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OSAKA, JAPAN | SEPTEMBER 16-22, 2019 | $823,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT

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TORAY - DAY 4 MATCH-UPS [3] (USA #14) vs. (ITA #54) Series tied 2-2 Stephens prevailed in a three-set marathon in their most recent meeting at 2018 Roland Garros... Last year Giorgi made SF at Toray Pan Pacific Open... Winner faces Mertens in QF

[Q] VARVARA FLINK (RUS #149) vs. (KAZ #36)

Putintseva leads 1-0 Putintseva triumphed in two tight sets when the pair met at 2016 Washington DC... Flink bidding to reach maiden WTA QF... Putintseva has lost twice in 2019 to players ranked outside the Top 100

[7] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #21) vs. [WC] (JPN #83) Vekic leads 2-1 Vekic has beaten Doi twice on hard courts in 2019... Doi coming off runner-up finish last week at Hiroshima... Vekic defeated two Top 10 players en route to SF at 2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #41) vs. [2] (NED #8) Bertens leads 5-2 Bertens won when the two faced off at last month’s US Open...Pavlyuchenkova playing first event with new coach Sam Sumyk... Bertens has lost past two matches immediately following byes MATCH NOTES OSAKA - JAPAN | Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #14) vs. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #54)

Head to : Series tied 2-2

2018 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R3 SLOANE STEPHENS 4-6 6-1 8-6 146 mins 2018 SYDNEY HARD O R1 CAMILA GIORGI 6-3 6-0 66 mins 2016 MONTREAL HARD O R1 CAMILA GIORGI 7-6(2) 7-6(4) 131 mins 2012 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 SLOANE STEPHENS 6-2 6-1 61 mins

SLOANE STEPHENS CAMILA GIORGI 14 WTA RANKING 54 23 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 94 20-03-1993 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 30-12-1991 (27) $1,421,859 YTD PRIZE MONEY $375,583 $14,798,062 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,723,258 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 OSAKA W-L (MD) * 1-2 5-3 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 21-16 / 217-147 12-13 / 140-127 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-6 / 69-50 3-5 / 46-43 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 11-2 / 59-29 4-2 / 36-29 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-10 / 138-96 12-11 / 87-80 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 18-6 1-1 / 10-9 0-0 / 9-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 4-10 0-1 / 17-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / 9-18 1-3 / 36-57 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-3 / 26-43 * Updated entering 2019 Osaka 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #14) CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #54)

R32: BYE R32: d. XINYUN HAN (CHN #173) 7-6(6),6-1 (1h34)

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OSAKA Tournament History

SLOANE STEPHENS CAMILA GIORGI 2018 2018 R1 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #45) 6-4 6-4 SF L - (JPN #7) 6-2 6-3

2013 2015 R2 L - (CAN #46) 5-7 7-6(7) 6-3 R16 L - (SRB #12) 7-5 6-2

2012 R1 L - (AUT #32) 6-4 6-3

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• Making third appearance at Toray Pan Pacific Open. • Making fourth appearance at Toray Pan Pacific Fell 2r on debut in 2013 (l. Bouchard after coming Open, where she made SF for the first time in 2018 within two points if victory in second set tie-break) (l. Osaka) and 1r in 2018 (l. Vekic) • Upset No.2 Wozniacki in 2r last year - her best ca- • After 1r bye, faces Giorgi in 2r today; came within reer win, in terms of ranking two points of defeat before winning their previous en- • Saved two set points during 65-minute first set counter, en route to the final at 2018 Roland Garros against qualifier Han in 1r on Monday • In addition to 1r exit here, during last year’s Asian • Faces No.14 Stephens in 2r today; sole Top 20 win swing fell 1r at Wuhan, made R16 at Beijing and was this season came over No.18 Q.Wang at the Bronx R-Up at WTA Finals in Singapore • Winner faces Mertens in QF • One of five Americans in Osaka main draw (also • Italian No.1 (at No.56) and only representative from Gibbs, Keys, Osuigwe and Riske) her country in the Top 100; next is No.126 Paolini • In 2019, has won more tie-breaks on tour than any • In addition to SF run at Pan Pacific Open, only other other player (11-2), followed by Bencic (10-3) outing during 2018 Asian swing was 1r defeat at Wuhan SEASON SEASON • Coming off 1r exit at US Open (l. Kalinskaya) and R16 run at Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up Kuznetsova) • Made 1r exit at US Open (l. Sakkari) • Lost opening two matches of North American hard • During the summer hard court season, was also court season, in 1r at Washington DC (l. Peterson) R-Up finish at Washington DC (l. Pegula) and the and 2r at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Bouzkova) Bronx (l. Linette); career record in WTA finals now • On grass, reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Konta) and stands at 2-6 suffered 2r defeat at Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. • Sandwiched between final runs at Washington DC Ostapenko) and the Bronx were 1r exits at Toronto (l. Azarenka) • Made QF run at Roland Garros (as the 2018 run- and Cincinnati (l. Sakkari) ner-up, l. Konta) • Fell 1r at both Eastbourne (l. Hsieh) and Wimbledon • Fell in 2r at Rome to eventual finalist Konta after SF (l. Yastremska) showing at Madrid (l. eventual champion Bertens) • Missed entire clay court season w/wrist and ankle • In April’s Fed Cup play-offs, won both singles rubbers injuries against Switzerland (d. Golubic, Bacsinszky) to help • Suffered 1r exits at Doha (l. Bertens) and Miami (l. USA maintain place in World Group for 2020 Maria) • Advanced to QF at Charleston (l. eventual champion • Lost both her matches (l. Golubic, Bencic) as fell Keys). Result marked first QF run since reaching to a 3-1 defeat to Switzerland in last week’s Fed Cup final of 2018 WTA Finals in Singapore World Group II encounter. Her previous appearance • Miami title defense ended in 3r (l. Maria) in the team competition came in 2016 • After 1r bye at Indian Wells, fell in 2r to qualifier and • Matched her best result by reaching World No.109 Voegele 3r (l. Ka.Pliskova) - was seeded No.27 in Melbourne, • Reached 2r at Acapulco (l. No.172 Haddad Maia) only her second time among the elite 32 at a major • Made R16 at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Withdrew from w/right foot • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, where she fell injury in opening week of season, before making 2r in 1r (l. Konta) before making a 2r exit at Sydney (l. at Sydney (l. Kerber) Putinseva after leading 6-3 5-3)

