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DAY 13 – FINAL

[22] (USA #24) vs. [3] (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

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 10-YEAR FINAL HISTORY

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2020 (14) (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) (DEN #2) (1) (ROU #1) 76(2) 36 64 2017 (2) (USA #2) (13) (USA #17) 64 64 2016 (7) (GER #6) (1)Serena Williams (USA #1) 64 36 64 2015 (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) (RUS #2) 63 76(5) 2014 (4) (CHN #4) (20) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK #24) 76(3) 60 2013 (1) (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) (BEL #3) (9)Li Na (CHN #11) 36 63 63

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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 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 Sofia Kenin Champion 2019 US Open Champion 2019 Roland Garros 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: -

Reid (1977 Jan), Chris O’Neil (1978), (1978), Hana Mandlikova (1980), (1995), (1997), (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

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ROAD TO THE FINAL

BRADY OSAKA (ESP) 6-1 6-3 First round (RUS) 6-1 6-2 (USA) 6-1 6-2 Second round (FRA) 6-2 6-3 [Q] (SLO) 6-1 6-3 Third round [27] (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 (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 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 1 US Open: 2017 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

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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 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 Sofia Kenin (USA) 21,1 2020 Australian Open 1 Iga Swiatek (POL) 19,4 2020 Roland Garros 1 *Court won her first Grand Slam title at 1960 Australian Championships aged 17 years, 6 months, and followed with 12 more titles between 1960 and 1966 ** Jones won two pre-Open Era Grand Slam titles: her first at 1961 French Championships, aged 22 years, 8 months and a 2nd at the French again in 1966 *** King won 4 titles prior to the Open Era: (Wimbledon 1966-67, US Open 1967 and the 1968 Australian Championships); King was aged 22 years, 8 months at the time of her first GS win at Wimbledon 1966 ****Richey won 1967 Australian Open (aged 24 years, 4 months) and the 1968 - the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 4 2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM

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[ 22] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #24) VS. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #3)

Head-to-head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 2-1

2020 US OPEN HARD O SF NAOMI OSAKA 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3 2018 CHARLESTON CLAY O R1 NAOMI OSAKA 6-4 6-4 2014 ITF/NEW BRAUNFELS HARD O R1 JENNIFER BRADY 6-4 6-4

BRADY OSAKA Career Prize Money $2,014,115 Career Prize Money $17,770,234 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Apr. 12, 1995 (25) Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 16, 1997 (23) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 6 Tournament W-L (MD) 9-3 Tournament W-L (MD) 21-4 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 21-14 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 52-14 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 9-2 / 60-57 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 9-0 / 145-73 3-Set (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 20-19 3-Set (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 43-19 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 14-20 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 26-24 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 9-2 / 51-38 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 9-0 / 115-50 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-11 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 12-20 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 10-17 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 30-32 Coach Michael Geserer Coach Wim Fissette

BRADY: Australian Open • Contesting fourth Australian Open main draw and has advanced to her maiden Grand Slam final • Previous best result at Melbourne Park came on Grand Slam debut in 2017 when she made R16 (as qualifier, l. Lucic-Baroni) – first American female qualifier to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era • Fell 1r in in 2018 (l. Linette) and 2020 (l. Halep), and in qualifying in 2019 • At the other three Slams, best results came at US Open where she reached SF in 2020 and R16 in 2017; is yet to make it beyond 2r at either Roland Garros or Wimbledon • Opened this year’s Australian Open by winning all eight service games in 6-1 6-3 victory over Bolsova • Repeated the trick in 6-1 6-2 win over Brengle in 2r, with her opponent failing to create a break point • Only previous meeting with a fellow American at a major was 2r win over Bellis during 2020 US Open SF run • Fired 23 winners to defeat No.104 Juvan on Saturday, bringing her record in Grand Slam 3r matches to 4-0 • Won the first five games of the match to lay the foundations for a 6-1 7-5 victory over Vekic in R16 • Had her serve broken four times but fought back to beat compatriot and good friend Pegula 4-6 6-2 6-1 in QF • Along with S.Williams was one of two Americans in SF – there has now been at least one American semifinalist at 11 consecutive Grand Slams • Fired eight aces to see off Muchova in SF – has struck 32 aces in her six matches • Including these 32 aces, winners count for the fortnight stands at 130

