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WUHAN, CHINA | SEPTEMBER 22-28, 2019 | $2,828,000 WTA PREMIER 5 EVENT

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[4] (ROU #6) vs. [WC] ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #50) First meeting Halep is looking to reach her first QF on Chinese soil since lifting the 2018 Shenzhen title... Rybakina is bidding for her second Top 10 win of her career, having defeated No.7 Garcia in St. Petersburg in 2018

[Q] (RUS #69) vs. [3] (UKR #3)

Svitolina leads 2-1 Kuznetsova contested qualifying this week for the first time since 2013 Toronto...Svitolina owns 25 wins on hardcourts this season, the fifth most on Tour in 2019

[1] (AUS #1) vs. [15] (USA #17) Barty leads 3-1 WTA World No.1 Barty has served 321 aces so far this season, the third most across the Tour... Kenin leads the Tour in most hardcourt wins this season with 35, ahead of Ka.Pliskova with 33

[8] QIANG WANG (CHN #16) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #35) Riske leads 2-0 Wang has advanced to the SF or better in six of her last seven events contested in her home country... Riske is looking to level her Top 20 record this season to 6-6 with a win today

DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #27) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #2) Pliskova leads 1-0 Yastremska is aiming for her career first Top 10 victory today, with five Top 20 wins under her belt... Pliskova claimed her tour-leading 50th match win over Anisimova in 2r on Tuesday

[5] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #7) vs. [10] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #15) Stephens leads 2-0 Two-time Wuhan champion Kvitova faces her 13th Top 20 player of the season today (7-5 record)... Meanwhile, Stephens is playing only her fifth Top 20 player of 2019 (1-3 record) MATCH NOTES WUHAN - CHINA | Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[4] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #6) vs. [WC] ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #50)

Head to Head: First meeting

SIMONA HALEP ELENA RYBAKINA 6 WTA RANKING 50 3 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 45 27-09-1991 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-06-1999 (20) $5,276,367 YTD PRIZE MONEY $278,171 $33,421,946 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $367,309 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 19 1 / 1 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 WUHAN W-L (MD) * 5-5 2-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 41-13 / 368-164 17-7 / 20-10 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 14-7 / 109-56 6-2 / 7-3 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-5 / 46-55 3-3 / 5-4 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 21-9 / 212-104 6-3 / 8-5 2-4 / 35-15 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 2-2 1-1 / 11-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 0-1 5-3 / 38-47 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-1 8-6 / 98-73 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-2 * Updated entering 2019 Wuhan R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

[4] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #6) [WC] ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #50)

R32: d. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #31) 6-3,6-2 (1h25) R32: d. ONS JABEUR (TUN #55) 6-1,6-7(3),6-2 (1h51) R64: BYE R64: d. LIN ZHU (CHN #108) 7-5,2-6,6-0 (1h48)

WUHAN Tournament History

SIMONA HALEP 2018 R2 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #31) 6-0 7-5

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2017 R2 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #31) 6-2 6-1

2016 SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) 6-1 6-2

2015 R16 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #66) 6-3 3-6 7-5

2014 R2 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #22) 2-6 6-2 6-3

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WUHAN WUHAN

• Making sixth appearance at Wuhan, where her best • Making debut at Wuhan, where she is the last re- result was 2016’s SF run (d. No.9 Keys in QF, l. maining of five WC in the draw eventual champion Kvitova) • Best result by a wildcard here was Q.Wang’s SF run • After opening round bye, beat Strycova in 2r; has last year now won all six of their career meetings with the • In 1r, converted all five break points during see-saw Czech, dropping a combined total of just 25 games win over qualifier L.Zhu • Faces No.50 Rybakina in R16, bidding to reach first • Broke serve another seven times to see off LL QF in China since winning 2018 Shenzhen title Jabeur in 2r • Playing first tournament in China since retiring w/ • Faces No.6 Halep today, bidding to reach second back injury against Jabeur in Beijing last October. Premier-level QF of her career, having previously Only other result of last year’s Asian swing was 2r reached this stage at 2018 St. Petersburg (scored exit here at Wuhan (after 1r bye, l. CIbulkova) sole career Top 10 win, over No.7 Garcia en route) • Has reached three career finals on Chinese soil, • Currently ranked No.50; by contrast, this time last winning Shenzhen in 2015 and 2018, and finishing year was ranked No.182 R-Up at Beijing in 2017 SEASON SEASON • Coming off 1r exit at Guangzhou (ret. vs. Siniakova • Withdrew from Zhengzhou w/left ankle injury w/left thigh injury) • Fell 2r at US Open (l. Townsend after holding 1mp) • Reached second career final at Nanchang (l. Peter- • Enjoyed good results in lead-up to US Open, and son); now 1-1 in WTA finals is coming off QF run at Toronto (ret. vs. Bouzova • Fell 1r at US Open (as qualifier, l. Muchova) w/Achilles pain) and reaching R16 at Cincinnati (l. • Contested qualifying at Cincinnati eventual champion Keys) • Returned to clay after Wimbledon to win maiden • Lifted second major title at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams WTA title at Bucharest (d. Tig in F). Also made 2r in F) to become first Romanian to triumph at SW19 at Jurmala (l. Pera) and WTA 125K Series event at • In only pre-Wimbledon grass court event, reached Bastad QF at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Kerber) • During grass court season, advanced to SF at ‘s-Her- • As the defending champion, posted QF run at Roland togenbosch (as qualifier, l. Bertens) and fell in final Garros (l. Anisimova) round of qualifying at Wimbledon • Suffered opening match loss at Rome (after 1r bye, l. • On clay, reached QF at Istanbul (as qualifier, l. Stry- Vondrousova) cova) and fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) and • Had previously reached at least the QF stage in her $60K ITF/Torun-POL last 10 clay court tournaments – 2019 Madrid (F), • Productive February featured back-to-back titles 2018 Roland Garros (Won), 2018 Rome (F), 2018 on ITF Circuit at $25K Moscow-RUS and $25K Madrid (QF), 2018 Stuttgart (QF), 2017 Roland Gar- Kazan-RUS. Also fell in qualifying at WTA event at ros (F), 2017 Rome (F), 2017 Madrid (Won), 2017 Budapest Stuttgart (SF) and 2016 Bucharest (Won) • Returned to ITF Circuit after Melbourne to win title at • Prior to Rome, posted R-Up showing at Madrid (l. $60K ITF/Launceston-AUS Bertens) • Began the season by finishing R-Up at $25K ITF/ • Beat Kuzmova without dropping a game in R16 at Playford-AUS before falling in qualifying at Australian Madrid – was the third 6-0 6-0 win on the WTA tour Open this season (also Sharapova d. Dart at and Pavlyuchenkova d. Jorovic at Monterrey) • Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Roma- nia to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years • Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open • Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) SIMONA ELENA HALEP VS RYBAKINA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second • Ended 2018 season at No.191 – after posting a 32- time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden 22 win-loss record Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) • Highlights of 2018 included reaching maiden WTA • Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova QF at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges) and title at $15K in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up ITF/Kazan-RUS at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) • Sole Top 10 win came over No.7 Garcia at 2019 St. and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is 18-16 in career finals Petersburg • Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen • Ended 2017 ranked No.425, improving 191 spots (w/Begu). Now 1-1 in career doubles finals from 2016 (finished at No.616) • Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having • Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2017 ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on Moscow (as qualifier, l. Begu in 1r) October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman to reach • Earned career-high singles ranking of No.49 on Sep- the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 tember 16, 2019 following R-Up finish at Nanchang • Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); • Holds four singles and four doubles titles on ITF reached four more finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Gar- Circuit ros, Cincinnati and Beijing. 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal • Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved rank- GRAND SLAM HISTORY ing from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles • Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 (2014-18), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, hav- Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Siniakova) ing defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) • Also fell 1r at 2019 US Open (as qualifier, l. Mucho- • Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after va) winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end • Has also fallen in qualifying at other two majors, both No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) in 2019 • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a • In Juniors, reached two Grand Slam SFs at 2017 qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Australian Open and Roland Garros

GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL • Winner of two Grand Slam titles, lifting first at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) followed by a his- • Trained at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior toric 2019 Wimbledon run (d. S.Williams in F) • Coached by Stefano Vukov; previous coaches • Became first Romanian to lift the singles title at the included Andrei Cheshnokov (Elena Vesnina’s former All England Club, defeating S.Williams in 56 minutes coach) and Evgenia Kulikovskaya • Posted three runner-up finishes in Paris in 2014 (l. • Started laying tennis aged five Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) • Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki) • Best result at US Open is SF run in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) PERSONAL

• Announced at Miami that she is working with Daniel Dobre. During 2018 off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis • Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita • Sponsorship portfolio includes deals with Mercedes, Unilever and is an Ambassador for Dubai Duty Free • Sponsors a children’s hockey team back in Romania through the Simona Halep Foundation MATCH NOTES WUHAN - CHINA | Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[Q] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #69) vs. [3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #3)

Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 2-1

2018 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 ELINA SVITOLINA 7-6(1) 4-6 6-4 161 mins 2016 MOSCOW HARD I SF SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 6-1 6-7(2) 6-4 152 mins 2014 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-3 6-3 81 mins

SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA ELINA SVITOLINA 69 WTA RANKING 3 61 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9 27-06-1985 (34) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-09-1994 (25) $530,215 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,022,870 $25,072,327 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $16,131,495 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 18 0 / 13 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 16 0 / 2 WUHAN W-L (MD) * 7-4 7-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-10 / 599-311 31-18 / 257-142 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 197-127 8-8 / 78-49 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 128-101 4-7 / 48-41 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-3 / 371-194 25-12 / 188-95 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 42-23 1-0 / 21-21 2-1 / 29-60 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 17-17 4-1 / 61-99 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / 30-36 5-3 / 133-170 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-5 / 53-66 * Updated entering 2019 Wuhan R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

[Q] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #69) [3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #3)

R2-Q: d. BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #438) 6-2,6-2 (0h56) R32: d. GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #26) 7-5,6-2 (1h35) R1-Q: d. QINWEN ZHENG (CHN #693) 6-2,6-4 (1h35) R64: BYE R32: d. SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #33) 6-2,7-6(5) (1h30) R64: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #36) 6-1,1-0 Ret'd (0h36)

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WUHAN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA ELINA SVITOLINA 2017 2018 R2 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #42) 6-3 6-3 R2 L - (BLR #20) 6-4 2-6 6-1

2016 2016 SF L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #12) 3-6 6-3 6-4 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) 6-3 6-1

2015 2015 R1 L - (RUS #32) 6-0 6-1 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #12) 2-6 6-4 6-4 2014 2014 R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) 3-6 6-2 6-2 SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 6-3 7-5

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• Making fifth main draw appearance in Wuhan • Making fifth appearance at Wuhan • Best result was SF run in 2016 – defeated two Top • Posted best result here in 2014 by advancing to SF 10 seeds en route to SF (l. Cibulkova) (l. eventual champion Kvitova) • Playing first tournament since opening round loss at • Also made R16 run in 2015 (l. Pliskova) and fell 2r US Open last month in 2016 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and 2018 (l. • Came through qualifying over the weekend - first eventual champion Sabalenka) time in qualifying draw since 2013 Toronto - and • After opening match bye, broke serve five times to defeated Putintseva (via ret. w/left ankle injury) in 1r beat Muguruza in 2r on Monday, followed by win over Hsieh in 2r • Faces No.69 Kuznetsova today; owns a 3-1 record • Faces No.3 Svitolina in R16 today; beat the this season against Russian opponents Ukrainian en route to 2016 Moscow title • During last year’s Asian swing, fell 2r at Wuhan and • owns a career 29-60 record vs. Top 5 ranked op- 1r at Beijing before advancing to QF at Hong Kong ponents, including wins over No.3 Ka.Pliskova and • Also lifted 13th career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Barty at Cincinnati this summer Stephens in F) • Only appearance during 2018 Asian swing was 2r exit at Guangzhou (l. Wang) • Owns two career singles titles in China – at 2006 and 2009 Beijing SEASON

• Advanced to Zhengzhou QF (l. Mladenovic) and SEASON made R16 at Guangzhou (l. Bouzkova via ret. w/right knee pain) • Suffered 1r exit at US Open (l. WC Ahn) • Reached SF at US Open for the first time (l. S.Wil- • Advanced to first final of the season at Cincinnati; liams), tying career best Grand Slam performance ranked No.153 and received main draw wildcard with 2019 Wimbledon SF run (l. eventual champion • Defeated four Top 20 seeds en route to the final Halep) (No.11 Sevastova, No.10 Stephens, No.3 Ka.Plisko- • Fell R16 at Cincinnati (l. Kenin) va and No.1 Barty), before falling to Keys in the final. • Started US Open Series by reaching QFs at San Returned to Top 100 following Cincinnati Jose (l. Sakkari) and Toronto (l. Kenin) • Produced R16 showing at Toronto (l. Halep); 1r win • At Wimbledon became the first Ukrainian woman to over X.Wang ended a four-match losing streak appear in a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual champion • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Roland Garros (l. Halep) overcoming a previous 0-4 record in Grand Kucova) and Wimbledon (l. Van Uytvanck) Slam QFs • Fell 1r at Nurnberg (l. Larsson) after making 2r run at • Fell at opening hurdle in both Birmingham (l. Gaspa- Madrid (d. No.10 Sabalenka, l. Bencic) ryan in 1r) and Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Cornet) • Win over Sabalenka in the Spanish capital was her Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) first over a Top 10 player since upsetting No.10 • Suffered 2r exit as defending champion in Rome A.Radwanska at 2017 Wimbledon (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. • Made back-to-back 2r showings at Istanbul (l. Von- Parmentier) drousova) and Prague (l. eventual finalist Teichmann) • Made second career WTA Premier Mandatory SF of • In first tournament of season made QF at Lugano (as at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Andreescu) WC, l. Kr.Pliskova) • At Miami fell 2r (after 1r bye, l. Y.Wang) • Missed start of 2019 due to knee injury • Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic after leading 5-3 in the final set) CAREER MILESTONES • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Ended 2018 at No.107 - her first finish outside Top • Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as 100 since 2001 (No.259) defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) • Last summer, won first title since October 2016 at Washington DC (d. Vekic in F after saving 4mp). Is now 18-24 in WTA singles finals (also included 2019 Cincinnati) • After falling 2r at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Strycova), dropped out of the Top 100 for the first time since August 12, 2002 (831-consecutive weeks) SVETLANA ELINA KUZNETSOVA VS SVITOLINA

