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KATARINA ZAVATSKA (UKR #125) vs. [Q] (RUS #241)

First meeting Zavatska bidding for first Tour-level main draw win since 2019… Gasanova making second WTA main draw appearance, after debut at Abu Dhabi earlier this month

[3] (FRA #43) vs. [WC] (RUS #146) BadosaFirst meeting leads 1 -0 OstapenkoFerro seeded won No.3 the doublesthis fortnight title here – her in highest 2017… seedingThe Latvian at a isWTA making 500 event her sixth… Zvonareva appearance, won having the played every edition sincedoubles the event title here was inheld 2018 on the WTA Tour in 2016

[Q] WANG XINYU (CHN #159) vs. [4] (RUS #41)

First meeting Wang bidding to secure her first victory over a Top 100 player … Kuznetsova advanced to the quarterfinals during her debut here in 2017

[1] (RUS #33) vs. TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #107)

Series tied 1-1 Alexandrova owns the most indoor match wins across the WTA Tour with 31… Martincova enters this week’s tournament on a career-high ranking of No.107

[6] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #51) vs. [Q] JAQUELINE CRISTIAN (ROU #160)

First meeting Ostapenko has played every year since the tournament’s inception in 2016, lifting the doubles title in 2017… Cristian hoping to reach 3r for her first time on the WTA Tour

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KATERINA ZAVATSKA (ROU #125) VS. [Q] ANASTASIA GASANOVA (RUS #146)

Head-to-head: First meeting

ZAVATSKA GASANOVA Career Prize Money $439,805 Career Prize Money $97,691 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Feb 5, 2000 (21) Date of Birth (Age) May 15, 1999 (21) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 0 Tournament W-L (MD) Making debut Tournament W-L (MD) Making debut YTD / Career W-L (MD) 0-2 / 6-14 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-1 / 2-1 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-4 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 1-2 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2/ 4-10 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 2-1/ 2-1 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 1-0 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-3 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 1-0 Coach Mislav Hizak Coach Alexey Filenkov

ZAVATSKA:

• Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy • Contested qualifying last year in 2020, but fell in final round to Boulter • Sole Ukrainian in the main draw • Faces fellow main draw debutant Gasanova today – winner will face Pavlyuchenkova in 2r • Biding for first Tour-level main draw win today since 2019, reaching the SF at Tashkent that year in September (l. Cirstea) • Since then, at main draw level, has posted 0-7 record, falling 1r at 2020 Acapulco (l. Zhu), 2020 US Open (l. Rybakina), 2020 Istanbul (l. Badosa), 2020 Roland Garros (l. Bertens), 2020 Linz (l. Gracheva), 2021 Lyon (l. Gasparyan) and 2021 Dubai (l. Teichmann) • Highlight of 2020 was making main draw debut at 2020 US Open (l. Rybakina in 1r). Also contested 2020 Roland Garros (l. Bertens in 1r) • Posted career-high ranking of No.103 on Feb 3, 2020 • Ended 2019 ranked No.110 breaking into the Top 150 for first time earlier in the year • Made first WTA SF at 2019 Tashkent beating Grand Slam champion Ostapenko in 1r (l. Cirstea) • Other 2019 highlights include 2r at Guangzhou (l. Kenin), 1r at Lugano (l. Swiatek) and Nanchang (l. Fett) and contesting qualifying at all four slams • Defeat of No.61 Ferro in 1r at 2019 Guangzhou marked first Top 100 win of career and best by-ranking win to date • Also won two back-to-back titles on ITF circuit at ITF $25k Biella-ITA and ITF $100k Contrexville-FRA; now owns six ITF singles titles • Finished 2018 at No.193 for first year-end Top 200 ranking • Earned first WTA match wins of career at 2018 Rabat by reaching QF (d. El Jardi, Dulgheru; l.Hsieh) • Also in 2018 played US Open qualifying (l. Ahn) and won title at ITF $15k Ameiens-FRA • Made WTA main draw debut at 2016 Kuala Lumpur (l. Linette in 1r), also fell 1r at Seoul (l. Haddad Maia)

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• Also in 2016 won another ITF title at ITF $25k Santa Margherita di Pula-ITA • Won first ITF title at second professional tournament of career at 2015 ITF $10k Telavi-GEO, later that year won another title at ITF $10k Sharm El Sheikh 30-EGY • Played first professional event of career on ITF Circuit in in 2015 • Ukrainian Team 2020

