MATCH NOTES ZHENGZHOU - CHINA | Sep 09 - Sep 15, 2019 | $1,500,000 | PREMIER

[7] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #22) vs. JASMINE PAOLINI (ITA #117)

Head to Head: First meeting

PETRA MARTIC JASMINE PAOLINI 22 WTA RANKING 117 18 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 115 19-01-1991 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 04-01-1996 (23) $1,259,061 YTD PRIZE MONEY $127,328 $4,193,566 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $326,299 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 ZHENGZHOU W-L (MD) * 0-0 0-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 27-13 / 117-117 4-6 / 7-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 13-2 / 51-31 2-1 / 2-1 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-5 / 29-27 1-1 / 2-2 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-8 / 57-70 0-0 / 0-3 2-1 / 8-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-0 1-1 / 2-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 0-1 1-6 / 4-26 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 0-1 3-8 / 14-42 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-2 * Updated entering 2019 Zhengzhou 1r

ZHENGZHOU Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration

"-Q" Qualifying match

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• Making first appearance of this year’s Asian swing • Playing just third tour-level main draw event in China • Faces Paolini in 1r today; has lost once in 2019 to this week a player ranked outside Top 100, against No.152 Di • Fell 1r on previous two appearances, at 2017 Guang- Lorenzo in opening match at Toronto zhou (l. Kontaveit) and 2018 Shenzhen (as qualifier, • Seeded No.7 this week - seventh time in 14 tourna- l. Y.Wang) ments in 2019 • Faces Martic in 1r today; bidding for second Top • Last year in China, fell 2r at Beijing and made QF at 100 win of season, having previously beaten No.72 Tianjin Siegemund at Palermo • Only other QF in China came at 2011 Guangzhou • In terms of ranking, best career win came against • Scheduled to play next week’s Premier event in No.15 Kasatkina, en route to her first WTA quarterfi- Osaka, Japan nal in Prague • Has won 13 three-set matches in 2019 - only five • Twelve months ago was ranked No.204 and did not players on tour have won more even travel to Asia, instead returning to Europe to • Owns three Top 20 wins this season, over No.2 compete on clay on the ITF Circuit Ka.Pliskova (Roland Garros), No.19 Muguruza (at Madrid) and No.12 Sevastova (US Open) SEASON

• Fell at second hurdle in US Open qualifying (l. Ruse) SEASON • Posted career-high ranking of No.117 on August 19 • Earlier in the summer, returned to clay to reach sec- • Reached R16 for the first time at US Open (l. S.Wil- ond WTA QF of her career, at Palermo (l. Bertens). liams) Also made 2r at Lausanne (as qualifier, l. Cornet), SF • Suffered 1r exits at Toronto (l. Di Lorenzo) and Cin- at WTA 125K Series event at Karlsruhe and fell 1r at cinnati (l. Sabalenka) $100K ITF/Contrexeville-FRA • Enjoyed a successful grass-court campaign, reach- • Made qualifying exit at Wimbledon ing SF at Birmingham (l. Goerges) and advancing • Ended clay court season by lifting eighth ITF Circuit to R16 at Wimbledon (l. Svitolina). Went 6-2 on the title of her career, at $60K Brescia-ITA surface, improving from last year’s 1-3 record • Made main draw debut at Roland Gar- • Rose to career-high No.20 in the rankings following ros (as qualifier, l. Kasatkina) Wimbledon showing (week of July 15, 2019) • Suffered 1r exits at Rome (as WC, l. Kenin) and • Reached first Slam QF of career at Roland Garros Prague (as LL, l. Minella) (l. Vondrousova); upset No.2 seed and No.2-ranked • Reached 2r at Bogotá (as qualifier, l. Arruabarrena) Ka.Pliskova in 3r to register fourth Top 10 win of • Lost singles rubber to Pavlyuchenkova as Italy career (and best by ranking) slipped to 4-0 defeat against Russia in World Group • Ended clay court season with 15-3 record – joint-best II play-off on tour with Vondrousova • On return to Europe, played a mixture of WTA and • Withdrew from Strasbourg w/back injury ITF Circuit events. Fell in qualifying at Budapest and • Advanced to QF at Madrid, defeating Muguruza and St. Petersburg, then transitioned to clay in February, Kerber en route (l. Stephens) contesting four straight ITF Circuit events, highlight- • Lifted maiden career WTA title at Istanbul (d. Von- ed by title at $25K ITF/Curtiba-BRA drousova in F); record in WTA singles finals improved • Began 2019 campaign with 1r exit at $25K ITF/Play- to 1-2, having finished R-Up at 2012 Kuala Lumpur ford-AUS, before falling in qualifying at Australian and • In April, reached first Premier-level SF of career at Charleston (l. Wozniacki) • During Sunshine Double made 1r exit at Indian Wells CAREER MILESTONES (l. Linette) and reached 2r at Miami (d. S.Zhang, l. eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova) • Finished 2018 season ranked No.190 - notched • Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova) first career WTA main draw victory against Cabrera • Advanced to 3r at (l. Stephens) during 2r showing at Bogotá • Fell 1r in season opener at Auckland (l. Kenin) • Produced best result at WTA Tour level at 2018 Prague, defeating then-No.15 Kasatkina en route to QF finish as a qualifier