CAREER CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Missed opening two months of 2018 (w/wrist injury) • Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at • Season highlight in 2017 was reaching final of Indian 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 Wells (l. Vesnina); has reached a Premier Mandatory during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 final in each of the last three years – also at 2015 • Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending Madrid (l. Kvitova) and 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka) champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- • Posted consistent results at Slams in 2017, reaching ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. QF at Wimbledon for first time since 2007 (l. eventual Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at champion Muguruza), and R16 at Australian Open (l. 13-2, including a current nine match win streak Pavlyuchenkova) and Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki) • At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian • Secured 600th match win (all levels) at 2017 Bris- Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), bane – is one of seven active players to reach the 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and milestone, along with V.Williams, S.Williams, Jankov- suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) ic, Sharapova, Wozniacki and Kerber • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, • Won two titles in 2016, at Sydney and Moscow, l. Stephens) and made five further QFs and qualified for WTA Finals for sixth time in career • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, (reached SF) winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec- • One of five Russians to rank in Top 2; had a chance ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) to become No.1 by winning 2008 Roland Garros (fell • Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in two matches short with semifinal loss to Safina) Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- • Ranked continuously in Top 20 from March 1, 2004 fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at to July 11, 2010 (including over four years ranked round robin stage with 1-2 record) continuously in Top 10 – April 2006 to June 2010) • In 2017, became first player to win three Premier 5 ti- • Owns seven wins over reigning world No.1s (7-20 tles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since record), most recently defeating S.Williams at 2016 such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Miami. Also Mauresmo, Safina and Henin twice each • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, when they were No.1; one of only two players (also after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, S.Williams) to beat Henin twice when she was No.1 Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in • Haul of 16 tour level doubles titles includes two Aus- rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 tralian Open crowns, won in 2005 (w/Molik) and 2012 • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 (w/Zvonareva). Rose as high as No.3 in doubles spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 (week of June 7, 2004) Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 • Member of victorious Russia Fed Cup sides in 2004 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or and 2007-08. Russian Olympic Team, 2004, 2008, reach final at (fell in QF) 2016 • End to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the GRAND SLAM HISTORY second time (l. Kvitova in F) • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. • Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning at 2004 Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven US Open (d. Dementieva in F) and 2009 Roland (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Garros (d. Safina in F). Also a two-time Grand Slam • Other 2016 season highlights included SFs at Dubai, finalist, at Roland Garros in 2006 (l. Henin) and 2007 Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow, and QF at Rio Olympics US Open (l. Henin) • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ • One of three Russian women to lift a Grand Slam Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) singles title (also Myskina, Sharapova) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r • Has made QF stage at Australian Open on three but went on to win title there in both 2013 and 2014) occasions and Wimbledon on four occasions • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008 • At 2011 Australian Open, played her part in setting • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017 the record for the longest women’s match at a Slam, eventually succumbing to Schiavone in 4h 44min • Has two major doubles titles, at Australian Open – in 2005 (w/Molik) and 2012 (w/Zvonareva) SVETLANA ELINA KUZNETSOVA VS SVITOLINA

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Father is Alexandr Kuznetsov, cycling coach of six • 2019 US Open marks 29th consecutive Grand Slam Olympic champions and world champions, including main draw appearance Svetlana’s mother, Galina Tsareva (six-time world • Tied best Grand Slam result by reaching 2019 US champion and holder of 20 world records) and Svet- Open SF (l. S.Williams), also made this stage at lana’s brother, Nikolai Kuznetsov (silver medalist at 2019 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Halep) - pre- 1996 Atlanta Olympics) vious QF record at Slams was 0-4 • Moved at the age of seven to Spain to attend the • Became the first woman from Ukraine to reach a Sanchez-Casal Academy major SF; on the men’s side, Medvedev made that • Currently coached by Andrey Stepanov. Previously stage at Roland Garros in 1993 (SF) and 1999 (R- worked with Guillermo Cañas and Carolos Martinez Up) • Elsewhere, has posted QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) and (l. eventual champion Osaka) • At US Open, previous best restult was R16 showing in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sev- astova) • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros)

PERSONAL

• Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian • Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family • Coached by Andrew Bettles • Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione • Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per- forming off-court promotional and charitable activities • Launched the Elina Svitolina Foundation on March 18, 2019 with a mission to encourage children, through the sport of tennis, to learn the values of hard work, self-discipline and the importance of giv- ing 100 percent every day in life MATCH NOTES WUHAN - CHINA | Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. [15] SOFIA KENIN (USA #17)

Head to Head: ASHLEIGH BARTY leads 3-1

2019 TORONTO HARD O R2 SOFIA KENIN 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 117 mins 2019 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R16 ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 3-6 6-0 90 mins WEEK 1 HARD I R1 ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-1 7-6(2) 2018 CHARLESTON CLAY O R1 ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 6-2 68 mins

ASHLEIGH BARTY SOFIA KENIN 1 WTA RANKING 17 1 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 12 24-04-1996 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 14-11-1998 (20) $5,995,292 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,354,083 $11,203,372 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,235,558 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 3 / 6 3 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 10 1 / 1 WUHAN W-L (MD) * 10-2 4-1 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 46-9 / 130-58 46-19 / 66-40 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 13-4 / 37-17 16-10 / 25-17 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-4 / 19-14 12-7 / 16-9 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 27-6 / 80-36 35-12 / 50-26 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 11-6 1-1 / 2-3 2-1 / 4-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-3 / 2-4 6-4 / 11-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-7 / 7-10 12-5 / 26-33 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-9 / 13-18 * Updated entering 2019 Wuhan R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) [15] SOFIA KENIN (USA #17)

R32: d. (FRA #30) 4-6,6-4,6-1 (2h11) R32: d. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #24) 4-6,6-4,7-6(5) (2h22) R64: BYE R64: d. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #41) 6-2,7-6(5) (1h40)

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WUHAN Tournament History

ASHLEIGH BARTY SOFIA KENIN 2018 2018 SF L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #20) 7-6(2) 6-4 R16 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #20) 6-3 6-3

2017 F L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #20) 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-2

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• Making third main draw appearance at Wuhan • Contesting Wuhan for a second time, having reached • Finalist on debut in 2017 – defeated four Top 10 R16 on debut as a qualifier in 2018 seeds en route to the final before losing to Garcia; • During last year’s run, upset No.10 Goerges in 2r also reached SF in 2018 (l. Sabalenka) before falling to eventual champion Sabalenka • Current World No.1 and top seed here this week – • In addition to run here, last year’s Asian swing, saw one of seven current or former World No.1s in the her fall in qualifying at Beijing and 1r at Tianjin field • This week, advanced to R16 with wins over recent • One of 10 Grand Slam singles champions in Wuhan Osaka R-Up Pavlyuchenkova and then Mertens - • After opening match bye, struck nine aces to beat was two points from defeat in final set tie-break Garcia in 2r in rematch of 2017 final. Has now hit 321 • In 2019 has played the most tie-breaks on tour - 12-7 aces this season, the third most on tour record • Faces Kenin in R16 today, bidding for 47th win of the • Has been involved in 26 three-set matches in 2019 2019 season – second overall after Ka.Pliskova (50) (16-10 record); only Ka.Pliskova (29) has gone the • Playing first tournament since R16 exit at US Open distance more times earlier this month; regained World No.1 ranking • Including wins here in Wuhan, leads the tour for hard following tournament (currently spending her 10th court wins on in 2019 (35), ahead of Ka.Pliskova (33) non-consecutive week at the summit) • Faces No.1 Barty in R16 today. Is eighth on tour for • Also doubles finalist in New York (w/Azarenka); pair victories vs. Top 10 opposition in 2019, posting five defeated by Mertens/Sabalenka in F wins: No.10 S.Williams (2019 Roland Garros), No.1 • First singles player to qualify for Shiseido WTA Finals Barty (2019 Toronto), No.7 Svitolina (both at 2019 Shenzhen following US Open Toronto and 2019 Cincinnati) and No.1 Osaka (2019 • Went 8-3 in last year’s Asian swing; in addition to SF Cincinnati) run here at Wuhan, also won Zhuhai and fell in 2r at • Contesting Wuhan ranked at a career-high No.17. Tokyo [PPO] This time last year was No.62 • Has reached all three career hard court finals this year, winning Hobart and Guangzhou and finishing SEASON R-Up at Acapulco

