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119 Mayar Alexandra Sherif Eala 639 EGYPT PHILIPPINES

1996-05-05 Date of Birth 2005-05-23 Elche, Spain Residence Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) 5' 11'' (1.80m) Height 5' 9'' (1.75m) 114 Career-High Ranking 624 $393,170 Career Prize Money $10,748 $184,178 Season Prize Money $9,458 0 / 0 Singles Titles YTD / Career 0 / 0 1-2 (Round of 64: 2021 AUSTRALIAN W-L (best) 0-0 OPEN) 1-0 / 1-0 YTD / Career CLUJ-NAPOCA W-L 1-0 / 1-0 (best) 2-6 / 2-8 YTD / Career W-L 1-0 / 1-0 3-2 / 1-3 YTD / Career Clay W-L 1-0 / 1-0 1-1 / 0-4 YTD / Career 3-Set W-L 0-0 / 0-0 0-1 / 1-1 YTD / Career TB W-L 0-0 / 0-0 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / Career L Hand W-L 0-0 / 0-0 Second round: , YTD Best Result Second round: CLUJ-NAPOCA CLUJ-NAPOCA

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Head To Head Record

YEAR TOURNAMENT SURFACE ROUND WINNER SCORE/ RESULT TIME

First career meeting

Ranking History

TOP RANK YEAR-END YEAR TOP RANK YEAR-END

132 132 2020 - - 212 212 2019 - - 779 - 2018 - - 767 780 2017 - - - - 2016 - - 983 - 2015 - - 575 865 2014 - - 623 641 2013 - - - - 2012 - - - - 2011 - -

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Tournament History

CURRENT TOURNAMENT CURRENT TOURNAMENT 1r: d. A. CORNET (#66) 6-2 6-4 (1h 25m) 1r: d. P. ORMAECHEA (#213) 7-5 6-2 (1h 35m)

Total time on court: 1h 25m Total time on court: 1h 35m

PLAYER NOTES PLAYER NOTES

Appearing in inaugural edition of the Making WTA main draw debut this week tournament Recovered from 4-0 down in the first set to Has beaten top seed Alizé Cornet so far this beat Paula Ormaechea in 1r week to register only her second Tour-level win Faces No.119 in 2r today; only other (also Paquet in 1r at ) Top-150 opponent faced was No.104 Kuzmova in Faces No.639 Alexandra Eala in 2r today; last 2021 Miami qualifying lost to a player outside Top 600 in 2019 Only player from Philippines with a WTA ranking Facing an opponent from Philippines for the first time in her career Owns six clay-court titles on ITF Circuit, most recently at $100k Charleston-SC, USA last November Only player from Egypt in the draw. Next- highest Egyptian player in the rankings is No.392

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Season 2021 History

Fell 1r at Budapest (l. Udvardy) and Olympics (l. In most recent outing, fell 1r at $25k Peterson) ITF/Madrid-ESP in mid-June Finished R-Up at $60k ITF/Montpellier-FRA and On junior circuit, won girls' doubles title at reached QF at WTA 125K Series event at Bastad Roland Garros (w/Selekhmeteva) Contested qualifying at Roland Garros and Best result on clay was 3r run at $60k Wimbledon ITF/Bellinzona-SUI Also made 1r exit at Miami (as WC, l. Podoroska). In spring, contested qualifying at Miami Remained in the US afterwards, reaching 2r at Followed title run with three further QF runs on ITF Circuit events in Charlottesville, Charleston ITF Circuit and Bonita Springs Opened the season by winning frst ITF CIrcuit Defeated in 1r at Monterrey (as qualifer, l. Davis) title of her career, at $15k Manacor-ESP and in qualifying at Guadalajara Fell 1r at Qatar (as WC, l. Sakkari) Sufered 1r exit at Yarra Valley Classic (l. Stojanovic) then reached 2r at Australian Open (as qualifer, l. Juvan) Beat Krunic in fnal round of Australian Open qualifying event in Dubai

