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MATCH NOTES: VOLVO CAR OPEN CHARLESTON, SC, USA | APRIL 5-11, 2021 | USD $565,530 | WTA 500

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VOLVO CAR OPEN – DAY 2

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #55) vs. (USA #52)

Mladenovic leads 2-1

Mladenovic won when they met in first round at 2019 Washington… Rogers’s best result at her home

tournament was a QF run in 2017… Mladenovic has fallen at the opening hurdle in her last two events

SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #57) vs. [LL] WANG XINYU (CHN #147)

First meeting

Stephens is one of two former champions in the starting field… Wang is playing her first WTA main draw on clay… Stephens has lost eight times to players ranked outside Top 100 since the start of 2019

[6] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #13) vs. [Q] MAGDALENA FRECH (POL #159)

First meeting

Muguruza was beaten by a qualifier in the first round on her only previous Charleston appearance… Frech bidding for maiden Top 20 victory… Muguruza is one of five major champions in the draw

[Q] STORM SANDERS (AUS #187) vs. [3/WC] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #11)

First meeting

Sanders currently sitting at a career-high ranking… Kvitova is playing Charleston for the second time… Sanders beat fellow qualifier Muhammad in opening round

RENATA ZARAZUA (MEX #141) vs. [WC] EMMA NAVARRO (USA #481)

First meeting

Navarro is currently enrolled at the University of Virginia and is one of seven teenagers in the draw… Zarazua coming off second-round showing at Miami… Winner faces No.15 seed Kudermetova

[14] (USA #36) vs. (BUL #113)

First meeting

Gauff is contesting only her third WTA tournament on clay… Thirty-three-year-old Pironkova has 2-0

record against teenagers this season… Gauff coming off opening match loss at Miami

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KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #55) VS. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52)

Head-to-: KRISTINA MLADENOVIC leads 2-1

2019 WASHINGTON, DC HARD O R1 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 6-4 6-4 2017 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R3 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 7-5 4-6 8-6 2016 NEW HAVEN HARD O R1 SHELBY ROGERS 6-1 6-1

MLADENOVIC ROGERS Career Prize Money $11,986,202 Career Prize Money $3,226,343 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) May 14, 1993 (27) Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 13, 1992 (28) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 0 Charleston W-L (MD) 1-2 Charleston W-L (MD) 5-6 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 5-8 / 206-215 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 10-5 / 75-85 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 66-63 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 24-38 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 51-54 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 28-22 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 50-47 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 25-24 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 17-28 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-3 / 3-12 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 34-58 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-4 / 15-26 Coach Luka Mladenovic Coach Matt Manasse

MLADENOVIC:

Charleston • Making third main draw appearance at the Volvo Car Open (fourth overall) • Won her sole match here in her most recent visit in 2016 (d. Maria in 1r, l. Lucic-Baroni in 2r). Also fell 1r in 2013 (l. Burdette) and in 2012 qualifying • One of two French women to start the main draw, also Cornet • Faces No.52 Rogers today in their fourth career meeting, having defeated the American in their two most recent encounters at 2017 Roland Garros and 2019 Washington, DC • Bidding for first win on clay since defeating her compatriot Ferro in 1r at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Martic in 2r) • Owns 5-8 win-loss record so far in 2021; by contrast, posted four Tour-level wins across 2020 • Coming off back-to-back 1r exits at Miami (l. Collins) and St. Petersburg (l. Gasparyan) after reaching 2r in Dubai (l. Pegula) • After 1r exit at Adelaide (l. Teichmann), advanced to first QF of the season on home soil in Lyon (l. Badosa) • Posted 3r showing at (l. Pegula) – marked her first 3r at a Slam since 2018 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) • Made 1r exits at Yarra Valley Classic (l. Pegula) and in the first tournament of 2021 season in Abu Dhabi (l. No.15 Muguruza)

Career Milestones • Won fourth and fifth doubles titles in 2020, w/Babos at Australian Open (d. Hsieh/Strycova in F) and Roland Garros (d. Guarachi/Krawczyk in F) • Ended 2019 season strongly with SF appearances in Moscow (l. eventual champion Bencic) and Zhengzhou (l. Martic) and QF in Linz (l. Alexandrova) • Notched five Top 10 wins in 2019 with two wins vs. reigning World No.1 (d. Osaka in Dubai; Barty in Fed Cup Final); win over World No.1 Barty helped take home their first Fed Cup title since 2003 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Enjoyed another strong doubles year in 2019, with titles at and Roland Garros (both w/Babos) boosting her to World No.1 for the first time in career • Also w/Babos, defended title at year-end WTA Finals and finished R-Up at Australian Open to end the year at No.2 • Won second Grand Slam doubles title at (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F), third at 2019 Roland Garros (w/Babos, d. Duan/S.Zheng in F) and fourth at (w/ Babos, d. Hsieh/Strycova in F) • Won only career singles title to date at 2017 St. Petersburg (d. Putintseva) in eight final appearances – made final in 2018 as defending champion (l. Kvitova) • Reached biggest final of career at Premier Mandatory level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep) • Finished 2017 season at No.11 for highest year-end ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on October 23, 2017 • In doubles, won first Grand Slam title at 2016 Roland Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) were first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr in 1971 • Career best singles result at Grand Slam is QF at 2015 US Open (l. Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) • Won mixed doubles at 2013 Wimbledon and , and finished R-Up at 2013 Roland Garros and (all w/Nestor) • Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top 50 on March 18, 2013 • Played first WTA main draw matches in 2009 and first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 Paris [Indoors]

