MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

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QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS

[1] (AUS #1) vs. [9] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #10)

Barty leads 1-0

Krejcikova is making her singles debut here… Barty knocked out defending champion Azarenka in

previous round… Krejcikova has 38 main draw wins in 2021, while Barty has 37

ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #22) vs. [11] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #11)

Kvitova leads 8-7

Kerber beat Kvitova on her way to Bad Homburg title in June… Kerber staged third-set fightback to overcome Ostapenko in previous round…Kvitova is yet to drop a set this week

[5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) VS. PAULA BADOSA (ESP #29)

Pliskova leads 1-0

Pliskova triumphed when they met five years ago at Miami… Badosa is bidding to reach her fifth SF

of the season… Pliskova is the only former Cincinnati champion left in the draw

[10] (SUI #12) vs. JILL TEICHMANN (SUI #76)

Bencic leads 1-0

Bencic beat Teichmann en route to WTA 125K title at Taipei in 2017… Teichmann upset Osaka in previous round to score the fourth Top-10 win of her career… Bencic is on nine-match winning streak

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1 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) VS. [9] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #10)

Head-to-head: ASHLIEGH BARTY leads 1-0

2021 WIMBLEDON GRASS (O) R16 ASHLEIGH BARTY 7-5 6-3

BARTY KREJCIKOVA Career Prize Money $21,104,531 Career Prize Money $5,706,592 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Apr. 24, 1996 (25) Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 18, 1995 (25) Singles Titles 12 Singles Titles 3 Tournament W-L (MD) 9-3 Tournament W-L (MD) 3-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 37-7 / 289-101 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 38-10 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 14-2 / 62-21 3-Set (YTD / Career) 12-2 / 20-4 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 7-3 / 25-20 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 6-6 / 8-8 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 16-3 / 119-44 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 20-6 / 27-13 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 6-1 / 24-23 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 2-5 Coach Craig Tyzzer Coach Ales Kartus

BARTY: Cincinnati • Making fourth appearance at Western & Southern Open, where she is through to QF for a second time • Best result remains SF showing in 2019 (as No.1 seed, l. Kuznetsova). Also made 3r in 2017 (as qualifier, d. No.9 V.Williams, l. Wozniacki) and 2018 (l. Halep) • After 1r bye, beat qualifier Watson in 1r and then defending champion Azarenka in 3r; beat Azarenka 6-0 6-2 to inflict her heaviest defeat since 2007 • Has won six sets 6-0 this season – three behind Tour-leader Muguruza • Win over No.13 Azarenka improves her record against Top-20 opponents this season to 13-1 • Faces No.10 Krejcikova today in QF; beat the Czech last month en route to Wimbledon title • Owns 23-10 career record in WTA QF matches (5-3 in 2021) • Is 6-1 against Top-10 players this season, with sole loss coming at hands of No.7 Sabalenka in Madrid final • Best result by an Australian woman at Cincinnati were title runs from Turner Bowrey (1969), Court (1972) and Goolagong (1973) • Spending 90th week as World No.1 – ninth on the all-time list, behind Davenport on 98 • Is No.1 seed here – last time top seed and World No.1 won Cincinnati title was 2015 (S.Williams) • Owns seven hard-court titles, including on US soil at Miami in 2019 and 2021

Season • Fell 1r at Olympics (l. Sorribes Tormo) • Bounced back at Wimbledon to lift second major title (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) • Exited Roland Garros in 2r (l. Linette via ret.w/hip injury). Also made QF at Rome (l. Gauff via ret. w/right arm injury) • Finished R-Up at Madrid (l. Sabalenka in F);defeat to No.7 Sabalenka ended a run a 10 consecutive wins over Top-10 opponents

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• At , won third title of the season at Stuttgart (d. No.9 Ka.Pliskova in QF, No.5 Svitolina in SF and No.7 Sabalenka in F); also won doubles title w/Brady to become first player to sweep both titles since Davenport in 2001 • Kicked off season with QF showing at Charleston (l. Badosa) • Lifted 10th career title, at Miami (d. Andreescuin F via ret. w/left foot injury) – first time defending a title in her career; saved a match point against qualifi er Kucova in 2r - S.Williams in 2007 was the last woman to win Miami after saving a match point • Ended Australian swing with 2r exit at (after 1r bye, l. Collins) • Opened season by lifting ninth career title, at the Yarra Valley Classic (d. Muguruza in F). Followed this by advancing to QF at (l. Muchova)

