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BEIJING, CHINA | SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 6, 2019 | $8,285,274 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT

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[1] (AUS #1) vs. (KAZ #37)

Barty leads 1-0 Barty won in three sets when they played earlier this year at Madrid...Putintseva has scored three Top-5 wins already this season... Barty received first-round performance bye after last week’s SF run in Wuhan

[Q] (GER #82) vs. [4] (JPN #4) Petkovic leads 1-0 Petkovic beat a teenage Osaka in straight sets at 2014 Stanford... Osaka has won past seven matches against qualifiers... Petkovic was runner-up here in 2011

[16] (DEN #19) vs. [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #90) Wozniacki leads 4-2 Wozniacki beat McHale in their last encounter at 2016 Auckland... McHale bidding to win back-to-back tour-level matches for only the second time this season... Wozniacki only former champion left in the draw MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY

SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #39) vs. [13] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #12)

Head to : SLOANE STEPHENS leads 2-0

2019 MADRID CLAY O R16 SLOANE STEPHENS 3-6 6-3 6-2 123 mins 2018 BEIJING HARD O R2 SLOANE STEPHENS 6-1 6-3 82 mins

SAISAI ZHENG SLOANE STEPHENS 39 WTA RANKING 12 35 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 24 05-02-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 20-03-1993 (26) $919,611 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,463,194 $3,282,459 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $14,839,397 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 6 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 4 0 / 0 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 2-5 6-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 18-20 / 67-102 24-18 / 220-149 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 8-4 / 24-28 7-6 / 70-50 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 19-11 11-2 / 59-29 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 15-13 / 58-74 12-12 / 141-98 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 5-5 2-2 / 18-7 0-1 / 2-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 9-21 1-3 / 5-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 17-35 1-8 / 7-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / 36-58 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #39) [13] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #12)

R64: d. (PUR #71) 4-6,6-3,7-6(5) (3h02) R64: d. (POL #42) 7-5,6-3 (1h37)

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BEIJING Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SAISAI ZHENG SLOANE STEPHENS 2018 2018 R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #9) 6-1 6-3 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #30) 4-6 6-2 6-3

2016 2017 R1 L - (ITA #16) 6-0 3-6 6-3 R1 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #71) 6-3 6-0

2015 2015 R1 L - (FRA #39) 6-2 6-2 R2 L - (RUS #33) 3-6 6-3 6-4 2013 2013 R1-Q L - (CAN #36) 6-2 6-3 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-3 6-1 2012 R1 L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #38) 6-2 6-3

2011 R1 L - (EST #46) 6-0 6-3

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• Making sixth main draw appearance at China Open, • Making fourth appearance at Beijing (seventh overall) • Reached R16 here on debut in 2013 (l. Wozniacki) • Scored first main draw win here during last year’s 2r and 2018 (d. today’s opponent Zheng, l. Cibulkova) showing (as WC, d. Yastremska, l. Stephens) • Previous best result was raching 2r on debut in 2016 • Recovered from 3-1 down in the final set to edge (d. Riske, l. Muguruza) past Puig in 1r on Saturday • In 1r beat recent Seoul R-Up Linette in straight sets • Faces No.12 Stephens in 2r today; owns one Top 20 • Faces Chinese No.3 Zheng in 2r today; has won five win this season, over No.10 Sabalenka en route to consecutive matches against Chinese opposition, San Jose title including Zhang and Y.Wang last week in Wuhan • Is one of two Chinese women to reach 2r from seven • In addition to R16 showing here, during last year’s in starting field (also Y.Wang, l. Svitolina on Monday) Asian swing fell 1r at Tokyo and Wuhan, and was • Enters tournament ranked No.39 (two spots off ca- R-Up at WTA Finals in Singapore reer-high ranking, achieved on August 19, 2019) • One of a tournament-leading 12 Americans in Beijing • During last year’s Asian swing, fell 2r at Hiroshima, main draw Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing and Hong Kong, before • In 2019, has won the second most tie-breaks on tour lifting ITF Circuit title at $100K Suzhou-CHN (11-2), behind only Kenin (12-7) • Owns a fine record on home soil, in addition to three WTA 125K Series titles, including here at Zhengzhou in 2018, reached her maiden WTA final at 2018 Nan- SEASON chang and has advanced to three further SFs • Last week, reached R16 at Wuhan (l. Kvitova) • Fell 2r at Osaka (after 1r bye, l. Giorgi) SEASON • Made 1r exit at US Open (l. Kalinskaya) and R16 run at Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up Kuznetsova) • Opened Asian swing with QF run at Zhengzhou (l. • Lost opening two matches of North American hard Tomljanovic) before 2r exit at Guangzhou (l. Paolini) court season, in 1r at Washington DC (l. Peterson) • Suffered 1r exit at US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2r at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Bouzkova) • Made 2r at Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) and fell 1r at To- • On grass, reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Konta) and ronto (l. Maria); rose to career-high ranking of No.37 suffered 2r defeat at Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. after Cincinnati (August 19, 2019) Ostapenko) • Lifted maiden WTA singles title at San Jose; upset • Made QF run at Roland Garros (as the 2018 run- No.23 Anisimova, No.30 Sakkari and No.10 Sabalen- ner-up, l. Konta) ka in the final to register her first Top 30 wins since • Fell in 2r at Rome to eventual finalist Konta after SF May 2017 (No.10 Svitolina) showing at Madrid (l. eventual champion Bertens) • Now owns five career Top 10 wins, having previously • In April’s Fed Cup play-offs, won both singles rubbers beaten No.6 Kvitova (via. ret at 2016 Shenzhen), against Switzerland (d. Golubic, Bacsinszky) to help No.2 Kerber (2016 Doha), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 USA maintain place in World Group for 2020 Olympics) and No.10 Svitolina (2017 Madrid) • Advanced to QF at Charleston (l. eventual champion • On grass, made 1r exits at Mallorca (l. Stosur), East- Keys). Result marked first QF run since reaching bourne (l. Vondrousova) and Wimbledon (l. Barty) final of 2018 WTA Finals in Singapore • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Q.Wang); bounced back • Miami title defense ended in 3r (l. Maria) to reach doubles final (w/Duan, l. Babos/Mladenovic) • After 1r bye at Indian Wells, fell in 2r to qualifier and • Leading into Paris, suffered 1r exit at Rome (l.Mugu- World No.109 Voegele ruza) and made 2r at Strasbourg (l. Kostyuk) • Reached 2r at Acapulco (l. No.172 Haddad Maia) • Recorded best result at a Premier Mandatory event • Made R16 at (l. Pavlyuchenkova) with R16 run at Madrid (l. Stephens) • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, where she fell • Won the new WTA 125K Series clay court event in in 1r (l. Konta) before making a 2r exit at Sydney (l. Anning, China (d. Zhang in F) Putinseva after leading 6-3 5-3) • During the Sunshine Double, made 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) and Miami (l. Siniakova) • Advanced to QF at Acapulco (l. Andreescu) • Won doubles title at Acapulco w/Azarenka (d. Kraw- czyk/Olmos in F); fourth career WTA doubles title • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Muguruza)

