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BEIJING, CHINA | SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 6, 2019 | $8,285,274 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT

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BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #34) vs. (USA #59)

Williams leads 4-0 Williams dropped just three games when the pair last met at 2016 Montreal... Strycova reached QF here in 2017... Winner faces No.9 seed Bencic in second round

[3] (UKR #3) vs. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) Series tied 1-1 Sevastova upset Svitolina en route to last year’s US Open SF... Svitolina fell at the opening hurdle here 12 months ago... Meanwhile, Sevastova was runner-up, contesting the biggest final of her career to date

[10] (GER #12) vs. (CHN #31) Series tied 1-1 Zhang triumphed in a see-saw encounter between the two in last year’s third round... Kerber is a three- time quarterfinalist in the Chinese capital... The victor will go on to meet Hercog in the next round

[14] (CHN #16) vs. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #49) First meeting Wang beat three Top 20 players en route to SF here in 2018... Tomljanovic coming off opening-round loss at Wuhan... Wang is one of seven Chinese players in the draw

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JESSICA PEGULA (USA #76) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4)

Head to Head: First meeting

JESSICA PEGULA NAOMI OSAKA 76 WTA RANKING 4 67 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 5 24-02-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 16-10-1997 (21) $362,701 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,340,017 $876,939 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $11,969,214 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 2 / 4 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 0-0 4-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-12 / 22-27 33-11 / 113-70 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 8-9 14-3 / 29-18 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 9-6 8-4 / 21-19 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-6 / 14-13 23-7 / 84-48 1-2 / 2-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 6-5 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-7 0-1 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-1 / 8-19 1-1 / 2-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-3 / 21-31 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 1r

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NAOMI OSAKA 2018 SF L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #20) 6-4 6-4

2017 R1 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12) 6-2 7-5

2016 R1-Q L - (GER #114) 6-2 6-1

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• Making China Open debut (main draw or qualifying) - • Making third main draw appearance at Beijing (fourth one of 13 debutantes in this year’s draw overall) • Faces No.4 Osaka in 1r today; owns two Top 20 wins • Last year, as No.8 seed reached SF (d. No.10 Go- in her career, over No.14 Stosur at 2016 Washington erges in R16, l. Sevastova) DC and No.12 Sevastova at 2019 Charleston • Faces Pegula in 1r today. Record against American • In two career meetings against Top 10 players, lost opposition in 2019 stands at 2-2, most recently beat- in straight sets against No.4 A.Radwanska (2016 US ing Gauff at US Open Open) and No.8 Barty (2019 Roland Garros) • Has struck 312 aces this season - the fourth-most • Playing here ranked No.76. Twelve months ago, was on tour behind Ka.Pliskova (474), Bertens (393) and ranked No.136 and about to contest $60K ITF/Stock- Barty (340) ton, CA-USA • In addition to SF showing at this event, during last • Prior to this year’s Asian swing, only career appear- year’s Asian Swing also finished R-Up at Tokyo and ance on Chinese soil was 1r exit at 2013 Shenzhen fell in RR at WTA Finals in Singapore (as qualifier, l. Zhou) • One of a tournament-leading 12 Americans in start- ing field (including qualifiers) SEASON

• Won fourth career title at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova SEASON in F); now owns 4-2 record in WTA singles finals • Fell in R16 during US Open title defense (l. Bencic) • Opened Asian swing with 1r exits at (l. • Reached QF at Toronto (l. S.Williams), securing her Bonaventure) and Wuhan (l. Hercog) return to No.1, and also at Cincinnati (ret. vs. Kenin • Other outings during North American hard court sea- w/left knee injury) son ended in 1r defeats at US Open (l. Cornet) and • Lost to Putintseva on both grass court appearances, Cincinnati (as LL, l. Diyas) in 2r at Birmingham and 1r at Wimbledon • Lifted maiden WTA title at Washington DC (d. Giorgi • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) in F); reached career-high ranking of No.55 after- • Posted QF showing at – withdrew prior to wards, on August 5, 2019 match vs. Bertens w/right hand injury • On grass, made 1r exits at Wimbledon (l. Buzarnes- • Rome marked third consecutive QF, after cu) and Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Sakkari). Also SF at Stuttgart (withdrew prior to match against contested qualifying at Birmingham Kontaveit w/abdominal injury) and QF in Madrid (l. • Suffered 1r defeat at Roland Garros (l. eventual Bencic, having led 5-3 in third set) champion Barty) • At 2h 35m, 2r win over Sorribes Tormo at Madrid was • Made 2r at Prague (l. Strycova) and fell in qualifying the longest match of her career – previous longest at Madrid was 2h 33m win over S.Zhang at 2018 Beijing • Reached R16 at Charleston (d. No.12 Sevastova in • Made 3r exit at Miami – l. Hsieh in three sets 2r, l. Martic) • Posted R16 finish at Indian Wells (l. Bencic) as de- • As a qualifier lost to Konta in 1r at Miami fending champion for the first time in her career • Due to performances at the Oracle Series Challenger • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was events received a wildcard into Indian Wells where her first match since defeating Kvitova in Australian she lost to Tsurenko in 2r Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury • Fell R16 at WTA 125k Series event in Indian Wells (l. • Won second major title at (d. Kvi- Sorribes Tormo) tova in F); became first Japanese player to reach • Began 2019 by making back-to-back finals at WTA World No.1 ranking following the tournament 125k Series event in Newport Beach (l. Andreescu in • Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. 3s) and $100k ITF/Midland MI-USA (l. McNally) eventual R-Up Tsurenko) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• In 2018 climbed from No.624 in January to record • Posted a 40-20 record in 2018, resulting in best year best year-end finish of career at No.125 end finish of career at No.5 (first Top 10 season), up • Highlights of 2018 included finishing runner-up as a from No.68 in 2017 qualifier at Quebec City (l. Parmentier in F), record- • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- ing SF finish at WTA $125k event in Houston (l. an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut S.Peng) and reaching QF or better at 10 ITF events crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) JESSICA NAOMI PEGULA VS OSAKA

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• Won doubles title w/Manasse at WTA $125k event in • Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Plis- Houston (d. Krawczyk/Olmos in F). Also won two ITF kova). Record in finals stands at 4-2, having also doubles titles and finished runner-up at two more finished as R-Up at 2016 Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki) • Did not play between January and August 2017 • From her efforts in New York last September, passed after undergoing hip surgery. Primarily played at ITF USD $5 million in prize money for the season – No.2 events for the rest of the year, winning two doubles (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners titles with Townsend • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time • Played a mixture of WTA and ITF events in 2016 major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, with highlight coming at Washington DC, where she Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight defeated No.14 Stosur on her way to a SF finish (l. was against Sakkari in R16 Davis) • After win over Halep at 2018 Indian Wells, owns • Ended 2015 at No.151, up from No.775 in 2014 (only a 1-3 record against reigning No.1s (also lost to played one event in 2014 after undergoing knee Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Toronto and Halep at 2018 Aus- surgery) tralian Open and 2018 Rome) • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra • Other Grand Slam results in 2018 included reaching Beach and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Indian R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r Wells at Roland Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs at Nottingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sev- GRAND SLAM HISTORY astova), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at • Made Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at 2015 US Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included Open, losing to Cibulkova in 2r 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open • Also qualified for US Open in 2016, losing to No.4 • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated Radwanska in 1r No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over • In 2019, fell 1r at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at Open 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win • Has yet to play in the main draw at the Australian • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight Open, having failed to qualify in 2013 and 2016 was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open PERSONAL • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- • Introduced to tennis by family aged seven ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came • Father owns Buffalo Bills NFL and Buffalo Sabres from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of NHL teams main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • Tennis idol was • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 • Coached by Jessie Levine (l. Dabrowski) GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contested 15th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open • Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- liams in F) and (d. Kvitova in F) • Is the first woman to win her second major straight after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open and Australian Open back-to-back