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• After results this fortnight, has now won 22 of her past 28 matches on Tour, with 18 of these wins coming in straight sets • Conceded 40 games – and two sets – en route to the final, one game more than her opponent, Osaka. By contrast, both players have dropped fewer games than last year’s finalists, Kenin (50) and Muguruza (47) • No.33 Vekic and No.27 Muchova are the only Top 50 players she has faced this fortnight • Takes on No.3 Osaka in today’s final – her first match against a Top 10 player since losing SF to then-No.9 Osaka in three high-quality sets at 2020 US Open • Owns two Top 10 wins in her career, over No.1 Barty at 2020 Brisbane and No.6 Svitolina at 2020 Dubai • First faced Osaka at $50k ITF/New Braunfels-TX, USA in 2014, beating her fellow teenager when both were still ranked outside Top 200 • Lost their most recent encounter in three high-quality sets in SF at 2020 US Open, despite dropping serve on only one occasion • Is the 15th American woman to reach the Australian Open final in the Open Era. An American has lifted the Australian Open title a total of 18 times in the Open Era – most of any country followed by Australia with 10 • At least one American has now reached the final at 18 of the last 25 Grand Slams, winning the title on eight occasions • Is also the seventh woman to make her debut in a Grand Slam final in the past nine majors, following on from Osaka (2018 US Open - WON), Barty (2019 Roland Garros – WON), Vondrousova (2019 Roland Garros – R-Up), Andreescu (2019 US Open – WON), Kenin (2020 Australian Open – WON) and Swiatek (2020 Roland Garros – WON) • At No.24 coming into the tournament, is the fifth woman ranked outside Top 20 to reach the final at Melbourne Park since 2000. Bidding to be the lowest-ranked Australian Open winner since No.81 S.Williams in 2007 • By reaching the final will break into Top 20, at No.13, while is projected to reach No.12 with the title • Entered doubles w/Barty (withdrew prior to 2r match against No.2 seeds Mertens/Sabalenka) • Opened 2021 campaign with 1r exit at Abu Dhabi before bouncing back to reach SF at last week’s Grampians Trophy

Career Milestones • Posted career-best Grand Slam run at the 2020 US Open by reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s) – had not dropped a set through first five rounds including wins over fellow Top 50 players Garcia, Kerber and Putintseva. Was first former college player to reach US Open SF since Lori McNeil in 1987 • Lifted maiden WTA title at 2020 Lexington in first career final appearance (d. Teichmann in F) - did not drop a set and was broken just three times all week • Earned second Top 10 win of career in defeat of No.6 Svitolina en route to SF at 2020 Dubai as a qualifier (l. eventual champion Halep); also beat No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza that week to reach first SF at a WTA500 event

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• Scored first career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty at 2020 Brisbane as a qualifier (l. Kvitova in QF); broke into Top 50 following result (No.49 on January 13, 2020) • Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights included SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Garcia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), Indian Wells (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Andreescu) • Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up Gavrilova) • Came through qualifying at and went on to become first major debutante to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era • Also became just sixth player to make R16 on Australian Open debut in last 22 years: V.Williams (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), Gasparyan and Konta (2016) – since then Anisimova (2019), Collins (2019) and Gauff (2020) have joined this list • Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) • Fell 1r in first career main draw appearances at tour level in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier), Stanford and Montréal • Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. Falconi in 1r) • Made ITF Circuit debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN-USA in 2010; owns four singles and four doubles ITF Circuit titles • Played collegiate for the University of California, Los Angeles – part of 2014 team that won NCAA Division 1 Women’s Tennis National Championship