Career Milestones • Finished year-end No.1 for second year in a row in 2020, despite missing all tournaments held after the resumption of play in the summer • Went 12-3 to start 2020 season, results highlighted by fi rst title on home soil, and eighth overall at Adelaide (d. Yastremska in F). Followed up with first SF run at Australian Open(l. eventual champion Kenin) and runner-up finish at Doha (l. Kvitova) • Stellar season in 2019 brought four singles titles–including maiden major at Roland Garros (d. Vondrousova in F) and WTA Finals in Shenzhen (d. Svitolina in F); registered Tour-leading 57match wins, with 11-6 record against Top 10opponents • Broke into Top 10 after defeating Ka.Pliskova in Fat 2019 Miami (week of April 1) and became first Australian woman in 43 years to secure No.1singles ranking after title run at Birmingham, where she defeated Goerges in F (June 24, 2019) • Other highlights in 2019 included R-Up finishes at Sydney (scored first win over a reigning No.1,Halep, en route; l. Kvitova) and Beijing (l. Osaka)and reached SF at Cincinnati and Wuhan. In doubles, won Rome titles and was R-Up at US Open (both w/Azarenka) • In 2019, spearheaded Australia to its first Cup final since 1993, against France in ; went 1- 1 in singles (d. Garcia, l. Mladenovic) and dropped decisive doubles(w/Stosur) as the French prevailed 3-2 • In 2018, won two singles titles and four doubles titles, finishing the season ranked No.15 insingles and No.7 in doubles; was one of only two players to finish the year in the Top 20 in both disciplines (along with Mertens) • Captured first doubles trophy at2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe, d. No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mladenovic/Babos in F) • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017Kuala Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F). Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on October 23, 2017 • Qualified for WTA Finals in doubles in 2017(w/Dellacqua) and 2018 (w/Vandeweghe) • After 2014 US Open, took a break from that lasted almost two years. Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an all rounder for the Heat cricket team in the 2015 16Women’s Big Bash League • During doubles partnership alongside compatriot Dellacqua, reached three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and was also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2017 • Presented with Tennis Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018 and 2019 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Made WTA main draw debut as WC at 2012 • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished season as world No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva • Played first ITF Circuit event in hometown of Ipswich, Queensland in April 2010

KREJCIKOVA: Cincinnati • Making singles debut at Western & Southern Open • In doubles, advanced to QF here w/Siniakova in 2018-19. Is seeded No.2 w/Siniakova this year (face Dabrowski/Stefani in SF) • Beat Kasatkina in 1r to improve record against Russian opposition this season to 7-1. Followed this with victories over Yastremska in 2r and Muguruza in 3r – now owns 38 main draw wins this season, the most on Tour (level with Jabeur and Sabalenka) • Struck 14 aces and won 86% of first-serve points in victory over 2017 champion Muguruza on Thursday • After three wins this week, has won 25 of her last 27 matches • Faces No.1 Barty in today’s QF; beat the Australian and her partner Sanders en route to doubles gold medal at Tokyo Olympics • Loss to Barty at Wimbledon was first career match-up with a reigning No.1, however has two career Top-10 wins which have both come this year: No.5 Kenin in 2r of Rome and No.6 Svitolina in 3r of Roland Garros • Record in WTA QF matches stands at 6-3 (4-1 in 2021) • One of five Czechs in the draw (also Kvitova, Muchova, Ka.Pliskova and Vondrousova) • Best result by a Czech woman here was Ka.Pliskova’s title run in 2016, which she followed with R-Up finish at US Open • Rose to No.10 in the WTA rankings last Monday – is the second woman to make her Top-10 debut this season (also Swiatek) • Last summer was ranked outside Top 100 and did not contest a single event on US soil • Best career results on hard courts both came this season, at title run on home soil in July at Prague and a R-Up finish at Dubai in February

Season • Reached 3r at Olympics (l. eventual gold medalist Bencic in 3s); won doubles gold w/Siniakova • On home soil at Prague, won her third title of the season (d. Martincova in F) • Advanced to R16 on Wimbledon main draw singles debut (l. eventual champion Barty) • Enjoyed a glorious fortnight at Roland Garros,where she became the fi rst woman since 2000 to sweep titles in singles (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and doubles (w/Siniakova); upset five seeds in her seven singles matches, including saving 1MP to beat Sakkari in SF, becoming the third woman in the Open Era to save a match point en route to the title in Paris • At Strasbourg, lifted maiden WTA singles title (d. Cirstea in F)

