[5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Vs. [16] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #16) [8] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) Vs. [18] QIANG WANG (CHN #18)

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First meeting Serena is 38-13 in QF Slam matches, including 12-3 at US Open; has not fallen at this stage since 2004 (l. Capriati)...Wang is one of only two players in bottom half of draw yet to drop a set (also Svitolina) and is the first Chinese woman to reach the QF at US Open since S.Peng’s SF run in 2014 (l. Wozniacki) WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

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THE ELITE EIGHT

PLAYER USO YTD CAREER YTD CAREER YTD CAREER NAME W/L* W/L* W/L* PRIZE $ PRIZE $ TITLES TITLES [5] Elina Svitolina 15-7 27-15 253-139 $2,016,896 $15,125,521 0 13

[8] Serena Williams 99-12 23-5 815-137 $2,410,515 $90,643,816 0 72

[16] Johanna Konta 11-6 36-14 164-100 $1,673,945 $8,854,364 0 3

[18] Wang Qiang 9-5 19-14 94-86 $754,882 $3,788,574 0 2 *Includes 2019 US Open CAREER GRAND SLAM RECORDS - BY ROUND REACHED

PLAYER NAME R128 R64 R32 R16 QF* SF F W TOTAL* [5] Elina Svitolina 6 6 7 4 5 1 0 0 29 [8] Serena Williams 1 2 9 9 15 5 9 23 73 [16] Johanna Konta 11 5 0 2 3 3 0 0 24 [18] Wang Qiang 9 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 21 *Includes 2019 US Open CAREER QUARTERFINAL RECORDS - GRAND SLAMS PLAYER QF SF FINALS NAME W-L W-L W-L [5] Elina Svitolina 1-4 0-1 0-0 [8] Serena Williams 37-14 32-5 23-9 [16] Johanna Konta 3-2 0-3 0-0 [18] Wang Qiang 0-0 0-0 0-0 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

RANKING UPDATES WAVING HER FLAG

Entering the 2019 US Open, three players had the Johanna Konta is just one of six British women in the chance to overtake reigning World No.1 Naomi Osaka Open Era to have advanced to the semifinal stage of a atop the WTA Rankings: Simona Halep, Karolina Plis- major. The other five to have done so are Ann Jones, kova and Ashleigh Barty. Virginia Wade, Winnie Shaw, Sue Barker and Jo Durie.

With all four now eliminated, Barty will climb back into Konta is bidding to become the fourth Brit in the Open the top spot following the US Open due to Osaka being Era to reach the final four at the US Open, alongside unable to defend her title from last year. Pliskova will rise Durie, Wade and Jones. to No.2 unless Elina Svitolina wins the title.

Svitolina will move to World No.3 with her SF showing.

Belinda Bencic will return to the Top 10 with a SF visit; could also reach the Top 10 by QF advancement but depends on other results.

Johanna Konta needs to reach the final to ensure a return to the Top 10, but also has a slight chance to re-enter the elite bracket (depending on other results) with a SF or QF showing.

The winner of Serena Williams and Qiang Wang has a chance to enter the Top 10, with the loser most likely finishing at No.12.

Donna Vekic will reach a career-high ranking of No.22 with her QF advancement, and make her Top 20 debut at THE SWISS MISS around No.15 with a SF appearance. With her Round of 16 upset over reigning World No.1 Additionally, Sloane Stephens will drop out of the Top 10 Naomi Osaka, Belinda Bencic now owns a four-match after the US Open. active win streak vs. World No.1s.

Bianca Andreescu must reach QF stage to have a The Swiss Miss joins an elite grouping of 10 other active chance of her Top 10 debut (with just 4r will be overtaken players to have compiled at least four wins vs. a World by Serena or Wang) and would depend on Konta, Vekic No.1. and Mertens results. She is the first player to do so since fellow US Open quar- Elise Mertens will reach the Top 25 with QF and could terfinalistElina Svitolina produced a remarkable 6-match possibly break the Top 20 with a SF visit. win streak spanning from 2016-18.

