PREVIEW NOTES: LADIES OPEN LAUSANNE LAUSANNE, SUI | JULY 15-21, 2019 | USD $250,000 INTERNATIONAL EVENT

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LADIES OPEN LAUSANNE – QUICK FACTS

Main draw dates: Monday - Sunday, July 15 - 21, 2019 Singles Final: Sunday, July 21, 1pm Doubles Final: Sunday, July 21, after singles final Venue: Tennis Club Stade-Lausanne Status: WTA International event Staging: Tournament’s first year in Lausanne (after three years in Gstaad) Draw sizes: 32 singles / 16 doubles teams / 24 singles qualifying Surface: Red Clay (outdoors) Tennis Ball: TECNIFIBRE X-One Regular Duty 2018 Singles Final: [1] Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. (LUX) 6-4 7-6(6) 2018 Doubles Final: A. Guarachi/D. Krawczyk (CHI/USA) d. L. Arruabarrena/T. Bacsinszky (ESP/SUI) 4-6 6- 4 10-6

RANK RANK SINGLES USD $ DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 43,000 280 Winner 12,300 280 Runner-Up 21,400 180 Runner-Up 6,400 180 Semifinalist 11,500 110 Semifinalist 3,435 110 Quarterfinalist 6,175 60 Quarterfinalist 1,820 60 Round of 16 3,400 30 Round of 16 960 1 Round of 32 2,100 1

MAIN DRAW QUICK-HITS

Singles wildcards: Ylena In-Albon (SUI), Tess Sugnaux (SUI), (SUI) Youngest singles player: Simona Waltert (SUI), 18 years old (December 13, 2000) Oldest singles player: (AUS), 35 years old (March 30, 1984) Singles withdrawals: (left leg), Karolina Muchova (right leg), (right elbow), Lesia Tsurenko (right hip), (right elbow) Main draw debutantes: Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU), (FRA), (AUS), Ylena In-Albon (SUI), (UKR), (GER), (FRA), Bernada Pera (USA), (RUS), Tess Sugnaux (SUI), Simona Waltert (SUI)

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TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS

 Last year’s champion Alizé Cornet returns as No.3 seed, beginning her title defense against Martina Trevisan  The 2019 edition of the tournament has moved location across the Alps from Gstaad to the tennis Club Stade-Lausanne on Lake Geneva  Top seed Julia Goerges begins her challenge against Swiss wildcard Simona Waltert, one of seven players from the home nation in the draw. She is joined by , , Jil Teichman, Stefanie Voegele and fellow wildcards, Ylena In-Albon and Tess Sugnaux  One To Watch – Jil Teichman, 21, won her maiden WTA title earlier this year at Prague and arrives back on home soil safely inside the Top 100. The draw has thrown her together with former No.9 and fellow Swiss Timea Bacsinszky in the first round before a potential meeting with top seed Goerges.

TOP 4 SEEDS’ TOURNAMENT HISTORY*

PLAYER TOURNAMENT HISTORY W/L WIN % [1] Julia Goerges (GER) 2r (1): 2016 (l. Khromacheva) 1-1 .500 [2] (FRA) 2r (1): 2017 (l. Martincova) 1-2 .333 1r (1): 2016 (l. Arruabarrena) [3] Alizé Cornet (FRA) WON (1): 2018 (d. Minella in F) 5-0 1.000 [4] Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) First appearance - - *Main draw matches only

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS & RUNNERS-UP

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2016 (SUI) [3] (NED) 4-6 6-3 6-4 2017 [2] Kiki Bertens (NED) [3] (EST) 6-4 3-6 6-1 2018 [1] Alizé Cornet (FRA) Mandy Minella (LUX) 6-4 7-6(6) If highlighted denotes competing in 2019 Lausanne main draw

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COUNTRY BREAKDOWN

Not including qualifiers, a total of 12 countries are represented in the main draw, led by with seven:

Australia (2) Daria Gavrilova, Samantha Stosur Canada (1) (4) Alizé Cornet, Fiona Ferro, Caroline Garcia, Pauline Parmentier Germany (5) , Julia Goerges, , , Tatjana Maria, Italy (1) Martina Trevisan Luxembourg (1) Mandy Minella (1) Mihaela Buzarnescu Russia (2) Liudmila Samsonova, Slovakia (1) Viktoria Kuzmova Switzerland (6) Timea Bacsinszky, Ylena In-Albon, Conny Perrin, Tess Sugnaux, , Stefanie Voegele, Simona Waltert Ukraine (1) Kateryna Kozlova USA (1) Bernada Pera

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