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SHISEIDO WTA FINALS SHENZHEN MATCH NOTES - SHENZHEN - OCTOBER 27 – NOVEMBER 3, 2019 - $14,000,000

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ORDER OF PLAY – DAY ONE (OCTOBER 27)

Not before 4:30pm [3] (JPN #3) vs. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) Osaka leads 1-0

Followed by [1] (AUS #1) vs. [7] (SUI #7) First meeting

Followed by [2] HSIEH SU-WEI/BARBORA STRYCOVA vs. [7] / SHUAI

Followed by [4] / vs. [6] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA/KATERINA SINIAKOVA

ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS

RED GROUP PURPLE GROUP MATCH SETS GAMES MATCH SETS GAMES PLAYER PCT PCT PCT PLAYER PCT PCT PCT W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L [1] BARTY 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 [2] KA.PLISKOVA 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 [3] OSAKA 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 [4] ANDREESCU 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 [6] KVITOVA 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 [5] HALEP 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 [7] BENCIC 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 [8] SVITOLINA 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000

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ABOUT THE RED GROUP

WTA YTD YTD YTD MD CAREER CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE FINALS TITLES PRIZE $ W/L PRIZE $ W/L TITLES W-L [1] Ashleigh Barty 1 AUS 23 0-0 6,887,587 52-11 3 12,095,667 136-60 6 [3] Naomi Osaka 3 JPN 22 0-3 5,863.282 39-11 3 13,492,479 119-70 5 [6] Petra Kvitova 6 CZE 29 10-11 3,219,420 37-13 2 30,561,637 435-202 27 [7] Belinda Bencic 7 SUI 22 0-0 3,118,075 47-19 2 6,851,208 146-106 4 Ranking based on week of October 21, 2019

• The Red Group features the reigning WTA World No.1 and the player who has won the second-most matches on tour in 2019 – Ashleigh Barty • Barty finished in pole position on the Porsche Race to Shenzhen, and is therefore the No.1 seed at the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen • Three champions are featured, in the form of Barty (2019 Roland Garros), Naomi Osaka (2018 US Open, 2019 ) and Petra Kvitova (2011, 2014 Wimbledon). Belinda Bencic’s achieved her career best Grand Slam result this year by reaching the semifinal stage at the US Open • The Red Group’s roster features two players who have are making their WTA Finals debuts - Barty and Bencic. Dominika Cibulkova was the last debutant to win the WTA Finals (2016) • Kvitova has posted the second-lowest amount of match wins this season of all the eight qualifiers, with 37 (the Purple Group’s has 35) • Bencic is the most recent player to lift a title, having won Moscow just under a week ago to secure her qualification • 2019 marks Kvitova’s seventh WTA Finals apperance – only (nine) and (eight) have more among active players • Shenzhen is also the third city Kvitova has contested the WTA’s season-ending event in, in addition to Istanbul and Singapore

RED GROUP – HEAD-TO-HEADS - CAREER BARTY OSAKA KVITOVA BENCIC BARTY X 2-2 2-4 0-0 OSAKA 2-2 X 1-0 1-3 KVITOVA 4-2 0-1 X 4-1 BENCIC 0-0 3-1 1-4 X

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MATCH SCHEDULE

SESSION DAY TIME MATCHES Session 1 Sunday Oct 27 4.30pm Singles RR (2) Doubles RR (2) Session 2 Monday Oct 28 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 3 Tuesday Oct 29 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 4 Wednesday Oct 30 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 5 Thursday Oct 31 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 6 Friday Nov 1 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 7 Saturday Nov 2 4pm Doubles SF, NB 6:30pm Singles SF, NB 8pm Singles SF, FB Doubles Session 8 Sunday Nov 3 4:30pm Doubles F, NB 7:30pm Singles F Subject to change RR = Round Robin

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[3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #3) vs. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6)

Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 1-0

2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O F NAOMI OSAKA 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 147 mins