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• Represented China in Asia/Oceania Group I of the • In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, Fed Cup in February, losing singles rubber to Diyas at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July of Kazahkstan in 2-1 the promotional play-off 16, 2018 • Reached QF at Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic) • Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first • Opened 2019 with 1r losses at Shenzhen (l. Parmen- Premier Mandatory title at Miami – subsequently tier) and Australian Open (l. Muguruza) made Top 10 debut at No.9. Also reached her second final, at Roland Garros and posted R-Up finishes at Montréal and WTA Finals CAREER MILESTONES • Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player • Lifted maiden career title at 2019 San Jose; upset of to win a major in the Open Era Anisimova in SF was her 300th career win (all levels) • Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. • Posted best year-end finish at No.46 in 2018 – first Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on Top 50 finish of career, up from No.94 in 2017 sidelines w/foot injury (had surgery in the January) • 2018 season highlights included maiden WTA singles • After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 final at Nanchang (ret. vs. Q.Wang w/abdominal through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF pain) followed by SF run at Washington DC (l. Vekic) at Toronto and Cincinnati • Has won three titles on the WTA 125K Series – 2015 • Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Dalian, 2018 Zhengzhou and 2019 Anning – with Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in each of those events being staged in China. Since first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC the tournament level was introduced in 2012, Zheng • At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 has won more matches at WTA 125K Series events in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, than any other WTA Player. She owns a 43-15 record reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the at WTA 125K Series events; the next most wins only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 belong to (31-16) • Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 • Also won 11th ITF title in 2018 at $100k ITF/Su- zhou-CHN • Registered five tour-level wins in 2017, as injury end- ed her season prematurely; right knee injury forced GRAND SLAM HISTORY her to miss all tournaments after 2017 US Open • Highlights of 2016 season included SF run at Not- • 2019 US Open marked 31st Grand Slam main draw tingham (d. Konta in 2r, l. Riske) and first Premier appearance QF at Stanford (l. eventual champion Konta in 3s) • Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden and Doha, defeating No.2 Kerber in 2r; l. eventual Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At runner-up Ostapenko No.83, is second-lowest ranked major champion • In beating Kerber, became fourth Chinese woman to (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and defeat a Top 2-ranked player, after (six wins), 14th unseeded player to advance to a Slam final in (three wins) and (two wins) the Open Era, and only fifth unseeded champion • At Rio Olympics, reached 2r in singles (l. Kasatkina) • Best result across other Slams was R-Up finish at and 2r in doubles (w/Xu, l. Errani/Vinci) 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep) • In doubles, reached final at 2016 Shenzhen (w/Xu) • Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result across all and SF at (w/Xu; l. Hlavacko- majors was reaching SF at (d. va/Hradecka). Was second SF at Australian Open – S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) also 2013 (w/Lepchenko) • Also just the second American (after Davenport) to • Won first WTA Premier doubles title at 2015 Stan- beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play ford (w/Xu); now owns four tour-level doubles titles, • Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, having also won at 2011 Guangzhou (w/Hsieh), 2015 Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 Tianjin (w/Xu) and 2019 Acapulco (w/Azarenka) Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli) • Owns five Top 10 wins, over No.6 Kvitova (via. ret at 2016 Shenzhen), No.2 Kerber (2016 Doha), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Olympics), No.10 Svitolina (2017 Madrid) and No.10 Sabalenka (2019 San Jose) • Reached first WTA singles QF at Hong Kong in Sep- tember 2014, and first WTA SF at Tianjin in October 2014 ZHENG SLOANE SAISAI VS STEPHENS