VALUE WTA RANK MATCH STATS VALUE WTA RANK

21 122 Aces 1 294 70% 38 First serve % 53% 295 65% 68 First Serve points won % 65% 65 43% 175 Second serve points won % 24% 321 58% 41 Overall service points won % 46% 295 70% 32 Service games won % 0% 332 46% 246 Break points saved % 37% 306 29% 277 First serve return points won % 54% 2 52% 213 Second serve return points won % 68% 6 40% 240 Break points converted % 53% 46 26% 225 Return games won % 0% 332 38% 244 Return points won % 59% 1

Best win by ranking: No.66 vs Cornet in CLUJ- Best win by ranking: No.213 vs Ormaechea in NAPOCA 1r CLUJ-NAPOCA 1r Longest match: 2h 39m vs Juvan in AUSTRALIAN Longest match: 1h 35m vs Ormaechea in CLUJ- OPEN 2r NAPOCA 1r Shortest match: 1h 1m vs Sakkari in DOHA 1r Shortest match: 1h 35m vs Ormaechea in CLUJ- Most aces in a match: 8 vs Davis in MONTERREY NAPOCA 1r 1r Most aces in a match: 1 vs Ormaechea in CLUJ- NAPOCA 1r https://dev.saptennis.com/media/mediaportal/#season/2021/events/2043/matches/LS008/apps/post-match-insights/match-notes/snapshots/f1383… 5/8 05/08/2021 SAP Tennis Analytics 1.4.9

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Titles & Grand Slams

AUSTRALIAN ROLAND AUSTRALIAN ROLAND WIMBLEDON US OPEN WIMBLEDON US OPEN OPEN GARROS OPEN GARROS 2r 2021 1r 2020

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Career Milestones

Posted career-high ranking of No.128 on Reached career-high ranking of No.624 on May November 30, 2020 – highest-ranked Egyptian 31, 2021 woman ever Made WTA Tour debut at 2021 Miami qualifying Enjoyed best season of career in 2020, having Competed in the WTA Future Stars event in 2016 made WTA main draw debut at 2020 Prague and and 2017 in Singapore Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Roland Garros, Won girls' doubles titles at 2020 Australian falling 1r as qualifer on both occasions; is the Open (w/Nugroho) and 2021 Roland Garros frst woman representing Egypt to contest the (w/Selekhmeteva) main draw of a major Also contested WTA 125K Series event in Prague in August, reaching 3r; best results on ITF Circuit were picking up eighth and ninth title at this level, at $25k ITF/Antalya-TUR in March and $100k ITF/Charleston-SC, USA in November Fell in qualifying at 2020 Australian Open (l. Li in 1r), her frst time contesting qualifying at Tour level During 2019 season, broke into Top 200 for the frst time (at No.189 on November 11, 2019), having only appeared on the rankings on July 1 (at No.500) Returned to ITF Circuit in 2019 unranked, ended the year at No.212 after winning six titles, including a 26-match winning streak and ending the year with a win-loss record of 68-17 Won the 2019 African Games and will therefore feature in the (now postponed) Tokyo Olympics in 2021 Owns nine singles and six doubles titles on ITF Circuit Made Fed Cup debut in 2011, has also played in 2014, 2019-20 Won frst ITF Circuit title in 2013 at $10k Sharm El-Sheik Made ITF Circuit debut in 2010, at a $10k event in Ain Alsoukhna-Suiz in Egypt

Other Information

Coach since she was 16 is Justo Gonzalez Coached by Daniel Gomez Martinez; trains in Elche, southeast Spain Trains at the Rafael Nadal Academy in Mallorca Mother is Amal, father is Sherif and has three Parents are Mike and Rizza (who was a sisters, Rawan, Dalya, Rana (also a player on professional swimmer who competed at the tour); introduced to tennis by her sister and 1985 Southeast Asian Games); brother is also a parents at the age of four budding tennis player Studied at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Started playing tennis aged 4 California, graduating in 2018 with a bachelor Preferred surface is hard degree of science in Sports Medicine Short term goal is to play at Wimbledon Has a sponsorship deal with a bank in Egypt Enjoys upbeat Spanish music and watching comedy and horror movies https://dev.saptennis.com/media/mediaportal/#season/2021/events/2043/matches/LS008/apps/post-match-insights/match-notes/snapshots/f1383… 7/8 05/08/2021 SAP Tennis Analytics 1.4.9