GASANOVA:

• Making debut appearance at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy • Enters the main draw having won two rounds of qualifying, defeating Paar and Konjuh without dropping a set • One of 10 Russian women to contest the 1r • This is just her second WTA main draw appearance, after making debut at Abu Dhabi earlier this month • Currently ranked No.241 – career-high is No.223, posted on January 25, 2021 • Faces fellow 21-year-old Zavatska today, and bidding for third main draw victory • Made WTA main draw debut in Abu Dhabi at beginning of 2021 • Came through qualifying, defeated Barthel in 1r before stunning World No.6 Pliskova in straight sets. Fell to Sorribes Tormo • Has competed in three previous WTA level events in Russia, falling in qualifying in Russia in each • Other tour level competition includes appearances at 125K events in Dalian (2016) and Prague (2020) • Her 2020 campaign was highlighted by a semifinal visit at ITF $15K Sharm El Sheikh 3 and a quarterfinal performance at ITF $100K Cairo 4 • Produced a successful ITF resume in 2019, having reached three ITF finals at $25K Kazan, $25K Incheon and $25K Nanning • Has yet to compete in a Grand Slam event • Captured ITF $25K Guiyang title, and was a runner-up at $25K Karshi and $15K Moscow in 2018 • Hoisted two ITF titles in 2016 at $10K Nanjing and $10K Khimki • Won back-to-back ITF crowns in 2015 at $10K Telavi 4 and Telavi 5 (Georgia) • First career ITF title came at $10K Telavi in 2014 • Owns six career ITF singles titles so far • Played first ITF event in 2013 at $10K Astanan 5, Kazakhstan

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[3] FIONA FERRO (FRA #43) VS. [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #146)

Head-to-head: First meeting

FERRO ZVONAREVA Career Prize Money $1,424,532 Career Prize Money $14,732,540 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-Handed Date of Birth (Age) March 12, 1997 (23) Date of Birth (Age) Sep. 7, 1984 (36) Singles Titles 2 Singles Titles 12 Tournament W-L (MD) 0-0 Tournament W-L (MD) 5-2 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 5-3 / 37-38 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 4-3 / 454-244 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 14-11 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 119-90 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 8-8 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 31-29 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 5-3 / 26-17 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 4-3 / 323-169 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-3 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 33-80 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 3-7 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 76-119 Coach Emmanuel Planque Coach Evseechev Ruslan

FERRO:

• Making second appearance at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. In 2020, came through qualifying to make 2r (d. Garcia, l. Rybakina) • Seeded No.3 this fortnight – her highest seeding at a WTA 500 event. Was seeded No.2 last week at Lyon (WTA 250) • Currently ranked No.43 – four spots off career-high of No.39, achieved earlier this month (March 8, 2021) • Following 1r bye, faces Zvonareva today – last time she player (and beat) a Russian, she went on to win the title at that event, defeating Alexandrova in 2r at 2020 Palermo • Coming off strong SF run at Lyon (l. eventual R-Up Golubic) • During Australian swing, posted best result at by reaching 3r (l. Swiatek). Upset No.21 Rybakina 6-4 6-4 in 2r – her best by-ranking win since upsetting the same opponent (then-ranked No.18) at 2020 Roland Garros • Owns three Top 20 wins, over No.16 Q.Wang (2019 Strasbourg), No.20 Kontaveit (2020 Palermo) and No.18 Rybakina (2020 Roland Garros) • Played first event of season at Yarra Valley Classic falling in 1r as the No.12 seed (l. Rogers) • Grand Slam breakthrough came with R16 showing at 2020 Roland Garros (l. Kenin) • Finished 2020 season at No.42 for highest year-end ranking and first inside Top 50. Broke into Top 50 at No.44 after winning second career title at 2020 Palermo (d. Kontaveit in F) • Enjoyed impressive season in 2019, lifting maiden WTA title in her career first tour-level final at Lausanne (d. Cornet in F); posted first Top 100 year-end finish (No.63) • Reached one more SF in 2019 at Lugano and the QF on two other occasions at Strasbourg and Palermo • Contested the main draw at all four Grand Slams for the first time in 2019, achieving her best result at the majors by reaching the 3r at the US Open (l. No.18 seed Q.Wang) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 4