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• Began the clay court season with 2r showing at Istanbul (l. Bogdan) and then 1r exit at Madrid (l. Badosa); also lifted doubles title in Madrid w/Siniakova • Made 2r at Miami (l. Swiatek) • At Dubai, reached second career final (l. Muguruza); broke into Top 50 following the tournament at No.38 (March 15) • In doubles down under, won title at Gippsland Trophy and finished R-Up at Australian Open (both w/Siniakova). Also defended mixed doubles title at Park (w/Ram) • Opened season with 2r showing at Abu Dhabi (l.Putintseva), before advancing to QF at Grampians Trophy (l. Brady) and then 2r at Australian Open (l. Alexandrova)

Career Milestones • Lifted maiden WTA title at 2021 Strasbourg, followed by sweep of singles and doubles titles at Roland Garros. Roland Garros was just her fifth Slam main draw in singles; only two women have won a major with fewer main draw appearances to their name • Enjoyed breakout year in singles in 2020, posting career-high ranking of No.65 (November 16) and making R16 at Roland Garros and reaching second WTA SF at Linz • Also reached two doubles finals last year, finishing R-Up at Dubai (w/Zheng) and winning Shenzhen (w/Siniakova) • In Mixed Doubles, defended Australian Open title (w/Pavic), having triumphed in Melbourne a year earlier with w/Ram • In 2019, advanced to QF at Bucharest in addition to winning four ITF Circuit singles titles on clay in North America and Europe, winning 20 of her21 matches during this stretch • Also in 2019, posted second Top 20 doubles season highlighted by titles at Toronto and Linz, and R-Up finish at Indian Wells (all w/Siniakova). Won Australian Open mixed doubles title w/Ram • In 2018, won first two Grand Slam trophies at Roland Garros (d. Hozumi/ Ninomiya in F) and Wimbledon (d. Melichar/Peschke in F) both w/Siniakova, the first pairing to complete the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double since and Ai Sugiyama in 2003; also became the first team ever to win the girls’ (2013) and ladies’ doubles title at SW19 • Rose to WTA doubles World No.1 on October 22,2018 • Highlight of 2017 was R-Up finish in first WTA singles final at Nürnberg (l. Bertens in F). Also made QF as qualifier at Bastad (l. Garcia). Only other tour-level appearances were 1r exits at Bucharest and Québec City • Contested five WTA main draws in 2016, progressing to 2r at two events: Kuala Lumpur and Prague • Lifted maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Québec City (w/Mestach) • Advanced to first WTA doubles final at 2014 Luxembourg (w/Hradecka, l. Bacsinszky/Barrois) • Reached 2r on WTA debut as qualifier at 2014Québec City (l. Hradecka) • On ITF Circuit, owns 14 singles and 19 doubles titles • Made professional debut at $10K ITF/Piestany-SVK in 2010

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5 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA | AUG 16 - 22, 2021 | USD $1,835,490 | WTA1000

ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #22) VS. [11] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #11)

Head-to-head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 8-7

2021 BAD HOMBURG GRASS SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) 2021 MADRID CLAY (O) R2 PETRA KVITOVA 6-4 7-5 2019 SYDNEY HARD (O) QF PETRA KVITOVA 6-4 6-1 2018 STUTTGART HARD (I) SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 6-2 2018 FED CUP HARD (I) - PETRA KVITOVA 6-2 6-2 2016 WUHAN HARD (O) R3 PETRA KVITOVA 6-7(10) 7-5 6-4 2016 US OPEN HARD (O) R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 7-5 2016 STUTTGART HARD (I) SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-4 4-6 6-2 2015 WTA FINALS HARD (I) RR ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-2 7-6(3) 2014 FED CUP HARD (I) - PETRA KVITOVA 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 2013 WTA CHAMPIONSHIPS HARD (I) RR PETRA KVITOVA 6-7(3) 6-2 6-3 2013 TOKYO HARD (O) F PETRA KVITOVA 6-2 0-6 6-3 2012 CINCINNATI HARD (O) SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-1 2-6 6-4 2012 ROME CLAY (O) QF ANGELIQUE KERBER 7-6(2) 1-6 6-1 2012 STUTTGART HARD (I) QF PETRA KVITOVA 6-4 6-4

KERBER KVITOVA Career Prize Money $30,781,024 Career Prize Money $33,087,477 Plays Left-handed Plays Left-handed Date of Birth (Age) Jan. 18, 1988 (33) Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 8, 1990 (31) Singles Titles 13 Singles Titles 28 Tournament W-L (MD) 16-9 Tournament W-L (MD) 12-9 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 22-11 / 457-261 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 24-14 / 479-224 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 7-2 / 127-98 3-Set (YTD / Career) 7-8 / 131-95 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 90-63 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 5-5 / 88-68 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 7-5 / 294-168 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 13-7 / 292-148 Top 10 W-L (YTD/Career) 2-2 / 43-64 Top 10 W-L (YTD/Career) 0-3 / 57-61 Coach Coach Jiri Vanek