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120 Irina Kristina Bara (8) Kucova 118 ROMANIA SLOVAKIA

1995-03-18 Date of Birth 1990-05-23 Residence Bratislava, Slovakia Right-handed (double-handed Plays Right-handed (two-handed both backhand) sides) 5' 4'' (1.64 m) Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) 112 Career-High Ranking 71 $847,034 Career Prize Money $1,310,372 $139,040 Season Prize Money $91,759 0 / 0 Singles Titles YTD / Career 0 / 0 2-2 (Round of 32: 2020 ROLAND Grand Slam W-L (best) 4-9 (Round of 64: 2019 ROLAND GARROS) GARROS; 2017 WIMBLEDON, AUSTRALIAN OPEN; 2009 WIMBLEDON) 1-0 / 1-0 YTD / Career CLUJ-NAPOCA W-L 1-0 / 0-1 (best) 3-8 / 10-20 YTD / Career W-L 8-4 / 32-52 3-5 / 13-16 YTD / Career Clay W-L 6-2 / 23-24 2-4 / 6-7 YTD / Career 3-Set W-L 3-2 / 17-12 1-3 / 3-7 YTD / Career TB W-L 3-2 / 6-11 Second round: CLUJ-NAPOCA, YTD Best Result Finalist: GDYNIA GDYNIA, BUDAPEST

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Irina Kristina Bara Kucova

Head To Head Record

YEAR TOURNAMENT SURFACE ROUND WINNER SCORE/ RESULT TIME

2021 Gdynia Clay 2r Kucova 3-6 7-5 6-4 2h 53m

Ranking History

TOP RANK YEAR-END YEAR TOP RANK YEAR-END

115 119 2020 139 149 142 161 2019 145 169 139 141 2018 245 265 174 214 2017 75 243 241 242 2016 71 80 328 337 2015 116 147 430 443 2014 103 143 644 663 2013 154 154 1018 1018 2012 205 287 - - 2011 167 205

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Irina Kristina Bara Kucova

Tournament History

CURRENT TOURNAMENT CURRENT TOURNAMENT 1r: d. A. FRIEDSAM (#119) 6-2 6-3 (1h 30m) 1r: d. C. BUYUKAKCAY (#196) 6-1 6-1 (1h 19m)

Total time on court: 1h 30m Total time on court: 1h 19m

PLAYER NOTES PLAYER NOTES

One of eight Romanians in the draw for the Appearing in inaugural edition of the inaugural edition of the tournament tournament Broke serve six times to beat Friedsam in 1r Won all seven service games during comfortable Faces Kristina Kucova in 2r today; bidding to 1r win over Buyukakcay reach second WTA QF of her career Faces Irina Bara in 2r today; came from 4-2 Best career results on clay are QF run at 2019 down in the final set to beat the Romanian Jurmala and run through qualifying to 3r at during her run to the final in Gdynia a few 2020 Roland Garros weeks ago One of four players from Romania to reach 2r In addition to recent R-Up finish at Gdynia (l. (also Bogdan, Buzarnescu and Cristian) Zanevska), best career result on clay was title Is currently ranked No.120, eight spots o run at WTA 125K Series event at Prague in 2020 career-high position (posted June 28, 2021) One of two players from Slovakia to reach 2r (also Schmiedlova) Is currently ranked No.118 - her highest ranking since July 2017