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• Member of the French Fed Cup squad that were crowned 2019 Fed Cup champions, beating Australia away from home in November • Finished 2018 ranked No.102; made maiden WTA QF at Guangzhou (l. eventual champion Q.Wang). Also made 2r at Roland Garros, Tashkent and Luxembourg and won first four titles on ITF Circuit • Prior to 2018 Roland Garros had lost 1r on eight previous tour-level main draw appearances • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 Strasbourg • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2012

ZVONAREVA:

• Making fourth appearance here at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, with her best result with SF run in 2019 (l. eventual R-Up Vekic) • Made 2r in 2018 (l. Ostapenko) and fell in 2020 qualifying • Doubles champion here in 2018 with Bacsinszky (d. Kudryavtseva/Srebotnik in F) – one of ten doubles titles she owns • Opened 2021 St. Petersburg campaign with straight sets victory over Rodionova • Faces No.43 Ferro today – win would be best-by-ranking since defeating No.33 Linette at the 2020 Western & Southern Open, her sole Top 50 win last year • Defeated French opposition earlier this year at Abu Dhabi (l. Hesse). Also fell to French opposition on her last outing here in St. Petersburg, losing to Cornet in the final round of 2020 qualifying • Coming off falling in Dubai qualifying, falling to fellow veteran Kanepi in final round • Made R16 at Yarra Valley Classic (l. Vondrousova) and fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Rybakina) • Opened season with 2r appearance at Abu Dhabi (d. Hesse, l. Svitolina) • Highlight of 2020 was reaching the R16 at the Western & Southern Open, as a qualifier (l. Konta) • Returned to tour after eight-month break due to wrist injury in February 2020 with 2r showing at $25k ITF/Trnava-SVK. Went on to make SF showing at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells in early March and then R16 at Western & Southern Open in August (l. Konta) • Ended 2019 ranked No.141 after a promising start to season was ended prematurely by wrist injury – during time away from court commentated for Russian TV • Highlights in 2019 were SF runs at Shenzhen (l. Riske via ret. w/left hip injury) and St. Petersburg (d. No.16 Goerges and No.12 Kasatkina, l. Vekic). Also won ninth career WTA doubles title, at Budapest (w/Alexandrova) – now owns 9-6 career record in doubles finals • Broke back into Top 100 after Shenzhen (January 7, 2019), making it as high as No.76 following St. Petersburg run (February 4, 2019) • At 2018 Wimbledon, overcame three rounds of qualifying to enter her first Grand Slam main draw in over three years, falling to eventual champion Kerber in 1r. Previous main draw appearance at a major was 2015 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams in 2r) • Enjoyed doubles success in 2018, winning seventh and eighth career titles, at St. Petersburg (w/Bacsinszky) and Moscow [River Cup] (w/Potapova) • Returned to the tour in 2017 following a two-year hiatus, finishing with a year-end ranking of No.204 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 5

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• Comeback season was highlighted by title at $15k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY, runner-up finish at WTA 125K Series event at Dalian (l. Kozlova) and a SF run at Tashkent (l. eventual champion K.Bondarenko) • Prior to her return to tour, last played in 2015 – highlighted by QF appearances at Shenzhen and Pattaya City • A 2013 shoulder injury sidelined her for a year and a half prior to returning for another injury-stricken season in 2014 - best result was 3r finish at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Diyas) • Has won 12 career WTA singles titles (most recent 2011 Baku); biggest title to date is 2009 Indian Wells • Reached back-to-back Grand Slam finals in 2010 as runner-up at both Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) and US Open (l. Clijsters) • Finished ranked in Top 10 four consecutive years (2008-2011), including a year-end No.2 ranking in 2010 – became fifth Russian to rank in Top 2 in October 2010 and held No.2 for 14 weeks (Oct. 25, 2010 to Jan. 30, 2011) • Has four wins vs. World No.1s: Maria Sharapova (2007 Indian Wells), Jelena Jankovic (2008 WTA Championships) and , twice (2011 Doha and WTA Championships) • Participated at WTA Championships six times in career (2004, 2008-11; includes 2009 as alternate); reached final in 2009 (l. V.Williams) • Has won ten doubles titles, including three Grand Slams (2020 US Open, 2012 Australian Open, and 2006 US Open) and 2009 Indian Wells (w/Azarenka), completing singles-doubles sweep • Missed second half of 2005 season with left ankle injury; missed four months of 2007 with left wrist injury; also missed two months in 2009 due to a right ankle injury; had surgery to remove scar tissue in November 2009 • Represented Russia in Olympics twice: 2008 Beijing (replaced Sharapova, won singles bronze) and 2012 London