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• Selected by fans to participate in the 2014 WTA Ris- • Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer ing Stars Invitational as part of the WTA Finals at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, • Has enjoyed success on WTA 125K Series, high- was an NFL player in 1980s and 1990s; brother is lighted by wins at 2015 Dalian, 2018 Zhengzhou and Shawn Farrell 2019 Anning; R-Up at 2013 Suzhou and 2018 Anning • Aged 11, relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2008 Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis Academy before moving to Nick Saviano High Per- formance Tennis Academy • Recently reunited with former long-term coach Ka- GRAND SLAM HISTORY mau Murray; formerly coached by Sven Groenefeld and Nick Saviano • Owns main draw wins at three of the four majors, • On April 29, announced engagement to Toronto FC with Roland Garros the only Slam where she has yet soccer star Jozy Altidore to secure a main draw victory • Reached 2r at Wimbledon for the first time in 2018 • Also advanced to 2r at US Open in 2014, 2016 and 2017, and Australian Open in 2016 • In doubles, was R-Up at 2019 Roland Garros (w/ Duan, l. Babos/Mladenovic). Also reached SF at Australian Open in 2013 (w/Lepchenko l. Barty/Del- lacqua) and 2016 (w/Xu, l. Hlavackova/Hradecka)

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• Started playing tennis at age 8 at tennis academy where mother worked • Coached by Goran Tosic • Proud mother of her puppy, Yuan Bao MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #37)

Head to Head: ASHLEIGH BARTY leads 1-0

2019 MADRID CLAY O R16 ASHLEIGH BARTY 4-6 6-1 6-2 125 mins

ASHLEIGH BARTY YULIA PUTINTSEVA 1 WTA RANKING 37 1 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 34 24-04-1996 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-01-1995 (24) $6,125,322 YTD PRIZE MONEY $866,983 $11,333,402 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,894,349 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 3 / 6 1 / 1 1 / 10 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 0-1 2-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 48-10 / 132-59 27-23 / 115-132 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 14-4 / 38-17 9-10 / 37-43 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-4 / 20-14 9-5 / 33-29 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 29-7 / 82-37 15-16 / 67-87 2-2 / 11-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 4-10 2-1 / 4-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-4 / 4-13 6-4 / 11-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-10 / 8-25 13-6 / 27-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-12 / 16-44 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #37)

R64: BYE R64: d. (RUS #66) 6-0,6-1 (1h09)

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BEIJING Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ASHLEIGH BARTY YULIA PUTINTSEVA 2017 2018 R2 L - (UKR #3) 6-4 6-2 R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #23) 6-1 6-0

2017 R1 L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #26) 6-4 6-4

2016 R2 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) 6-2 7-6(5)

2015 R1 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #18) 7-5 6-2

2014 R1-Q L - (SLO #73) 7-6(4) 5-7 6-4

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• Making second appearance at China Open • Playing fifth main draw appearance at Beijing (sixth • Fell 2r in 2017 (l. Svitolina, after opening round per- overall), where she is through to 2r for a second time formance bye following R-Up finish at Wuhan) • Also reached 2r in 2016 (d. Ostapenko, l. Muguruza) • Withdrew from last year’s tournament w/right arm • In 1r, won the first nine games of the match during injury quick-fire win over Blinkova • After reaching SF last week in Wuhan, received an • Takes on No.1 Barty in 2r today; looking for fourth opening round performance bye (also Kvitova, Sa- Top 5 win of the season and fifth of her career – after balenka and Riske) No.5 Cibulkova (2017 St Petersburg), No.5 Stephens • Faces No.37 Putintseva in 2r today; has lost three (2019 Sydney) No.1 Osaka (2019 Birmingham and times to players ranked outside Top 30 in 2019, 2019 Wimbledon) against No.63 Mladenovic (Rome), No.55 Riske • Began last year’s Asian swing by finishing R-Up at (Wimbledon) and No.153 Kuznetsova (Cincinnati) Guangzhou; also fell 1r at Beijing and Tianjin • Bidding for 49th win of the 2019 season – second • At No.37, is the highest ranked of three women from overall after Ka.Pliskova (50) Kazakhstan in the Top 100, along with Diyas and • Currently spending her 11th non-consecutive week Rybakina (week of September 30, 2019) as World No.1 • One of 12 Grand Slam singles champions in Beijing • Has hit 340 aces this season, the third most on tour SEASON (behind Ka.Pliskova and Bertens) • First singles player to qualify for Shiseido WTA Finals • Fell 1r last week at Wuhan (ret. vs. Kuznetsova w/left Shenzhen following US Open ankle injury) • Went 8-3 in last year’s Asian swing; won Zhuhai, • Made QF at Osaka (l. eventual champion Osaka) reached SF at Wuhan and fell in 2r at Tokyo [PPO] and 2r at Zhengzhou (l. Svitolina) • Achieved best US Open result of career to date by reaching 3r (l. Vekic) SEASON • Made 1r exit at the Bronx (l. qualifier, Zhu) • Fell 2r at Cincinnati (l. Stephens) after suffering 1r • Coming off SF showing at Wuhan (l. eventual cham- exit at Toronto (l. Wozniacki) pion Sabalenka) • Reached 2r at Wimbledon (d. No.2 Osaka, l. Golubic) • Made R16 at US Open (l. Q.Wang); also R-Up in • During grass season withdrew from Nottingham with doubles (w/Azarenka, l. Mertens/Sabalenka) viral illness, reached QF at Birmingham (l. Goerges) • Produced SF run in Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up and fell 2r at Eastbourne (l. Bertens) Kuznetsova) • During Birmingham run, recorded career first victory • Suffered 2r exit at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Kenin) over a reigning world No.1 (d. No.1 Osaka in 2r) • Made R16 at Wimbledon for the first time (l. Riske) • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Peterson) • Became the first Roland Garros champion to lift a • Won first career title at Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in F) grass court title in the same season since Henin • Reached R16 at Madrid (l. Barty) – her second con- in 2007 by winning Birmingham (d. Goerges in F); secutive appearance in R16 at a Premier Mandatory became the first Australian woman in 43 years to event, first ever coming earlier this season at Miami reach WTA singles No.1 following Birmingham (June • Fell 1r in clay season opener at Rabat (l. Zidansek) 24, 2019) • Went 1-1 in singles in Kazakhstan’s loss to Great • Won first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Von- Britain in April’s Fed Cup World Group II play-offs – drousova in F) d. Boulter, l. Konta • Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- • Posted Top 20 wins against seeds Bencic and Sev- enovic); withdrew from Strasbourg (right arm injury) astova en route to R16 at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Lifted 10th career doubles title at Rome (w/Azarenka) • Fell 2r at Indian Wells. Defeat of Babos in 1r • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami snapped four-match losing streak, which began with – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Bencic) then continued (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) at St Petersburg (l. Martincova), Fed Cup (l. Zhang • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- Shuai) and Dubai (l. Tsurenko) cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level • Enjoyed QF run at Sydney prior to Australian Open • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph (as qualifer, l. Bertens). Defeat of No.5 Stephens in (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became 2r matched what was, to that point, the best win of ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket career (d. No.5 Cibulkova at 2017 St Petersburg) • Made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in sixth longest • Began season falling 1r at Brisbane (l. eventual match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) champion Ka.Pliskova) ASHLEIGH YULIA BARTY VS PUTINTSEVA

