highlight was winning biggest title of career at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final). Also beat No.8 Ber- tens and No.6 Kerber in Doha, doubling career total CAREER MILESTONES of Top 10 wins to six • Advanced to QF at US Open for the first time (l. • Produced incredible 2019 campaign, winning three eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at singles titles, a career-best Grand Slam perfor- Wimbledon for the first time (l. Strycova, having led mance, qualification into both WTA Elite Trophy Zhu- 6-4 5-2). Reached QF during defense of Rabat title hai and WTA Finals (as alternate, played one match), (l. eventual champion Sakkari) and a career-high singles ranking of No.12 • Enjoyed standout season in doubles in 2020 - won • Finished the year as US No.2 (behind No.9 S.Wil- maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka liams) and leader in hard court wins (38-tied w/Barty) (d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Also Completed ‘Sunshine • Registered back-to-back SF runs at Cincinnati and Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalenka), lifting the back-to- Toronto, subsequently leading to Top 20 debut back titles at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova) • During this run, defeated No.1 Barty (Toronto) and and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang) No.1 Osaka (Cincinnati), to become first player since • Team qualified for Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen October 2001 to defeat reigning No.1s in consecutive (went 1-2 in RR) weeks (Davenport); also became youngest American to defeat reigning No.1 in eight years (after McHale) ELISE SOFIA MERTENS VS KENIN

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. • Won three singles titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and • Advanced to R16 for first time at a Slam at Roland Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or Garros (d. S.Williams), becoming first American to more titles to their name that year - also Kvitova (5), defeat Serena at the majors since Stephens at 2013 Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki Australian Open QF (3) • Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018, Top 50 on • Also in 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of October 8, 2018 and Top 20 on August 19, 2019 career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champi- • Advanced to first WTA level SF in 2018 at Mallorca on Wozniacki), going on to post 46 main draw match as a qualifier, also reaching this stage later in the wins across the campaign – only Ka.Pliskova (49) season at Québec City and Kvitova (47) registered more. By contrast, prior • Represented the USA in the Fed Cup final vs. the to 2018 season owned only 36 wins at this level Czech Republic in November 2018 across entire career • In 2017, won the US Open Wild Card Challenge, • In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at reaching the third round (l. Sharapova) and posting WTA Finals (w/Schuurs) career first Top 50 win over No.34 Davis • Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 • Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish wildcard (l. Duque-Mariño in 1r) 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at • Owns four ITF singles titles and two doubles titles Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2013, • Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 climbing to No.2 in ITF World Junior Rankings Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing • Represented the USA at the 2014 Youth Olympic • Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Her- Games and competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Mas- togenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) ters, both held in China • Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has nine doubles titles – also 2017 Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens), 2018 ‘s-Her- togenbosch (w/Schuurs), 2018 Wuhan (w/Schuurs), PERSONAL 2019 Indian Wells-Miami double (w/Sabalenka) and 2019 US Open (w/Sabalenka) • Born in Moscow, moved to New York as a baby • Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Ant- before family settled in Florida. Now resides in Pem- werp (fell in qualifying) broke Pines, Florida, where she was home-schooled • Has 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Known as ‘Sonya’ • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Bel- • Coached by father Alexander Kenin with support Lo- gium in 2010 renzo Cava; trains at at ProWorld Academy in Delray Beach, Florida • Best tennis memory is playing idol Maria Sharapova on Arthur Ashe (US Open 2017) PERSONAL • If not a tennis player would be a fashion designer • Dream doubles partners would be Serena Williams • Working once again with former coach Robbe Ceys- and Grigor Dimitrov sens having recently worked with both David Taylor • Good friends with CiCi Bellis and Katie Swan and Dieter Kindlmann • Likes rap music, especially Drake • Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation • Treat food is Froyo - cookies and cream with until early teens, as well as a year at the Mourato- Hershey’s on top glou Academy • Mother is Liliane Barbe (teaches languages and history); father is Guido Mertens (makes furniture for churches). Was home schooled, enjoyed studying languages • Loves animals and has lots of pets at home, four dogs and a variety of birds (pheasants, peacocks, chickens) MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[15] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #22) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8)

Head to Head: MARIA SAKKARI leads 1-0

2020 WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN HARD O R16 MARIA SAKKARI 5-7 7-6(5) 6-1 137 mins

MARIA SAKKARI SERENA WILLIAMS 22 WTA RANKING 8 18 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 19 25-07-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 26-09-1981 (38) $379,038 YTD PRIZE MONEY $198,306 $3,135,122 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $92,742,122 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 73 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 23 8-5 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 104-13 15-8 / 87-83 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-4 / 831-142 6-5 / 29-34 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 166-64 7-0 / 26-14 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 112-56 15-7 / 52-54 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 14-4 / 520-88 2-2 / 9-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 175-72 3-6 / 16-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 306-98 1-2 / 8-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 70-13 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 [15] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #22) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) R32: d. [22] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28) 6-3,6-1 (0h56) R32: d. [26] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) 2-6, 6-2,6-2 (1h46) R64: d. BERNARDA PERA (USA #61) 2-6,6-3,6-2 (1h43) R64: d. MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #117) 6-2,6-4 (1h33) R128: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #114) 6-3,3-6,7-5 (2h5) R128: d. KRISTIE AHN (USA #96) 7-5,6-3 (1h21)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

MARIA SAKKARI SERENA WILLIAMS 2019 2019 R3 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) 7-5 6-3 F L - BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #15) 6-3 7-5 2018 2018 R2 L - SOFIA KENIN (USA #65) 4-6 6-1 6-4 F L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4 2017 2016 R3 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 6-4 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-2 7-6(5)

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2016 2015 R1 L - YINGYING DUAN (CHN #103) 6-4 4-6 6-3 SF L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #43) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2015 2014 R1 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #112) 7-5 6-2 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) 6-3 6-3 2013 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2012 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 F L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-2 6-3 2009 SF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #9,999) 6-4 7-5 2008 F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #2) 6-4 7-5 2007 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 7-6(3) 6-1 2006 R16 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #1) 6-4 0-6 6-2 2005 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 7-6(5) 6-2 2004 QF L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #8) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2002 F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 6-4 6-3 2001 F L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 6-4 2000 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-4 6-2 1999 F W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 7-6(4) 1998 R3 L - IRINA SPIRLEA (ROM #8) 6-3 0-6 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making sixth main draw appearance at the US Open, • Making 20th appearance at US Open where she is where she is through to R16 for her first time a six-time champion: 1999 (d. Hingis in F), 2002 (d. • Reached 3r in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2019 (l. Barty) V.Williams in F), 2008 (d. Jankovic in F), 2012 (d. • Was seeded No.30 during last year’s 3r showing Azarenka in F), 2013 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2014 (d. here - is seeded No.15 this fortnight, previously, high- Wozniacki in F). Tied with Chris Evert for most US est seeding at a major was No.22 at 2020 Australian Open titles in the Open Era Open • Also R-Up four times, in 2001 (l. V.Williams), 2011 (l. • Fell 2r in 2018, seeded No.32 - was the first Greek Stosur), 2018 (l. Osaka) and 2019 (l. Andreescu) woman seeded at a Slam since Daniilidou at 2007 • By reaching 2019 final, established the largest gap Australian Open between first and most recent Slam final appearance • In 1r this year, fired 38 winners to dismiss No.114 at 19y 362d (d. Hingis in 1999 US Open) - previously Voegele in three sets held by V.Williams at 19 yrs, 312 days (l. Hingis in • Overcame No.61 Pera in 2r on Thursday before dis- 1997 US Open, l. Muguruza in 2017 Wimbledon) patchin No.28 Anisimova in 3r to reach her second • Her 20 appearances at US Open is second among career R16 at the majors (also at 2020 Australian players in 2020 starting field, behind V.Williams (22) Open, l. Kvitova in R16) • Doubles champion here in 1999 (w/V.Williams d. • The match vs. Anisimova marked the only 3r match- Rubin/Testud in F) and 2009 (w/V.Williams d. Black/ up that featured two Top 30 ranked players Huber). Also won mixed doubles (w/Mirnyi) in 1998 • Is now 2-7 in 3r matches at majors, falling at this • Bidding this fortnight to tie Australia’s Margaret Court stage here in New York in 2017 and 2019, at the on 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the all-time record. Australian Open in 2017 and 2019, at Roland Garros Her record in Grand Slam finals stands at 23-10 in 2018, and at Wimbledon in 2017 and 2019 • Winner of 13 major titles on hard – most of any play- • Overall Grand Slam win-loss record now stands at er in Open Era; across all WTA events, has won 47 24-17 hard court titles, more than any other active player • Faces No.8 S.Williams today for a spot in her career • Contesting her 75th Slam main draw – in Open Era, first major QF. Defeated the American last week at trails only V.Williams (86, including 2020 US Open) Western & Southern Open, having trailed a set and • Seeded No.3 this fortnight; has been seeded on all 1-4 in the second set tie break but two of her appearances in New York (exceptions • Bidding to become first ever Greek woman to reach were debut in 1998 and 2006) the QF of a Slam. Prior to her R16 finish at 2020 • Win-loss record across the Grand Slams is 354-50 Australian Open, the last Greek woman to reach the (includes all wins this week), the most wins in Open R16 of a Slam was Daniilidou at 2004 Wimbledon Era, ahead of Martina Navratilova (306-49) • Is 2-2 vs. Top 10 ranked opponents this season, • Began 2020 US Open campaign with 1r win over Ahn with wins over No.5 Bencic (St. Petersburg) and – moves to a perfect 20-0 in opening round matches No.9 S.Williams (Western & Southern Open). Fell to here in New York No.4 Osaka (Brisbane) and No.8 Kvitova (Australian • Victory over Ahn was first straight sets win since the Open) restart – all five other matches had gone the distance • In addition to 3r showing here, last summer in North • Defeated Gasparyan in 2r, improving her record America, posted SF showing at San Jose, reached against Russians at the US Open to 12-0 QF at Cincinnati and fell 1r at Toronto • In her 20th career US Open 3r match (also 20th • Contesting US Open ranked No.22, two spot of ca- US Open overall), defeated Stephens in their first reer-high of No.20 (first achieved February 24, 2020) meeting since 2015 Roland Garros; improves to 6-1 against her compatriot • Improves to 104-13 at US Open, now ahead of Evert (101-12) for most wins in the Open Era, and ahead of Navratilova (89-17) - fourth player to ever reach 100+ wins at one single major, in addition to Evert also Navratilova (120 wins at Wimbledon) and Feder- er (101 wins at Wimbledon) • Faces No.22 Sakkari today for the second consecu- tive week, falling to the Greek woman at Western & Southern Open after being up a set and 4-1 in TB • One of six 30-somethings to reach the R16 this fortnight - also Pironkova, Kerber, Azarenka, Cornet and Kvitova MARIA SERENA SAKKARI VS WILLIAMS

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2020 US Open marks 18th Grand Slam main draw • A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste- appearance fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind • Best result across the Slams came at 2020 Austra- only Margaret Court (24) all time lian Open when she reached R16 to become the first • Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, Greek woman to reach this stage at a Grand Slam 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, since Eleni Daniilidou at 2004 Wimbledon 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, • By reaching 3r at 2017 Australian Open, became first 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 Greek woman to reach this stage at a Slam since • Owns a 23-10 record in Slam finals, with losses com- Daniilidou at 2005 Wimbledon (l. Pennetta) ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble- • At 2016 Australian Open, by reaching 2r (d. Y.Wang, don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. Greece to win a main draw match at a Slam since Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open Wimbledon (l. Kerber), 2018 US Open (l. Osaka), • Has made 3r at Wimbledon (2017 and 2019), Roland 2019 Wimbledon (l. Halep) and 2019 US Open (l. Garros (2018) and US Open (2017 and 2019) Andreescu) • Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era • Boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, 17y 6.5m before her 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off QF run at Western and Southern Open • Made 3r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. Sakkar- (d. Gauff, Putintseva and S.Williams before falling to in - led 7-5 5-3); 2h48m 2r win over Rus was her lon- Konta in QF) gest match since l. Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros • Returned to competitive action following tour’s hiatus • Returned to action at Lexington earlier this month, at Palermo in early August, falling in 1r (l. Kr.Plisko- reaching the QF (l. Rogers) va) • Faced sister Venus in 2r in what was their 31st meet- • Was No.3 seed in Palermo – her joint-highest ing – now leads their head-to-head 19-12 (13-9 on seeding at a WTA event (also during SF run at 2018 hard courts and 8-5 on US soil) Seoul) • With a combined age of 79 years, 19 days, S.Wil- • Prior to this, made 3r at Doha (l. eventual champion liams vs. V.Williams represented the highest com- Sabalenka) and fell 1r at Dubai (l. Sabalenka again, bined age in a match since 2004 Charleston when in 3s) Martina Navratilova (47) faced Amy Frazier (31), with • Posted SF run at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up a combined age of 79 years, 28 days Rybakina) – her first SF since 2019 San Jose in • Loss to No.116 Rogers was 14th to a player ranked August outside the Top 50, and most recent since 2017 • Made the R16 at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) – her Auckland to No.72 Brengle, while last to a player best result at the majors – to become the first Greek outside the Top 100 came against No.111 Razzano woman to reach this stage at a Grand Slam since at 2012 Roland Garros Eleni Daniilidou at 2004 Wimbledon • In last tournament before tour’s hiatus, fell 3r at • Fell 2r at Adelaide (l. Vekic) after a 1r exit at Brisbane Australian Open (l. Q.Wang) before participating in (l. Osaka) Fed Cup action going 1-1 in singles as USA defeated Latvia 3-2 (d. Ostapenko, l. Sevastova) • Began 2020 with 73rd career title at Auckland (d. Pegula in F) for first championship since giving birth to her daughter in 2017– also finished R-Up in dou- bles w/Wozniacki (l. Townsend/Muhammed); overall record in finals stands at 73-25 • At 44m, 6-1 6-1 SF defeat of Anisimova in Auckland is currently shortest completed match of the year MARIA SERENA SAKKARI VS WILLIAMS

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Broke into Top 20 on February 24, 2020 • Highlights of 2019 season were her 32nd and 33rd • Finished 2019 at No.23 – the best year-end finish of Grand Slam finals, at Wimbledon (l. Halep) and US her career (up from No.41 in 2018) Open (l. Andreescu) • Season highlight was winning maiden WTA title at • Reached one further final last year at Toronto (ret. vs. Rabat, recovering from a set and break down to Andreescu w/back injury) defeat Konta in final • With 73 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Barty), Wimbledon (l. Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), Svitolina) and US Open (l. Barty) Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret • Closed out season by qualifying for WTA Elite Trophy Court (92) Zhuhai for first time in career (fell in RR stage) • All three finals in 2019 – Wimbledon, Toronto and US • 2018 season highlights included reaching her first Open – came in consecutive tournaments tour-level final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu), scoring • Ended 2019 ranked No.10, her first year-end finish first career Top 5 win after defeat of No.5 Ka.Plis- inside the elite ranking bracket since 2016 (at No.2) kova in Rome as well as reaching SF at Istanbul (l. • Other highlights last season were reaching QF at Hercog) and Seoul (l.Bertens) Australian Open and partnering with Andy Murray to • Notched first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 contest Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon (reaching 3r) Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of career at 2017 • Defeated World No.1 Halep in R16 at Australian Wuhan Open Open – at 37 years, is oldest player to defeat the • Since then has posted a further seven Top 10 wins, reigning World No.1 against No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Rome), No.6 Bertens • Reached two Grand Slam finals in 2018, at Wimble- (2019 Charleston), No.5 Kvitova (2019 Rome, via don (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka). Made return ret.), No.7 Svitolina (2019 San Jose), No.6 Kvitova to Tour following birth of daughter Olympia at 2018 and No.9 Sabalenka (both at 2019 Cincinnati), and Indian Wells No.5 Bencic (2020 St. Petersburg) • Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two • Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October events all season, and both in January. Broke streak 9, 2017 of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 16 • Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul after Top 10 finishes to her name (most recently in 2019) qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) – at the – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – time, achieved her then best win-by-ranking defeat- including five as the year-end No.1 ing No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r • Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo history – set record when most recent streak began • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010; owns seven ITF on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 Circuit singles titles and five in doubles in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332 • Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991) • Has registered 17 career wins over (eight different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo- va (18) • Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics • Along w/sister Venus held all four Grand Slam titles at same time, from 2009 Wimbledon through 2010 Roland Garros – third pair to do so (also Navratilova/ Shriver and Fernandez/Zvereva). Also teamed with Venus to win three Olympic gold medals: 2000 Syd- ney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London • Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil- liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters) • Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013 MARIA SERENA SAKKARI VS WILLIAMS

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Born and grew up in Athens, Greece, before moving • Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora- to Barcelona aged 18 – has trained there for two cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato- years glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins • Mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, was tennis player • Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. • Tried karate and gymnastics but was thrown out of on September 1, 2017 class for laughing too much • Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem- • Currently coached by Tom Hill ber 2017 in New Orleans • Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. [20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26)

Head to Head: 0-0

VICTORIA AZARENKA KAROLINA MUCHOVA 27 WTA RANKING 26 12 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 89 31-07-1989 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-08-1996 (24) $294,530 YTD PRIZE MONEY $164,060 $30,650,035 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,579,451 1 / 21 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 8 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 37-12 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 7-2 8-2 / 459-180 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-5 / 36-20 1-0 / 86-62 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 12-9 2-0 / 68-44 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 11-4 8-2 / 317-108 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-5 / 26-16 0-0 / 67-72 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 1-8 2-0 / 122-100 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-3 / 6-12 0-0 / 46-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-3 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. [20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) R32: d. IGA SWIATEK (POL #53) 6-4,6-2 (1h39) R32: d. SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #77) 6-3,2-6,7-6(7) (2h19) R64: d. [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) 6-1,6-3 (1h7) R64: d. ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #110) 6-3,7-6(4) (1h20) R128: d. BARBARA HAAS (AUT #139) 6-1,6-2 (0h59) R128: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #67) 6-3,7-5 (1h49)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

VICTORIA AZARENKA KAROLINA MUCHOVA 2019 2019 R1 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) 3-6 6-3 6-4 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-3 6-2 2018 2018 R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-4 R3 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #17) 6-3 6-4 2015 2016 QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-3 4-6 6-4 R1* L - AMANDINE HESSE (FRA #169) 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5

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2014 QF L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #18) 6-4 6-2 2013 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2012 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #27) 6-1 7-6(5) 2010 R2 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 5-1 2009 R3 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #28) 4-6 6-2 6-2 2008 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) 6-4 6-4 2007 R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-3 2006 R3 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #29) 6-4 6-3

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• Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open, • Making third main draw appearance at US Open where she is a two-time R-Up, in 2012 (l. S.Williams) (and fourth appearance overall), and has posted best and 2013 (l. S.Williams) result in Flushing Meadows in 2020 by reaching R16 • Also a two-time quarterfinalist in New York, in 2014 • Previously came through qualifying to reach 3r on (l. Makarova) and 2015 (l. Halep) her Grand Slam main draw debut in 2018 (d. Yas- • R-Up in doubles here in 2019 (w/Barty, l. Mertens/ tremska and No.12 Muguruza, l. Barty) Sabalenka); seeded No.7 this year w/Kenin (fell to • Also made 3r run here last year (l. S.Williams) Zvonareva/Siegemund in R16 on Friday) • Can match best result across the Slams by reaching • Contesting landmark 50th major this fortnight - one of QF today – also made this stage at 2019 Wimble- nine active players to reach this milestone . Progres- don, losing to Svitolina (d. No.20 Kontaveit and No.3 sion to R16 this week improves her to 130-46 across Ka.Pliskova en route) the Slams, and is now 37-12 at US Open (fifth most • 2020 US Open marks seventh Grand Slam main among active players) draw, and results this week move her to 13-6 across • One of eight players who’ve held the WTA World the Slams No.1 singles ranking to begin this year’s draw • New York is her happiest Slam hunting ground – • Currently ranked No.27 – her highest ranking since owns more wins here (7) than at the other three returning to the Tour from maternity leave in 2017 Slams combined (6) • Was one of nine mothers in this year’s US Open field • Currently the Czech No.4 of eight women in the Top – also Bondarenko, Clijsters, Govortsova, Maria, Pi- 100 (week of August 31, 2020) ronkova, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva. S.Williams • Seeded No.20 this fortnight – joint-highest, after and Pironkova have joined her in the R16 2020 Australian Open • Yet to drop a set en route to R16 – her most effective • Contesting US Open ranked No.26, five spots off run to reach this stage of a Slam since 2016 Austra- career-high of No.21 (posted November 4, 2019). By lian Open, dropping only five games across the first contrast, was No.44 this time last yea three matches • Fired 27 winners to dismiss No.65 V.Williams in • Has reached the second week at a Slam for the first opening round on Tuesday time since 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep in R16), and • Overcame No.98 Kalinskaya in straight sets on today bidding for first Slam QF since 2016 Australian Thursday Open (l. eventual champion Kerber) • Saved three MPs vs. Cirstea in 3r, eventually prevail- • Is currently on an 8-match winning streak (five wins ing 9-7 in third set tie break. During third set, was 3-5 across Western & Southern Open, three wins in New down before rallying to force tie break and progress York) – her best since 2016, winning 14 Tour-level • Faces No.27 Azarenka today – win would be best by matches in a row (six wins at Indian Wells, six at ranking of season (currently d. No.33 Linette at Doha Miami and two at Madrid) • Aside from the US, Czech Republic is the only other • Opened 2020 US Open campaign by committing country with more than one player to reach the R16 just seven unforced errors during 59-minute win over (also Kvitova, who fell to Rogers in R16 on Sunday) Haas on Tuesday • In an all-Belarusian showdown, defeated No.11 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Sabalenka in 2r to score her 122nd Top 20 win of her career and second of 2020 following a win over • 2020 US Open marks seventh Grand Slam main No.15 Konta during last week’s title run at Western & draw appearance of her career Southern Open • Earned career best result with QF appearance at • Had lost to Sabalenka in 1r last year at US Open 2019 Wimbledon defeating No.20 Kontaveit and • Overcame No.53 Swiatek in 3r on Saturday to reach No.3 Ka.Pliskova en route (I. Svitolina) first R16 at US Open since 2015 • Reached 3r at 2018 US Open in her main draw de- • Faces Czech Republic’s Muchova today – fourth time but at the majors (as qualifier, I. Barty in 3r), 2019 (I. facing Czech opposition at US Open, and owns a 3-0 R-Up S.Williams) and now 2020 record (d. Zakapalova in 2008, Strycova in 2009, and • Fell 2r at 2019 Roland Garros and 2020 Australian Hradecka in 2015) Open • Owns a 16-7 record in Slam R16 matches • Earned USDS156,000 in prize money during 2018 • In addition to 1r exit here, last summer reached 2r at Flushing Meadows run, more than doubling her San Jose, Toronto and Cincinnati career total • Twenty of 21 career titles have come on hardcourts • Previously fell in qualifying at US Open in 2016, and (equal fifth among active players), with nine of these Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2018 coming in the US VICTORIA KAROLINA AZARENKA VS MUCHOVA