KERBER: Cincinnati • Making 10th appearance at Cincinnati, where she finished R-Up in 2012 (d. No.5 Kvitova and No.4 S.Williams, l. Li) and 2016 (d. No.4 Halep, l. Ka.Pliskova) • Beat Sakkari in 1r and World No.5 Svitolina in 2r for third and fourth Top-20 wins of the season – also upset No.3 Halep at Rome (via ret.) and No.12 Kvitova at Bad Homburg • Recovered from 3-0 down in the final set to beat Ostapenko • Playing No.11 Kvitova in QF today; beat the Czech en route to Bad Homburg title this June, while also defeated her during final appearance here in 2012 • Only German woman in the draw • In only outing of last year’s US hard-court swing, made R16 at US Open (l. Brady) • Owns seven hard-court titles, including at 2016 US Open

Season • Advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Barty) • Opened season with 2r showing on home soil at Berlin (l. Azarenka), then lifted first title in nearly three years, at Bad Homburg (d. Siniakova in F)

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• Reached 3r at Rome (l. Ostapenko), then fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Kalinina) • Began clay court season with 2r showings at Stuttgart (l. Svitolina) and then Madrid (l. Kvitova) • Reached 3r at Miami (l. Azarenka) • Made 2r at Doha (l. Kontaveit) and then suffered 1r defeat at Dubai (l. Garcia) • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Pera) – her first opening round loss at Melbourne Park since 2015 • Opened season by reaching QF at Grampians Trophy (l. Sakkari)

Career Milestones • Highlight of an interrupted 2020 season were R16 runs at Australian Open and US Open • Reached two finals across 2019, including a R-Up finish at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what was the first Premier Mandatory final of her career. As a result, passed the $28 million prize money mark – currently eighth on the all-time list • Victory over Kontaveit in 2r at 2019 Doha marked 600th career win across all levels • Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r at for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of seven active players to achieve the feat) • Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 • Also in 2018, advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki • Best results of 2017 season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SF runs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 • At , became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since at (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi) • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media; also, ITF World Champion and Olympics silver medalist that year. Ended the season with a tour-leading 63-18 win-loss record • Part of the team that reached the final of 2014 . Also played the competition in 2007-08, 2012-13, 2015-18 • Made Grand Slam breakthrough with run to SF at 2011 US Open (ranked No.92, upset No.13 A.Radwanska, l. eventual champion Stosur) • Broke into Top 100 on May 14, 2007 and reached first WTA QF one month later at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. Chakvetadze) • Lost to Dementieva in 1r at 2007 Roland Garros on her Grand Slam main draw debut • Reached 2r on WTA main draw debut, at 2006 Hasselt (d. Oprandi, l. Ivanovic) • Professional debut came in qualifying at 2003 Berlin

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KVITOVA: Cincinnati • Making 10th main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (11th overall), where her best result are SF runs in 2012 (l. Kerber) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Bertens) • Scored straight sets wins over Top-50 trio Keys, Kudermetova and Jabeur in opening three rounds • One of three Czechs to reach QF (also Krejcikova and Ka.Pliskova) • Playing Kerber for the 16th occasion in their careers – neither has faced another player more often in their respective careers • Best result by a Czech woman here was Ka.Pliskova’s title run in 2016, which she followed with R-Up finish at US Open • In addition to 2r exit here, last summer made R16 at US Open (l. Rogers) • Owns 19 WTA titles on hard courts, while was R-Up at 2019 Australian Open

Season • Defeated in 1r at Prague (l. Sramkova) and 2r at Olympics (l. Van Uytvanck) • Coming off SF run at Bad Homburg (l. Kerber) then fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Stephens) • Fell 2r at Rome (l. Zvonareva) before withdrawing at the same stage of Roland Garros w/ankle injury • Advanced to QF at Stuttgart (l. Svitolina) and Madrid (l. Barty) • Reached R16 at Miami (l. Svitolina) • Made 2r exit at Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Teichmann via ret. w/right adductor) • Lifted her 28th career title at Doha (d. Muguruza in F). Is in fourth place for titles won amongst active players (behind S.Williams – 73, V.Williams – 49 and Clijsters – 41) • Opened season with 3r run at Yarra Valley Classic (after 1r bye, d. V.Williams, l. Podoroska) before falling in 2r at Australian Open (l. Cirstea)