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• Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg Cup duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over singles before teaming up with Hon to win decisive No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic doubles rubber over Collins and Melichar. Also won in F) – first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against Belarus final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogotá (l. Pereira) in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as well as • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia hosts February 6, 2017 following her run to the final in St France in November’s final Petersburg • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching • Also in 2017 reached QF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both) and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarter- 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage finals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) Shvedova in 2012 • Also reached SF at two International-level events in 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC CAREER MILESTONES (l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at Charleston No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and • Later in season, posted second career win over a reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other • Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventu- titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA al champion Larsson) Finals (w/Vandeweghe) • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six (finishing at No.17) doubles titles • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala • Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-19 Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on October 23, 2017 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at 2019 Sydney • Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland • Winner of 10 doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, two w/ Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 (l. Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs, one w/Azarenka) Keys). Was the first Kazakh to reach QF at Roland • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in 2012 Dellacqua) (l. QF) • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on • Away from Paris, other key results include 3r at 2016 May 21, (l. Gasparyan), 3r at 2019 US Open • Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that (l. Vekic) and 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. V.Williams), lasted almost two years 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2019 (l. Golubic) • Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- • A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket Open, ) team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2017 and 2018 • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen- ager ranked in doubles Top 30 • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC ASHLEIGH YULIA BARTY VS PUTINTSEVA

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• Won first major singles title at 2019 Roland Garros • Coached by Roman Kislianskii (d. Vondrousova in F), becoming third Australian • Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan woman in the Open Era to win Roland Garros, join- in May 2012 ing Court (1969-70, 1973) and Goolagong Cawley • Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior be- (1971) fore moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy • Prior to Paris run, best result at this level was QF • Tennis idols were and – showing at (l. Kvitova) and still watches videos of Henin on YouTube R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Enjoys dancing, singing, Sudoku, cards and chess • Subsequently has also reached R16 at 2019 Wim- • bledon (as No.1 seed, l. Riske) and 2019 US Open (as No.2 seed, l. Wang) • Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2017 (l. Barthel) and 2018 (l. Osaka), US Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens) and Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina) • Main draw Slam debut was at 2012 Australian Open, came from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- novic/Babos in F; finished R-Up at 2019 US Open in doubles (w/Azarenka) • During partnership w/Dellacqua, advanced to three major doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wim- bledon, US Open) and also Roland Garros in 2017

PERSONAL

• Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents intro- duced her to the sport • In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi- yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school • In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 • Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[Q] ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #82) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4)

Head to Head: ANDREA PETKOVIC leads 1-0

2014 STANFORD HARD O R16 ANDREA PETKOVIC 6-2 6-2 63 mins

ANDREA PETKOVIC NAOMI OSAKA 82 WTA RANKING 4 99 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 5 09-09-1987 (32) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 16-10-1997 (21) $586,783 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,340,017 $7,709,361 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $11,969,214 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 2 / 4 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 14-8 5-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-17 / 262-203 34-11 / 114-70 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 90-73 14-3 / 29-18 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 53-51 9-4 / 22-19 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-9 / 166-134 24-7 / 85-48 3-1 / 30-21 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 6-5 0-1 / 5-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-7 1-3 / 14-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-1 / 8-19 1-4 / 37-78 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-3 / 21-31 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[Q] ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #82) [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4)