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Ended 2018 season perched at a career-best • In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, ranking of No.26, winning second career title in final at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July event at Linz (d. Alexandrova in F). Won 29 tour-level 16, 2018 matches in 2018 – the most wins she had previously • Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first posted in a single season was 28, in 2014 Premier Mandatory title at Miami – subsequently

made Top 10 debut at No.9. Also reached her second

Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros and posted R-Up

finishes at Montréal and WTA Finals SLOANE CAMILA STEPHENS VS GIORGI

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Won her maiden title at 2017 US Open, • Advanced to first Grand Slam QF at 2018 Wimbledon d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) on her 26th appear- to win a major in the Open Era ance at this level; became the first Italian woman to • Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. reach the QF of Wimbledon since 2009 (Schiavone, Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on l. Dementieva) sidelines w/foot injury (had surgery in the January) • Other highlights last season included SF runs at • After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 Sydney (l. eventual champion Kerber), Prague (l. through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF Buzarnescu after serving for match in third set) and at Toronto and Cincinnati Tokyo (l. Osaka) • Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and • Posted sixth consecutive Top 100 season, finishing Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in 2017 ranked No.79 (up from No.83 in 2017) first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC • Made SF at Shenzhen (l. Riske) and QF at Biel (l. • At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 Sasnovich), Prague (l. Barthel) and Birmingham (l. in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, Barty) reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the • In 2016 reached final at Katowice for the third year only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 in a row (l. Cibulkova). Appeared in four additional • Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 quarterfinals in 2016, at Hobart (l. Bouchard), Prague (l. Ka.Pliskova), Washington, DC (l. Davis) and Seoul (l. Zhang) Won first career title at 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. GRAND SLAM HISTORY Bencic in F). Has 2-6 record in finals, having also won 2018 Linz (d. Alexandrova in F) and been R-Up • 2019 US Open marked 31st Grand Slam main draw at 2014 Linz (l. Ka.Pliskova – held match points), Ka- appearance towice in 2014 (l. Cornet – held match points), 2015 • Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden (l. Schmiedlova) and 2016, 2019 Washington DC (l. Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At Pegula) and 2019 the Bronx (l. Linette) No.83, is second-lowest ranked major champion • Finished 2015 season with then best year-end (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and ranking (No.34), up one place from No.35 in 2014. 14th unseeded player to advance to a Slam final in Season highlighted by winning her first WTA singles the Open Era, and only fifth unseeded champion title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Bencic in F) • Best result across other Slams was R-Up finish at • Had never reached WTA QF prior to 2014; reached 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep) QF or better at seven events during that season • Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result across all • Made Top 100 debut on July 9, 2012 and broke into majors was reaching SF at (d. Top 50 on May 26, 2014 S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) • Tour-level main draw debut came as a qualifier at • Also just the second American (after Davenport) to 2011 Wimbledon beat both in Grand Slam match play • On ITF Circuit, winner of five singles titles • Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, • Played first career professional tournament at 2006 Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 ITF/Baku-AZE Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL • Contested 29th career Grand Slam main draw at • Currently coached by , and father, Paul 2019 US Open Gibbs, who introduced her to the sport when she was • Best result across the majors was reaching QF at a toddler 2018 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) • College tennis star at Stanford University; turned pro • Also reached R16 at 2012 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. after collecting prize money at Wimbledon in 2013 A.Radwanska) and at 2013 US Open (l. Vinci) • As a collegiate sophomore, Gibbs was named 2012 • Made 3r at Wimbledon in 2013 (l. eventual champion recipient of the Honda Sports Award for tennis Bartoli) and 2015 (l. Wozniacki), Australian Open in 2015 (l. V.Williams) and 2019 (l. Ka.Pliskova), and 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) • Made tour-level debut at Wimbledon in 2011 (as qualifier, l. Pironkova in 1r) SLOANE CAMILA STEPHENS VS GIORGI

