Australian Open January 20 - Febfruary 2, 2020 Women’S Tennis Association Match Notes
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN JANUARY 20 - FEBFRUARY 2, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUS | JANUARY 20-FEBRUARY 2, 2020 | AUD $4,100,000 GRAND SLAM EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.wtatennis.com | @AustralianOpen | facebook.com/AustralianOpen WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon ([email protected]), Adam Lincoln ([email protected]) AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 1 SHOW COURT MATCH-UPS [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) vs. MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #59) First career meeting Osaka looking to become first woman since 2013 to defend her Australian Open title...Bouzkova hopes to be only the second player to oust reigning champion in 1r ANASTASIA POTAPOVA (RUS #90) vs. [8] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9) First career meeting Potapova one of ten teenagers in main draw... Serena coming off first WTA title since becoming a mother and first since winning here in Melbourne in 2017... Serena only has one career loss in the first round of a Grand Slam [1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #120) Tsurenko leads 1-0 Barty starting campaign to become first Australian to win title in Melbourne since 1978.. Tsurenko playing in only her second match since sustaining an elbow injury last August KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #57) vs. [7] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) Kvitova leads 2-0 Siniakova looking for fifth career win over a fellow Czech player... Kvitova last year was the first Czech woman to make the final here since 1991 VENUS WILLIAMS (USA # 55) vs. COCO GAUFF (USA #67) Gauff leads 1-0 Venus looking to to avenge 1r loss to teenager in first round of 2019 imbledon...W Gauff has yet to fall in 1r in each of her Grand Slam main draw appearances... Venus is the oldest player in the draw while Gauff is the youngest [24] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #27) vs. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #35) Stephens leads 3-2 Stephens looking for her first match win of the 2020 season...Zhang is the reigning doubles champion (w/ Stosur)... Zhang won their first round meeting here in 2018 in three sets KRISTIE AHN (USA #92) vs. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #36) First career meeting Ahn earned first Grand Slam main draw win last year at US Open with run to R16... Wozniacki competing in final tournament of her career SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #99) vs. [Q] CATHERINE MCNALLY (USA #116) First career meeting Stosur looking for first singles win in Melbourne since 2015... Mcnally making her main draw debut here... Stosur is also reigning doubles champion (w/Zhang) WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUS | JANUARY 20-FEBRUARY 2, 2020 | AUD $4,100,000 GRAND SLAM EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.wtatennis.com | @AustralianOpen | facebook.com/AustralianOpen WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon ([email protected]), Adam Lincoln ([email protected]) AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 1 SNAPSHOT MATCH-UPS [10] MADISON KEYS (USA #11) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #69) Keys leads 6-0 Keys won biggest title of career last year at Cincinnati... Kasatkina looking for 25th win over a Top 20 player [12] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #13) vs. ONS JABEUR (TUN #78) Jabeur leads 1-0 Konta reentered Top 20 for the first time since March 2018 after SF run at Roland Garros...Jabeur’s last Top 20 win came over Konta last year at Eastbourne [Q] MARTINA TREVISAN (ITA #154) vs. [14] SOFIA KENIN (USA #15) First career meeting Trevisan making career Grand Slam debut... Kenin won three WTA titles last year to boost her into Top 20 [Q] ANN LI (USA #142) vs. [WC] LIZETTE CABRERA (AUS #121) First career meeting Li making career Grand Slam main draw debut... Cabrera looking for first main draw win in three appearances in Melbourne WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION STATS & STORYLINES WTA NO.1 RANKING DEFENDING THE TITLE Ashleigh Barty will extend her stay at No.1 to 21 • Naomi Osaka is attempting to become just the consectuive weeks atop the WTA Rankings (28 ninth woman to successfully defend their title at the weeks overall. With her title run last week in Ade- Australian Open. Others to have completed this feat laide, she will hold onto that spot after this fortnight are Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, Stefanie regardless of results. Barty first reached World No.1 Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati, after winning back-to-back titles last at Roland Gar- Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. ros (her first Grand Slam victory) and Birmingham. • There have been 24 title defenses at Wimbledon, 22 The top seed has claimed the title 20 times in Mel- at the US Open, 21 at the Australian Open and 11 at bourne, most recently by Serena Williams in 2015. Roland Garros (post-1945): • 22 different women have