R1-Q: d. HAN XINYUN (CHN #157) 6-1,6-1 (1h04) R64: d. (USA #76) 6-3,7-6(5) (1h31) R2-Q: d. MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #58) 7-5,3-1 (1h06)

R64: d. JIL BELEN TEICHMANN (SUI #72) 7-6(4),6-3 (1h39)

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BEIJING Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ANDREA PETKOVIC NAOMI OSAKA 2018 2018 R1 L - (UKR #27) 6-2 7-6(2) SF L - (LAT #20) 6-4 6-4

2017 2017 R2 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) 6-4 6-4 R1 L - (GER #12) 6-2 7-5

2015 2016 R16 L - (ITA #20) 3-6 6-3 6-2 R1-Q L - (GER #114) 6-2 6-1 2014 R16 L - (ROU #2) 7-6(4) 5-7 7-6(1) 2013 R16 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #34) 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(2) 2012 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #26) 6-2 6-4

2011 F L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #12) 7-5 0-6 6-4

2010 R2 L - (RUS #4) 6-4 6-1

2009 R1-Q L - NURIA LLAGOSTERA VIVES (ESP #130) 6-3 2-6 3-0

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• Making eighth appearance at China Open (ninth • Making third main draw appearance at Beijing (fourth overall) overall) • Best result here was finishing runner-up in 2011 • Last year, as No.8 seed reached SF (d. No.10 Go- when she lost to A.Radwanska in a close three-set erges in R16, l. Sevastova) final which lasted 1h 34m minutes • Defeated Pegula in straight sets in 1r to improve her • In 2018, fell 1r (as qualifier, l. Tsurenko) record against American opposition in 2019 to 3-2 • On Saturday, advanced to main draw when Bouzko- • Has now struck 320 aces this season - the fourth- va retired w/low back injury - third consecutive year most on tour behind Ka.Pliskova (474), Bertens (399) she has come through qualifying here and Barty (340) • Broke serve five times to beat Teichmann in 1r • Faces qualifier Petkovic in 2r today – lost to the Ger- • Faces No.4 seed Osaka in 2r today. Looking for first man on her WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford victory over Top 5 player since upsetting No.3 Ste- • Currently on a seven-match winning streak against phens at 2018 Washington DC qualifiers. Last loss to a qualifier came against Su- • Played one other tournament alongside Beijing arez Navarro at 2018 Montreal during last year’s Asian swing, reaching SF finish at • In addition to SF showing at this event, during last Guangzhou (l. Q.Wang) year’s Asian swing also finished R-Up at Tokyo and • Two most recent of her six career WTA titles came on fell in RR at WTA Finals in Singapore hard courts, at Sofia in 2014 and Antwerp in 2015 SEASON

SEASON • Won fourth career title at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F); now owns 4-2 record in WTA singles finals • Fell in qualifying at Wuhan • Fell in R16 during US Open title defense (l. Bencic) • Made 2r exit at Guangzhou (l. S.Zhang) • Reached QF at Toronto (l. S.Williams), securing her • Reached 3r at US Open, defeating No.6 seed Kvito- return to No.1, and also at Cincinnati (ret. vs. Kenin va in the 2r before losing to Mertens w/left knee injury) • Coming off 2r showing at the Bronx (d. Zhang, l. • Lost to Putintseva on both grass court appearances, eventual R-Up Giorgi) in 2r at Birmingham and 1r at Wimbledon • Contested qualifying at Toronto (l. Hercog) and Cin- • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) cinnati (l. Jabeur) • Posted QF showing at Rome – withdrew prior to • Made 1r exit at San Jose (l. Brengle) match vs. Bertens w/right hand injury • On grass, reached 2r at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki) • Rome marked third consecutive clay court QF, after and fell 1r at Mallorca (l. Mertens) and Wimbledon (l. SF at Stuttgart (withdrew prior to match against Niculescu) Kontaveit w/abdominal injury) and QF in Madrid (l. • Recorded 3r run at Roland Garros, (d. No.25 Hsieh Bencic, having led 5-3 in third set) in 2r, l. eventual champion Barty) • At 2h 35m, 2r win over Sorribes Tormo at Madrid was • Made 2r at Nürnberg (l. Friedsam) the longest match of her career – previous longest • Fell during qualifying at Madrid and Rome was 2h 33m win over S.Zhang at 2018 Beijing • Opened 2019 clay court swing with 2r showing at • Made 3r exit at Miami – l. Hsieh in three sets Charleston (l. Sakkari) • Posted R16 finish at Indian Wells (l. Bencic) as de- • Suffered 1r exit in Prague (l. Pegula) fending champion for the first time in her career • Made 2r at Stuttgart (l. Kerber) • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was • Defeated Ostapenko in Germany’s victory over Lat- her first match since defeating Kvitova in Australian via in Fed Cup play-offs Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury • Made back-to-back 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. V.Wil- • Won second major title at Australian Open (d. Kvi- liams in 3s) and Miami (l. Anisimova) tova in F); became first Japanese player to reach • Won first main draw match of the season when de- World No.1 ranking following the tournament feating Bogdan in 1r at Budapest (l. Potapova in 2r) • Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. • Defeated by Sabalenka in straight sets during Ger- eventual R-Up Tsurenko) many’s 4-0 Fed Cup World Group first-round loss against Belarus in Braunschweig in February CAREER MILESTONES • Fell in qualifying at St Petersburg (l. Vikhyluntseva) • Retired in 1r at the Australian Open with heatstroke • Posted a 40-20 record in 2018, resulting in best year against Begu end finish of career at No.5 (first Top 10 season), up • Fell in qualifying at Brisbane from No.68 in 2017 ANDREA NAOMI PETKOVIC VS OSAKA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER CONT.