PERSONAL

• Coached by father, Sergio Giorgi • Favorite book is The Diary of Anne Frank • Mother Claudia is a fashion designer MATCH NOTES OSAKA - JAPAN | Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[Q] VARVARA FLINK (RUS #149) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #36)

Head to Head: YULIA PUTINTSEVA leads 1-0

2016 WASHINGTON DC HARD O R1 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 7-5 7-5 124 mins

VARVARA FLINK YULIA PUTINTSEVA 149 WTA RANKING 36 135 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 33 13-12-1996 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-01-1995 (24) $166,780 YTD PRIZE MONEY $837,448 $266,375 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,864,814 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 OSAKA W-L (MD) * 1-0 2-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 4-5 / 5-10 25-21 / 113-130 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-1 9-10 / 37-43 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-2 9-5 / 33-29 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 3-6 13-14 / 65-85 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 4-10 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 4-12 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-9 / 8-24 0-2 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-11 / 16-43 * Updated entering 2019 Osaka 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[Q] VARVARA FLINK (RUS #149) YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #36)

R2-Q: d. KATARZYNA KAWA (POL #129) 6-1,7-6(3) (1h31) R32: d. KATARZYNA KAWA (POL #129) 6-4,7-6(4) (1h46) R1-Q: d. MAI HONTAMA (JPN #410) 6-3,6-7(10),6-3 (2h47) R32: d. (JPN #146) 6-4,7-5 (1h39)