will climb into the Top 85 by reaching Taylor Townsend PLAYER W L MATCHES the Round of 16 and could go as high as No.65 with a SERENA 17 12 29 visit to the quarterfinals. VENUS 15 24 39 KUZNETSOVA 7 20 27 With her Round of 16 visit, Kristie Ahn has ensured her SHARAPOVA 7 17 24 Top 100 debut. SVITOLINA 6 3 9 CIBULKOVA 5 13 18 KVITOVA 5 4 9 BENCIC 4 1 4 WOZNIACKI 4 7 11 ZVONAREVA 4 7 11 MUGURUZA 4 3 7 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

MAJOR MASTERY CHASING HISTORY

Throughout her career, Serena Williams has advanced With Serena Williams’ Round of 16 win over Petra to the QF or better at 71.2% of the Slams she has played; Martic, she eclipsed her 99th career victory at the US the next best QF strike rate belongs to Venus Williams Open - a personal best win total record for her across the (46.4%) and Maria Sharapova (43.9%). Slams, bettering her success at Wimbledon (98):

Serena, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, is the only A QF win would consequently put her at the centenial player remaining among the quarterfinalists to have a mark of 100 match wins at the US Open. Just one win major title to her name. off tying the all-time US Open wins record held by Chris Evert (101): Additionally, due to results thus far, we are guaranteed to have a brand new Grand Slam finalist. Either Be- US OPEN MOST WINS ALL-TIME linda Bencic, Donna Vekic, Bianca Andreescu, Taylor 101 Chris Evert Townsend or Elise Mertens will play for the US Open title >99 Serena Williams on Saturday. 89 Martina Navratilova 79 Venus Williams* 73 Stefanie Graf A TELLING TREND... *Venus includes R128 win at USO19 Serena Williams has lost in the US Open final on three >Serena’s 99 wins equals most at a Slam for her (also occasions including 2018 agianst Naomi Osaka (also Wimbledon) 2001, 2011) - each previous time she lost in the final she would then go on to win the title the following year (2002, 2012) GOING THE DISTANCE

This year’s Round of 16 had a strong representation from the players on tour who have the most wins in three-set matches this season.

Below is the three-set match wins Top 10 list, with 7 out of the Top 10 having advanced to the Round of 16 in New York this year: 1. Pliskova – 17-11 (60.7%) 2. Bencic – 16-7 (69.6%) 3. Konta – 15-3 (83.3%) 4. Osaka – 14-3 (82.4%) 5. Halep – 14-7 (66.7%) SPREADING THE LOVE 6. Kenin – 13-9 (59.1%) 7. Martic – 13-2 (86.7%) Through the first three Slams of 2019, there have been 8. Andreescu – 12-3 (80%) (plays tonight) three different champions: Naomi Osaka (Australian 9. Barty – 12-4 (75%) Open), Ashleigh Barty (Roland Garros) and Simona 10. Hsieh – 12-8 (60%) Halep (Wimbledon). With all three now eliminated from the 2019 US Open this means there will be four different Grand Slam champions in the same season for the third ON THIS DAY... year in a row. September 3, 1975 - 18-year-old Martina Navratilova, competing in her third US Open, defeats 33-year-old This is only the fifth time in the Open Era that there Margaret Court, competing in her 11th and final US Open, have been four different Slam winners in a season in 6-2, 6-4 in the women’s quarterfinals. Navratilova goes on consecutive years - also 1977-78, 1998-99, 2004-05 and to win 18 major singles titles, while Court concludes her 2017-18. career with 24 major singles titles. It also marks the first time ever in the Open Era that September 3, 1990 - 21-year-old Steffi Graf needs only there are four different Slam winners in a season in three 53 minutes to end 14-year-old Jennifer Capriati’s first US consecutive years (2017-19?). Open with a 6-1, 6-2 fourth round dismissal. WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