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Season 2021 History

Fell 1r at Hamburg (l. Kr.Pliskova) and reached 2r Reached 2r at Hamburg (as qualifer, l. Collins), at Budapest (l. Danilovic) and Gdynia (l. Kucova) then at Gdynia advanced to maiden WTA fnal (l. Contested qualifying at Wimbledon Zanevska) Fell 1r at Roland Garros (as qualifer, l. Sharma), Contested qualifying at Wimbledon then reached SF at WTA 125K Series event in Bol Lost in qualifying at Roland Garros before a QF Returned to the ITF Circuit in late May for a showing at the WTA 125K Series event in Bol series of events, highlighted by R-Up fnish at Opened clay court season with qualifying exit at $100k Bonita Springs-FL, USA Charleston. On ITF Circuit, made QF at Zagreb Sufered 1r exits at Lyon (l. Voegele), and Saint-Gaudens Guadalajara (l. Bouzkova) and Bogota (l. Rus). Reached 2r at Monterrey (l. eventual champion Also contested qualifying at Monterrey Fernandez) and Miami (as qualifer, l. eventual Fell at frst hurdle of Australian Open qualifying champion Barty in 3s). Defeated in qualifying at event in Dubai Guadalajara Fell at opening hurdle of Australian Open qualifying event in Dubai

VALUE WTA RANK MATCH STATS VALUE WTA RANK

6 202 Aces 6 198 69% 48 First serve % 65% 112 55% 266 First Serve points won % 62% 126 43% 188 Second serve points won % 42% 200 51% 235 Overall service points won % 55% 137 55% 212 Service games won % 64% 106 44% 263 Break points saved % 59% 40 42% 31 First serve return points won % 42% 28 56% 99 Second serve return points won % 55% 122 53% 49 Break points converted % 43% 182 46% 23 Return games won % 37% 103 47% 38 Return points won % 47% 43

Best win by ranking: No.97 vs Trevisan in BOL Best win by ranking: No.48 vs Stephens in 125 QF MONTERREY 1r Longest match: 2h 53m vs Voegele in LYON 1r Longest match: 3h 55m vs Gorgodze in GDYNIA Shortest match: 1h 6m vs Rus in BOL 125 SF QF Most aces in a match: 2 vs Errani in BUDAPEST Shortest match: 1h 2m vs Paolini in BOL 125 QF 1r Match points saved: 3 vs Gorgodze in GDYNIA QF Most aces in a match: 2 vs Bara in GDYNIA 2r

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Titles & Grand Slams

SINGLES FINALS Champion (1) 2020 - Prague 125K

AUSTRALIAN ROLAND AUSTRALIAN ROLAND WIMBLEDON US OPEN WIMBLEDON US OPEN OPEN GARROS OPEN GARROS 1r 2021 3r 2020 2019 2r 2018 1r 1r 2017 2r 1r 2r 2016 1r 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 1r 2009 2r

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Career Milestones

Reached 3r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Highlight of 2020 was lifting WTA 125K Series 2020 Roland Garros (as qualifer, l. Kenin). Also title at Prague in August (d. Cocciaretto in F) last year was R-Up at $80K ITF/Cagnes-sur- Made 2r at Roland Garros for the frst time in Mer-FRA (l. No.1 seed Sorribes Tormo) 2019 (as qualifer, d. Kuznetsova, l. Ka.Pliskova) Highlight of 2019 was reaching career frst WTA Highlight of 2018 was QF run at Hong Kong, QF at Jurmala (l. eventual champion Sevastova) defeating No.18 Ostapenko in opening match. Also in 2019, advanced through qualifying four Was frst main draw victory in over a year times, at Acapulco (l. Haddad Maia in 1r), Bogota Did not play for rest of 2017 season after 2r exit (l. Errani in 1r), Istanbul (l. Cirstea in 1r) and at Wimbledon. Was plagued by back injury Rabat (as LL, l. Hercog in 1r) Ended 2016 season ranked No.80 for best year- Advanced to one singles fnal on ITF Circuit in end fnish. Best result was advancing to her frst 2019, at $60K ITF/Szekesfehervar-HUN SF at WTA Premier level, at Montreal (as (l.Dascalu in F) qualifer, d. No.9 Suarez Navarro and No.14 Won her frst Tour-level match at 2018 Konta, l. Keys) Bucharest (as qualifer, d. Tomova in 1r, l. Hercog Ended 2016 season ranked No.80 for best year- in 2r) end fnish. Best result was advancing to her frst Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Bucharest SF at WTA Premier level, at Montreal (as (as WC, l. Sasnovich in 1r) qualifer, d. No.9 Suarez Navarro and No.14 Competed in her Grand Slam at 2017 US Open Konta, l. Keys) ,falling in qualifying Also in 2016 reached QF at Kuala Lumpur (l. Made WTA qualifying debut at 2015 Bucharest Svitolina) and Istanbul (as qualifer, l. Voegele) Owns nine singles and 29 doubles titles on ITF First WTA SF run came at 2014 Bucharest Circuit WTA main draw debut came at 2009 Played frst matches of career on ITF Circuit in Wimbledon, where she reached 2r (as qualifer, 2010 in Romania l. Mauresmo) Made WTA qualifying debut at 2008 US Open In juniors, reached No.3 in the world and won 2007 US Open girls’ title (d. U.Radwanska in F)