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OSAKA Tournament History

YULIA PUTINTSEVA 2017 R1 L - (JPN #114) 2-6 6-4 6-2

2016 R16 L - (POL #109) 4-6 6-3 7-5

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• One of nine tournament debutantes in this year’s • Playing Toray Pan Pacific Open for a third time, draw where she has advanced to 2r once before in 2016 • Won through two rounds of qualifying last weekend - (d. No.9 Keys, l. Linette) the third time she has qualified for a WTA main draw • In 1r, prevailed in a 66-minute second set to edge out this season (also Acapulco and Wimbledon) LL Kawa • Broke four times to see off last week’s Hiroshima • Faces No.149 Flink in 2r today; has lost twice to champion Hibino in 1r players outside Top 100 in 2019, against No.181 • Faces No.36 Putintseva in 2r today, bidding to win Martincova (St. Petersburg) and No.131 L.Zhu (the back-to-back matches for the first time at tour level Bronx) • In terms of ranking, best career win came over No.38 • Began last year’s Asian swing by reaching final Doi in qualifying for 2016 Cincinnati at Guangzhou (l. Q.Wang); subsequently fell 1r at • Winner faces top seed Osaka in QF Beijing (as qualifier, l. Suarez Navarro) and Tianjin (l. • Of the three Russian players contesting this year’s Doi) main draw (also Kasatkina and Pavlyuchenkova) • At No.36, is the highest ranked of three women from • During last year’s Asian swing, fell 1r at Seoul and in Kazakhstan in the Top 100, along with Diyas and qualifying at Hiroshima and Tashkent Rybakina (week of September 16, 2019) • Endured an injury-ridden start to her professional career, sidelined intermittently from 2014 to 2018 due to various injuries SEASON • Coming off 2r showing at Zhengzhou (l. Svitolina) • Achieved best US Open result of career to date by SEASON reaching 3r (l. Vekic) • Made 1r exit at the Bronx (l. qualifier, Zhu) • Coming off 2r showing at Hiroshima (l. Sorribes • Fell 2r at Cincinnati (l. Stephens) after suffering 1r Tormo) exit at Toronto (l. Wozniacki) • During North American hard court season, contested • Reached 2r at Wimbledon (d. No.2 Osaka, l. Golubic) qualifying at US Open, reached R16 at WTA 125K • During grass season withdrew from Nottingham with Series event at New Haven and fell 1r at $60K ITF/ viral illness, reached QF at Birmingham (l. Goerges) Concord, MA-USA and fell 2r at Eastbourne (l. Bertens) • Returned to clay after Wimbledon, falling 1r at Bu- • During Birmingham run, recorded career first victory charest (l. Bolsova) and Jurmala (l. Sevastova) over a reigning world No.1 (d. No.1 Osaka in 2r) • Made 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Wim- • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Peterson) bledon (l. Goerges). Posted career-high ranking of • Won maiden career title at Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in No.122 on July 15, 2019 F); 3h 22m win over Friedsam in QF was the longest • Has continued to play mostly on ITF Circuit in 2019 match of the season so far • Made R16 at $100K ITF/Ilkley-GBR (l. Cepelova) • Reached R16 at Madrid (l. Barty) – her second con- • Fell R16 at WTA 125K Series event at Bol before secutive appearance in R16 at a Premier Mandatory reaching SF at $60K ITF/Rome-ITA (l. Errani) event, first ever coming earlier this season at Miami • Fell 1r in qualifying at Roland Garros (l. Gatto-Mon- • Fell 1r in clay season opener at Rabat (l. Zidansek) ticone) and Stuttgart (l. Pera) and 2r in qualifying at • Went 1-1 in singles in Kazakhstan’s loss to Great Prague (l. Allertova) and Charleston (l. Davis) Britain in April’s Fed Cup World Group II play-offs – • Came through two rounds of qualifying to reach 2r at d. Boulter, l. Konta Acapulco (l. Konta) • Posted Top 20 wins against seeds Bencic and Sev- • Lifted sixth title on the ITF Circuit after a victory on astova en route to R16 at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) home soil at $25K Kazan-RUS • Fell 2r at Indian Wells. Defeat of Babos in 1r • Fell 1r at Auckland (as qualifier, l. Fourlis) before a 2r snapped four-match losing streak, which began with exit at the Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Sharma) 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Bencic) then continued at St Petersburg (l. Martincova), Fed Cup (l. ) and Dubai (l. Tsurenko) • Enjoyed QF run at Sydney prior to Australian Open (as qualifer, l. Bertens). Defeat of No.5 Stephens in 2r matched what was, to that point, the best win of career (d. No.5 Cibulkova at 2017 St Petersburg) • Began season falling 1r at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) VARVARA YULIA FLINK VS PUTINTSEVA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Closed 2018 at No.189 her best ranking to date • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg • Broke into the Top 200 at No.193 for the first time on (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over Sept. 24, 2018 No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic • Earned first WTA level main draw win at 2018 Mos- in F) – first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA cow over Grammatikopoulou, lost in 2r to Ivakhnenko final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogotá (l. Pereira) • In 2018, earned three more WTA level main draw • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on appearances at , Seoul and Houston February 6, 2017 following her run to the final in St • Faced her first Top 50 player at the 2016 Citi Open in Petersburg Washington DC, lost to Putintseva • Also in 2017 reached QF at Tokyo [] (l. • In 2016, entered four more WTA main draws through eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), qualifying at Washington DC and Cincinnati and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) • Played only seven tournaments at any level from • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarter- 2014-2015 due to injuries finals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since • On WTA Tour fell in qualifying at 2013 Bastad and Shvedova in 2012 2014 Miami • Also reached SF at two International-level events in • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku as WC - 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC lost to Tanasugarn in 3s (l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route • Owns six ITF Circuit singles titles to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 • Started professional career in 2011 losing in qualify- Charleston ing at four ITF Circuit events • Later in season, posted second career win over a Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventu- al champion Larsson) • Made 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Badosa, l. Goerges) WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen • Fell in qualifying at other three majors in 2019 • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six • Contested all four majors as a junior in 2012-13 doubles titles • Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-19 PERSONAL GRAND SLAM HISTORY • First picked up a racquet at the age of nine • Coached by her husband Dietrich Dernowski • Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland • Former Junior World No.2 Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 (l. • 2013 Junior Champion Keys). Was the first Kazakh to reach QF at Roland Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in 2012 (l. QF) • Away from , other key results include 3r at (l. Gasparyan), 3r at 2019 US Open (l. Vekic) and 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. V.Williams), 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2019 (l. Golubic) • A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US Open, ) VARVARA YULIA FLINK VS PUTINTSEVA

PERSONAL

• Coached by Roman Kislianskii • Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan in May 2012 • Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior be- fore moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy • Tennis idols were and – still watches videos of Henin on YouTube • Enjoys dancing, singing, Sudoku, cards and chess • MATCH NOTES OSAKA - JAPAN | Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[7] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #21) vs. [WC] MISAKI DOI (JPN #83)

Head to Head: DONNA VEKIC leads 2-1

2019 SAN JOSE HARD O R1 DONNA VEKIC 6-4 3-6 6-4 134 mins 2019 ACAPULCO HARD O R1 DONNA VEKIC 6-0 6-3 65 mins 2017 MADRID CLAY O R2 MISAKI DOI 6-1 6-2 51 mins

DONNA VEKIC MISAKI DOI 21 WTA RANKING 83 16 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 79 28-06-1996 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 29-04-1991 (28) $1,426,700 YTD PRIZE MONEY $325,425 $3,939,266 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,651,932 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1 / 2 OSAKA W-L (MD) * 4-1 2-5 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 34-17 / 123-119 9-12 / 81-123 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 8-9 / 33-42 3-5 / 29-38 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-10 / 27-31 1-5 / 19-26 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 23-11 / 83-83 9-10 / 54-85 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 8-9 0-0 / 5-12 1-3 / 3-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 0-3 2-6 / 7-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / 0-16 5-7 / 10-38 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / 6-34 * Updated entering 2019 Osaka 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[7] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #21) [WC] MISAKI DOI (JPN #83)