IN GOOD COMPANY AHN ANOTHER LEVEL

With their R16 victories, Johanna Konta and Elina Svi- American Wildcard Kristie Ahn made her Grand Slam tolina become the 14th and 15th active players to have main draw debut at the 2008 US Open. Since then, she reached the QF stage at all four Grand Slams: has been unable to get past the first round hurdle of each major she has contested. NAME AO RG W US Ttl Serena 12 10 14 15 51 Therefore, her first round win this fortnight marked Ahn’s Venus 9 5 13 12 39 first-ever victory at the Slam level. Sharapova 8 9 5 3 25 Azarenka 5 3 4 4 16 Having said that, Ahn has the largest gap between Kuznetsova 3 7 4 2 16 Grand Slam main draw debut and first Grand Slam main Halep 3 4 4 2 13 draw match win in Open Era history. Kvitova 3 1 5 2 11 Kerber 2 2 4 2 10 Additionally, she was the first Asian-American woman Cibulkova 2 2 3 1 8 to make the Round of 16 at a Slam since Osterloh at the Keys 2 2 1 2 7 2000 US Open. Konta 2 1 2 1 6 Svitolina 2 2 1 1 6 Based on her results this week, the young American will Stephens 1 2 1 2 6 make her Top 100 debut. Zvonareva 2 1 1 2 6 Pavylchenkova 2 1 1 1 5 SLAMMIN’ SUCCESS

CLASHING STYLES Since 1968 Roland Garros, 50 women have won at least one Grand Slam title (29 have gone on to win more). Today’s quarterfinal slate pits two different play styles against one another... Of these 50, 11 first-time champions have come at the US Open, with three first-time winners coming from the last three years (2018 – Osaka, 2017 – Stephens, and Serena Williams and Johanna Konta, the more aggre- sively natured baseliners, take on the counterpunching 2015 – Pennetta). players in Qiang Wang and Elina Svitolina. The last 10 Grand Slams have produced six first-time The stats so far from the 2019 US Open back up their winners: (2019 Roland Garros – Barty, 2018 US Open – Osaka, 2018 Roland Garros – Halep, 2018 Australian individual styles, with Serena (22%) and Konta (27%) leading the way in percentage of winners struck this tour- Open – Wozniacki, 2017 US Open – Stephens, 2017 Roland Garros – Ostapenko). nament. While the defensive styles of Wang (14%) and Svitolina (11%) rely more on their opponents errors than producing winners. BIG STAGE PLAYERS

From a net game perspective, the aggressors in Konta This season’s Grand Slam season has seen a strong (53 times) and (49 times) have apporached the Serena consistency amongst players returning to the latter stages net more times than the baseliners Svitolina (27 times) of majors. and Wang (32 times). Below is a look-in at the most consistent WTA players in the form of most major wins in 2019:

Most wins at Slams in 2019* 17 Barty (fell in R16) 16 Serena (thru to QF) 15 Halep (fell in 2r) 14 Konta (thru to QF) 14 Svitolina (thru to QF) 13 Ka.Pliskova (fell in R16)