• Reached R16 at US Open (as No.2 seed, l. Wang); also reached sixth career Grand Slam doubles final SEASON in New York (w/Azarenka, l. Mertens/Sabalenka) • Produced SF run in Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up • Began Asian swing with QF showing at Zhengzhou (l. Kuznetsova) Ka.Pliskova) before lifting third career title, last week • Suffered 2r exit at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Kenin) at Guangzhou (d. Stosur in F); rose to career-high • Made R16 at Wimbledon for the first time (l. Riske) No.17 following Guangzhou (September 23, 2019) • Became the first Roland Garros champion to lift a • North American hard court season ended with 3r run grass court title in the same season since Henin at US Open (l. Keys) in 2007 by winning Birmingham (d. Goerges in F); • Made back-to-back SF runs at Cincinnati (l. eventual became the first Australian woman in 43 years to champion Keys) and Toronto (l. eventual champion reach WTA singles No.1 following Birmingham (June Andreescu); broke into Top 20 following Cincinnati 24, 2019) • Scored four Top 10 wins across Toronto and Cincin- • Won first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Von- nati, defeating No.7 Svitolina at both tournaments, drousova in F) as well as No.1 Osaka (Cincinnati via ret. w/left knee • Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- injury) and No.1 Barty (Toronto) for her first Top 5 enovic); withdrew from Strasbourg (right arm injury) upset – the youngest American to defeat a reigning • Lifted 10th career doubles title at Rome (w/Azarenka) No.1 in eight years (McHale d. Wozniacki at Cincin- • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami nati) – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens • Produced 2r showing at Washington, DC (l. Davis) (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) • Highlight of grass court season was lifting second • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- career title, at Mallorca (d. Bencic in F after saving cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level 3MP; beat No.11 Sevastova and No.20 Mertens en • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph route). Also fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. Stosur) and 2r at (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became Wimbledon (l. Yastremska) ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket • Reached R16 for first time at a Slam at Roland Gar- • Made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in sixth longest ros (d. S.Williams in 3r, l. eventual champion Barty) match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) ASHLEIGH SOFIA BARTY VS KENIN

SEASON CONT. SEASON CONT.

• Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed • Made 1r exit at Strasbourg (l. Paquet) after R16 Cup duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in showing at Rome (d. No.14 Keys in 2r, l. eventual singles before teaming up with Hon to win decisive champion Ka.Pliskova) doubles rubber over Collins and Melichar. Also won • Fell 1r at Madrid (l. Kvitova) both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against Belarus • Scored career first Fed Cup win against Bacsinszky in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as well as in April at Fed Cup playoff victory over Switzerland decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia hosts • Made 2r at Charleston (l. Puig); win over Lisicki in 1r France in November’s final was first career tour-level victory on clay • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching • Posted 2r showings at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina) and QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney Miami (after 1r bye, l. Andreescu) for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both) • Finished R-Up at Acapulco (l. Wang in F) • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted • Advanced to R16 at Dubai (l. Kuzmova) 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage • Part of US team that lost to Australia in Fed Cup exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) World Group first round (l. singles rubber to Barty) • Made 2r at Australian Open (l. Halep after leading 4-2 in final set) CAREER MILESTONES • Lifted maiden career title at Hobart (d. Schmiedlova in F) without dropping a set • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at • Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Auckland (l. Kuz- No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and mova); won maiden WTA doubles title w/Bouchard reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other CAREER MILESTONES titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA Finals (w/Vandeweghe) • Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018, Top 50 on • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved October 8, 2018 and Top 20 on August 19, 2019 her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season • Advanced to first WTA level SF in 2018 at Mallorca (finishing at No.17) as a qualifier, also reaching this stage later in the • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala season at Québec City Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) • Represented the USA in their 3-0 Fed Cup final de- • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on feat to the Czech Republic in November 2018 October 23, 2017 • Opened 2018 with first tour-level QF at Auckland • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at • Holds 7-9 career record vs. Top 10 opponents, hav- 2019 Sydney ing defeated No.6 Garcia (2018 Mallorca), No.10 Go- • Winner of 10 doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, two w/ erges (2018 Wuhan), No.10 S.Williams (2019 Roland Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs, one w/Azarenka) Garros), No.1 Barty (2019 Toronto), No.7 Svitolina • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ (both at 2019 Toronto and 2019 Cincinnati) and No.1 Dellacqua) Osaka (2019 Cincinnati) • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on • Compiled 47-28 record (all levels) in 2017, finishing May 21, 2018 at a career-high No.113. Campaign highlighted by 3r • Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that run at US Open, 2r at Québec City (l. Safarova) and lasted almost two years one ITF Circuit title • Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- • On ITF Circuit owns four singles and two doubles joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket titles team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League • Played first matches on ITF Circuit in March 2013 • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2017 and • Climbed as high as No.2 in the ITF Junior Rankings 2018 • Represented the US at the 2014 Youth Olympic • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen- Games and competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Mas- ager ranked in doubles Top 30 ters, both held in China • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC ASHLEIGH SOFIA BARTY VS KENIN

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• Won first major singles title at 2019 Roland Garros • Produced best Grand Slam result by reaching R16 (d. Vondrousova in F), becoming third Australian at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty); in 3r woman in the Open Era to win Roland Garros, join- became first American to defeat S.Williams at the ing Court (1969-70, 1973) and Goolagong Cawley majors since Stephens at 2013 Australian Open QF (1971) • Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a • Prior to Paris run, best result at this level was QF wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ showing at 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Reached 3r at 2017 US Open as a wildcard (l. • Subsequently has also reached R16 at 2019 Wim- Sharapova), in what was only fourth tour-level main bledon (as No.1 seed, l. Riske) and 2019 US Open draw outing. Repeated feat in 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) (as No.2 seed, l. Wang) and again in 2019 (l. Keys) • Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Australian • Reached 2r at Australian Open in 2019 and Wimble- Open in 2017 (l. Barthel) and 2018 (l. Osaka), US don in 2018-19 Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens) and Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina) • Main draw Slam debut was at 2012 Australian Open, PERSONAL came from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 • Born in Moscow, moved to New York as a baby US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds before family settled in Florida. Now resides in Pem- Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- broke Pines, Florida, where she was home-schooled novic/Babos in F; finished R-Up at 2019 US Open in • Known as ‘Sonya’ doubles (w/Azarenka) • Coached by father Alexander Kenin with support • During partnership w/Dellacqua, advanced to three Lorenzo Cava; trains at ProWorld Academy in Delray major doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wim- Beach, Florida bledon, US Open) and also Roland Garros in 2017 • Best tennis memory is playing idol Maria Sharapova on Arthur Ashe (US Open 2017) • If not a tennis player would be a fashion designer PERSONAL • Dream doubles partners would be and Grigor Dimitrov • Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and • Good friends with CiCi Bellis and Katie Swan Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents intro- • Likes rap music, especially Drake duced her to the sport • Treat food is Froyo - cookies and cream with Her- • In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis shey’s on top Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi- yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school • In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 • Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce MATCH NOTES WUHAN - CHINA | Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[8] QIANG WANG (CHN #16) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #35)