R32: d. (FRA #31) 7-5,6-2 (1h54) R32: d. (FRA #44) 6-1,6-2 (0h54)

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OSAKA Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

DONNA VEKIC MISAKI DOI 2018 2018 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-2 4-6 6-3 R1 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #37) 6-2 6-1

2016 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #66) 6-4 6-4

2015 R1 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #80) 7-6(1) 6-2

2013 R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #21) 6-1 6-2

2012 R1-Q L - (FRA #76) 7-6(6) 6-1

2011 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-1 6-1

2010 R1-Q L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #24) 7-5 6-2

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OSAKA OSAKA

• Playing the Toray Pan Pacific Open for second time • Appearing in the main draw of Toray Pan Pacific - made SF on debut in 2018 (l. eventual champion Open for sixth time in career (eighth overall) Ka.Pliskova) • Prior to this year, had only gone beyond 1r on one • Upset No.9 Stephens and No.4 Garcia en route to occasion in 2013 when she reached 2r (d. Lepchen- last year’s final four ko, l. Cirstea) • In 1r this year, beat Garcia for her 34th main draw • Fell 1r last year (As qualifier, l. Giorgi) win of the season; her previous best tally of wins in a • Struck just nine unforced errors during dominant 1r season at this level was 31 in 2018 win over No.44 Mladenovic - her second Top 50 win • Now owns joint-eighth most match wins in 2019 (lev- of the season (also No.48 Kudermetova at Hiroshima el with Andreescu) and joint fifth for most hard court last week) wins with 23 (level with Bencic and Svitolina) • Has twice fallen to fellow countrywomen in 1r (2015 - • Faces Doi in 2r today - bidding to reach eighth QF of l. Nara, 2016 l. Osaka) the season • Faces Vekic in 2r today; bidding to reach a Pre- • Went 6-3 in last year’s Asian swing, in addition to SF mier-level QF for the first time since 2016 Stanford at this event also reached R16 in Beijing (l. Sevasto- • Appeared in her third WTA final last week in falling to va) and 2r in Wuhan (l. Kontaveit) compatriot Hibino in the first all-Japanese final since • Currently in 16th place on the Porsche Race to 1997 when Sawamatsu defeated Yoshida in Jakarta Shenzhen which puts her in position to qualify for the • Went 1-3 in last year’s Asian swing with sole win Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai coming at Tianjin (d. Putintseva, l. Bacsinszky) • Owns 15-16 record in her homeland, highlighted by last week’s final appearance as well as an SF run at Osaka in 2012 SEASON • Also playing doubles here w/Hibino (face Aoyama/ Shibahara in QF) - together they won the doubles • Coming off career best Grand Slam result at US title last week in Hiroshima (d.McHale/Savinykh) Open, where she reached QF (l. Bencic) • Summer hard court season highlighted by SF run at San Jose (l. Sabalenka). Also made R16 at CIn- SEASON cinnati (l. V.Williams) and reached 2r at Toronto (d. Keys, l. Kuznetsova) • Coming off R-Up finish at Hiroshima (l. Hibino); the • Grass court season saw her reach final at Notting- two teamed up and won the doubles title ham (l. Garcia in third set tie-break) before making 1r • Exited 1r at US Open (l. Keys) after losing in 1r at exits at Birmingham (l. eventual champion Barty) and $100K ITF/Vancouver-CAN Wimbledon (l. Riske) • Fell 1r at San Jose (l. Vekic). Came through qualify- • Made R16 run at Roland Garros (l. Konta), tying her ing in Toronto only to fall 1r (l. Alexandrova) previous best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon • Won 125K Series title at Bastad (d. Kovinic in F) (l. Goerges) • Fell in qualifying at Birmingham and Wimbledon • Withdrew from Rome with continued hip injury after • Made 2r exit at $100K ITF/Manchester-GBR retiring in R16 of Madrid (l. Martic) • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Stephens) • Posted QF showing at Stuttgart (l. Osaka, having led • Entered Roland Garros following 1r defeat at I$100K 5-1 in third set and being within two points of victory) ITF/Trnava and qualifying loss in Madrid • Reached 3r at Miami (l. Kvitova) and 2r at Indian • Helped Japan secured its World Group II status with Wells (after 1r bye, l. qualifier Bonaventure) a 4-0 win over Netherlands in Osaka - posted singles • Advanced to SF at Acapulco (l. eventual champion wins over Hogenkamp and Schoofs Y.Wang) • Suffered 1r exit at Monterrey (l. Rybarikova) • Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Jabeur) • Came through qualifying to reach 2r at both Indian • On Fed Cup duty, won both singles rubbers against Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Miami (l. Hercog) Serbia (d. Krunic and Ozgen) as Croatia failed to • Fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Vekic) and in qualifying at advance in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I Dubai • Reached biggest final of career at Premier-level St. • Unable to get past first hurdle (following bye) at WTA Petersburg (l. Bertens) 125K Series event at Newport and qualifying in St. • Posted best win of career by ranking – and third over Petersburg a Top 5 opponent – with defeat of No.2 Kvitova en • Began 2019 campaign with 1r exit at Australian Open route to St. Petersburg QF, bettering victories over (as qualifier, l. Brengle) No.4 Stephens at 2018 Wimbledon and No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] DONNA MISAKI VEKIC VS DOI