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[Q] WANG XINYU (CHN #159) VS. [4] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #51)

Head-to-head: First meeting

WANG KUZNETSOVA Career Prize Money $347,203 Career Prize Money $25,596,078 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Sept. 26, 2001 (19) Date of Birth (Age) Jun. 27, 1985 (35) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 18 Tournament W-L (MD) 1-0 Tournament W-L (MD) YTD / Career W-L (MD) 1-0 / 4-10 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 3-4 / 605-322 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 2-4 3-Set (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 193-124 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 129-104 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 4-10 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 3-4 / 379-205 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 63-102 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 136-176 Coach Cebo Sandi Coach Piles Ciscar Javier Francisco, Krendelev Vyacheslav

WANG: • Making tournament debut at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy • Enters the main draw having won two rounds of qualifying, defeating Melnikova and Buyukakcay without dropping a set • In 1r, defeated Tomova to post first main draw win since 2019 Tianjin • Faces No.51 Kuznetsova in today’s 2r – a win would secure her first victory over a Top 100 player • Also bidding to register first set of back-to-back main draw wins • Coming off qualifying exits at Australian Open and Lyon • Opened 2021 season with 2r run at $25K ITF/Fujairah-UAE • In 2020, fell 1r at Shenzhen (l. Muguruza) and Hua Hin (l. Liang) • Posted career-high ranking of 135 on Feb. 24, 2020 • Opened 2019 season with maiden Tour-level main draw win at Shenzhen Open (d. F.Xun, l. Sharapova), went on to post two more 2r runs at Nanchang (l. Rybakina) and Tianjin (as qualifier, l. Peterson) • Lifted maiden WTA doubles title at 2019 Nanchang w/L.Zhu (d. Peng/Zhang in F) • Won three consecutive ITF titles in 2019, at $25K ITF/Shenzhen 2-CHN (d. F.Xun in F), $25K ITF/Hengyang- CHN (d. Z.Sun in F) and $25K ITF/Tianhin-CHN (d. Jovic in F) • In 2018, won maiden title of career at $25K ITF/Nonthaburi 4-THA (d. Wang Xiyu in F) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at (l. Cornet in 1r) • Also in 2018, contested qualifying on WTA Tour for the first time at Shenzhen Open and competed in maiden WTA main draw at Guangzhou (l. Khazaniuk) • Advanced to 2r on professional debut at $10K ITF/Prokuplje 2-SRB in 2016 (as qualifier, l. Zakarlyuk)