Head to Head: ALISON RISKE leads 2-0

2019 SHENZHEN HARD O R1 ALISON RISKE 6-3 6-3 96 mins 2018 SHENZHEN HARD O R1 ALISON RISKE 7-5 6-0 74 mins

QIANG WANG ALISON RISKE 16 WTA RANKING 35 30 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 26 14-01-1992 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-07-1990 (29) $1,257,908 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,060,317 $4,291,600 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,151,667 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 7-2 WUHAN W-L (MD) * 4-3 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 20-16 / 95-88 26-18 / 142-147 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-6 / 23-33 16-7 / 54-60 6-2 / 15-10 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 9-9 / 39-50 13-8 / 76-61 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-12 / 78-88 1-1 / 2-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 11-8 1-1 / 2-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 3-11 1-2 / 6-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / 7-27 2-3 / 16-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-6 / 18-49 * Updated entering 2019 Wuhan R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

[8] QIANG WANG (CHN #16) ALISON RISKE (USA #35) R32: d. MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #58) 6-3,6-3 (1h34) R32: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #69) 2-6,7-6(5),6-3 (2h30) R64: BYE R64: d. (UKR #72) 4-6,6-3,6-3 (2h25)

Total games: 18 Total games: 58 Won/lost: 12-6 Won/lost: 31-27 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Sets won/lost: 4-2 Total time on court: 1h34 Total time on court: 4h55 Average time on court: 1h34 Average time on court: 2h28 Average rank of opponent: 58 Average rank of opponent: 71

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WUHAN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

QIANG WANG ALISON RISKE 2018 2017 SF L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #27) 6-2 2-1 R1 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #31) 6-1 2-6 6-3

2017 2016 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) 6-2 6-1 R2-Q L - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #135) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4

2016 2015 R2-Q L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #66) 7-5 7-6(2) R1 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #30) 7-6(4) 6-3

2014 R16 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #9) 6-2 6-3

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• Making third main draw appearance at Dongfeng Mo- • Making fourth main draw appearance (fifth overall) at tor Wuhan Open as the No.1 ranked Chinese player Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open • Reached SF here last year (l. Kontaveit) and R16 in • Tied best result here by reaching R16 - also reached 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova). Fell in qualifying in 2016 this stage in 2014 (l. Bouchard) • Her run to the SF stage here last year was part of • Made 1r exits in 2015 (l. Stephens) and 2017 (l. her breakthrough Asian swing, including a title at Kasatkina) Guangzhou, R-Up at Hong Kong and Zhuhai, and • Fell during qualifying in 2016 SFs at Hiroshima and Beijing • Won from a set down in 1r against Kozlova and 2r • Seeded No.8 this week - received a bye into the 2r against Puig to improve three-set record to 16-7 this • Defeated No.58 Bouzkova in 2r to notch 20th main season draw victory of the season and improve record fol- • Faces No.16 Q.Wang in R16; bidding to extend 2-0 lowing 1r byes to 5-0, also advancing at WTA 125K record against the Chinese player, having been victo- at Indian Wells (SF), Indian Wells (R16), Miami (QF) rious on Chinese soil at 2017 and 2018 Shenzhen and Bronx (SF) • Has five Top 20 wins this season: No.15 Goerges • Faces No.35 Riske in R16; looking to improve 6-4 (Dubai), No.4 Bertens (‘s-Hertogenbosch), No.1 record against American opposition this season Barty and No.13 Bencic (both at Wimbledon) and • Sole Chinese player to reach R16 from six contesting No.15 Kerber (Zhengzhou) the main draw • During last year’s Asian swing, fell in qualifying at Beijing, 1r at Hiroshima and Tianjin, and advanced SEASON through qualifying to reach Tokyo QF • Coming off 1r exit to her compatriot S.Peng at SEASON Guangzhou • Advanced to career first Grand Slam QF at US Open • Coming off 1r exit at Osaka (l. Gibbs) and 2r exit at (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) Zhengzhou (l. S.Zheng) • Defeated No.2 Barty in R16 at Flushing Meadows to • Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. Sharapova) and 2r at US record career best win by ranking. Previous best win Open (l. Ostapenko) came over No.5 Svitolina at 2018 Hong Kong (2-7 • Advanced through qualifying to reach 2r at Toronto (l. vs. Top 5 players) Pliskova) • Made SF run at the Bronx (l. Giorgi - held 4mp) • Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough with QF run at • Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. Hsieh) Wimbledon (d. No.1 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) • On grass made 2r at Birmingham (l. V.Williams) and • Fell 1r on grass at Mallorca (l. Badosa) 3r at Wimbledon (l. Mertens) • Won second WTA singles title of career at ‘s-Herto- • Rose to career-high No.14 following All England Club genbosch – d. top seed Bertens in F, having lost first showing (July 15, 2019) set 6-0 and saved 5MP in second set • Made 1r exits at Madrid (l. Vekic) and Rome (l. Sinia- • Defeat of No.4 Bertens in ‘s-Hertogenbosch final kova) before advancing to 2r at Strasbourg (l. Ferro) marked second Top 5 win of career – also d. No.3 and Roland Garros (l. Swiatek) A.Radwanska at 2017 Shenzhen • Fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. Hsieh) before second QF ap- • Won ninth ITF singles title on grass at $100k ITF/ pearance and best clay run of the season at Prague Surbiton-GBR (d. Rybarikova in F) (l. Pera) • Did not win a match during the clay swing, falling 1r • Reached R16 for the first time at Miami Open (l. at Madrid (l. Konta), Rome (l. Konta), Nurnberg (l. Halep) Stojanovic) and Roland Garros (l. Petkovic) • Advanced to R16 for second year in a row at Indian • Fell 1r at Monterrey Wells (l. eventual champion Andreescu) • Sunshine Double saw 1r exit at Premier Mandato- • Also made SF at WTA 125K Series event at Indian ry-level Indian Wells (l. Van Uytvanck) and 2r effort at Wells earlier in March (l. eventual champion Golubic) Miami (l. Hsieh) • Opened 2019 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. • Reached R16 at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Riske) before reaching 3r at Australian Open for the Wells (l. Brady) first time (l. Sevastova) • In the Middle East, made 2r at Doha (as LL, l. Goerg- es) and R16 at Dubai (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Bertens) • Opened the season with R-Up finish at Shenzhen (l. Sabalenka); now owns 2-6 career record in singles finals, including title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in June WANG ALISON QIANG VS RISKE