SEASON CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell) • 2018 season highlights primarily came on the ITF • Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. even- Circuit, winning her sixth and seventh career titles at tual champion Ka.Pliskova) $25k Kofu-JPN and $100k Vancouver-CAN • Best results in 2017 were SF at Nurnberg (l. eventual champion Bertens), QF at Taipei City (l. Safarova) CAREER MILESTONES and R16 finish at Madrid (l. Cirstea) • Posted career-best finish in 2016 at No.38 (up from • Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, No.60 in 2015) while also posting new career-high after registering a career-best 31 tour-level wins ranking of No.30 (week of October 10, 2016) • 2018 season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washing- • Posted career-best 24 main draw match wins in ton, DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first 2016. Highlights in 2016 were reaching second WTA finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham singles final at Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and posting • Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo best result at a Grand Slam with R16 run at Wimble- [PPO] and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at don (l. eventual R-Up Kerber). At the time (before Wimbledon (l. Goerges) Osaka), became first Japanese player to reach R16 • Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top at any Grand Slam in 10 years – last 50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign did so at Wimbledon in 2006 (l. Beltrame) ranked No.54 • Represented Japan at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching • Grass court season highlighted by winning second 2r in singles (l. Stosur) and 2r in doubles (w/Hozumi, WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. No.8 l. Kasatkina/Kuznetsova) Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to- • Best result of the clay season was reaching first back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to Premier-level QF at 2016 Rome (l. Begu) – it was final at Tashkent) also her second QF on clay (after 2013 Strasbourg). • Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, At the time (before Osaka), was the first player from winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY Japan to reach the QF of a Premier-level tournament • Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeat- or above since 2014, when reached last ing Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic eight at Birmingham at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin • In March 2016, won the WTA 125k Series event at • Highlights in 2015 included reaching final at Tashkent San Antonio (d. Friedsam in F) (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku • Reached first WTA singles final at 2015 Luxembourg • When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala (d. Barthel in F) Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest • Owns two doubles titles, at 2014 Istanbul (w/Svitoli- player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok na) and 2019 Hiroshima (w/Hibino) () • Scored first WTA main draw win at 2011 Kuala Lum- • Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. pur (fourth tour-level main draw) and first back-to- In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, back wins at 2011 Wimbledon (eighth main draw) became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old • Played first WTA qualifying at 2009 Osaka; made Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished run- main draw debut at 2010 Roland Garros ner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) • Member of Japanese Fed Cup Team, 2011, 2013-15, and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2019 St. 2017, 2019 Petersburg and 2019 Nottingham, owns a 2-6 record in singles finals • Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Has won five ITF Circuit singles and one doubles title • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017, • Contested 26th Slam main draw at 2019 US Open 2019 • Best result at a Grand Slam was R16 run at 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Kerber). At the time (before Osaka), became first Japanese player to reach R16 at any Grand Slam in 10 years – Ai Sugi- yama last did so at Wimbledon in 2006 (l. Beltrame) • Has reached 2r - but never further - once at each of the other three majors, at Australian Open in 2013, Roland Garros in 2015 and US Open in 2015 DONNA MISAKI VEKIC VS DOI

GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL

• Contested 25th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US • Began playing tennis at age six when parents intro- Open where she reached a career best Grand Slam duced her to the game at the local tennis club result booking a spot in QF (l. Bencic) • An all-court player, who likes to be aggressive and • Deepest previous runs were to R16 at 2018 Wimble- come to the net; plays left-handed don (l. Goerges), 2019 Roland Garros (l. Konta) • Tennis idol was Justine Henin, because she is small • At Australian Open, reached 2r on four occasions, in stature and has an aggressive game most recently in 2019

PERSONAL

• Both parents played professional sports: mother, Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer goalkeeper) • Currently coached by Torben Beltz. Dario Novak is also part of coaching team • Favorite surface is hard • Speaks Croatian, English and Italian • Self-described as strong-willed, determined and extremely competitive MATCH NOTES OSAKA - JAPAN | Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #41) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads 5-2

2019 US OPEN HARD O R2 KIKI BERTENS 7-5 6-4 95 mins 2019 ST. PETERSBURG HARD I QF KIKI BERTENS 6-2 3-6 6-0 92 mins HARD O R2 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 3-6 6-3 6-3 108 mins 2018 WUHAN HARD O R2 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-4 6-2 73 mins 2016 MIAMI HARD O R2 KIKI BERTENS 6-1 4-6 6-1 109 mins 2015 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS O R16 KIKI BERTENS 6-2 6-2 74 mins 2014 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 KIKI BERTENS 5-7 6-4 3-0 155 mins