Other Information

Started playing tennis aged fve Mother's name is Alena; father's name is Jozef Favorite surface is clay (teacher); sister's name is Zuzana (also played on the tour) Started playing tennis at age 6 at father's school Baseliner whose favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is hardcourts Speaks Slovak, English Favorite movie is Titanic; favorite actress is Sandra Bullock Favorite types of music are pop, R&B; favorite singer is Rihanna Favorite author is Dan Brown Also enjoys swimming, basketball, soccer, skiing, listening to music, watching movies, shopping and going on the internet Idol is Roger Federer Favorite city is hometown of Bratislava.

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198 Lara Mihaela Arruabarrena Buzarnescu 170 SPAIN ROMANIA

1992-03-20 Date of Birth 1988-05-04 Barcelona, Spain Residence Bucharest, Romania Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) 5' 4" (1.64 m) Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) 52 Career-High Ranking 20 $3,305,665 Career Prize Money $2,448,891 $157,338 Season Prize Money $300,061 0 / 2 Singles Titles YTD / Career 0 / 1 9-24 (Round of 64: 2012, 2018 US OPEN, Grand Slam W-L (best) 7-12 (Round of 16: 2018 ROLAND 2015-16, 2018 WIMBLEDON, 2018 ROLAND GARROS) GARROS, 2015-16, 2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN) 1-0 / 1-0 YTD / Career CLUJ-NAPOCA W-L 1-0 / 1-0 (best) 3-4 / 106-126 YTD / Career W-L 5-13 / 56-64 3-4 / 68-54 YTD / Career Clay W-L 3-3 / 27-19 1-0 / 42-23 YTD / Career 3-Set W-L 3-6 / 20-23 0-0 / 22-22 YTD / Career TB W-L 2-1 / 16-12 0-0 / 4-15 YTD / Career L Hand W-L 1-1 / 3-3 Quarter-Finalist: BOGOTA YTD Best Result Second round: GUADALAJARA, BELGRADE, ROLAND GARROS, OLYMPICS, CLUJ-NAPOCA

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Head To Head Record

YEAR TOURNAMENT SURFACE ROUND WINNER SCORE/ RESULT TIME

2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD Qual. Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-4 6-3 1h 19m 2018 BUDAPEST HARD 1r Mihaela Buzarnescu 7-6(5) 6-1 1h 48m 2010 ITF/MADRID CLAY Qual. Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3 6-1 - 2009 ITF/KOKSIJDE CLAY Qual. Lara Arruabarrena 4-6 6-2 6-2 -

Ranking History

TOP RANK YEAR-END YEAR TOP RANK YEAR-END

164 - 2021 134 - 146 164 2020 110 136 82 157 2019 24 109 68 84 2018 20 24 52 84 2017 72 72 61 69 2016 203 377 72 86 2015 260 260 72 88 2014 891 891 70 100 2013 250 - 75 77 2012 141 248

