WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES BEIJING, CHINA | SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 6, 2019 | $8,285,274 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.chinaopen.com.cn | @ChinaOpen | facebook.com/ChinaOpen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]), Adam Lincoln ([email protected]), Teyva Sammet ([email protected]), Kate Okiomah ([email protected]) CHINA OPEN - DAY 2 MATCH-UPS JESSICA PEGULA (USA #76) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) First meeting Osaka made SF here in 2018.. This time last year, Pegula was ranked No.136... Osaka is one of four players to have struck more than 300 aces this season BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #34) vs. VENUS WILLIAMS (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] ELINA SVITOLINA (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] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12) vs. ZHANG SHUAI (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] WANG QIANG (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 MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY 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 "-Q" Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration BEIJING Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match 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 - TATJANA MARIA (GER #114) 6-2 6-1 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from JESSICA NAOMI PEGULA VS OSAKA BEIJING BEIJING • 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 Seoul (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 Rome – 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 clay court 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 Australian Open (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 Grand Slam 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 CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. • 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.