ROGERS: Charleston • Making seventh main draw appearance at Charleston (10th overall) • Enjoyed her best run at her home tournament in 2017 by reaching the QF, defeating the top seed Keys and eventual Grand Slam champion Osaka before falling to Lucic-Baroni • Reached 2r in 2015 (l. Sorribes Tormo) and 2019 (l. Ostapenko). Fell 1r in 2011 (l. Craybas), 2014 (l. Hantuchova) and 2016 (l. Arruabarrena) • One of a tournament-leading 18 Americans to start in this year’s main draw • Born in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and currently lives in Charleston. Was a ball girl at the tournament when she was younger • Faces No.55 Mladenoic today in their fourth career meeting. Defeated the French woman in their first meeting at 2016 New Haven, dropping only two games • All five losses this year have come at the hands of an opponent ranked above her • Coming off back-to-back 2r showings at Miami (l. Svitolina) and Dubai (l. Mertens) • Started 2021 season with strong performance down under: reached two QFs at Yarra Valley Classic (l. eventual champion Barty) and Adelaide (l. Gauff), and also achieved career-best run at Australian Open by reaching the R16 (d. No.22 Kontaveit in 3r, l. Barty)

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Career Milestones • Produced career best year-end finish in 2020 at No.58, on the heels of SF appearance at Lexington (d. S.Williams in 2r, l. Teichmann) and QF at US Open (d. Kvitova, l. eventual champion Osaka) – marked second career Slam QF appearance (also 2016 Roland Garros) • In 2019, made return from injury at Charleston where she reached 2r (l. Ostapenko). Also posted 2r showings at Roland Garros and Mallorca and fell 1r six occasions and reached one ITF Circuit final • Fell 1r in only two tournaments played in 2018 at Australian Open and Indian Wells - injured left knee in loss to Dolehide at Indian Wells, requiring surgery in the summer • In 2017, posted third Top 100 season and year-end finish of No.59. Year highlighted by reaching QFs at Charleston, Hobart and Strasbourg. Achieved career-high ranking of No.48 on January 30, 2017 • Also, played all three ties to help USA win its first Fed Cup in 17 years, winning decisive doubles rubber (w/Vandeweghe) in final against Belarus • In 2017 US Open 2r, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5), in a match that took 3 hours, 33 minutes, setting a record for the longest women’s match in US Open history • Appeared in two WTA singles finals, at 2016 Rio de Janeiro (l. Schiavone) and at 2014 Bad Gastein (d. • No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, l.Petkovic) • One-time doubles runner-up, at 2015 Bogotá (w/Falconi) • Participated in 2014 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (along with Diyas, Puig and Zheng) • Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014 • Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg (d. Domachowska) • Winner of five singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in United States in 2009, at age 16

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SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #57) VS. [LL] WANG XINYU (CHN #147)

Head-to-head: First meeting

STEPHENS WANG Career Prize Money $15,656,732 Career Prize Money $371,403 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) March 20, 1993 (28) Date of Birth (Age) Sep. 26, 2001 (19) Singles Titles 6 Singles Titles 0 Charleston W-L (MD) 8-6 Charleston W-L (MD) Tournament debut YTD / Career W-L (MD) 1-5 / 225-166 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-1 / 5-11 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 72-57 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 2-3 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 60-31 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-1 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 62-42 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 17-36 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 36-60 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 0-1 Coach Kamau Murray Coach Aleksandar Slovic