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CAREER MILESTONES CAREER CONT.

• Posted best season finish of career in 2018, at • Played a mixture of WTA Tour and ITF Circuit events No.32, with a career-best 26-17 win-loss record in 2017, capturing another title at $25K Woking-GBR • Highlights of 2018 season included reaching second • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2017 Guangzhou WTA singles final of career at Bucharest (l. Sevasto- (l. No.31 Kontaveit) va), QF at Indian Wells (d. No.6 Ostapenko, l. Halep) • Competed in qualifying at all four Grand Slams in and R16 at Australian Open (l. Mertens) 2017 for the first time • Also in 2018 won WTA 125K Series title at Chicago • Made Fed Cup debut in 2017 during World Group II (d. Barthel in F) quarterfinal defeat to Slovakia • In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years • 2016 highlights included two ITF titles and three over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros – marked first further finals match against a Top 20 player since 2015 Guang- • Made WTA Tour debut at home event in Rome, fall- zhou (l. No.2 Halep). Followed this by upsetting ing in opening qualifying round (l. Niculescu) No.19 Sevastova in 3r • In 2014, made on further ITF Circuit finals appear- • In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months ances at $25K Telavi-GEO and $10K Viserba-ITA out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to • 2013 season was highlighted by three SF showings win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA (previous at ITF level, a R-Up finish and her first career ITF tournament was a loss to U.Radwanska in qualifying Circuit title at $10K Locri-ITA for 2016 Wimbledon) • Owns eight singles and one doubles title on ITF • In addition to title at 2019 Istanbul is a two-time sin- Circuit gles R-Up, at 2012 Kuala Lumpur (ret. vs. Hsieh w/ • Made tour debut at the ITF Circuit in Italy in May heat illness) and 2018 Bucharest (l. Sevastova) 2011 • A four-time doubles runner-up, at 2012 Paris [In- doors], 2012 Bad Gastein, 2013 Marrakech (w/Mlad- enovic) and 2016 Monterrey (w/M.Sanchez) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Won WTA 125K Series doubles title at Bol, Croatia in 2016 (w/Knoll) • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Kasatkina) US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a • Has competed in qualifying at three other majors, Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49 most recently at 2019 US Open • Owns four career wins over Top 10 opponents, defeating No.8 Bartoli at 2012 Roland Garros, No.5 Kvitova at 2012 Tokyo [PPO], No.6 Ostapenko at PERSONAL 2018 Indian Wells and No.2 Ka.Pliskova at 2019 Roland Garros • From Castelnuovo di Garfagnana • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team 2008-2010, • Has Italian, Ghanaian and Polish heritage 2012, 2014 • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2007 Miami • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2005 GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contested 31st Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open, reaching R16 (l. S.Williams) • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova) • Reached R16 on five previous occasions across the Slams, at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and 2019 (l. Svitolina), Australian Open in 2018 (l. Mer- tens), Roland Garros in 2012 (l. Kerber) and 2017 (as qualifier, l. Svitolina after leading 5-2 in final set)

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GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Was ranked No.290 during 2017 Roland Garros run – the lowest-ranked player to reach R16 at a Grand Slam since the unranked Henin finished R-Up at 2010 Australian Open (l. S.Williams). Since 1983, the only other player outside the Top 200 to reach R16 in Paris was No.279 Martínez in 1988 • Roland Garros exploits in 2017 ended run of seven 1r losses at the majors (did not contest main draw at any of the Slams in 2016) • Made 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2009 Roland Gar- ros (as qualifier, l. Wozniak)

PERSONAL

• Coached by former player Sandra Zaniewska • Mother’s name is Sandra Martic; she was a handball player • Favorite city is Paris and favorite food is pancakes • Speaks Croatian and English