*Updated with 2019 US Open results ELINA JOHANNA SVITOLINA VS KONTA

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• Making eighth consecutive appearance at US Open, • Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open where she is through to SF for the first time (eighth overall) where she is through to QF for the • Previous best results here were R16 runs in 2017 (l. first time eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) • Previous deepest runs here were to R16 in 2015 (d. • Made Slam main draw debut here in 2012, coming No.9 Muguruza in 2r, l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sev- through qualifying before falling in 1r (l. Ivanovic) astova) – first British woman to reach last 16 since • In 1r this year, struck 17 winners and 17 unforced Jo Durie went all the way to the SF in 1983 (l. Evert) errors to see off the third-youngest player in the draw • Came through qualifying to reach 2r on debut here in Osuigwe 2012 (l. Govortsova) • Then defeated the oldest woman in the field, • Struck 33 winners to beat Kasatkina in 1r, then saw 39-year-old V.Williams, in 2r; improving record vs. off another Russian, Gasparyan, 6-1 6-0 in 2r - in the American to 2-0 having won their only previous terms of scoreline, the most emphatic Grand Slam hard court meeting en route to 2017 Toronto title victory of her career • Committed just 13 unforced errors in both 3r win over • Won an impressive 85% of service points (34 of 40) compatriot Yastremska and then Keys in R16 during 3r triumph over S.Zhang • Entering match with No.9 Keys, record against Top • Recovered from a set and break down to defeat 10 players at the majors stood at 0-7; in terms of No.3 Ka.Pliskova in R16 and improve 2019 record in ranking, best win previous win at this level was over three-set matches to 15-3 - only Ka.Pliskova (16) has No.16 Ivanovic at 2016 Roland Garros more wins • It was also the 30th win over a Top 10 player of her • Now owns seven career wins over Top 5 players, career (30-35), and first of 2019, having fallen to having also beaten No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, No.3 No.4 Osaka (Australian Open), No.3 Halep (Doha) A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep at 2017 and No.7 Halep (Wimbledon) Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne, No.2 Halep • Faces Konta today in QF - by reaching this stage for at 2017 Wimbledon, No.4 Bertens at 2019 Rome the first time, the two women are the 14th and 15th • Including results this fortnight, overall Slam record is active players to reach the last eight at all four majors 38-23. She is 3-2 in QF matches at this level • Is the third woman representing Ukraine to reach this • Faces Svitolina in QF today. Has lost all four of their stage at Flushing Meadows, following in the foot- career meetings, coming closest to triumphing in steps of Tsurenko last year (l. Osaka) and K.Bonda- QF at 2018 Brisbane - was two points from victory renko in 2009 (l. Wickmayer) in second set before retiring with a right hip injury • Is 1-4 in Grand Slam QFs, winning her most recent midway through third set match at this stage at 2019 Wimbledon, which saw • Is bidding to become just the sixth active player to her become the first Ukrainian woman to reach a reach SF stage at all four majors (also S.Williams, Grand Slam SF V.Williams, Sharapova, Azarenka and Halep) • Since making Grand Slam debut here in 2012, has • Entering 2019 US Open, led tour on break points not missed a major, compiling a 56-28 record saved at 65.3% and currently sits seventh in match • Seeded No.7 this fortnight – her 20th consecutive wins this year with 36 seeding at a Slam, and 11th as a Top 10 seed • Arrived in New York having gone 0-2 on North • At 2017 US Open, was one of eight players in con- American hard courts this summer – made 1r exits at tention for the World No.1 spot – needed to reach SF Toronto (l. Yastremska) and Cincinnati (l. Peterson). and have other results go her way By contrast, went 5-4 in lead-up to last year’s US • Currently sits at No.9 on the Porsche Race to Open, highlights being a QF run at San Jose and Shenzhen leaderboard, and looking to qualify for R16 effort at Montreal the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen - where she is • Last year at Flushing Meadows was unseeded and defending champion - for the third year in a row competed on a ranking of No.46; playing this fort- • One of three Ukrainians to begin 2019 singles main night’s event as the No.16 seed, ranked No.16 draw (also Kozlova and Yastremska) GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam • Posted best Grand Slam result at 2019 Wimbledon, breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Austra- reaching SF (l. eventual champion Halep) lian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); became • Became the first Ukraine woman to reach a major first British woman to reach the last four at Mel- SF; on the men’s side, Medvedev made that stage at bourne Park since Sue Barker in December 1977, Roland Garros in 1993 (SF) and 1999 (R-Up) and at any Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open ELINA JOHANNA SVITOLINA VS KONTA