STEPHENS: Charleston • Former champion is making her eighth appearance at Charleston • During title run in 2016 (d. No.2 seed Kerber via ret. w/illness in SF and qualifier Vesnina in F) • Only other main draw wins here came during QF run in 2019 (l. eventual champion Keys in 3s) and 2r showing in 2015 (l. Barthel) • Has lost opening match on four occasions: in 1r on debut in 2011 (as qualifier, l. Peng) and 2012 (l. Hampton) and in 2r after 1r byes in 2013 (l. Mattek-Sands) and 2014 (l. Svitolina) • One of two former champions in the starting field (also Keys) • Faces LL Wang Xinyu in 1r today; since the start of 2019, has lost eight times to players ranked outside Top 100, most recently against No.151 Kucova last month at Monterrey • One of a tournament-leading 18 Americans to start the main draw this week • Four of her six WTA titles have come on American soil • Aside from title here, only other clay court final was R-Up finish to Halep at 2018 Roland Garros • Coming off 2r showing at Miami (l. Anisimova); recovered from dropping first set to defeat Dodin in 1r – her first win of the season • Currently ranked No.57 – her lowest position since winning her maiden Grand Slam title at US Open in 2017 • Made 1r exit as No.1 seed in Monterrey (l. LL Kucova) • Started 2021 season going 0-3 in Australian swing falling 1r at Grampians Trophy (l. Fernandez), Australian Open (l. Putintseva) and Phillip Island Trophy (l. Gracheva)

Career Milestones • Put together a 4-11 record in 2020, including falling 1r at first four tournaments of the season at Brisbane, Adelaide, Australian Open and Acapulco • Season highlights included 3r run at US open (l. S.Williams) and 2r at Roland Garros (l. Badosa) • Finished 2019 season ranked No.25; campaign was highlighted by SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Bertens) and QF at Roland Garros (l. Konta)

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• Also made R16 at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova), and Wuhan (l. Kvitova) • In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July 16, 2018 • Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first 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 • Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player to win a major in the Open Era • Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on sidelines w/foot injury (had surgery in the January) • After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF at Toronto and Cincinnati • Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC • At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 • Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 and WTA main draw debut at 2010 Bastad (d. Brianti in 1r, l. Pennetta)

WANG: Charleston • Making debut at Charleston – her first WTA tournament on clay • Lost to Talaba in final round of qualifying but received a lucky loser berth in the main draw when former champion Bertens withdrew w/left Achilles injury • One of two Chinese players in the main draw (also No.16 seed who faces Fernandez in 1r) • Faces No.57 Stephens in 1r today; only previous Top-100 win was over No.62 Peterson at Miami a few weeks ago • Has played three other Grand Slam champions in her career, losing to Sharapova (2019 Shenzhen), Muguruza (2020 Shenzhen and 2021 Miami) and Kuznetsova (2021 St. Petersburg) • Winner faces No.8 seed Keys in 2r • One of seven teenagers contesting this year’s main draw • Coming off 2r showing at Miami (as WC, l. Muguruza); No.13 Muguruza was first Top 20 player she has met (previously, the highest ranked opponent was No.29 Sharapova at 2019 Shenzhen) • One of 10 teenagers contesting this year’s main draw, is the only one who won 1r match (Swiatek, Anisimova and Gauff received 1r bye) • Posted 2r run at St. Petersburg (as qualifier, l. Kuznetsova); win over Tomova in 1r marked her first main draw win since 2019 Tianjin and the first on foreign soil (previously 0-4) • Fell in qualifying at Australian Open and Lyon • Opened 2021 season with 2r run at $25K ITF/Fujairah-UAE

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Career Milestones • In 2020, fell 1r at Shenzhen (l. Muguruza) and Hua Hin (l. Liang) • Posted career-high ranking of 135 on February 24, 2020 • Opened 2019 season with maiden Tour-level main draw win at Shenzhen Open (d. F.Xun, l. Sharapova), went on to post two more 2r runs at Nanchang (l. Rybakina) and Tianjin (as qualifier, l. Peterson) • Lifted maiden WTA doubles title at 2019 Nanchang w/L.Zhu (d. Peng/Zhang in F) • Won three consecutive ITF titles in 2019, at $25K ITF/Shenzhen 2-CHN (d. F.Xun in F), $25K ITF/Hengyang-CHN (d. Z.Sun in F) and $25K ITF/Tianhin-CHN (d. Jovic in F) • In 2018, won maiden title of career at $25K ITF/Nonthaburi 4-THA (d. Wang Xiyu in F) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2018 Australian Open (l. Cornet in 1r) • Also in 2018, contested qualifying on WTA Tour for the first time at Shenzhen Open and competed in maiden WTA main draw at Guangzhou (l. Khazaniuk) • Advanced to 2r on professional debut at $10K ITF/Prokuplje 2-SRB in 2016 (as qualifier, l. Zakarlyuk)

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[6] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #13) VS. [Q] MAGDALENA FRECH (POL #159)

