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ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – FINAL

[8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) Vekic leads 3-0

Vekic is appearing in her debut WTA Premier-level final, having dropped just one set all week… Bertens is through to her first final of 2019, and has reached at least two finals in each of the last four seasons

A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS ST. YTD W/L CAREER YTD PRIZE CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT PETERSBURG (MD) W/L* (MD)* W/L (MD)* MONEY$^ PRIZE $^ TITLES [2] Kiki Bertens 8 27 NED 3-2 7-3 161-136 133,098 6,655,222 7 [8] Donna Vekic 30 22 CRO 5-2 8-2 97-104 139,598 2,652,164 2 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

FINAL RECORDS BEST ST.PETERSBURG LAST FINAL CAREER F PLAYER BEST 2019 RESULT RESULT REACHED (final result) W/L* [2] Kiki Bertens F (1): St. Petersburg F (1): 2019 2018 Seoul (WON) 7-2 [8] Donna Vekic F (1): St. Petersburg F (1): 2019 2018 Washington D.C. (R-Up) 2-4 *W/L records do not include walkovers

BY THE NUMBERS ON THIS DAY: FEBRUARY 3

89.5 2017: France’s Kristina Mladenovic defeated defending Vekic holds the best service game winning percentage among the St. champion Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinals here in St. Petersburg field this week at 89.5% Petersburg to advance to her career first WTA Premier level final and eventually lift her maiden WTA singles title. 27 Bertens has served a tournament-leading 27 aces this week in only three matches played RANKING UPDATE 4 Today marks the fourth meeting between Vekic and Betens, with all four Kiki Bertens will remain as World No.8 regardless of coming on hard courts today’s result.

Donna Vekic is guaranteed a new career high ranking 2 following St. Petersburg. The Croat will enter the WTA Top Vekic posted her career best win by ranking over World No.2 Petra Kvitova 25 with a runner-up finish and can climb as high as No.23 in the quarterfinals with the title.

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[8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

Head to Head: DONNA VEKIC leads 3-0

2019 BRISBANE HARD O R16 DONNA VEKIC 7-6(5) 1-6 7-5 143 mins 2016 SAN ANTONIO HARD O R16 DONNA VEKIC 7-6(3) 6-3 95 mins 2015 TASHKENT HARD O R1 DONNA VEKIC 6-3 1-6 6-3 88 mins

DONNA VEKIC KIKI BERTENS 30 WTA RANKING 8 27 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 18 28-06-1996 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-12-1991 (27) $139,598 YTD PRIZE MONEY $133,098 $2,652,164 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,655,222 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 7 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 10 5-2 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 3-2 8-2 / 97-104 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 161-136 2-1 / 27-34 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 44-50 1-0 / 24-21 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 35-40 8-2 / 68-74 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-3 / 71-87 1-0 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 16-9 1-0 / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 6-9 2-1 / 7-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 16-20 2-1 / 7-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 25-37 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg Final

ROAD TO THE FINAL

[8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) SF: d. VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) 6-2,6-2 (1h10) SF: d. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) 7-6(5),6-2 (1h38) QF: d. [1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) 6-4,6-1 (1h23) QF: d. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) 6-2,3-6,6-0 (1h31) R16: d. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #108) 6-4,6-3 (1h15) R16: d. YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #148) 6-4,6-2 (1h01) R32: d. TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) 4-6,6-1,6-3 (2h06) R32: BYE

Total games: 78 Total games: 62 Won/lost: 52-26 Won/lost: 40-22 Sets won/lost: 8-1 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h54 Total time on court: 4h10 Average time on court: 1h29 Average time on court: 1h23 Average rank of opponent: 80 Average rank of opponent: 63

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ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

DONNA VEKIC KIKI BERTENS 2018 2018 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) 6-3 2-6 6-4 R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #197) 6-4

2017 2017 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) 6-2 6-2 R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #67) 7-5 3-6 6-4

VEKIC:

St Petersburg • Making third appearance at St. Petersburg and has posted best result by reaching the final this year, bettering 2r appearance in 2017 (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova) • In other outing here, made 1r exit in 2018 (l. Siniakova) • Contesting St. Petersburg ranked No.30, one off career-high No.29 (achieved January 7th, 2019). By contrast, was No.50 this time last year • Will post a new career-high ranking on Monday by strong results this week – will enter the Top 25 and could climb as high as No.23 by lifting the trophy • Has dropped just one set all week, in her opening round match against Bacsinszky • Posted best win of career with defeat of No.2 Kvitova in QF this week, bettering victory over No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] • Was first time facing opposition ranked inside the World’s Top 2; had previously faced No.3 ranked players (Muguruza at 2018 Madrid and Kerber at 2017 Toronto) • Defeated wildcard Zvonareva in her second Premier-level SF of 2019 (also reached Brisbane SF). By contrast, reached one such SF across the whole of last season (making last four at 2018 Tokyo [PPO]) • Fired 21 winners against the Russian’s seven in her SF win over Zvonareva • Faces No.8 Bertens today in her career first at WTA Premier level final. Holds 2-4 record in finals, most recently falling at this stage at 2018 Washington DC (l. Kuznetsova). Bidding for first title since 2017 Nottingham (d. Konta in F) • Owns 3-0 record vs. the Dutchwoman, winning six of the eight sets played. Came back from two match points down in their 2hr23min battle at 2019 Brisbane • Owns 2-1 record vs. Top 10 players this season (7-14 career record), scoring wins over No.9 Bertens (Brisbane) and No.2 Kvitova (St. Petersburg) and falling to No.8 Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane) • Holds a tournament-leading 89.5% service game winning percentage compared to Bertens’ 83.9% • Has eight main draw match wins so far in 2019 – didn’t score eight wins in 2018 until the clay swing at Istanbul in April

Season • Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell) • Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) • Saved two match points to defeat No.9 Bertens in 2r at Brisbane; in total owns seven Top 10 wins – also No.10 Cibulkova (2014 Kuala Lumpur), No.8 Konta (2018 Nottingham), No.4 Stephens (2018 Wimbledon), No.9 Stephens, No.4 Garcia (both at 2018 Tokyo) and No.2 Kvitova (2019 St. Petersburg)

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from • Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. No.8 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent) • Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY. • Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges • Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeating Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin • 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku • When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King) • Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished runner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2018 Washington DC, owns a 2-4 record in singles finals • Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 • On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles title • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017

Grand Slam History • 2019 Australian Open marked 22nd main draw Grand Slam appearance • Achieved deepest run at a Slam by reaching 2018 Wimbledon R16 (l. Goerges) • Next best results at the majors came with 3r runs at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 US Open (l. Sevastova) • At Australian Open, reached 2r in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019

Personal • Both parents played professional sports: mother, Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer goalkeeper) • Currently coached by Torben Beltz. Dario Novak is also part of coaching team • Favorite surface is hard • Speaks Croatian, English and Italian • Self-described as strong-willed, determined and extremely competitive

BERTENS:

St. Petersburg • Making third main draw appearance at St. Petersburg, through to final for first time today • Lost openers in 2017 (l. Beck) and 2018 (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness) • Bertens is contesting the week of St. Petersburg at a career-high ranking of No.8 (achieved January 28, 2019). By contrast, was ranked No.28 this time last year • Bertens is the highest-ranked Dutch woman since Stove in 1977, who reached No.5 in the world • After 1r bye, opened 2019 St. Petersburg campaign by hitting 13 aces to secure victory over qualifier Bonaventure • The Dutchwoman has hit 10+ aces four times this year (in 8 matches)

Kiki Bertens: Most Aces in 2019 2019 Sydney SF 15 aces vs Barty (career-high) *2019 St. Petersburg R16 13 aces vs Bonaveture 2019 Brisbane R16 11 aces vs Vekic 2019 Australian Open R128 10 aces vs Riske *3rd most in career

• Bertens won 90.3% of first service points won (28-of-31) in her 2r win over Bonaventure on Thursday. It was her second-highest percentage of first serve points won in a match. Only better performance came at 2014 Roland Garros (92.3%, R32 vs. Soler-Espinosa) • Has served a tournament-leading 27 aces this week in only three matches played • Avenged an Australian Open loss to Pavlyuchenkova in the St. Petersburg QF on Friday • Scored first Top 10 win of 2019 in her first attempt against No.10 Sabalenka in SF. Now holds a 16-20 career record vs. such players; scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season • The meeting against Sabalenka in SF marked the first between two Top 10 players at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy

• Faces No.30 Vekic today in their fourth career meeting. Aiming for first win over the Croat having held two match points in their 2r meeting at Brisbane earlier this year • 2019 St. Petersburg marks her 10th career tour-level final (7-2 record) and first of 2019. Has reached at least two finals in each of the last four seasons, including four in 2018: Charleston (WON, d. Goerges in F), Madrid (R-Up, l. Kvitova in F), Cincinnati (WON, d. Halep in F) and Seoul (WON, d. Tomljanovic in F) • At World No.8, would become the highest ranked player to lift the St. Petersburg title. Previous highest ranked champion here was No.16 Vinci in 2016 (d. No.11 Bencic in F)

Season • Coming off 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous results were QF runs at 2016-17 Hobart • Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (d. Mertens, l. Vekic)

Career • Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a career-best four singles finals across the season and breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) – first Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 • Won the WTA’s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 • Won three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova in F) • Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Prior to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career • Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) and picked up a doubles title at 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs) • Season highlights in 2017 were winning titles at Nürnberg and Gstaad. Also posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level • Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) • Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 • Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani) • Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles and doubles • Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance • Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r) • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017

Grand Slam History • 2019 Australian marked 27th main draw Grand Slam appearance • Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) • With that result in Paris, became the first Dutch woman to reach SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) • Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 • In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. Vondrousova) • Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/Larsson, l. Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic)

Personal • Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter; brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into coaching team during off-season • In November 2018, announced engagement to boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physiotherapist, fitness coach and hitting partner • Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy • Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

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ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – SEMIFINALS

[4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) Bertens leads 2-0

Newly Top 10 debutant Sabalenka is into her ninth career WTA semifinal (6-2 record) and second of 2019… Bertens claimed a tour-leading 12 wins over Top 10 players in 2018 and aiming for her first of 2019 today

[8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) vs. [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) Zvonareva leads 1-0

Vekic is through to her second semifinal of the season, having also reached this stage in Brisbane… Zvonareva is into her first Premier-level SF since 2011 WTA Finals in Istanbul

A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS ST. YTD W/L CAREER YTD PRIZE CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT PETERSBURG (MD) W/L* (MD)* W/L (MD)* MONEY$^ PRIZE $^ TITLES [2] Kiki Bertens 8 27 NED 2-2 6-3 160-136 133,098 6,655,222 7 [4] Aryna Sabalenka 10 20 BLR 2-0 9-2 67-32 305,388 2,454,327 3 [8] Donna Vekic 30 22 CRO 4-2 7-2 96-104 139,598 2,652,164 2 [WC] Vera Zvonareva 97 34 RUS 4-1 6-1 446-229 66,271 13,957,822 12 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS SABALENKA BERTENS ZVONAREVA 0-1 1-0 VEKIC 3-0 3-1

SEMIFINAL RECORDS BEST ST.PETERSBURG LAST FINAL CAREER CAREER F PLAYER BEST 2019 RESULT RESULT REACHED (final result) SF W/L* W/L* [2] Kiki Bertens SF (2): Sydney, St. Petersburg SF (1): 2019 2018 Seoul (WON) 9-8 7-2 [4] Aryna Sabalenka WON (1): Shenzhen SF (1): 2019 2019 Shenzhen (WON) 6-2 3-3 [8] Donna Vekic SF (2): Brisbane, St. Petersburg SF (1): 2019 2018 Washington D.C. (R-Up) 6-3 2-4 [WC] Vera Zvonareva SF (2): Shenzhen, St. Petersburg SF (1): 2019 2011 Tokyo (R-Up) 31-29 12-18 *W/L records do not include walkovers

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BY THE NUMBERS ON THIS DAY: FEBRUARY 2

97 2018: World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki lost to Daria At No.97, wildcard Zvonareva is the lowest ranked player to reach the Kasatkina in the quarterfinals of the St.Petersburg Ladies semifinal stage in St. Petersburg Trophy in what was her first event since reclaiming the World No.1 ranking after lifting her maiden Grand Slam 7 trophy at the 2018 Australian Open. Vekic has seven main draw wins so far this season – didn’t score this many in 2018 until the clay swing 4 RANKING UPDATE For the fourth year in a row, four different countries are represented in the St. Petersburg semifinals (Russia, Belarus, Croatia and Netherlands) Kiki Bertens will remain as World No.8 regardless of this week’s result.

1 Aryna Sabalenka, who made her Top 10 debut this week at The meeting between Sabalenka and Bertens today is the first between two No.10, will rise to a new career high of No.9 on Monday. Top 10 players at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Donna Vekic is guaranteed a new career high ranking 0 following St. Petersburg. The Croat will rise to No.28 by No non-European woman has reached singles semifinals here in four years reaching the SF, No.25 with a runner-up finish and No.23 of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – Countries include: Belarus, Croatia, with the title. Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia and Switzerland Vera Zvonareva is projected to climb into the Top 80 with her SF result, Top 65 should she reach the final and could climb as high as No.52 by lifting the trophy this week.