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• Elsewhere, has posted QF showings at 2015 Roland • Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to R-Up Halep), 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) and reach the last four since Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova) • At US Open, made R16 in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up • One of eight active players to reach a major SF on Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) hard, grass and clay: also Azarenka, Bouchard, Ha- • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- lep, Kvitova, Sharapova, S.Williams and V.Williams bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and • Also advanced to QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. Roland Garros) eventual champion S.Williams), Wimbledon in 2019 (l. Strycova) and US Open in 2019 SEASON SEASON • Started US Open Series by reaching QFs at San Jose (l. Sakkari) and Toronto (l. Kenin) before falling • Summer hard court swing saw 1r exits at Cincinnati R16 at Cincinnati (l. Kenin) (l. qualifier Peterson) and Toronto (l. Yastremska) • At Wimbledon became the first Ukrainian woman to • Produced QF run at Wimbledon (d. No.9 Stephens appear in a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual champion and No.6 Kvitova; l. Strycova) Halep) • On grass prior to Wimbledon, reached 2r at Birming- • Fell at opening hurdle in both Birmingham (l. Gaspa- ham (d. Kontaveit, l. Ostapenko) and advanced to ryan in 1r) and Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Cornet) R16 at Eastbourne (l. Jabeur) Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) • Made historic run at Roland Garros, recording first • Suffered 2r exit as defending champion in Rome ever main draw win in Paris before moving on to (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. become the first British woman to reach SF since Jo Parmentier) Durie’s run to the same stage in 1983 • Made second career WTA Premier Mandatory SF of • Re-entered Top 20 on June 10, 2019 for the first time at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Andreescu) since March 2018 (dropped as low as No.50) • At Miami fell 2r (after 1r bye, l. Y.Wang) • Posted R-Up finish in Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) in sec- • Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in ond clay final of the season; now 3-5 in WTA finals final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic • Made 2r exit at Madrid (l. Halep) after leading 5-3 in the final set) • Was R-Up at Rabat (l. Sakkari, after leading by a set • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year and a break) – marked first final in 10 months (2018 in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) Nottingham) and first ever final on red clay (had nev- • Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as er previously reached tour-level QF on the surface) defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) • Until Rabat, had never won three matches in a row on it since qualifying for Roland Garros in 2015. Not since winning her first ITF Circuit title in Mostar in CAREER MILESTONES 2008 had she won four straight matches on red clay • In Fed Cup action in London in April, posted three- • Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at set wins over Diyas and Putintseva to help Britain 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 secure a place in the competition’s World Group II in during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 2020 (Great Britain d. Kazakhstan, 3-1); in February, • Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending had won all four matches to help Great Britain reach champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- the play-offs from Europe/Africa Zone ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. • During ‘Sunshine Double’, reached 3r at Indian Wells Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at (l. Bertens) and 2r at Miami (l. Q.Wang) 13-2, including a current nine match win streak • Reached first QF of year at Acapulco (l. Vekic) • At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian • Lost to Muguruza in 2r at Australian Open in a three- Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), set match which lasted two hours 42 minutes and 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and finished at 03:12am – one of the latest finishes in the suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) tournament’s history • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, • Retired in final round of qualifying at Sydney vs. Al- l. Stephens) and made five further QFs exandrova w/neck injury. Received Lucky Loser spot, • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, but withdrew prior to 1r match vs. Bertens w/same winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec- injury. Was first time in qualifying since 2015 Linz ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) ELINA JOHANNA SVITOLINA VS KONTA

CAREER CONT. SEASON CONT.

• Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, making 2r (d. Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- No.6 Stephens, l. Tomljanovic). Defeat of Stephens fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at was first over a Top 10 player since upsetting No.2 round robin stage with 1-2 record) Halep at 2017 Wimbledon • In 2017, became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 CAREER MILESTONES • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, • Posted fourth straight Top 50 finish in 2018, at No.39 Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in • Owns a 3-5 record in WTA singles finals, most re- rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 cently finishing R-Up at 2019 Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 • Highlights in 2018 included a second successive spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. Barty) and SF at Mos- Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 cow [Kremlin Cup] (l. eventual champion Kasatkina) WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or • Also in 2018, reached QF at Brisbane and San Jose, reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) while best results at the Slams were 2r efforts at the • End to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Australian Open and Wimbledon Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) • Scored five Top 20 wins in 2018, over No.19 Keys Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the (Brisbane), No.19 Rybarikova (Madrid and Rome), second time (l. Kvitova in F) No.11 Ostapenko (Montréal) and No.16 Mertens • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. (Moscow [Kremlin Cup]) Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven • In 2017, posted career-high season finish of No.9. (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Peaked in rankings at No.4 on July 17, 2017 • Other 2016 season highlights included SFs at Dubai, • Began 2017 season by lifting title at Sydney (d. Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow, and QF at Rio Olympics A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of ca- • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ reer at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) • At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. but went on to win title there in both 2013 and 2014) eventual R-Up V.Williams) • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008 • Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017 Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in a row at home event of Eastbourne – QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber was first by a British woman over PERSONAL a reigning No.1 since Barker d. Evert at 1979 Boston • Has seven Top 5 wins: No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, • Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep at • Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne, No.2 • Coached by Andrew Bettles Halep at 2017 Wimbledon, No.4 Bertens at 2019 • Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry Rome and No.3 Ka.Pliskova at 2019 US Open Ascione • Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at • Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s • Non-playing alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore in tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per- 2016, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8 forming off-court promotional and charitable activities • By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA • Launched the Elina Svitolina Foundation on March Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the 18, 2019 with a mission to encourage children, elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British through the sport of tennis, to learn the values of woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker) hard work, self-discipline and the importance of giv- • Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in ing 100 percent every day in life maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Road- map was introduced in 2009 • Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20) • Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans ELINA JOHANNA SVITOLINA VS KONTA