Head-to-head: First meeting

MUGURUZA FRECH Career Prize Money $21,733,823 Career Prize Money $493,567 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 8, 1993 (27) Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 15, 1997 (23) Singles Titles 8 Singles Titles 0 Charleston W-L (MD) 0-1 Charleston W-L (MD) 0-1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 20-5 / 279-149 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 0-1 / 6-22 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 3-2 / 85-64 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 4-7 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-2 / 45-52 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-4 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 59-31 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 4-7 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 3-4 / 38-39 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-2 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 5-4 / 68-65 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-3 Coach Conchita MartÍnez Coach Andrzej Kobierski

MUGURUZA:

Charleston • Making second appearance at Volvo Car Open, having fallen in 1r on debut in 2013 (l. qualifier Pegula in 3s) • On her return today, faces another qualifier, Frech, in 2r; possesses a 3-0 record against players from qualifying this year, beating Gasparyan and Samsonova at Australian Open and then Begu en route to Dubai title • In terms of ranking, a defeat today would be her worst since falling to unranked Pironkova at 2020 US Open • Owns plenty of clay court pedigree, winning 2016 Roland Garros and reaching five further SFs on the surface • Is one of five Grand Slam champions in the draw (also Barty, Kenin, Kvitova and Stephens) • Also joined in starting field by fellow Spaniard Badosa (d. Gracheva in 1r on Monday, faces No.5 Bencic in 2r) • Two Spaniards have lifted the singles title here, her coach Martínez (1994-95) and Sánchez Vicario (1996) • A Spanish player made the doubles final slightly more recently – Martínez Sánchez reached the title match in 2018 (w/Klepac, l. Kudryavtseva/Srebotnik); Medina Garrigues was victorious in 2014 w/Shvedova • Owns the most match wins (20-5) and most finals appearances (three) on tour so far in 2021 season • Charleston is her seventh event of the season – in contrast, won 23 matches across 2020 from eight events contested, and in 2019, won 22 matches across 16 events • Coming off R16 showing at Miami (l. Andreescu) • Enjoyed a tremendous campaign in the Middle East Swing, lifting the first title in nearly two years, and also the biggest one since 2017 Cincinnati, at Dubai (d. Krejcikova in F) after finishing R-Up at Doha (l. Kvitova) – is the first player to reach back-to-back finals at these two events since Wozniacki in 2017 (fifth in this century) • Now sits at No.2 on the Porsche Race to Shenzhen Leaderboard, only behind Australian Open Champion Osaka • Made R16 at Australian Open, falling to the eventual champion Osaka after holding two match points at 5-3 in the final set • Produced R-Up finish at the Yarra Valley Classic (l. Barty) and opened the season with a 3r showing at Abu Dhabi (d. Mladenovic and Sasnovich, l. Sakkari)

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Career Milestones • Reached fourth Grand Slam singles final of career at 2020 Australian Open (l. Kenin in 3s). Was first Spaniard to reach the final at Melbourne Park since Conchita Martinez in 1998 • Last year also made SFs at Shenzhen and Rome and three further QFs • In 2019, successfully defended her title in Monterrey for seventh career WTA trophy (d. Azarenka in F) • Is a two-time Grand-Slam champion winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F). Dropped only one set in Roland Garros title run • Is only player to ever beat both Williams sisters in a Grand Slam final and one of 29 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. One of just eight players all-time to defeat Serena in a Grand Slam final • Also finished R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) to make Top 10 debut. Is one of two players to meet both Williams sisters in the final of the same Grand Slam – also Hingis at US Open (1997, d. V.Williams; 1999, l. S.Williams) • First Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario in 1996 and first to reach any Slam final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros • Rose to World No.1 on September 11, 2017 to become the 24th woman in history to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995). Also named ITF World Champion for 2017 • Reached R16 at Rio Olympics in 2016 • In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza). Overall, has qualified three times for the season-ending championships (2015-17) • Owns five WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2015 Tokyo [PPO] (w/Suarez Navarro), and reached SF at 2014 Roland Garros (w/Suarez Navarro); rose to No.10 in WTA doubles rankings on February 23, 2015. • Advanced to R16 on WTA main draw debut at 2012 Miami (l. evantual champion A.Radwanska), defeating No.9 Zvonareva en route for first Top 10 win

FRECH: Charleston • Making second appearance at Charleston, having previously fallen 1r in 2019 (as qualifier, l. Buzarnescu) • Came through qualifying again this year, beating Scott and then Sebov in straight sets • In 1r of main draw, won eight of her nine service games to see off fellow qualifier Min and register her first main draw victory since QF run at Prague last August • Faces No.13 Muguruza in 2r today; previous meetings with Top 20 players ended in defeat to No.10 Stephens in 2r at 2018 Roland Garros, No.13 Kasatkina at 2019 Dubai and No.2 Halep in QF at 2020 Prague • In terms of ranking, best win of her career came over No.69 Pera in 2019 Brisbane qualifying • Bidding to be the first qualifier to reach 3r here since Stollar in 2018 • Owns two clay court titles on ITF Circuit • Coming off qualifying exits at Dubai and St. Petersburg • In only Tour outing of the year, fell 1r at Lyon (as qualifier, l. Ferro in 3s) • Opened season by reaching 2r at $25k ITF/Altenkirchen-GER