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[4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads 2-0

2018 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 KIKI BERTENS 6-2 6-1 69 mins 2017 FED CUP WEEK 1 HARD I R1 KIKI BERTENS 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4 n/a

ARYNA SABALENKA KIKI BERTENS 10 WTA RANKING 8 11 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 18 05-05-1998 (20) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-12-1991 (27) $305,388 YTD PRIZE MONEY $133,098 $2,454,327 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,655,222 1 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 7 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 10 2-0 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 2-2 9-2 / 67-32 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 160-136 2-0 / 26-12 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 44-50 1-0 / 16-11 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 34-40 9-2 / 55-22 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 70-87 0-1 / 6-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 16-9 0-0 / 3-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 6-9 0-1 / 8-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 15-20 0-1 / 16-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 24-37 * Updated entering 2019 St. Petersburg SF

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS

[4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) QF: d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78) 6-3,6-4 (1h26) QF: d. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) 6-2,3-6,6-0 (1h31) R16: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #52) 6-1,6-4 (1h10) R16: d. YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #148) 6-4,6-2 (1h01) R32: BYE R32: BYE

Total games: 36 Total games: 41 Won/lost: 24-12 Won/lost: 27-14 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h36 Total time on court: 2h32 Average time on court: 1h18 Average time on court: 1h16 Average rank of opponent: 65 Average rank of opponent: 90

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ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ARYNA SABALENKA KIKI BERTENS 2017 2018 R1-Q L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #88) 6-4 6-2 R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #197) 6-4

2017 R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #67) 7-5 3-6 6-4

SABALENKA:

St. Petersburg • Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy • Fell 1r in qualifying in 2017 • Contesting week of St. Petersburg on a career-high ranking of No.10 (achieved January 28, 2019). Will reach a new career high of No.9 on Monday following this week’s results; by contrast, was No.65 this time last year • Cracked the Top 10 bracket after reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova) • After 1r bye, defeated No. 52 Van Uytvanck in 2r on Thursday without dropping a set • Posted another straight sets victory over No.78 Alexandrova in QF on Friday • The last time she defeated Alexandrova, she went on to win the tournament, at 2019 Shenzhen (d. Alexandrova in 2r) • Through to her ninth tour level SF today (6-2 record), and fourth at Premier level -first Belarussian to reach this stage at St. Petersburg • Faces No.8 Bertens today for third time; lost both previous meetings at 2018 Roland Garros and 2017 Fed Cup • Owns 8-6 record vs. Top 10 opponents (main draw and qualifying), with most recent win coming over No.8 Garcia at 2018 Beijing • Seeded No.4 this week – only one seeded player has won the title here (No.2 Vinci in 2016)

Season • Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F); now owns 3-3 record in career singles finals • Followed up Shenzhen title with opening match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (l. Anisimova)

Career • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and finishing at No.11 in the rankings • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand Slam run to R16 at US Open • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and amking SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko) • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155. Won on ITF Circuit at $50k ITF/Tianjin-CHN and $50kITF/Toyota-JPN • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2016 Rabat • On ITF Circuit has won five singles titles and one doubles title • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/Minsk-BLR

Grand Slam History • 2019 Australian Open marked sixth career main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s) • Only previous Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Khromacheva, l.Witthoeft) • Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2018Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) • Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros • Was No.26 seed at 2018 US Open– first Grand Slam seeding of her career

Other • Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov • Since their partnership formed this summer, the pairing has scored the best win-by-ranking of her career over No.2 Wozniacki enroute to a R16 finish in Montréal. Then in Cincinnati, the Belarusian dropped three consecutive seeds (No.9 Ka.Pliskova, No.6 Garciaand No.13 Keys) en route to SF, before capturing her first career titles at New Haven and Wuhan • Started playing aged six • Prefers playing on hard courts

BERTENS:

St. Petersburg • Making third main draw appearance at St. Petersburg, through to SF for first time today • Lost openers in 2017 (l. Beck) and 2018 (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness) • After 1r bye, opened 2019 St. Petersburg campaign by hitting 13 aces to secure victory over qualifier Bonaventure on Thursday • Bertens is averaging a WTA-leading 9.3 aces per match in 2019 • The Dutchwoman has hit 10+ aces four times this year (in 8 matches)

• Bertens won 90.3% of first service points won (28-of-31) in her 2r win over Bonaventure on Thursday. It was her second-highest percentage of first serve points won in a match. Only better performance came at 2014 Roland Garros (92.3%, R32 vs. Soler-Espinosa) • Avenged an Australian Open loss to Pavlyuchenkova in the St. Petersburg QF on Friday • Faces No.10 Sabalenka for third time today; has won both previous matches against the Belarussian • Has 15-20 record vs. Top 10 opponents; scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season • The meeting between Sabalenka and Bertens is the first between two Top 10 players at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy • Bertens is contesting the week of St. Petersburg at a career-high ranking of No.8 (achieved January 28, 2019) • At No.8, Bertens is the highest-ranked Dutch woman since Stove in 1977, who reached No.5 in the world • Is highest ranked player to reach SF stage

• Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) and picked up a doubles title at 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs) • Season highlights in 2017 were winning titles at Nürnberg and Gstaad. Also posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level • Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) • Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 • Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani) • Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles and doubles • Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance • Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r) • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017

Grand Slam History • Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) • With that result in Paris, became the first Dutch woman to reach SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) • Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 • In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. Vondrousova) • Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/Larsson, l. Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic)

[8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) vs. [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97)

Head to Head: VERA ZVONAREVA leads 1-0

2014 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R2 VERA ZVONAREVA 6-4 6-4 83 mins

DONNA VEKIC VERA ZVONAREVA 30 WTA RANKING 97 27 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 46 28-06-1996 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-09-1984 (34) $139,598 YTD PRIZE MONEY $66,271 $2,652,164 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $13,957,822 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 8 4-2 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 4-1 7-2 / 96-104 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 446-229 2-1 / 27-34 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 112-82 1-0 / 24-21 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 75-66 7-2 / 67-74 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 293-152 1-0 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 36-12 1-0 / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 16-50 2-1 / 7-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 32-81 2-1 / 7-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / 76-117 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg SF

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS

[8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) QF: d. [1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) 6-4,6-1 (1h23) QF: d. [3] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) 6-3,7-6(3) (1h47) R16: d. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #108) 6-4,6-3 (1h15) R16: d. [5] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) 4-6,6-4,6-4 (2h00) R32: d. TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) 4-6,6-1,6-3 (2h06) R32: d. EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #60) 6-3,6-4 (1h14)

Total games: 62 Total games: 71 Won/lost: 40-22 Won/lost: 41-30 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 4h44 Total time on court: 5h01 Average time on court: 1h35 Average time on court: 1h40 Average rank of opponent: 74 Average rank of opponent: 29

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

DONNA VEKIC VERA ZVONAREVA 2018 2018 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) 6-3 2-6 6-4 R16 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #6) 7-6(6) 6-3

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2017 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) 6-2 6-2

VEKIC:

St Petersburg • Making third appearance at St. Petersburg and has posted best result by reaching SF this year, bettering 2r appearance in 2017 (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova) • In other outing here, made 1r exit in 2018 (l. Siniakova) • Contesting St. Petersburg ranked No.30, one off career-high No.29 (achieved January 7th, 2019). By contrast, was No.50 this time last year • Will post a new career-high ranking on Monday by virtue of reaching St. Petersburg SF – is guaranteed to reach No.28, and could peak as high as No.23 by lifting the trophy • In opening match this week, overcame Bacsinszky in three sets in what was the pair’s first meeting • Defeated No.106 Kudermetova in 2r on Wednesday • Posted best win of career with defeat of No.2 Kvitova in QF, bettering victory over No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] • Was first time facing opposition ranked inside the World’s Top 2; had previously faced No.3 ranked players (Muguruza at 2018 Madrid and Kerber at 2017 Toronto) • Is through to her second WTA Premier level semifinal of season, after SF run at Brisbane – in contrast, reached one such SF across the whole of last season (making last four at 2018 Tokyo [PPO]) • Through to her tenth tour level SF today – owns a 6-3 record at this stage • Faces wildcard Zvonareva for second time; lost previous meeting at 2014 Wimbledon in 2r • Bidding to reach her second final at WTA Premier level, and first in over years, following R-Up finish at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) • Has seven main draw match wins so far in 2019 – didn’t score seven wins in 2018 until the clay swing (Lugano)