PERSONAL

• Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012. Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriel- la (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion) • Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the Hungarian ‘Golden Team’ with Ferenc Puskas in 1955 • Switched clothing sponsor from Asics to Ellesse at end of 2018 • Currently working with Dimitri Zavialoff, having parted ways with Michael Joyce at the end of 2018 season SERENA WANG WILLIAMS VS QIANG

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• Making 19th appearance at US Open where she is • Making sixth main draw appearance at US Open a six-time champion: 1999 (d. Hingis in F), 2002 (d. (seventh overall) V.Williams in F), 2008 (d. Jankovic in F), 2012 (d. • Is through to QF for the first time here or at any of Azarenka in F), 2013 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2014 (d. the majors Wozniacki in F). Tied with Chris Evert for most US • Made 3r at Flushing Meadows in 2018 (l. Svitolina) Open titles in the Open Era • Reached 2r here on Grand Slam main draw debut in • Also a three-time runner-up, in 2001 (l. V.Williams), 2014 (as qualifier, d. Kania, l. Dellacqua) 2011 (l. Stosur) and 2018 (l. Osaka). Fell in SFs • Committed just eight unforced errors to see off quali- on three occasions, in 2009 (l. eventual champion fier Dolehide in 1r Clijsters), 2015 (l. eventual R-Up Vinci) and 2016 (l. • Followed this up with further straight-set wins over eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova) Van Uytvanck in 2r and Ferro in 3r • One of eight players in the Open Era to win Wimble- • Upset World No.2 on debut R16 appearance across don and the US Open in the same year (2002, 2012) the majors to record second Top 5 win of her career • Her 19 appearances at the US Open is second most (also d. No.5 Svitolina at 2018 Hong Kong) among players in 2019 starting field, two behind her • Is one of only two players in bottom half of draw yet sister, Venus (21) to drop a set (also Svitolina) • Doubles champion here in 1999 (w/V.Williams d. • Win-loss record at Grand Slam level is now 19-20 Rubin/Testud in F) and 2009 (w/V.Williams d. Black/ • Prior to win over Ferro, had fallen in 3r at the majors Huber). Also won mixed doubles (w/Mirnyi) in 1998 on four occasions (2018 Roland Garros, 2018 US • Bidding this fortnight to tie Australia’s Margaret Court Open, 2019 Australian Open and 2019 Wimbledon) on 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the all-time record. • Is the first Chinese woman to reach the QF at US Her record in Grand Slam finals stands at 23-9 Open since S.Peng’s SF run in 2014 (l. Wozniacki) • Winner of 13 major titles on hard – most of any play- • Faces No.8 S.Williams in QF today; owns 1-0 record er in Open Era; across all WTA events, has won 46 vs the American via ret. after Williams withdrew from hard court titles, more than any other active player 2019 Miami w/knee injury • Contesting her 73rd Grand Slam main draw – in the • Currently ranked at No.18; by contrast, was No.52 Open Era, trails only her sister Venus (84, including entering last year’s tournament 2019 US Open) • Seeded No.18 - has now been among the 32 seeds • Seeded No.8 this fortnight; has been seeded on all at all four majors in 2019 but two of her appearances in New York (exceptions • In addition to 3r showing here, last summer in North were debut in 1998 and 2006) America, fell 1r at San Jose and Montréal • In 1r on Monday night, extended record over Shara- pova to 20-2, winning 6-1 6-1 in 59 minutes • Against her Russian rival did not drop serve once, GRAND SLAM HISTORY saving five break points in second set; also won 100% of points on Sharapova’s second serve • Contesting 21st Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US • Including win over Sharapova, is now 19-0 in open- Open ing round matches at Flushing Meadows, winning the • Reached 3r for the first time at 2018 Roland Gar- last 15 first round matches in straight sets ros (l. Putintseva) - defeated No.9 V.Williams in 1r. • Faced young American McNally in 2r coming back Since matched with 3r showing at 2018 US Open (l. from a set down. In the third set, did not lose a single Svitolina), 2019 Australian Open (l. Sevastova), 2019 point on serve and lost only five points total Wimbledon (l. Mertens), and now breakthrough R16 • Holds a 31-5 record in night matches on Arthur Ashe showing at 2019 US Open (since 2004) • Previously had reached 2r on seven occasions: at • Defeated No.44 Muchova in 3r action - improving 2014 US Open (l. Dellacqua), 2015 US Open (l. 3r US Open record to 18-1 (61-9 in 3r of all Grand Strycova), 2016 Australian Open (l. Friedsam), 2016 Slams) - only loss at this stage at Flushing Meadows Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro), 2016 US Open (l. came in her debut in 1998 (l. Spirlea) Shvedova), 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2019 • Overcame No.22 Martic in R16; improving record Roland Garros (l. Swiatek) across the Grand Slams to 347-48, the most wins in • Made major debut at 2014 US Open (as qualifier, d. Open Era, ahead of Martina Navratilova (306-49) Kania, l. Dellacqua) • Heading into QF is 99-12 at US Open – most wins among active players, and second-most in the Open Era behind Chris Evert (101-12) and ahead of Marti- na Navratilova (89-17) SERENA WANG WILLIAMS VS QIANG