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA KIKI BERTENS 41 WTA RANKING 8 62 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9 03-07-1991 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-12-1991 (27) $798,924 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,657,574 $9,568,004 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,179,698 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12 2 / 9 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 0 / 10 OSAKA W-L (MD) * 13-9 0-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-16 / 329-250 43-19 / 197-152 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-8 / 110-94 11-11 / 53-58 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 79-66 7-9 / 40-47 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-11 / 244-166 17-11 / 81-95 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 26-29 6-2 / 22-11 1-0 / 13-33 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / 9-11 3-2 / 31-62 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-2 / 21-22 4-5 / 60-109 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 9-5 / 32-41 * Updated entering 2019 Osaka 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #41) [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

R32: d. (UKR #30) 6-3,6-1 (0h55) R32: BYE

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OSAKA Tournament History

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2018 R16 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #4) 6-4 2-6 7-5

2017 F L - (DEN #6) 6-0 7-5

2016 R16 L - (UKR #20) 7-6(5) 6-4

2014 R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #26) 6-3 7-6(3)

2013 R1 L - (ROU #18) 3-6 7-6(5) 3-0

2012 R2 L - NA LI (CHN #8) 7-5 4-6 6-2

2011 R2 L - VANIA KING (USA #90) 6-4 7-6(6)

2010 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 6-1 6-2

2009 R16 L - (FRA #14) 4-6 6-2 7-5

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OSAKA OSAKA

• Making 10th appearance at Toray Pan Pacific Open • One of nine tournament debutantes in this year’s - the most of any player in this year’s draw draw • Was R-Up here in 2017 (d. Kerber in SF, l. Wozniac- • After opening round bye, faces Pavlyuchenkova in ki) 2r today; has lost her past two matches immediately • On tournament debut in 2009, came through qualify- following byes, this year at Toronto (l. V.Williams) ans ing to reach R16 (d. No.3 V.Williams in 2r, l. Bartoli) Zhengzhou (l. Tomljanovic) • Last year, fell 2r (l. Garcia after holding 3mp) • Enters Osaka at No.9 on Porsche Race to Shenzhen • Committed just 11 unforced errors during confident 1r leaderboard, and looking to qualify for the season win over teenager Yastremska ending Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen for the sec- • Faces No.8 Bertens in 2r today; bidding for back-to- ond time in singles (also made SF in 2018) back wins for the first time since QF run at Monterrey • Is among the leaders on tour in multiple serving cate- in April gories: No.2 for aces (371), No.6 in % service points • Owns three Top 10 wins so far in 2019, over No.9 won (61.9%), No.7 in % service games won (76.6%) Bertens and No.5 Stephens (both at Australian and No.6 in % first serve points won (72.3%) Open) and No.9 Sabalenka (Toronto) • Is currently third on tour for most match wins this • During last year’s Asian autumn swing, in addition to season (43) behind Barty (45) and Pliskova (49) 2r showing here, made QF at Wuhan and fell 1r at • Owns fourth most Top 10 wins on tour in 2019, going Beijing 6-2 behind Bencic (9-5), Andreescu (8-0) and Konta (7-4); wins came over No.10 Sabalenka (2019 St. Petersburg), No.5 Kerber, No.3 Kvitova (both 2019 SEASON Stuttgart) and No.2 Kvitova, No.8 Stephens, No.3 Halep (en route to title run at 2019 Madrid) • Reached 2r at US Open (l. Bertens) • During last year’s Asian swing, won title at Seoul, • Fell in qualifying at Cincinnati (l. Diyas) - her first made R16 at Beijing, 2r at Wuhan, before going on to time contesting qualifying at a WTA event since 2011 reach SF at WTA Finals in Singapore Dubai • Owns three hard court titles, at 2018 Cincinnati, 2018 • Made 2r showing at Toronto (d. No.9 Sabalenka be- Seoul and 2019 St. Petersburg fore falling to Ostapenko) after 1r exit at Washington, DC (l. McHale) SEASON • Also suffered straight-set 1r defeats at Wimbledon (l. Bencic), Roland Garros (l. Minella), Rome (l. Sakkari) • Last week, fell 2r at Zhengzhou (after 1r bye, l. Tom- and Madrid (l. Ostapenko) ljanovic) • Reached 2r at Stuttgart (d. Goerges, l. Kontaveit); • Reached 3r at US Open (l. Goerges) also doubles R-Up in Germany (w/Safarova, l. Barth- • Suffered 2r exit as defending champion at Cincinnati el/Friedsam) (after 1r bye, l. V. Williams) • Was part of Russian Fed Cup team that defeated • Fell 2r at Toronto (l. eventual champion Italy 4-0 in the World Group II play-offs. Won her two Andreescu) singles rubbers (d. Paolini, Trevisan) • Reached fourth final of 2019 at Palermo (l. Teich- • Reached QF in Monterrey completing only the mann). Has now reached four finals the last two second double of the season (d. Jorovic, l. years. In 2018, won Charleston, Cincinnati and Azarenka) Seoul, and finished R-Up at Madrid • Exited 2r of Indian Wells (l. McHale) and Miami (l. • Upset in 3r of Wimbledon (l. Strycova) Kuzmova) after receiving a 1r bye. Exited 1r of Dubai • Posted SF appearance at Eastbourne (l. eventual (l.Garcia) champion Ka.Pliskova) • Was part of Russia team that gained promotion from • Recorded a final run on home soil in ‘s-Hertogen- Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I (d. Linette and bosch, could not convert five championship points in Peterson in straight sets) loss to Riske • Made QF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion • At Roland Garros, retired from 2r match against Bertens in 3s) Kuzmova due to gastrointestinal illness • Matched best Grand Slam result at Melbourne Park • SF showing at Rome (l. Konta – after coming within by reaching QF (l. Collins); defeating No.9 Bertens two points of victory) and No.5 Stephens en route • Won ninth career title at Madrid, defeating four Grand • Opened Australian swing with 2r showing at Shen- Slam champions en route (Ostapenko, Kvitova, zhen (l. Kudermetova) before suffering 1r exit at Stephens and Halep in F). Also first woman to win Hobart (l. Lapko) Madrid title without dropping a set ANASTASIA KIKI PAVLYUCHENKOVA VS BERTENS