NAOMI OSAKA PETRA KVITOVA 3 WTA RANKING 6 3 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 6 16-10-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-03-1990 (29) $5,863,282 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,219,430 $13,492,479 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $30,561,637 3 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 27 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-3 WTA FINALS W-L (MD) * 10-11 39-11 / 119-70 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 37-13 / 435-202 16-3 / 31-18 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 8-8 / 128-85 9-4 / 22-19 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 9-5 / 87-62 29-7 / 90-48 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 26-10 / 289-141 2-0 / 6-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 45-14 1-0 / 4-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 25-32 5-1 / 10-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 55-53 8-3 / 24-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 9-6 / 108-90 * Updated entering 2019 WTA Finals RR

Rnd Resul Duration

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WTA FINALS Tournament History

NAOMI OSAKA PETRA KVITOVA 2018 2018

RR L - (GER #2) 6-4 5-7 6-4 R1 L - (DEN #3) 7-5 3-6 6-2

RR L - (USA #6) 7-5 4-6 6-1 R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-4

RR L - (NED #9) 6-3 R1 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) 6-3 6-3 2015

F L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 6-2 4-6 6-3

R2 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) 6-3 7-6(3)

R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) 6-4 4-6 7-5

R1 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-2 7-6(3)

R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #9) 7-5 7-5 2014

R1 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 6-3 6-2

R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-2 6-3

R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 6-2 6-3 2013

R2 L - NA LI (CHN #5) 6-4 6-2

R1 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-4 6-4

R1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-2 6-3

R1 W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-3 2012

R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-3 6-2 2011

F W - (BLR #4) 7-5 4-6 6-3

R2 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) 5-7 6-3 6-3

R1 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #8) 7-6(4) 6-3

R1 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) 6-4 6-2

R1 W - (RUS #6) 6-2 6-4

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SHENZHEN SHENZHEN

• Making second appearance at WTA Finals • Making her seventh appearance at the WTA Finals. • Last year at WTA Finals in Singapore was hampered Among active players, owns joint third-most appear- by a left leg injury. Went 0-3 in round robin stage ances at the season-ending event behind S.Williams after losing in 3s to Stephens and Kerber and then (nine) and Sharapova (eight) retiring in the first set against Bertens • WTA Finals champion on debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka • Qualified fifth for season-ending finale after QF victo- in F) - one of only four players to win the title on first ry over Andreescu during title run at Beijing in early attempt (also S.Williams in 2001, Sharapova in 2004 October and Cibulkova in 2016). Went 3-0 in RR stage, one • Is only third ever player from to appear at WTA of eight players to post perfect RR record and go on Finals, after (1994-96) and Ai Sugiyama to win the title (2003). Best result was Date’s run to SF in 1994 (l. • Also R-Up in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska in F). That year, Sabatini) posted a 1-2 record in the round robin stage – one • Aged 18 and ranked No.202, appeared in Singapore of only four players to post a 1-2 record and reach at the 2015 WTA Rising Stars invitational, which the final – also V.Williams in 2000 (l. S.Williams), brought together four players (Jabeur, Garcia and A.Radwanska in 2015 (d. Kvitova) and Cibulkova in ) after a fan vote to compete at the event. 2016 (d. Kerber) Defeated Garcia in the final to win the competition • Other results here read RR stage in 2012 (l. A.Rad- • Takes on Kvitova in opening round robin match wanska in first match then withdrew w/viral infection), today, bidding to become first Japanese woman to SF in 2013 (l. ), RR stage in 2014 (1-2 record, win a WTA Finals singles match since Sugiyama d. Sharapova, l. A.Radwanska, Wozniacki) and RR defeated Henin in the round robin stage in 2003 stage in 2018 (0-3 record, l. Svitolina, Wozniacki, • Owns five Top 10 wins in 2019, three coming during Ka.Pliskova) Australian Open title run (No.7 Svitolina, No.8 • Playing her 22nd WTA Finals match today (10-11 Ka.Pliskova and No.6 Kvitova) and two coming en record), set to be level with Sharapova on the list route to Beijing title (No.6 Andreescu and No.1 Barty) among active players and behind Wozniacki (24), • Looking for third victory of the year over a left- A.Radwanska (25) and S.Williams (35) hander. As well as defeating Kvitova in the Australian • Became the sixth player to qualify for WTA Finals Open final also defeated Buzarnescu at Rome Shenzhen • Currently on a 10-match winning streak after lifting • One of two Czech players to contest the WTA Finals the titles at Osaka and Beijing - the joint-longest of Shenzhen along with Ka.Pliskova. her career (also recorded 10 straight victories when have had at least one player compete every year at winning the 2018 US Open and reaching the final at WTA Finals (in singles) since 2011 Tokyo) • Aside from 2011 triumph, other Czechs to win the • Has hit 351 aces in 2019 - fourth-most on tour behind title here are Navratilova (1978, 1979) and Novotna Ka.Pliskova (474), Bertens (445) and Barty (377) (1997) • One of five players to have won at least three titles • Bidding to avoid recording fourth consecutive open- this year, also Ka.Pliskova (four), Andreescu (three), ing match loss at WTA Finals having fallen to A.Rad- Barty (three) and Kenin (three) wanska (2014), Kerber (2015) and Svitolina (2018) • In addition to this season’s title run at Beijing, best • Faces Osaka today in a rematch of the Australian results of career in China are SF showing at 2018 Open final. Despite hitting 33 winners, lost that match Beijing and QF run at 2016 – their only previous encounter – 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 in two hours 27 minutes • Has a 1-2 record v Top 5 opposition in 2019 with only SEASON win coming over No.2 Kerber on her way to the title in Sydney At 29 years old is oldest qualifier this year • Won back-to-back titles for first time in her career at • Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and Beijing (d. Barty • Owns 26-10 record on hard courts in 2019, high- in F); now owns 5-2 record in WTA singles finals. lighted by a title run at Sydney and R-Up finish at Defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final for second career Australian Open in January victory over world No.1 (also beat Halep at 2018 • Ranks second on tour in 2019 for percentage won of Indian Wells) service games (80) and third for service points (63.2) • Fell in R16 during US Open title defense (l. Bencic) • Owns excellent record in China, winning titles at Wu- • Reached QF at Toronto (l. S.Williams), securing her han in 2014 and 2016, and Zhuhai in 2016, as well as finishing R-Up at Beijing in 2014 return to No.1, and also at Cincinnati (ret. vs. Kenin w/left knee injury) NAOMI PETRA OSAKA VS KVITOVA