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KUZNETSOVA: • Making third appearance at St. Petersburg, where she advanced to QF during debut in 2017 (l. Putintseva) before falling 2r in 2020 (l. Bencic) • Following a 1r bye, faces qualifier Wang Xinyu – lost most recent match against a qualifier at 2020 Istanbul (l. eventual R-Up Bouchard) • One of 10 Russian players contesting the main draw, also Alexandrova, Gasparyan, Zvonareva, Gasanova, Pavlyuchenkova, Kasatkina, Mishina, Rakhimova and Kudermetova • Has lifted 14 hard court titles throughout her career – the sixth most among active players • Coming off 3r run at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Krejcikova) after 1r exit at Doha (l. Azarenka) • Opened 2021 season with 1r exit at Grampians Trophy (l. Brady) before 2r showing at Australian Open (d. Strycova, l. Bencic) • Best result in 2020 was SF showing at Doha (d. No.9 Bencic, l. Sabalenka) • Season highlight in 2019 was reaching final at Cincinnati (l. Keys) as a WC ranked No.153 –defeated four Top 20 seeds en route to the final (No.11 Sevastova, No.10 Stephens, No.3 Ka.Pliskova and No.1 Barty). Returned to Top 100 after tournament • Missed first few months of 2019 season due to knee injury – returned at Lugano, where she reached QF • At 2018 Washington, DC won first title since October 2016 (d. Vekic in F after saving 4mp) • After falling 2r at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Strycova), dropped out of the Top 100 for the first time since August 12, 2002 (ending a run of 831 consecutive weeks) • Missed opening two months of 2018 (w/wrist injury) • Secured 600th match win (all levels) at 2017 Brisbane – is one of five active players to reach the milestone, along with V.Williams, S.Williams, Kerber and Stosur • In 2016, won 45 matches, two titles (Sydney and Moscow) and qualified for WTA Finals for sixth time in career (reached SF) • Is a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning 2004 US Open (d. Dementieva in F) and 2009 Roland Garros (d. Safina in F). Also a two-time finalist, reaching the championship match at Roland Garros in 2006 (l. Henin) and 2007 US Open (l. Henin) • One of three Russian women to lift a Grand Slam singles title (also Myskina, Sharapova), and one of five Russians to rank in Top 2; had a chance to become No.1 by winning 2008 Roland Garros (fell two matches short with SF loss to Safina) • At 2011 Australian Open, played her part in setting the record for the longest women’s match at a Slam, eventually succumbing to Schiavone in 4h 44min • Ranked continuously in Top 20 from March 1, 2004 to July 11, 2010 (including over four years ranked continuously in Top 10 – April 2006 to June 2010) • Owns seven wins over reigning world No.1s, most recently defeating S.Williams at 2016 Miami. Also Mauresmo, Safina and Henin twice each when they were No.1; one of only two players (also S.Williams) to beat Henin twice when she was No.1

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• Haul of 16 tour level doubles titles includes two Australian Open crowns, won in 2005 (w/Molik) and 2012 (w/Zvonareva). Rose as high as No.3 in doubles (week of June 7, 2004) • Member of victorious Russia Billie Jean King Cup sides in 2004 and 2007-08 and Russian Olympic Team in 2004, 2008, 2016 • Won a career-best 60 main draw matches in 2006 campaign, which saw her lift two titles and finish R-Up a further three times (including Roland Garros) • Breakthrough 2004 season, saw her make debut in Top 20 (March 1) and Top 10 (June 1) before lifting maiden Slam title at US Open (d. Dementieva in F) • Made Top 50 debut at No.45 on September 30, 2002, after winning title at Bali (d. Martínez in F) • In 2002, reached first WTA QF at Warsaw, SF at Casablanca and then lifted maiden title at Helsinki (as qualifier, d Chladkova in F) • Started 2002 season by reaching 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian Open (d. Cho, l. Tulyaganova) • Reached 2r on WTA debut (main draw and qualifying) at Madrid in 2001 (d. Ruano Pascual, l. Raymond) • Advanced to QF on professional debut at $10K ITF/Mallorca-ESP in 2000

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[1] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #34) VS. TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #107)

Head-to-head: Series tied 1-1

2019 ST.PETERSBURG HARD I R16 EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 7-6 6-2 2016 QUEBEC CITY CARPET R16 TEREZA MARTINCOVA 6-4 1-6 6-4

ALEXANDROVA MARTINCOVA Career Prize Money $1,681,035 Career Prize Money $784,742 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 15, 1994 Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 24, 1994 (26) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 0 Tournament W-L (MD) 5-2 Tournament W-L (MD) 2-2 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 7-5 / 75-69 YTD / Career W-L 4-2 / 24-41 3-Set (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 22-26 3-Set (YTD / Career) 3-0 / 14-17 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-5 / 13-24 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 7-13 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 7-5 / 58-41 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 4-2 / 13-25 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 3-13 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 7-18 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 3-4 Coach Alexandrov Evgeny Coach

ALEXANDROVA:

