MATCH NOTES ZHENGZHOU - CHINA | Sep 09 - Sep 15, 2019 | $1,500,000 | PREMIER [7] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #23) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) Head to Head: ARYNA SABALENKA leads 1-0 2019 CINCINNATI HARD O R1 ARYNA SABALENKA 6-1 6-4 80 mins PETRA MARTIC ARYNA SABALENKA 23 WTA RANKING 13 17 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 22 19-01-1991 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 05-05-1998 (21) $1,539,061 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,941,317 $4,473,566 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,090,256 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 3 / 3 ZHENGZHOU W-L (MD) * 2-0 1-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 29-13 / 119-117 29-20 / 87-50 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 14-2 / 52-31 9-7 / 33-19 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-5 / 29-27 3-6 / 18-17 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-8 / 59-70 22-11 / 68-31 2-1 / 8-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 6-7 1-1 / 2-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 3-4 1-6 / 4-26 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-5 / 8-10 3-8 / 14-42 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-5 / 17-15 * Updated entering 2019 Zhengzhou QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [7] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #23) [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) R16: d. FIONA FERRO (FRA #61) 3-6,6-1,6-2 (1h44) R16: d. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #75) 6-1,6-2 (0h55) R32: d. JASMINE PAOLINI (ITA #117) 7-5,6-1 (1h14) R32: BYE "-Q" Qualifying match Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from PETRA ARYNA MARTIC VS SABALENKA ZHENGZHOU ZHENGZHOU • Making first appearance of this year’s Asian swing • Competing in Asia for the second time this year, hav- • Hit 24 winners and 21 unforced errors to beat Paolini ing lifted the title in the opening week of the season in 1r at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F) • Recovered from a set down to beat Ferro in 2r - has • In addition to this, produced a stellar Asian swing now won 14 three-set matches in 2019 - only three in 2018, highlighted by lifting the title at Wuhan and players on tour have won more (Ka.Pliskova, Bencic QFs at Beijing and Tianjin and Konta) • After opening match bye, reeled off the final six • Faces No.13 Sabalenka today in her sixth QF of the games of the match to beat Ostapenko in 2r; now season owns 8-1 career record in matches immediately fol- • Owns three Top 20 wins so far in 2019, over No.19 lowing byes, with sole defeat coming to Tomljanovic Muguruza (Madrid), No.2 Ka.Pliskova (Roland Gar- at Miami this March ros) and No.11 Sevastova (US Open) • Faces No.7 seed Martic today in her sixth QF of • Seeded No.7 this week - seventh time she has been the season, having previously reached this stage at seeded in 14 tournaments in 2019 Shenzhen (WON), St. Petersburg (SF), Strasbourg • Last year in China, fell 2r at Beijing and made QF at (SF), Eastbourne (QF) and San Jose (R-Up) Tianjin • Only other QF in China came at 2011 Guangzhou • Scheduled to play next week’s Premier event in Osaka, Japan SEASON • Reached 2r at US Open (l. Putintseva) and R16 at Cincinnati (l. Sakkari) SEASON • Opened summer hard court season with R-Up finish at San Jose (l. S.Zheng) and 1r exit at Toronto (l. • Reached R16 for the first time at US Open (l. S.Wil- Pavlyuchenkova) liams) • Posted QF showing at Eastbourne (l. Bertens) before • Suffered 1r exits at Toronto (l. Di Lorenzo) and Cin- falling 1r at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) cinnati (l. Sabalenka) • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. • Enjoyed a successful grass-court campaign, reach- Aiava) and Birmingham (l. Hsieh) ing SF at Birmingham (l. Goerges) and advancing • Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova) to R16 at Wimbledon (l. Svitolina). Went 6-2 on the • Reached SF at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion surface, improving from last year’s 1-3 record Yastremska) • Rose to career-high No.20 in the rankings following • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Madrid (l .Kuznetso- Wimbledon showing (week of July 15, 2019) va) and Rome (l. Cornet) • Reached first Slam QF of career at Roland Garros • Was part of Belarus Fed Cup team that fell 3-2 to (l. Vondrousova); upset No.2 seed and No.2-ranked Australia in World Group semifinal, in Brisbane. Went Ka.Pliskova in 3r to register fourth Top 10 win of 1-1 in her singles rubbers (d. Stosur, l. Barty) and career (and best by ranking) also lost the decisive doubles with Azarenka • Ended clay court season with 15-3 record – joint-best • Made R16 in first clay court event of the season at on tour with Vondrousova Charleston (l. Puig) • Withdrew from Strasbourg w/back injury • Suffered 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tomljanovic) • Advanced to QF at Madrid, defeating Muguruza and after R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Kerber) Kerber en route (l. Stephens) • Completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by sweeping • Lifted maiden career WTA title at Istanbul (d. Von- back-to-back doubles titles at Indian Wells and Miami drousova in F); record in WTA singles finals improved (both w/Mertens); now 2-1 in doubles finals to 1-2, having finished R-Up at 2012 Kuala Lumpur • Fell in R16 at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) and 2018 Bucharest • Won both singles rubbers (d. Petkovic and Siege- • In April, reached first Premier-level SF of career at mund) during Belarus’ Fed Cup win over Germany Charleston (l. Wozniacki) • Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion • During Sunshine Double made 1r exit at Indian Wells Bertens); rose to career-high No.9 in the rankings (l. Linette) and reached 2r at Miami (d. S.Zhang, l. following run in Russia (February 4, 2019) eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova) • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova); made • Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova) Top 10 debut after tournament (January 28) • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Stephens) • Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career • Fell 1r in season opener at Auckland (l. Kenin) at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F) followed with opening match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) PETRA ARYNA MARTIC VS SABALENKA CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Posted best season finish of career in 2018, at • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two No.32, with a career-best 26-17 win-loss record titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and • Highlights of 2018 season included reaching second Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and WTA singles final of career at Bucharest (l. Sevasto- finishing at No.11 in the rankings va), QF at Indian Wells (d. No.6 Ostapenko, l. Halep) • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and and R16 at Australian Open (l. Mertens) Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, • Also in 2018 won WTA 125K Series title at Chicago reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand (d. Barthel in F) Slam run to R16 at US Open • In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros – marked first year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first match against a Top 20 player since 2015 Guang- tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making zhou (l. No.2 Halep). Followed this by upsetting SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) No.19 Sevastova in 3r • Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wim- • In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months bledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA (previous Ka.Bondarenko) tournament was a loss to U.Radwanska in qualifying • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to for 2016 Wimbledon) competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and • In addition to title at 2019 Istanbul is a two-time sin- 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA gles R-Up, at 2012 Kuala Lumpur (ret. vs. Hsieh w/ • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 heat illness) and 2018 Bucharest (l. Sevastova) Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk • A four-time doubles runner-up, at 2012 Paris [In- • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title doors], 2012 Bad Gastein, 2013 Marrakech (w/Mlad- at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) enovic) and 2016 Monterrey (w/M.Sanchez) • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, end- • Won WTA 125K Series doubles title at Bol, Croatia in ing year at No.155 2016 (w/Knoll) • WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat • Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after • Made debut on ITF Circuit in Minsk in 2012 US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49 • Owns four career wins over Top 10 opponents, GRAND SLAM HISTORY defeating No.8 Bartoli at 2012 Roland Garros, No.5 Kvitova at 2012 Tokyo [PPO], No.6 Ostapenko at • 2019 US Open marked ninth career main draw ap- 2018 Indian Wells and No.2 Ka.Pliskova at 2019 pearance at a Grand Slam Roland Garros • Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l.