CAREER MILESTONES SEASON CONT.

• Ended 2018 ranked No.42, down from No.15 in • Reached career high ranking of World No.4 on May 2017, marking her 11th consecutive Top 50 finish 13 (after Madrid title run) • 2018 season highlight was claiming her 12th WTA • Posted SF run at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Kvi- singles title at Strasbourg (d. Cibulkova in F) tova); d. No.5 Kerber in QF for first Top 5 win of 2019 • Other highlights were QF runs at Stuttgart (l. Kon- • Fell in R16 (Sakkari) during Charleston title defense taveit), Wuhan (d. No.11 Bertens in 2r and No.5 • Posted R16 showings at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) Kvitova in R16, l. Barty), Linz (l. Alexandrova) and and Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) Moscow [] (l. Kasatkina) • In Middle East, reached QF at Doha (l. eventual • Owns 12 WTA singles titles, including a career-best champion Mertens) and fell 2r at Dubai (after 1r bye, three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, l. Kuzmova - held 1mp in third set tie-break) Rabat and Hong Kong • Won eighth career title - and third at Premier level • Notched only win over a reigning World No.1 against - at St. Petersburg (d. Vekic in F) Kerber en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 • Made 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, • Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/Babos) Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous • In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, results were QF runs at 2016-17 Hobart reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Bris- • Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (l. Vekic, bane (l. Kerber), St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco having held 2mp at 5-4 in final set) (l.Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova) • Owns 30 Top 10 victories (30-61 record), most re- CAREER MILESTONES cently No.5 Stephens at 2019 Australian Open • Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to even- • Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a ca- tual gold medalist Puig in 2r reer-best four singles finals across the season and • Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) – first entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008 Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Bren- • Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose da Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011) • Won the WTA’s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 • Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 • Lifted three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges Moscow in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F – saved • Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion 1mp) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova) • Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Pri- GRAND SLAM HISTORY or to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career • Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) • Has reached QFs at all four majors; 2011 Roland • Season highlights in 2017 were titles at Nürnberg Garros (l. Schiavone) and US Open (l. S.Williams), and Gstaad. Also` posted SF run at 2017 Rome and 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams), reached QF at Madrid - first Premier Mandatory QF (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams), • Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached and 2019 Australian Open (l. Collins) on April 16, 2018) • One of just five active players to reach QF or better • Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump at all four majors in both singles and doubles (also from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 Williams sisters, Kuznetsova and Zvonareva) and is • Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio the only player to do so since 2011 Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani) • Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at • Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova 6-0 6-1) qualifier in just her second main draw appearance; • As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the currently owns 9-4 career record in singles finals Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open • Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles, most recently at junior title) 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs) • In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r) and Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the • Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles and 11 doubles titles at this level (w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) • Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017 ANASTASIA KIKI PAVLYUCHENKOVA VS BERTENS

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Recently began new coaching partnership with Sam • Contested milestone 30th Grand Slam main draw at Sumyk. Occasionally works with father, Sergey and 2019 US Open brother, Aleks • Deepest run across the Slams came with SF show- • Introduced to tennis at age six by family ing at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Wil- • Grandmother played basketball for USSR and liams) grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father • Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by was Olympic-level canoeist (missed Games due to reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. boycott) and mother a swimmer Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 • In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. Vondrousova) • Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at (w/Larsson, l. Goerges/ Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic)

PERSONAL

• Coached by former ATP player ; brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into coach- ing team during off-season • In November 2018, announced engagement to boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physio and fitness coach • After her triumph in Madrid, Kiki reached a ca- reer-high singles ranking of World No.4 and became the highest-ranked Dutchwoman in history • Fan-voted as May 2019 WTA Player of the Month • Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy • Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was