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2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM Tournament Information: www.ausopen.com | @AustralianOpen | facebook.com/AustralianOpen WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/WTA WTA Communications: Chris Whitmore ([email protected]) DAY 13 – FINAL [22] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #24) vs. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #3) Osaka leads 2-1 Osaka beat Brady in three sets in SF of last year’s US Open… Brady is the seventh woman to reach her maiden Grand Slam final in the past nine majors… Osaka has won all three previous Grand Slam finals she has contested… Brady is projected to break into Top 20 in new rankings… Osaka has not lost a match in over a year… Brady has faced only two players ranked inside Top 50 en route to the final A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FINALISTS CAREER AO CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT YTD W/L* (MD) TITLES (MD) W/L* PRIZE $^ W/L* [3] Naomi Osaka 3 23 JPN 21-4 9-0 145-73 17,770,234 6 [22] Jennifer Brady 24 25 USA 9-3 9-2 60-57 2,014,115 1 CAREER SLAM RECORDS – BY ROUNDS REACHED PLAYER R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF F* W TOTAL* [3] Naomi Osaka 2 1 9 2 - - 1 3 18 [22] Jennifer Brady 7 4 - 2 - 1 1 - 15 *Includes 2021 Australian Open AUSTRALIAN OPEN 10-YEAR FINAL HISTORY YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2020 (14) Sofia Kenin (USA #15) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #32) 46 62 62 2019 (4) Naomi Osaka (JPN #4) (8) Petra Kvitova (CZE #6) 76(2) 57 64 2018 (2) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #2) (1)Simona Halep (ROU #1) 76(2) 36 64 2017 (2) Serena Williams (USA #2) (13) Venus Williams (USA #17) 64 64 2016 (7) Angelique Kerber (GER #6) (1)Serena Williams (USA #1) 64 36 64 2015 (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2)Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) 63 76(5) 2014 (4) Li Na (CHN #4) (20) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK #24) 76(3) 60 2013 (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #1) (6)Li Na (CHN #6) 46 64 63 2012 (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #3) (4)Maria Sharapova (RUS #4) 63 60 2011 (3) Kim Clijsters (BEL #3) (9)Li Na (CHN #11) 36 63 63 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM FINAL – QUICK-HITS • Naomi Osaka is contesting her fourth Grand Slam final – and second at the Australian Open – while Jennifer Brady is appearing in the championship match at a major for the first time • Osaka was champion at Melbourne Park in 2019 and is bidding to become the 12th woman in the Open Era to win multiple Australian Open titles • Victory would also see Osaka lift her fourth major. Only 15 women in the Open Era have reached this total, with Serena Williams (23), Venus Williams (seven) and Kim Clijsters (four) the three active players on this list • Osaka is also bidding to become the first woman since Monica Seles in the early 1990s to emerge victorious from the first four Grand Slam finals of her career • Meanwhile, Brady is attempting to become the 55th woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era • Brady is also the seventh woman in the past nine majors to appear in a maiden final: GRAND SLAM PLAYER RESULT 2021 Australian Open Jennifer Brady ??? 2020 Roland Garros Iga Swiatek Champion 2020 Australian Open Sofia Kenin Champion 2019 US Open Bianca Andreescu Champion 2019 Roland Garros Ashleigh Barty Champion 2019 Roland Garros Marketa Vondrousova Runner-Up 2018 US Open Naomi Osaka Champion In the Open Era, 12 women have celebrated winning their maiden major at the Australian Open: Kerry Melville- Reid (1977 Jan), Chris O’Neil (1978), Barbara Jordan (1978), Hana Mandlikova (1980), Mary Pierce (1995), Martina Hingis (1997), Jennifer Capriati (2001), Amélie Mauresmo (2006), Victoria Azarenka (2012), Angelique Kerber (2016), Caroline Wozniacki (2018) and Sofia Kenin (2020) With Osaka aged 23 and Brady 25, for the eighth time in the past nine majors the champion will be 25 or under Osaka has dropped one set and conceded 39 games en route to the final, while Brady has given up two sets and 40 games However, Osaka came closest to defeat, saving two match points against Garbiñe Muguruza in the fourth round. In the Open Era, six women (on seven occasions) have won the Australian Open after saving match point: Monica Seles (1991), Jennifer Capriati (2002), Serena Williams (2003 and 2005), Li Na (2014), Angelique Kerber (2016) and Caroline Wozniacki (2018) Ranked No.24 coming into the tournament, Brady is the fifth woman ranked outside Top 20 to reach the final at Melbourne Park since 2000. Should she triumph, the American would be the lowest-ranked Australian Open winner since No.81 S.Williams in 2007 Osaka can rise to No.2 in the new rankings by lifting the title, while Brady is guaranteed to make her Top 20 debut on Monday, at No.13 with a runner-up finish and No.12 should she leave with the trophy Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM ROAD TO THE FINAL BRADY OSAKA Aliona Bolsova (ESP) 6-1 6-3 First round Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-1 6-2 Madison Brengle (USA) 6-1 6-2 Second round Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-2 6-3 [Q]Kaja Juvan (SLO) 6-1 6-3 Third round [27] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 6-3 6-2 [28] Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-1 7-5 Fourth round [14] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4-6 6-4 7-5 Jessica Pegula (USA) 4-6 6-2 6-1 Quarterfinals Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 6-2 6-2 [25] Karolina Muchova (CZE) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Semifinals [10] Serena Williams (USA) 6-3 6-4 Total time on court: 7h 58m Total time on court: 7h 43m MATCH STATS PLAYER FASTEST SERVE ACES DOUBLE FAULTS SERVICE GAMES WON RETURN GAMES WON Jennifer Brady 119 mph 32 13 53/62 (.855) 27/58 (.466) Naomi Osaka 122 mph 44 20 52/60 (.867) 25/56 (.446) ACTIVE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS PLAYERS GS TITLES GRAND SLAM TITLES BREAKDOWN Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Serena Williams 23 Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015- 16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14 Venus Williams 7 Wimbledon: 2000-01, 2005, 2007-08; US Open: 2000-01 Kim Clijsters 4 Australian Open: 2011; US Open: 2005, 2009-10 Angelique Kerber 3 Australian Open: 2016; US Open: 2016; Wimbledon: 2018 Victoria Azarenka 2 Australian Open: 2012-13 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 Roland Garros: 2009; US Open: 2004 Petra Kvitova 2 Wimbledon: 2011, 2014 Garbiñe Muguruza 2 Roland Garros: 2016; Wimbledon: 2017 Simona Halep 2 Roland Garros: 2018; Wimbledon: 2019 Naomi Osaka 3 US Open: 2018, 2020; Australian Open: 2019 Jelena Ostapenko 1 Roland Garros: 2017 Sloane Stephens 1 US Open: 2017 Samantha Stosur 1 US Open: 2011 Ashleigh Barty 1 Roland Garros: 2019 Bianca Andreescu 1 US Open: 2019 Sofia Kenin 1 Australian Open: 2020 Iga Swiatek 1 Roland Garros: 2020 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 3 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM FIRST-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPS AGE TOTAL OPEN ERA PLAYER FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE YRS, MOS GS TITLES (SGL) ****Richey-Gunter, Nancy (USA) 25,10 1968 Roland Garros 1 ***King, Billie Jean (USA) 24,8 1968 Wimbledon 8 Wade, Virginia (GBR) 23,2 1968 US Open 3 *Court, Margaret (AUS) 26,6 1969 Australian Open 11 **Jones, Ann (GBR) 30,9 1969 Wimbledon 1 Goolagong Cawley, Evonne (AUS) 19,10 1971 Roland Garros 7 Evert, Chris (USA) 19,6 1974 Roland Garros 18 Barker, Sue (GBR) 20,2 1976 Roland Garros 1 Melville-Reid, Kerry (AUS) 29,4 1977 Australian Open (Jan) 1 Jausovec, Mima (YUG) 20,1 1977 Roland Garros 1 Ruzici, Virginia (ROU) 23,4 1978 Roland Garros 1 Navratilova, Martina (TCH/USA) 21,9 1978 Wimbledon 18 O'Neil, Christine (AUS) 22,9 1978 Australian Open 1 Austin, Tracy (USA) 16,9 1979 US Open 2 Jordan, Barbara (USA) 22,8 1979 Australian Open 1 Mandlikova, Hana (TCH/AUS) 18,10 1980 Australian Open 4 Graf, Stefanie (GER) 17,11 1987 Roland Garros 22 Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa (ESP) 17,6 1989 Roland Garros 4 Seles, Monica (YUG/USA) 16,6 1990 Roland Garros 9 Sabatini, Gabriela (ARG) 20,4 1990 US Open 1 Martínez, Conchita (ESP) 22,3 1994 Wimbledon 1 Pierce, Mary (FRA) 20,0 1995 Australian Open 2 Hingis, Martina (SUI) 16,4 1997 Australian Open 5 Majoli, Iva (CRO) 19,10 1997 Roland Garros 1 Novotna, Jana (CZE) 29,9 1998 Wimbledon 1 Davenport, Lindsay (USA) 22,3 1998 US Open 3 Williams, Serena (USA) 17,11 1999 US Open 23 Williams, Venus (USA) 20,0 2000 Wimbledon 7 Capriati, Jennifer (USA) 24,10 2001 Australian Open 3 Henin, Justine (BEL) 21,0 2003 Roland Garros 7 Myskina, Anastasia (RUS) 22,11 2004 Roland Garros 1 Sharapova, Maria (RUS) 17,2 2004 Wimbledon 5 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS) 19,2 2004 US Open 2 Clijsters, Kim (BEL) 22,2 2005 US Open 4 Mauresmo, Amelie (FRA) 26,6 2006 Australian Open 2 Ivanovic, Ana (SRB) 20,7 2008 Roland Garros 1 Schiavone, Francesca (ITA) 29,11 2010 Roland Garros 1 Li, Na (CHN) 29,3 2011 Roland Garros 2 Kvitova, Petra (CZE) 21,3 2011 Wimbledon 2 Stosur, Samantha (AUS) 27,5 2011 US Open 1 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR) 22,6 2012 Australian Open 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) 28,9 2013 Wimbledon 1 Pennetta, Flavia (ITA) 33,7 2015 US Open 1 Kerber, Angelique (GER) 28,0 2016 Australian Open 2 Muguruza, Garbiñe (ESP) 22,8 2016 Roland Garros 2 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 20,0 2017 Roland Garros 1 Sloane Stephens (USA) 24,5 2017 US Open 1 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 27,6 2018 Australian Open 1 Simona Halep (ROU) 26,8 2018 Roland Garros 2 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 20,11 2018 US Open 3 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 23,1 2019 Roland Garros 1 Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 19,2 2019 US Open 1