• Making third main draw appearance at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy (fifth overall) • Last season, reached SF to post career-best result at the home event (l. eventual champion Bertens in 3s) • Advanced through qualifying to reach QF during her main draw debut in 2019 (l. Sabalenka) after making qualifying exits in 2017-18 • One of ten Russian woman to contest the main draw – a Russian has yet to win the title in the tournament’s first five editions • Owns the most indoor match wins across the Tour with 31 – trailed by Van Uytvanck with 20 • Coming off 1r losses at Lyon (l. eventual champion Tauson) and Dubai (l. Gauff) • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. World No.1 Barty) • Made 3r in season opener, at Abu Dhabi (l. Svitolina – led 5-3 in the final set and held 2mp) before advancing to SF at Gippsland Trophy (d. No.2 Halep in QFs, l. Kanepi) • Opened 2020 season by lifting her maiden WTA singles title, at Shenzhen (d. Rybakina in F). Other highlights of last year included SFs at St. Petersburg and Linz • Won both singles rubbers on Billie Jean King Cup debut in 3-2 win over Romania in February 2020 • Made Top 50 debut on June 17, 2019 after QF run at ‘s-Hertogenbosch • Registered 30 Tour-level match wins during 2019, in which she reached SF at Budapest, Seoul and Linz and made QF at St. Petersburg, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Eastbourne and Moscow. Also advanced to 3r at a major for the first time, at Roland Garros • Won sole WTA doubles title at 2019 Budapest (w/Zvonareva) • Came through qualifying to make maiden WTA final appearance at 2018 Linz (l. Giorgi)

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• Advanced to first WTA QF at 2018 Seoul, scoring maiden Top 10 win of her career en route, over No.10 Ostapenko • Made Top 100 debut at No.93 on March 20, 2017 after winning title at $60K ITF/Shenzhen-CHN • At 2016 Wimbledon, ranked No.223, won her way through qualifying on her maiden Slam appearance, going on to reach 2r (upset No.23 seed Ivanovic in 1r) • Won WTA 125K Series title at Limoges in 2016, 2018-19 • Reached 2r on WTA main draw debut at 2016 Katowice (as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up Giorgi) • Contested qualifying for the first time at a WTA-level tournament at 2014 Bad Gastein • Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in Europe in 2011

MARTINCOVA: • Making third main draw appearance at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy (sixth overall) • Tied best result by reaching 2r this week, previously made 2r in 2019 where she fell to today’s opponent Alexandrova • Fell 1r on debut in 2018 (as qualifier, l. Vinci) and during qualifying in 2016, 2017 and 2020 • Enters this week’s tournament on a career-high ranking of No.107 – posted March 15, 2021 • In 1r, defeated Voegele to reach 2r at a third consecutive tournament, having advanced to 3r at Dubai and 2r at Lyon • In today’s 2r, booked rematch against No.34 Alexandrova, who she fell to during the same round of this tournament in 2019 • Coming off 3r run at Dubai where she ousted No.11 Bertens in 2r (as qualifier, l. Gauff) and a 2r appearance at Lyon (as qualifier, l. Ferro via ret.) • Highlight of last season was SF run at 2020 Istanbul (l. eventual champion Tig) • In 2019, season highlight was fourth ITF Circuit title of career at $25K Essen-GER • Ended 2018 ranked No.212, down from career best year-end finish of No.140 in 2018 • In 2018, won third ITF singles title at $25k ITF/Obidos and made QF run at WTA 125K Series event at Taipei • Advanced to first tour-level SF at 2017 Gstaad, earning career first Top 20 win over then-No.20 Garcia • Earned a career-high singles ranking of No.114 following 2r run at 2017 Nanchang (l. eventual champion Peng) • Win-loss record at tour-level in 2017 was 5-7, including three wins at Gstaad and 2r runs at Monterrey (d. McHale, l. Boserup) and Nanchang (d. Kudryavtseva, l. Peng) • In 2015, reached first WTA QF at Florianopolis (l. Mattek-Sands) • Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2013 Nurnberg (l. Cabeza Candela in 1r) • Owns four singles titles on the ITF Circuit at 2014 $10k ITF/Heraklion-GRE, 2015 $25k ITF/Lenzerheide- SUI, 2018 $25k ITF/Obidos and 2019 $25k Essen-GER • Professional debut came on ITF Circuit in Germany in 2010 (as qualifier, l. 1r)

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ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA | MARCH 14-21, 2021 | USD $565,530 WTA 500

[6] JELENA OSTAPEKO (LAT #51) VS. [Q] JAQUELINE CRISTIAN (ROU #160)