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• Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago; there are • Coming off 2r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. 26 thirtysomethings in the field at start of tournament eventual R-Up Osaka) and six to reach R16 - also Pironkova, Kerber, Cor- • Prior to hiatus, suffered 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova) net, Kvitova and S.Williams and fell 2r at Doha (l. Bertens) • Reached 2r for first time at Australian Open (l. Bellis) • Opened season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Riske) GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Two-time major champion, winning Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 (d. Li in F) • Also a two-time runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US CAREER MILESTONES Open (losing to S.Williams in 3s on both occasions) • Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while • Finished 2019 season in rich vein of form, winning best result at Roland Garros is also SF run in 2013 18 of last 24 matches, including winning maiden • Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Aus- WTA title at Seoul (d. Linette in F), SFs at Zhuhai tralian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesni- (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and Moscow (l. na), 2011 Australian Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US Pavlyuchenkova) and maiden major QF at Wimble- Open (w/Barty) don (l. Svitolina) • Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at • Rose to career-high ranking of No.21 on November 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros 4, 2019 (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles • Other highlights of breakthrough 2019 season were R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray) R-Up finish on home soil at Prague (l. Teichmann) • Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and and QF at Doha (l. Svitolina) and the Bronx (l. US Open in 2005 Linette) • Ended 2018 ranked No.145, her first Top 200 season (up from her previous best of No.208 in 2016) SEASON • 2018 season highlight was making Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open (as qualifier, I. Barty in 3r) • Lifted 21st career title at last week’s Western & • Also contested WTA qualifying in 2018 at Stuttgart, Southern Open when final opponent Osaka withdrew Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Luxembourg w/left hamstring injury; now 21-17 in singles finals • Reached three ITF Circuit finals in 2018, including • Suffered 1r exit at Lexington (l. V.Williams) in her back-to-back finals at $25k ITF/Altenkirchen-GER second WTA event of 2020 (I. Dart) and $60k ITF/Croissy-Beauborg-FRA (I. • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Monterrey (l. Blinkova) Zidansek), having not contested any events in Aus- • Also reached the final at $80k ITF/Olomouc-CZE (I. tralia due to personal reasons Ferro) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Seoul (as quali- fier, I. Hon). Also contested qualifying at ‘s-Hertogen- bosch and Tokyo [Japan Open] and finished R-Up at CAREER MILESTONES one ITF Circuit event • Won second career ITF Circuit title in 2016 and post- • Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where ed 39-18 win-loss record; at tour-level fell in qualify- she fell to Sabalenka in 1r; also reached the doubles ing at US Open final w/Barty (l. Mertens/Sabalenka) • On ITF Circuit has won two titles in singles and one • Highlight of 2019 was 37th singles final at Monterrey in doubles (d. No.5 Kerber in SF, l. Muguruza in F via ret. w/leg • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Croatia injury). Also made QFs at Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stutt- in 2013 gart (l. Kontaveit via ret.) and Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) • On February 2, 2019 returned to Top 50 for first time following the birth of her child, Leo • Highlights of 2018 season included SF at Miami (l. Stephens) and QF at San Jose and Tokyo • Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of first child in December 2016 VICTORIA KAROLINA AZARENKA VS MUCHOVA

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• Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. • Born in city of Olomouc in eastern Czech Republic, Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tourna- but moved to train in Prague this year ment contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) • Started playing tennis at aged seven with dad, a • Followed this with R16 at Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did former professional footballer in Czech Republic not play after Wimbledon due to personal reasons • Roger Federer was tennis idol growing up • Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing sec- • Coached by Emil Miske ond half of season after going on maternity leave (announced pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 • Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury) • Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons due to variety of injuries • Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion (l. Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul) • Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks • Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1 • Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 Olympics bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata • ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year

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• Currently coached by Dorian Descloix. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael Joyce • Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 • Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s name is Fedor and older brother is Max MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #56) vs. TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #0)

Head to Head: TSVETANA PIRONKOVA leads 2-1

2011 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R2 ALIZÉ CORNET 7-5 3-6 6-2 159 mins 2008 STUTTGART HARD I R1 TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 6-2 6-1 74 mins 2007 BORDEAUX CLAY O F TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 6-2 6-3

ALIZÉ CORNET TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 56 WTA RANKING 37 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 13-09-1987 (32) 22-01-1990 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) $0 $144,640 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,497,095 $7,335,913 CAREER PRIZE MONEY 0 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 16-13 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 11-11 11-6 / 314-298 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 165-218 5-1 / 104-99 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 36-73 3-1 / 65-61 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 51-38 11-6 / 189-179 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 83-126 1-0 / 20-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 12-36 3-1 / 43-103 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 22-80 2-0 / 29-17 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 10-15 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #56) vs. TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #0) R32: d. [7] MADISON KEYS (USA #14) 7-6(4),3-2 Ret'd (1h29) R32: d. [18] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #24) 6-4,6-1 (1h06) R64: d. YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #121) 7-6(4),6-3 (1h46) R64: d. [10] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #16) 7-5,6-3 (1h24) R128: d. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #65) 6-3,1-6,6-0 (1h44) R128: d. LUDMILLA SAMSONOVA (ITA #120) 6-4,6-4 (1h20)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

ALIZÉ CORNET TSVETANA PIRONKOVA 2019 2016 R2 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 6-4 1-6 6-2 R2 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #14) 6-2 5-7 6-2 2018 2015 R1 L - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #82) 4-6 6-3 6-2 R1 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #53) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-1

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2017 2014 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) 6-1 6-2 R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #10) 7-5 6-4 2016 2013 R1 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #57) 6-4 6-1 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #81) 6-3 6-3 2015 2012 R1 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #82) 2-6 6-4 6-4 R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-0 6-4 2014 2011 R3 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #15) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 R2 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #14) 6-2 6-4 2013 2010 R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2 R2 L - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #185) 6-4 6-0 2012 2009 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) 6-4 6-3 R1 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #31) 6-3 6-0 2011 2008 R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #20) 6-2 6-3 R1 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #26) 6-4 7-5 2010 2007 R1 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #32) 3-6 6-1 6-0 R2 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 6-4 6-0 2009 2006 R2 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #22) 1-6 6-3 6-3 R1 L - JAMEA JACKSON (USA #57) 6-2 6-2 2008 2005 R3 L - ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD (GER #141) 6-4 7-5 R2* L - TIFFANY DAVIS (USA #202) 6-3 4-6 6-2 2007 R3 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #3) 4-6 6-2 6-3

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• Making 14th main draw appearance at US Open, the • Making 12th main draw appearance at US Open and sixth most among active players 13th overall, and first since 2016 having spent over • Has achieved best result here in 2020 by making three years away from Tour to give birth and raise R16. Previously reached 3r in 2007 (l. Jankovic), her son 2008 (l. Groenfeld), 2013 (l. Azarenka) and 2014 (l. • One of nine mothers to begin the singles field this Safarova) fortnight (also Azarenka, Bondarenko, Clijsters, Gov- • 2020 US Open is her 54th consecutive Grand Slam ortsova, Maria, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva) main draw appearance, the longest active streak • Best result in Flushing Meadows is reaching R16 in • This is also her 57th Grand Slam main draw appear- 2012 (l. Ivanovic) ance overall – the fifth most among active players. • Reached 2r here on five occasions - 2007 (as qual- Made debut at 2005 Roland Garros ifier, l. eventual champion Henin), 2010 (l. Minella), • This is the most Slam appearances without ever 2011 (l. S.Peng), 2014 (l. Jankovic) and 2016 (l. making a QF Konta) • One for four French women to begin the main draw • Fell 1r in 2006 (l. Jackson), 2008 (l. Medina Garri- this fortnight, and sole representative in R16 gues), 2009 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. Riske) and 2015 • 2020 US Open campaign began with topsy turvy win (l. Barthel), and in qualifying on her debut in 2005 over Davis – after winning first set, dropped second • Playing in her first tournament since 2017 Wimble- 1-6 before prevailing 6-0 in the third don (l. Wozniacki in 2r), where she is a former semifi- • Followed this up with a straight sets win over nalist - her best result across the majors Bonaventure to reach her first Slam 3r since 2018 • Contesting 48th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US Australian Open (l. Mertens) Open – progression to R16 improves her to 46-47 • Defeated No.14 Keys in 3r on Saturday (following across the Slams retirement from the American due to a neck injury) • In her first match in over three years, defeated • Now holds three Top 15 wins this season, previously Samsonova on Tuesday to improve her record in 1r defeating No.15 Martic (Auckland) and No.4 Kenin matches at the majors to 29-19 (Western & Southern Open). Defeat of Kenin was • Caused major upset by defeating No.16 and 2020 first Top 5 win since No.4 Kerber at 2018 Montréal Australian Open finalist Muguruza in 2r on Thursday • Is through to her first R16 appearance since 2017 – was her 22nd Top 20 win of career, and first since Roland Garros (l. Garcia) wins over No.18 Errani and No.2 A.Radwanska en • Has now reached the R16 at all four Slams, having route to 2016 Roland Garros QF also done so at 2017 Roland Garros, 2015 Roland • Ousted No.18 seed Vekic on Saturday to reach her Garros, 2014 Wimbledon and 2009 Australian Open seventh career R16 at the majors, and first since • Through progression to R16, owns a 61-56 record 2016 Roland Garros (l. Stosur in QF) across the Slams • Prior to this fortnight, last defeated a seed at a Slam • Faces unranked Pironkova today in their fourth ca- at 2016 Roland Garros (No.2 seed A.Radwanska). reer meeting, and first since defeating the Bulgarian Has lost her last six Slam meetings vs. seeded at 2011 Indian Wells 2r in nearly 2 hrs, 40 mins players – No.5 Wozniacki (2017 Wimbledon), No.5 • Best career result in the US are SF runs at Amelia Svitolina (2017 Roland Garros), No.3 A.Radwans- Island, Charleston and New Haven in 2008 and ka (2017 Australian Open), No.13 Konta (2016 US Washington DC in 2013 Open), No.7 Bencic (2016 Wimbledon) and No.21 Stosur (2016 Roland Garros) • Faces No.56 Cornet today. Owns 2-1 record over the Frenchwoman however, last victory came over 12 GRAND SLAM HISTORY years ago at Stuttgart in 2008 • Hasn’t dropped a set yet en route to R16 • Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as • Owns one title in her career, on the hard courts of a 15-year-old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to Sydney in 2014 (as qualifier, d. Kerber in F) 2r (l. Mauresmo) • Currently without a ranking. Reached as high as • 2020 US Open is her 54th consecutive Grand Slam No.31 on September 13, 2010 to become the highest main draw appearance, the longest active streak ranked Bulgarian woman in WTA history • This is also her 57th Grand Slam main draw appear- ance overall – the fifth most among active players. This is the most Slam appearances without ever making a QF ALIZE TSVETANA CORNET VS PIRONKOVA

GRAND SLAM CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open • Had not missed a major between making her debut in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual at 2006 Australian through 2017 Wimbledon runner-up Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. • Became first player representing Bulgaria (male or Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia) female) to reach a Grand Slam SF when she ad- • Before 2020, best showing at US Open is 3r (2007- vanced to last four at 2010 Wimbledon 08, 2013-14 and 2020) • Defeated No.13 Bartoli and No.2 V.Williams en route • Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque- to SFs at 2010 Wimbledon (l. Zvonareva) Mariño in F) • At the other majors, best result at Roland Garros is a QF run in 2016 (d. No.2 A.Radwanska en route, l. SEASON Stosur); became first Bulgarian woman to reach the last eight in Paris since Sesil Karatantcheva in 2005. • Coming off reaching R16 at Western & Southern At US Open, made R16 in 2012 (l. Ivanovic) but is Open (l. eventual champion Azarenka). Defeated yet to pass 2r at Australian Open No.4 Kenin in 2r – first Top 5 win since No.4 Kerber at 2018 Montréal • During the Tour’s break, played a series of exhibi- SEASON tions against, among others, Mladenovic, Pavly- uchenkova and Ferro, compiling an 8-6 record • US Open marks first tournament since 2017 Wimble- • Reached 2r at Lyon (l. Giorgi) and St. Petersburg (as don having spent over three years away from tennis qualifier, l. Sakkari) after giving birth to son Alexander in April 2018 • Followed this with 2r showings at Hobart (l. eventual champion Rybakina) and then Australian Open (l. Vekic) CAREER MILESTONES • Began season with QF performance at Auckland (l. eventual R-Up Pegula) • Finished 2017 ranked No.162. Of her 16 year-end rankings, has ended the year outside the Top 100 only on five occasions CAREER MILESTONES • Season highlights of 2017 were reaching QF at Nottingham (l. Safarova) and R16 at Eastbourne (l. • Finished 2019 ranked No.60 - had previously en- Halep) joyed seven consecutive Top 50 finishes • Also in 2017, reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. Svitoli- • Highlight of 2019 was reaching Lausanne final (l. na) and Wimbledon (l. Wozniacki) Ferro as the defending champion) – has reached at • Ended 2016 at No.66 for 11th non-consecutive Top least one WTA final in six of last seven seasons; now 100 finish. Career-best finish was No.35 in 2010 6-7 in WTA singles finals (rose as high as No.31 the week of September 13 • Part of victorious Fed Cup squad for France who that year) defeated Australia in Perth 3-2 to be crown 2019 • Highlight of 2016 was first Grand Slam QF in five champions (did not play) years, at Roland Garros (l. Stosur). Was only the • In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella sixth major where she has achieved back-to-back in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and wins during her career (after 2010 Wimbledon, 2011 Charleston Wimbledon, 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon and • Other five career titles came at 2008 Budapest, 2012 2015 Roland Garros) Bad Gastein, 2013 Strasbourg, 2014 Katowice and • Other notable result was reaching QF at Birmingham 2016 Hobart; owns 6-7 career record in finals (as qualifier, l. Strycova) • Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) • Represented Bulgaria at the Rio Olympics, making 1r who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first exit in singles (l. Siegemund) time since May 2009; dropped out of Top 20 again • Owns one career singles title at 2014 Sydney (as after 2015 Dubai qualifier, achieved three Top 10 wins: vs. No.7 Errani • Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 in QF, No.6 Kvitova in SF and No.9 Kerber in F). S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 Ranked No.107 at time, was the lowest-ranked play- Wuhan via ret.), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) er to win a title in 2014 and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams • Competed in front of home fans at Tournament of made her the first player to defeat the American in Champions-Sofia in 2012 (SF) and 2014 (RR) three straight meetings since Henin in 2007 • Bulgarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-13, 2015-16; Bulgari- an Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 ALIZE TSVETANA CORNET VS PIRONKOVA

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• Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champi- • Gave birth to her son in March 2018 ons in Sofia, Bulgaria • Married husband Mihail Mirchez in July 2016 • Three-time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/ • Coached Kiril Enchev Pironkov (father) Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong Kong (w/Shvedova) • Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17, 2019; French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016

PERSONAL

• Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent) • Sponsors include BMW, Babolat and Lotto • Currently coached by Sandra Zaniewska. Worked with Pierre Bouteyre in 2019 US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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US OPEN - QUARTERFINALS (TOP HALF)

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93) Rogers leads 3-0 Osaka is into her first Grand Slam QF since lifting her second major at 2019 Australian Open...Rogers is into her second career major QF following 2016 Roland Garros... Osaka has never won a set off Rogers

[28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) vs. [23] YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #35) Putintseva leads 2-0 Brady is the first former women’s college player to reach the US Open QFs since Gigi Fernandez (1994)... Putintseva looks to become the first Kazakh woman to reach the final four of any major

A LOOK AT THE QUARTERFINALISTS (TOP HALF)

PLAYER US OPEN W/L YTD W/L CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER (MD) W/L* TITLES [4] Naomi Osaka 18-3 13-3 133-73 352,755 14,770,234 0 5

[23] Yulia Putintseva 8-5 12-8 129-143 224,826 4,183,313 0 1

[28] Jennifer Brady 7-3 15-6 47-52 409,189 2,418,619 1 1

Shelby Rogers 10-6 8-4 65-78 113,052 2,397,139 0 0

CAREER QUARTERFINAL RECORDS - GRAND SLAMS

PLAYER QF SF FINALS W/L W/L W/L [4] Naomi Osaka 2-0 2-0 2-0

[23] Yulia Putintseva 0-2 0-0 0-0

[28] Jennifer Brady 0-0 0-0 0-0

Shelby Rogers 0-1 0-0 0-0 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W)

Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 155, Garbiñe Muguruza – 128, Kristyna Pliskova – 125 Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) Match win leaders: Mertens – 23, Rybakina – 22, Kontaveit – 19 Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart) Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland) Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens – all at Australian Open

WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY • As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. • Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongo- ing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit- ed Kingdom and the United States, among others. • In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants. • For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam- met [email protected] WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

ON THIS DAY... COUNTRY BREAKDOWN

September 8, 1979: At 16 years, 280 days old, WTA Legend A total of 34 different countries were represented in the Tracy Austin becomes the youngest ever US Open cham- main draw this year at the US Open. Players from six pion by defeating Chris Evert in the championship match. different countries advanced to the QF stage.

• Three Americans have reached the QFs: Jennifer Brady, Shelby Rogers and Serena Williams

• At least one American has advanced to the QFs every year at the US Open since 1993

• The last time three or more Americans reached this stage at Flushing Meadows was 2017, when Keys, Ste- phens, Vandeweghe and V.Williams made up the SFs

• Belgium, Belrarus, Bulgaria, Japan and Kazakhstan are all represented in the final eight of this year’s US Open

• Yulia Putintseva is aiming to become the first ever Kazakh woman to reach the SF stage of any major COOKING UP A STORM

This week saw the unveiling of the WTA Cookbook, a new digital publication with more than 70 international recipes YOUTH VS. EXPERIENCE contributed by players past, present and future. At 22 years, 331 days, Naomi Osaka is the youngest The WTA Cookbook is available for download on wtaten- player remaining in the draw while Serena Williams (38 nis.com with all proceeds supporting WTA Charities’ years, 351 days) is the oldest. global initiatives. Youngest Players Remaining: Favorite recipes from WTA legends and superstars Martina Navratilova, Caroline Wozniacki, Bianca Andree- NAME AGE (YRS) AGE (DAYS) scu, Naomi Osaka and current WTA World No.1 Ashleigh Naomi Osaka 22 331 Barty, among others, are certain to delight palates from around the world. Elise Mertens 24 300

Oldest Players Remaining:

NAME AGE (YRS) AGE (DAYS)

Serena Williams 38 351

Tsvetana Pironkova 32 365 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93)

Head to Head: SHELBY ROGERS leads 3-0

2017 CHARLESTON CLAY O R16 SHELBY ROGERS 6-4 6-2 90 mins 2015 OSPREY CLAY O R16 SHELBY ROGERS 6-4 6-4 2013 LEXINGTON HARD O R16 SHELBY ROGERS 6-2 6-2

NAOMI OSAKA SHELBY ROGERS 9 WTA RANKING 93 13 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 42 16-10-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 13-10-1992 (27) $352,755 YTD PRIZE MONEY $113,052 $14,770,234 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,397,139 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 18-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 10-6 13-3 / 133-73 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 8-4 / 65-78 7-1 / 39-19 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 23-35 2-5 / 25-24 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 25-21 13-2 / 104-50 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-4 / 33-44 1-1 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 3-8 3-1 / 28-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 13-21 0-0 / 7-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 8-4 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93) R16: d. [14] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) 6-3,6-4 (1h13) R16: d. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12) 7-6(5),3-6,7-6(6) (2h43) R32: d. MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #137) 6-3,6-7(4),6-2 (2h26) R32: d. MADISON BRENGLE (USA #84) 6-2,6-4 (1h11) R64: d. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #74) 6-1,6-2 (1h10) R64: d. [11] ELENA RYBAKINA (RUS #17) 7-5,6-1 (1h27) R128: d. MISAKI DOI (JPN #81) 6-2,5-7,6-2 (2h3) R128: d. IRINA KHROMACHEVA (RUS #674) 6-2,6-2 (0h55)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

NAOMI OSAKA SHELBY ROGERS 2019 2019 R16 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 7-5 6-4 R1* L - CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #214) 7-6(3) 1-0 2018 2017 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-2 6-4 R3 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) 6-4 7-5