OSAKA: Australian Open • Making sixth main draw appearance at Australian Open as one of five former champions in the draw (also S.Williams, Azarenka, Kerber and Kenin) • Lifted her second career Grand Slam title here in 2019, defeating three straight Top 10 opponents in the last three rounds: No.7 Svitolina, No.8 Ka.Pliskova and No.6 Kvitova in F • Reached 3r last year in title defense, falling to American teenager Gauff • Also advanced to 3r on debut here as a qualifier in 2016 ranked No.127, defeating No.21 Svitolina in 2r before falling to No.16 Azarenka • Defeated No.38 Pavlyuchenkova in 1r – has yet to fall at the opening hurdle at Melbourne Park, with worst performance coming in 2017 when she fell 2r to No.9 Konta • Improves excellent record in career Grand Slam 1r matches to 16-2; two defeats were at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Van Uytvanck) and 2019 Wimbledon (as No.2 seed, l. Putintseva)

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• Defeated No.43 Garcia in 2r, firing 10 aces and without facing a single break point; now owns 15-1 record in career Grand Slam 2r matches only falling at this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. Konta) • In the 3r, broke serve four times and fired 26 winners against No.30 Jabeur in what was her first match against a Top 30 ranked opponent since defeating No.27 Azarenka in the 2020 US Open final • Saved two match points to defeat No.14 Muguruza in R16 and register her 50th career Grand Slam victory • 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) • Hit seven aces and won all eight service games during comfortable QF win over No.71 Hsieh – the only player outside Top 50 she faced this fortnight • Also beat Hsieh en route to title, although on that occasion she was forced to fight back from 7-5 4-1 down • Improves to 4-0 in Grand Slam QF matches; has gone on to win the title each time after advancing past the R16 (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open, 2020 US Open) • Recovered from being broken in the first game of the match to inflict upon S.Williams the first Australian Open SF defeat of her career (was previously 8-0 in SF matches at Melbourne Park) • Across the four majors, now owns 7-3 record in matches against Slam champions, winning the past six: S.Williams (2018 US Open), Kvitova (2019 Australian Open), Azarenka (2019 Roland Garros), Azarenka (2020 US Open), Muguruza (2021 Australian Open) and S.Williams (2021 Australian Open) • Has struck 151 winners en route to SF, including a tournament-leading 44 aces • Faces Brady in today’s final; is 3-0 in Grand Slam finals, beating S.Williams (2018 US Open), Kvitova (2019 Australian Open) and Azarenka (2020 US Open) • Record versus American opposition at Grand Slams stands at 8-4, including victory over Brady in 2020 US Open SF, a match featuring 70 winners (including 19 aces) and just two breaks of serve • Bidding to become the 16th woman to win four or more Grand Slam titles in the Open Era. Will also become the 12th woman to lift multiple Australian Open titles in the Open Era • Last woman to win her first four major finals was Seles (1990 Roland Garros, 1991 Australian Open, 1991 Roland Garros and 1991 US Open) • Seeded No.3 this fortnight. The No.3 seed has reached the final here on nine occasions, lifting the title six times – most recently Azarenka in 2012 • Currently on 20-match win streak with last loss coming at the hands of No.78 Sorribes Tormo on Fed Cup duty for Japan at the start of last February. Since the Tour’s resumption in the summer has won four matches at Western & Southern Open (withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final against Azarenka), seven during US Open title run, three at Yarra Valley Classic (withdrew w/right shoulder injury) and six at Australian Open • Is only the third woman since 2010 to go unbeaten for 20 or more matches, joining S.Williams (27 wins between 2014 WTA Finals and 2015 Madrid) and Azarenka (26 wins between 2012 Sydney and Miami) • Will rise to No.2 in the new rankings by lifting the title Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 4

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• Coming off SF showing last week in the Gippsland Trophy before pulling out of her match against Mertens due to a right shoulder injury • Began her Australian swing this year at the Day at the Drive exhibition event in Adelaide losing to S.Williams in a match tie-break