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• In reaching R16 at , 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) • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber)

PERSONAL

• Recently stopped working with coach Jermaine Jen- kins, former hitting partner of Venus Williams, also parted company with Sascha Bajin earlier this year • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old; holds dual citizenship • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster Wowow, Nissin, Nissan and ANA Airlines • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years • Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays professional tennis MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY

BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #34) vs. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #59)

Head to Head: VENUS WILLIAMS leads 4-0

2016 MONTREAL HARD O R2 VENUS WILLIAMS 6-3 6-0 59 mins 2015 DOHA HARD O R16 VENUS WILLIAMS 7-5 3-6 7-6(5) 175 mins 2014 CHARLESTON CLAY O R1 VENUS WILLIAMS 6-3 0-6 7-5 138 mins 2009 ACAPULCO CLAY O SF VENUS WILLIAMS 6-0 6-3 92 mins

BARBORA STRYCOVA VENUS WILLIAMS 34 WTA RANKING 59 29 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 49 28-03-1986 (33) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-06-1980 (39) $1,965,482 YTD PRIZE MONEY $753,004 $11,037,536 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $41,684,052 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 49 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 4 / 27 0 / 22 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 4-7 4-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 19-18 / 289-285 18-13 / 793-245 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 7-4 / 95-75 8-2 / 184-111 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-7 / 64-72 6-3 / 135-95 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-10 / 160-165 15-9 / 479-144 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-6 / 26-33 2-1 / 73-16 1-2 / 7-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / 65-75 1-5 / 10-58 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-6 / 136-104 2-5 / 29-92 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-7 / 236-151 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 1r

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BARBORA STRYCOVA VENUS WILLIAMS 2018 2016 R1 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #36) 6-2 6-3 R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #223) 7-5 6-1

2017 2015 QF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #18) 6-3 6-4 R2 L - (SRB #15) 7-6(3) 6-2

2016 2014 R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) 6-3 7-6(4) R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) W/O 2015 2013 R1 L - (UKR #85) 6-3 6-2 R2 L - (GER #16) 6-1 6-2 2014 2009 R1 L - (ROU #2) 6-1 6-4 R2 L - (RUS #39) 3-6 6-1 6-4 2011 2005 R1 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #16) 7-5 6-4 QF L - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #64) W/O 2010 R1 L - (ROU #28) 6-4 6-4

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• Making eighth appearance at Beijing, where her best • Making seventh appearance at Beijing and first since result was 2017’s QF run (d. No.1 Muguruza via ret., 2016 l. Kvitova) • In 2005, withdrew prior to QF vs. Domachowska w/ • Only other main draw win was during 2016’s 2r left knee injury showing (d. Siegemund, l. Kerber) • Since the event was elevated to Premier Mandatory • Faces V.Williams in 1r; has never beaten the Amer- status in 2009, best result was R16 showing in 2014 ican, but did hold 1mp during dramatic final set tie- (withdrew prior to match vs. Kvitova w/viral illness) break defeat at Doha in 2015 • One of a tournament-leading eight American women • Current doubles World No.1 and top seed this week in the main draw w/Hsieh (after 1r bye, face Ostapenko/Yastremska or • Faces Strycova in 1r today; only match vs. Czech King/Niculescu). Won doubles title here last year w/ opposition in 2019 was Indian Wells upset of Kvitova Sestini Hlavackova • Winner faces No.9 seed Bencic in 2r • In addition to 1r exit here, during last year’s Asian • Playing in Asia for the second time since WTA Finals swing, made QF at Tokyo and made 2r at Wuhan in Singapore in 2017 (other was Wuhan last week) • One of eight players in this year’s field who’ve held the WTA World No.1 ranking SEASON • Among active players, sits in second place for career hard court titles – 31, trailing only Serena (46) and • Made 2r at Wuhan (l. Halep) ahead of Wozniacki (24) • Fell 1r on all three outings of US hard court season, • Bidding for 50th career title this week, having most at Cincinnati (as LL, l. Kasatkina), the Bronx (l. Pera) recently triumphed at 2016 Kaohsiung (d. Doi in F) and US Open (l. Bolsova Zadionov) • Produced Grand Slam breakthrough at Wimble- don, reaching SF (l. S.Williams) on her 53rd major SEASON appearance • During SW19 run, upset three seeds to become the • Coming off 1r exit at Wuhan (l. Collins) oldest first-time Grand Slam semifinalist in the Open • Made 2r exit at US Open (l. No.5 seed Svitolina); Era was earliest US Open exit since 2013 (l. ) • Also won first Grand Slam doubles title at Wimbledon • Had QF run at Cincinnati, where she won three w/Hsieh (d. Dabrowski/Xu in F) and rose to World matches in a row (d. Davis, Bertens, Vekic; l. Keys) No.1 ranking following the tournament (July 15, for first time since reaching R16 at Miami in March; 2019) win over Davis in 1r at Cincinnati snapped a four- • Prior to Wimbledon, made a 1r exit at Eastbourne (l. match losing streak qualifier Hercog) • In Cincinnati, 2r win over No.5 Bertens was second • Advanced to SF at Birmingham (l. eventual champi- over a Top 5 player this season (also No.3 Kvitova at on Barty); won 26th career doubles title w/Hsieh Indian Wells) • Clay season ended with successive 1r exits at • Summer hard court campaign began with 1r exits at Madrid (l. Mladenovic), Rome (l. Vondrousova) and San Jose (l. No.674 Mattek-Sands; by ranking, was Roland Garros (l. Stosur) worst since falling to a then-unranked Clijsters at • Captured doubles title in Madrid (w/ Hsieh, d. Dab- 2009 US Open) and Toronto (l. Suárez Navarro) rowski/Xu in F) • Following Toronto, ranking slipped to No.65 on (Au- • Began clay court swing with back-to-back SF runs at gust 12, 2019) – her lowest ranking in seven years (l. Vondrousova) and Prague (l. Teichmann) (No.65, August 6, 2012) • Reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. Halep) and made 1r • Fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Gauff) exit at Miami (l. Vondrousova) • Advanced to QF on tournament debut at Birming- • Reached first Premier QF of 2019 at Doha (l. Kerber ham (as WC, l. eventual champion Barty) – was just in 3s), then made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Suarez Navarro) fourth ever Wimbledon tune-up appearance and first • Lifted doubles title in Dubai (w/Hsieh, d. Hradecka/ outside of Eastbourne (1997, 1998 and 2011) Makarova in F) • Also played doubles at Birmingham w/Dart. Only the • Began season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Anisi- third time at tournament level (excluding Fed Cup mova) before making 1r exits at Sydney (l. Diyas) and Olympics) she has played doubles with some- and Australian Open (l. Putintseva) one other than Serena (also played 2017 Rome w/ • At Australian Open, also made fifth career major Keys and 2008 Doha w/Wozniacki) doubles SF (w/Vondrousova, l. eventual champions • On clay, reached R16 at Rome (l. Konta) and made Stosur/Zhang) 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. No.9 seed Svitolina BARBORA VENUS STRYCOVA VS WILLIAMS