Career • Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, after registering a career-best 31 tour-level wins • Season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washington DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham; career record in finals now stands at 2-4 Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Goerges) • Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top-50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign anked No.54 • Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. No.8 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent) • Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY. • Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges • Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeating Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin • 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku • When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King) • Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished runner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2018 Washington DC, owns a 2-4 record in singles finals • Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles title Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017

ZVONAREVA:

St. Petersburg • Making second appearance at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, entering 2019 main draw on a wildcard • Had 2r run here last year (l. Ostapenko). Defeated No.28 Bertens via retirement to record first victory over a Top 30 player since 2015 Shenzhen (d. No.22 Peng) • Lifted eighth career doubles trophy here last year (w/Bacsinszky, d. Kudryavtseva/Srebotnik in F) • Best result by a wildcard here was Kvitova in 2018, who won the event (d. Mladenovic in F). Wildcard Vikhlyantseva made the SF in 2017 (l. Mladenovic) • Defeated fellow Russian and wildcard Makarova in 1r • Overcame No.16 Goerges in 2r; now holds 2-0 record vs the German • Defeated No.12 Kasatkina in QF in the pair’s first meeting, marking the first QF meeting of two Russians at St. Petersburg • Has defeated two Top 20 players in the same tournament for the first time since 2011 Miami (d. No.10 Bartoli in R16 and No.14 A.Radwanska in QF, l. No.8 Azarenka in SF) • Through to her first Premier-level SF since 2011 WTA Finals in Istanbul (l. Azarenka in SF) • Faces No.30 Vekic today in their career second meeting; won previous meeting at 2014 Wimbledon in 2r • Aiming for first final appearance since 2011 Tokyo [PPO] (l. A.Radwanska in F); career record in singles finals is 12-18 • Will return to the Top 80 for the first time since 2012 by reaching the SF this week, and can climb as high as No.52 with the title • Only Russian to reach the SF stage; four made it to QF stage (also Pavlyuchenkova, Kasatkina and Alexandrova)

Season • Fell in 1r of qualifying at Australian Open (l. Sharma) • Began 2019 campaign with SF run at Shenzhen (l. Riske via ret.)

Career • Finished 2018 season ranked No.123, up from No.204 in 2017 • 2018 season highlights were doubles titles at St. Petersburg (w/Bacsinszky, d. Kudryavtseva/Srebotnik in F) and Moscow [River Cup] w/Potapova, d. Panova/Voskoboeva in F – now owns 9-6 career record in doubles finals • At 2018 Wimbledon, overcame three rounds of qualifying to enter her first Grand Slam main draw in over three years, falling to eventual champion Kerber in 1r. Previous main draw appearance at a major was 2015 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams in 2r) • Returned to the tour in 2017 following a two-year hiatus, finishing with a year-end ranking of No.204 • Comeback season was highlighted by ITF $15k title at Sharm El Sheikh, runner-up finish at WTA 125k event at Dalian (l. Kozlova) and a SF finish at International-level tournament in Tashkent (l. eventual champion K.Bondarenko) • Prior to her return to the game, her last results surfaced in 2015 – highlighted by QF appearances at Shenzhen Open (l. Bacsinszky via ret.) and PTT Pattaya Open (l. Erakovic) • A 2013 shoulder injury sidelined her for a year and a half prior to returning for another injury-stricken season in 2014 - best result was 3r finish at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Diyas) • Has won 12 career WTA singles titles (most recent 2011 Baku); biggest title to date is 2009 Indian Wells • Finished ranked in Top 10 four consecutive years (2008-2011), including a year-end No.2 ranking in 2010 – became fifth Russian to rank in Top 2 in October 2010 and held No.2 for 14 weeks (Oct. 25, 2010 to Jan. 30, 2011) • Has four wins vs. World No.1s: Maria Sharapova (2007 Indian Wells), Jelena Jankovic (2008 WTA Championships) and Caroline Wozniacki, twice (2011 Doha and WTA Championships) • Participated at WTA Championships six times in career (2004, 2008-11; includes 2009 as alternate); reached final in 2009 (l. V.Williams) • Has won seven doubles titles, including 2009 Indian Wells (w/Azarenka), completing singles-doubles sweep. Most recently lifted 2018 St. Petersburg doubles trophy (w/Bacsinszky) • Missed second half of 2005 season with left ankle injury; missed four months of 2007 with left wrist injury; also missed two months in 2009 due to a right ankle injury; had surgery to remove scar tissue in November 2009 • Represented Russia in Olympics twice: 2008 Beijing (replaced Sharapova, won singles bronze) and 2012 London

Grand Slam History

• 2018 US Open marked the 43rd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Reached back-to-back Grand Slam finals in 2010 as runner-up at both Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) and US Open (l. Clijsters) • At 2010 Wimbledon, became third Russian to reach Wimbledon final (Morozova, Sharapova) and second lowest-ranked finalist (No.21). At the time, only three players (Tauziat, Garrison and Schiavone) had played more majors before reaching first final • Is a two-time semifinalist at Australian Open (2009 and 2011) and advanced to first-career major QF at 2003 Roland Garros • In doubles, she has won four Grand Slam titles, with two coming in women’s doubles, the first one at the 2006 US Open (w/Dechy), and the other at 2012 Australian Open (w/Kuznetsova). Her other two came in mixed doubles at 2004 US Open (w/B.Bryan) and 2006 Wimbledon (w/Ram)

Other Information

• Coached by Alexei Filenkov • Mother, Natalia, was an Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey (introduced her to tennis at age 6) • Graduated from Russian State Academy of Physical Education and earned second degree in international economic relations at Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow • Works with International Rett Syndrome Foundation to increase awareness and raise funds for research (Rett Syndrome is a nervous system disorder that leads to developmental reversals) • In 2008, participated in UNESCO Regional Conference “Political Involvement of Women in the Caucasus” to contribute to the idea of giving women equal chances in life • Got married in 2016 to Aleksandr Kucher and gave birth to her first child

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ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – QUARTERFINALS

[1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) vs. [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30)

Kvitova leads 1-0 First meeting in five years… Kvitova looking to add to her perfect 6-0 record in St. Petersburg as the defending champion… Vekic competing this week at No.30, one spot shy of her career high No.29

[3] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) vs. [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97)

First Meeting After 1r bye, Kasatkina is through to QF having not played a match after Sharapova withdrew w/shoulder injury in the 2r… Zvonareva bidding for first Premier-level SF since 2011 WTA Finals

[Q] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10)

Series tied 1-1 Alexandrova is bidding for first SF appearance of career at WTA-Premier Level… Sabalenka is contesting St. Petersburg after breaking into the Top 10 for the first time, and bidding to reach her second SF of 2019

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

Bertens leads 3-2 Bertens is contesting St. Petersburg at career-high ranking of No.8… lost two most recent encounters with the Russian at 2019 Australian Open and 2018 Wuhan… Pavyluchenkova is making her third appearance at St. Petersburg, and bidding to reach first SF since 2018 Strasbourg