Career Milestones • Concluded last year by coming from a set and a break down to beat Azarenka in 2020 US Open final and lift the third Grand Slam title of career – is the 20th woman to win three or more majors in the Open Era • Began last season with SF showing at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and 3r exit at Australian Open (l. Gauff) • Aside from US Open triumph, highlight of 2020 campaign was R-Up finish at Western & Southern Open – withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final against Azarenka • Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach World No.1 ranking following the tournament • In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and Beijing (d. Barty in F); defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final for second career victory over world No.1 (also beat Halep at 2018 Indian Wells) • Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up from No.68 in 2017 • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indian Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight was against Sakkari in R16 • Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Pliskova) • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualifying (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski)

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Previously in a Grand Slam

Singles Activity: BRADY, JENNIFER

2017 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 29 Jan 2017 AUSTRALIA OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 116 Seed: R128 W ZANEVSKA, MARYNA BEL 6-3 6-2 122 R64 W WATSON, HEATHER GBR 2-6 7-6(3) 10-8 81 R32 W VESNINA, ELENA RUS 7-6(4) 6-2 18 14 R16 L LUCIC-BARONI, MIRJANA CRO 6-4 6-2 79 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 3 / 1 USD PRIZE: 160,622 RANK POINTS: 280.00 USD PRIZE: 160,622

2017 ROLAND GARROS 11 Jun 2017 FRANCE OUTDOOR CLAY Draw: 128 Rank: 88 Seed: R128 L MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA FRA 3-6 6-3 9-7 14 13 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 3 / 2 USD PRIZE: 199,010 RANK POINTS: 10.00 USD PRIZE: 38,388

2017 WIMBLEDON 16 Jul 2017 GREAT BRITAIN OUTDOOR GRASS Draw: 128 Rank: 93 Seed: R128 W KOVINIC, DANKA MNE 6-3 6-1 125 R64 L CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA SVK 6-4 6-4 98 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 4 / 3 USD PRIZE: 269,740 RANK POINTS: 70.00 USD PRIZE: 70,730

2017 US OPEN 10 Sep 2017 USA, NY OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 91 Seed: R128 W PETKOVIC, ANDREA GER 6-4 3-6 6-1 93 R64 W STRYCOVA, BARBORA CZE 6-1 6-1 25 23 R32 W NICULESCU, MONICA ROU 6-3 4-6 7-6(3) 57 R16 L PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 6-1 6-0 11 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 7 / 4 USD PRIZE: 523,365 RANK POINTS: 240.00 USD PRIZE: 253,625

2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 28 Jan 2018 AUSTRALIA OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 65 Seed: R128 L LINETTE, MAGDA POL 2-6 6-4 6-3 74 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 0 / 1 USD PRIZE: 45,524 RANK POINTS: 10.00 USD PRIZE: 45,524

2018 ROLAND GARROS 10 Jun 2018 FRANCE OUTDOOR CLAY Draw: 128 Rank: 86 Seed: R128 W HESSE, AMANDINE FRA 6-1 6-1 216 R64 L PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 6-4 6-3 98 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 1 / 2 USD PRIZE: 138,447 RANK POINTS: 70.00 USD PRIZE: 92,923

2018 WIMBLEDON 15 Jul 2018 GREAT BRITAIN OUTDOOR GRASS Draw: 128 Rank: 74 Seed: R128 W KOZLOVA, KATERYNA UKR 6-2 6-7(4) 6-2 67 R64 L KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 6-2 7-6(4) 27 28 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 2 / 3 USD PRIZE: 225,220 RANK POINTS: 70.00 USD PRIZE: 86,773

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Singles Activity: BRADY, JENNIFER

2018 US OPEN 09 Sep 2018 USA, NY OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 66 Seed: R128 L BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA ROU 6-3 6-3 59 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 2 / 4 USD PRIZE: 279,220 RANK POINTS: 10.00 USD PRIZE: 54,000

2019 ROLAND GARROS 09 Jun 2019 FRANCE OUTDOOR CLAY Draw: 128 Rank: 80 Seed: R128 W JOROVIC, IVANA SRB 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 103 R64 L HERCOG, POLONA SLO 6-3 6-7(8) 6-4 71 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 1 / 1 USD PRIZE: 100,219 RANK POINTS: 70.00 USD PRIZE: 100,219