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• Ended 2018 season at No.33 – her fifth consecutive • Advanced to R16 at Miami (l. Halep) Top 50 finish – after posting a 26-23 win-loss record • Posted QF run at Indian Wells (l. Kerber), becoming • 2018 season highlights included reaching QF at the oldest player to reach this stage in the event’s Auckland (l. Hsieh) and Sydney (l. Barty) as well as a history and at a tour-level event since 2014 Birming- SF run at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Rybarikova) ham when Date made the last eight at 43 years old • In 2018, reached R16 at both Australian Open (l. • Defeated No.3 Kvitova in 2r at Indian Wells for first Ka.Pliskova) and Roland Garros – her best result in Top 5 win since 2017 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Muguruza) Paris to date (l. Putintseva) • Victory over Barthel in R16 at Indian Wells was 800th • Enjoyed successful 2018 season in doubles, winning (at all levels) of her career titles at Indian Wells (w/Hsieh, d. Makarova/Vesnina), • Lost to then-No.1 Halep in straight sets in 3r at Aus- Rome (l. Barty/Schurs, New Haven (d. Hsieh/Siege- tralian Open mund), Tokyo (l.Kato/Ninomiya), Wuhan (d.Mertens/ • Opened season by reaching QF at Auckland (l. qual- Schuurs) and Beijing (d. Dabrowski/Xu) ifier Andreescu) • Also part of Czech Republic team that beat USA 3-0 in Fed Cup final (d. Kenin in day 1 singles rubber) • Clinched second tour-level singles title at 2017 Linz CAREER MILESTONES (d. No.1 seed Rybarikova in F). Holds a 2-6 record in singles finals, with other title coming at 2011 Québec • Ended 2018 ranked No.40, down from No.5 in 2017 City (d. Erakovic in F) • Season highlights in 2018 included SF run at Indian • Posted career-high singles ranking of No.16 on Wells (d. S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatki- January 16, 2017 na) and QF effort at Miami (l. Collins) • Winner of 27 career doubles titles. Reached doubles • Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past No.1 ranking following 2019 Wimbledon title run w/ $40 million – S.Williams ($90 million) is the only other Hsieh (July 15, 2019) player to pass this milestone • Owns seven career Top 5 wins, having defeated • Teamed up with sister Serena in Fed Cup, in what No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), No.3 Sharapova (2015 was Serena’s first competitive match back since giv- Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza (), ing birth in September 2017 (in dead doubles rubber No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid) and No.1 Muguruza l. Kerkhove/Schuurs) (2017 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Birmingham) • Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. and No.4 Bertens (2019 Wimbledon) Wozniacki), becoming the oldest player to ever reach • Won doubles bronze medal at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/ the title bout at the season finale Safarova) • Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) – only Republic in 2000. Won nine singles and 10 doubles player in 2017 to reach two Grand Slam finals titles on ITF Circuit • Returned to Top 10 by reaching 2017 Wimbledon • Crowned ITF Junior World Champion in 2002 final. Is the third oldest player to rank in Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (September 26, 1983 – 39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova GRAND SLAM HISTORY (December 26, 1994 – 38 years, 75 days) • 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career • Contested 54th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is fifth-oldest play- Open. One of seven active players who’ve contested er to win a WTA singles title, after Billie Jean King more than 50 Slams, behind V.Williams, S.Williams, (39) at 1983 Birmingham, (38) at 2009 Kuznetsova, Stosur, Sharapova and Cornet Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoor] • Breakthrough Slam result was SF run at 2019 Wim- and (36) at 2017 Bogotá bledon (l. S.Williams) • With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era title- • Before this, best result at Slam was QF run at 2014 holders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) Wimbledon (d. in the last match of the Chinese • At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at star’s career, as well as Wozniacki en route, l. even- Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching tual champion Kvitova). Occasion marked first time in that stage at a major since 2010 US Open Open Era that three Czech women advanced to QF • At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed at a Slam (also Safarova, Kvitova) doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock) • Advanced to R16 at Australian Open in 2016 (l. Aza- • Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 renka), 2017 (l. S.Williams) and 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy and Roland Garros in 2018 (l. Putintseva) BARBORA VENUS STRYCOVA VS WILLIAMS

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• Reached 3r at US Open in 2014 (l. Bouchard), 2015 • Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, (l. Lisicki) and 2018 (l. Mertens) missing the end of that season and start of 2012 • At 2010 Australian Open played what was then the • Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics longest Grand Slam match (d. Kulikova in four hours (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times and 19 minutes – since surpassed by Kuznetso- with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London va-Schiavone at ) • Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first as- • In doubles, won 2019 Wimbledon w/Hsieh (d. Dab- cended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and rowski/Xu in F). Is also a five-time semifinalist, at topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 2014 US Open (w/Date), (w/ • Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as Krajicek), 2017 US Open (w/Safarova), 2018 Roland unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling Garros (w/Sestini Hlavackova) and 2019 Australian to then-world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets Open (w/Vondrousova) • In successful junior career, won back-to-back Austra- lian Open girls’ singles titles in 2002 (d. Sharapova in GRAND SLAM HISTORY F) and 2003 (d. Kutuzova in F) and was R-Up at the 2002 US Open (l. Kirilenko). Also won three junior • Contested 84th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 Slams in doubles: 2001 Australian Open (w/Cetkovs- US Open - the most of any player in the Open Era, ka), 2002 Roland Garros (w/Groenefeld) and 2002 ahead of Serena (73). Win-loss record at this level Wimbledon (w/E.Clijsters) stands at 269-76, the fifth-most wins on the all-time list behind S.Williams, Navratilova, Evert and Graf • Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning PERSONAL Wimbledon five times (2000-01, 2005 and 2007-08) and the US Open twice – in 2000 (d. Davenport in F) • Coached by David Kotyza and also works with Lukas and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F) Dlouhy • In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all • Parents are Jindrich and Ilona; sister, Ivona, studied four majors: Wimbledon (2002-03, 2009 and 2017), law and lives in US US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and • Started playing tennis at age 5 Australian Open (2003, 2017) • Born in Plzen, Czech Republic – same hometown as • The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at frequent doubles partner Andrea Sestini Hlavackova the US Open in 1997 and reaching the 2017 Wimble- don final is the longest in Open Era history, followed by Navratilova (1975-94) • Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Wil- liams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon. Haul includes two US Opens (1999, 2009) • In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/Gimels- tob) and Roland Garros (w/Gimelstob, d. S.Willams/ Lobo in F) in 1998