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2017 2016 R3 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #418) 6-3 2-6 7-5 R2 L - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #158) 2-6 6-2 6-2 2016 2015 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) R3 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-2 6-3 2015 2014 R2* L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 6-4 6-4 R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #12) 6-4 6-3 2013 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #75) 6-3 6-2 2012 R2* L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #162) 7-6(3) 6-3 2010 R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open, • Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open where she lifted title in 2018 (d. S.Williams in F) (ninth overall) • As a result, became first Japanese player to win a • Is through to QF at home Slam for the first time, and major singles title and was and the youngest US second career major QF following 2016 Roland Gar- Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 ros (QF, l. eventual champion Muguruza) • Returned as defending champion last year, falling in • Best previous result here was reaching 3r in 2015 R16 (l. Bencic) (as qualifier, l. Halep) and 2017 (l. Svitolina) • Made 3r on debut in 2016 (l. Keys) and again in 2017 • During 2017 run, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), (l. Kanepi). Fell in 2r of qualifying in 2015 (l. Konta) 4-6, 7-6(5), in a 2r match that took 3 hours, 33 min- • This is her 17th Grand Slam main draw – has one utes, setting a record for the longest women’s match other Slam title to her name, coming at 2019 Austra- in US Open history lian Open. Was one of 10 major champions and six • Reached 2r in 2014 (l. Pennetta) and 2016 (l. Bellis); former US Open winners to begin this year’s draw fell 1r in 2010 (as WC, l. Peng on Grand Slam main • Hit 25 winners to see off Fed Cup teammate Doi in 1r draw debut) and 2013 (l. Garcia); fell in qualifying in • Followed this up with straight sets win over Giorgi 2012 and 2019 to move to a perfect 5-0 in Slam 2r matches here • Struck 28 winners and just 12 unforced errors during in New York – also defeated the Italian en route to 55-minute 1r win over Khromacheva on Monday R-Up finish at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] • Defeated No.17 Rybakina in 2r before ousting fellow • Battled past an inspired 18-year-old Kostyuk in 3r American Brengle in 3r to record her 20th match win - improves record against players who are younger across the Slams than her to 12-2 with only losses coming to Kenin at • Now holds 8-2 record vs. her compatriots in 2020, 2019 Cincinnati and Gauff at 2020 Australian Open having defeated Gibbs (Shenzhen qualifying), Dole- • Fired 21 winners to defeat World No.21 Kontaveit in hide (Australian Open qualifying), Glatch (Newport R16, having also defeated the Estonian last week at Beach 125K), Day and Falconi (both at $100K/Mid- Western & Southern Open QF land-USA), Gibbs (Indian Wells 125K), S.Williams • Now owns 8-1 record against Top 30 players this (Lexington) and Brengle this fortnight year – collected four wins at Western & Southern • Stunned No.12 Kvitova in R16 on Sunday, having Open (No.26 Muchova, No.25 Yastremska, No.20 also defeated the Czech during her run to 2016 Kontaveit and No.22 Mertens) and three at Brisbane Roland Garros QFs. Kvitova was also ranked No.12 (No.23 Sakkari, No.14 Kenin and No.9 Bertens) at 2016 Roland Garros • Improves to 3-2 record in R16 at the Slams. Previous • Now owns 13-21 career record vs. Top 20 ranked wins at this stage have led Osaka to the crown players, including 3-0 in 2020 having defeated No.9 • At 22 yrs, 331 days, was the second-youngest player S.Williams at Lexington, and No.17 Rybakina and through to R16 following Kenin (21 yrs, 102 days) No.12 Kvitova this fortnight • Is into her first Grand Slam QF since lifting the 2019 • Win over Kvitova marked her third victory over a Australian Open trophy (d. Kvitova in F) left-handed opponent in 2020, having also defeated • Faces No.93 Rogers today in their fourth career Fernandez (Lexington) and Teichmann (Western & meeting, and second at Tour-level. Two of her three Southern Open) defeats in 2020 have come at hands of players • Faces No.9 Osaka today for a spot in her career first ranked outside Top 50: No.67 Gauff (Australian Grand Slam SF. Has not dropped a set in her three Open) and No.78 Sorribes Tormo (Fed Cup) previous meetings against the Japanese woman, • Is 5-4 vs. American opposition at the majors, with most recently defeating Osaka at her home event of wins over Vandeweghe (2016 US Open), Kenin Charleston in 2017 (2018 Roland Garros), Keys and S.Williams (both at • Owns three career Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bouchard 2018 US Open) and Gauff (2019 US Open). Loss- (2014 Montreal), No.4 Halep (2017 Australian Open), es came against Keys (2016 US Open), V.Williams and No.9 S.Williams (2020 Lexington) (2017 Wimbledon), Keys (2018 Roland Garros) and • Contesting 21st Grand Slam main draw at US Open. Gauff (2020 Australian Open) Owns 10-6 record at US Open (21-20 across all • Owns a perfect 8-0 record since the restart (four wins majors) at Western & Southern Open, four wins at US Open) • One of 31 US women contesting the main draw this • All five career singles titles have been won on hard fortnight, and one of three to reach QFs (also Brady courts – Indian Wells and US Open in 2018, and and S.Williams) Australian Open, Osaka and Beijing in 2019 • Enters US Open ranked No.93, up from No.299 this time last year NAOMI SHELBY OSAKA VS ROGERS

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- • Achieved best Grand Slam result to date when she liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in advanced to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds F) Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual • Is the first woman to win her second major straight champion Muguruza); backed up in 2017 by advanc- after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 ing to 3r (l. Mladenovic, 8-6 in third set) (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) • Became ninth player ranked outside of the Top 100 • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- (No.108) to advance to the last eight in Paris since ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open 1983 (Pironkova, No.102, became the 10th at the and Australian Open back-to-back same tournament); ranking rose from No.108 to • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became No.59 following 2016 Roland Garros run youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam • Also reached 3r at 2015 US Open (l. Halep) and since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and at the Australian and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in Open, best result is reaching 2r in 2017 (l. Barty) Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) • Made Grand Slam and tour-level main draw debut as • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland a wildcard at 2010 US Open – thereafter, did not con- Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 test main draw at a major until 2013 Roland Garros (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber) SEASON SEASON • Fell in qualifying at Western & Southern Open • Made SF run at Lexington; Upset No.9 S.Williams in • Withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final of the QF for third career Top 10 win Western & Southern Open against Azarenka • Suffered 1r exit at Acapulco (l. Volynets), while else- • Prior to this, last competitive action was during where made 3r at WTA 125K Series events at New- Japan’s 3-1 Fed Cup qualifier defeat vs. Spain in port Beach and Indian Wells, and won sixth career February (l. Sorribes Tormo) title on ITF Circuit, at $100K ITF/Michigan-MI • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (as defending • Opened 2020 season with 2r showing at Shenzhen champion, l. Gauff) (l. Muguruza) and fell 1r at Australian Open (as quali- • In Australia, also reached SF at Brisbane (l. even- fier, l. eventual R-Up Muguruza) tual champion Ka.Pliskova); was on a 14-match win streak prior to Brisbane loss – longest of her career CAREER MILESTONES

• Last year, made return from injury at Charleston CAREER MILESTONES where she reached 2r (l. Ostapenko). Also posted 2r showings at Roland Garros and Mallorca and fell 1r • Finished 2019 ranked No.3 for career-best sea- six occasions and reached one ITF Circuit final son-ending finish • Fell 1r in only two tournaments played in 2018 at • Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. Australian Open and Indian Wells - injured left knee Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach in loss to Dolehide at Indian Wells, requiring surgery World No.1 ranking following the tournament in the summer • In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in • In 2017, posted third Top 100 season and best year- her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and end finish of No.59. Year highlighted by reaching Beijing (d. Barty in F); now owns 5-2 record in WTA QFs at Charleston, Hobart and Strasbourg. Achieved singles finals. Defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final career-high ranking of No.48 on January 30, 2017 for second career victory over world No.1 (also beat • Also in 2017, played all three ties to help USA win its Halep at 2018 Indian Wells) first Fed Cup in 17 years, winning decisive doubles • Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 rubber (w/Vandeweghe) in final against Belarus record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up • At 2017 US Open matched her previous best result from No.68 in 2017 at her home Slam by advancing to 3r (l. Svitolina). In • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- 2r, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5), in a an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam match that took 3 hours, 33 minutes, setting a record crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) for the longest women’s match in US Open history NAOMI SHELBY OSAKA VS ROGERS

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time • Posted second Top 100 season in 2016, at No.60 – major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, up from No.146 in 2015; had dropped from No.72 at Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight end of 2014 was against Sakkari in R16 • Appeared in two WTA singles finals, at 2016 Rio de • Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Janeiro (l. Schiavone) and at 2014 Bad Gastein (d. Ka.Pliskova) No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at l.Petkovic) Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included • Owns three Top 10 wins, over No.9 S.Williams (2020 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open Lexington), No.4 Halep (2017 Australian Open) and • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated No.8 Bouchard (2014 Montréal) No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over • One-time doubles runner-up, at 2015 Bogotá (w/ defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at Falconi) 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win • Participated in 2014 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invi- • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight tational in Singapore (along with Diyas, Puig and was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- Zheng) acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at • Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014 Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open • Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg (d. • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at Domachowska) 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- • Winner of five singles titles and two doubles titles on ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of United States in 2009, at age 16 main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski)

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Began working with Wim Fisette at beginning of 2020 • Followed older sister Sabra into tennis season. Previous coaches include Sascha Bajin and • Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf Jermaine Jenkins • Would have been a hockey player if weren’t a tennis • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul player Sillah (fitness trainer) • Favorite tournaments are Charleston, US Open • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster Wowow, Nissin, Nissan, ANA Airlines, Shiseido and bareMinerals • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in New York City before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays profession- al tennis MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) vs. [23] YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #35)

Head to Head: YULIA PUTINTSEVA leads 2-0

2018 WASHINGTON DC HARD O R16 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 7-5 6-2 105 mins 2018 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 6-4 6-3 87 mins

JENNIFER BRADY YULIA PUTINTSEVA 41 WTA RANKING 35 16 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 43 12-04-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-01-1995 (25) $409,189 YTD PRIZE MONEY $224,826 $2,418,649 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,183,313 1 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 7-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 8-5 15-6 / 47-52 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-8 / 129-143 4-0 / 16-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 44-45 4-3 / 11-17 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-4 / 34-35 15-6 / 37-34 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 12-8 / 81-98 2-3 / 2-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 8-28 5-3 / 10-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 18-48 3-1 / 4-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 5-11 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) vs. [23] YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #35) R16: d. [17] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23) 6-1,6-4 (1h24) R16: d. [8] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #15) 6-3,2-6,6-4 (2h29) R32: d. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #50) 6-3,6-3 (1h18) R32: d. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #106) 3-6,6-2,6-1 (2h02) R64: d. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #188) 6-1,6-2 (0h51) R64: d. VERA LAPKO (BLR #351) 6-3,6-3 (1h14) R128: d. ANNA BLINKOVA (RUS #62) 6-3,6-2 (1h16) R128: d. [WC] ROBIN MONTGOMERY (USA #593) 6-1,6-3 (1h06)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

JENNIFER BRADY YULIA PUTINTSEVA 2019 2019 R1 L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #46) 6-1 4-6 6-0 R3 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #23) 6-4 6-1 2018 2018 R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #59) 6-3 6-3 R1 L - BERNARDA PERA (USA #92) 7-6(6) 6-4 2017 2017 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) 6-1 6-0 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 7-5 6-2

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2016 2016 R3* L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #146) 7-5 6-4 R2 L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #102) 6-1 6-7(1) 6-1 2015 2015 R1* L - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #107) 6-2 6-4 R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #104) 6-0 6-3 2014 2014 R1* L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #169) 2-6 7-5 6-3 R2* L - MARIA SANCHEZ (USA #304) 6-2 6-4 2012 R1* L - ANNA FLORIS (ITA #194) 1-6 7-6(7) 7-5

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making her fourth main draw appearance at Flushing • Making sixth main draw appearance at US Open Meadows this fortnight; has made her best Grand (and eighth appearance overall), and has posted Slam result by reaching the QFs this fortnight best result here with progression to QF in 2020 • Has now reached the second week of a major for the • Previous best return here in New York was reaching third time – also 2017 Australian Open (R16, l. Lu- 3r in 2019 (d. No.13 Sabalenka in 2r, l. Vekic) cic-Baroni) and 2017 US Open (R16, l. Ka.Pliskova) • Made 2r in 2016 (l. Witthoeft) and 2017 (l. A.Rad- • Contesting her 13th Grand Slam main draw at this wanska), and suffered 1r exits in 2015 (l. Ka.Bonda- year’s US Open, where she is seeded for the first renko) and 2018 (l. Pera) time at this level, at No.28 • R-Up in girls’ singles at 2010 US Open (l. Gavrilova) • One of 31 Americans competing in this year’s event, • This is the third time she’s been seeded at a Slam, including seven seeds. One of three American wom- and her highest at No.23, after 2017 Australian Open en to reach QFs this year in New York (also Rogers (No.31) and 2017 Roland Garros (No.27) and S.Williams) • 2020 US Open is her 26th Grand Slam main draw, • Dispatched No.62 Blinkova in 1r (won six games in a and progression to QF this week takes her to 32-25 row, winning 74% of points on first serve) across the Slams • Improved 2r record at the Grand Slams to 3-4 with • Has matched best Slam result by reaching QF, hav- victory over No.188 Bellis on Wednesday. Now has ing also made this stage at Roland Garros in 2016 (l. 11-1 record (including qualifying) against players S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 (l. Keys) ranked outside Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat • Opened her 2020 US Open campaign with a straight coming against No.83 Pegula in 1r at Western & sets victory over American wildcard Montgomery Southern Open • Recorded her landmark 30th Grand Slam main draw • Fired 10 aces and 18 winners to overcome No.50 win with victory over Lapko in 2r Garcia in straight sets on Friday to reach R16 • By defeating Sasnovich in 3r, has won three consec- • Defeated 2016 US Open champion Kerber on utive main draw matches for the first time in 2020 Sunday in 1 hour, 24 mins - her longest match this and first since her title run at 2019 Nurnberg in May fortnight • Defeated No.8 seed Martic in R16 to record her best • The win over Keber maked her fourth victory over a win-by-ranking of season, and best overall since former or reigning World No.1 this season, having defeating No.13 Sabalenka here in New York in 2019 also defeated Sharapova and Barty in Brisbane and • Has now beaten a seeded player on five of her last Muguruza in Dubai six Slam outings - d. No.26 Collins at 2020 Austra- • A former UCLA Bruin, is the first former women’s col- lian Open, No.9 Sabalenka at 2019 US Open, No.2 lege tennis player to reach the US Open QFs since Osaka at 2019 Wimbledon, No.32 Strycova at 2019 Gigi Fernandez (Clemson) in 1994 Australian Open • Overall win-loss record at the majors stands at 14-12 • Now owns a 3-0 record in Slam R16 matches (0-2 in • Faces No.35 Putintseva today in their third career QFs) meeting. Aiming for her first win over the Kazakh • Faces No.41 Brady today for a spot in the final four. woman as she bids for a spot in the final four Bidding to become first Kazakh woman to reach the • Among the top half of the draw, has lost the fewest SFs of any major games en route to the QFs (19). Dropped the fewest • Has never dropped a set against Brady in their games en route to a title in 2020 during her run to previous two meetings at 2018 Roland Garros and the Lexington trophy (24), where she won 40 of 43 Washington, D.C. service games • Has won her last three meetings vs. American oppo- • During 2019 North American hard court swing, made sition at the majors, over Brengle (2019 US Open), 2r at Toronto (as qualifier, l. Halep in 3s) and Cincin- Collins (2020 Australian Open) and Montgomery nati (as qualifier, l. Hsieh), fell 1r at Washington DC (2020 US Open) (l. Kenin) and US Open (l. Sasnovich) • Has returned impressively this year, breaking serve • Best result on US soil before 2020 Lexington was on 23 occasions across her four wins this fortnight R16 at 2017 US Open and R-Up at WTA 125K Series • In addition to R16 run here at Flushing Meadows, event at Indian Wells in 2019 (l. Golubic) standout result on US soil was SF run at 2016 Wash- • Since joining forces with Julia Goerges’ former ington DC coach, Michael Geserer, has enjoyed an impressive run, compiling a 20-6 record in 2020, which includes wins over Sharapova, Barty, Svitolina, Vondrousova, Muguruza and Gauff • Played doubles this fortnight w/Dolehide (l. Kalash- nikova/Kudryavtseva in 1r) JENNIFER YULIA BRADY VS PUTINTSEVA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open • Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland and went on to become first major debutante Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 (l. Keys). Was the first Kazakhstani to reach QF at Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r Roland Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to 2012 (l. QF) Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier • Away from Paris, other key results include 3r at 2016 to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era Australian Open (l. Gasparyan) and 2020 (l. Halep), • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on R16 at 2020 US Open and 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams (l. V.Williams), 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2019 (l. (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), Golubic) Gasparyan and Konta (2016) • On her milestone 25th major, at 2020 Australian • Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) Open, made 3r alongside compatriots Diyas and and made 2r at Roland Garros (2018-19) and Wim- Rybakina - the tournament marked the first time in bledon (2017-18) history three Kazakhstani women have reached this stage at a major • A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US SEASON Open, 2012 Australian Open) • Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. SEASON Pegula) • Lifted maiden WTA title at Lexington (d. Teichmann • Coming off 2r showings at Western & Southern Open in F) - did not drop a set and broken just three times (l. Sakkari) and Lexington (l. Teichmann) all week; made Top 40 debut at No.40 following the • Made 3r at Doha (d. defending champion Mertens, l. tournament (August 17, 2020) Bencic) • Prior to the tour’s resumption, performed in a series • Made 1r exit at St. Petersburg (l. Kudermetova) of exhibitions and World Team Tennis matches in the • Part of Kazakhstan team that lost 3-1 away to Bel- US, posting a 12-7 record including wins over Grand gium in Fed Cup qualifier Slam champions Azarenka and Stephens • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Halep) • Shortly before tour’s hiatus, fell 2r at Doha (l. Jabeur) • Opened season with 2r appearance at Brisbane (as • Enjoyed one of her career-best weeks at Dubai, qualifier, l. Collins) before a 1r exit at Adelaide (as where, as a qualifier, she advanced to first SF at a qualifier, l. Tomljanovic) Premier level (l. eventual champion Halep); defeat- ed No.6 Svitolina, No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza en route • Suffered 1r exit at St Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova) • Fell in the 1r at Australian Open (l. Halep) but pro- gressed to QF in doubles w/Dolehide (l. Hsieh/ Strycova) • In opening event of the season, made QF at Bris- bane (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) – scored first career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty in 2r; broke into Top 50 afterwards (No.49 on January 13, 2020) JENNIFER YULIA BRADY VS PUTINTSEVA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as • Finished 2019 ranked No.34 for joint- career-best low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights includ- finish (also 2016) ed SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Gar- • Won first career title at Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in F); cia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), afterwards rose to No.28 in rankings – one spot off Indian Wells (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Andreescu) career best No.27 (achieved February 6, 2017) • Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top • Achieved best US Open result of career to date by 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64). Best results included reaching 3r (l. Vekic) reaching SFs at $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) • Has four Top 5 wins in career – after No.5 Cibulkova and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño), (2017 St Petersburg), No.5 Stephens (2019 Syd- 2r showing at Indian Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros ney) and No.1 Osaka (2019 Birmingham and 2019 (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) Wimbledon) • Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic Gavrilova) in F) – first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA • Made R16 at 2017 Australian Open and US Open, final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogotá (l. Pereira) which remains her best Grand Slam result to date • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on Febru- • Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at ary 6, 2017 following St Petersburg 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) • Also in 2017 reached QF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. • Made first four main draw appearances at tour level eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) 1r), Stanford and Montréal • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarter- • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. finals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since Falconi in 1r) Shvedova in 2012 • Owns four singles and four doubles ITF Circuit titles • Also reached SF at two International-level events in • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC USA (l. 1r) (l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 Charleston • Later in season, posted second career win over a PERSONAL Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 • Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) part of the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Tennis National • Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventu- Championship winning Bruins team in 2014. Com- al champion Larsson) pleted sophomore year before turning pro in 2015 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and • Hired Michael Geserer (previously with Goerges) at WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen end of 2019, spent offseason training in Germany for • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six first time doubles titles • Mother’s name is Elizabeth; father’s name is Patrick; • Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-20 has twin sister, Jessica PERSONAL

• Coached by Roman Kislianskii • Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan in May 2012 • Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior be- fore moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy • Tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine Henin – still watches videos of Henin on YouTube • Enjoys dancing, singing, Sudoku, cards and chess US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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US OPEN - QUARTERFINALS (BOTTOM HALF)

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #0) vs. SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) S.Williams leads 4-0 Pironkova is into her first Grand Slam QF since 2016 Roland Garros.. S.Williams now has 105 wins in New York, the most in the Open era... S.Williams has 13 major titles on hard - the most of any player in the Open era VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) First Meeting Azarenka is bidding for first Grand Slam SF appearance since R-Up finish here in 2013... Mertens is yet to drop a set this week.... Azarenka is one of three mothers to reach QF stage at Flushing Meadows

A LOOK AT THE QUARTERFINALISTS (BOTTOM HALF)

PLAYER US OPEN W/L YTD W/L CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER (MD) W/L TITLES [8] Serena Williams 105-13 15-4 832-142 198,306 92,742,122 1 73

[18] Elise Mertens 11-4 23-8 139-80 417,264 6,373,909 0 5

[27] Victoria Azarenka 38-12 9-2 460-180 294,530 30,650,035 1 21

Tsvetana Pironkova 12-11 4-0 166-218 4,497,095 0 1

CAREER QUARTERFINAL RECORDS - GRAND SLAMS

PLAYER QF SF FINALS W/L W/L W/L [8] Serena Williams 38-14 33-5 23-10

[18] Elise Mertens 1-1 0-1 0-0

[27] Victoria Azarenka 7-9 4-3 2-2

Tsvetana Pironkova 1-2 0-1 0-0 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W)

Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 155, Garbiñe Muguruza – 128, Kristyna Pliskova – 125 Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) Match win leaders: Mertens – 23, Rybakina – 22, Kontaveit – 19 Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart) Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland) Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens) – all at Australian Open

WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY • As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. • Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongo- ing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit- ed Kingdom and the United States, among others. • In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants. • For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam- met [email protected] WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

ON THIS DAY... COUNTRY BREAKDOWN

September 9, 1972: 29-year-old Billie Jean King succes- A total of 34 different countries were represented in the fully defends her title, beating Kerry Melville Reid of Aus- main draw this year at the US Open. Players from six tralia 6-3, 7-5 to win the Women’s Singles US Open title different countries advanced to the QF stage.

