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PREVIEW NOTES: GRAMPIANS TROPHY MELBOURNE, AUS | FEBRUARY 3-7, 2021 | USD $235,820 WTA 500 WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon ([email protected]), Adam Lincoln ([email protected]), Chase Altieri ([email protected]) GRAMPIANS TROPHY – QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: February 3-7, 2021 Singles Final: Sunday, February 7, time TBC Venue: Melbourne Park Tennis Centre Status: WTA 500 Staging: Tournament’s first year Draw sizes: 28 singles Surface: Greenset Cushion / Outdoor Total prize money: USD $235,820 Tennis Ball: Dunlop AO SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS Winner 50,000 470 Runner-Up 33,520 305 Semifinalist 18,610 185 Quarterfinalist 8,770 100 Round of 16 5,500 55 Round of 32 3,000 1 MAIN DRAW QUICK-HITS Seeds: Bianca Andreescu, Belinda Bencic, Victoria Azarenka, Elena Rybakina, Maria Sakkari, Anett Kontaveit, Jennifer Brady, Angelique Kerber Most career WTA singles titles: Victoria Azarenka (21) Youngest singles player: Leylah Fernandez, 18 years old (September 6, 2002) Oldest singles player: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 35 years old (March 23, 1985) TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS • One of three WTA 500 tournaments taking place at the Melbourne Park Tennis Centre before the 2021 Australian Open, along with the Yara Valley Classic and the Gippsland Trophy. • Four of the Top 20 players in the world are in the draw, including former Bianca Andreescu and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka, who are seeded No.1 and No.3, respectively. • Andreescu and Azarenka will both receive first-round byes, along with No.2 seed Belinda Bencic and No.4 seed Elena Rybakina. • Arguably the pick of the opening round matches sees former US Open champion Sloane Stephens take on the ever-improving Leylah Fernandez. The winner of this will face Andreescu in the second round • Of the eight seeds, four were involved in the first tournament of the season at Abu Dhabi: Rybakina (QF), Sakkari (SF) Anett Kontaveit (1r) and Jennifer Brady (1r). • One to Watch – Marta Kostyuk. After announcing herself to the tennis world at just 15 with a run through qualifying to the third round at the Australian Open in 2018, Kostyuk spent much of the next two years struggling to repeat her breakthrough success. However, at last year’s US Open the Ukrainian provided a timely reminder of her considerable talents by reaching the third round, where she pushed eventual champion Naomi Osaka to three sets. This result helped her finally crack the Top 100 at the year’s end and she has picked up where she left off at the start of 2021 in Abu Dhabi by reaching her maiden WTA semifinal. Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 PREVIEW NOTES: GRAMPIANS TROPHY MELBOURNE, AUS | FEBRUARY 3-7, 2021 | USD $235,820 WTA 500 COUNTRY AND REGION BREAKDOWN A total of 15 countries and regions are represented in the main draw, led by the United States with seven players: Belarus (1) Victoria Azarenka Canada (3) Bianca Andreescu, Gabriela Dabrowski, Leylah Fernandez Czech Republic (3) Barbora Krejcikova, Katerina Siniakova, Barbora Strycova Estonia (1) Anett Kontaveit Germany (1) Angelique Kerber Great Britain (1) Heather Watson Greece (1) Maria Sakkari Kazakhstan (2) Yulia Putintseva, Elena Rybakina Romania (1) Sorana Cirstea Russia (3) Anna Blinkova, Veronika Kudermetova, Svetlana Kuznetsova Spain (1) Georgina García Perez Switzerland (1) Belinda Bencic Tunisia (1) Ons Jabeur Ukraine (1) Marta Kostyuk United States (7) Jennifer Brady, Lauren Davis, Ann Li, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Christina McHale, Alison Riske, Sloane Stephens 2021 WTA TOUR FINALS Week of Level Tournament Singles Final Doubles Final January 6 WTA 500 Abu Dhabi, UAE [4] Sabalenka d. Kudermetova 62 62 [5] Aoyama/Shibahara d. [8] Carter/Stefani 76(5) 64 2021 & CAREER PRIZE MONEY LEADERS PLAYER 2021 TOTAL Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) $68,570 Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) $52,285 Marta Kostyuk (UKR) $28,525 Maria Sakkari (GRE) $27,755 Sofia Kenin (USA) $16,850 PLAYER CAREER TOTAL Serena Williams (USA) $93,634,967 Venus Williams (USA) $41,958,284 Maria Sharapova (RUS) $38,777,962 Simona Halep (ROU) $37,045,910 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) $35,233,415 Petra Kvitova (CZE) $32,572,604 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) $32,347,288 Angelique Kerber (GER) $29,853,978 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) $27,683,807 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) $25,483,600 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 PREVIEW NOTES: GRAMPIANS TROPHY MELBOURNE, AUS | FEBRUARY 3-7, 2021 | USD $235,820 WTA 500 A SNAPSHOT OF LAST SEASON • Top 10 Debut (1): Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) • Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) • Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Patricia Maria Tig (No.88, Istanbul) • Most titles (3): Simona Halep: 3 (Dubai - W; Prague - W; Rome - W); Aryna Sabalenka: 3 (Doha – W; Ostrava – W; Linz – W) • Maiden titles (4): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington), Patricia Maria Tig (Istanbul), Iga Swiatek (Roland Garros) • Youngest title winner: Iga Swiatek, Roland Garros (19y 132d) • Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 108d) • Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 193, Serena Williams – 178, Aryna Sabalenka – 165 • Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) • Match win leaders: Elise Mertens – 34, Elena Rybakina – 29, Aryna Sabalenka – 29, Sofia Kenin – 24 • Most three-set wins (11): Aryna Sabalenka (11-5 record) • Most doubles titles (4): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha, Rome) • Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Kung (Hua Hin), Fernandez (Acapulco), Bouchard (Istanbul) • Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart, QF) • Shortest (completed) match: 39m – Ekaterina Alexandrova d. Storm Sanders 6-1 6-0 (Strasbourg, 