PERSONAL

• Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits • Chief Brand Officer of Asutra, a self-care line • In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East • Coached by Richard Williams and Oracene Price. Split with long-term coach David Witt during off-sea- son at end of 2018 MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #3) vs. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19)

Head to Head: Series tied 1-1

2018 US OPEN HARD O R16 ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 6-3 1-6 6-0 81 mins 2013 CALI CLAY O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-3 7-6(7) 97 mins

ELINA SVITOLINA ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 3 WTA RANKING 19 9 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 24 12-09-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 13-04-1990 (29) $3,022,870 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,163,442 $16,131,495 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,220,385 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 13 1 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 8-6 6-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 32-19 / 258-143 28-20 / 175-134 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 8-8 / 78-49 9-11 / 56-46 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-7 / 48-41 5-5 / 37-36 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 25-13 / 189-96 11-11 / 91-79 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 21-21 2-2 / 10-10 0-2 / 17-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / 3-12 1-4 / 30-36 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-4 / 9-22 6-5 / 53-66 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-5 / 18-42 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 1r

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BEIJING Tournament History

ELINA SVITOLINA ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 2018 2018 R1 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #62) 0-6 6-4 7-6(4) F L - (DEN #2) 6-3 6-3

2017 2017 QF L - (FRA #15) 6-7(5) 7-5 R1 L - (RUS #104) 7-6(3) 5-7 7-6(6) 7-6(7) 2016 2016 SF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 7-6(3) 6-3 R1 L - (GBR #14) 6-1 6-1 2015 2010 R2 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) 6-4 1-6 6-3 QF L - NA LI (CHN #15) 7-6(6) 6-3 2014 R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-2 2013 R1 L - (ITA #12) 6-2 6-2 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from ELINA ANASTASIJA SVITOLINA VS SEVASTOVA

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• Making seventh appearance at China Open • Making fifth appearance at China Open, where she • Posted best result here in 2016 by advancing to SF was R-Up in 2018 (l. Wozniacki) - the only Premier (d. No.1 Kerber in R16, l. eventual champion A.Rad- Mandatory level final of her career so far wanska) • During last year’s run, upset No.6 Osaka in SF • Also made QF in 2017 (l. eventual champion Garcia • Also made QF in 2010 (as qualifier, l. Li Na). Fell - held 1mp) in 1r in 2016 (l. eventual R-Up Konta) and 2017 (l. • Last year, fell 1r (l. Krunic - led 6-0 3-0) Sharapova) • Faces No.19 Sevastova in 1r today; owns six Top 20 • Faces No.3 Svitolina in 1r today; upset the Ukrainian wins in 2019, including two in recent US Open SF en route to first major SF at 2018 US Open run (d. No.9 Keys and No.16 Konta) • Owns three Top 5 wins in her career, over No.3 • During last year’s Asian swing, fell 2r at Wuhan and Muguruza (2016 US Open), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 1r at Beijing before advancing to QF at Hong Kong Madrid) and No.3 Stephens (2018 US Open) • Also lifted 13th career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. • In addition to R-Up showing here, during last year’s Stephens in F) Asian swing, fell 1r at Wuhan and in RR at Zhuhai

SEASON SEASON

• Coming off QF run at Wuhan (l. Riske) • Coming off 1r exit at Wuhan (l. McHale) • Advanced to Zhengzhou QF (l. Mladenovic) and fell • Reached 3r at US Open (l. Martic) 2r at Guangzhou (l. Bouzkova via ret. w/right knee • Arrived at Flushing Meadows following back-to-back pain) 1r exits at Toronto (l. S.Zhang) and Cincinnati (l. • Reached SF at US Open for the first time (l. S.Wil- Kuznetsova) liams), tying career best Grand Slam performance • Fell in 2r of Bucharest (l. Tig) prior to capturing fourth with 2019 Wimbledon SF run (l. eventual champion career title and first of 2019 at inagural home event Halep) in Jurmala • Fell R16 at Cincinnati (l. Kenin) • Upset in 2r of Wimbledon by Collins after posting SF • Started US Open Series by reaching QFs at San run at Mallorca (l. eventual champion Kenin) Jose (l. Sakkari) and Toronto (l. Kenin) • Advanced to R16 for the first time at Roland Garros • At Wimbledon became the first Ukrainian woman to (l. Vondrousova); saved 5mp during 3h 21m 3r win appear in a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual champion over Mertens - second-longest match on tour this Halep) overcoming a previous 0-4 record in Grand year (after Putintseva d. Friedsam at Nürnberg) Slam QFs • Also reached R16 at Madrid (l. eventual champion • Fell at opening hurdle in both Birmingham (l. Gaspa- Bertens) and made 1r exit at Rome (l. Bencic) ryan in 1r) and Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Cornet) • Made QF at Stuttgart (l. Kvitova) and fell 1r at Prague Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) (l. Potapova) • Suffered 2r exit as defending champion in Rome • Opened clay court season with 2r exit at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. (after 1r bye, l. Pegula) Parmentier) • Posted showings at Indian Wells (l. ret. w/viral illness • Made second career WTA Premier Mandatory SF of vs. Kontaveit) and Miami (l. Putintseva) at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Andreescu) • Fell 1r at Doha (l. Blinkova) and Dubai (l. Hsieh) • At Miami fell 2r (after 1r bye, l. Y.Wang) • Won both singles rubbers (d. Schmiedlova and • Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in Sramkova) as celebrated contesting their final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic 100th Fed Cup tie by reaching World Group play-offs after leading 5-3 in the final set) for the first time in their history with a 4-0 win over • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year Slovakia in February in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Matched her best result at Australian Open by reach- • Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as ing R16 (l. eventual champion Osaka) defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) • Opened 2019 season with QF run at Brisbane (l. Osaka) before suffering 1r exit in Sydney (l. Bac- sinszky) ELINA ANASTASIJA SVITOLINA VS SEVASTOVA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at • Recorded second Top 20 season in 2018, finishing 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 No.11 and posted a career-high number of wins (43) during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 • Lifted third title of her career on clay in Bucharest (d. • Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending Martic in F) and reached first Premier Mandatory final champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- at Beijing (l. Wozniacki in F); now 3-4 in singles finals ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. • Also R-Up at Mallorca (l. Maria) and made SF at US Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at Open (l. S.Williams), Brisbane, Charleston and Mos- 13-2, including a current nine match win streak cow [Kremlin Cup]. Was the second of two singles • At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian alternates for WTA Finals in Singapore and fell in Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), round robin stage at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and • Flushing Meadows run saw her became the first suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) Latvian woman to reach SF there, upsetting No.7 • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, Svitolina and No.3 Stephens en route. Defeat of No.3 l. Stephens) and made five further QFs Stephens was joint-best win rankings-wise (also d. • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, No.3 Muguruza at 2016 US Open and No.3 Ka.Plis- winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec- kova at 2017 Madrid) ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) • Achieved first Top 20 season in 2017, finishing at • Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in No.16 and recording a then-career-high number of Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- wins (37) and winning percentage (.607), improving fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at on her previous records set back in 2010 round robin stage with 1-2 record) • Captured second career singles title and first in sev- • In 2017, became first player to win three Premier 5 ti- en years at 2017 Mallorca (d. Goerges in F) tles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since • Earned nearly half of career prize money in 2017 such tournaments were introduced in 2009 after reaching US Open QF for second consecutive • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, year and advancing to SF of WTA Elite Trophy Zhu- after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, hai (l. eventual champion Goerges) Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in • In 2016, played first full season since 2012, reaching rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 two singles finals at Mallorca (l. Garcia) and Bucha- • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 rest (l. Halep), as well as first Grand Slam QF of spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 career at US Open Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 • Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or various injuries – mostly muscular and back-related reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) – but returned to competition at ITF level in January • End to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at 2015 after body had fully healed Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) • During break from tennis studied leisure manage- Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the ment second time (l. Kvitova in F) • Prior to break from tennis, won first singles title at • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. 2010 Oeiras – becoming first Latvian to win a WTA Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven title in 17 years (since Savchenko at Schenectady in (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) 1993) • Other 2016 season highlights included SFs at Dubai, • Made Top 100 debut on July 13, 2009, Top 50 debut Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow, and QF at Rio Olympics on October 11, 2010 and Top 20 debut on May 15, • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ 2017 Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) • Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Slam • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r main draw debut as qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros but went on to win title there in both 2013 and 2014) • On ITF Circuit, has 13 singles and four doubles titles • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008 • Member of Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005-06, 2008-10, • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017 2018-19 ELINA ANASTASIJA SVITOLINA VS SEVASTOVA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contested 29th consecutive Grand Slam main draw • Became the first Latvian woman to reach a US Open at 2019 US Open SF in 2018. Across all majors, the only other Latvian • Tied best Grand Slam result by reaching 2019 US woman to reach this stage is Ostapenko (2017 Ro- Open SF (l. S.Williams), also made this stage at land Garros – WON; 2018 Wimbledon – SF) 2019 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Halep) - pre- • Fell at QF stage on two occasions, at US Open in vious QF record at Slams was 0-4 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2017 (l. Stephens) • Became the first woman from Ukraine to reach a • In 2016, became first Latvian woman to reach a major SF; on the men’s side, Medvedev made that Grand Slam QF since Savchenko at 1994 Wimble- stage at Roland Garros in 1993 (SF) and 1999 (R- don (since joined by Ostapenko) Up) • Best results elsewhere is reaching R16 at 2011 • Elsewhere, has posted QF showings at 2015 Roland Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), before her two-year Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual absence from the game, and 2019 Roland Garros (l. R-Up Halep), 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) and Vondrousova) 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros; this was the first • At US Open, previous best restult was R16 showing time a Latvian woman reached 3r in the Open Era in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sev- (also eventual champion Ostapenko). Latvian-born astova) Larisa Savchenko advanced to 3r in 1984 and 1989 • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- whilst representing the USSR bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and • At Wimbledon, has reached 2r in 2017 and 2019 Roland Garros) PERSONAL PERSONAL • Trains and resides in Liepaja, Latvia and coached by • Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian Ronald Schmidt • Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family • Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher) • Coached by Andrew Bettles • Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by • Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15 Ascione • Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German • Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 • Other sports interests are soccer and jet skiing WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per- forming off-court promotional and charitable activities • Launched the Elina Svitolina Foundation on March 18, 2019 with a mission to encourage children, through the sport of tennis, to learn the values of hard work, self-discipline and the importance of giv- ing 100 percent every day in life MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[10] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12) vs. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #31)