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Career Milestones • Ended 2019 inside the Top 200 for the fourth year in a row (at No.156) • Campaign was highlighted by maiden WTA QF, at Prague (as LL, l. eventual champion Halep) – first back-to- back main draw wins at a WTA event • Only other WTA main draw appearance in 2020 was 1r exit at Lyon (as qualifier, l. Tomova); also won her fourth career singles title on ITF Circuit, at $25K Bendigo-AUS and contested qualifying at Australian Open, Dubai and Doha • Appeared in six WTA main draws in 2019, falling 1r at Dubai (l. Kasatkina), Charleston (l. Buzarnescu), Lugano (l. Peterson), Nottingham (l. Mladenovic) US Open (l. Siegemund) and Guangzhou (l. Stojanovic) • In 2018, made 2r at Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Stephens), Rabat (l. Fett), Nottingham (l. Jakupovic) and San Jose (l. Tomljanovic). Also fell 1r at six other tour-level events, including qualifying for Grand Slam debut at Australian Open • Achieved career high singles ranking of No.115 after 2018 Roland Garros run (July 2, 2018) • Contested three WTA qualifying events in 2017, advancing past this stage at (l. Kovinic in 1r). Fell in qualifying at Tokyo [Japan Open] and Tokyo [PPO] • Advanced to 2r at WTA 125K Series event at Chinese Taipei (d. Zhu, l. Kudermetova) • Won two of her four ITF singles title in 2017, at $25k ITF/Leipzig-GER and $25k ITF/Braunschweig-GER – both on clay • First ITF singles title came in 2016, at $10k ITF/Nishi-Tama-JPN. Also holds two ITF doubles titles • Played first WTA qualifying event at home tournament in Katowice in 2013, falling to Raluca. Made WTA main draw debut at Katowice the following year (as wildcard, l. Meusburger in 1r) • Member of Polish Fed Cup Team 2016-20

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[Q] STORM SANDERS (AUS #187) VS. [3] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #11)

Head-to-head: First meeting

SANDERS KVITOVA Career Prize Money $535,934 Career Prize Money $32,802,802 Plays Left-handed Plays Left-handed Date of Birth (Age) Aug. 11, 1994 (26) Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 8, 1990 (31) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 28 Charleston W-L (MD) 1-0 Charleston W-L (MD) 0-1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 4-2 / 6-12 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 8-4 / 458-214 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 2-2 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-3 / 125-90 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-3 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 92-68 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 4-2 / 2-7 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 8-4 / 312-153 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 109-98 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-2 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 58-59 Coach Thomas Downs Coach Jiri Vanek

SANDERS:

Charleston • Making debut appearance at Charleston this year, entering the 2021 main draw via qualifying • Over the weekend, defeated Dabrowski and Dolehide to reach the main draw • One of three Australian women to begin the main draw – also No.1 seed Barty and Tomljanovic • Playing this week on a career-high of No.187, having risen from No.203 in the last two weeks • Defeated fellow qualifier Muhammed in 1r in straight sets – her fourth main draw victory of the season • Heading into 2021, only had two main draw wins in career, which came at 2014 Hobart (d. ) and 2020 Hua Hin (d. Eikeri) • This year has main draw wins against No.74 Tomljanovic and No.28 Putintseva (Adelaide), No.113 Cocciaretto (Miami) and No.209 Muhammed (Charleston) • Faces No.11 Kvitova today – is second-highest opponent faced, after No.4 Svitolina at 2020 Hua Hin (losing 6-1 6- 2). Also faced No.12 Bencic at 2021 Adelaide, losing 6-2 6-4 • Coming off 2r appearance at Miami (l. Pegula) • Enjoyed strong Australian swing, scoring first main draw wins of season at Adelaide during QF run – as qualifier, upset No.66 Pera and No.113 McNally, then in main draw defeated Tomljanovic and Putintseva before falling to Bencic. Ranked No. 292, was second lowest-ranked player in the draw (after No.399 Gadecki) • Fell to Juvan at opening hurdle of qualifying for

Career Milestones • Last year, made 2r at Hua Hin, fell 1r at Prague and Strasbourg and in qualifying at Australian Open and Brisbane • In February 2020 lifted WTA doubles title at Hua Hin w/Ar.Rodionova without dropping a set • Owns one other WTA title, triumphing at 2017 Nottingham w/Adamczak. She has also finished R-Up three times, most recently w/Perez at Istanbul in September 2020 – rose to career-high No.62 in doubles rankings on September 14, 2020 • Won second of two career singles titles on ITF Circuit at $60K ITF/Playford-AUS in November 2019