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[1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) vs. [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 1-0

2014 MIAMI HARD O R3 PETRA KVITOVA 6-3 6-4 65 mins

PETRA KVITOVA DONNA VEKIC 2 WTA RANKING 30 2 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 27 08-03-1990 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 28-06-1996 (22) $1,679,805 YTD PRIZE MONEY $139,598 $29,022,012 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,652,164 1 / 26 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 6-0 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 3-2 13-2 / 411-191 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 95-104 2-1 / 122-78 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 27-34 5-3 / 83-60 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 24-21 13-2 / 276-133 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 66-74 1-0 / 45-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 4-6 1-1 / 25-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-5 1-1 / 53-51 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-14 4-2 / 103-86 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-32 * Updated entering QF at St. Petersburg

ROAD TO THE QF

[1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) R16: d. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #51) 6-2,7-6(3) (1h40) R16: d. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #108) 6-4,6-3 (1h15) R32: BYE R32: d. TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) 4-6,6-1,6-3 (2h06)

Total games: 21 Total games: 45 Won/lost: 13-8 Won/lost: 28-17 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 1h40 Total time on court: 3h21 Average time on court: 1h40 Average time on court: 1h41 Average rank of opponent: 51 Average rank of opponent: 110

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ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

PETRA KVITOVA DONNA VEKIC 2018 2018 F W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #10) 6-1 6-2 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) 6-3 2-6 6-4

2017 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) 6-2 6-2

KVITOVA:

St. Petersburg • Making second consecutive appearance at 2019 St. Petersburg. Returns as defending champion (d. Mladenovic in 2018 F) • Defeated three consecutive Top 20 players en route to title here in 2018 (d. No.6 Ostapenko, No.12 Goerges and No.10 Mladenovic) • 2018 St. Petersburg title marked first of a tour-leading five WTA singles titles in 2018 • Aiming to defend a title for the third time in her career, having done so at New Haven (2014-15) and Birmingham (2017-18) • After 1r bye, overcame No.51 Azarenka in straight sets in 2r on Wednesday • Is on a six-match winning streak at St. Petersburg, faces No.30 Vekic in QF today for the first time in five years; won only previous encounter at 2014 Miami • Competing this week at a career-high ranking of World No.2 (first achieved on October 31, 2011). By contrast, was ranked No.29 this time last year

Season • Coming off third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reaching World No.1 ranking • Was seeded No.8 at Melbourne Park – has now been seeded at the past 33 Grand Slams she has contested, since first seeding at 2010 US Open • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F); career record in finals now stands at 26-8 • Went on 11-match winning streak between Sydney (5 wins) and Melbourne (6 wins). Last season posted two separate winning streaks longer than this: 14 matches (St. Petersburg (5), Fed Cup (2), Doha (6) and Indian Wells (1), and 13 matches (Prague (5), Madrid (6) and Roland Garros (2) • Opened 2019 campaign with 2r showing at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit)

Grand Slam History • 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam main draw appearance, reaching her third career major final (l. Osaka in F) • Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) • Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Navratilova) • Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta)

Career • Won a WTA Tour-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). Ended the year ranked No.7 • Titles came on all three surfaces – first player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a season since S.Williams in 2015. The Czech has won at least one title every year dating back to 2011 • 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 (d. Barty in F). Other season highlights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d. Svitolina in F). Also finished R-Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F) • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play-off) • 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament title three times • 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) • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) • Part of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006

Other • Nominated for 2018 WTA Player of the Year after winning a tour-leading five WTA singles titles • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Parents are Jiri and Pavla

VEKIC:

St Petersburg • Making third appearance at St. Petersburg, and has posted best result by reaching QF this year – bettering 2r runs in 2017 after coming through qualifying (l. Cibulkova) • Made 1r exit here in 2018 (l. Siniakova) • Contesting St. Petersburg ranked No.30, one off career-high No.29 (achieved January 7th, 2019). By contrast, was No.50 this time last year • In opening match this week, overcame Bacsinszky in three sets in what was the pair’s first meeting • Defeated No.106 Kudermetova in 2r on Wednesday • Faces No.2 Kvitova in QF today for the second time; lost their only previous meeting at 2014 Miami • A win would be best-by-ranking, bettering victory over No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] • First time facing opposition ranked inside the World’s Top 2; had previously faces No.3 ranked players (Muguruza at 2018 Madrid and Kerber at 2017 Toronto) • Bidding to reach second SF at WTA Premier level this season (after SF run at Brisbane) – reached one such Premier SF across the whole of last season (making SF at 2018 Tokyo PPO)

Season • Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) • Saved two match points to defeat No.9 Bertens in 2r at Brisbane; now owns six Top 10 wins – also No.10 Cibulkova (2014 Kuala Lumpur), No.8 Konta (2018 Nottingham), No.4 Stephens (2018 Wimbledon), No.9 Stephens and No.4 Garcia (both at 2018 Tokyo) • Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell)

• Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeating Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin • 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku • When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King) • Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished runner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2018 Washington DC, owns a 2-4 record in singles finals • Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 • On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles title • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017

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[3] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) vs. [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97)

Head to Head: 0-0

DARIA KASATKINA VERA ZVONAREVA 12 WTA RANKING 97 299 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 46 07-05-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-09-1984 (34) $71,036 YTD PRIZE MONEY $66,271 $5,114,130 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $13,957,822 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 8 7-3 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 3-1 0-3 / 114-76 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 445-229 0-1 / 42-27 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 112-82 0-1 / 20-19 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 74-66 0-3 / 73-51 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 292-152 0-0 / 7-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 36-12 0-0 / 8-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 16-50 0-0 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 32-81 0-0 / 21-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 75-117 * Updated entering QF at St.Petersburg

ROAD TO THE QF

[3] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) R16: d. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #29) W/O (0h00) R16: d. [5] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) 4-6,6-4,6-4 (2h00) R32: BYE R32: d. EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #60) 6-3,6-4 (1h14)

Total games: 0 Total games: 49 Won/lost: 0-0 Won/lost: 28-21 Sets won/lost: 0-0 Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 0h00 Total time on court: 3h14 Average time on court: 0h00 Average time on court: 1h37 Average rank of opponent: 0 Average rank of opponent: 38

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

DARIA KASATKINA VERA ZVONAREVA 2018 2018 SF L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #10) 3-6 6-3 6-2 R16 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #6) 7-6(6) 6-3

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2017 R16 L - NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #115) 7-6(4) 6-2

2016 SF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #11) 6-4 6-3

KASATKINA:

St Petersburg • Making fourth main draw appearance at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - best result is SF runs in 2016 (l. Bencic) and 2018 (l. Mladenovic) • Fell 2r to Vihklyantseva in 2017 • Beat No.1 Wozniacki en route to 2018 SF – second career win over a reigning No.1 (also Kerber 2016 Olympics) • After 1r bye, was due to face Sharapova in 2r however the Russian withdrew w/right shoulder injury • Faces No.97 Zvonareva for the first time today; the first QF meeting of two Russians at St. Petersburg • Contesting 2019 St Petersburg ranked No.12 – by contrast, this time last year was No.23