1r) • Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens – all at Australian Open); Jelena Ostapenko (No.7 Sofia Kenin in Fed Cup, No.8 Kiki Bertens at Strasbourg, No.4 Karolina Pliskova at Roland Garros); Maria Sakkari (No.5 Belinda Bencic at St. Petersburg, No.9 Serena Williams at Western & Southern Open, No.5 Elina Svitolina at Ostrava) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 3 ALPHABETIC PLAYER LIST MAIN DRAW SINGLES 2021 Grampians Trophy - Melbourne, Australia RANK SEED CAREER @ TRN YEAR-TO-DATE CAREER CAREER HGH TITLES PLAYER NAME 1/25/2021 NAT AGE PRIZE W / L PRIZE W / L PRIZE W / L RANK DATE YTD CAR ANDREESCU, BIANCA 8 CAN 20 000/ 0 / 6,720,038 137 /350 4 10/21/2019 AZARENKA, VICTORIA 13 3 BLR 31 000/ 0 / 32,347,288 524 /21204 1 1/30/2012 BENCIC, BELINDA 12 2 SUI 23 000/ 0 / 8,167,812 274 /4152 4 2/17/2020 BLINKOVA, ANNA 61 RUS 22 000/ 0 / 1,497,875 178 /0113 54 2/3/2020 BRADY, JENNIFER 24 7 USA 25 000/ 0 / 3,329,416 226 /1155 24 10/26/2020 CIRSTEA, SORANA 72 ROU 30 000/ 0 / 5,828,599 453 /1340 21 8/12/2013 DABROWSKI, GABRIELA 492 CAN 28 000/ 0 / 2,832,982 197 /0203 164 11/3/2014 DAVIS, LAUREN 75 USA 27 000/ 0 / 3,160,009 293 /1210 26 5/22/2017 FERNANDEZ, LEYLAH 89 CAN 18 000/ 0 / 413,017 81 /048 88 10/26/2020 KERBER, ANGELIQUE 25 8 GER 33 000/ 0 / 29,853,978 630 /12336 1 9/12/2016 KOSTYUK, MARTA 78 UKR 18 000/ 0 1,010/ 345,909 103 / 49 78 1/18/2021 0 0 KREJCIKOVA, BARBORA 66 CZE 25 000/ 0 / 2,970,249 270 /0155 65 11/16/2020 KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA 36 RUS 23 000/ 0 / 1,676,537 238 /0160 38 2/3/2020 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA 37 RUS 35 000/ 0 / 25,483,600 663 /18339 2 9/10/2007 LI, ANN 99 USA 20 000/ 0 / 444,104 112 /065 97 11/9/2020 MATTEK-SANDS, BETHANIE 339 USA 35 000/ 0 / 7,863,390 369 /0309 30 7/11/2011 MCHALE, CHRISTINA 82 USA 28 000/ 0 / 4,398,563 361 /1304 24 8/20/2012 PUTINTSEVA, YULIA 28 KAZ 26 000/ 0 / 4,756,428 300 /1232 27 2/6/2017 RISKE, ALISON 26 USA 30 000/ 0 / 5,115,246 373 /2295 18 11/4/2019 RYBAKINA, ELENA 19 4 KAZ 21 000/ 0 / 1,466,978 170 /274 17 2/24/2020 SAKKARI, MARIA 22 5 GRE 25 000/ 0 / 3,540,619 327 /1220 20 2/24/2020 SINIAKOVA, KATERINA 59 CZE 24 000/ 0 / 6,226,331 256 /2180 31 10/22/2018 STEPHENS, SLOANE 40 USA 27 000/ 0 / 15,559,105 297 /6207 3 7/16/2018 STRYCOVA, BARBORA 38 CZE 34 000/ 0 / 11,967,405 564 /2410 16 1/16/2017 WATSON, HEATHER 58 GBR 28 000/ 0 / 3,909,405 317 /4251 38 1/19/2015 Page 1 of 1 Date: 2/1/2021 17:53:12 entry Please credit WTA Media Information System MATCH NOTES: GRAMPIANS TROPHY MELBOURNE, AUS | FEBRUARY 3-7, 2021 | USD $235,820 WTA 500 WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon ([email protected]), Adam Lincoln ([email protected]), Chase Altieri ([email protected]) [3] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #13) VS. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #28) Head-to-head: First meeting AZARENKA PUTINTSEVA Career Prize Money $32,347,288 Career Prize Money $3,964,966 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Jul 31, 1989 (31) Date of Birth (Age) Jan.