Head to Head: Series tied 1-1

2018 BEIJING HARD O R16 SHUAI ZHANG 6-1 2-6 6-0 87 mins 2012 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 6-4 91 mins

ANGELIQUE KERBER SHUAI ZHANG 12 WTA RANKING 31 15 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 38 18-01-1988 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-01-1989 (30) $1,488,356 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,461,755 $28,645,197 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,047,653 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1 / 8 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 15-8 11-11 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 27-18 / 426-243 19-22 / 142-178 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-11 / 118-99 5-5 / 42-44 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 8-4 / 86-57 5-1 / 36-40 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 18-13 / 278-158 12-14 / 109-121 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 34-20 2-0 / 14-14 0-1 / 19-33 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 4-12 2-3 / 39-62 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 6-21 4-5 / 90-116 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / 17-53 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 1r

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ANGELIQUE KERBER SHUAI ZHANG 2018 2018 R16 L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #45) 6-1 2-6 6-0 QF L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #6) 3-6 6-4 7-5

2017 2017 R2 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #37) 6-4 6-4 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 7-5 7-5

2016 2016 R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #19) 6-3 7-5 QF L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #14) 6-4 6-0 2015 2015 QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #8) 6-1 6-4 R1 L - (GER #53) 6-3 6-2 2014 2014 R16 L - (RUS #27) 2-6 6-4 6-3 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #36) 6-1 6-4 2013 2013 QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 7-6(7) 6-4 R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #12) 3-6 6-3 6-1 2012 QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 6-0 3-0 2012 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 6-2 6-3 2011 R2-Q L - ELENI DANIILIDOU (GRE #90) 2-6 6-3 6-4 2011 R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #22) 6-0 6-2 2010 R16 L - NA LI (CHN #15) 6-2 6-0 2010 R1 L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #26) 6-1 6-0