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Tournament History

CURRENT TOURNAMENT CURRENT TOURNAMENT 1r: d. E. TIRON (#0) 6-0 6-0 (49m) 1r: d. V. TOMOVA (#117) 6-2 6-3 (1h 19m)

Total time on court: 49m Total time on court: 1h 19m

PLAYER NOTES PLAYER NOTES

Appearing in first edition of the tournament One of eight Romanians in the draw for the Beat Evelyne Tiron in 1r - her first 6-0 6-0 inaugural edition of the tournament victory at a WTA main draw in her career Broke serve six times to defeat Viktoriya Faces No.170 Mihaela Buzarnescu in 2r today; Tomova in 1r bidding to reach 20th WTA QF of her career Faces No.198 Lara Arruabarrena in 2r today; beat Owns one WTA title on clay, at 2012 Bogota the Spaniard at this year's Australian Open Only player from Spain in the draw qualifying - in what was both players' first match of the season Best career result on clay is a R-Up finish at 2018 Prague (l. Kvitova in 3s) One of four players from Romania to reach 2r (also Bara, Bogdan and Cristian) Bidding to win back-to-back Tour-level matches for the first time since SF run at 2019 Hiroshima

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Season 2021 History

Returned to clay to reach 2r at WTA 125K Series Coming of SF showing at WTA 125K Series event at Bastad, then fell in qualifying at event at Bastad and 2r showing at the Olympics Budapest and 1r at Palermo (l. Min) (l. Vondrousova) Fell at frst hurdle of Wimbledon qualifying Fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) Made 1r exit at Istanbul (as qualifer, l. Mertens) Results on clay this season were 1r exit at and Roland Garros (as qualifer, l. Gracheva). Bogota (l. Tan) and 2r showings at Belgrade (l. Also contested qualifying at WTA 125K Series eventual champion Badosa) and Roland Garros event at Bol (l. S.Williams). Was also R-Up in doubles Reached 19th WTA QF of her career at Bogotá w/Friedsam at Bogota (as qualifer, l. Tan) Lost singles rubbers to Trevisan and Cocciaretto Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Guadalajara as Romania slipped to a 3-1 play-of defeat to and Monterrey Italy in the Best result in March was 2r showing at Guadalajara (l. Bouzkova). Also fell 1r at Lyon (l. Mladenovic) and Miami (as qualifer, l. Garcia) Fell 1r at Gippsland Trophy (l. Kasatkina), Australian Open (as LL, l. Andreescu) and Phillip Island Trophy (as qualifer, l. Teichmann)

VALUE WTA RANK MATCH STATS VALUE WTA RANK

10 174 Aces 19 132 66% 85 First serve % 61% 179 58% 220 First Serve points won % 60% 176 42% 211 Second serve points won % 47% 82 53% 201 Overall service points won % 55% 139 55% 214 Service games won % 62% 136 45% 256 Break points saved % 54% 123 36% 156 First serve return points won % 34% 207 51% 234 Second serve return points won % 54% 141 48% 101 Break points converted % 43% 186 31% 175 Return games won % 32% 165 42% 175 Return points won % 42% 179

Best win by ranking: No.103 vs Paolini in BOGOTA Best win by ranking: No.83 vs Rus in ROLAND- 2r GARROS 1r Longest match: 1h 51m vs Paolini in BOGOTA 2r Longest match: 2h 59m vs Vandeweghe in Shortest match: 49m vs Tiron in CLUJ-NAPOCA GUADALAJARA 1r 1r Shortest match: 53m vs Zlochova in BASTAD 125 Most aces in a match: 2 vs Tiron in CLUJ- 1r NAPOCA 1r Most aces in a match: 3 vs Tomova in CLUJ- Most aces in a match: 2 vs Gatto-monticone in NAPOCA 1r BASTAD 125 1r https://media.saptennis.com/media/mediaportal/#season/2021/events/2043/matches/LS011/apps/post-match-insights/match-notes/snapshots/63e… 5/8 05/08/2021 SAP Tennis Analytics 1.4.9 Most aces in a match: 2 vs Paolini in BOGOTA 2r Most aces in a match: 3 vs Mladenovic in LYON 1r MATCH NOTES WINNERS OPEN 2021 - CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA 2021-08-02 - 2021-08-08 | $ 235,238