• Three Americans have reached the QFs: Jennifer RANKING PROJECTIONS Brady, Shelby Rogers and Serena Williams

Brady entered the US Open ranked No.41. The American • At least one American has advanced to the QFs every will move to No.30 (or No.31 if Pironkova wins the title) by year at the US Open since 1993 reaching the quarterfinals. She could climb to No.25 by reaching the semifinals and as high as No.17 by reaching • The last time three or more Americans reached this the final or No.13 by winning the title. stage at Flushing Meadow was 2017, when Keys, Ste- phens, Vandeweghe and V.Williams made up the SFs Putintseva entered the US Open ranked No.35. She will climb to No.30 or No.31 (if Pironkova wins the title) and • Belgium, Belrarus, Bulgaria, Japan and Kazakhstan can move to No.25 by reaching the semifinal. She could were all represented in the final eight of this year’s US climb as high as No.17 by reaching the final or No.13 by Open winning the title. YOUTH VS. EXPERIENCE If Serena Williams wins the title, she can climb to No.4 or No.5 (if she faces Osaka in the final). Otherwise, Serena At 22 years, 332 days, Naomi Osaka is the youngest will be ranked No.9 after the US Open. player remaining in the draw while Serena Williams (38 years, 352 days) is the oldest. Osaka: QF = No.8 (or No.9 if Serena Williams wins the title) Youngest Players Remaining: SF = No.6 (or No.7 if Serena Williams wins the title) F = No.4 (or No.5 if Serena Williams wins the title) NAME AGE (YRS) AGE (DAYS) W = No.3 Naomi Osaka 22 331

Mertens: Elise Mertens 24 300 QF = As high as No.19 Oldest Players Remaining: SF = As high as No.17 F = As high as No.13 NAME AGE (YRS) AGE (DAYS) W = As high as No.11 Serena Williams 38 351

Azarenka: Tsvetana Pironkova 32 365 QF = As high as No.23 SF = As high as No.17 F = As high as No.14 W = As high as No.11 COOKING UP A STORM

This week saw the unveiling of the WTA Cookbook, a new Rogers entered the US Open ranked No.93. By reaching digital publication with more than 70 international recipes the QF, she is projected to climb to No.54 and could climb contributed by players past, present and future. to No.40 by reaching the SF. Rogers can climb as high as No.26 by reaching the final and as high as No.17 by The WTA Cookbook is available for download on wtaten- winning the title. nis.com with all proceeds supporting WTA Charities’ global initiatives. Pironkova is projected to climb into the Top 150 by reach- ing the QF. She could climb into the Top 90 (at No.86) by Favorite recipes from WTA legends and superstars reaching the SF. As high as No.46 by reaching the final Martina Navratilova, Caroline Wozniacki, Bianca Andree- and as high as No.26 by winning the title. scu, Naomi Osaka and current WTA World No.1 Ashleigh Barty, among others, are certain to delight palates from around the world. MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #0) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8)

Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads 4-0

2015 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 SERENA WILLIAMS 7-5 6-3 90 mins 2014 BEIJING HARD O R2 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-2 6-3 72 mins 2011 EASTBOURNE GRASS O R1 SERENA WILLIAMS 1-6 6-3 6-4 124 mins 2007 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 SERENA WILLIAMS 5-7 6-1 6-1

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA SERENA WILLIAMS WTA RANKING 8 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 19 13-09-1987 (32) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 26-09-1981 (38) $0 YTD PRIZE MONEY $198,306 $4,497,095 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $92,742,122 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 73 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 23 12-11 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 105-13 4-0 / 166-218 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 15-4 / 832-142 1-0 / 36-73 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 166-64 0-1 / 51-39 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-5 / 112-57 4-0 / 84-126 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 15-4 / 521-88 0-0 / 12-36 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 175-72 1-0 / 22-80 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 306-98 0-0 / 10-15 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 70-13 * Updated entering US Open QF ROAD TO THE QF TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #0) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) R16: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #56) 6-4,6-7(5),6-3 (2h49) R16: d. [15] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #22) 6-3,6-7(6),6-3 (2h28) R32: d. [18] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #24) 6-4,6-1 (1h0) R32: d. [26] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) 6-2,6-2 (1h0) R64: d. [10] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #16) 7-5,6-3 (1h24) R64: d. MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #117) 6-2,6-4 (1h33) R128: d. LUDMILLA SAMSONOVA (RUS #120) 6-4,6-4 (1h20) R128: d. KRISTIE AHN (USA #96) 7-5,6-3 (1h21)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA SERENA WILLIAMS 2016 2019 R2 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #14) 6-2 5-7 6-2 F L - BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #15) 6-3 7-5 2015 2018 R1 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #53) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-1 F L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4

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2014 2016 R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #10) 7-5 6-4 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-2 7-6(5) 2013 2015 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #81) 6-3 6-3 SF L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #43) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2012 2014 R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-0 6-4 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) 6-3 6-3 2011 2013 R2 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #14) 6-2 6-4 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2010 2012 R2 L - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #185) 6-4 6-0 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2009 2011 R1 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #31) 6-3 6-0 F L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-2 6-3 2008 2009 R1 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #26) 6-4 7-5 SF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #9,999) 6-4 7-5 2007 2008 R2 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 6-4 6-0 F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #2) 6-4 7-5 2006 2007 R1 L - JAMEA JACKSON (USA #57) 6-2 6-2 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 7-6(3) 6-1 2005 2006 R2* L - TIFFANY DAVIS (USA #202) 6-3 4-6 6-2 R16 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #1) 6-4 0-6 6-2 2005 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 7-6(5) 6-2 2004 QF L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #8) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2002 F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 6-4 6-3 2001 F L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 6-4 2000 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-4 6-2 1999 F W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 7-6(4) 1998 R3 L - IRINA SPIRLEA (ROM #8) 6-3 0-6 7-5 TSVETANA SERENA PIRONKOVA VS WILLIAMS

US OPEN US OPEN

• Making 12th main draw appearance at US Open and • Making 20th appearance at US Open where she is 13th overall, and first since 2016 having spent over a six-time champion: 1999 (d. Hingis in F), 2002 (d. three years away from Tour to give birth and raise V.Williams in F), 2008 (d. Jankovic in F), 2012 (d. her son Azarenka in F), 2013 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2014 (d. • One of nine mothers to begin the singles field this Wozniacki in F). Tied with Chris Evert for most US fortnight (also Azarenka, Bondarenko, Clijsters, Gov- Open titles in the Open Era ortsova, Maria, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva); joins • Also R-Up four times, in 2001 (l. V.Williams), 2011 (l. S.Williams and Azarenka as only remaining mothers Stosur), 2018 (l. Osaka) and 2019 (l. Andreescu) in QF stage • By reaching 2019 final, established the largest gap • Prior to this year's QF run, best result at Flushing between first and most recent Slam final appearance Meadows was reaching R16 in 2012 (l. Ivanovic) at 19y 362d (d. Hingis in 1999 US Open) - previously • Reached 2r here on five occasions - 2007 (as qual- held by V.Williams at 19 yrs, 312 days (l. Hingis in ifier, l. eventual champion Henin), 2010 (l. Minella), 1997 US Open, l. Muguruza in 2017 Wimbledon) 2011 (l. S.Peng), 2014 (l. Jankovic) and 2016 (l. • Her 20 appearances at US Open is second among Konta) players in 2020 starting field, behind V.Williams (22) • Fell 1r in 2006 (l. Jackson), 2008 (l. Medina Garri- • Doubles champion here in 1999 (w/V.Williams d. gues), 2009 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. Riske) and 2015 Rubin/Testud in F) and 2009 (w/V.Williams d. Black/ (l. Barthel), and in qualifying on her debut in 2005 Huber). Also won mixed doubles (w/Mirnyi) in 1998 • Playing in her first tournament since 2017 Wimble- • Bidding this fortnight to tie Australia’s Margaret Court don (l. Wozniacki in 2r), where she is a former semifi- on 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the all-time record. nalist - her best result across the majors Her record in Grand Slam finals stands at 23-10 • Contesting 48th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 US • Winner of 13 major titles on hard – most of any play- Open – progression to QF improves her to 47-47 er in Open Era; across all WTA events, has won 47 across the Slams hard court titles, more than any other active player • In her first match in over three years, defeated • Contesting her 75th Slam main draw – in Open Era, Samsonova on Tuesday to improve her record in 1r trails only V.Williams (86, including 2020 US Open) matches at the majors to 29-19 • Seeded No.3 this fortnight; has been seeded on all • Caused major upset by defeating No.16 and 2020 but two of her appearances in New York (exceptions Australian Open finalist Muguruza in 2r on Thursday were debut in 1998 and 2006) – was her 22nd Top 20 win of career, and first since • Win-loss record across the Grand Slams is 355-50 wins over No.18 Errani and No.2 A.Radwanska en (includes all wins this week), the most wins in Open route to 2016 Roland Garros QF Era, ahead of Martina Navratilova (306-49) • Ousted No.18 seed Vekic on Saturday to reach her • Began 2020 US Open campaign with 1r win over Ahn seventh career R16 at the majors, and first since – moves to a perfect 20-0 in opening round matches 2016 Roland Garros (l. Stosur in QF) here in New York • Prior to this fortnight, last defeated a seed at a Slam • Victory over Ahn was first straight sets win since the at 2016 Roland Garros (No.2 seed A.Radwanska). restart – all five other matches had gone the distance Has lost her last six Slam meetings vs. seeded • Defeated Gasparyan in 2r, improving her record players – No.5 Wozniacki (2017 Wimbledon), No.5 against Russians at the US Open to 12-0 Svitolina (2017 Roland Garros), No.3 A.Radwans- • In her 20th career US Open 3r match (also 20th ka (2017 Australian Open), No.13 Konta (2016 US US Open overall), defeated Stephens in their first Open), No.7 Bencic (2016 Wimbledon) and No.21 meeting since 2015 Roland Garros; improves to 6-1 Stosur (2016 Roland Garros) against her compatriot • After two hours and 49 minutes, struck 46 winners • Avenged Western & Southern Open loss to No.22 to upset No.56 Cornet and earn a spot in her fourth Sakkari in a hard-fought 3s battle in R16 to record career QF at the majors; also reached this stage at 100th win on Arthur Ashe stadium 2010 Wimbledon, 2011 Wimbledon and 2016 Roland • Faces unranked Pironkova today for their fifth career Garros meeting. Owns 4-0 lead over the Bulgarian with most • Faces No.8 S.Williams today for a chance to reach recent win coming during her 2015 Cincinnati title run SF and match her career-best Grand Slam result, a • Improves to 105-13 at US Open, now ahead of Evert SF run at 2010 Wimbledon (l. Zvonareva) where she (101-12) for most wins in the Open Era, and ahead became the first player representing Bulgaria (male of Navratilova (89-17) - fourth player to ever reach or female) to reach final four at a major 100+ wins at one single major, in addition to Evert • Owns one title in her career, on the hard courts of also Navratilova (120 wins at Wimbledon) and Feder- Sydney in 2014 (as qualifier, d. Kerber in F) er (101 wins at Wimbledon) TSVETANA SERENA PIRONKOVA VS WILLIAMS

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• Currently without a ranking. Reached as high as • One of three 30-somethings to reach the QF this No.31 on September 13, 2010 fortnight - also Pironkova and Azarenka

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• Had not missed a major between making her debut • A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste- at 2006 Australian through 2017 Wimbledon fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind • Became first player representing Bulgaria (male or only Margaret Court (24) all time female) to reach a Grand Slam SF when she ad- • Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, vanced to last four at 2010 Wimbledon 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, • Defeated No.13 Bartoli and No.2 V.Williams en route 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, to SFs at 2010 Wimbledon (l. Zvonareva) 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 • At the other majors, best result at Roland Garros is • Owns a 23-10 record in Slam finals, with losses com- a QF run in 2016 (d. No.2 A.Radwanska en route, l. ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble- Stosur); became first Bulgarian woman to reach the don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), last eight in Paris since Sesil Karatantcheva in 2005. 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. At US Open, made R16 in 2012 (l. Ivanovic) but is Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 yet to pass 2r at Australian Open Wimbledon (l. Kerber), 2018 US Open (l. Osaka), 2019 Wimbledon (l. Halep) and 2019 US Open (l. Andreescu) • Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era • Boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, 17y 6.5m before her 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span

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• US Open marks first tournament since 2017 Wimble- • Made 3r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. Sakkar- don having spent over three years away from tennis in - led 7-5 5-3); 2h48m 2r win over Rus was her lon- after giving birth to son Alexander in April 2018 gest match since l. Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros • Returned to action at Lexington earlier this month, reaching the QF (l. Rogers) • Faced sister Venus in 2r in what was their 31st meet- ing – now leads their head-to-head 19-12 (13-9 on hard courts and 8-5 on US soil) • With a combined age of 79 years, 19 days, S.Wil- liams vs. V.Williams represented the highest com- bined age in a match since 2004 Charleston when Martina Navratilova (47) faced Amy Frazier (31), with a combined age of 79 years, 28 days • Loss to No.116 Rogers was 14th to a player ranked outside the Top 50, and most recent since 2017 Auckland to No.72 Brengle, while last to a player outside the Top 100 came against No.111 Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros • In last tournament before tour’s hiatus, fell 3r at Aus- tralian Open (l. Q.Wang) before participating in Fed Cup action going 1-1 in singles as USA defeated TSVETANA SERENA PIRONKOVA VS WILLIAMS

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Latvia 3-2 (d. Ostapenko, l. Sevastova) • Began 2020 with 73rd career title at Auckland (d. Pegula in F) for first championship since giving birth to her daughter in 2017– also finished R-Up in dou- bles w/Wozniacki (l. Townsend/Muhammed); overall record in finals stands at 73-25 • At 44m, 6-1 6-1 SF defeat of Anisimova in Auckland is currently shortest completed match of the year CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2017 ranked No.162. Of her 16 year-end • Highlights of 2019 season were her 32nd and 33rd rankings, has ended the year outside the Top 100 Grand Slam finals, at Wimbledon (l. Halep) and US only on five occasions Open (l. Andreescu) • Season highlights of 2017 were reaching QF at • Reached one further final last year at Toronto (ret. vs. Nottingham (l. Safarova) and R16 at Eastbourne (l. Andreescu w/back injury) Halep) • With 73 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open • Also in 2017, reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. Svitoli- Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), na) and Wimbledon (l. Wozniacki) Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret • Ended 2016 at No.66 for 11th non-consecutive Top Court (92) 100 finish. Career-best finish was No.35 in 2010 • All three finals in 2019 – Wimbledon, Toronto and US (rose as high as No.31 the week of September 13 Open – came in consecutive tournaments that year) • Ended 2019 ranked No.10, her first year-end finish • Highlight of 2016 was first Grand Slam QF in five inside the elite ranking bracket since 2016 (at No.2) years, at Roland Garros (l. Stosur). Was only the • Other highlights last season were reaching QF at sixth major where she has achieved back-to-back Australian Open and partnering with Andy Murray to wins during her career (after 2010 Wimbledon, 2011 contest Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon (reaching 3r) Wimbledon, 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon and • Defeated World No.1 Halep in R16 at Australian 2015 Roland Garros) Open – at 37 years, is oldest player to defeat the • Other notable result was reaching QF at Birmingham reigning World No.1 (as qualifier, l. Strycova) • Reached two Grand Slam finals in 2018, at Wimble- • Represented Bulgaria at the Rio Olympics, making 1r don (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka). Made return exit in singles (l. Siegemund) to Tour following birth of daughter Olympia at 2018 • Owns one career singles title at 2014 Sydney (as Indian Wells qualifier, achieved three Top 10 wins: vs. No.7 Errani • Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two in QF, No.6 Kvitova in SF and No.9 Kerber in F). events all season, and both in January. Broke streak Ranked No.107 at time, was the lowest-ranked play- of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 16 er to win a title in 2014 Top 10 finishes to her name (most recently in 2019) • Competed in front of home fans at Tournament of – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – Champions-Sofia in 2012 (SF) and 2014 (RR) including five as the year-end No.1 • Bulgarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-13, 2015-16; Bulgari- • Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA an Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 history – set record when most recent streak began on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332 • Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991) • Has registered 17 career wins over (eight different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo- va (18) • Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics • Along w/sister Venus held all four Grand Slam titles TSVETANA SERENA PIRONKOVA VS WILLIAMS

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at same time, from 2009 Wimbledon through 2010 Roland Garros – third pair to do so (also Navratilova/ Shriver and Fernandez/Zvereva). Also teamed with Venus to win three Olympic gold medals: 2000 Syd- ney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London • Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil- liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters) • Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013 PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Gave birth to her son in March 2018 • Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora- • Married husband Mihail Mirchez in July 2016 cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato- • Coached Kiril Enchev Pironkov (father) glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins • Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on September 1, 2017 • Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem- ber 2017 in New Orleans • Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18)

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VICTORIA AZARENKA ELISE MERTENS 27 WTA RANKING 18 12 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9 31-07-1989 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-11-1995 (24) $294,530 YTD PRIZE MONEY $417,264 $30,650,035 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,373,909 1 / 21 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 0 / 8 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 9 38-12 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 11-4 9-2 / 460-180 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 23-8 / 139-80 2-0 / 87-62 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 40-29 2-0 / 68-44 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 26-31 9-2 / 318-108 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 19-6 / 87-50 0-0 / 67-72 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 7-18 2-0 / 122-100 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-4 / 13-38 0-0 / 46-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 14-3 * Updated entering US Open QF ROAD TO THE QF VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) vs. [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) R16: d. [20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) 5-7,6-1,6-4 (2h29) R16: d. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4) 6-3,6-3 (1h14) R32: d. IGA SWIATEK (POL #53) 6-4,6-2 (1h38) R32: d. CATHERINE MCNALLY (USA #124) 7-5,6-1 (1h24) R64: d. [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) 6-1,6-3 (1h7) R64: d. SARA SORRIBES TORMO (ESP #82) 6-3,7-5 (1h0) R128: d. BARBARA HAAS (AUT #139) 6-1,6-2 (0h59) R128: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #64) 6-2,6-2 (1h27)

US OPEN Tournament History

VICTORIA AZARENKA ELISE MERTENS 2019 2019 R1 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) 3-6 6-3 6-4 QF L - BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #15) 3-6 6-2 6-3 2018 2018 R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-4 R16 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-3 2015 2017 QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-3 4-6 6-4 R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 6-3 7-6(6)

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2014 2016 QF L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #18) 6-4 6-2 R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) 2-6 6-0 6-3 2013 2015 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 R1* L - NASTASSJA BURNETT (ITA #428) 6-3 3-6 6-4 2012 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #27) 6-1 7-6(5) 2010 R2 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 5-1 2009 R3 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #28) 4-6 6-2 6-2 2008 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) 6-4 6-4 2007 R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-3 2006 R3 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #29) 6-4 6-3 VICTORIA ELISE AZARENKA VS MERTENS

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• Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open, • Making fifth consecutive main draw appearance at where she is a two-time R-Up, in 2012 (l. S.Williams) US Open (and sixth appearance overall) and 2013 (l. S.Williams) • Has matched previous best result here by reaching • Also a two-time quarterfinalist in New York, in 2014 QFs, fell at this stage last year (l. eventual champion (l. Makarova) and 2015 (l. Halep) Andreescu in 3s) • R-Up in doubles here in 2019 (w/Barty, l. Mertens/ • Reached R16 in 2018 (l. Stephens) and fell 1r in Sabalenka); seeded No.7 this year w/Kenin (fell to 2016 (l. Muguruza) and 2017 (l. Keys). Fell in qualify- Zvonareva/Siegemund in R16 on Friday) ing in 2015 • Contesting landmark 50th major this fortnight - one of • 2016 appearance was Grand Slam main draw debut nine active players to reach this milestone . Progres- • 2020 US Open is her 14th Grand Slam main draw sion to QF this week improves her record to 131-46 appearance, and progression to QF this week im- across the Slams, and is now 38-12 at US Open proves her to 33-13 across the Slams (third among active players - level with Clijsters) • Has reached her fourth consecutive R16 at a Slam, • One of eight players who’ve held the WTA World after 2019 Wimbledon (R16, l. Strycova), 2019 US No.1 singles ranking to begin this year’s draw Open (QF, l. Andreescu) and 2020 Australian Open • Currently ranked No.27 – her highest ranking since (R16, l. Halep) returning to the Tour from maternity leave in 2017 • US Open is now her happiest Slam hunting ground, • Was one of nine mothers in this year’s US Open field owning 11 wins here - ahead of Australian Open – also Bondarenko, Clijsters, Govortsova, Maria, Pi- (10-3) ronkova, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva. S.Williams • Seeded No.16 this fortnight, her ninth consecutive and Pironkova have joined her in the QF - making seeding at a Slam – highest seeding was No.12 at history by becoming the first trio of mothers to reach 2019 Australian Open the quarterfinals of the same Grand Slam • Opened her 2020 US Open campaign with a straight • Has dropped just one set en route to QF – her most sets victory over Siegemund. Has now won her last effective run to reach this stage of a Slam since 2016 10 Grand Slam 1r matches. Last 1r loss at the ma- Australian Open, when she dropped only 11 games jors was at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys) across the first four matches • Outlasted Sorribes Tormo in 2r after a rain delay • Has reached the second week at a Slam for the first caused their match to be played between Thursday time since 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep in R16), and and Friday, firing 33 winners against the Spaniard today bidding for first Slam SF since R-Up finish here • Defeat McNally on Saturday to record her 22nd win in 2013 (l. S. Williams) of 2020 – joint-highest with Rybakina • Is currently on a 9-match winning streak (five wins • Reached 22 match wins last season across 17 across Western & Southern Open, four wins in New events – this season, has done it in 10 events York) – her best since 2016, winning 14 Tour-level • Dismissed No.2 seed Kenin in an hour and 15 min- matches in a row (six wins at Indian Wells, six at utes during R16 showing on Monday – the highest Miami and two at Madrid) seed she has knocked out at a Slam (previously • Opened 2020 US Open campaign by committing No.4 Svitolina at 2018 Australian Open) just seven unforced errors during 59-minute win over • Is now 5-0 vs. Americans in 2020, having also de- Haas on Tuesday feated McHale (Hobart), Bellis (Australian Open) and • In an all-Belarusian showdown, defeated No.11 Pegula (Western & Southern Open) Sabalenka in 2r to score her 122nd Top 20 win of • Defeat of No.4 Kenin was best win of season her career and second of 2020 following a win over (previously No.28 Q.Wang at Dubai and Doha) and No.15 Konta during last week’s title run at Western & second-best of career, after defeat of No.3 Halep in Southern Open 2019 Doha final and No.3 Stephens at 2018 Cincin- • Had lost to Sabalenka in 1r last year at US Open nati • Overcame No.53 Swiatek in 3r on Saturday to reach • Yet to drop a set en route to her second Slam QF, first R16 at US Open since 2015 dropping 22 games – second most efficient run to • Rallied from a set down to dismiss Czech Republic’s this stage of a Slam, after 2019 US Open (16 games) Muchova in R16 – improving record over Czech • Faces No.27 Azarenka for the first time in QF today; opposition at US Open to 5-0 ( also d. Zakapalova in bidding for first SF appearance at a Slam since 2018 2008, Strycova in 2009, and Hradecka in 2015) Australian Open (l. eventual Champion Wozniacki) • Is through to first Grand Slam QF since becoming a • During last year’s summer hard court season fell 2r mother in 2016 at San Jose (after 1r bye, l. Ahn), Toronto (l. S.Wil- liams) and Cincinnati (l. Svitolina) before bouncing back to reach US Open QF for the first time (l. even- VICTORIA ELISE AZARENKA VS MERTENS