SEASON CONT. SEASON

• Lost to Putintseva on both grass court appearances, • Reached QF at Beijing (l. Barty) and SF at Wuhan (l. in 2r at Birmingham and 1r at Wimbledon Riske) • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) • Fell 2r at US Open (l. Petkovic) • Posted QF showing at Rome – withdrew prior to • Withdrew from Toronto w/left forearm injury before match vs. Bertens w/right hand injury falling 2r at Cincinnati (after 1r bye, l. Sakkari) • Rome marked third consecutive clay court QF, after • Reached R16 at Wimbledon (l. Konta) SF at Stuttgart (withdrew prior to match against • Withdrew from Roland Garros and then Birmingham Kontaveit w/abdominal injury) and QF in Madrid (l. w/left forearm injury Bencic, having led 5-3 in third set) • Retired in final set of R16 match at Rome against • At 2h 35m, 2r win over Sorribes Tormo at Madrid was Sakkari w/left calf injury the longest match of her career – previous longest • Advanced to QF at Madrid, where she was the de- was 2h 33m win over S.Zhang at 2018 Beijing fending champion (l. eventual champion Bertens) • Made 3r exit at Miami – l. Hsieh in three sets • Won 27th career singles title from 36th final at Stutt- • Posted R16 finish at Indian Wells (l. Bencic) as de- gart (d. Kontaveit in F) fending champion for the first time in her career • Made QF run at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was after 2r exit at Indian Wells (l. V.Williams) her first match since defeating Kvitova in Australian • Reached final at Dubai (l. Bencic) Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury • Fell QF in defense of St Petersburg title (l. Vekic) • Won second major title at Australian Open (d. Kvi- • Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian tova in F); became first Japanese player to reach Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reach- World No.1 ranking following the tournament ing World No.1 ranking. Went on 11-match winning • Opened 2019 season with SF run at (l. streak across Sydney (five wins) and (six eventual R-Up Tsurenko) wins) • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F) • Fell 2r in season opener at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted a 40-20 record in 2018, resulting in best year CAREER MILESTONES end finish of career at No.5 (first Top 10 season), up from No.68 in 2017 • Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St Peters- • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- burg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the • Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Plis- year ranked No.7 – sixth career Top 10 finish, and kova) first since 2015 (up fro No.29 in 2017) • From her efforts in last September, passed • Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first USD $5 million in prize money for the season – No.2 player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners season since S.Williams in 2015 • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time • Including 2019, has won at least one title every year major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, dating back to 2011 Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, was against Sakkari in R16 l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in • Other Grand Slam results in 2018 included reaching Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r extensive surgery to left hand at Roland Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- eventual champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual at Nottingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sev- champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US astova), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included Top 10 finishes 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win medal play-off) NAOMI PETRA OSAKA VS KVITOVA