2009 R16 L - (FRA #13) 6-1 6-4

2008 R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #19) 6-1 3-6 7-6(7)

2007 R1-Q L - RAQUEL ATAWO (USA #165) 6-2 3-6 6-2

2006 R1-Q L - JELENA KOSTANIC TOSIC (CRO #59) 4-6 6-3 6-4

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• Making ninth main draw appearance at Beijing (10th • Making 12th main draw appearance at Beijing overall), where she is a three-time quarterfinalist • Matched best result at China Open by reaching QF • Reached QF in 2012 (d. No.11 Wozniacki, l. Shara- in 2018 (d. No.3 Kerber, l. Osaka), having also made pova), 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015 (d. No.11 this stage in 2016 (d. No.5 Halep en route, l. eventu- Wozniacki, l. A.Radwanska) al R-Up Konta) • Faces S.Zhang in 1r today; lost to Zhang in see-saw • Also made R16 in 2009 (l. Bartoli), scoring best win R16 encounter here 12 months ago, winning just of career when defeated World No.1 Safina. Ranked seven points in 24-minute final set No.226 at the time of Safina win, became low- • Winner faces Hercog in 2r est-ranked player to defeat a reigning World No.1 • During last year’s Asian swing, made R16 at Wuhan • Faces No.12 Kerber in 1r today; owns 17 Top 20 and Beijing, before falling in RR stage at WTA Finals wins, with two in 2019, over No.19 Wozniacki at • Owns seven hard court titles, most recently at 2018 Wimbledon and No.11 Sevastova at Toronto Sydney • One of seven Chinese players in the draw; best result by a home representative were SF runs by Q.Wang in 2018 and Li in 2010 and 2012 SEASON • Also playing doubles as No.7 seed w/Stosur (face Rosolska/Sanders in 1r) • Coming off 1r exit at Wuhan (l. Puig) • In addition to QF showing here, during last year’s • Made SF run at Osaka (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 1r Asian swing, reached SF at Hiroshima and Hong exit at Zhengzhou (l. Riske - held 1mp) Kong, R16 at Wuhan and fell in RR at Zhuhai • Failed to win a match during US Open Series, falling • Both of her career titles came on home soil, at 1r at Toronto (l. Kasatkina), Cincinnati (l. Kontaveit) Guangzhou in 2013 and 2017 and US Open (l. Mladenovic) • On grass, made SF run at Mallorca (l. Bencic) and SEASON R-Up finish at Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova), before falling 2r in defense of Wimbledon title (l. LL Davis) • Coming off 1r exit at Wuhan (l. Stephens) • Clay season finished with 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. • Posted 2r showing at Nanchang (l. L.Zhu) and QF Potapova) run at Guangzhou (l. Golubic). Also doubles R-Up at • Withdrew from Rome and ahead of her 2r match in Nanchang w/Peng (l. X.Wang/L.Zhu) Madrid due to a right ankle injury • Advanced to 3r for third time at US Open (l. Konta) • Posted QF outing at Stuttgart (l. Bertens) • Fell 1r at the Bronx (l. Petkovic) and in qualifying at • Made SF at Monterrey (l. eventual R-Up Azarenka) Cincinnati (l. Kr.Pliskova) • Exited 3r in Miami where she fell to Andreescu in 3 • Came through qualifying in Toronto to reach 2r with sets after 1r bye and defeating Muchova in 2r second Top 20 win of season over No.11 Sevastova • Finished R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what in 1r (l. Alexandrova) was the first Premier Mandatory final of her career • Exited 1r at San Jose (l. Collins) • Passed the $28 million prize money mark – now • Tied career best result at a Grand Slam at Wim- eighth on the all-time list bledon with QF appearance, defeating seed No.23 • Before Indian Wells, had not won more than three Garcia in 1r and No.14 Wozniacki in 3r (l. eventual matches at the same event since 2018 Wimbledon champion Halep) • Reached R16 at Dubai (l. Hsieh) • Played three grass court events ahead of Wimble- • Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mer- don, falling 1r at Nottingham (l. Brady) and Mallorca tens) – 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career (l. Rogers) but winning two matches to reach R16 at win across all levels Eastbourne (l. Cornet) • Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first • Clay season finished with 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching Kanepi, 7-5 in third set) R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad • Fell 1r at Madrid (l. Kozlova), Rome (l. Azarenka) and Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of Strasbourg (l. Sharma) eight active players to achieve the feat) • In doubles, reached QF at Madrid, Rome and Roland • Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, Garros (w/Stosur) l. eventual champion Kvitova) – was first QF since • Opened clay season with run to final at WTA 125K Wimbledon title run last July Series event in Anning, China (l. Zheng) • Began Australian swing by helping Germany finish • During Sunshine Double, reached 2r at Indian Wells R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 (l. Ostapenko) and fell 1r at Miami (l. Martic); reached singles record – d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) final of the doubles (w/Stosur, l. Mertens/Sabalenka) ANGELIQUE ZHANG KERBER VS SHUAI

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• Posted third Top 5 season in 2018, finishing at No.2 • Reached 2r at Dubai (l. Suarez Navarro) • Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and • Posted a singles win over Kazakhstan’s Putintseva in third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. Fed Cup play in February S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 • Fell 2r at Hua Hin (l. Wang Yafan) • Including run to final at 2019 Eastbourne, record in • Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Svitolina in 3s). tour-level finals stands at 12-18 Her 1r win at Australian Open snapped a five-match • Also in 2018, advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. losing streak, which began with loss at 2018 Hong Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai Kong SF (l. Yatsremska) and continued through 2018 (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. Zhuhai (l. Muguruza, Sevastova in RR), 2019 Shen- eventual champion Wozniacki zhen (l. Jabeur) and 2019 Hobart (l. Blinkova) • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at Australian season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SF runs Open (w/Stosur, d. Babos/Mladenovic in F) at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai • Began 2019 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Jabeur) and Hobart (l. Blinkova) Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and CAREER MILESTONES rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 • Ended 2018 ranked No.35 for third consecutive Top • Passed $20 million in career prize money at 2017 50 finish Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so. Cur- • Season highlights in 2018 included QF run at rently stands eighth on all-time list, with $28.5 million Premier Mandatory-level Beijing (l. Osaka), and SF • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – be- efforts at Prague (l. eventual champion Kvitova), came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- Hiroshima (l. Anisimova) and Hong Kong (l. Yas- ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) tremska) • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by inter- • In 2017 won Guangzhou title (d. Krunic in F); now national media and fans; also, ITF World Champion owns 2-0 record in WTA singles finals, having also • 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. won 2013 Guangzhou Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Also the winner of two WTA 125/K Series events – • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- 2013 Nanjing and 2017 Honolulu gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova • Posted career-high ranking of No.23 on November in F); first German to reach final at the season-end- 14, 2016 ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 • Strong end to 2016 (went 21-6 post US Open) • Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and brought back-to-back semifinals on Asian swing – won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors] Tokyo [Japan Open] and Seoul – and saw her win • Three-time Grand Slam champion, at 2016 Australian 19th ITF Circuit singles title of career at $100k ITF/ Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Plis- Tokyo 2-JPN kova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) • At last event of 2016 season, runner-up at WTA 125K • One of only four active players with three or more Series event in Honolulu (l. Bellis in F) Grand Slam titles to their resume along with S.Wil- • Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough at 2016 Austra- liams (23), V.Williams (7) and Sharapova (5) lian Open, where she advanced to QF (d. No.2 Halep and No.17 Key en route, l. Konta). Run also marked first time winning back-to-back main draw matches GRAND SLAM HISTORY since semifinal run at 2014 Birmingham • Represented China at Rio Olympics (d. No.15 • Just one of two players all-time to defeat Serena Wil- Bacsinszky in opening match, l. Siegemund in 2r). In liams in two Grand Slam finals (also Venus Williams doubles, also made 2r (w/Peng, l. Hradecka/Hlavack- at 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon) ova) • At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam • Contemplated retirement after ending 2015 ranked champion to save match point en route to the title No.186, her lowest year-end finish since 2008 since Li Na at (Kerber saved a (No.212) and down from No.62 in 2014 match point in 1r win over Doi) • Reached 2r at tour-level on only four occasions in • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. 2015: Pattaya City, Charleston, Prague and Nürn- Ka.Pliskova in F) and duly rose to World No.1 berg