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    PREVIEW NOTES: CHICAGO TENNIS FESTIVAL 250 CHICAGO, IL, USA | AUG 22 - 28, 2021 | USD $235,238 WTA250 WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: www.chicagotennisfestival.com/ WTA Communications: Teyva Sammet ([email protected]), Catherine Sneddon ([email protected]) You can now download the WTA’s new live scoring app to receive real time match and tournament updates from across the Tour. In addition to play-by-play score updates, WTA Scores offer the latest rankings and the Porsche Race to Shenzhen Leaderboard, as well as match stats provided by SAP, draw sheets and daily orders of play. WTA Scores is available on iOS and Android devices and can be downloaded on Apple’s App Store or Google Play. CHICAGO TENNIS FESTIVAL 250 – QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Sunday, Aug 22 - Saturday, Aug 28, 2021 Singles Final: Saturday, Aug 28, 2pm Doubles Final: Saturday, Aug 28 11:30am Venue: XS Tennis Village Status: WTA 250 Staging: Tournament’s first year Draw sizes: 32 singles / 16 doubles teams / 16 singles qualifying Surface: Hard / Outdoors Tennis Ball: Wilson US Open SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS Winner 29,200 280 Runner-Up 19,018 180 Semifinalist 10,000 110 Quarterfinalist 5,000 60 Round of 16 3,000 30 Round of 32 2,195 16 Round of 32 1,800 1 MAIN DRAW QUICK-HITS Wildcards: Francoise Abanda, Katherine Sebov, Elina Svitolina, Venus Williams Most career WTA singles titles: Venus Williams (49) Prize money leader: Venus Williams (42,275,737) Youngest singles player: Marta Kostyuk, 19-years-old (June 28, 2002)
  • 2019 Dothan Media Notes

    2019 Dothan Media Notes

    HARDEE’S PRO CLASSIC DOTHAN, AL APRIL 15 – APRIL 21 As of: April 10, 2019 USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S TENNIS RETURNS TO DOTHAN, CONTINUES ROLAND GARROS WILD CARD CHALLENGE The Hardee’s Pro Classic will take place in Dothan for the 19th consecutive year. It is one TOURNAMENT INFORMATION of two USTA Pro Circuit events held in Alabama, joining a $25,000 women’s event in Site: Pelham, also in April. Westgate Tennis Center Dothan is also the first of four consecutive women’s clay-court tournaments (preceding a Website: $80,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., and $100,000 events in Charleston, S.C. and Bonita www.procircuit.usta.com, Springs, Fla.) that are part of the Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which will award a www.dothanprotennis.org men’s and women’s wild card into the 2019 French Open. Numerous men’s tournaments are also taking place over four weeks to award a wild card. Qualifying Draw Begins: Mon., Apr. 15 The American man and American woman who earn the most ATP and WTA ranking points Main Draw Begins: Tues., Apr. 16 over the next four weeks will receive USTA wild cards to compete in the main draws of the Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles French Open, which will be held Sunday, May 26, to Sunday, June 9. Players who do not receive direct entry into the French Open are eligible for the wild cards. The USTA and the Surface: Clay / Outdoor French Tennis Federation have a reciprocal agreement in which wild cards into the 2019 French Open and 2019 US Open are exchanged.
  • Grand Slam Singles Title Leaders

    Grand Slam Singles Title Leaders

    OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLE LEADERS SERENA WILLIAMS 23 STEFANIE GRAF 22 CHRIS EVERT 18 MARTINA NAVRATILOVA 18 MARGARET COURT 11 GRAND SLAMS Grand Slam Champions The Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open are the four Grand Slam tournaments. Winning the title at each major in the same year is known as the “Grand Slam”. Three women have completed the singles Grand Slam in a calendar year: 1953 – Maureen Connolly; 1970 – Margaret Court; 1988 – Stefanie Graf. A further seven women have won each Grand Slam singles title at least once in their careers (known as the career Grand Slam): Doris Hart, Shirley Fry, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, with Navratilova (1983-84) and Williams (2002-03, 2014-15) holding all four titles at the same time. Australia’s Margaret Court holds the record for all-time Grand Slam singles titles (men or women) with 24 titles, ahead of Serena Williams, who holds the Open Era record with 23 Grand Slam singles titles. In the Open Era, eight women have won three of the four Grand Slam titles: Lindsay Davenport, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Justine Henin, Martina Hingis, Angelique Kerber, Hana Mandlikova, Monica Seles and Virginia Wade. All-Time Grand Slam Singles Titles Leaders PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL Margaret Court (AUS) 11 5 3 5 24 Serena Williams (USA) 7 3 7 6 23 Stefanie Graf (GER) 4 6 7 5 22 Helen Wills Moody (USA) 4 8 7 19 Chris Evert (USA) 2 7 3 6 18 Martina Navratilova (USA) 3 2 9 4 18 Billie Jean King (USA) 1 1 6 4 12 Maureen Connolly