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight • 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at was third in four years, and marked first time she has Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open won any tournament title three times • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of Azarenka in F) main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six (l. Dabrowski) months) • Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 • Contested 15th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open • Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- GRAND SLAM HISTORY liams in F) and (d. Kvitova in • Contested 44th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US F) Open • Is the first woman to win her second major straight after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 • Winner of two major singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) F) • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- and Australian Open back-to-back phens, Wozniacki, Halep, Osaka and Barty) • In reaching R16 at , became • Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam woman to reach the final at was since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Navratilova) • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland • Other Grand Slam highlights are SFs at 2012 Aus- Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) tralian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at and 2018 (l. Kerber) 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) PERSONAL

• Recently stopped working with coach Jermaine Jen- PERSONAL kins, former hitting partner of , also • Has won the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award, parted company with earlier this year as voted by her WTA peers for the past six years • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) running (through 2018) and seven times overall • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when a charity which helps children to learn through sport she was three years old; holds dual citizenship • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, Wowow, Nissin, Nissan and ANA Airlines after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in before moving Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 to Japan where he lived for 13 years • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also • Parents are Jiri and Pavla plays professional MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - CHINA | Oct 27 - Nov 03, 2019 | $14,000,000 | CH

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. [7] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #7)

Head to Head: First meeting

ASHLEIGH BARTY BELINDA BENCIC 1 WTA RANKING 7 1 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 7 24-04-1996 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-03-1997 (22) $6,887,587 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,118,075 $12,095,667 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,851,208 3 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 4 1 / 10 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0-0 WTA FINALS W-L (MD) * 0-0 52-11 / 136-60 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 47-19 / 146-106 17-5 / 41-18 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 19-9 / 55-33 8-5 / 21-15 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 11-3 / 36-25 33-8 / 86-38 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 29-10 / 94-71 3-2 / 12-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 14-10 2-2 / 4-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-1 / 13-7 8-5 / 13-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 9-6 / 22-20 15-7 / 29-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-7 / 28-38 * Updated entering 2019 WTA Finals RR