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted first Top 20 and career-best year-end finish • Reached career-high ranking No.32 on September at No.20 in 2018, up from No.45 in 2017 – marked 16, 2019 fourth Top 100 season in five years • Posted sixth consecutive Top 100 season in 2018, • Highlights of 2018 were lifting first WTA singles titles finishing at No.63 – up from No.70 in 2017; ca- at Nanchang (d. S.Zheng in F via ret.) and then reer-best year-end finish was No.41 in 2016 Guangzhou (d. Putintseva in F) • 2018 highlights included R-Up finish at Nürnberg (l. • Also in 2018 became the first Chinese player to Larsson in F), reaching QF at Hobart (l. Buzarnescu), reach the final in Zhuhai (l. Barty) and was R-Up at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe), Mallorca (l. Sto- Hong Kong (l. Yastremska) - now owns 2-2 record in sur) and Tokyo (l. Ka.Pliskova). Also won eighth ITF WTA singles finals - and produced SF showings at Circuit singles title at Surbiton (d. Perrin in F) Wuhan (ret. vs. Kontaveit w/left thigh injury) – first SF • Reached 3r at 2018 Miami (l. Y.Wang) for her best at WTA Premier-level or above – Beijing (l. eventual result at a Premier Mandatory tournament; defeated champion Wozniacki) and Hiroshima (l. eventual No.7 Garcia along the way for what was fifth career champion Hsieh) Top 10 win; current Top 10 win-loss record 7-27 • Posted four victories over Top 10 players in 2018 • 2017 highlights include R-Up at 2017 Shenzhen (l. defeating No.9 V.Williams (2018 Roland Garros), Siniakova, having defeated No.3 A.Radwanska en No.7 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Wuhan), No.7 Ka.Pliskova route – at the time was best win by ranking of career) (2018 Beijing) and No.5 Svitolina (2018 Hong Kong); • Member of Fed Cup winning USA team in 2017 her record now stands at 5-15 • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2014 Tianjin without • Enjoyed best result at Roland Garros by reaching 3r dropping a set (d. Bencic in F) (d. No.9 V.Williams in 1r, l. Putintseva). Also achieved • Made Top 100 debut on July 22, 2013 (No.96) best result at US Open with run to 3r (l. Svitolina) • Reached first WTA semifinal at 2010 Birmingham (as • Achieved first Top 50 year-end finish in 2017, finish- qualifier, l. Sharapova) ing as China’s No.3. Ascended 25 spots from No.70 • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston in 2016 to No.45 • Winner of nine singles and one doubles title on ITF • Advanced to first WTA SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. Circuit Pavlyuchenkova) and captured WTA 125K Series title in Zhengzhou • 2016 highlights included QF runs at Shenzhen (l. GRAND SLAM HISTORY A.Radwanska), Kuala Lumpur (l. Zhu), Hong Kong • Best Grand Slam result was QF run at 2019 Wimble- (l. Wozniacki) and WTA 125K Series event at Dalian don (d. No.1 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) (l. Min). Also reached 2r at 2016 US Open, upsetting • Also produced R16 showing at 2013 US Open (d. No.23 seed Kasatkina in 1r (l. Shvedova) No.10 Kvitova en route, l. Hantuchova) • Represented China at Rio Olympics and member of • Has reached 3r at Australian Open in 2014 (l. Ker- Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2012-2016 ber) and at Wimbledon on three previous occasions • In 2016, posted a 14-1 record between March–May (2013-14, 2017, 2019) on the ITF Circuit, winning $50k ITF/Quanzhou-CHN • Reached 2r on debut at Roland Garros in 2014 but is and $100k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN, and finishing runner- yet to go further in Paris up at $75k ITF/Gifu-JPN • On ITF Circuit, owns 13 singles and one doubles title • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Beijing and main PERSONAL draw debut at 2012 Baku • Coached by Billy Heiser • Earned tennis scholarship to Vanderbilt University GRAND SLAM HISTORY in summer 2009, but after good results and finding financial backing decided to pursue tennis full time • Contesting 21st Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US and turned pro two weeks before classes were due Open to begin • Reached 3r for the first time at 2018 Roland Gar- • If hadn’t been a tennis player, would have pursued ros (l. Putintseva) - defeated No.9 V.Williams in 1r. medicine Since matched with 3r showing at 2018 US Open (l. • Parents, Albert and Carol, are retired. Earlier in Svitolina), 2019 Australian Open (l. Sevastova), 2019 career was coached by her sister, Sarah McGlamery; Wimbledon (l. Mertens), and now breakthrough R16 also has a brother, Daniel showing at 2019 US Open • Married Stephen Amritraj in Alison’s hometown of • Previously had reached 2r on seven occasions: at| Pittsburgh after 2019 Wimbledon WANG ALISON QIANG VS RISKE

GRAND SLAM CONT.

2014 US Open (l. Dellacqua), 2015 US Open (l. Strycova), (l. Friedsam), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro), 2016 US Open (l. Shvedova), 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Swiatek) • Made major debut at 2014 US Open (as qualifier, d. Kania, l. Dellacqua) PERSONAL

• Began playing tennis at age nine as a way to keep fit • Would have become a teacher if not a tennis player • Admires Zheng Jie • Currently coached by Thomas Drouet • Previous long-term coach was the late Peter Mc- Namara, who passed away in July due to prostate cancer MATCH NOTES WUHAN - CHINA | Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #27) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #2)

Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 1-0

2019 MADRID CLAY O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 138 mins

DAYANA YASTREMSKA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 27 WTA RANKING 2 32 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 2 15-05-2000 (19) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (27) $838,609 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,806,904 $1,242,106 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $18,181,345 2 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 4 / 15 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 2-0 WUHAN W-L (MD) * 8-5 26-16 / 37-27 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 50-13 / 307-155 5-8 / 7-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 18-11 / 99-56 6-4 / 8-9 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 8-7 / 62-63 18-9 / 27-16 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 33-8 / 217-102 1-0 / 2-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 29-20 0-2 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / 15-18 0-2 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / 29-37 4-7 / 5-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-4 / 57-69 * Updated entering 2019 Wuhan R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #27) [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #2) R32: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #104) 6-3,7-6(7) (1h34) R32: d. (USA #29) 6-3,6-3 (1h09) R64: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #42) 7-6(5),6-2 (1h21) R64: BYE

Total games: 43 Total games: 18 Won/lost: 26-17 Won/lost: 12-6 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 2h55 Total time on court: 1h09 Average time on court: 1h28 Average time on court: 1h09 Average rank of opponent: 73 Average rank of opponent: 29

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WUHAN Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 R2 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #34) 6-1 3-6 6-3

2017 QF L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #37) 4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(2) 2016 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #12) 6-2 6-2