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• Faces No.18 Wang today in QF - 38-13 in QF Slam • Coming off SF run at the Bronx (l. Giorgi - held 4mp) matches, including 12-3 at US Open; has not fallen • Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. Hsieh) at this stage since 2004 (l. Capriati) • On grass made 2r at Birmingham (l. V.Williams) and • Among active players, owns the most hard court 3r at Wimbledon (l. Mertens) wins 503-83 (.858), ahead of V.Williams on 479-143 • Rose to career-high No.14 following All England Club (.770), heading into US Open R16 showing (July 15, 2019) • At No.8, is currently the top-ranked American woman • Made 1r exits at Madrid (l. Vekic) and Rome (l. Sinia- ahead of Keys (No.9) and Stephens (No.10) – week kova) before advancing to 2r at Strasbourg (l. Ferro) of August 26, 2019 and Roland Garros (l. Swiatek) • Fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. Hsieh) before second QF appearance and best clay run of the season at Prague GRAND SLAM HISTORY (l. Pera) • Reached R16 for the first time at Miami Open (l. • A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste- Halep) fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind • Advanced to R16 for second year in a row at Indian only Margaret Court (24) all time Wells (l. eventual champion Andreescu) • Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, • Also made SF at WTA 125K Series event at Indian 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, Wells earlier in March (l. eventual champion Golubic) 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, • Opened 2019 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 Riske) before reaching 3r at Australian Open for the • Owns a 23-9 record in Slam finals, with losses com- first time (l. Sevastova) ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble- don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. CAREER MILESTONES Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber), 2018 US Open (l. Osaka) and • Posted first Top 20 and career-best year-end finish 2019 Wimbledon (l. Halep) at No.20 in 2018, up from No.45 in 2017 – marked • Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, fourth Top 100 season in five years is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era • Highlights of 2018 were lifting first WTA singles titles • Boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory at Nanchang (d. S.Zheng in F via ret.) and then all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her Guangzhou (d. Putintseva in F) majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her • Also in 2018 became the first Chinese player to first Slam at 1999 US Open, 17y 6.5m before her reach the final in Zhuhai (l. Barty) and was R-Up at 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova Hong Kong (l. Yastremska) - now owns 2-2 record in and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span WTA singles finals - and produced SF showings at • The 2017 Australian Open final saw Serena and Wuhan (ret. vs. Kontaveit w/left thigh injury) – first SF Venus have the oldest combined age of any Grand at WTA Premier-level or above – Beijing (l. eventual Slam final match-up in the Open Era (71 years, 351 champion Wozniacki) and Hiroshima (l. eventual days), beating the previous record set by Flavia champion Hsieh) Pennetta and Roberta Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at • Posted four victories over Top 10 players in 2018 the 2015 US Open defeating No.9 V.Williams (2018 Roland Garros), • In 2015, came within two wins of completing the cal- No.7 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Wuhan), No.7 Ka.Pliskova endar year Grand Slam, having won the Australian (2018 Beijing) and No.5 Svitolina (2018 Hong Kong); Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon; l. Vinci in SF her record now stands at 5-15 at US Open. Two women in Open Era had previously • Enjoyed best result at Roland Garros by reaching 3r achieved the feat: Court (1970) and Graf (1988) (d. No.9 V.Williams in 1r, l. Putintseva). Also achieved • Has twice been in possession of all four majors for a best result at US Open with run to 3r (l. Svitolina) “Serena Slam” (2002 Roland Garros to 2003 Austra- • Achieved first Top 50 year-end finish in 2017, finish- lian Open and 2014 US Open to 2015 Wimbledon) ing as China’s No.3. Ascended 25 spots from No.70 • Has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with sister in 2016 to No.45 Venus – most recently at 2016 Wimbledon (d. Babos/ • Advanced to first WTA SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. Shvedova in F). Also won mixed doubles titles at Pavlyuchenkova) and captured WTA 125K Series 1998 Wimbledon and 1998 US Open (both w/Mirnyi) title in Zhengzhou SERENA WANG WILLIAMS VS QIANG