Rnd Result Duration

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• Making debut singles appearance at Shiseido WTA • Making debut appearance at WTA Finals Finals Shenzhen. One of three debutantes in the • Secured the final qualifying spot by lifting title at Mos- field (also today’s opponent Bencic and Andreescu) cow earlier this month (needed to reach the final in • Was the first singles player to qualify for Shenzhen order to pip S.Williams and Bertens to the final berth following R16 run at US Open in the field) • Is the first Australian to compete in singles at WTA • Is the first Swiss to compete in singles at the WTA Finals since Stosur in 2012 (as alternate, fell in RR). Finals since Hingis in 2006. Hingis is the only Swiss Best result by an Australian at the tournament were to win the WTA Finals, doing so in 1998 and 2000 title runs from Goolagong Cawley in 1974 and 1976 • Faces No.1 Barty in opening match today; owns • In doubles, reached QF at WTA Finals in 2017 (w/ 4-1 record over reigning No.1s, upsetting Osaka Dellacqua) and SF in 2018 (w/Vandeweghe) at Indian Wells, Madrid and US Open in 2019 and • Faces No.7 Bencic in her opening match today; owns S.Williams at 2015 Toronto. Sole loss to No.1 came eight Top 10 wins in 2019 (most recently No.8 Ber- against S.Williams at 2014 Madrid tens and No.7 Kvitova earlier this month in Beijing), • Has registered more victories against rivals in the only Bencic (nine) has posted more wins this season Top 5 (six wins) and Top 10 (nine) than any other • Bidding for 53rd match win of the 2019 season, the player on tour in 2019 second-most on tour (heading into today’s Zhuhai • Owns 47 tour-level match wins in 2019, the fifth-most final Bertens is in first place with 54) on tour, behind Kenin (49), Ka.Pliskova (50), Barty • Has struck 377 aces this season - third most on tour (52) and Bertens (54). By contrast, posted a com- behind Ka.Pliskova - 474 - and Bertens - 445 (not bined total of 37 wins at this level across 2016, 2017 including Zhuhai final) and 2018 • Also ranks second on tour in 2019 for percentage • Has recorded 19 three-set victories in 2019 – the won of service points (63.7) and third for service most on tour, ahead of Ka.Pliskova (18) games (79.5) • Ranked at career-high No.7 heading into Shenzhen; • During WTA Finals will spend her 15th non-consecu- by contrast, 12 months ago was No.39 tive week as World No.1. Is joined in China by three • Best result of career in China was a R-Up finish at other former No.1s (Ka.Pliskova, Osaka and Halep) Tianjin in 2014 • One of five Slam singles champions competing in Shenzhen (Osaka, Halep, Andreescu and Kvitova) • Owns fine record on Chinese soil, winning the title SEASON at 2018 Zhuhai, finishing R-Up at 2017 Wuhan and 2019 Beijing, and reaching three further SFs • Coming off winning fourth career title, at Moscow (as WC, d. Pavlyuchenkova in F); SF win over Mlade- novic secured qualification for WTA Finals Shenzhen SEASON • Suffered 1r exit at Linz (l. Friedsam) • Reached R16 at Beijing (l. Kvitova) and made 2r exit • Coming off R-Up finish at Beijing (l. Osaka); now at Wuhan (after 1r bye, l. Kudermetova) owns 6-5 win-loss record in WTA singles finals • Advanced to maiden Grand Slam SF at US Open (l. • Also during Asian swing, posted SF showing at Wu- eventual champion Andreescu) han (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) • Defeated World No.1 Osaka in R16 at Flushing • Made R16 at US Open (l. Q.Wang); also R-Up in Meadows. Now owns 4-1 record over reigning No.1s, doubles (w/Azarenka, l. Mertens/Sabalenka) also upsetting Osaka at Indian Wells and Madrid in • Reached SF at Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova) 2019 and S.Williams at 2015 Toronto. Sole loss to • Suffered 2r exit at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Kenin) No.1 came against S.Williams in 2014 Madrid 1r • Made R16 at Wimbledon for the first time (l. Riske) • During this year’s US Open Series, made R16 at • Became the first Roland Garros champion to lift a Toronto (l. Svitolina) and fell 1r at Cincinnati (ret. vs. grass court title in the same season since Henin Azarenka w/left foot injury) in 2007 by winning Birmingham (d. Goerges in F); • Posted 3r showing at Wimbledon (l. Riske) after became the first Australian woman in 43 years to falling 2r at Eastbourne (l. Alexandrova) reach WTA singles No.1 following Birmingham (June • Was R-Up at Mallorca (l. Kenin after holding 3mp at 24, 2019) 5-4 in second set); upset No.6 Kerber en route • Won first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Von- • Clay season ended with 2r exit at Rome (l. Mlade- drousova in F) novic) and 3r showing at Roland Garros (l. Vekic) • Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- • Posted SF run at Madrid (d. No.1 Osaka in QF, l. enovic); withdrew from Strasbourg (right arm injury) Halep) ASHLEIGH BELINDA BARTY VS BENCIC

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• Lifted 10th career doubles title at Rome (w/Azarenka) • Suffered 2r exit at Stuttgart (l. Bertens) • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami • Fell in 1r at Lugano (l. Lottner) but reached SF in – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens doubles (w/Kuzmova, l. Kudermetova/Voskoboeva) (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) • Advanced to QF stage at Charleston (l. Martic) • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- • Made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Putintseva) cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level • Reached SF at Indian Wells (d. No.1 Osaka, No.5 • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph Ka.Pliskova, l. Kerber) (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became • Loss to Kerber ended 12-match winning streak – ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket having won two Fed Cup singles rubbers (d. Errani, • Made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in sixth longest Giorgi), six wins en route to the Dubai title, four match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) matches at Indian Wells • Led to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed • Lifted third singles title of career at 2019 Dubai (d. Cup duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in Kvitova in F) and first since 2015 Toronto; defeated singles before teaming up with Hon to win decisive four Top 10 opponents en route to title, No.8 Sa- doubles rubber over Collins and Melichar. Also won balenka (R16), No.3 Halep (QF), No.6 Svitolina (SF) both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against and No.4 Kvitova (F) in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as well as • Inspired to 3-1 World Group II win over decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia hosts Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) in November’s final • Fell in qualifying at St Petersburg • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching • Reached SF at (l. Schmiedlova) and ad- QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney vanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both) • Opened 2019 season at , partnering • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted to help Switzerland retain the trophy 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) CAREER MILESTONES