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• Fell 1r at Australian Open singles in 2014-17, while has contested qualifying at Roland Garros and US Open • Won first ITF Circuit singles title at $25k ITF/Launceston-AUS in February 2013 • Owns 12 doubles titles on ITF Circuit • Made professional debut at $25k ITF/Esperance-AUS in 2009

KVITOVA:

Charleston • Making just second main draw appearance at Charleston, and bidding today for first win – lost opening match in only other appearance here in 2018 (after 1r bye, l. Kr.Pliskova) • One of three Czech women in the singles main draw – also Bouzkova and Vondrousova • Safarova in 2012 was the last Czech woman to reach the final here (l. S.Williams). No Czech woman has ever won the title here • Owns four titles on clay courts – 2019 Stuttgart, and Madrid in 2011, 2015 and 2018 • After 1r bye, faces qualifier and No.187 Sanders today – has won her last four matches against qualifiers, last loss coming at 2019 Rome (l. Sakkari via ret.). Last loss to a qualifier in a completed match was 2018 Sydney (l. Giorgi), since then going 11-1 vs. qualifiers • Has not lost to opposition outside the Top 100 since 2018 Indian Wells (l. WC No.149 Anisimova), and loss to No.187 Sanders today would be worst-by-ranking since falling to No.934 Stephens at 2017 Toronto • The last Australian she faced was World No.1 Barty at 2020 Doha, winning in three sets • Coming off R16 appearance at Miami (l. Svitolina) • Made 2r exit at Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Teichmann via ret.) • Lifted her 28th career title at Doha (d. Muguruza in F). Is in fourth place for titles won amongst active players (behind S.Williams – 73, V.Williams – 49 and Clijsters – 41) • Opened season with 3r run at Yarra Valley Classic (after 1r bye, d. V.Williams, l. Podoroska) before falling in 2r at Australian Open (l. Cirstea)

Career Milestones • Reached final at Doha in 2020 (l. Sabalenka). Other standout results in 2020 were SFs at Roland Garros (l. Kenin) and Brisbane (l. Keys), and a QF run at Australian Open (l. Barty) • Captured 26th and 27th career titles in 2019 at Sydney (d. Barty) and Stuttgart (d. Kontaveit) • Reached title match at for third career Grand Slam final appearance – result moved her to World No.2, matching her career high ranking. Had she beaten Osaka in the final, would have claimed World No.1 ranking • Also in 2019, qualified for WTA Finals in Shenzhen for seventh time (went 0-3 in group play) • Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F) • Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a season since S.Williams in 2015

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• Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required extensive surgery to left hand. Won title at 2017 Birmingham only a month later • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play-off) • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title at 2011 Wimbledon (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens, Wozniacki, Halep, Osaka, Barty and Kenin) • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) • Owns six wins over current World No.1s: Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid), Kerber (2016 Wuhan), Wozniacki (2018 Doha) and Barty (2020 Doha) • Among active players, owns the most wins in indoor events (77) • Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006

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RENATA ZARAZUA (MEX #141) VS. [WC] EMMA NAVARRO (USA #481)

Head-to-head: First meeting

ZARAZUA NAVARRO Career Prize Money $366,307 Career Prize Money $47,184 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Sep. 30, 1997 (23) Date of Birth (Age) May 18, 2001 (19) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 0 Charleston W-L (MD) Tournament debut Charleston W-L (MD) 0-1 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 2-3 / 9-14 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 0-0 / 0-2 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 6-6 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 4-2 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 3-3 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-1 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-2 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-2 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Coach Patricio Zarazua Ruckstuhl Coach Peter Ayres

ZARAZUA: Charleston • Making tournament debut this week at Volvo Car Open – her second WTA tournament on American soil (also 2021 Miami) • Ranked outside the original cut-off but gained a main-draw berth following several late withdrawals • Faces No.481 Navarro in 1r – in terms of ranking, a defeat today would be her worst since falling to No.790 Naya at $60k ITF/Asuncion-PAR • Winner faces No.15 seed Kudermetova in 2r • Currently ranked at a career-high No.141 (first achieved on February 22, 2021) • Sole Mexican representative in the draw this week • Coming off 2r showing at Miami (d. Hibino, l. Kerber 6-0 6-0) • At Tour-level this year, also reached 2r at Guadalajara (d. Kawa, l. Schmiedlova) and made 1r exit at Monterrey (l. Zidansek) • On ITF Circuit, has posted a 4-3 record this year, highlighted by SF run at $25k ITF/Orlando-FL, USA