2019 WIMBLEDON 14 Jul 2019 GREAT BRITAIN OUTDOOR GRASS Draw: 128 Rank: 67 Seed: R128 L MARTIC, PETRA CRO 3-6 6-3 6-4 24 24 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 1 / 2 USD PRIZE: 158,460 RANK POINTS: 10.00 USD PRIZE: 58,241

2019 US OPEN 07 Sep 2019 USA, NY OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 67 Seed: R128 L SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA BLR 6-1 4-6 6-0 46 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 1 / 3 USD PRIZE: 216,460 RANK POINTS: 10.00 USD PRIZE: 58,000

2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 02 Feb 2020 AUSTRALIA OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 49 Seed: R128 L HALEP, SIMONA ROU 7-6(5) 6-1 34 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 0 / 1 USD PRIZE: 62,353 RANK POINTS: 10.00 USD PRIZE: 62,353

2020 US OPEN 13 Sep 2020 UNITED STATES, NY OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 41Seed: 28 R128 W BLINKOVA, ANNA RUS 6-3 6-2 62 R64 W BELLIS, CATHERINE USA 6-1 6-2 188 R32 W GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 6-3 6-3 50 R16 W KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 6-1 6-4 23 17 Q W PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 6-3 6-2 35 23 S L OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3 94 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 5 / 2 USD PRIZE: 862,353 RANK POINTS: 780.00 USD PRIZE: 800,000

2020 ROLAND GARROS 10 Oct 2020 FRANCE OUTDOOR CLAY Draw: 128 Rank: 25Seed: 21 R128 L TAUSON, CLARA DEN 6-4 3-6 9-7 188 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 5 / 3 USD PRIZE: 928,671 RANK POINTS: 10.00 USD PRIZE: 66,318

Grand Slam Match Record:15 / 14

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2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 31 Jan 2016 AUSTRALIA OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 127 Seed: R128 W VEKIC, DONNA CRO 6-3 6-2 104 R64 W SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 6-4 6-4 21 18 R32 L AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 6-1 6-1 16 14 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 2 / 1 USD PRIZE: 81,119 RANK POINTS: 170.00 USD PRIZE: 81,119

2016 FRENCH OPEN 05 Jun 2016 FRANCE OUTDOOR CLAY Draw: 128 Rank: 101 Seed: R128 W OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 6-4 7-5 36 32 R64 W LUCIC-BARONI, MIRJANA CRO 6-3 6-3 52 R32 L HALEP, SIMONA ROU 4-6 6-2 6-3 66 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 4 / 2 USD PRIZE: 190,987 RANK POINTS: 130.00 USD PRIZE: 109,868

2016 US OPEN 11 Sep 2016 USA, NY OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 81 Seed: R128 W VANDEWEGHE, COCO USA 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 30 28 R64 W DUAN, YING-YING CHN 6-4 7-6(3) 103 R32 L KEYS, MADISON USA 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) 98 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 6 / 3 USD PRIZE: 328,490 RANK POINTS: 130.00 USD PRIZE: 137,503

2017 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 29 Jan 2017 AUSTRALIA OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 48 Seed: R128 W KUMKHUM, LUKSIKA THA 6-7(2) 6-4 7-5 183 R64 L KONTA, JOHANNA GBR 6-4 6-2 99 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 1 / 1 USD PRIZE: 58,408 RANK POINTS: 70.00 USD PRIZE: 58,408

2017 ROLAND GARROS 11 Jun 2017 FRANCE OUTDOOR CLAY Draw: 128 Rank: 55 Seed: R128 L VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON BEL 6-3 7-5 113 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 1 / 2 USD PRIZE: 96,796 RANK POINTS: 10.00 USD PRIZE: 38,388

2017 WIMBLEDON 16 Jul 2017 GREAT BRITAIN OUTDOOR GRASS Draw: 128 Rank: 59 Seed: R128 W SORRIBES TORMO, SARA ESP 6-3 7-6(3) 100 R64 W STRYCOVA, BARBORA CZE 6-1 0-6 6-4 23 22 R32 L WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 7-6(3) 6-4 11 10 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 3 / 3 USD PRIZE: 208,474 RANK POINTS: 130.00 USD PRIZE: 111,678