Career Milestones • Advanced to final at Doha in 2020 (l. Sabalenka) – it was her 37th title-match, sits seventh on list for most finals among active players • Captured 26th and 27th career titles in 2019 at Sydney (d. Barty) and Stuttgart (d. Kontaveit). With 27 titles, is currently tied with Mandlikova and Sabatini in 20th place (Open Era) • Reached title match at 2019 Australian Open for third career Grand Slam final appearance –result moved her to World No.2, matching her career high ranking. Had she beaten Osaka in the final, would have claimed World No.1 ranking • Also in 2019, qualified for WTA Finals in Shenzhen for seventh time (went 0-3 in group play) • Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St. Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F) • Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a season since S.Williams in 2015

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• Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required extensive surgery to left hand. Won title at 2017 Birmingham only a month later • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play-off) • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title at 2011 Wimbledon (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens, Wozniacki, Halep, Osaka, Barty, Kenin and Krejcikova) • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becomingNo.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) • Owns six wins over current World No.1s: Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid), Kerber (2016 Wuhan),Wozniacki (2018 Doha) and Barty (2020 Doha) • Among active players, owns the most wins in indoor events (77) • Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006

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[5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) VS. PAULA BADOSA (ESP #29)

Head-to-head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 1-0

2015 MIAMI HARD (O) R3 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-5 6-1

PLISKOVA BADOSA Career Prize Money $22,194,804 Career Prize Money $1,760,27 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 21, 1992 (29) Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 15, 1997 (23) Singles Titles 16 Singles Titles 1 Tournament W-L (MD) 14-5 Tournament W-L (MD) 3-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 29-15 / 352-182 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 33-12 / 51-34 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 10-4 / 111-61 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 13-6 / 19-8 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 6-4 / 70-75 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 7-7 / 9-10 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 15-8 / 243-120 Hard Court W-L (YTD/ Career) 13-7 / 18-17 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 35-42 Top 10 W-L (YTD/Career) 3-2 / 3-5 Coach Sascha Bajin Coach No full-time coach

KA.PLISKOVA: Cincinnati • Making sixth main draw appearance at Cincinnati where she is a former champion, having won the tite in 2016 – ranked No.17 at the time, defeated No.3 Muguruza in SF and No.2 Kerber in F • As defending champion and World No.1, made SF run in 2017 (l. Muguruza) • Quarterfinalist in 2019 (l. Kuznetsova), reached 3r on main draw debut in 2015, and fell 2r in 2018 and 2020; also fell in qualifying here on first three visits (2012-14) • Remains only Czech woman to win the title at Cincinnati • After 1r bye, overcame Putintseva on Wednesday in straight sets, winning 6-3 6-2; notched 84% win percentage on first serve and reeled off five games in a row during the match • In 3r, finally defeated 2021 bête noire Pegula – had lost to the American four times already this season; saved two set points in the second set before winning on her fifth match point • Faces Badosa today bidding to reach fourth SF of 2021; has gone on to reach the final each time she has advanced to final four • With No.2 seed Osaka’s loss yesterday, is now the highest seeded player in the bottom half of the draw • Twelve of her fifteen match wins this year have come to players ranked outside the Top 25 • Last week in Montréal posted third R-Up finish of 2021 season – also reached finals at Rome (l. Swiatek) and Wimbledon (l. Barty); record in Tour finals now stands at 16-16 • Ten of her 16 career titles have been won on • Went 1-2 on last year’s summer hard court swing, falling to Kudermetova in 2r (after 1r bye) at this event (held in New York) and also in 2r at US Open (l. Garcia)

Season • Reached 3r at Olympics (l. Giorgi) then reached third final of the year at Montreal where she also fell to Giorgi • Returned to form at Wimbledon where she reached second Grand Slam final of career (l. Barty in 3s)

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• Began grass court season with 2r exit at Berlin (after 1r bye, l. Pegula for the fourth time this season), then fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. Giorgi) • Reached Rome final for third year in a row,finishing R-Up (l. Swiatek), then fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Stephens) • Advanced to QF at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Barty in 3s) then fell 2r at Madrid (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Was upset by Pegula at three consecutive tournaments in March, first in QF at Doha, then in 3r at both Dubai and at Miami • At Melbourne Park, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Muchova) and the Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne (l. Collins) • Made 2r in opening tournament of the season,at Abu Dhabi (l. No.292 Gasanova)