Career Milestones • Earned first Top 200 year-end ranking in 2020 finishing at No.142 • Made SF at Acapulco (l. Fernandez) - was the first Mexican woman to reach last four at a WTA event since 1993 when Galvadon reached SF in San Juan • Also made Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros as a qualifier and earned first win over Danilovic (l. Svitolina in 2r) • Ended 2019 ranked No.280 (down from No.258 in 2018 and No.248 in 2017) • Last year, reached SF three times on ITF Circuit. Also made R16 at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach, fell 1r at Acapulco (l. S.Zheng), Monterrey (l. Diyas) and Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Siegemund) and contested qualifying at Bogotá • Won first tour-level match during 2r showing at 2018 Acapulco (d. Kr.Pliskova, l. Gavrilova). Also in 2018, fell in qualifying at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• Posted then-career-high ranking of No.186 on June 18, 2018 • In 2016, rose over 200 places in the ranking (finishing No.291), posting 39-30 record (predominantly on ITF Circuit) • WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Acapulco, while maiden main draw was 1r exit at 2016 Florianopolis (as qualifier, l. Pella) • Made Fed Cup debut in 2015; owns 11-10 win-loss record representing her country in the competition • On ITF Circuit, owns two singles – at $10K Leon-MEX and $10K La Bisbal d’Empordà-ESP in 2016 – and 15 doubles titles

NAVARRO: Charleston • Making second appearance at Charleston • Fell 1r here in 2019 (as WC, l. Siegemund) on her WTA main draw debut • Earned wildcard in 2019 after winning the USTA Girls 18 National Clay Court Championships in May 2018 in Charleston • Only other WTA main draw outing was 1r exit at 2020 Monterrey (l. Stephens) • Faces No.141 Zarazua in 1r today; in terms of ranking, best career win came over No.142 Kiick en route to SF at $100k ITF/Charleston, SC-USA • One of seven teenagers in the draw • Made professional debut at an ITF Circuit event in Charleston in 2015, while also won first doubles title at the $15k event here in 2017 (w/Beck) • Born in Charleston and currently ia freshman at the University of Virginia where she is studying Arts & Sciences

Career Milestones • Fell 1r at 2020 Monterrey (l. Stephens) • Only other events last season came on ITF Circuit, ending year ranked No.463 • Posted career-high ranking of No.412 on May 6, 2019 • Best career result in singles on ITF Circuit are SF showings at $100k Charleston in 2019 (l. Townsend) and $25k Charleston, SC-USA in 2018 (l. Halbauer) • Won ITF Circuit doubles title at $15k Charleston, SC-USA (w/Beck) in 2017 • Fell 2r on professional debut at $10k Charleston, SC-USA (l. Di Lorenzo) in 2015 • Began her collegiate career by winning her first 14 NCAA singles matches and moving up to a No.6 ITA ranking • Ended 2019 at No.3 in ITF Junior rankings, following a season that included a R-Up finish at Roland Garros (l. Fernandez), a SF run at Wimbledon and victory at the Adidas Easter Bowl • Also R-Up in girls' doubles at 2019 Australian Open w/Beck

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[14] COCO GAUFF (USA #36) VS. TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #113)

Head-to-head: First meeting

GAUFF PIRONKOVA Career Prize Money $1,322,321 Career Prize Money $5,151,414 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 13, 2004 (17) Date of Birth (Age) Sep. 13, 1987 (33) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 1 Charleston W-L (MD) Tournament debut Charleston W-L (MD) Tournament debut YTD / Career W-L (MD) 9-6 / 30-19 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 3-3 / 170-223 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 6-3 / 15-9 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 39-76 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 4-3 / 10-5 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 52-40 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-2 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 48-64 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 2-3 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 12-38 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 5-7 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 22-84 Coach Corey Gauff Coach Encho Pironkov

GAUFF: Charleston • Making tournament debut at Volvo Car Open – only the third WTA clay court tournament of her career • In previous WTA clay court outings came last year and ended in 2r exits at Rome and Roland Garros • Is the youngest of seven teenagers in draw this week – also Anisimova (19), Baptiste (19), Fernandez (18), McNally (19), Navarro (19) and Xin.Wang (19) • Opens her campaign against the draw’s third-oldest contestant, Pironkova, in today’s 1r • Last loss to a player ranked outside Top 100 came at the hands of No.371 Boulter at 2021 Gippland Trophy • Coming off 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Sevastova in 3s) • Reached fourth career Tour-level QF at Dubai (l. Teichmann) – also 2019 Linz (WON), 2020 Lexington (SF) and 2021 Adelaide (SF) • Advanced to maiden WTA500 SF at Adelaide (l. Bencic) – first time she had won back-to-back main draw matches since SF run at 2020 Lexington • Suffered back-to-back 2r exits at Gippsland Trophy (l. Boulter) and Australian Open (l. Svitolina). Reached the doubles QFs at Australian Open (w/McNally, l. No.4 seed Melichar/Schuurs) • Opened her 2021 season at Abu Dhabi, falling in 2r to Sakkari