Head-to-head: First meeting

OSTAPENKO CRISTIAN Career Prize Money $9,190,660 Career Prize Money $246,195 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Jun 8, 1997 (23) Date of Birth (Age) June 5, 1998 (22) Singles Titles 3 Singles Titles 0 Tournament W-L (MD) 3-5 Tournament W-L (MD) 1-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 4-3 / 131-108 YTD / Career W-L 1-0 / 5-4 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 47-34 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 3-1 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 33-21 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 1-1 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 4-5 / 80-75 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 3-2 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 13-16 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 20-30 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Coach Jelena Jakovleva Coach Cosiac Andrei

OSTAPENKO: • Making sixth appearance at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, with best result coming with QF run in 2018 (l. Kvitova) • Has played every year since the tournament’s inception in 2016 • Made 2r in 2019 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and fell 1r in 2016 (l. Wickmayer), 2017 (l. Vekic) and 2020 (l. Cornet) • Doubles champion here in 2017 (w/ Rosolska, d. Jurak/Knoll) – one of three WTA doubles titles she owns • Defeated Badosa in 1r to avenge loss to the Spaniard during 3r at 2020 Roland Garros • In today’s 2r action, faces qualifier Cristian in their first career meeting – bidding to reach 3r for a second time this season after 3r run at Gippsland Trophy • Coming off 2r exit at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Krejcikova) • Also made 2r at Doha (l. Pegula). Defeated No.11 Bertens in 1r for first Top 20 win since upsetting No.18 Martic at 2020 Ostrava • Opened 2021 campaign with 3r showing at Gippsland Trophy (l. Svitolina) before 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Muchova) • Highlights of 2020 season included QF at Strasbourg and 3r showings at Roland Garros and Doha. Also finished R-Up in doubles w/Dabrowski at Doha (l. Hsieh/Strycova) • The 2019 season saw her capture third career title at Luxembourg (d. Goerges in F) right after finishing R-Up at Linz (l. Gauff) • Also R-Up in mixed doubles at 2019 Wimbledon w/ Lindstedt • Her 2018 campaign was highlighted by finishing R-Up at Miami (l. Stephens); saw off No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina en route to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same tournament for the first time in her career

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ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA | MARCH 14-21, 2021 | USD $565,530 WTA 500

• Reached 2018 Wimbledon SF (l. eventual champion Kerber) to become first Latvian woman to reach final four at All England Club • Achieved career-high ranking of No.5 on March 19, 2018 • Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F) becoming first woman to win first tour-level title at a Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in F). Also became the first unseeded player to lift the trophy in the Open Era and the first Latvian player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam • Followed up title run with QF appearance at 2017 Wimbledon to become only second player in last 10 year (also S.Williams in 2015) to follow up victory at Roland Garros with a run to the QF or better at Wimbledon • Qualified for debut WTA Finals in 2017 going 1-2 in group stage (d. Ka.Pliskova, l. V.Williams, l. Muguruza) • Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish) • Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017 • In doubles, won first and second career titles in 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo) • Breakthrough result of 2016 season was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) • Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) • Scored first Top 10 win over No.9 Suárez Navarro in 1r at 2015 Wimbledon; upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1 • Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Taskent advancing to 2r (l. Pervak) • Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012

CRISTIAN: • Making tournament debut at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy • Enters this week’s tournament at No.160, just three spots shy of career-high ranking of No.157 (posted Feb. 1, 2021) • Defeated Lapko in 1r via ret. to post first Tour-level main draw win since advancing to 2r at 2020 Lyon • Faces Ostapenko in today’s 2r hoping to post first pair of back-to-back wins and reach 3r for a first time on the WTA Tour • Coming off qualifying exits at Dubai, Lyon and Australian Open • Opened season with an R-Up appearance at $60K ITF/Andrezieux-Boutheon-FRA (l. Tan in F) • Owns 10 singles and doubles titles on the ITF Circuit • Season highlight of 2020 was 2r run at Lyon (as qualifier, l. Kenin) • Member of Romanian Billie Jean King Cup team in 2020 – winning rubber against Russia’s Kudermetova

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• In 2019, enjoyed a second 2r run at Bucharest (l. Rybakina), also advanced through qualifying to reach 1r at Nanchang (l. Golubic) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Bucharest, winning first Tour-level match of her career against Kozlova before falling in 2r against Begu • Contested maiden WTA qualifying at 2015 Bucharest • Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012

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