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• Kerber made just five unforced errors to beat S.Wil- • Has won eight WTA doubles titles, most recently at liams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon 2019 Australian Open (w/Stosur) and is a eight-time • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) runner-up • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. • Winner of 19 singles titles and nine doubles titles on eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champi- ITF Circuit on Halep) • Member of Chinese Fed Cup team in 2007, 2009-10, 2012, 2014-15, 2019; Chinese Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 PERSONAL • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2006 Beijing; made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Guangzhou • Currently without a coach; recently stopped working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler • Ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2018; previously worked with Torben Beltz • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 • 2019 US Open marked 30th Grand Slam main draw in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside appearance the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez • Won first Grand Slam doubles title at 2019 Australian • Commercial endorsements include deals with Open (w/Stosur) Porsche, Rolex and Head & Shoulders and SAP • Made Grand Slam singles breakthrough at 2016 Australian Open, where she advanced to QF – first time she had progressed beyond 1r at a major in what was her 15th main draw appearance. As a qual- ifier, defeated No.2 Halep and No.17 Keys en route (l. Konta). Ranked No.133, became lowest-ranked player to advance to last eight in Melbourne since unranked Henin reached final in 2010, and first quali- fier to do so since Gavaldon in 1990 • Also reached QF at 2019 Wimbledon defeating No.23 Garcia in 1r and No.14 Wozniacki in 3r (l. eventual champion Halep). Had previoulsy not reached beyond 1r at Wimbledon. • By reaching 3r at 2019 US Open (l. Konta), matched best result in New York, also making this stage in 2016 (l. Shvedova) and 2017 (l. Ka. Pliskova). Preceded by three 1r exits – in 2008 (as qualifier, l. Kuznetsova), 2011 (l. Cibulkova) and 2014 (l. Barthel) • At Roland Garros, reached career best result of 3r in 2017 (l. Kuznetsova)

PERSONAL

• Hails from a sporting family. Father, Zhang Zhi Qiang, was a professional soccer player, and mother, Wang Feng Quin, was a basketball player • Coached by Liu Shuo (Robert) • Started playing tennis aged six, when parents took her to local club • Best tennis memory was playing mixed doubles with Pete Sampras in 2011, winning Guangzhou in 2013, and reaching the 2016 Australian Open QF • Relaxes by listening to music, taking photos and exploring the places she travels to MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY

[14] QIANG WANG (CHN #16) vs. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #49)

Head to Head: First meeting

QIANG WANG AJLA TOMLJANOVIC 16 WTA RANKING 49 30 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 44 14-01-1992 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-05-1993 (26) $1,257,908 YTD PRIZE MONEY $683,066 $4,291,600 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,800,061 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 4-5 0-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 20-17 / 95-89 25-25 / 96-113 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 4-6 / 23-33 6-11 / 39-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 15-10 6-11 / 33-33 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-9 / 76-62 14-14 / 59-67 1-1 / 2-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 4-11 1-1 / 2-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 1-5 1-2 / 6-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-6 / 3-11 2-3 / 16-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-9 / 6-33 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration

BEIJING Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

QIANG WANG AJLA TOMLJANOVIC 2018 2018 SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 6-1 6-3 R2-Q L - DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #110) 6-2 3-6 6-2

2017 2015 R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-1 6-7(4) 6-1 R2-Q L - (KAZ #79) 6-2 2-4

2016 2014 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 6-2 6-2 R2-Q L - (BUL #51) 6-3 6-1 2015 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) 7-5 6-0

2013 R1-Q L - (SLO #76) 6-4 6-3

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2012 R1 L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #143) 6-3 6-2

2008 R1-Q L - YIFAN XU (CHN #307) 6-1 6-2

2007 R1-Q L - SOPHIE LEFÈVRE (FRA #485) 6-2 6-3

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• Making sixth main draw appearance at Beijing, • Making China Open main draw debut - one of 13 where she advanced to SF in 2018 (l. eventual main draw debutantes champion Wozniacki) • Fell at final qualifying hurdle in 2014-2015 and 2018 • During last year’s run, upset No.13 Ostapenko (6-0 • Faces No.16 Q.Wang today in 1r; owns two Top 20 6-0), No.7 Ka.Pliskova and No.16 Sabalenka wins this season, over No.9 Sabalenka (Miami) and • Prior to 2018, best result here was making 2r in 2015 No.8 Bertens (Zhengzhou) (d. Lepchenko, l. Wozniacki). Suffered 1r defeats • In terms of ranking, best career win came over No.3 in 2012 (l. S.Zhang), 2016 (l. eventual champion A.Radwanska in 3r at 2014 Roland Garros A.Radwanska) and 2017 (l. Wozniacki) • Owns 14-14 record on hard courts this year – R-Up • Last year was her deepest run at a WTA Premier at Hua Hin, SF at Zhengzhou and QF in Brisbane Mandatory event, bettering R16 showings at 2017 During last year’s Asian swing, was R-Up at Seoul Madrid and 2018 Indian Wells (l. Bertens), reached QF at Hiroshima (l. eventual • Is one of two Chinese players to reach SF at Beijing champion Hsieh) and exited 1r of Tianjin (l. Hsieh) since it was elevated to Premier Mandatory status in 2009 (also Li in 2010 and 2012) • Her run to the SF stage here last year was part of SEASON breakthrough Asian swing, including a title at Guang- zhou, R-Up at Hong Kong and Zhuhai, and SFs at • Coming off 1r exit at Wuhan (l. Yastremska) Hiroshima and Wuhan • Opened Asian swing by reaching first Premier-level • Faces Tomljanovic in 1r today;owns 8-8 career re- SF of career, at Zhengzhou (d. No.8 Bertens, l. Ka- cord against Australian opponents, including upset of Pliskova) and then fell 2r at Seoul (l. Hon) Barty at 2019 US Open • Made 2r exit at US Open (l. Kontaveit) • One of seven Chinese players in the draw • Fell 1r at San Jose (l. Ahn) and Toronto (as qualifier, l. Swiatek) • Reached 2r at Wimbledon (d. Kasatkina, l. Azarenka) SEASON • Opened grass court season with QF run at Notting- ham (l. Maria), before falling 2r at Mallorca (l. Sev- • Coming off R16 showing at Wuhan (l. Riske) astova) and 1r at Eastbourne (l. Alexandrova) • Made 1r exit at Guangzhou (l. Peng) • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Halep in 3s) • Advanced to career first Grand Slam QF at US Open • Posted 2r showings at Rome (l. eventual champion (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) Ka.Pliskova) and Nürnberg (l. Zidansek) • Defeated No.2 Barty in R16 at Flushing Meadows to • Made 1r exit at Madrid (l. Buzarnescu). Also during record career best win by ranking. Previous best win start of European clay court swing, made SF at Ra- came over No.5 Svitolina at 2018 Hong Kong (2-7 bat (l. Konta) and fell 1r at Istanbul (l. Vondrousova) vs. Top 5 players) • Opened clay court season by advancing to R16 at • Made SF run at the Bronx (l. Giorgi - held 4mp) Charleston (l. Stephens) • Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. Hsieh) • Reached 3r at Miami (l. Kontaveit) and 2r at Indian • On grass made 2r at Birmingham (l. V.Williams) and Wells (l. Sabalenka) 3r at Wimbledon (l. Mertens) • Fell 1r at both Doha (l. Goerges) and Dubai (l. • Rose to career-high No.14 following All England Club S.Zheng) showing (July 15, 2019) • Reached the fourth WTA final of her career at Hua • Made 1r exits at Madrid (l. Vekic) and Rome (l. Sinia- Hin (l. Yastremska in F); now 0-4 in finals kova) before advancing to 2r at Strasbourg (l. Ferro) • Fell in 1r of Australian Open (l. Konta) and Roland Garros (l. Swiatek) • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. • Fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. Hsieh) before advancing to QF eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova, then fell 1r the following at Prague (l. Pera) week at Sydney (l. Giorgi) • Reached R16 for the first time at (l. Halep) • Advanced to R16 for second year in a row at Indian CAREER MILESTONES Wells (l. eventual champion Andreescu) • Also made SF at WTA 125K Series event at Indian • Return to form and fitness in 2018 was marked by Wells earlier in March (l. eventual champion Golubic) first career Top 50 finish, at No.46, and second and • Opened 2019 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. third WTA singles finals at Rabat (l. Mertens) and Riske) before reaching 3r at Australian Open for the Seoul (l. Bertens) first time (l. Sevastova) WANG AJLA QIANG VS TOMLJANOVIC