2015 QF L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #18) 7-6(2) 6-3

2014 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 6-3 2-6 6-4

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WUHAN WUHAN

• Making Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open debut • Making sixth consecutive main draw appearance in • Coming off 1r exit at Osaka last week, falling to even- Wuhan tual R-Up Pavlyuchenkova • Deepest run here were to QFs in 2015 (l. Vinci) and • Competing this week on a career high ranking of 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Barty) No.27 (as of September 23, 2019) • Playing second tournament in China this season • Ousted Tomljanovic in 1r and McHale in 2r, both in after winning Zhengzhou earlier this month (as top straight sets, to reach her second R16 at a Premier 5 seed, d. Martic in F); now owns a tour-leading four event this season. Also reached this stage at Toronto singles titles in 2019 last month (d. Konta and Azarenka, l. Kenin) • Zhengzhou title run saw the Czech qualify for the • Faces No.2 Ka.Pliskova today in their second career 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen meeting, falling to the Czech after having four match • Played doubles with sister Kristyna last week in points Seoul; pair reached SFs • Bidding for her career first Top 10 win today in her • Recorded 50th singles win of the season over No.29 fourth attempt, having fallen to No.9 Goerges (2018 Anisimova in 2r on Tuesday. Leads the Tour in New Haven), No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2019 Madrid) and match wins in 2019 (ahead of Barty with 46) No.5 Svitolina (2019 US Open) • Faces another teenager today, No.27 Yastremska • Career best win-by-ranking came over No.11 Sa- • Has won back-to-back matches in 13 of the 16 balenka en route to her third career title at Stras- events contested this season. Fell in opening round bourg in May at Stuttgart (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka), 2r at Madrid (l. • At 19, was one of two teenagers in this week’s draw - Kozlova) and 2r at Birmingham (l. Kr.Pliskova) also Anisimova (18) who fell to Ka.Pliskova in 2r • Owns most hard court wins on Tour this year with a • Twelve months ago was ranked No.110; during Asian 33-8 record (ahead of Andreescu on 31-4) swing qualified before falling 1r at Beijing and lifted • In 2018 Asian Swing, posted 14-5 record highlighted maiden WTA title at Hong Kong by title in Tokyo (d. Osaka), R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia) and SF result at WTA Finals (l. Stephens) SEASON SEASON • Coming off 1r exit at Osaka (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Reached 3r at US Open (l. Svitolina) • Coming off 15th career singles title at Zhengzhou (d. • Produced 2r showing at Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up Martic) Kuznetsova) • Reached R16 at US Open (l. Konta) • Posted run to R16 at Toronto (l. Kenin) • Posted QF runs at Toronto (l. eventual champion An- • Made Grand Slam breakthrough with R16 run at dreescu in 3s) and Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova, having Wimbledon (l. Zhang) led 6-3 5-3) • Suffered 1r exits at Birmingham (l. Goerges) and • Was upset in R16 at Wimbledon (l. Muchova 4-6 7-5 Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Konta) 13-11; led 5-3 in third set before eventually losing in • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Suarez Navarro - came 3h19m - the fourth-longest match on tour in 2019) within two points of victory in second set) • Won Eastbourne title for second time in her career • Highlight of clay court season was winning third ca- (d. Kerber in F); dropped serve just twice all week reer title at Strasbourg (d. Garcia after saving 1MP) – and 19 games across five matches, the most eco- • Suffered 1r exits at Istanbul (l. Mladenovic), Madrid nomic WTA title run this season – en route to becom- (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Suarez Navarro) ing the first player to win the title without dropping a • Made 2r at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) set since Makarova in 2010 • Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Muguruza) and Indian Wells (l. • Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham, Gavrilova) in what was their first career main draw encounter • Posted 2-0 singles record (d. Swiatek and Larsson • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic) in straight sets) as Ukraine failed to progress from • Won title at Rome (d. Konta in F), becoming first Europe/Africa Zone Group I Czech woman to lift the trophy since Marsikova in • Won second career title at Hua Hin (d. Tomljanovic in 1978; win over Azarenka in QF was her 500th (at all final after trailing 5-2 in third set) levels) • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. S.Williams); wins • Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Kozlova) over Stosur in 1r and Suárez Navarro in 2r were first • Withdrew from Prague w/viral illness at Grand Slam level • As defending champion, fell 2r at Stuttgart (after 1r • Began season by contesting qualifying at Brisbane, bye, l. Azarenka) followed by QF showing at Hobart (l. Bencic) DAYANA KAROLINA YASTREMSKA VS PLISKOVA

CAREER MILESTONES SEASON CONT.

• Posted first Top 100 season in 2018, at No.60, win- • Reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, ning first career title at Hong Kong (d. Q.Wang in F) losing to Barty in straight sets in the final • Also in 2018, reached SF at Luxembourg (l. Bencic), • Fell in 3s to Bencic in QF at Indian Wells 2r at New Haven (as qualifier, l. Goerges) and • Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at Charleston (as LL, l. Pera) and fell 1r at US Open (l. Dubai before losing 6-4 1-6 7-5 Muchova), Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Puig) Québec • Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness City (l. McHale) and Beijing (as qualifier, l. S.Zheng) • Was unable to prevent defending champions Czech • Became first woman born in the 2000s to crack the Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Top 100 on the WTA rankings, debuting at No.100 Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep) (week of July 16, 2018) • Produced best Australian Open performance of • Won third ITF singles title in at $60k ITF/Rome-ITA career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in and reached two more finals in 2018 3s); saved four match points to beat S.Williams in QF • Posted first Top 200 season in 2017, at No.189 – • Began season by triumphing at Brisbane Internation- rose more than 200 places during the year al (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won at least one WTA • Won first WTA main draw match and reached first title for seven consecutive seasons tour-level QF at 2017 Istanbul, defeating former World No.9 Petkovic en route (l. Cepelova) • Owns three career Top 20 wins, over No.13 Muguru- CAREER MILESTONES za (2018 Luxembourg), No.15 Muguruza (2019 Hua • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, Hin) and No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Strasbourg) triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and • Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2016 Istan- Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in bul (l. Hibino in 1r) Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2015 • At Grand Slam level in 2018 season, made QF run at • In juniors, rose as high as No.6 in the world Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r • On ITF Circuit, winner of three singles titles and three at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first doubles titles time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Also in 2018, made the SF at Brisbane (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. • Contested fifth Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US eventual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Ste- Open, reaching 3r (l. Svitolina) phens). Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments • Advanced to second week of a major for the first time • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- at 2019 Wimbledon, falling to S.Zhang in R16 ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first • Reached 3r at 2019 Australian Open (l. S.Williams) Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the • Made 1r exit on Grand Slam debut at 2018 US Open computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina (l. qualifier Muchova in straight sets) and also 2019 Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while Roland Garros representing USA) • Fell in qualifying at 2018 Australian Open and 2018 • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in Wimbledon F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. • Runner-up in 2016 Wimbledon junior girls’ event (l. Wozniacki in F) Potapova) • Owns 15-12 record in singles finals, having won hav- ing titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart, 2019 PERSONAL Rome), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne, 2019 Eastbourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, • Born and resides in Odessa, Ukraine 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Bris- • Trained as a junior in Istanbul, at Koza WOS bane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane and • Began playing tennis at age 5 2019 Zhengzhou) • Prefers hard courts • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 • Currently coached by Oliver Jeunehomme Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. 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) DAYANA KAROLINA YASTREMSKA VS PLISKOVA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contested milestone 30th career Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open • Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debuts in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), also reached last four at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Halep) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) and 2019 (l. Muchova) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Bartoli in 1r)

PERSONAL

• Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club • Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon • Currently coached by Conchita Martínez, and previ- ously coached by Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic MATCH NOTES WUHAN - CHINA | Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2019 | $2,828,000 | PREMIER 5

[5] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #7) vs. [10] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #15)

Head to Head: SLOANE STEPHENS leads 2-0

2017 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 SLOANE STEPHENS 6-2 6-3 71 mins 2017 TORONTO HARD O R2 SLOANE STEPHENS 7-6(4) 3-6 6-2 139 mins