Career Milestones • Ended 2020 at No.48, just one shy of her career high which she reached on October 26, 2020 • First cracked the Top 50 earlier in the season on Feb. 24, 2020 at No.49 following a R16 appearance at Australian Open to tie her career best Grand Slam result – during performance, defeated V.Williams in 1r and her first Top 5 opponent in No.4 Osaka in 3r (l. eventual champion Kenin in 3s) • Enjoyed breakout season in 2019, highlighted by maiden WTA singles title at Linz (as lucky loser, d. Ostapenko in F) - earned her first Top 10 win en route to title over No.8 Bertens in QF • At 15y214d, her title run in Linz made her youngest to win a WTA tour-level title since Vaidisova (15y177d) won Tashkent in 2004 • Also claimed maiden WTA doubles titles at Washington, DC (w/McNally, d. Sanchez/Stollar in F) and Luxembourg (w/McNally, d. Christian/Guarachi in F) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA

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• By winning the doubles title at Washington DC at 15 yrs, 144 days, became the youngest player to win a doubles title since May 1995 ( won Hamburg at 14 yrs, 219 days) • Reached R16 at 2019 Wimbledon on Grand Slam main draw debut defeating V.Williams in 1r (l. eventual champion Halep) - followed with 3r showing at US Open (as WC, l. Osaka) • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2019 Miami where she earned her first WTA main draw win over good friend McNally (l. Kasatkina in 2r) • Made professional debut in May 2018 as a qualifier into the $25K ITF/Osprey, FL-USA • Member of US Cup team in 2020 • Former Junior World No.1 (July 2018). Won 2018 Roland Garros girls’ title (d. McNally in F) and 2018 US Open doubles title (w/McNally), while finished R-Up at 2017 US Open girls’ event (l. Anisimova) becoming the youngest girls’ singles finalist in US Open history at 13-years-old

PIRONKOVA: Charleston • Making tournament debut in Charleston • Is the third-oldest player in the draw here, behind fellow 33-year-olds Petkovic and Shvedova • Faces No.36 Gauff in 1r today; bidding for second Top 50 win of the season, having previously upset No.32 Vekic at the Yarra Valley Classic • Owns 2-0 record against teenagers in 2021: beat McNally in qualifying at Miami, then edging past Kostyuk in 1r of main draw • Sole Bulgarian representative in the main draw this week • Best career result on clay are SFs at Istanbul (2005, 2008) and Palermo (2005) and six QFs, including Roland Garros (2016) • Coming off 2r run at Miami (as qualifier, l. Sabalenka, having led 5-2 in the final set and held 2MP) • Reached 3r at Yarra Valley Classic (l. S.Williams) before fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Hsieh) • Kicked off her 2021 season by qualifying for the Australian Open in Dubai, defeating Okamura, Han and Gasparyan to reach the main draw

Career Milestones • Returned to at 2020 US Open where she made QF (l. S. Williams), after a three-year break to give birth and raise son Alexander (born April 2018) • At Flushing Meadows - her first tournament since 2017 Wimbledon - upset No.16 Muguruza and No.18 en route to QF • In only other tournament of 2020, made 3r at Roland Garros • Finished 2017 ranked No.162. Of her 16 year-end rankings, has ended the year outside the Top 100 only on five occasions • Season highlights of 2017 were reaching QF at Nottingham (l. Safarova) and R16 at Eastbourne (l. Halep) • Highlight of 2016 was first Grand Slam QF in five years, at Roland Garros (l. Stosur). Was only the sixth major where she has achieved back-to-back wins during her career (after 2010 Wimbledon, 2011 Wimbledon, 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon and 2015 Roland Garros). Now also 2020 US Open (QF)

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• Represented at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making 1r exit in singles (l. Siegemund) • Owns one career singles title at 2014 Sydney (as qualifier, achieved three Top 10 wins: vs. No.7 Errani in QF, No.6 Kvitova in SF and No.9 Kerber in F). Ranked No.107 at time, was the lowest-ranked player to win a title in 2014 • Competed in front of home fans at Tournament of Champions- in 2012 (SF) and 2014 (RR) • In 2010 rose as high as No.31 the week of September 13 • Became first player representing Bulgaria (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam SF when she advanced to last four at 2010 Wimbledon. Defeated No.13 Bartoli and No.2 V.Williams en route before falling to Zvonareva) • Did not miss a major between making her debut at 2006 Australian Open through 2017 Wimbledon • Bulgarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-13, 2015-16; Bulgarian Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 201

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