Season • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane. Fell to wildcard Birrell in 1r after leading 5-3 in the third set. Also fell in 1r at Sydney International (l. Sasnovich) • Suffered 1 exit at Australian Open (l. Bacsinszky)

Career • Posted season-best finish of No.10 in 2018, up from No.24 in 2017 • 2018 saw the Russian achieve her second WTA singles title at Moscow [Kremlin Cup]. Recovered from a set and 6-2 4-1 down to defeat Jabeur in final; is now 2-3 in WTA singles finals, all coming at Premier-level or above. • Reached biggest final of career at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Osaka). Finished R-Up at Dubai and made SF at St. Petersburg • Was one of eight players to reach QF or better at two or more Grand Slams in 2018 (Wimbledon and Roland Garros) • Earned her sixth win over a Top 2 player when she ousted No.2 Wozniacki at 2018 Roland Garros R16 • One of five players in WTA history to have multiple wins over World No.1s before their 21st birthday, others being: V.Williams (9), S. Williams (8), Sharapova (4) and Kuznetsova (2) • 2017 season was highlighted by capturing first WTA singles title in debut final at Charleston, defeating fellow teenager Ostapenko in F – the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) • Reached second tour-level final at Moscow in 2017 (l. Goerges in F). Also finished R-Up in two WTA doubles finals at 2017 – at Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow (both w/Gavrilova) • 2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian • Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held mps), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges) • Reached first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suárez Navarro in QF) • QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at a WTA-level tournament • Won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Moscow (w/Vesnina) • Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

Grand Slam History • 2019 Australian Open marked her 14th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Earned best result at the majors with QF runs at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual • champion Kerber) surpassing her previous-best R16 effort at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi) • Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors – 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Australian Open (l. • eventual champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) • In juniors, lifted the 2014 Roland Garros singles trophy

Personal • Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin • Began playing at age six when older brother and fitness trainer, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to tennis • Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree • Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC • Coached by Philippe Dehaes; formerly coached by Vladimir Platenik

ZVONAREVA:

St. Petersburg • Making second appearance at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, entering 2019 main draw on a wildcard • Had 2r run here last year (l. Ostapenko). Defeated No.28 Bertens via retirement to record first victory over a Top 30 player since 2015 Shenzhen (d. No.22 Peng) • Best result by a wildcard here was Kvitova in 2018, who won the event (d. Mladenovic in F). Wildcard Vikhlyantseva made the SF in 2017 (l. Mladenovic) • Through to QF for the first time here after defeating fellow Russian Makarova (also on wildcard) in 1r without dropping a set • Overcame No.16 Goerges in 2r; now holds 2-0 record vs the German • Faces No.12 Kasatkina in QF today for the pair’s first meeting; also the first QF meeting of two Russians at St. Petersburg • Bidding for second SF appearance of 2019 which came at International-level Shenzhen • A win today would mark her first Premier-level SF since 2011 WTA Finals • Lifted seventh career doubles trophy here last year (w/Bacsinszky, d. Kudryavtseva/Srebotnik in F) • One of four Russians to reach the QF stage (Pavlyuchenkova, Kasatkina, Zvonareva and Alexandrova); this is a tournament record - two made this stage in 2016 and 2018, three in 2017

Season • Began 2019 campaign with SF run at Shenzhen (l. Riske via ret.) before 1r exit at Melbourne Park (l. Sharma)

Grand Slam History • 2018 US Open marked the 43rd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Reached back-to-back Grand Slam finals in 2010 as runner-up at both Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) and US Open (l. Clijsters) • At 2010 Wimbledon, became third Russian to reach Wimbledon final (Morozova, Sharapova) and second lowest-ranked finalist (No.21). At the time, only three players (Tauziat, Garrison and Schiavone) had played more majors before reaching first final • Is a two-time semifinalist at Australian Open (2009 and 2011) and advanced to first-career major QF at 2003 Roland Garros • In doubles, she has won four Grand Slam titles, with two coming in women’s doubles, the first one at the 2006 US Open (w/Dechy), and the other at 2012 Australian Open (w/Kuznetsova). Her other two came in mixed doubles at 2004 US Open (w/B.Bryan) and 2006 Wimbledon (w/Ram)

Other Information • Coached by Alexei Filenkov • Mother, Natalia, was an Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey (introduced her to tennis at age 6) • Graduated from Russian State Academy of Physical Education and earned second degree in international economic relations at Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow • Works with International Rett Syndrome Foundation to increase awareness and raise funds for research (Rett Syndrome is a nervous system disorder that leads to developmental reversals) • In 2008, participated in UNESCO Regional Conference “Political Involvement of Women in the Caucasus” to contribute to the idea of giving women equal chances in life • Got married in 2016 to Aleksandr Kucher and gave birth to her first child

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[Q] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10)

Head to Head: 1-1

2019 SHENZHEN HARD O R16 ARYNA SABALENKA 6-3 6-3 73 mins 2017 SHENZHEN HARD O F EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 6-2 7-5 80 mins

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA ARYNA SABALENKA 78 WTA RANKING 10 33 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 11 15-11-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 05-05-1998 (20) $69,384 YTD PRIZE MONEY $305,388 $916,394 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,454,327 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 3 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 2-0 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 1-0 3-3 / 21-31 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 8-2 / 66-32 1-1 / 5-13 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 26-12 0-3 / 7-7 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 16-11 3-3 / 16-16 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-2 / 54-22 0-0 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 6-5 0-1 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-3 0-1 / 1-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 8-6 0-2 / 1-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 16-11 * Updated entering QF at St. Petersburg

ROAD TO THE QF

[Q] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78) [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) R3-Q: d. ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #146) 7-6(4),6-0 (1h16) R16: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #52) 6-1,6-4 (1h10) R2-Q: d. JANA FETT (CRO #218) 7-6(7),6-0 (1h36) R32: BYE R1-Q: d. VALENTYNA IVAKHNENKO (RUS #200) 6-1,3-0 Ret'd (0h49) R16: d. TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #181) 7-5,6-2 (1h25) R32: d. KATIE BOULTER (GBR #88) 7-5,4-6,6-1 (1h58) Total games: 49 Total games: 17 Won/lost: 30-19 Won/lost: 12-5 Sets won/lost: 4-1 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 3h23 Total time on court: 1h10 Average time on court: 1h42 Average time on court: 1h10 Average rank of opponent: 135 Average rank of opponent: 52

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA ARYNA SABALENKA 2018 2017 R1-Q L - DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #172) 4-6 6-3 6-2 R1-Q L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #88) 6-4 6-2

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2017 R16- L - ELITSA KOSTOVA (BUL #133) 7-5 6-1 Q

SABALENKA:

St. Petersburg • Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy having fallen 1r in qualifying in 2017 • Contesting St. Petersburg after breaking into the Top 10 following her run to the last 32 of the Australian Open • Enters St. Petersburg ranked a career high No.10 (achieved January 28, 2019). By contrast, was No.65 this time last year • After 1r bye, defeated No. 52 Van Utyvanck in 2r on Thursday without dropping a set • Faces No.78 Alexandrova in QF today; has 1-1 record vs the Russian, winning their most recent encounter at 2019 Shenzhen • Most recent loss to a player Alexandrova’s rank or lower came only two weeks ago at Australian Open (No.87 Anisimova) • Is second highest ranked player to reach QF stage (after No.2 Kvitova)