2017 US OPEN 10 Sep 2017 USA, NY OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 45 Seed: R128 W KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 6-3 6-1 66 R64 W ALLERTOVA, DENISA CZE 6-3 4-6 7-5 90 R32 L KANEPI, KAIA EST 6-3 2-6 7-5 418 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 5 / 4 USD PRIZE: 352,474 RANK POINTS: 130.00 USD PRIZE: 144,000

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Singles Activity: OSAKA, NAOMI

2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 28 Jan 2018 AUSTRALIA OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 72 Seed: R128 W KUCOVA, KRISTINA SVK 7-5 6-2 250 R64 W VESNINA, ELENA RUS 7-6(4) 6-2 19 16 R32 W BARTY, ASHLEIGH AUS 6-4 6-2 17 18 R16 L HALEP, SIMONA ROU 6-3 6-2 11 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 3 / 1 USD PRIZE: 182,097 RANK POINTS: 240.00 USD PRIZE: 182,097

2018 ROLAND GARROS 10 Jun 2018 FRANCE OUTDOOR CLAY Draw: 128 Rank: 20Seed: 21 R128 W KENIN, SOFIA USA 6-2 7-5 95 R64 W DIYAS, ZARINA KAZ 6-4 7-5 51 R32 L KEYS, MADISON USA 6-1 7-6(7) 13 13 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 5 / 2 USD PRIZE: 335,008 RANK POINTS: 130.00 USD PRIZE: 152,911

2018 WIMBLEDON 15 Jul 2018 GREAT BRITAIN OUTDOOR GRASS Draw: 128 Rank: 18Seed: 18 R128 W NICULESCU, MONICA ROU 6-4 6-1 61 R64 W BOULTER, KATIE GBR 6-3 6-4 122 R32 L KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 6-2 6-4 10 11 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 7 / 3 USD PRIZE: 472,742 RANK POINTS: 130.00 USD PRIZE: 137,734

2018 US OPEN 09 Sep 2018 USA, NY OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 19Seed: 20 R128 W SIEGEMUND, LAURA GER 6-3 6-2 146 R64 W GLUSHKO, JULIA ISR 6-2 6-0 162 R32 W SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA BLR 6-0 6-0 33 R16 W SABALENKA, ARYNA BLR 6-3 2-6 6-4 20 26 Q W TSURENKO, LESIA UKR 6-1 6-1 36 S W KEYS, MADISON USA 6-2 6-4 14 14 F W WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 6-2 6-4 26 17 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 14 / 3 USD PRIZE: 4,272,74 RANK POINTS: 2,000.00 USD PRIZE: 3,800,000

2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 26 Jan 2019 AUSTRALIA OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 44Seed: R128 W LINETTE, MAGDA POL 6-4 6-2 80 R64 W ZIDANSEK, TAMARA SLO 6-2 6-4 78 R32 W HSIEH, SU-WEI TPE 5-7 6-4 6-1 27 28 R16 W SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA LAT 4-6 6-3 6-4 12 13 Q W SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 6-4 6-1 76 S W PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 6-2 4-6 6-4 87 F W KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 68 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 7 / 0 USD PRIZE: 3,050,44 RANK POINTS: 2,000.00 USD PRIZE: 3,050,449

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Singles Activity: OSAKA, NAOMI

2019 ROLAND GARROS 09 Jun 2019 FRANCE OUTDOOR CLAY Draw: 128 Rank: 11Seed: R128 W SCHMIEDLOVA, ANNA KAROLINA SVK 0-6 7-6(4) 6-1 90 R64 W AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 4-6 7-5 6-3 43 R32 L SINIAKOVA, KATERINA CZE 6-4 6-2 42 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 9 / 1 USD PRIZE: 3,215,17 RANK POINTS: 130.00 USD PRIZE: 164,728