successfully defended a Grand Slam singles title at least once in their careers QUEST FOR 24 • 10 different women have successfully defended two or more different Grand Slams • Serena Williams will be hoping to tie Australia’s • Six defending champions have lost in the opening Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam titles round of their title defense: Graf (1994 Wimbledon), • Since the birth of Alexis Olympia (September 1, Capriati (2003 Australian Open), Myskina (2005 2017), Williams has competed at seven Slams, Roland Garros), Kuznetsova (2005 US Open), Ker- reaching the final on four occasions - 2018-19 Wim- ber (2017 US Open) and Ostapenko (2018 Roland bledon and 2018-19 US Open Garros) • Before 2019 where she fell in QF, she had reached • Victoria Azarenka (2012-13) was the last player to the finals in her last three appearances in Melbourne defend her title at the Australian Open winning in 2015 and 2017 • Williams owns an Open Era record 7 Australian Open titles and 81 Australian Open match wins • Has played and won more matches (85-11 record) than any other woman in Australian Open history STRONG STARTERS Of the players with 10 or more Grand Slam appearances in this year’s Australian Open draw, here are the players with TEENAGE KICKS the best strike rate in the opening round at a Grand Slam: • There are ten teenagers in the women’s singles main • Maria Sharapova (51-6 in 1r): Sharapova’s first draw at the 2020 Australian Open. round loss at the 2010 Australian Open (l. Kirilenko) • American Coco Gauff (15) is the youngest player snapped her streak of 24 consecutive first round wins in the field at Melbourne this year, as well as direct at the majors entrants Amanda Anisimova (18), Iga Swiatek (18), Serena has lost in the Anastasia Potapova (18) and Dayana Yastremska • Serena Williams (72-1 in 1r): (19) opening round of a Grand Slam only once in herca- • Five of the teenagers earned their spot in the main reer, at 2012 Roland Garros (l.Razzano) draw through qualifying: Leylah Fernandez (17), • Venus Williams (72-12 in 1r): Venus will get a sec- Elisabetta Cocciaretto (18), Catherine Mcnally (18), ond chance against last lost against 15-year-old Coco Kaja Juvan (19), Ann Li (19) Gauff who she lost to inthe 1r of 2019 Wimbledon • A teenager has won a Grand Slam singles title 34 • Caroline Wozniacki (43-7 in 1r): Caroline’s first times (13 different players) in the Open Era. At last round loss at 2012 Wimbledon (l. Paszek) broke her year’s US Open, Bianca Andreescu (19 yrs, 83 days) streak of 20 successive first round wins at the Slams. became the first teenager to lift a major title since Keys has not fallen in the Maria Sharapova at the 2006 US Open. The young- • Madison Keys (26-3 in 1r): est player to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era first round on her past 20 major appearances is Martina Hingis at 1997 Australian Open (16 years, • Garbiñe Muguruza (23-5 in 1r): Muguruza snapped 105 days). her streak of 20 consecutive first round wins at majors with her loss at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Haddad Maia). MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA | Jan 20 - Feb 02, 2020 | $22,756,069 | GRAND SLAM [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) vs. MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #59) Head to Head: 0-0 NAOMI OSAKA MARIE BOUZKOVA 4 WTA RANKING 59 13 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 176 16-10-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-07-1998 (21) $75,050 YTD PRIZE MONEY $16,300 $14,492,529 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $704,308 0 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 13-3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) * 0-0 3-1 / 123-71 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 10-18 3-1 / 35-19 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 2-6 1-3 / 24-22 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 1-1 3-1 / 94-49 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 9-14 0-0 / 7-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 0-1 / 4-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-0 1-1 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-2 2-1 / 27-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 3-5 * Updated entering 2020 Australian Open 1r AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament Performance - 2020 "-Q" Qualifying match AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match NAOMI OSAKA MARIE BOUZKOVA 2019 2019 F W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 R1-Q L - BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #201) 6-4 4-6 6-4 2018 2018 R16 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) 6-3 6-2 R3-Q L - VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #125) 6-4 7-5 2017 R2 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #9) 6-4 6-2 2016 R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #16) 6-1 6-1 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from NAOMI MARIE OSAKA VS BOUZKOVA AUSTRALIAN OPEN AUSTRALIAN OPEN • Defending champion here at the Australian Open, • Making main draw debut at the Australian Open – having defeated Kvitova in the 2019 final.