Career Milestones • Posted fifth successive Top 10 season in 2020, finishing at No.6 • Reached two finals across 2020, at Brisbane (d. Keys) and Rome (l. Halep via ret.). Has won at least one title every year since 2013 • Lifted a WTA-leading four titles across the 2019 season (tied with Barty) – triumphed at Brisbane, Rome, Eastbourne and Zhengzhou • Also reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, losing to Barty in straight sets, and produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved four match points to beat S.Williams in QF • Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in 2r at Birmingham, in what was their first career main draw encounter • Made fourth straight appearance at the WTA Finals in 2019, reaching SF for the third year in a row • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka inF). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Won Billie Jean King Cup for Czech Republic in 2015-16 and 2018 • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 ( became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F), Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) • Is a two-time Grand Slam finalist, reaching the title match at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber) and 2021 Wimbledon (l. Barty) • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova) • Scored first Top 20 win of her career over No.16 Petrova in 1r at 2013 Wimbledon • Won first career WTA title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur (d. Mattek-Sands) and followed it up with two more in 2014 Seoul (d. Lepchenko) and 2014 Linz (d. Giorgi) • Reached first WTA QF as WC at 2008 Prague (l. Azarenka) • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2006

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BADOSA: Cincinnati • Making main draw debut at the Western and Southern Open • Appeared in qualifying in 2020 when the event was held in New York, however fell in final round (l. Dodin) • In opening match, saved 5MP to defeat Martic 4-6 6-4 7-6(9) and delivered nine aces across the match • In 2r, overcame an in-form No.3 Sabalenka, rallying from a set down then a break down in the third set, prevailaing in 2 hours and 19 minutes, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) • It was her second Top-5 win of career, after defeating No.1 Barty at the Volvo Car Open in Charleston earlier this year • Enjoyed first straight set win of the tournament over Rybakina in 3r to book seventh QF of 2021 • Faces another Top-5 player in No.4 Ka.Pliskova today looking to reach fifth SF of the year (second on hard courts) and first since winning maiden title in Belgrade • It would also be her second SF at a WTA 1000 event after hitting that milestone at her home tournament in Madrid earlier this year • One of two Spanish women to begin the singles main draw – Muguruza fell to Krejcikova in 3r • Also reached QF in doubles this week with Sorribes Tormo but fell to Blinkova/Sasnovich 10-3 in the decider late last night

Season • Coming off 2r exit at Montréal (l. Marino) • Was forced to retire in QF match vs. Vondrousova at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with heat illness • Enjoyed best Grand Slam results at both Roland Garros (QF, l. Zidansek) and Wimbledon (R16, l. Muchova) • Lifted maiden WTA title at Belgrade (d. Konjuh in F) • At Madrid, became first Spanish woman to reach SF at the event (as WC, l. Barty) • Produced SF run at Charleston (l. eventual champion Kudermetova); upset No.12 Bencic in2r and World No.1 Barty en route to score her first ever Top 20 wins • Made at Miami (l. Jabeur) • Fell 1r at St. Petersburg (l. Ostapenko) • Reached third WTA SF of her career at Lyon (l. eventual champion Tauson) • Reached 3r in opening tournament of the season, at Abu Dhabi (l. Kudermetova) and then fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Samsonova)

Career Milestones • At 2020 Roland Garros, upset former finalist Stephens and 2017 champion Ostapenko enroute to reaching R16 for the first time at a major; posted career-high singles ranking ofNo.69 (October 12, 2020) following Paris run • Also in 2020, reached SF at Istanbul (l.Bouchard) • Campaign in 2019 highlighted by SF run at Palermo (l. Bertens) and QF run in Seoul (l. Y.Wang); also made Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian Open (l. 1r) • Finished 2018 inside Top 200 for the first time(at No.143); picked up three ITF titles at $25kITF/Glasgow-UK, ITF/$25k Les Franqueses del Valles – FRA and ITF/$60k Valencia-ESP Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Fell in qualifying at 2018 Wimbledon, Madrid and US Open • Claimed third title on ITF Circuit in 2017 at ITF/$25k El Espinar; Fell 1r at Miami and in qualifying at Madrid • In 2016, fell 1r at Miami, Madrid and Mallorca and in qualifying at Rio de Janeiro • As wildcard, made breakthrough on WTA Tour with 3r run at 2015 (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Came through qualifying at 2015 Madrid, fell 1rto Errani via ret. w/left leg injury • Continued at ITF Circuit level during 2013-2014before playing second WTA qualifying draw at2015 Antwerp, where she advanced to 2r (l.Bodarenko) • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Palermo, winning one match via retirement before falling in 2r (l.Gatto- Monticone) • Won first title on ITFCircuit at $10k ITF/Sant Jordi-ESP in 2012; nowowns seven singles titles at this level • Played first pro tournament of career at $10kITF/Gexto-ESP in 2012 (l. in 1r) • Won girls’ Singles title at 2015 Roland Garros (d.Kaliskaya in F) and reached QF at 2014 RolandGarros and Wimbledon; finished 2015 as No.8 in ITF World Junior rankings