• Ended 2018 ranked No.64 – ninth Top 100 finish of • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- career and the third outside the Top 50 since 2012. an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam Season highlighted by SF finishes at Washington crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) DC (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), Guangzhou • Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Plis- (l. eventual champion Q.Wang) and Linz (l. eventual kova). Record in finals stands at 4-2, having also R-Up Alexandrova) finished as R-Up at 2016 Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki) • Achieved best Slam result since 2015 by reaching 3r • From her efforts in New York last September, passed of 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Halep) USD $5 million in prize money for the season – No.2 • Ended 2017 ranked No.97. Season highlighted by SF (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners run at 2017 Washington D.C. (l. Goerges). Posted • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time three wins vs. Top 50 players in 2017: No.28 Begu major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, and Bertens twice – once No.27 and No.30 Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight • Scored best result of 2016 with SF run at Doha (ret. was against Sakkari in R16 vs. Ostapenko); advanced to SF by defeating No.5 • After win over Halep at 2018 Indian Wells, owns Muguruza; first win over a Top 5 opponent since d. a 1-3 record against reigning No.1s (also lost to No.2 Azarenka at 2013 Beijing. Also in 2016, posted Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Toronto and Halep at 2018 Aus- three QF runs (Luxembourg, Dubai and Brisbane) tralian Open and 2018 Rome) • Bowed out of 2016 Rio Olympics in 1r of singles (l. • Other Grand Slam results in 2018 included reaching Svitolina) and 1r of doubles (w/Kerber, l. Errani/Vinci) R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r • Owns 14-35 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, at Roland Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. most recently over No.6 Kvitova (2019 US Open) eventual champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs • Is a former Top 10 player, cracking the elite bracket at Nottingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sev- at No.9 in September of 2011 and again in May 2015 astova), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut • Won sixth WTA singles title at 2015 Antwerp (d. • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at Suárez Navarro in F via w/o – neck injury); owns a Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included 6-11 record in finals, with four of six titles coming on 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open clay – the biggest being at Charleston (d. Cepelova • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated in F). Also won the Tournament of Champions-Sofia No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over in 2014 (d. Muguruza in SF and Pennetta in F) defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at • Is a two-time doubles runner-up, at 2009 Bad 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win Gastein (w/Maria) and 2016 Brisbane (w/Kerber) • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight • Suffered right knee injury at Hopman Cup at end was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- of December 2012, which forced her to miss 2013 acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at Australian and Middle East swings; returned to tour Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open at Indian Wells. Ranking dropped as low as No.177 • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at in March 2013 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- • Member of German Fed Cup Team, 2007, 2010-12, ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came 2014-19 from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of • Made first WTA appearances as a WC in qualifying at main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r 2002 Hamburg and Leipzig • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski) GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Contested 40th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open • Contested 15th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US • Best major result came at 2014 Roland Garros, Open where she advanced to SF (l. eventual R-Up Halep) • Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- • In 2011, her most consistent year at the majors, liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in reached QF at Australian Open (l. Li), Roland Garros F) (l. Sharapova) and US Open (l. Wozniacki) • Is the first woman to win her second major straight • At Wimbledon, has advanced to 3r on three occa- after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 sions, in 2011 (l. Pervak), 2014 (l. Bouchard) and (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) 2015 (l. Diyas) • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- • In doubles, made SF at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Ryba- ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open rikova, l. Babos/Mladenovic) and Australian Open back-to-back ANDREA NAOMI PETKOVIC VS OSAKA

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM CONT.

• Coached by Dusan Vemic • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became • Began playing at age 6 when father introduced her to youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam the sport since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) • Speaks French, German, English, Serbian and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in • Favorite authors are Goethe, Wilde, Flaubert; people Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) most admired are Goethe (genius in writing) and Che • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland Guevara (genius in fighting) Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber)

PERSONAL

• Recently stopped working with coach Jermaine Jen- kins, former hitting partner of , also parted company with Sascha Bajin earlier this year • 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; holds dual citizenship • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster Wowow, Nissin, Nissan and ANA Airlines • 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 professional tennis MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[16] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #19) vs. [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #90)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 4-2

2016 AUCKLAND HARD O R16 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-0 6-2 72 mins 2015 MADRID CLAY O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 7-5 6-0 91 mins HARD O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-0 1-6 6-2 103 mins 2012 EASTBOURNE GRASS O R1 CHRISTINA MCHALE 6-1 6-7(7) 6-4 152 mins 2011 NEW HAVEN HARD O QF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 7-5 6-3 103 mins 2011 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 CHRISTINA MCHALE 6-4 7-5 118 mins