2019 WIMBLEDON 14 Jul 2019 GREAT BRITAIN OUTDOOR GRASS Draw: 128 Rank: 22Seed: R128 L PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 7-6(4) 6-2 39 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 9 / 2 USD PRIZE: 3,273,41 RANK POINTS: 10.00 USD PRIZE: 58,241

2019 US OPEN 07 Sep 2019 USA, NY OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 11Seed: R128 W BLINKOVA, ANNA RUS 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 84 R64 W LINETTE, MAGDA POL 6-2 6-4 53 R32 W GAUFF, CORI USA 6-3 6-0 140 R16 L BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 7-5 6-4 12 13 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 12 / 3 USD PRIZE: 3,553,41 RANK POINTS: 240.00 USD PRIZE: 280,000

2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 02 Feb 2020 AUSTRALIA OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 43Seed: R128 W BOUZKOVA, MARIE CZE 6-2 6-4 59 R64 W ZHENG, SAISAI CHN 6-2 6-4 42 R32 L GAUFF, CORI USA 6-3 6-4 67 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 2 / 1 USD PRIZE: 124,706 RANK POINTS: 130.00 USD PRIZE: 124,706

2020 US OPEN 13 Sep 2020 UNITED STATES, NY OUTDOOR HARD Draw: 128 Rank: 94Seed: R128 W DOI, MISAKI JPN 6-2 5-7 6-2 81 R64 W GIORGI, CAMILA ITA 6-1 6-2 74 R32 W KOSTYUK, MARTA UKR 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2 137 R16 W KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 6-3 6-4 21 14 Q W ROGERS, SHELBY USA 6-3 6-4 93 S W BRADY, JENNIFER USA 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3 41 28 F W AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 1-6 6-3 6-3 27 ------Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------This Event Only------W/ L 9 / 1 USD PRIZE: 3,124,70 RANK POINTS: 2,000.00 USD PRIZE: 3,000,000

Grand Slam Match Record:46 / 14

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Not many collegiate athletes, let alone tennis players, are able to make the transition to the pro tour, and those that do very rarely tend to pan out, but Jennifer Brady has proven to be an exception to those trends.

The 2014 NCAA National Champion from UCLA turned pro in the summer of 2015 and made a name for herself in 2017 after producing a breakout campaign which led to the first Top 100 finish of her career, ending the year at No.64.

TheAmericanturnedinstrongperformancesattheGrandSlamsin2017, reaching the last 16 at the Australian Open and US Open. She won through three rounds of qualifying at the Australian Open and went on to become the first American female qualifier to reach the fourth round at Melbourne Park in the Open Era.

In what has become a breakout season for the American, 2020 has seen her record her first Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty, claim her first WTA title at Lexington and enter her first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open.

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2014 NCAA National Champion at UCLA

Claimed maiden WTA title at 2020 Lexington

Achieved career‐high ranking of No.40 on August 17, 2020

First American female qualifier to reach R16 at Australian Open in Open Era

As of September 9, 2020

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Naomi Osaka is firmly at the forefront of the youth movement on the WTA Tour. With six titles to her name, including three Grand Slams, the 21‐year‐old has proven she has the game and the firepower to handle the big stages.

The 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion captured her first career title at Indian Wells and made waves around the globe when she stunned Serena Williams to lift her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open. Osaka became the first ever Japanese player – man or woman – to win a major singles title.

After making her debut appearance at the WTA Finals in Singapore, Osaka began the 2019 season with a bang – she lifted her second straight major trophy at the Australian Open and ascended to the top of the rankings, becoming Asia’s first ever WTA World No.1. She rounded off her 2019 campaign by lifting back‐to‐back titles at the Pan Pacific Open in Osaka and the , securing her second straight WTA Finals qualifications and a career‐high year‐end ranking of World No.3.

Osaka’s success has resulted in numerous sponsorship deals, most notably with top Japanese brands – Nissan and Citizen.

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First Japanese player –man or woman –to win a Grand Slam singles title at 2018 US Open

Became first ever WTA World No.1 from Asia following second Grand Slam title at 2019 Australian Open

Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2016

2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion

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