Lara Mihaela Arruabarrena Buzarnescu

Titles & Grand Slams

SINGLES FINALS SINGLES FINALS Champion (2) Champion (1) 2016 - SEOUL 2018 - SAN JOSE 2012 - BOGOTA Runner-Up (2) Runner-Up (2) 2018 - BOGOTA 2018 - PRAGUE, HOBART 2017 - BOGOTA DOUBLES FINALS DOUBLES FINALS Champion (2) Champion (8) 2021 - BUDAPEST (w/Stollar) 2019 - SEOUL (w/Maria) 2018 - STRASBOURG (w/Olaru) 2016 - GSTAAD (w/Knoll), BOGOTA (w/Maria) 2015 - SEOUL (w/Klepac), ACAPULCO (w/Torró- for) Runner-Up (4) 2014 - SEOUL (w/Begu), BOGOTÁ (w/Garcia) 2021 - BOGOTA (w/Friedsam) 2013 - KATOWICE (w/Domínguez Lino) 2018 - EASTBOURNE (w/Begu), NOTTINGHAM (w/Watson), PRAGUE (w/Marozava) Runner-Up (6) 2018 - GSTAAD (w/Bacsinszky) 2015 - HONG KONG (w/Klepac), WASHINGTON DC (w/Klepac), BAD GASTEIN (w/Hradecka), NÜRNBERG (w/Olaru) 2014 - OSAKA (w/Maria)

AUSTRALIAN ROLAND AUSTRALIAN ROLAND WIMBLEDON US OPEN WIMBLEDON US OPEN OPEN GARROS OPEN GARROS 1r 2021 1r 2r 1r 2020 1r 1r 2019 1r 1r 2r 1r 2r 2r 2r 2r 2018 1r 4r 3r 1r 1r 1r 1r 2017 1r 2r 1r 2r 1r 2016 2r 1r 2r 1r 2015 1r 2014 1r 1r 1r 2013 1r 2r 2012

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MATCH NOTES WINNERS OPEN 2021 - CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA 2021-08-02 - 2021-08-08 | $ 235,238