SEASON CAREER CONT. • 2016 highlights included QF runs at Shenzhen (l. • Withdrew from Cincinnati w/upper back injury A.Radwanska), Kuala Lumpur (l. Zhu), Hong Kong • Retired in Toronto final due to same injury, trailing (l. Wozniacki) and WTA 125K Series event at Dalian Andreescu 3-1 in the opening set; upset No.2 Osaka (l. Min). Also reached 2r at 2016 US Open, upsetting in QF to register second Top 5 win this season, No.23 seed Kasatkina in 1r (l. Shvedova) having previously defeated then-No.1 Halep at the • Represented China at Rio Olympics and member of Australian Open R16 Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2012-2016 • Finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. Halep), her 32nd • In 2016, posted a 14-1 record between March–May Grand Slam final – the joint-second most in history, on the ITF Circuit, winning $50k ITF/Quanzhou-CHN level with Navratilova and behind Evert (34) and $100k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN, and finishing runner- • Fell 3r at Roland Garros (l. Kenin) up at $75k ITF/Gifu-JPN • Played first event of clay season at Rome, defeating • On ITF Circuit, owns 13 singles and one doubles title Peterson in 1r before withdrawing against V.Williams • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Beijing and main due to a continuing left knee injury draw debut at 2012 Baku • Fell 3r at both Indian Wells (ret. vs. Muguruza w/ viral illness) and Miami (withdrew prior to match vs. Q.Wang w/left knee injury) PERSONAL • On February 18, returned to Top 10 for the first time since coming back from pregnancy • Began playing tennis at age nine as a way to keep fit • Reached QF at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova • Would have become a teacher if not a tennis player after holding 4mp); overcame World No.1 Halep in • Admires Zheng Jie R16 – was first time facing the reigning World No.1 • Currently coached by Thomas Drouet since 2013 Doha (l. Azarenka in F) and was first win • Previous long-term coach was the late Peter Mc- since 2013 Brisbane (d. Azarenka in SF). Aged 37, is Namara, who passed away in July due to prostate the oldest player to defeat the reigning World No.1, cancer bettering sister Venus’s win vs. Kerber aged 36 at 2017 Miami • After Halep result in Melbourne, improved to 17-12 vs. World No.1s - only Navratilova has more wins with 18 • Began 2019 at Hopman Cup, posted wins over Bencic, Sakkari and Boulter as USA made RR exit

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• Returned to Top 20 in 2018 year-end rankings (at No.16) despite playing only seven tournaments • Was R-Up at both Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka) in 2018, and advanced to R16 at Roland Garros (withdrew prior to match against Sharapova w/right pectoral muscle tear) • Made her return to tour as a mother at Indian Wells in March 2017, falling to sister V.Williams in 3r, having defeated Diyas and then Bertens in straight sets • Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two events all season, and both in January. Broke streak of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 15 Top 10 finishes – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – including five as year-end No.1 • Won 23rd Grand Slam singles title at 2017 Australian Open (d. V.Williams in F) • With 72 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret Court (92). Also a 24-time singles runner-up SERENA WANG WILLIAMS VS QIANG

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• Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA history – set record when most recent streak began on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332 • Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991) • Five-time champion at WTA Finals (2001, 2009, 2012-14) • Has registered 17 career wins over (seven different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo- va (18) • Among active players, owns the most titles on clay (13), hard (46) and grass (8) • Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics, and doubles gold medalist at 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London (all w/V.Williams) • Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil- liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters) • Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013 • At 2014 US Open, received $4 million prize money pay out (including Emirates Airline US Open Se- ries bonus); the largest payout in tennis – men’s or women’s

PERSONAL

• Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora- cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato- glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins • Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on September 1, 2017 • Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem- ber 2017 in New Orleans • Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018