US OPEN CONT. US OPEN CONT. • Faces No.18 Mertens today for the pairs first career tual champion Andreescu); also won maiden major meeting; owns a 7-9 record in Slam QF matches and doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d. Azarenka/ has 2-2 record at this stage in New York Barty in F) • By reaching the QF, she is projected to climb as high • Seeded No.2 w/Sabalenka in doubles this fortnight. as No.23 and could climb as high as No.17 by The pair fell to Zvonareva/Siegemund in QF reaching the SF • In addition to 1r exit here, last summer reached 2r at San Jose, Toronto and Cincinnati GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Twenty of 21 career titles have come on hardcourts (equal fifth among active players), with nine of these • Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 coming in the US Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki), • Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago; there are • In 2020, reached QF at 2020 US Open (l. eventual 26 thirtysomethings in the field at start of tournament champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at Wimbledon and three to reach QF - also Pironkova and S.Wil- (l. Strycova, having led 6-4 5-2) – the deepest run of liams her career at both tournaments • Has also reached R16 at Roland Garros in 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) • Won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sa- balenka (d. Azarenka/Barty in F) SEASON

• Coming off SF run at Western & Southern Open last week (l. Osaka); was seeded No.1 in doubles w/ GRAND SLAM HISTORY Sabalenka – withdrew prior to QF against Hradecka/ Klepac w/left leg injury • Fell 1r in the first week of the tour’s return at Palermo • Two-time major champion, winning Australian Open (l. Sasnovich) in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 (d. Li in F) • Bounced back the following week at Prague, where • Also a two-time runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US she finished R-Up (l. Halep). Is now 5-2 in WTA Open (losing to S.Williams in 3s on both occasions) singles finals • Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while • Began the season with QF runs at Shenzhen (l. Ry- best result at Roland Garros is also SF run in 2013 bakina) and Hobart (l. Watson – 3h 33m match is the • Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008Aus - longest so far in 2020) and R16 showing at Austra- tralian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesni- lian Open (l. Halep) na), 2011 Australian Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US • In February made 2r exit in defense of Doha title (l. Open (w/Barty) Putintseva) and also fell at this stage the previous • Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at week at Dubai (l. Sabalenka) 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray) CAREER MILESTONES • Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2005 • Ended 2019 ranked No.17 for second consecutive Top 20 finish • Singles highlight was winning biggest title of career SEASON at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final).Also beat No.8 Ber- tens and No.6 Kerber in Doha, doubling career total • Lifted 21st career title at last week’s Western & of Top 10 wins to six Southern Open when final opponent Osaka withdrew • Advanced to QF at US Open for the first time (l. w/left hamstring injury; now 21-17 in singles finals eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at • Suffered 1r exit at Lexington (l. V.Williams) in her Wimbledon for the first time (l. Strycova, having led second WTA event of 2020 6-4 5-2). Reached QF during defense of Rabat title • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Monterrey (l. (l. eventual champion Sakkari) Zidansek), having not contested any events in Aus- • Enjoyed standout season in doubles in 2020 - won tralia due to personal reasons maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Also Completed ‘Sunshine VICTORIA ELISE AZARENKA VS MERTENS

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER CONT. • Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalenka), lifting the back-to- she fell to Sabalenka in 1r; also reached the doubles back titles at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova) final w/Barty (l. Mertens/Sabalenka) and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang) • Highlight of 2019 was 37th singles final at Monterrey • Team qualified for Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (d. No.5 Kerber in SF, l. Muguruza in F via ret. w/leg (went 1-2 in RR) injury). Also made QFs at Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stutt- • Won three singles titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and gart (l. Kontaveit via ret.) and Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or • On February 2, 2019 returned to Top 50 for first time more titles to their name that year - also Kvitova (5), following the birth of her child, Leo Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki • Highlights of 2018 season included SF at Miami (l. (3) Stephens) and QF at San Jose and Tokyo • Also in 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of • Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champi- first child in December 2016 on Wozniacki), going on to post 46 main draw match • Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. wins across the campaign – only Ka.Pliskova (49) Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tourna- and Kvitova (47) registered more. By contrast, prior ment contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) to 2018 season owned only 36 wins at this level • Followed this with R16 at Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did across entire career not play after Wimbledon due to personal reasons • In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at • Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing sec- WTA Finals (w/Schuurs) ond half of season after going on maternity leave • Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 (announced pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish at Brisbane and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at and Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 • Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 • Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), • Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Her- Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp togenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) w/right knee injury) • Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 • Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has nine doubles titles – due to variety of injuries also 2017 Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ • Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens), 2018 ‘s-Her- 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on togenbosch (w/Schuurs), 2018 Wuhan (w/Schuurs), each occasion (l. Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul) 2019 Indian Wells-Miami double (w/Sabalenka) and • Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open 2019 US Open (w/Sabalenka) and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks • Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Ant- • Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start werp (fell in qualifying) since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win • Has 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1 in 2010 • Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 Olympics bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata PERSONAL • ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year • Working once again with former coach Robbe Ceys- sens having recently worked with both David Taylor and Dieter Kindlmann PERSONAL • Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mourato- • Currently coached by Dorian Descloix. Formerly glou Academy coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael • Mother is Liliane Barbe (teaches languages and Joyce history); father is Guido Mertens (makes furniture for • Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 churches). Was home schooled, enjoyed studying • Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s languages name is Fedor and older brother is Max • Loves animals and has lots of pets at home, four dogs and a variety of birds (pheasants, peacocks, chickens) US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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US OPEN - SEMIFINALS

[28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) Series tied 1-1 Brady is the first former college player to reach the women’s SFs since Lori McNeil in 1987...Osaka is into to her first Grand Slam SFs since lifting her second major at 2019 Australian Open while Brady enters the final four at a Grand Slam for the first time in her career

[3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) S.Williams leads 18-4 S.Williams now has 106 wins in New York, the most in the Open era... Azarenka faces S.Williams for a 23rd time - the only player Serena has faced more in her career is Venus (31)... S.Williams struck 20 aces in her QF win over Pironkova, the most shes hit in a match since 2012 Wimbledon A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS

PLAYER US OPEN W/L YTD W/L CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER (MD) W/L TITLES [3] Serena Williams 106-13 16-4 833-142 198,306 92,742,122 1 73

[4] Naomi Osaka 19-3 14-3 134-73 352,755 14,770,234 0 5

[27] Victoria Azarenka 39-12 10-2 461-180 294,530 30,650,035 1 21

[28] Jennifer Brady 8-3 16-6 48-52 409,189 2,418,619 1 1

CAREER SEMIFINAL RECORDS - GRAND SLAMS

PLAYER SF FINALS W/L W/L [3] Serena Williams 33-5 23-10

[4] Naomi Osaka 2-0 2-0

[27] Victoria Azarenka 4-3 2-2

[28] Jennifer Brady 0-0 0-0 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W)

Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 155, Garbiñe Muguruza – 128, Kristyna Pliskova – 125 Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) Match win leaders: Mertens – 23, Rybakina – 22, Kontaveit – 19 Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart) Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland) Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens) – all at Australian Open

WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY • As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. • Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongo- ing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit- ed Kingdom and the United States, among others. • In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants. • For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam- met [email protected] WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

ON THIS DAY... COUNTRY BREAKDOWN

September 10, 1988: Stefanie Graf became the third A total of 34 different countries were represented in the woman to win the calendar Grand Slam (after Maureen main draw this year at the US Open. Players from three Connolly Brinker and Margaret Court), defeating Gabriela different countries advanced to the SF stage. Sabatini in the US Open final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 to win the Women’s Singles tennis title. • Two Americans have reached the SFs: Jennifer Brady and Serena Williams

• With Brady and S.Williams through to the SF, it marks RANKING PROJECTIONS the 14th consecutive year with at least one American in the US Open semifinals Brady entered the US Open ranked No.41. The American will move to No.25 by reaching the semifinals and as high • Additionally, this is the third time in the last four years as No.17 by reaching the final or No.13 by winning the that 2 or more Americans reached the SF title. • Belarus and Japan are also represented in the final four If Serena Williams wins the title, she can climb to No.4 or of this year’s US Open No.5 (if she faces Osaka in the final). Otherwise, Serena will be ranked No.9 after the US Open.

Osaka: YOUTH VS. EXPERIENCE SF = No.6 (or No.7 if Serena Williams wins the title) F = No.4 (or No.5 if Serena Williams wins the title) At 22 years, 331 days, Naomi Osaka is the youngest W = No.3 player remaining in the draw while Serena Williams (38 years, 351 days) is the oldest. Azarenka: SF = As high as No.17 The average age of the semifinalists is 29 years old, F = As high as No.14 the oldest final four average at the US Open since 2015 W = As high as No.11 (30.3).

Youngest Players Remaining: COOKING UP A STORM NAME AGE (YRS) AGE (DAYS) Naomi Osaka 22 331 This week saw the unveiling of the WTA Cookbook, a new digital publication with more than 70 international recipes Jennifer Brady 25 153 contributed by players past, present and future. Oldest Players Remaining: The WTA Cookbook is available for download on wtaten- NAME AGE (YRS) AGE (DAYS) nis.com with all proceeds supporting WTA Charities’ global initiatives. Victoria Azarenka 31 43

Favorite recipes from WTA legends and superstars Serena Williams 38 351 Martina Navratilova, Caroline Wozniacki, Bianca Andree- scu, Naomi Osaka and current WTA World No.1 Ashleigh Barty, among others, are certain to delight palates from around the world. MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9)

Head to Head: 1-1

2018 CHARLESTON CLAY O R1 NAOMI OSAKA 6-4 6-4 84 mins 2014 NEW BRAUNFELS HARD O R1 JENNIFER BRADY 6-4 6-4

JENNIFER BRADY NAOMI OSAKA 41 WTA RANKING 9 16 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 13 12-04-1995 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 16-10-1997 (22) $409,189 YTD PRIZE MONEY $352,755 $2,418,649 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $14,770,234 1 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 8-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 19-3 16-6 / 48-52 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-3 / 134-73 4-0 / 16-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 37-19 4-3 / 11-17 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-4 / 25-23 16-6 / 37-34 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 14-2 / 105-50 2-3 / 2-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 12-20 5-3 / 10-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 28-32 3-1 / 4-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 7-5 * Updated entering 202 US Open SF ROAD TO THE SF [28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) R16: d. [17] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #23) 6-1,6-4 (1h29) R16: d. [14] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) 6-3,6-4 (1h12) R32: d. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #50) 6-3,6-3 (1h0) R32: d. MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #137) 6-3,6-7(4),6-2 (1h0) R64: d. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #188) 6-1,6-2 (0h51) R64: d. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #74) 6-1,6-2 (1h10) R128: d. ANNA BLINKOVA (RUS #62) 6-3,6-2 (1h16) R128: d. MISAKI DOI (JPN #81) 6-2,5-7,6-2 (2h3)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

JENNIFER BRADY NAOMI OSAKA 2019 2019 R1 L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #46) 6-1 4-6 6-0 R16 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 7-5 6-4 2018 2018 R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #59) 6-3 6-3 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-2 6-4 2017 2017 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) 6-1 6-0 R3 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #418) 6-3 2-6 7-5

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2016 2016 R3* L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #146) 7-5 6-4 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) 2015 2015 R1* L - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #107) 6-2 6-4 R2* L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 6-4 6-4 2014 R1* L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #169) 2-6 7-5 6-3 JENNIFER NAOMI BRADY VS OSAKA

US OPEN US OPEN

• Making her fourth main draw appearance at Flushing • Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open, Meadows this fortnight; has made her best Grand where she lifted title in 2018 (d. S.Williams in F) Slam result by reaching the SFs this fortnight • As a result, became first Japanese player to win a • Has now reached the second week of a major for the major singles title and was and the youngest US third time – also 2017 Australian Open (R16, l. Lu- Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 cic-Baroni) and 2017 US Open (R16, l. Ka.Pliskova) • Returned as defending champion last year, falling in • Contesting her 13th Grand Slam main draw at this R16 (l. Bencic) year’s US Open, where she is seeded for the first • Made 3r on debut in 2016 (l. Keys) and again in 2017 time at this level, at No.28 (l. Kanepi). Fell in 2r of qualifying in 2015 (l. Konta) • One of 31 Americans competing in this year’s event, • This is her 17th Grand Slam main draw – has one including seven seeds. One of three American wom- other Slam title to her name, coming at 2019 Austra- en to reach QFs this year in New York (also Rogers lian Open. Was one of 10 major champions and six and S.Williams) former US Open winners to begin this year’s draw • Dispatched No.62 Blinkova in 1r (won six games in a • Hit 25 winners to see off Fed Cup teammate Doi in 1r row, winning 74% of points on first serve) • Followed this up with straight sets win over Giorgi • Improved 2r record at the Grand Slams to 3-4 with to move to a perfect 5-0 in Slam 2r matches here victory over No.188 Bellis on Wednesday. Now has in New York – also defeated the Italian en route to 11-1 record (including qualifying) against players R-Up finish at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] ranked outside Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat • Battled past an inspired 18-year-old Kostyuk in 3r coming against No.83 Pegula in 1r at Western & - improves record against players who are younger Southern Open than her to 12-2 with only losses coming to Kenin at • Fired 10 aces and 18 winners to overcome No.50 2019 Cincinnati and Gauff at 2020 Australian Open Garcia in straight sets on Friday to reach R16 • Fired 21 winners to defeat World No.21 Kontaveit in • Defeated 2016 US Open champion Kerber on R16, having also defeated the Estonian last week at Sunday in 1 hour, 24 mins - her longest match this Western & Southern Open QF fortnight • Now owns 8-1 record against Top 30 players this • The win over Keber maked her fourth victory over a year – collected four wins at Western & Southern former or reigning World No.1 this season, having Open (No.26 Muchova, No.25 Yastremska, No.20 also defeated Sharapova and Barty in Brisbane and Kontaveit and No.22 Mertens) and three at Brisbane Muguruza in Dubai (No.23 Sakkari, No.14 Kenin and No.9 Bertens) • A former UCLA Bruin, becomes the first former • Improves to 3-2 record in R16 at the Slams. Previous college player to reach the women’s semifinals wins at this stage have led Osaka to the crown since Lori McNeil (Oklahoma State) in 1987. Should • At 22 yrs, 331 days, was the second-youngest player Brady reach the finals, she would be the first former through to R16 following Kenin (21 yrs, 102 days) collegiate player to do so since Billie Jean King (Cal • Dismissed No.93 Rogers in QF yesterday; won 83 State Los Angeles) won her fourth US Open singles percent of first service points and made just eight title in 1974 unforced errors • Dropped just 5 games against No.35 Putintseva in • Is into her first Grand Slam SF since lifting the QF yesterday, is yet to drop a set this fortnight 2019 Australian Open trophy (d. Kvitova in F). Has • Is through to first Grand Slam SF of her career today dropped just one set en route • Overall win-loss record at the majors stands at 15-12 • Faces No.41 Brady in SF today; Is 6-4 vs. American • Faces No.9 Osaka in first major SF of her career opposition at the majors, with wins over Vandeweghe today; has 2-3 record vs Top 10 opponents in 2020 (2016 US Open), Kenin (2018 Roland Garros), Keys • Among the top half of the draw, has lost the fewest and S.Williams (both at 2018 US Open), Gauff (2019 games en route to the SFs (24). Dropped the fewest US Open) and Rogers (2020 US Open). Losses games en route to a title in 2020 during her run to came against Keys (2016 US Open), V.Williams the Lexington trophy (24), where she won 40 of 43 (2017 Wimbledon), Keys (2018 Roland Garros) and service games Gauff (2020 Australian Open) • During 2019 North American hard court swing, made • Owns a perfect 9-0 record since the restart (four wins 2r at Toronto (as qualifier, l. Halep in 3s) and Cincin- at Western & Southern Open, five wins at US Open) nati (as qualifier, l. Hsieh), fell 1r at Washington DC • All five career singles titles have been won on hard (l. Kenin) and US Open (l. Sasnovich) courts – Indian Wells and US Open in 2018, and • Best result on US soil before 2020 Lexington was Australian Open, Osaka and Beijing in 2019 R16 at 2017 US Open and R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells in 2019 (l. Golubic) • Since joining forces with Julia Goerges’ former JENNIFER NAOMI BRADY VS OSAKA

US OPEN CONT.

coach, Michael Geserer, has enjoyed an impressive run, compiling a 20-6 record in 2020, which includes wins over Sharapova, Barty, Svitolina, Vondrousova, Muguruza and Gauff • Played doubles this fortnight w/Dolehide (l. Kalash- nikova/Kudryavtseva in 1r)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open • Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- and went on to become first major debutante liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 F) Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r • Is the first woman to win her second major straight (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams and Australian Open back-to-back (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became Gasparyan and Konta (2016) youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam • Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) and made 2r at Roland Garros (2018-19) and Wim- and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in bledon (2017-18) Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber)

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. • Withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final of the Pegula) Western & Southern Open against Azarenka • Lifted maiden WTA title at Lexington (d. Teichmann • Prior to this, last competitive action was during in F) - did not drop a set and broken just three times Japan’s 3-1 Fed Cup qualifier defeat vs. Spain in all week; made Top 40 debut at No.40 following the February (l. Sorribes Tormo) tournament (August 17, 2020) • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (as defending • Prior to the tour’s resumption, performed in a series champion, l. Gauff) of exhibitions and World Team Tennis matches in the • In Australia, also reached SF at Brisbane (l. even- US, posting a 12-7 record including wins over Grand tual champion Ka.Pliskova); was on a 14-match win Slam champions Azarenka and Stephens streak prior to Brisbane loss – longest of her career • Shortly before tour’s hiatus, fell 2r at Doha (l. Jabeur) • Enjoyed one of her career-best weeks at Dubai, where, as a qualifier, she advanced to first SF at a Premier level (l. eventual champion Halep); defeat- ed No.6 Svitolina, No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza en route • Suffered 1r exit at St Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova) • Fell in the 1r at Australian Open (l. Halep) but pro- gressed to QF in doubles w/Dolehide (l. Hsieh/ Strycova) • In opening event of the season, made QF at Bris- bane (as qualifier, l. Kvitova) – scored first career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty in 2r; broke into Top 50 afterwards (No.49 on January 13, 2020) JENNIFER NAOMI BRADY VS OSAKA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as • Finished 2019 ranked No.3 for career-best sea- low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights includ- son-ending finish ed SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Gar- • Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. cia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach Indian Wells (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Andreescu) World No.1 ranking following the tournament • Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top • In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64). Best results included her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and reaching SFs at $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) Beijing (d. Barty in F); now owns 5-2 record in WTA and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño), singles finals. Defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final 2r showing at Indian Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros for second career victory over world No.1 (also beat (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) Halep at 2018 Indian Wells) • Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at • Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up from No.68 in 2017 Gavrilova) • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- • Made R16 at 2017 Australian Open and US Open, an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam which remains her best Grand Slam result to date crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) • Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, • Made first four main draw appearances at tour level Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in was against Sakkari in R16 1r), Stanford and Montréal • Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. Ka.Pliskova) Falconi in 1r) • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at • Owns four singles and four doubles ITF Circuit titles Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included • Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open USA (l. 1r) • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski)

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• Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, • Began working with Wim Fisette at beginning of 2020 part of the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Tennis National season. Previous coaches include Sascha Bajin and Championship winning Bruins team in 2014. Com- Jermaine Jenkins pleted sophomore year before turning pro in 2015 • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul • Hired Michael Geserer (previously with Goerges) at Sillah (fitness trainer) end of 2019, spent offseason training in Germany for • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when first time she was three years old • Mother’s name is Elizabeth; father’s name is Patrick; • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster has twin sister, Jessica Wowow, Nissin, Nissan, ANA Airlines, Shiseido and bareMinerals JENNIFER NAOMI BRADY VS OSAKA