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• Posted first Top 20 and career-best year-end finish • Elsewhere in 2018, at Monterrey, made first WTA QF at No.20 in 2018, up from No.45 in 2017 – marked appearance since 2015 (Tokyo [Japan Open]) before fourth Top 100 season in five years falling to the eventual champion, Muguruza. Reached • Highlights of 2018 were lifting first WTA singles titles three other QFs last season, at Mallorca, San Jose at Nanchang (d. S.Zheng in F via ret.) and then and Hiroshima Guangzhou (d. Putintseva in F) • Opened 2016 season at Brisbane and Australian • Also in 2018 became the first Chinese player to Open, but thereafter underwent shoulder surgery and reach the final in Zhuhai (l. Barty) and was R-Up at was off tour until 2017 Acapulco (early March) Hong Kong (l. Yastremska) - now owns 2-2 record in • Finished 2016 season at No.930 WTA singles finals - and produced SF showings at • Advanced to 2r at comeback event at 2017 Acapul- Wuhan (ret. vs. Kontaveit w/left thigh injury) – first SF co, defeating Bouchard in 1r – her first main draw at WTA Premier-level or above – Beijing (l. eventual win since September 2015 at Tokyo [Japan Open] – champion Wozniacki) and Hiroshima (l. eventual before retiring vs. Flipkens in 2r (w/shoulder injury champion Hsieh) • Returned to No.151 by end of 2017 season, helped • Posted four victories over Top 10 players in 2018 by 3r run at Miami (l. Safarova) and 2r efforts at US defeating No.9 V.Williams (2018 Roland Garros), Open (l. Krunic) and Linz (l. Buzarnescu) No.7 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Wuhan), No.7 Ka.Pliskova • On ITF Circuit, finished R-Up in final event of 2017 at (2018 Beijing) and No.5 Svitolina (2018 Hong Kong); $100k ITF/Dubai-UAE (l. Bencic) and also reached fi- her record now stands at 6-16 nals at $60k ITF/Sacramento (l. Anisimova), CA-USA • Enjoyed best result at Roland Garros by reaching 3r and $80k Waco, TX-USA (l. Townsend) (d. No.9 V.Williams in 1r, l. Putintseva). Also achieved • Made first WTA final of career in 2015, finishing R-Up best result at US Open with run to 3r (l. Svitolina) at Pattaya City (l. Hantuchova in 3s) – previously, • Achieved first Top 50 year-end finish in 2017, finish- had never been past the QF at any WTA event ing as China’s No.3. Ascended 25 spots from No.70 • Reached first Premier-level QF of career in 2015, at in 2016 to No.45 Stanford (l. No.11 Ka.Pliskova). Other notable results • Advanced to first WTA SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. in 2015 were SF run at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. even- Pavlyuchenkova) and captured WTA 125K Series tual champion Wickmayer) and QF at Strasbourg (l. title in Zhengzhou eventual champion Stosur) • 2016 highlights included QF runs at Shenzhen (l. • Improved ranking from No.453 to No.78 in 2013 sea- A.Radwanska), Kuala Lumpur (l. Zhu), Hong Kong son – biggest jump of any player in Top 100 (l. Wozniacki) and WTA 125K Series event at Dalian • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2007 and (l. Min). Also reached 2r at 2016 US Open, upsetting WTA main draw at 2009 Indian Wells (as WC, l. 1r) No.23 seed Kasatkina in 1r (l. Shvedova) • Owns six wins over Top 20 opponents: No.8 Bertens • Represented China at Rio Olympics and member of (2019 Zhengzhou), No.9 Sabaklenka (2019 Miami), Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2012-2016 No.13 Vesnina (2017 Miami), No.18 Keys (2015 • In 2016, posted a 14-1 record between March–May Stanford), No.16 Jankovic (2015 Brisbane) and No.3 on the ITF Circuit, winning $50k ITF/Quanzhou-CHN A.Radwanska (2014 Roland Garros) and $100k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN, and finishing runner- • As a junior, achieved career-high ranking of No.4 in up at $75k ITF/Gifu-JPN singles and No.4 in doubles. Member of Croatia’s • On ITF Circuit, owns 13 singles and one doubles title victorious junior Fed Cup team in 2009 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Beijing and main draw debut at 2012 Baku GRAND SLAM HISTORY

GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Contested 21st Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open. Made debut at 2013 Wimbledon (as qualifier, • Contested 21st Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US l. Bojanovski) Open, reaching maiden QF (l. S.Williams) • Best Grand Slam result to date was R16 run at 2014 • Reached 3r for the first time at 2018 Roland Gar- Roland Garros (d. No.32 seed Vesnina in 2r and ros (l. Putintseva) - defeated No.9 V.Williams in 1r. No.3 seed A.Radwanska in 3r, l. Suárez Navarro) Since matched with 3r showing at 2018 US Open (l. • Has also reached 2r at Australian Open twice, in Svitolina), 2019 Australian Open (l. Sevastova), 2019 2014 (l. Stephens) and 2015 (l. Lepchenko), at Wimbledon (l. Mertens), and now breakthrough R16 Wimbledon in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2019, and showing at 2019 US Open at US Open in 2013 (as qualifier, l. Cornet), 2017 (l. Krunic), 2018 (l. Siniakova) and 2019 (l. Kontaveit) WANG AJLA QIANG VS TOMLJANOVIC

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• Previously had reached 2r on seven occasions: at| • Last month parted company with coach Dieter Kindl- 2014 US Open (l. Dellacqua), 2015 US Open (l. mann Strycova), 2016 Australian Open (l. Friedsam), 2016 • Started playing tennis at age 7 (introduced by sister) Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro), 2016 US Open (l. • Announced in 2014 she would switch nationalities Shvedova), 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2019 from Croatia to (first at 2014 US Open) Roland Garros (l. Swiatek) • Moved to Brisbane in November 2014 with Australian • Made major debut at 2014 US Open (as qualifier, d. residency; parted ways with coach David Taylor in Kania, l. Dellacqua) June 2015

PERSONAL

• Began playing tennis at age nine as a way to keep fit • Would have become a teacher if not a tennis player • Admires Zheng Jie • Currently coached by Thomas Drouet • Previous long-term coach was the late Peter Mc- Namara, who passed away in July due to prostate cancer