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[10] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) VS. [WC] JILL TEICHMANN (SUI #76)

Head-to-head: BELINDA BENCIC leads 1-0

2017 WTA 125K/TAIPEI CARPET (I) QF BELINDA BENCIC 6-4 7-5

BENCIC TEICHMANN Career Prize Money $8,786,551 Career Prize Money $1,267,267 Plays Right-handed Plays Left-handed Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 10, 1997 (24) Date of Birth (Age) Jul. 15, 1997 (24) Singles Titles 5 Singles Titles 2 Tournament W-L (MD) 5-4 Tournament W-L (MD) 4-1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 26-14 / 182-130 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 16-13 / 44-44 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 11-4 / 68-42 3-Set (YTD / Career) 6-6 / 11-17 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 7-1 / 47-27 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 3-4 / 9-13 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 16-6 / 120-86 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 13-7 / 26-27 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 46-24 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 3-0 / 4-2 Coach Sebastian Sachs / Ivan Coach Arantxa Parra Santonja Bencic

BENCIC: Cincinnati • Making fifth main draw appearance at Cincinnati (sixth overall), where she is through to QF for the first time • Previous best result was 3r showing in 2015 (l. Safarova via ret.) • Dropped her openers on other three visits: 2014 (l. Knapp in 1r), 2016 (after 1r bye, l. Babos) and 2019 (ret. vs. Azarenka in 1r); also fell in qualifying in 2018 • Four of her five career singles titles have been won on hard courts – coming off triumph at the Tokyo Olympics (d. Vondrousova in gold medal match) • Defeated Vondrousova again in 1r this week, followed by victory over Rogers in 2r and Muchova in3r (via ret.) – has now won nine matches in a row • Faces compatriot Teichmann in QF; beat the Swiss en route to title at WTA 125K Series event in Taipei in 2017 • Career record in WTA QF matches is 20-9 (3-1 in 2021) • Other notable hard-court result this year was R-Up finish at Adelaide (l. Swiatek) • Did not play in North America last summer due to the pandemic • Bidding to become just the second Swiss woman to win the Cincinnati title, after Patty Schnyder in 2005

Season • Won gold medal in singles at Olympics (d. Vondrousova in F); also won silver in doubles w/Golubic (l. Krejcikova/Siniakova) • On grass, finished R-Up at Berlin (l. Samsonova), then fell 2r at Eastbourne (l. Golubic) and 1r at Wimbledon (l. Juvan) • Suffered 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) • Advanced to QF at Madrid (l. Badosa), then fell 1r at Rome (l. Mladenovic) • Fell 2r at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Badosa) and Stuttgart (l. Alexandrova)

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• Before that, made 3r showings at Miami (l.Vondrousova in 3s) and Dubai (l. Potapova), as well as suffering a 1r exit at Doha (l. Keys) • Finished R-Up at Adelaide (l. Swiatek); record in WTA finals is now 4-7 • Made 3r run at the Australian Open (l. Mertens) – beat Davis in 1r and Kuznetsova in 2r to register back-to-back wins for the first time since QF run at 2020 Doha • Opened 2021 season with 2r exit at the Grampians Trophy (after 1r bye, l. Cirstea) in what was her first match since last September at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Kovinic)