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• Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in New York City before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays profession- al tennis MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27)

Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads 18-4

2019 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R2 SERENA WILLIAMS 7-5 6-3 127 mins 2016 INDIAN WELLS HARD O F VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-4 6-4 88 mins 2015 WIMBLEDON GRASS O QF SERENA WILLIAMS 3-6 6-2 6-3 124 mins 2015 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R3 SERENA WILLIAMS 3-6 6-4 6-2 122 mins 2015 MADRID CLAY O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(1) 164 mins 2014 BRISBANE HARD O F SERENA WILLIAMS 6-4 7-5 98 mins 2013 US OPEN HARD O F SERENA WILLIAMS 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 165 mins 2013 CINCINNATI HARD O F VICTORIA AZARENKA 2-6 6-2 7-6(6) 150 mins 2013 ROME CLAY O F SERENA WILLIAMS 6-1 6-3 94 mins 2013 DOHA HARD O F VICTORIA AZARENKA 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3 149 mins 2013 BRISBANE HARD O SF SERENA WILLIAMS W/O 2012 WTA FINALS HARD I R1 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-4 6-4 98 mins 2012 US OPEN HARD O F SERENA WILLIAMS 6-2 2-6 7-5 138 mins 2012 OLYMPICS GRASS O SF SERENA WILLIAMS 6-1 6-2 63 mins 2012 WIMBLEDON GRASS O SF SERENA WILLIAMS 6-3 7-6(6) 96 mins 2012 MADRID CLAY O F SERENA WILLIAMS 6-1 6-3 64 mins 2011 US OPEN HARD O R3 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-1 7-6(5) 110 mins 2011 TORONTO HARD O SF SERENA WILLIAMS 6-3 6-3 77 mins 2010 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O QF SERENA WILLIAMS 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 147 mins 2009 WIMBLEDON GRASS O QF SERENA WILLIAMS 6-2 6-3 73 mins 2009 MIAMI HARD O F VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-3 6-1 72 mins 2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS 3-6 4-2 86 mins 2008 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-3 6-4 72 mins

SERENA WILLIAMS VICTORIA AZARENKA 8 WTA RANKING 27 19 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 12 26-09-1981 (38) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 31-07-1989 (31) $198,306 YTD PRIZE MONEY $294,530 $92,742,122 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $30,650,035 1 / 73 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 21 0 / 23 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 8 106-13 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 34-12 16-4 / 833-142 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-2 / 461-180 6-4 / 167-64 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 88-62 6-4 / 113-56 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 68-44 16-4 / 522-88 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 10-2 / 319-108 2-0 / 70-13 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 46-14 0-0 / 112-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 30-41 0-0 / 175-72 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 67-72 0-0 / 306-98 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-0 / 123-100 * Updated entering 2020 US Open SF

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ROAD TO THE SF

SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27)

QF: d. TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #0) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 (2h12) QF: d. [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) 6-1, 6-0 (1h13) R16: d. [15] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #22) 6-3,6-7(6),6-3 (2h28) R16: d. [20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) 5-7,6-1,6-4 (2h29) R32: d. [26] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #39) 6-2,6-2 (1h0) R32: d. IGA SWIATEK (POL #53) 6-4,6-2 (1h38) R64: d. MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #117) 6-2,6-4 (1h33) R64: d. [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) 6-1,6-3 (1h7) R128: d. KRISTIE AHN (USA #96) 7-5,6-3 (1h21) R128: d. BARBARA HAAS (AUT #139) 6-1,6-2 (0h59)

US OPEN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SERENA WILLIAMS VICTORIA AZARENKA 2019 2019 F L - BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #15) 6-3 7-5 R1 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) 3-6 6-3 6-4

2018 2018 F L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4 R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-4

2016 2015 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-2 7-6(5) QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-3 4-6 6-4

2015 2014 SF L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #43) 2-6 6-4 6-4 QF L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #18) 6-4 6-2 2014 2013 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) 6-3 6-3 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2013 2012 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2012 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #27) 6-1 7-6(5) 2011 F L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-2 6-3 2010 R2 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 5-1 2009 SF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #9,999) 6-4 7-5 2009 R3 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #28) 4-6 6-2 6-2 2008 F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #2) 6-4 7-5 2008 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) 6-4 6-4 2007 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 7-6(3) 6-1 2007 2006 R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-3 R16 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #1) 6-4 0-6 6-2 2006 2005 R3 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #29) 6-4 6-3 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 7-6(5) 6-2

2004 QF L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #8) 2-6 6-4 6-4

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2002 F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 6-4 6-3

2001 F L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 6-4

2000 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-4 6-2

1999 F W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 7-6(4)

1998 R3 L - IRINA SPIRLEA (ROM #8) 6-3 0-6 7-5

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• Making 20th appearance at US Open where she is • Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open, a six-time champion: 1999 (d. Hingis in F), 2002 (d. where she is a two-time R-Up, in 2012 (l. S.Williams) V.Williams in F), 2008 (d. Jankovic in F), 2012 (d. and 2013 (l. S.Williams) Azarenka in F), 2013 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2014 (d. • Also a two-time quarterfinalist in New York, in 2014 Wozniacki in F). Tied with Chris Evert for most US (l. Makarova) and 2015 (l. Halep) Open titles in the Open Era • R-Up in doubles here in 2019 (w/Barty, l. Mertens/ • Also R-Up four times, in 2001 (l. V.Williams), 2011 (l. Sabalenka); seeded No.7 this year w/Kenin (fell to Stosur), 2018 (l. Osaka) and 2019 (l. Andreescu) Zvonareva/Siegemund in R16 on Friday) • By reaching 2019 final, established the largest gap • Contesting landmark 50th major this fortnight - one of between first and most recent Slam final appearance nine active players to reach this milestone . Progres- at 19y 362d (d. Hingis in 1999 US Open) - previously sion to SF this week improves her record to 132-46 held by V.Williams at 19 yrs, 312 days (l. Hingis in across the Slams, and is now 39-12 at US Open, 1997 US Open, l. Muguruza in 2017 Wimbledon) surpassing Clijsters (38) to record the second most • Her 20 appearances at US Open is second among among active players players in 2020 starting field, behind V.Williams (22) • One of eight players who’ve held the WTA World • Doubles champion here in 1999 (w/V.Williams d. No.1 singles ranking to begin this year’s draw Rubin/Testud in F) and 2009 (w/V.Williams d. Black/ • Currently ranked No.27 – her highest ranking since Huber). Also won mixed doubles (w/Mirnyi) in 1998 returning to the Tour from maternity leave in 2017 • Bidding this fortnight to tie Australia’s Margaret Court • Was one of nine mothers in this year’s US Open field on 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the all-time record. – also Bondarenko, Clijsters, Govortsova, Maria, Pi- Her record in Grand Slam finals stands at 23-10 ronkova, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva. S.Williams • Winner of 13 major titles on hard – most of any play- joins her in the SF - making history by becoming the er in Open Era; across all WTA events, has won 47 first pair of mothers to reach the semifinals of the hard court titles, more than any other active player same Grand Slam • Contesting her 75th Slam main draw – in Open Era, • Has dropped just one set en route to SF – her most trails only V.Williams (86, including 2020 US Open) effective run to reach this stage of a Slam since 2016 • Seeded No.3 this fortnight; has been seeded on all Australian Open, when she dropped only 11 games but two of her appearances in New York (exceptions across the first four matches were debut in 1998 and 2006) • Has reached the second week at a Slam for the first • Win-loss record across the Grand Slams is 355-50 time since 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep in R16), and (includes all wins this week), the most wins in Open today bidding for first Slam final since R-Up finish Era, ahead of Martina Navratilova (306-49) here in 2013 (l. S. Williams) • Began 2020 US Open campaign with 1r win over Ahn • Is currently on a 10-match winning streak (five wins – moves to a perfect 20-0 in opening round matches across Western & Southern Open, five wins in New here in New York York) – her best since 2016, winning 14 Tour-level • Victory over Ahn was first straight sets win since the matches in a row (six wins at Indian Wells, six at restart – all five other matches had gone the distance Miami and two at Madrid) • Defeated Gasparyan in 2r, improving her record • Opened 2020 US Open campaign by committing against Russians at the US Open to 12-0 just seven unforced errors during 59-minute win over • In her 20th career US Open 3r match (also 20th Haas on Tuesday US Open overall), defeated Stephens in their first • Defeated No.11 Sabalenka in an all-Belarusian meeting since 2015 Roland Garros; improves to 6-1 showdown in 2r to score the 122nd Top 20 win of her against her compatriot career and No.18 Mertens in QF to score the 123rd, • Avenged Western & Southern Open loss to No.22 these were her second and third Top 20 wins of 2020 Sakkari in a hard-fought 3s battle in R16 to record following a win over No.15 Konta during last week’s 100th win on Arthur Ashe stadium title run at Western & Southern Open • Struck 20 aces in her win over Pironkova to reach • Had lost to Sabalenka in 1r last year at US Open SFs at a Grand Slam for the 39th time - owns 33-5 • Overcame No.53 Swiatek in 3r on Saturday to reach career record first R16 at US Open since 2015 • Since match stats have been recorded by the WTA • Rallied from a set down to dismiss Czech Republic’s in 2008, this was Serena’s 5th match hitting 20+ Muchova in R16 – improving record over Czech aces in a match and the most aces she hit in a match opposition at US Open to 5-0 (also d. Zakapalova in since 2012 Wimbledon when she hit 24 aces vs. 2008, Strycova in 2009, and Hradecka in 2015) today's opponent Azarenka • Is through to first Grand Slam SF since becoming a • Improves to 106-13 at US Open, now ahead of Evert mother in 2016 SERENA VICTORIA WILLIAMS VS AZARENKA

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(101-12) for most wins in the Open Era, and ahead • Dropped just one game against No.18 Mertens to of Navratilova (89-17) - fourth player to ever reach power her way into the eighth Grand Slam SF of her 100+ wins at one single major, in addition to Evert career and first since making the 2013 US Open final also Navratilova (120 wins at Wimbledon) and Feder- • Owns 6-2 record at this stage and 2-0 record at US er (101 wins at Wimbledon) Open • Faces No.27 Azarenka in repeat of 2012-13 US • Faces No.8 S.Williams for their 23rd career meet- Open finals, where she defeated the Belrusian for ing - the only player Serena has faced more in her back-to-back US Open crowns career is sister Venus (31 meetings) • One of two thirtysomethings to reach the SF this • Looks to avenge back-to-back losses to S.Williams fortnight - joined by today's opponent, Azarenka during the 2012 & 2013 US Open finals • By reaching the SF, she is projected to climb as high as No.17 and could climb as high as No.14 by reaching the final • In addition to 1r exit here, last summer reached 2r at San Jose, Toronto and Cincinnati • Twenty of 21 career titles have come on hardcourts (equal fifth among active players), with nine of these coming in the US • Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago; there were 26 thirtysomethings in the field at start of tour- nament and two to reach SF - also S.Williams

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• A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste- • Two-time major champion, winning Australian Open fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 (d. Li in F) only Margaret Court (24) all time • Also a two-time runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US • Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, Open (losing to S.Williams in 3s on both occasions) 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, • Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, best result at Roland Garros is also SF run in 2013 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 • Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Aus- • Owns a 23-10 record in Slam finals, with losses com- tralian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesni- ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble- na), 2011 Australian Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), Open (w/Barty) 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. • Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros Wimbledon (l. Kerber), 2018 US Open (l. Osaka), (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles 2019 Wimbledon (l. Halep) and 2019 US Open (l. R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray) Andreescu) • Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and • Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, US Open in 2005 is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era • Boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, 17y 6.5m before her 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span SERENA VICTORIA WILLIAMS VS AZARENKA

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• Made 3r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. Sakkar- • Lifted 21st career title at last week’s Western & in - led 7-5 5-3); 2h48m 2r win over Rus was her lon- Southern Open when final opponent Osaka withdrew gest match since l. Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros w/left hamstring injury; now 21-17 in singles finals • Returned to action at Lexington earlier this month, • Suffered 1r exit at Lexington (l. V.Williams) in her reaching the QF (l. Rogers) second WTA event of 2020 • Faced sister Venus in 2r in what was their 31st meet- • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Monterrey (l. ing – now leads their head-to-head 19-12 (13-9 on Zidansek), having not contested any events in Aus- hard courts and 8-5 on US soil) tralia due to personal reasons • With a combined age of 79 years, 19 days, S.Wil- liams vs. V.Williams represented the highest com- bined age in a match since 2004 Charleston when Martina Navratilova (47) faced Amy Frazier (31), with a combined age of 79 years, 28 days • Loss to No.116 Rogers was 14th to a player ranked outside the Top 50, and most recent since 2017 Auckland to No.72 Brengle, while last to a player outside the Top 100 came against No.111 Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros • In last tournament before tour’s hiatus, fell 3r at Aus- tralian Open (l. Q.Wang) before participating in Fed Cup action going 1-1 in singles as USA defeated Latvia 3-2 (d. Ostapenko, l. Sevastova) • Began 2020 with 73rd career title at Auckland (d. Pegula in F) for first championship since giving birth to her daughter in 2017– also finished R-Up in dou- bles w/Wozniacki (l. Townsend/Muhammed); overall record in finals stands at 73-25 • At 44m, 6-1 6-1 SF defeat of Anisimova in Auckland is currently shortest completed match of the year

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• Highlights of 2019 season were her 32nd and 33rd • Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where Grand Slam finals, at Wimbledon (l. Halep) and US she fell to Sabalenka in 1r; also reached the doubles Open (l. Andreescu) final w/Barty (l. Mertens/Sabalenka) • Reached one further final last year at Toronto (ret. vs. • Highlight of 2019 was 37th singles final at Monterrey Andreescu w/back injury) (d. No.5 Kerber in SF, l. Muguruza in F via ret. w/leg • With 73 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open injury). Also made QFs at Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stutt- Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), gart (l. Kontaveit via ret.) and Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret • On February 2, 2019 returned to Top 50 for first time Court (92) following the birth of her child, Leo • All three finals in 2019 – Wimbledon, Toronto and US • Highlights of 2018 season included SF at Miami (l. Open – came in consecutive tournaments Stephens) and QF at San Jose and Tokyo • Ended 2019 ranked No.10, her first year-end finish • Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of inside the elite ranking bracket since 2016 (at No.2) first child in December 2016 • Other highlights last season were reaching QF at • Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. Australian Open and partnering with Andy Murray to Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tourna- contest Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon (reaching 3r) ment contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) • Defeated World No.1 Halep in R16 at Australian • Followed this with R16 at Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did Open – at 37 years, is oldest player to defeat the not play after Wimbledon due to personal reasons reigning World No.1 • Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second • Reached two Grand Slam finals in 2018, at Wimble- half of season after going on maternity leave (an- don (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka). Made return nounced pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, at to Tour following birth of daughter Olympia at 2018 Brisbane and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and SERENA VICTORIA WILLIAMS VS AZARENKA

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Indian Wells Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in • Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 events all season, and both in January. Broke streak • Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 16 losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Ker- Top 10 finishes to her name (most recently in 2019) ber), Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – Knapp w/right knee injury) including five as the year-end No.1 • Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons • Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA due to variety of injuries history – set record when most recent streak began • Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 each occasion (l. Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul) and Navratilova’s 332 • Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open • Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record • Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win March 10, 1991) tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted • Has registered 17 career wins over (eight different) by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1 No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo- • Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 Olympics va (18) bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi) • Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics • Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata • Along w/sister Venus held all four Grand Slam titles • ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first at same time, from 2009 Wimbledon through 2010 tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year Roland Garros – third pair to do so (also Navratilova/ Shriver and Fernandez/Zvereva). Also teamed with Venus to win three Olympic gold medals: 2000 Syd- ney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London • Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil- liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters) • Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora- • Currently coached by Dorian Descloix. Formerly cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato- coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins Joyce • Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on • Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 September 1, 2017 • Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s • Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem- name is Fedor and older brother is Max ber 2017 in New Orleans • Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018 JENNIFER BRADY USA

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Not many collegiate athletes, let alone tennis players, are able to make the transition to the pro tour, and those that do very rarely tend to pan out, but Jennifer Brady has proven to be an exception to those trends.

The 2014 NCAA National Champion from UCLA turned pro in the summer of 2015 and made a name for herself in 2017 after producing a breakout campaign which led to the first Top 100 finish of her career, ending the year at No.64.

The American turned in strong performances at the Grand Slams in 2017, reaching the last 16 at the Australian Open and US Open. She won through three rounds of qualifying at the Australian Open and went on to become the first American female qualifier to reach the fourth round at Melbourne Park in the Open Era.

In what has become a breakout season for the American, 2020 has seen her record her first Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty, claim her first WTA title at Lexington and enter her first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open.

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2014 NCAA National Champion at UCLA

Claimed maiden WTA title at 2020 Lexington

Achieved career-high ranking of No.40 on August 17, 2020

First American female qualifier to reach R16 at Australian Open in Open Era

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wtatennis.com #WTA NAOMI OSAKA JPN

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Naomi Osaka is firmly at the forefront of the youth movement on the WTA Tour. With five titles to her name, including two Grand Slams, the 21-year-old has proven she has the game and the firepower to handle the big stages.

The 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion captured her first career title at Indian Wells and made waves around the globe when she stunned Serena Williams to lift her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open. Osaka became the first ever Japanese player – man or woman – to win a major singles title.

After making her debut appearance at the WTA Finals in Singapore, Osaka began the 2019 season with a bang – she lifted her second straight major trophy at the Australian Open and ascended to the top of the rankings, becoming Asia’s first ever WTA World No.1. She rounded off her 2019 campaign by lifting back-to-back titles at the in Osaka and the , securing her second straight WTA Finals qualifications and a career-high year-end ranking of World No.3.

Osaka’s success has resulted in numerous sponsorship deals, most notably with top Japanese brands – Nissan and Citizen.

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First Japanese player – man or woman – to win a Grand Slam singles title at 2018 US Open

Became first ever WTA World No.1 from Asia following second Grand Slam title at 2019 Australian Open

Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2016

2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion

As of September 9, 2020

wtatennis.com #WTA SERENA WILLIAMS USA

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Serena Williams is the owner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles – the most in the Open Era – and 14 major doubles titles. The American first earned the World No.1 ranking in 2002, and has since earned the joint-best record for most consecutive weeks atop the rankings (186). In addition, Williams has clinched 73 WTA singles titles and 23 doubles titles in her career.

One of the greatest and most high-profile athletes of all time, Serena uses this fame and success as a platform for good. She created The Serena Williams Fund, which has two main goals: creating equity through education and assisting victims of senseless violence.

To add to her existing entrepreneurial resume, which includes her own clothing line titled “S,” Serena recently revealed her venture-capital firm called Serena Ventures. “I launched Serena Ventures with the mission of giving opportunities to founders across an array of industries. Serena Ventures invests in companies that embrace diverse leadership, individual empowerment, creativity and opportunity.”

She has appeared in movies and TV shows, and loves to karaoke.

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STORYLINES Holds the Open Era record for most Grand Slam singles titles (23)

Co-owns the record for most consecutive weeks at World No.1 (186 weeks, also Stefanie Graf)

Married to co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian and has a daughter, Alexis “Olympia” Ohanian Jr.

Her own company, Serena Ventures, was launched in April 2019 on https://www.serenaventures.com/

As of September 9, 2020

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A member of the game’s elite since her teens, Victoria Azarenka achieved a lifelong goal when she captured her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2012. Age 22, the Belarusian duly ascended to WTA World No.1, finished the season in the top spot and all up spent 51 weeks there – eleventh most, all time.

Having celebrated her 31st birthday in 2020, Azarenka owns 20 tour singles titles including a successful defense of her Australian Open crown in 2013 and six Premier Mandatory wins – highlighted by back-to-back triumphs at Indian Wells and Miami in 2016, when she became just the third woman to achieve the so-called Sunshine Double.

Soon after, Azarenka announced she was pregnant and her son, Leo, was born on December 19 that year. She returned to tennis in the summer of 2017, posting a strong run to the fourth round at Wimbledon and since then has worked hard to re- establish herself on the rankings.

In recent years Azarenka has also embraced a leadership role as a member of the WTA Player Council – in particular, her voice of experience made her an articulate advocate for reform of the rules applied to players returning to the circuit following childbirth or injury.

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One of the WTA’s high-profile touring moms

Enjoys supporting charity initiatives, particularly giving back to the youth

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US OPEN - DOUBLES FINAL

[3] (USA #16) LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #59) (CHN #8) vs. VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #86) First Meeting

THE FINALISTS PLAYER USO YTD CAREER YTD CAREER YTD CAREER W/L* W/L* W/L* PRIZE $ PRIZE $ TITLES TITLES [3] Nicole Melichar (USA) 10-4 16-5 148-136 $82,447 $1,294,564 1 7 [3] Xu Yifan (CHN) 16-6 16-5 186-135 $78,290 $2,389,836 1 10 Laura Siegemund (GER) 9-4 7-5 71-56 $162,355 $2,585,346 0 5 Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 19-4 7-3 195-131 $62,653 $14,294,274 0 9

*Includes 2020 US Open CAREER GRAND SLAM RECORDS - BY ROUND REACHED

PLAYER R64 R32 R16 QF SF F W TOTAL* [3] Nicole Melichar (USA) 9 2 3 2 0 1 0 18 [3] Xu Yifan (CHN) 7 2 3 7 2 1 0 23 Laura Siegemund (GER) 5 2 5 0 0 0 0 13 Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 5 13 5 4 1 1 2 32

*Includes 2020 US Open

BEST PREVIOUS GRAND SLAM RESULTS PLAYER BEST GRAND SLAM DOUBLES RESULT [3] Nicole Melichar (USA) R-Up (1): 2018 Wimbledon (w/Peschke)

[3] Xu Yifan (CHN) R-Up (1): 2019 Wimbledon (w/Dabrowski)

Laura Siegemund (GER) R16 (5): 2016 Roland Garros (w/Friedsam), 2018 US Open (w/L.Kichenok), 2019 Roland Garros (w/Friedsam), 2019 Wimbledon (w/Friedsam), 2019 US Open (w/Friedsam) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) WON (2): 2006 US Open (w/Dechy), 2012 Australian Open (w/Kuznetsova) R-Up (1): 2010 Wimbledon (w/Vesnina) WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION STATS & STORYLINES

ROAD TO THE FINAL RANKING WATCH

No.3 seeds Nicole Melichar and Xu Yifan are both aim- Nicole Melichar entered this year’s US Open ranked ing for their career first Grand Slam doubles title today in No.16, while Xu Yifan started this fortnight at No.8. what is both their second career major doubles final. Melichar will rise to No.13 with a runner-up finish and Entering the 2020 US Open, Melichar and Xu finished as No.11 with the title, meanwhile Xu will move to No.7 runners-up at the Western & Southern Open (l. Peschke/ regardless of the final result. Schuurs in F), and have kept their momentum going. The American/Chinese duo have dropped just one set en Laura Siegemund began her 2020 US Open campaign route to the final, going the distance against Americans ranked No.59 in doubles, as Vera Zvonareva entered at / Taylor Townsend in the semifinals to No.86. reach their first major doubles final as a pair. Siegemund will improve to No.51 by reaching the final The unseeded team of Laura Siegemund and Vera and can climb as high as No.37 with the title. Zvonareva Zvonareva teamed up for the very first time at the 2020 will improve her ranking to No.41 with a runner-up finish US Open, and have enjoyed instant success by reaching and No.34 with the title. this year’s championship match.