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI CHRISTINA MCHALE 19 WTA RANKING 90 57 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 88 11-07-1990 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-05-1992 (27) $754,087 YTD PRIZE MONEY $261,895 $34,246,500 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,048,046 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 30 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 2 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 25-10 3-5 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 17-14 / 590-253 7-8 / 163-189 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-7 / 151-86 5-2 / 69-73 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 93-82 0-2 / 35-47 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-8 / 421-170 7-5 / 107-115 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 59-28 1-0 / 13-12 0-0 / 21-37 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-14 0-1 / 61-68 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 6-32 0-3 / 132-109 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 16-63 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 2r

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[16] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #19) [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #90)

R64: d. (USA #62) 6-1,6-3 (1h10) R1-Q: d. YOU XIAODI (CHN #223) 6-3 6-0 (1h10) R2-Q: d. TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO #67) 7-5,7-6(7) (2h08)

R64: d. SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #69) 6-0,1-6,6-3 (1h50)

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BEIJING Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI CHRISTINA MCHALE 2018 2018 F W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #20) 6-3 6-3 R2-Q L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) 7-6(6) 6-4

2017 2017 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #18) 6-1 6-4 R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #44) 7-6(4) 6-0

2016 2016 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 6-3 6-1 R1 L - (AUS #49) 6-4 6-4 2015 2015 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #10) 6-2 6-3 R2-Q L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #98) 6-4 6-7(3) 7-6(11) 2014 2014 R2 L - (AUS #21) 6-4 7-6(9) R1 L - (ITA #16) 7-6(3) 6-4 2013 2012 QF L - (USA #1) 6-1 6-4 R1 L - (SRB #12) 6-3 6-2 2012 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) 6-1 2-6 6-4 2011 R2 L - (FRA #10) 6-2 6-1 2011 QF L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #26) 3-6 6-0 7-6(2)

2010 F W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #4) 6-3 3-6 6-3

2009 R1 L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #38) 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 6-0 2008 R1 L - (ESP #27) 7-6(3) 6-4

2007 R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #57) 6-0 6-7(5) 6-1

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• Making 13th consecutive appearance at the China • Making sixth main draw appearance at China Open Open as the defending champion, defeating Sev- (eighth overall) astova in the final last year for her 30th career title • Bidding to reach 3r at Beijing for first time. Also • Also triumphed in Beijing in 2010 (d. Zvonareva in reached 2r on her debut here as a qualifier in 2011 (l. F); one of four two-time China Open champions, fol- Bartoli) and as a qualifier in 2017 (l. Cirstea) lowing S.Williams (2004, 2013), Kuznetsova (2006, • Defeated X.You 6-3 6-0 and No.7 seed Zidansek 7-5 2009) and A.Radwanska (2011, 2016) 7-6(7) to qualify for main draw for the third time • Aiming to defend a title for the sixth time, having won • Overcame wildcard Kuznetsova in 3s to reach 2r and New Haven from 2008-11, Ponte Vedra Beach in equal best result here 2009-10 and Tokyo [PPO] in 2016-17 • Looking to record back-to-back victories at a WTA • Defeated qualifier Davis in 1r to record her 25th tournament for the first time since defeated Pavly- victory at Beijing (25-10 record). Is currently second uchenkova and Sakkari at Indian Wells in March (l. behind A.Radwanska (28) for most wins at Beijing V.Williams). Victory over No.30 seed Pavlyuchenko- • Faces another qualifier McHale in 2r today. Has a 2-2 va in 2r was her first main draw win over a seeded record against qualifiers in 2019, defeating Niculescu player since 2018 Miami (d. No.25 seed Strycova) in Miami but losing to Andreescu at Auckland and • Faces No.16 seed Wozniacki in 2r today. Bidding Swiatek at Toronto for second victory of the year over a Top 20 player, • Owns 24 career hard court titles, third amongst ac- having previously upset No.19 Sevastova at Wuhan tive players after S.Williams (46) and V.Williams (31) last week • In addition to title run here, during last year’s Asian • One of 12 American players in the main draw. The swing reached R16 at Wuhan, made 2r at Tokyo, and only American player to win the title here is S.Wil- fell in RR stage at WTA Finals in Singapore liams (2004, 2013) SEASON SEASON