Lara Mihaela Arruabarrena Buzarnescu

Career Milestones

Ended 2020 ranked at No.164; best results were Played just two events in 2020 after 11 months 3r run at WTA 125K Series event at Prague and out of competition due to injury, sufered 1r exit one QG on ITF Circuit at US Open (l. Stephens) and fell qualifying at Last year, also fell 1r at Monterrey and in Roland Garros qualifying on six occasions (including Australian Finished 2019 season ranked No.110; campaign Open and Roland Garros) was highlighted by SF run at Hiroshima (l. Best results in 2019 were SF at Bogotá and QF Hibino) at Istanbul Enjoyed stellar year in 2018, reaching her frst Has reached 2r – but never further – on nine three WTA singles fnals and breaking into the occasions at the majors, most recently 2018 US Top 20 Open (l. Strycova) Rose to career-high ranking of No.20 on August Ended 2018 ranked at No.84 for seventh straight 6, 2018 before progress was stalled when she season inside the Top 100; fnished R-Up again badly injured her right ankle in Montréal at Bogotá (l. Schmiedlova) Lifted frst WTA singles title at Premier level San Highlight of 2017 season was R-Up fnish at Jose (d. Sakkari in F) in 2018 Bogotá (l. Schiavone in F); rose to then-career- Prior to 2018, had three WTA main draw wins to high No.59 ranking at end of tournament (April her name. Ended that season with a 36-21 17, 2017) record at tour, main draw level Also reached 3r at Madrid (as WC, upset No.18 Posted her frst fve Top 20 wins of career in Strycova in 2r, l. Sevastova) and Miami (d. No.9 2018, over No.6 Ostapenko (2018 Doha), No.4 Keys in 3r, l. eventual champion Konta) Svitolina (2018 Roland Garros), No.5 Svitolina Scored two of three career Top 10 wins in 2017: (2018 Birmingham), No.20 Bertens (2018 No.9 Keys (2017 Miami) and No.9 Kuznetsova Eastbourne) and No.15 Mertens (San Jose) (2017 Beijing) Enjoyed run to R16 at 2018 Roland Garros, her Season highlights were winning second WTA best result at a major (l. Keys). Also made QF singles title at Seoul (d. Niculescu in F) and SF stage in doubles in Paris (w/Bara, l. run at Bogotá (l. eventual champion Falconi) H.Chan/Z.Yang) Other notable results included QF showings at Reached frst four career doubles fnals in 2018, Rio de Janeiro (l. Martic) and Bastad (l. winning Strasbourg (w/Olaru, d. Siegemund). Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. N.Kichenok/An.Rodionova in F) and fnishing RUp Lepchenko), Charleston (l. Kerber), Wimbledon at Prague, Nottingham and Eastbourne (l. Kasatkina), Gstaad (l. Witthoeft) and Tianjin (l. Made second WTA singles fnal of career at Puig) Prague (l. Kvitova in 3s); rose to then-career Clinched her sixth and seventh WTA career high ranking of No.32 following the tournament doubles titles at 2016 Bogota (w/Maria, (May 7, 2018) d.Ce/Gamiz in F) and Gstaad (w/Knoll d. Reached frst career WTA singles fnal at 2018 Beck/Rodina) Hobart (l. Mertens in 3s) Best results of 2015 season were reaching SF at Reached frst tour-level SF of career at 2017 Bastad (l. Barthel) and Nürnberg (l. Knapp) Linz (having come through qualifying), defeating Broke into the Top 100 (at No.91) the week of No.35 Kontaveit en route (l. eventual champion September 10, 2012, after reaching second round Strycova) of US Open Broke into Top 100 after Linz run (October Made Grand Slam debut at 2012 Roland Garros, 16,2017); at 29 was the oldest Top 100 beat Muguruza in fnal round of qualifying debutante since 33-year-old Obziler on before losing to Ivanovic in 1r February 19, 2007 at No.96 Won frst WTA singles title at 2012 Bogotá (d. In 2015, won 48 matches, four ITF Circuit titles Panova in F); also owns one WTA 125K Series and rose 600 spots in the rankings, ending at title, at 2013 Cali No.260 Played frst WTA-level matches in 2010 at Made professional debut at 2004 $10k Marbella and Barcelona, losing in opening round ITF/Bucharest. Has 22 singles and 34 doubles of qualifying both times titles on ITF Circuit Made WTA main draw debut at 2011 Marbella, reaching QF (d. Niculescu in 1st career MD match; l. Kuznetsova) https://media.saptennis.com/media/mediaportal/#season/2021/events/2043/matches/LS011/apps/post-match-insights/match-notes/snapshots/63e… 7/8 Other Information

Coached by Andoni Vivanco Coached by Arti Apostu and father Mihai Father, Juan, is a lithographer; mother, Blanca, Buzarnescu is a nurse; also has one younger sister Father is a former Romanian intercollegiate Started playing tennis at age 8 when took tennis player; mother is Marcela (pharmacist); is lessons with a friend for fun an only child Moved to Barcelona at age 15 to train with Introduced to tennis at age 4 by parents Spanish Federation Favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is Tennis idol growing up was Justine Henin hard Favorite city is birthtown of San Sebastián, Speaks Romanian, English Spain. Enjoys working out after a match, going shopping, watching movies Favorite music is pop; favorite actor is Johnny Depp; favorite food is Caesar Salad; favorite city is Miami People most admired are Roger Federer, Monica Seles Self-described as happy with a lot of energy.

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