PETRA KVITOVA SLOANE STEPHENS 7 WTA RANKING 15 7 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 23 08-03-1990 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 20-03-1993 (26) $2,910,735 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,433,499 $30,252,942 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $14,809,702 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 27 0 / 6 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 WUHAN W-L (MD) * 14-3 3-3 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 33-11 / 431-200 23-17 / 219-148 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 8-7 / 128-84 7-6 / 70-50 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 9-5 / 87-62 11-2 / 59-29 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 22-8 / 285-139 11-11 / 140-97 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 45-14 2-1 / 18-6 1-1 / 25-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 9-21 2-2 / 54-52 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 17-34 7-5 / 106-89 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-3 / 36-57 * Updated entering 2019 Wuhan R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

[5] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #7) [10] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #15)

R32: d. POLONA HERCOG (SLO #51) 7-6(6),6-3 (1h42) R32: d. YAFAN WANG (CHN #58) 6-2,3-6,6-1 (2h01) R64: BYE R64: d. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #34) 7-5,6-4 (1h44)

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WUHAN Tournament History

PETRA KVITOVA SLOANE STEPHENS 2018 2018 R16 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #39) 3-6 6-3 6-3 R1 L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #27) 4-6 7-5 6-4

2017 2017 R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #24) 7-6(7) 6-7(5) R1 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #55) 6-2 6-2 7-6(3) 2016 2015 F W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #12) 6-1 6-1 R2 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #8) 6-2 6-0 2015 R16 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #18) 7-6(3) 6-2

2014 F W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #9) 6-3 6-4

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WUHAN WUHAN

• Making sixth appearance at the Dongfeng Motor • Making fourth appearance at Wuhan, where she is Wuhan Open, where she is a two-time champion in through to R16 for the first time 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) and 2016 (d. Cibulkova in F) • Previous best result was raching 2r on debut in 2016 • Is the only two-time champion in the tournament’s (d. Riske, l. Muguruza) five-year history • Last year, led eventual R-Up Kontaveit 6-4 4-2 in 1r • Wuhan marks her first event of the 2019 Asian swing, before eventually succumbing to defeat and is coming off 2r exit at US Open (l. Petkovic) • Beat Zhang in 1r and Y.Wang in 2r; has now won five • After opening round bye, saved a set point in the consecutive matches against Chinese opposition opening set during victory over No.51 Hercog in 2r • Faces No.7 Kvitova today; has yet to defeat a Top • Faces No.15 Stephens today; owns a 7-5 record 10 ranked opponent so far in 2019. Sole loss came against Top 20 opponents this season, with most re- against No.7 Bertens at Madrid cent victory coming over No.15 Kontaveit at Stuttgart • In addition to 1r exit here, during last year’s Asian • Today marks her 31st hard court match of 2019, swing fell 1r at Tokyo, made R16 at Beijing and was posting a 22-8 record thus far highlighted by a title R-Up at WTA Finals in Singapore run at Sydney in January • One of a tournament-leading 12 Americans in Wuhan • Posted one win during last year’s Asian swing, main draw defeating Krunic in 2r at Wuhan (received 1r bye, • In 2019, has won more tie-breaks on tour than any l. Pavlyuchenkova in R16). Also fell 1r at Beijing (l. other player (11-2), followed by Bencic (10-3) Gavrilova) and went 0-3 in RR stage at WTA Finals

SEASON SEASON • Last week, fell 2r at Osaka (after 1r bye, l. Giorgi) • Coming off 2r showing at US Open (l. Petkovic) and • Made 1r exit at US Open (l. Kalinskaya) and R16 run 1r exit at Cincinnati (l. Sakkari) at Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up Kuznetsova) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon (l. Konta) • Lost opening two matches of North American hard • Withdrew from Roland Garros and then Birmingham court season, in 1r at Washington DC (l. Peterson) w/left forearm injury and 2r at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Bouzkova) • Retired in final set of R16 match at Rome against • On grass, reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Konta) and Sakkari w/left calf injury suffered 2r defeat at Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. • Advanced to QF at Madrid, where she was the de- Ostapenko) fending champion (l. eventual champion Bertens) • Made QF run at Roland Garros (as the 2018 run- • Won 27th career singles title from 36th final at Stutt- ner-up, l. Konta) gart (d. Kontaveit in F) • Fell in 2r at Rome to eventual finalist Konta after SF • Made QF run at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) showing at Madrid (l. eventual champion Bertens) after 2r exit at Indian Wells (l. V.Williams) • In April’s Fed Cup play-offs, won both singles rubbers • Reached final at Dubai (l. Bencic) against Switzerland (d. Golubic, Bacsinszky) to help • Fell QF in defense of St Petersburg title (l. Vekic) USA maintain place in World Group for 2020 • Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian • Advanced to QF at Charleston (l. eventual champion Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reach- Keys). Result marked first QF run since reaching ing World No.1 ranking final of 2018 WTA Finals in Singapore • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F) • Miami title defense ended in 3r (l. Maria) • Went on 11-match winning streak across Sydney (5 • After 1r bye at Indian Wells, fell in 2r to qualifier and wins) and Melbourne (6 wins) World No.109 Voegele • Fell 2r in season opener at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) • Reached 2r at Acapulco (l. No.172 Haddad Maia) • Made R16 at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, where she fell in 1r (l. Konta) before making a 2r exit at Sydney (l. Putinseva after leading 6-3 5-3) PETRA SLOANE KVITOVA VS STEPHENS

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St Peters- • In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, burg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in 16, 2018 F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the • Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first year ranked No.7 – sixth career Top 10 finish, and Premier Mandatory title at Miami – subsequently first since 2015 (up fro No.29 in 2017) made Top 10 debut at No.9. Also reached her second • Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros and posted R-Up player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a finishes at Montréal and WTA Finals season since S.Williams in 2015 • Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, • Including 2019, has won at least one title every year d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player dating back to 2011 to win a major in the Open Era • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, • Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required sidelines w/foot injury (had surgery in the January) extensive surgery to left hand • After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual at Toronto and Cincinnati champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US • Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC Top 10 finishes • At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze • Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 medal play-off) • 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win GRAND SLAM HISTORY was third in four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament title three times • 2019 US Open marked 31st Grand Slam main draw • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. appearance A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season • Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At Azarenka in F) No.83, is second-lowest ranked major champion • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six 14th unseeded player to advance to a Slam final in months) the Open Era, and only fifth unseeded champion • Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team • Best result across other Slams was R-Up finish at in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep) • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in • Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result across all 2006 majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) • Also just the second American (after Davenport) to GRAND SLAM HISTORY beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play • Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, • 2019 US Open marked 44th Grand Slam main draw Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 appearance Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli) • Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wim- bledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- phens, Wozniacki, Halep, Osaka and Barty)

PETRA SLOANE KVITOVA VS STEPHENS

GRAND SLAM CONT. PERSONAL

• Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech • Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the was an NFL player in 1980s and 1990s; brother is Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Shawn Farrell Navratilova) • Aged 11, relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, • Other Grand Slam highlights are SFs at 2012 Aus- Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis tralian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros Academy before moving to Nick Saviano High Per- (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at formance Tennis Academy 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2015 US Open (l. • Recently reunited with former long-term coach Ka- eventual champion Pennetta) mau Murray; formerly coached by Sven Groenefeld • Withdrew from Toronto w/left forearm injury before and Nick Saviano falling 2r at Cincinnati (after 1r bye, l. Sakkari) • On April 29, announced engagement to Toronto FC soccer star Jozy Altidore PERSONAL

• Has won the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award, as voted by her WTA peers for the past six years running (through 2018) and seven times overall • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Parents are Jiri and Pavla