• Coming off 1r exit at Wuhan (l. Hsieh) • Reached 2r at Hiroshima (l. Kudermetova) and Wu- • During North American hard court season, made 3r han (as qualifier, l. Yastremska) at US Open (l. eventual champion Andreescu), fell 2r • During North American hard court season, reached at Toronto and in 1r at Cincinnati (l. Yastremska) 2r at Washington DC (l. McNally) and fell in qualify- • Reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Zhang) ing at US Open and Toronto. Also made 2r at WTA • Recorded R16 run in defense of Eastbourne title (l. 125K Series event at New Haven and $60K ITF/Con- Sabalenka having led 5-2 in final set; held 1mp) cord-MA, USA • On red clay, made 1r exits at Madrid (ret. vs. Cornet • Exited 1r at ’s-Hertogenbosch (as qualifier, l. Hercog) w/low back injury), Rome (ret. vs. Collins w/low leg and Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Dart) injury) and Roland Garros (l. Kudermetova) • Lost in qualifying at Roland Garros • Advanced to final at Charleston (l. Keys) • Won ITF title at Cagnes-sur-Mer (d. Voegele in F) • Posted R16 showing at Miami (l. Hsieh) and reached SF at Trnava 3 (l. Blinkova) • Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Alexan- • Fell 1r at Bogota (l. Sorribes Tormo) drova) • Reached 3r at Indian Wells (l. V.Williams) • Withdrew from Doha and Dubai due to viral illness • Coming off R16 showing at Acapulco (l. Vekic) after • As the defending champion, reached 3r at Australian making it through qualifying stages Open (l. Sharapova) • Fell 3r at WTA 125k Series event at Newport Beach • Opened 2019 season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. • Contested qualifying at Australian Open (l. Lepchen- eventual R-Up Andreescu ko) and Brisbane (l. Aiava) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Posted a 41-17 record across 2018, finishing at No.3 • Ended 2018 season ranked No.153, down 90 places for 11th consecutive Top 20 season and eighth Top from No.63 in 2017 10 finish of career, including six in a row (2009-14) • 2018 highlight was 3r showing at Miami (d. No.24 and back-to-back year-end No.1 finishes in 2010-11 Strycova in 2r, l. Muguruza) • Won three titles in 2018 season from four finals, • Posted seventh straight Top 100 season in 2017 (at including debut Slam at the Australian Open, as well No.63). One of 13 American women to feature in as Eastbourne and Beijing. Also finished R-Up at year-end Top 100 Auckland CAROLINE CHRISTINA WOZNIACKI VS MCHALE

CAREER CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Following 2018 WTA Finals, revealed she had been • Highlights of 2017 were SF runs at Acapulco and diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis Tokyo [Japan Open] and QF at Tianjin • Owns 30 tour-level singles titles (30-25 record in • Posted third non-consecutive Top 50 season in 2016 finals); sits fourth among active players, trailing (first since 2012), at No.45 – her sixth successive S.Williams (72), V.Williams (49) and Sharapova (36) Top 100 season • Won 2017 WTA Finals Singapore, passing $30 mil- • Won a career-best 26 main draw matches in 2016 lion in career prize money • 2016 season highlighted by winning first WTA singles • Lifetime record stands at 4-6 vs. World No.1 players title of career at Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. Siniakova in • Has won at least one title in 11 straight seasons F). Now 1-1 in tour-level finals, having been run- (since 2008), including career-best six titles in 2010 ner-up at 2014 Acapulco (l. Cibulkova) and 2011 • Other singles highlights in 2016 included reaching • Won first WTA title at 2008 Stockholm, the first ever SF at Acapulco and R16 at Madrid and Rome title won by a Danish woman • 2016 season also brought first two career WTA dou- • Denmark’s flag bearer at 2016 Rio Olympics bles titles, at Hobart (w/Han) and Tianjin (w/Peng) • Broke into Top 100 on July 9, 2007 and entered Top • Reached first WTA singles final at 2014 Acapulco (l. 50 on January 28, 2008. Debuted in Top 10 on May Cibulkova) 18, 2009 • Enjoyed breakout year in 2012 when she became • Rose to No.1 on October 11, 2010 and held No.1 youngest member of US Olympic tennis team (four ranking for total of 67 weeks; returned to No.1 on days younger than ); also reached January 29, 2018 after Australian Open title for a 3r of three straight Slams (Australian Open, Roland further four weeks, taking career to 71 weeks Garros, Wimbledon) • Qualified for WTA Finals six times (2009-11, 2014, • Achieved career-best ranking of No.24 the week of 2017, 2018) August 20, 2012, but contracted mononucleosis and • Made professional debut aged 15 as a wildcard at dropped out of the Top 100 on August 12, 2013 (to 2005 Cincinnati No.115), before finishing the year at No.68 • Broke into Top 100 on March 21, 2011 and Top 50 on September 12 the same year GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Owns six wins against Top 10 players including three against the Top 5 – d. No.1 Wozniacki at 2011 Cin- • Captured her first Grand Slam title at 2018 Australian cinnati, No.3 Kvitova at 2012 Indian Wells and No.4 Open (d. Halep in three sets) Muguruza at 2016 Indian Wells • Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, at the US • Broke into Top 100 on March 21, 2011 and Top 50 on Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams). September 12 the same year. Became first Danish player to reach a Grand Slam • Played first WTA qualifying at 2008 New Haven and final since Kurt Nielsen at 1955 Wimbledon made main draw debut at • Made major debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy (both as WC); recorded first tour-level match win at in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors 2009 US Open (in second tour-level main draw) until streak was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury) • At Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, GRAND SLAM HISTORY in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and 2017 (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) and has reached • Appeared in 37th and most recent Grand Slam main R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, most recently draw at 2019 Wimbledon in 2017 • Made 3r runs at 2012 Wimbledon, 2012 Australian Open, and 2012 Roland Garros • Best showing at US Open is 2r in 2011, 2013 and PERSONAL 2017; yet to reach R16 at any of the majors • Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki • Married former NBA player David Lee in Tuscany on PERSONAL June 15, 2019; the two announced their engagement in November 2017 • Coached by Peter Lucassen • Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team • Lived in Hong Kong from age three to eight after for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners father’s job was relocated youth programs • Older sister Lauren played college tennis and is now married to ATP player Ryan Harrison and works in broadcast media