Career Milestones • Across a disrupted 2020 reached three QFs, at Adelaide, St. Petersburg and Doha • Enjoyed a stellar season in 2019, in which she lifted two titles – at Dubai (d. Kvitova in F) and Moscow (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and posted a career-best 49 Tour-level match wins in 2019 -only Ka.Pliskova (52), Barty (54) and Bertens (55)scored more. By contrast, posted a combined total of 37 wins at this level across 2016-18 • Victory in Moscow ensured she became first Swiss player to compete in singles at the WTA Finals since Hingis in 2006, going on to reach SF at the season-ending showpiece in Shenzhen • Equaled her career-high ranking of No.7following Moscow title run (October 21, 2019) • Also in 2019, marked 20th Grand Slam main draw by reaching her maiden major SF at US Open (l. eventual champion Andreescu) and finished R-Up at Mallorca (l. Kenin after holding 3mp at 5-4 in second set) • Was voted WTA Comeback Player of the Year in 2019 • Led the WTA with six victories over Top 5players in 2019, including upsets over No.1 Osaka at Indian Wells, Madrid and US Open • Standout result in 2018 was R-Up finish at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Goerges) • In first round at , defeatedNo.5 V.Williams. Having also upset then-No.1 S.Williams in SF at 2015 Toronto is one of seven women to defeat both Williams sisters before their 21st birthday (also Hingis, Sharapova, Clijsters, Henin, Chakvetadze and Osaka) • Underwent left wrist surgery in spring 2017, missing five months – ranking fell outside Top 300 • Run to 2016 St. Petersburg final saw her break into Top 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became 116th player to break into the Top 10 since computerized rankings were introduced in 1975. In the last 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut before their 19th birthday • At 2015 Eastbourne, at 18y 109d, became second youngest player to win a WTA Premier level final (Wozniacki won 2008 New Haven aged 18y 43d) • Qualified for 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai however withdrew due to hand injury • Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at Washington, DC (w/Mladenovic), the first coming earlier in the year at Prague (w/Siniakova) • Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after a campaign highlighted by R-Up finish at Tianjin (l. Riske) and QF run at 2014 US Open (defeatedNo.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 Jankovic in R16); at 17years of age, was youngest player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows since 1997 when Hingis won the title • Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12months later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams,1r); only 15 years, 7 months at the time • Won junior singles titles at Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2013; was named ITF Junior World Champion for 2013 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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TEICHMANN: Cincinnati • Making second main draw appearance at the Western and Southern Open (third overall), where she is through to QF for first time • Made 2r in 2020 (as qualifier, l. Kontaveit). Fell at first hurdle in qualifying in 2019 • Enters the main draw this week as a WC putting together back-to-back wins for the first time since Dubai earlier this year • Defeated Cirstea and Pera in first two rounds dropping a total of only seven games and having her serve broken just once • Upset No.2 Osaka in 3r to register fourth Top-10 win of her career (also No.5 Svitolina at 2021 Madrid, No.10 Kvitova at 2021 Dubai and No.5 Bertens at 2019 Palermo) • Faces No.12 Bencic in QF today; career record in WTA QF matches is 5-3 • Looking to replicate success on hard courts from earlier in the year when she consecutively reached QF at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Bouzkova), SF at Adelaide (l. Swiatek) and SF at Dubai (l. Krejcikova) • Best career result on hrad was R-Up finish at 2020 Lexington (l. Brady)

Season • Coming off 1r exit at Montréal (l. Collins) • Fell 1r at Hamburg (l. eventual champion Ruse) and Lausanne (l. Zanevska). Also made 2r at Palermo (withdrew prior to match vs. Ruse w/left thigh injury) • Beaten in 1r at Wimbledon (l. Giorgi) • Reached 2r at Madrid (d. No.5 Svitolina in 1r, l. Badosa), then fell 1r at Rome (l. Sevastova) and 2r at Strasbourg (l. Putintseva). Withdrew from Roland Garros w/left leg injury • Reached 2r at Madrid (d. No.5 Svitolina in 1r, l. Badosa), then fell 1r at Rome (l. Sevastova) • Fell 1r at Miami (l. Badosa via ret. w/left thigh injury) • Advanced to SF at Dubai (l. Krejcikova) • Ended Australian swing with QF at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Bouzkova) and then first WTA 500 SF at Adelaide (l. eventual champion Swiatek) • Made back-to-back 1r exits at the Gippsland Trophy and Australian Open (l. Gauff at both tournaments)

Career Milestones • Achieved career-best year-end ranking of No.57 in 2020, helped by runner-up showing at Lexington (l. Brady) and QF at Strasbourg (l. Svitolina) • Won first and second titles of her career during 2019 season, coming through qualifying to triumph at Prague (d. Muchova in F) and then at Palermo (d. No.5 Bertens in F) • Made Top 100 debut after Prague success, jumping from No.146 to No.87 (May 6). Rose to career-high No.54 following Palermo title run (July 29, 2019) • Also made QF on home soil at Lausanne and fell 1r at nine other tour-level events (including Wimbledon and US Open). Won ITF Circuit title at Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA

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• Qualified for first Grand Slam main draw at 2018 US Open, going on to reach 2r (l. Kanepi). Also, reached 2r at tour level events at Acapulco and Linz and lifted WTA 125K Series title at Newport Beach (w/Doi) • Spent majority of 2016 on ITF Circuit, winning 44 matches and three titles to rise over 200 places in the rankings. Also reached 2r on WTA main draw debut at Strasbourg and fell in qualifying at US Open • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2015 Luxembourg • Owns six singles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in Switzerland and Germany in 2013 • As a junior won 2014 US Open girls’ doubles (w/Soylu) and a gold medal in mixed doubles (w/Zielinski) at 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing

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