Siegemund, who is appearing in her career first major doubles final, and Zvonareva, a former doubles cham- ACTIVE CHAMPIONS pion here in 2006, upset the No.2 seeds and defending champions Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka in the quar- While Melichar and Xu are both appearing in their second terfinals. The German/Russian pair dropped a set for the Grand Slam doubles final, Zvonareva is the only finalist first time this fortnight in the semifinals against Veronika that has captured a major doubles title, having done so Kudermetova / Anna Blinkova before reaching this year’s twice at 2006 US Open and 2012 Australian Open. doubles final. Active Players with 3+ Grand Slam Doubles Titles:

ON THIS DAY... NAME # of Titles

Serena Williams (USA) 14 September 11, 1971: In an all-American final at the US Open, WTA founder Billie Jean King defeats her doubles Venus Williams (USA) 14 partner Rosie Casals 6-4, 7-6, to claim her second of four singles titles at Flushing Meadows. Lisa Raymond (USA) 6

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Favorite recipes from WTA legends and superstars Martina Navratilova, Caroline Wozniacki, Bianca Andree- scu, Naomi Osaka and current WTA World No.1 Ashleigh Barty, among others, are certain to delight palates from around the world. Doubles Team Profile & Performance - US OPEN NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, NY | AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 | USD $21,656,000 GRAND SLAM All data as at Monday, Aug 31 2020

NICOLE MELICHAR YIFAN XU

Jul 29, 1993 (27) DOB Aug 8, 1988 (32)

Stuart, FL, USA Residence Beijing, China

RH (two-handed backhand) Plays LH (two-handed backhand)

5' 11" (1.81 m) Height 5' 5" (1.65 m)

$1,294,564 Prize Career $2,389,836

$82,447 Prize YTD $78,290

400 (Sep 24 2012) Career High Singles Rank 148 (Jul 13 2015)

12 (Feb 18 2019) Career High Doubles Rank 7 (Jan 13 2020)

0 / 0 WTA Singles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 0

USA 1 / 7 WTA Doubles Titles - YTD / Career 1 / 10 CHN 16 - 8 - Doubles Road To Doubles Road To Ranking Shenzhen Ranking Shenzhen

PERFORMANCE - DOUBLES

MD YTD (2020) / CAREER STATS MD YTD (2020) / CAREER

4-0 / 10-4 Tournament (US OPEN) W - L 4-0 / 16-6

4-1 / 23-17 Grand Slam W - L 4-1 / 46-22

16-5 / 148-136 Overall W - L 16-5 / 186-135 3 Set W - L 14-2 / 56-63 14-2 / 74-45 8-0 / 112-38 1 Set W - L 8-0 / 112-38

6-1 / 41-28 Tie Break W - L 6-1 / 41-43

16-5 / 95 - 85 Surface (HARD) W - L 16-5 / 141-100

0-0 / 32 - 33 Surface (CLAY) W - L 13-0 / 727-21 0-0 / 17 - 16 Surface (GRASS) W - L 0-0 / 18 - 14

PREVIOUS APPEARANCES AS TEAM

TOURNAMENT - WON (1) - 2020 Adelaide (Hard) d. G.Dabrowski/D.Jurak 2-6 7-5 10-5 TOURNAMENT - RUNNER UP (1) - 2020 W&S Open (Hard) l. K.Peschke/D.Schuurs 6-1 4-6 10-4 OTHER RESULTS (BEST ROUND REACHED) - QF at 2020 Doha (Hard) l. T.Babos/K.Mladenovic 6-3 6-3 - QF at 2020 Dubai (Hard) l. B.Krejcikova/S.Zheng 6-4 5-7 13-11 - QF at 2020 Brisbane (Hard) l. A.Barty/K.Bertens 6-3 6-2 - R16 at 2019 Tianjin (Hard) l. C.Mchale/Y.Wickmayer 6-2 6-4 - R64 at 2020 Australian Open (Hard) l. J.Brady/C.Dolehide 6-3 6-4

TOURNAMENT HISTORY - DOUBLES

2020 Season Summary ** indicates opening match at tournament

N.MELICHAR Y.XU

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312280N.MELICHAR6 tournaments ADELAIDEin 2020: Y.XU6 tournaments in 2020:

312280- W in Adelaide AUSTRALIAN OPEN - W in Adelaide Partner: Y.Xu (d. G.Dabrowski/D.Jurak 2-6 7-5 10-5) Partner: N.Melichar (d. G.Dabrowski/D.Jurak 2-6 7-5 10-5) 312280 BRISBANE - F Main Draw in New York - F Main Draw in New York 312280 Partner: Y.Xu (l.DOHA K.Peschke/D.Schuurs 6-1 4-6 10-4) Partner: N.Melichar (l. K.Peschke/D.Schuurs 6-1 4-6 10-4)

-312280 QF Main Draw inDUBAI Doha - QF Main Draw in Doha Partner: Y.Xu (l. T.Babos/K.Mladenovic 6-3 6-3) Partner: N.Melichar (l. T.Babos/K.Mladenovic 6-3 6-3) 312280 NEW YORK - QF Main Draw in Dubai - QF Main Draw in Dubai 316713 Partner: Y.Xu (l.ADELAIDE B.Krejcikova/S.Zheng 6-4 5-7 13-11) Partner: N.Melichar (l. B.Krejcikova/S.Zheng 6-4 5-7 13-11) -316713 R1 Main Draw inAUSTRALIAN Australian Open OPEN - R1 Main Draw in Australian Open Partner: Y.Xu (l. J.Brady/C.Dolehide 6-3 6-4) Partner: N.Melichar (l. J.Brady/C.Dolehide 6-3 6-4) 316713 BRISBANE - Q Main Draw in Brisbane - QF Main Draw in Brisbane DOHA 316713 Partner: Y.Xu (l. A.Barty/K.Bertens 6-3 6-2) Partner: N.Melichar (l. A.Barty/K.Bertens 6-3 6-2) 316713 DUBAI

316713 NEW YORK

GRANDBestTournament Previous SLAM Results - DOUBLES (US OPEN)

N.MELICHAR Y.XU 4 appearances at US OPEN: 6 appearances at US OPEN: 2014 - R2 Main Draw in 2019 Partner: K.Peschke (d. C.Gauff/C.Mcnally - QF Main Draw in 2019 Partner: G.Dabrowski (d. V.Kuzmova/ 6-3 7-6(9)) A.Sasnovich 2-6 6-3 6-3) 2015 - R2 Main Draw in 2016 Partner: V.Golubic (d. S.Mirza/B.Strycova - QF Main Draw in 2017 Partner: G.Dabrowski (d. L.Safarova/ 6-2 7-6(5)) B.Strycova 6-3 2-6 6-4) 2016 - R1 Main Draw in 2018 Partner: K.Peschke (d. J.Brady/ - QF Main Draw in 2014 Partner: Z.Diyas (d. C.Black/S.Mirza 6-1 A.Muhammad 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5) 1-0) 2017 - R1 Main Draw in 2017 Partner: A.Smith (d. R.Atawo/S.Lisicki 3-6 - R16 Main Draw in 2016 Partner: S.Zheng (d. M.Hingis/ 7-5 6-3) C.Vandeweghe 6-4 4-6 6-2) 2018 - R2 Main Draw in 2018 Partner: G.Dabrowski (d. S.Stosur/S.Zhang 6-2 7-6(2)) 2019 - R1 Main Draw in 2015 Partner: Z.Diyas (d. V.King/S.Zheng 2-6 7-5 7-6(7)) GRAND SLAM

N.MELICHAR W / L '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 4-4 1R 3R QF QF SF 1R -

ROLAND GARROS 5-4 - QF 3R 3R QF 2R -

WIMBLEDON 8-5 - F F 1R 1R 1R -

US OPEN 2-4 - QF 2R QF 3R 1R QF

TOTAL 19-17

Y.XU W / L '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 10-6 1R 1R QF QF SF 1R -

ROLAND GARROS 11-5 - QF 3R 3R QF 2R -

WIMBLEDON 9-5 - F SF 1R 1R 1R -

US OPEN 12-6 - QF 2R QF 3R 1R QF

TOTAL 42-22

OTHER INFORMATION

N.MELICHAR Currently coached by Torsten Peschke...Parents are Milan and Helena who work in real estate and her sister, Jane, is a nurse practitioner in pediatrics...Was always around tennis from a young age, inspired to start playing by her sister who was five years older...All of her family members play tennis recreationally but not a higher level...Growing up, tennis idol was Kim Clijsters...Favorite surface is grass and favorite tournament is Wimbledon...Speaks English, Czech and a little Spanish...Enjoys cooking, the beach, family, biking, rollerblading and fishing...Has a black cat named Spooky...Favorite city is Prague...Favorite books are the Harry Potter Series...Favorite movie is My Cousin Vinny...Describes her playing style as aggressive with strengths in her serve and forehand.

Y.XU

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Coached by Alice Han Carlsson ... Favorite surface is hard, while favorite tournaments are Indian Wells and Wimbledon ... Views her strengths as creativity, shot selection and the ability to read her opponent's game ... Only realised she could make it as a professional player on tour at 19 ... Along with tennis, as a child also did gymnastics, skating and table tennis ... Off the court, likes to read, talk to friends and loves coffee.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

N.MELICHAR DOUBLES Winner (7): 2020 - Adelaide (w/Y.Xu); 2019 - Brisbane, San Jose, Zhengzhou (all w/Peschke); 2018 - Prague, Tianjin (both w/Peschke); 2017 - Nürnberg (w/Smith); 2016 - 125/San Antonio (w/Groenefeld). Finalist (9): 2020 - New York [Western & Southern Open] (w/Xu); 2019 - Prague (w/Peschke), Nürnberg (w/Fichman); 2018 - Stuttgart, Wimbledon (both w/Peschke); 2017 - Istanbul (w/Mertens), Kuala Lumpur (w/Ninomiya), Moscow (w/A.Smith); 2015 - Tianjin (w/Jurak).

MIXED DOUBLES Winner (1): 2018 Wimbledon (w/Peya).

Y.XU DOUBLES Winner (10): 2020 - Adelaide (w/Melichar); 2019 - Nürnberg (w/Dabrowski); 2018 - Sydney, Eastbourne (both w/Dabrowski); 2017 - Miami, New Haven (both w/Dabrowski); 2016 - Zhuhai (w/Soylu); 2015 - Stanford, Tianjin (both w/S.Zheng); 2013 - Seoul (w/C.Chan), 125/Nanjing (w/Doi). Finalist (8): 2020 - New York [Western & Southern Open] (w/Melichar); 2019 - Madrid, Wimbledon (both w/Dabrowski); 2018 - Beijing (w/ Dabrowski); 2016 - Shenzhen (w.S.Zheng), Tianjin (w/Linette); 2008 - Beijing (w/Han); 2007 - Beijing (w/Han).

ADDITIONAL Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2019-20.

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LAURA SIEGEMUND VERA ZVONAREVA

Mar 4, 1988 (32) DOB Sep 7, 1984 (36)

Stuttgart, Germany Residence Moscow, Russia

RH (two-handed backhand) Plays RH (two-handed backhand)

5' 6" (1.68 m) Height 5' 7 3/4" (1.72 m)

$2,585,346 Prize Career $14,294,374

$162,355 Prize YTD $62,653

27 (Aug 29 2016) Career High Singles Rank 2 (Oct 25 2010)

40 (Apr 25 2016) Career High Doubles Rank 9 (Aug 08 2005)

0 / 2 WTA Singles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 12

GER 0 / 5 WTA Doubles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 9 RUS 59 - 86 - Doubles Road To Doubles Road To Ranking Shenzhen Ranking Shenzhen

PERFORMANCE - DOUBLES

MD YTD (2020) / CAREER STATS MD YTD (2020) / CAREER

4-0 / 9-4 Tournament (US OPEN) W - L 4-0 / 19-4

4-1 / 16-12 Grand Slam W - L 4-0 / 60-25

7-5 / 71-56 Overall W - L 7-3 / 195-131

1-3 / 28-18 3 Set W - L 2-0 / 59-43 3-1 / 46-11 1 Set W - L 3-1 / 46-11

1-0 / 16-18 Tie Break W - L 2-1 / 41-26

6-4 / 40 - 33 Surface (HARD) W - L 7-3 / 124 - 79 1-1 / 22 - 20 Surface (CLAY) W - L 0-0 / 43 - 34

0-0 / 9 - 3 Surface (GRASS) W - L 0-0 / 15 - 10

PREVIOUS APPEARANCES AS TEAM

TOURNAMENT - WON (None)

TOURNAMENT - RUNNER UP (None)

OTHER RESULTS (BEST ROUND REACHED)

TOURNAMENT HISTORY - DOUBLES

2020 Season Summary ** indicates opening match at tournament

L.SIEGEMUND V.ZVONAREVA L.SIEGEMUND V.ZVONAREVA 6 tournaments in 2020: 4 tournaments in 2020: 260142 INDIAN WELLS 125K - QF Main Draw in Doha - R16 Main Draw in New York 260142 Partner: C.BuyukakcayLEXINGTON (l. B.Krejcikova/K.Siniakova 6-1 6-2) Partner: E.Alexandrova (l. K.Peschke/D.Schuurs 6-2 7-6(5)) -260142 R1 Main Draw inNEW Australian YORK Open - R16 Main Draw in St. Petersburg

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L.SIEGEMUND V.ZVONAREVA 260142 ST. PETERSBURG Partner: A.Friedsam (l. B.Krejcikova/K.Siniakova 6-4 4-6 6-1) Partner: E.Alexandrova (l. H.Carter/S.Fichman 6-2 6-1) 310926 AUCKLAND - R1 Main Draw in New York - Q Main Draw in Indian Wells 125k 310926 Partner: E.RybakinaAUSTRALIAN (l. H.Carter/L.Stefani OPEN 6-2 3-6 12-10) Partner: V.King (l. A.Muhammad/T.Townsend 6-3 6-2) -310926 Q Main Draw in DOHAPalermo - S Main Draw in Lexington Partner: Y.Wickmayer (l. G.Minnen/A.Van Uytvanck 2-6 7-5 10-6) Partner: A.Blinkova (l. H.Carter/L.Stefani 7-5 6-1) 310926 INDIAN WELLS 125K - Q Main Draw in Auckland NEW YORK 310926 Partner: D.Krawczyk (l. K.Flipkens/A.Van Uytvanck 6-3 1-0) -310926 Q Main Draw in PALERMOIndian Wells 125k Partner: M.Doi (l. C.Mcnally/J.Pegula 6-1 3-6 10-5) GRANDBestTournament Previous SLAM Results - DOUBLES (US OPEN)

L.SIEGEMUND V.ZVONAREVA 4 appearances at US OPEN: 7 appearances at US OPEN: 2006 - R16 Main Draw in 2019 Partner: A.Friedsam (d. G.Dabrowski/Y.Xu - W in 2006 Partner: N.Dechy (d. D.Safina/K.Srebotnik 7-6(5) 7-5) 6-3 0-6 6-2) - QF Main Draw in 2010 Partner: E.Vesnina (d. C.Black/ 2007 - R16 Main Draw in 2018 Partner: L.Kichenok (d. B.Krejcikova/ A.Rodionova 4-6 7-5 6-4) K.Siniakova 6-3 6-2) - R16 Main Draw in 2018 Partner: T.Bacsinszky (d. S.Stosur/ 2008 - R2 Main Draw in 2015 Partner: M.Barthel (d. L.Chan/H.Chan 6-2 S.Zhang 6-3 6-3) 6-4) 2009 - R2 Main Draw in 2011 Partner: A.Pavlyuchenkova vs. M.Kirilenko/ - R1 Main Draw in 2016 Partner: M.Barthel (d. E.Makarova/ N.Petrova, match not played due to walkover) E.Vesnina 6-3 4-2) 2010 - R2 Main Draw in 2009 Partner: V.Azarenka (d. S.Cirstea/ C.Wozniacki 5-7 6-4 6-2) 2011 - R2 Main Draw in 2008 Partner: E.Vesnina (d. L.Davenport/ D.Hantuchova 7-5 6-1) 2015 - R2 Main Draw in 2007 Partner: A.Harkleroad vs. S.Foretz / Y.Shvedova, match not played due to walkover) 2016

2018

2019

GRAND SLAM

L.SIEGEMUND W / L '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07 '06 '05 '04

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1-4 1R 1R - 2R 1R - 1R W 2R - 2R - 3R QF SF 1R

ROLAND GARROS 4-2 - 3R - - 3R - - - 2R 2R - 2R - QF 3R 3R

WIMBLEDON 2-2 - 3R 2R - 1R - 1R - - F 1R 2R - 2R QF 1R

US OPEN 5-4 - 3R 3R - 1R 2R - - 1R QF 2R 2R 1R W - -

TOTAL 12-12

V.ZVONAREVA W / L '19 '18 '14 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07 '06 '05 '04

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 18-7 1R - 1R W 2R - 2R - 3R QF SF 1R

ROLAND GARROS 11-7 2R - - - 2R 2R - 2R - QF 3R 3R

WIMBLEDON 12-7 - 2R 1R - - F 1R 2R - 2R QF 1R

US OPEN 15-4 - 3R - - 1R QF 2R 2R 1R W - -

TOTAL 56-25

OTHER INFORMATION

L.SIEGEMUND Coached by Antonio Zucca ... Mother's name is Brigitta, father's name is Harro (engineer); sister's name is Satu, brother's name is Arlen ... Introduced to tennis by family at age 3 ... Lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from age 4 to 7 and in Jakarta, Indonesia from age 9 to 10 ... Speaks German, English and French ... Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf ... Favorite tennis memories include winning the match point at the 2016 Mixed US Open Final and winning the 2017 Porsche Tennis Grandprix at her hometown in Stuttgart ... Completed bachelor’s degree in psychology from University of Hagen in 2016.

V.ZVONAREVA

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Coached by Sam Sumyk ... Mother, Natalia, was Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey (introduced her to tennis at age 6) ... Husband, Alexander Kucher is a former officer who worked in the administration of the Moscow Oblast; their daughter Evelina was born in 2016 ... Baseliner; likes all surfaces ... Has two degrees (one from Russian State Academy of Physical Education, the second in international economic relations at Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow) ... Loves travelling; favorites include mom's cooking, "Peter the First" by Tolstoy and actor Matt Damon ... Other interests include volleyball, hockey, computers, reading and listening to music ... Works with International Rett Syndrome Foundation to increase awareness and raise funds for research (Rett Syndrome is a nervous system disorder that leads to developmental reversals); after 2010 US Open, donated portion of prize money and went to Russia to help create organizing committee for Russian Rett Syndrome Foundation (also serves on board of directors).

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

L.SIEGEMUND SINGLES Winner (2): 2017 - Stuttgart; 2016 - Bastad. Finalist (1): 2016 - Stuttgart.

DOUBLES Winner (5): 2019 - Guangzhou (w/Peng); 2018 - Moscow (w/Panova); 2015 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Muhammad), Florianopolis (w/Beck), Luxembourg (w/Barthel). Finalist (3): 2018 New Haven (w/S.Hsieh); 2016 - Mallorca (w/Friedsam); 2015 - Marrakech (w/Zanevska).

MIXED DOUBLES Winner (1): 2016 - US Open (w/Pavic).

ADDITIONAL German Fed Cup Team, 2017, 2019-20.

V.ZVONAREVA SINGLES Winner (12): 2011 - Doha, Baku; 2010 - Pattaya City; 2009 - Pattaya City, Indian Wells; 2008 - Prague, Guangzhou; 2006 - Birmingham, Cincinnati; 2005 - Memphis; 2004 - Memphis; 2003 - Bol. Finalist (18): 2011 - Carlsbad, Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; 2010 - Charleston, Wimbledon, Montréal, US Open, Beijing; 2008 - Hobart, Doha, Charleston, Moscow, Linz, WTA Finals; 2007 - Auckland; 2006 - Auckland; 2004 - Cincinnati, Philadelphia; 2002 - Palermo.

DOUBLES Winner (9): 2019 - Budapest (w/Alexandrova); 2018 - St. Petersburg (w/Bacsinszky), Moscow [River Cup] (w/Potapova); 2012 - Australian Open (w/Kuznetsova); 2009 - Indian Wells (w/Azarenka); 2006 - Auckland (w/Likhovtseva), US Open (w/Dechy); 2005 - Berlin (w/ Likhovtseva); 2004 - Moscow (w/Myskina). Finalist (6): 2010 - Wimbledon (w/Vesnina); 2008 - Stanford (w/Vesnina); 2005 - Eastbourne, Stanford (both w/Likhovtseva); 2004 - Memphis (w/Sharapova); 2003 - Moscow (w/Myskina).