CAREER MILESTONES • Posted fourth Top 100 season in 2018, at No.37; highlight was R-Up finish at Luxembourg (as qualifier, • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at l. Goerges) No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and • Underwent left wrist surgery in spring 2017, missing reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 five months – ranking fell outside Top 300 highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan • Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 match- • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US es and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other 125K Series events at Hua Hin and Taipei. By the titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA end of the year she was back in the Top 75 Finals (w/Vandeweghe) • At 18 years of age in Toronto became youngest play- • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved er to defeat S.Williams in a completed match since her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season 2004 WTA Finals, when 17-year-old Sharapova d. (finishing at No.17) Serena in F (Serena also lost at 2007 Charleston to • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala then 17-year-old Chan Yung-Jan via first set retire- Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) ment at 5-3) • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on • Struggled with injury in 2016 – advanced to sixth ca- October 23, 2017 reer singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charles- 2019 Sydney ton (April) was sidelined for more than two months – • Winner of 10 doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, two w/ missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs, one w/Azarenka) • Run to St Petersburg final saw her break into Top • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became Dellacqua) 116th player to break into the Top 10 since comput- • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on erized rankings were introduced in 1975. In the last May 21, 2018 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut • Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that before their 19th birthday lasted almost two years • Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, 2016) ASHLEIGH BELINDA BARTY VS BENCIC

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• Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- • Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Rad- team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League wanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.) • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2017 and • At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, 2018 became second-youngest player to win a WTA Pre- • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen- mier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New ager ranked in doubles Top 30 Haven aged 18 years, 43 days • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished • With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC Azarenka at 2009 Miami • Victory at 2019 Moscow improved record in career finals to 4-6; R-Up finishes came at 2014 Tianjin, GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], 2016 St Petersburg, 2018 Luxembourg and 2019 Mallorca • Won first major singles title at 2019 Roland Garros • Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at (d. Vondrousova in F), becoming third Australian Washington, DC (w/Mladenovic), the first coming woman in the Open Era to win Roland Garros, join- earlier in the year at Prague (w/Siniakova) ing Court (1969-70, 1973) and Goolagong Cawley • Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising (1971) 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 • Prior to Paris run, best result at this level was QF • Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in showing at 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 • Subsequently has also reached R16 at 2019 Wim- years, 7 months at the time 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 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Open in 2017 (l. Barthel) and 2018 (l. Osaka), US Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens) and • Contested milestone 20th Grand Slam main draw Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina) at 2019 US Open, which she marked by reaching • Main draw Slam debut was at , her maiden SF at this level (l. eventual champion came from winning ’s WC Play-Off Andreescu) • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 • Other than this year’s SF run, next best Grand Slam US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds singles result was QF at 2014 US Open; defeated Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- two Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, novic/Babos in F; finished R-Up at 2019 US Open in No.10 Jankovic in R16) doubles (w/Azarenka) • Has made R16 at Australian Open in 2016 (l. Shara- • During partnership w/Dellacqua, advanced to three pova) and at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. Azarenka) and major doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wim- 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber). Best result at bledon, US Open) and also Roland Garros in 2017 Roland Garros is 3r in 2019 (l. Vekic)

PERSONAL PERSONAL • Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Split from coach Vlado Platenik at the end of 2018; Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents intro- • duced her to the sport has worked extensively with Melanie Molitor and , as well as her father, Ivan, in the past • In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with • Fitness trainer is Martin Hromkovic, a former football player from the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi- yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern • Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school • Includes Nike, and Rolex among her sponsors • 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