MIXED DOUBLES Winner (2): 2006 - Wimbledon (w/Ram); 2004 - US Open (w/B.Bryan).

ADDITIONAL Russian Fed Cup Team, 2003-04, 2008, 2011; Russian Olympic Team, 2008, 2012.

Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 3/3 NICOLE MELICHAR LAURA SIEGEMUND XU YIFAN VS VERA ZVONAREVA

QUICK-HITS QUICK-HITS

• Melichar and Xu are competing at the US Open for • Siegemund and Zvonreva are competing in their first the first time as a team tournament together at this year’s US Open • Melichar is making her fifth appearance in doubles at • Siegemund is appearing in her fifth US Open dou- the US Open. Prior to this fortnight, her best results bles draw. Prior to this fortnight, her best result at here were 2r runs in 2016 (w/Golubic, l. Mirza/Stry- Flushing Meadows was reaching R16 in 2018 (w/L. cova) and 2019 (w/Peschke, l. Gauff/McNally) Kichenok, l. Krejcikova/Siniakova) and 2019 (w/ • Xu is making her seventh appearance in doubles Friedsam, l. Dabrowski/Y.Xu) at the US Open, and has reached the QF stage on • In 2016, Siegemund won the mixed doubles title here three occasions - in 2014 (w/Diyas, l. Black/Mirza), in New York (w/Pavic, d. Vandeweghe/Ram in F) 2017 (w/Dabrowski, l. Safarova/Strycova) and 2019 • Zvonareva is making her eighth appearance in dou- (w/Dabrowski, l. Kuzmova/Sasnovich) bles at the US Open as a former champion, lifting the • Both are aiming for their career first Grand Slam dou- title on her doubles debut here in 2006 (w/Dechy, d. bles title today. Both are former Wimbledon finalists - Safina/Srebotnik in F) Melichar in 2018 (w/Peschke, l. Krejcikova/Siniakova • Zvonareva also reached the QF stage here in 2010 in F) and Xu in 2019 (w/Dabrowski, l. Hsieh/Strycova (w/Vesnina, l. Black/An.Rodionova) in F) • In addition, Zvonareva is a former US Open mixed • Melichar captured the 2018 Wimbledon mixed dou- doubles champion in 2004 (w/B.Bryan) and also cap- bles title (w/Peya, d. J.Murray/Azarenka in F) tured the 2006 Wimbledon mixed title (w/Ram) • Opened their 2020 US Open campaign against Bel- • Zvonareva is also a former Australian Open doubles gian duo Flipkens/Van Uytvanck before ousting home champion in 2012 (w/Kuznetsova) and finalist at favorites Gauff/McNally in two tough tie breaks Wimbledon in 2010 (w/Vesnina) • Dropped just five games to defeat Carter/Stefani • The German/Russian pair dropped only three games in QF and dropped their first set of the tournament in their opening round this fortnight over Krawczyk/ during SF victory over Muhammad/Townsend Guarachi before defeating No.7 seeds Azarenka/ • Coming off a R-Up finish together at the Western & Kenin in straight sets Southern Open (l. Peschke/Schuurs in F) • In the QFs, ousted the defending champions and • Before the Tour shutdown, reached back-to-back No.2 seeds Mertens/Sabalenka and dropped their QFs at Dubai (l. Krejcikova/S.Zheng) and Doha (l. first set of the tournament in the SFs against Kuder- Babos/Mladenovic) metova/Blinkova • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Brady/Dolehide) • 2020 US Open marks the pairing’s first tournament • Kicked off 2020 campaign and their partnership with as a team. Last week, both played the Western & QF run at Brisbane (l. Barty/Bertens) before lifting Southern Open - Siegemund (w/Rybakina, l. Carter/ silverware at Adelaide (d. Dabrowski/Jurak in F) Stefani in 1r) and Zvonareva (w/Alexandrova, l. Dab- • Melichar owns seven WTA doubles titles (7-9 record rowski/Riske in 2r) in doubles finals); Xu holds 10 doubles titles (10-8 • In only other tournament following the Tour’s five record) month hiatus, Siegemund contested doubles at • No.16 Melichar achieved a career high doubles rank- Palermo (w/Wickmayer, l. Minnen/Van Uytvanck in ing of No.12 (February 18, 2019) while No.8 Xu has QF); Zvonareva contested doubles at Lexington (w/ reached as high as No.7 (January 13, 2020) Blinkova, l. Carter/Stefani in SF) • The American can reach a new career high of No.11 • Siegemund owns five career WTA doubles titles, with the title (No.13 with R-Up finish) while Xu will re- most recently at 2019 Guangzhou (w/S.Peng); 5-3 turn to her career high of No.7 regardless of today’s record in doubles finals result • Zvonareva is the owner of nine doubles titles, most • In today’s final, the pair will face off against Siege- recently at 2019 Budapest (w/Alexandrova); 9-6 mund/Zvonareva for the very first time career record in doubles finals • No.59 Siegemund can climb as high as No.37 with the title or No.51 with a R-Up finish; achieved a career high of No.40 on April 25, 2016 • No.86 Zvonareva will improve to No.41 by reach- ing the final and can climb to No.34 with the title; achieved a career high of No.9 on August 8, 2005 US OPEN AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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US OPEN - SINGLES FINAL

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27)

Osaka leads 2-1 2018 US Open champion Osaka owns a perfect 2-0 record in Grand Slam finals... Azarenka is into her first major final in seven years, when she fell to S.Williams in the final at the 2013 US Open... Both are bidding for their third career Grand Slam singles title... Osaka and Azarenka were scheduled to face off two weeks ago in the final of the Western & Southern Open however, Osaka withdrew due to a left hamstring injury

THE FINALISTS PLAYER US OPEN W/L YTD CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER (MD)* W/L* W/L TITLES [4] Naomi Osaka 20-3 15-3 135-73 352,755 14,770,234 0 5

Victoria Azarenka 40-12 11-2 462-180 294,530 30,650,035 1 21

*Includes 2020 US Open GRAND SLAM RECORDS - BY ROUND REACHED PLAYER R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF F W TOTAL*

[4] Naomi Osaka 2 1 9 2 0 0 0 2 17

Victoria Azarenka 9 5 12 7 9 3 2 2 50

*Includes 2020 US Open FINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST USO RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L

[4] Naomi Osaka WON (1): 2018 2020 Western & Southern Open (R-Up) 5-3

Victoria Azarenka R-Up (2): 2012, 2013 2020 Western & Southern Open (WON) 21-17

RECENT US OPEN FINALS YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE

2019 [15] B. Andreescu (CAN) [8] S. Williams (USA) 6-3, 7-5

2018 [20] N. Osaka (JPN) [17] S. Williams (USA) 6-2, 6-4

2017 S. Stephens (USA) [15] M. Keys (USA) 6-3, 6-0

2016 [2] A. Kerber (GER) [10] Ka.Pliskova (CZE) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

2015 [26] F. Pennetta (ITA) R. Vinci (ITA) 7-6(4), 6-2 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep: 2 (Dubai, W, Prague, W); Victoria Azarenka: 2 (Western & Southern Open, W, US Open); Naomi Osaka: 2 (Western & Southern Open, R-Up, US Open)

Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 155, Garbiñe Muguruza – 128, Kristyna Pliskova – 125 Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) Match win leaders: Mertens – 23, Rybakina – 22, Kontaveit – 19 Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart) Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland) Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens) – all at Australian Open WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY • As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. • Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the on- going needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit- ed Kingdom and the United States, among others. • In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants. • For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam- met [email protected] WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

RANKING JUMPS COUNTRY BREAKDOWN

World No.9 Naomi Osaka will return to the WTA Top 5 A total of 34 different countries were represented in the following the 2020 US Open. The Japanese woman can main draw this year at the US Open. jump to No.3 with the title or No.4 with a runner-up finish. With Jennifer Brady and Serena Williams both falling in Victoria Azarenka entered the US Open ranked No.27 the semifinals on Thursday, this marks the first time in and is guaranteed her return to the WTA Top 20 when the four years there will be no American women in the US new rankings are released on Monday. The Belarusian Open singles final. can climb as high as No.11 with the title or No.14 with a runner-up finish. Naomi Osaka is bidding to become the first Asian player - man or woman - to capture three Grand Slam singles ti- tles. China’s Li Na is the only other major singles champi- ON THIS DAY... on from Asia (2011 Roland Garros, 2014 Australian Open)

September 12, 1998: Former WTA World No.1 Lindsay Two-time US Open finalist Victoria Azarenka remains Davenport captured her career first Grand Slam title by the only player from Belarus that has won a Grand Slam defeating the defending champion Martina Hingis in the singles title, lifting the trophies at the Australian Open championship match at the US Open. in 2012 and 2013. Prior to her 2012 run in Melbourne, the last Belarusian to contest a major final was Natasha Zvereva (1988 Roland Garros R-Up, when representing USSR.

MATCH STATS

PLAYER ACES FIRST SERVES SERVICE BREAK POINTS IN % GAMES WON WON [4] Naomi Osaka 35 56% 93% 21/59

Victoria Azarenka 16 71% 78% 31/63

TOURNAMENT STATS

PLAYER SETS AVG TIME TOTAL TIME AVG RANK OF W-L ON COURT ON COURT OPPONENT [4] Naomi Osaka 12-3 1h44 10h26 75

Victoria Azarenka 12-2 1h34 9h23 43 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 31 - Sep 13, 2020 | $21,656,000 | GRAND SLAM

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27)

Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 2-1

2020 WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN HARD O F VICTORIA AZARENKA W/O N/A 2019 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 NAOMI OSAKA 4-6 7-5 6-3 170 mins 2018 ROME CLAY O R1 NAOMI OSAKA 6-0 6-3 74 mins 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-1 6-1 56 mins

NAOMI OSAKA VICTORIA AZARENKA 9 WTA RANKING 27 13 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 12 16-10-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 31-07-1989 (31) $352,755 YTD PRIZE MONEY $294,530 $14,770,234 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $30,650,035 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 21 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 8 20-3 US OPEN W-L (MD) * 40-12 15-3 / 135-73 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 11-2 / 462-180 8-1 / 40-19 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 88-62 3-5 / 26-24 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 68-44 15-2 / 105-50 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-2 / 320-108 1-1 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 68-72 3-1 / 28-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 124-100 0-0 / 7-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 46-14 * Updated through entering 2020 US Open Final ROAD TO THE FINAL [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #9) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #27) SF: d. [28] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #41) 7-6(1),3-6,6-3 (2h11) SF: d. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 1-6,6-3,6-3 (1h53) QF: d. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #93) 6-3,6-4 (1h21) QF: d. [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #18) 6-1,6-0 (1h14) R16: d. [14] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) 6-3,6-4 (1h13) R16: d. [20] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) 5-7,6-1,6-4 (2h29) R32: d. MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #137) 6-3,6-7(4),6-2 (2h26) R32: d. IGA SWIATEK (POL #53) 6-4,6-2 (1h39) R64: d. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #74) 6-1,6-2 (1h10) R64: d. [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) 6-1,6-3 (1h7) R128: d. MISAKI DOI (JPN #81) 6-2,5-7,6-2 (2h3) R128: d. BARBARA HAAS (AUT #139) 6-1,6-2 (0h59)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

NAOMI OSAKA VICTORIA AZARENKA 2019 2019

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R16 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) 7-5 6-4 R1 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) 3-6 6-3 6-4 2018 2018 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-2 6-4 R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) 6-3 6-4 2017 2015 R3 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #418) 6-3 2-6 7-5 QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-3 4-6 6-4 2016 2014 R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) QF L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #18) 6-4 6-2 2015 2013 R2* L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 6-4 6-4 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 2012 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2011 R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #27) 6-1 7-6(5) 2010 R2 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #41) 5-1 2009 R3 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #28) 4-6 6-2 6-2 2008 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) 6-4 6-4 2007 R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-3 2006 R3 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #29) 6-4 6-3

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US OPEN US OPEN

• Making fifth main draw appearance at US Open, • Making 13th main draw appearance at US Open, where she lifted title in 2018 (d. S.Williams in F) where she is a two-time R-Up, in 2012 (l. S.Williams) • As a result, became first Japanese player to win a and 2013 (l. S.Williams) major singles title and was the youngest US Open • Also a two-time quarterfinalist in New York, in 2014 champion since Sharapova in 2006 (l. Makarova) and 2015 (l. Halep) • Returned as defending champion last year, falling in • R-Up in doubles here in 2019 (w/Barty, l. Mertens/ R16 (l. Bencic) Sabalenka); seeded No.7 this year w/Kenin (fell to • Made 3r on debut in 2016 (l. Keys) and again in 2017 eventual champions Siegemund/Zvonareva in R16) (l. Kanepi). Fell in 2r of qualifying in 2015 (l. Konta) • Contesting landmark 50th major this fortnight - one of • This is her 17th Grand Slam main draw – has one nine active players to reach this milestone. Progres- other Slam title to her name, coming at 2019 Austra- sion to the final this week improves her record to lian Open. Was one of 10 major champions and six 133-46 across the Slams, and is now 40-12 at US former US Open winners to begin this year’s draw Open, surpassing Clijsters (38) to record the second • Hit 25 winners to see off Fed Cup teammate Doi in 1r most among active players • Followed this up with straight sets win over Giorgi • One of eight players who’ve held the WTA World to move to a perfect 5-0 in Slam 2r matches here No.1 singles ranking to begin this year’s draw in New York – also defeated the Italian en route to • Currently ranked No.27 – her highest ranking since R-Up finish at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] returning to the Tour from maternity leave in 2017 • Battled past an inspired 18-year-old Kostyuk in 3r • Was one of nine mothers in this year’s US Open field - improves record against players who are younger – also Bondarenko, Clijsters, Govortsova, Maria, Pi- than her to 12-2 with only losses coming to Kenin at ronkova, Tig, S.Williams and Zvonareva. S.Williams 2019 Cincinnati and Gauff at 2020 Australian Open joined her in the SF - making history by becoming • Fired 21 winners to defeat World No.21 Kontaveit in the first pair of mothers to reach the semifinals of the R16, having also defeated the Estonian last week at same Grand Slam Western & Southern Open QF • Has dropped just two sets en route to the final – her • Now owns 8-1 record against Top 30 players this most effective run to reach this stage of a Slam since year – collected four wins at Western & Southern 2016 Australian Open, when she dropped only 11 Open (No.26 Muchova, No.25 Yastremska, No.20 games across the first four matches Kontaveit and No.22 Mertens) and three at Brisbane • Has reached the second week at a Slam for the first (No.23 Sakkari, No.14 Kenin and No.9 Bertens) time since 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep in R16) and • Improves to 3-2 record in R16 at the Slams. Previous reached her first Slam final since R-Up finish here in wins at this stage have led Osaka to the crown 2013 (l. S.Williams) • At 22 yrs, 331 days, was the second-youngest player • Is currently on a 11-match winning streak (five wins through to R16 following Kenin (21 yrs, 102 days) across Western & Southern Open, six wins in New • Dismissed No.93 Rogers in QF on Tuesday; won 83 York) – her best since 2016, winning 14 Tour-level percent of first service points and made just eight matches in a row (six wins at Indian Wells, six at unforced errors Miami and two at Madrid) • Defeated No.41 Brady in a hard-hitting SF; Is now • Opened 2020 US Open campaign by committing just 7-4 vs. American opposition at the majors, with wins seven unforced errors in 59-minute win over Haas over Vandeweghe (2016 US Open), Kenin (2018 • Defeated No.11 Sabalenka in an all-Belarusian Roland Garros), Keys and S.Williams (both at 2018 showdown in 2r, No.18 Mertens in QF and No.8 US Open), Gauff (2019 US Open), Rogers and Brady S.Williams in SF to record the 122nd, 123rd and (both at 2020 US Open). Losses came against Keys 124th Top 20 wins of her career; now owns four Top (2016 US Open), V.Williams (2017 Wimbledon), 20 scalps this season including a win over No.15 Keys (2018 Roland Garros) and Gauff (2020 Austra- Konta during last week’s title run at Western & lian Open) Southern Open • Is into her first Grand Slam final since lifting the • Overcame No.53 Swiatek in 3r on Saturday to reach 2019 Australian Open trophy (d. Kvitova in F). Has first R16 at US Open since 2015 dropped just three sets en route to this year's final • Rallied from a set down to dismiss Czech Republic’s • Today, faces Azarenka for their fourth career meet- Muchova in R16 – improving record over Czech ing; owns 2-1 record over the Belarusian, taking their opposition at US Open to 4-0 (also d. Zakapalova in two most recent matches at 2019 Roland Garros and 2008, Strycova in 2009, and Hradecka in 2015) 2018 Rome • Dropped just one game against No.18 Mertens to • Bids to extend pristine 2-0 record in Grand Slam power her way into the eighth Grand Slam SF of her finals having won both of her previous championship career and first since making the 2013 US Open final NAOMI VICTORIA OSAKA VS AZARENKA

US OPEN CONT. US OPEN CONT.

contests at 2018 US Open (d. S.Williams in F) and • Rallied from a set down against No.8 S.Williams to 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in F) conduct a near-perfect second set, hitting 12 winners • Aiming to become first Asian player - man or woman to just one unforced error, and eventually take the - to win three Grand Slam singles titles. The only match other Asian player to win a major singles title is Li Na • Thursday's win over the 23-time Grand Slam cham- (2011 Roland Garros and 2014 Australian Open) pion was her first in 11 attempts against the Ameri- • Owns a perfect 10-0 record since the restart (four can at the majors; also marked her 40th win at the wins at Western & Southern Open, six wins at US US Open, second most among active players Open) • Advances to first Grand Slam final in seven years; • Owns a 5-3 career record in Tour-level finals. All five owns 2-2 record in major finals with two wins coming titles have been won on hard courts – Indian Wells at 2012-13 Australian Open and two losses coming and US Open in 2018, and Australian Open, Osaka at 2012-13 US Open and Beijing in 2019 • In today's championship match, faces No.9 Osaka, • Currently ranked No.9. Will return to the WTA Top 5 who she was slated to compete against in the final regardless of today's result; can climb to No.3 with of the 2020 Western & Southern Open before Osaka the title or No.4 with R-Up finish withdrew due to a left hamstring injury • By reaching the final, she is projected to climb to No.14 in the rankings and as high as No.11 with the title • In addition to 1r exit here, last summer reached 2r at San Jose, Toronto and Cincinnati • Twenty of 21 career titles have come on hardcourts (equal fifth among active players), with nine of these coming in the US • Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago; while there were 26 thirtysomethings in the field at start of tournament, she is the last one standing

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- • Two-time major champion, winning Australian Open liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 (d. Li in F) F) • Also a two-time runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US • Is the first woman to win her second major straight Open (losing to S.Williams in 3s on both occasions) after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 • Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) best result at Roland Garros is also SF run in 2013 • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- • Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Aus- ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open tralian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesni- and Australian Open back-to-back na), 2011 Australian Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became Open (w/Barty) youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam • Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray) • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland • Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 US Open in 2005 (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber) NAOMI VICTORIA OSAKA VS AZARENKA

SEASON SEASON

• Withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final of the • Lifted 21st career title at last week’s Western & Western & Southern Open against Azarenka Southern Open when final opponent Osaka withdrew • Prior to this, last competitive action was during w/left hamstring injury; now 21-17 in singles finals Japan’s 3-1 Fed Cup qualifier defeat vs. Spain in • Suffered 1r exit at Lexington (l. V.Williams) in her February (l. Sorribes Tormo) second WTA event of 2020 • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (as defending • Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Monterrey (l. champion, l. Gauff) Zidansek), having not contested any events in Aus- • In Australia, also reached SF at Brisbane (l. even- tralia due to personal reasons tual champion Ka.Pliskova); was on a 14-match win streak prior to Brisbane loss – longest of her career CAREER MILESTONES

CAREER MILESTONES • Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where she fell to Sabalenka in 1r; also reached the doubles • Finished 2019 ranked No.3 for career-best sea- final w/Barty (l. Mertens/Sabalenka) son-ending finish • Highlight of 2019 was 37th singles final at Monterrey • Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. (d. No.5 Kerber in SF, l. Muguruza in F via ret. w/leg Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach injury). Also made QFs at Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stutt- World No.1 ranking following the tournament gart (l. Kontaveit via ret.) and Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) • In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in • On February 2, 2019 returned to Top 50 for first time her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and following the birth of her child, Leo Beijing (d. Barty in F); now owns 5-2 record in WTA • Highlights of 2018 season included SF at Miami (l. singles finals. Defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final Stephens) and QF at San Jose and Tokyo for second career victory over world No.1 (also beat • Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of Halep at 2018 Indian Wells) first child in December 2016 • Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 • Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tourna- from No.68 in 2017 ment contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- • Followed this with R16 at Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam not play after Wimbledon due to personal reasons crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) • Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time half of season after going on maternity leave (an- major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, nounced pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight Brisbane and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and was against Sakkari in R16 Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in • Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 Ka.Pliskova) • Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open w/right knee injury) • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated • Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over due to variety of injuries defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at • Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight each occasion (l. Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul) was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- • Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open • Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1 from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of • Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 Olympics main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi) • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 • Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata (l. Dabrowski) • ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year NAOMI VICTORIA OSAKA VS AZARENKA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Began working with Wim Fisette at beginning of 2020 • Currently coached by Dorian Descloix. Formerly season. Previous coaches include Sascha Bajin and coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael Jermaine Jenkins Joyce • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul • Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 Sillah (fitness trainer) • Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when name is Fedor and older brother is Max she was three years old • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster Wowow, Nissin, Nissan, ANA Airlines, Shiseido and bareMinerals