ALEXANDROVA:

St. Petersburg • Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, having fallen in qualifying in 2017-18 • Was successful this year in qualifying, winning three rounds to reach main draw (d. Ivanhenko, Fett and Kalinskaya without dropping a set) • Overcame No.88 Boulter in opening round to record first win at WTA-Premier level or above since 2018 Australian Open (d. Hercog, l. Keys) • Defeated fellow qualifier No.181 Martincova in 2r on Thursday • Faces No.10 Sabalenka in QF for third time today; is 1-1 vs the Belarusian, losing their most recent encounter at 2019 Shenzhen • Has 1-4 record vs. Top 10 opponents; sole win coming against No.10 Ostapenko at 2018 Seoul • Only two other qualifiers have reached the St. Petersburg QF – Rybakina in 2018 (l. Goerges) and Kozlova in 2016 (l. Ivanovic) • Bidding for first SF appearance of career at WTA-Premier level • One of four Russians to reach the QF stage (Pavlyuchenkova, Kasatkina, Zvonareva and Alexandrova); this is a tournament record - two made this stage in 2016 and 2018, three in 2017

Season • 2019 St. Petersburg marks fourth event of 2019 • Opened season by reaching 2r at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) • Fell 1r at Sydney (as qualifier, l. Stephens) and Australian Open (l. Tsurenko)

Career • Enjoyed second Top 100 season in 2018 at No.93, highlighted by maiden WTA final at Linz (l. Giorgi) • Other highlights in 2018 were QF run at Seoul (l. Hsieh) and WTA 125K Series title at Limoges • At majors reached 2r at Australian Open and 1r at other three • Posted career-best year-end finish in 2017 and first Top 100 finish, at No.73 – peaked in rankings at No.69 on September 25, 2017 • Played in main draw of all four Grand Slams in 2017 for first time in career and played a career-best twelve tour-level main draws • Season highlights included winning sixth and seventh ITF singles titles, at $60k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN and $60k ITF/Croissy-Beaubourge-FRA • Also reached QFs at WTA $125k event in Limoges (as defending champion) • 2016 highlight was winning WTA 125K Series title at Limoges (d. No.24 Garcia in F). Made WTA main draw debut at Katowice (as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up Giorgi in 2r) • Also reached 2r at Wimbledon (won her way through qualifying, on first attempt to qualify at any Slam, upsetting No.23 seed Ivanovic in 1r, l. Friedsam) and Québec City (l. Martincova) • Rest of year was spent on ITF Circuit and attempting to qualify at WTA events (Prague, US Open, Tashkent, Linz and Moscow) First WTA-level appearance came at 2014 Bad Gastein – fell in qualifying • Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in 2011 • Posted Top 300 season finishes in 2014 (No.256) and 2015 (No.269) on the WTA rankings

Grand Slam History • 2019 Australian Open marked 10th main draw major appearance • Made debut at 2016 Wimbledon – defeated No.23 seed Ivanovic before falling to Friedsam in 2r • Competed in all four majors for the first time in career in 2017 • Best result at a Slam was 2r showings at 2016 Wimbledon, 2017 Roland Garros, 2017 US Open and 2018 Wimbledon

Other Information • Coached by her father, Evgeny Alexandrova and Petr Kralert, who both travel with her • Born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and began playing tennis at age six; remembers playing on holiday at Spain. Now trains in Prague, Czech Republic • Prefers hardcourts; admires Serena Williams MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA | Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads 3-2

2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R2 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 3-6 6-3 6-3 108 mins 2018 WUHAN HARD O R2 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-4 6-2 73 mins 2016 MIAMI HARD O R2 KIKI BERTENS 6-1 4-6 6-1 109 mins 2015 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS O R16 KIKI BERTENS 6-2 6-2 74 mins 2014 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 KIKI BERTENS 5-7 6-4 3-0 155 mins

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA KIKI BERTENS 32 WTA RANKING 8 7 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 18 03-07-1991 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-12-1991 (27) $359,396 YTD PRIZE MONEY $133,098 $9,128,476 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,655,222 0 / 12 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 7 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 10 4-2 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 1-2 7-3 / 322-237 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 159-136 2-3 / 108-89 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 43-50 1-1 / 77-66 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 34-40 7-3 / 238-158 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 69-87 0-0 / 26-29 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 16-9 1-0 / 13-33 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 6-9 2-0 / 30-60 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 15-20 2-0 / 58-104 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 24-37 * Updated entering QF at St.Petersburg

ROAD TO THE QF

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) R16: d. [6] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) 6-4,6-4 (1h24) R16: d. YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #148) 6-4,6-2 (1h01) R32: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #50) 7-5,7-6(4) (1h59) R32: BYE

Total games: 45 Total games: 18 Won/lost: 26-19 Won/lost: 12-6 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 3h23 Total time on court: 1h01 Average time on court: 1h42 Average time on court: 1h01 Average rank of opponent: 36 Average rank of opponent: 148

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ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA KIKI BERTENS 2018 2018 R1 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #35) 6-4 6-4 R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #197) 6-4

2016 2017 QF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #11) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #67) 7-5 3-6 6-4

PAVLYUCHENKOVA:

St. Petersburg • Making third appearance at St. Petersburg. Has matched best result here by reaching QF, also reaching this stage in 2016 (l. Bencic) • Last year was knocked out in 1r (l. Makarova) • One of four Russians to reach the QF stage (Pavlyuchenkova, Kasatkina, Zvonareva and Alexandrova); this is a tournament record - two made this stage in 2016 and 2018, three in 2017 • Overcame No.50 Cornet in opening round; now owns 7-1 record against the Frenchwoman • Defeated No.22 Ostapenko in 2r on Thursday to reach QF – having also made this stage at Australian Open last week • Last season only made back-to-back QFs once, at 2018 Linz and 2018 Moscow, her last two events of that year • Faces No.8 Bertens in QF today; owns a 30-60 lifetime record vs Top 10 players and is 2-0 in 2019 after wins over No.9 Bertens and No.5 Stephens (2019 Australian Open) • Owns one title on Russian soil coming at 2018 Moscow • Bidding to reach her first SF since title run at 2018 Strasbourg

Season • Opened Australian swing with 2r showing at Shenzhen (l. Kudermetova) before suffering 1r exit at Hobart (l. Lapko) • Matched best result at Melbourne Park by reaching QF (l. Collins); defeating No.9 Bertens and No.5 Stephens en route

Career • Ended 2018 ranked No.42, down from No.15 in 2017, marking her 11th consecutive Top 50 finish • 2018 season highlight was claiming her 12th WTA singles title at Strasbourg (d. Cibulkova in F) • Other highlights were QF runs at Stuttgart (l. Kontaveit), Wuhan (d. No.11 Bertens in 2r and No.5 Kvitova in R16, l. Barty),Linz (l. Alexandrova) and Moscow [Kremlin Cup] (l. Kasatkina) • Owns 12 WTA singles titles, including a career-best three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, Rabat and HongKong • Notched only win over a reigning World No.1 against Kerber en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 • Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/Babos) • In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l. Kerber), StPetersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l.Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova) • Owns 30 Top 10 victories (30-60 record) • Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r • Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008 • Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011) • Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow • Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion

Grand Slam History • 2019 Australian Open marked 45th career main draw appearance at a major • Best result at a Slam is reaching QF; owns 0-5 record at this stage – has reached QFs at all four majors; 2011 RolandGarros (l. Schiavone) and US Open (l. S.Williams), 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams), 2017 AustralianOpen (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams), and 2019 Australian Open (l. Collins) • Owns 4-10 record vs Top 10 opponents at majors, with wins coming over No.3 Zvonareva (2011 Roland Garros), No.8Schiavone (2011 US Open), No.9 Bertens and No.5 Stephens (2019 Australian Open) • One of just five active players to achieve feat of reaching QF or better at all four majors in both singles and doubles (alsoWilliams sisters, Kuznetsova and Zvonareva) and is the only player to do so since 2011 • Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova 6-0 6-1) • As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title) and wasrunner-up at 2006 Roland Garros and won four Grand Slam girls’ doubles titles

Personal • Recently reunited with former coach Simon Goffin • Also works with father, Sergey and brother, Aleks • Introduced to tennis at age six by family • Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was Olympic-levelcanoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer

BERTENS:

St. Petersburg • Making third main draw appearance at St. Petersburg, through to QF for first time today • Lost openers in 2017 (l. Beck) and 2018 (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness) • After 1r bye, opened 2019 St. Petersburg campaign by hitting 13 aces to secure victory over qualifier Bonaventure on Thursday • Bertens is averaging a WTA-leading 9.3 aces per match in 2019 • The Dutchwoman has hit 10+ aces four times this year (in 8 matches)

• Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Prior to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career • Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) and picked up a doubles title at 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs) • Season highlights in 2017 were winning titles at Nürnberg and Gstaad. Also posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level • Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) • Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 • Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani) • Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles and doubles • Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance • Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r) • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017

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ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – DAY 4

ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #52) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10)

Van Uytvanck leads 1-0 First meeting on hard courts.. Van Uytvank making her debut in St. Petersburg, bidding for second Top 10 win of career

[6] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32)

Ostapenko leads 1-0 First meeting in three years and first on hardcourt… Pavlyuchenkova playing in her fourth event of 2019, coming off QF run at Australian Open (l. Collins)… Ostapenko notched her first win since 2018 Beijing over Mladenovic in the opening round

[Q] YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #148) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

Bertens leads 2-0 Bertens returning to St. Petersburg for third time, after 1r bye bidding for first win here… Bonaventure making her debut in St. Petersburg, and bidding to reach her first QF at WTA Premier level

[Q] TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #181) vs. [Q] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78)

Martincova leads 2-1 Martincova making her second appearance at St. Petersburg as a qualifier … Alexandrova making her debut in St. Petersburg, and bidding for second hard court win over the Czech

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ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #52) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10)

Head to Head: ALISON VAN UYTVANCK leads 1-0

2018 MALLORCA GRASS O R1 ALISON VAN UYTVANCK 3-6 6-4 6-2 112 mins

ALISON VAN UYTVANCK ARYNA SABALENKA 52 WTA RANKING 10 160 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 11 26-03-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 05-05-1998 (20) $68,938 YTD PRIZE MONEY $305,388 $2,174,842 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,454,327 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 3 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-0 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 0-0 2-3 / 69-89 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 7-2 / 65-32 0-0 / 24-28 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 26-12 1-0 / 20-32 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 16-11 2-3 / 38-52 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-2 / 53-22 0-0 / 3-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 6-5 0-1 / 1-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-3 0-1 / 1-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 8-6 0-1 / 2-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 16-11 * Updated entering 2r at St. Petersburg

ROAD TO THE 2R ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #52) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) R32: d. KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #50) 6-2,6-4 (1h19) R32: BYE

Total games: 18 Total games: 0 Won/lost: 12-6 Won/lost: 0-0 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Sets won/lost: 0-0 Total time on court: 1h19 Total time on court: 0h00 Average time on court: 1h19 Average time on court: 0h00 Average rank of opponent: 50 Average rank of opponent: 0

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ARYNA SABALENKA 2017 R1-Q L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #88) 6-4 6-2

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St. Petersburg

• Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy having fallen 1r in qualifying in 2017 • Contesting St. Petersburg after breaking into the Top 10 following her run to the last 32 of the Australian Open • Enters St. Petersburg ranked a career high No.10 (achieved January 28, 2019). By contrast, was No.65 this time last year • After 1r bye, faces No. 52 Van Utyvanck in 2r today for first meeting on hardcourt; lost only other encounter on grass at 2018 Mallorca

Season

• Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F); now owns 3-3 record in career singles finals • Followed up Shenzhen title with opening match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) • Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (l. Anisimova)

Career

• Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and finishing at No.11 in the rankings • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand Slam run to R16 at US Open • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and amking SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko) • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155. Won on ITF Circuit at $50k ITF/Tianjin-CHN and $50k ITF/Toyota-JPN • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2016 Rabat • On ITF Circuit has won five singles titles and one doubles title • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/Minsk-BLR

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked sixth career main draw appearance at a Grand Slam

• Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s) • Only previous Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Khromacheva, l. Witthoeft) • Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) • Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros • Was No.26 seed at 2018 US Open– first Grand Slam seeding of her career

Other

• Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov • Since their partnership formed this summer, the pairing has scored the best win-by-ranking of her career over No.2 Wozniacki en route to a R16 finish in Montréal. Then in Cincinnati, the Belarusian dropped three consecutive seeds (No.9 Ka.Pliskova, No.6 Garcia and No.13 Keys) en route to SF, before capturing her first career titles at New Haven and Wuhan • Started playing aged six • Prefers playing on hard VAN UYTVANCK:

St. Petersburg

• Making debut appearance at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy • Defeated fellow Belgian Flipkens in straight sets in opening round on Monday • Faces No.10 Sabalenka in 2r today for second time; won only previous meeting at 2018 Mallorca. Owns one Top 10 career win over No.3 Muguuza at 2018 Wimbledon • One of two Belgians to reach 2r (also Bonaventure) • Contesting St. Petersburg ranked No.52. By contrast, was ranked No.76 this time last year Season

• Began 2019 season with 1r exit at Auckland (l. qualifier Schoofs), before falling 2r at Hobart (l. Schmiedlova) • Fell in 1r at Australian Open (l. defending champion Wozniacki)

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked her 19th Grand Slam main draw appearance • Best result at the majors came in 2015, reaching QF at Roland Garros to become first Belgian to reach this stage in Paris since Henin won the title in 2007 • Best result at Wimbledon was R16 showing in 2018 (l. Kasatkina) • Is yet to make it past 1r at either Australian Open or US Open

Career • Finished 2018 at No.50, her second Top 50 season. Career-best finish came in 2015, at No.42 • 2018 highlight was claiming her second tour-level title at Budapest, dropping only one set in the final (d. Cibulkova in F); is 2-0 in finals, including first title at 2017 Québec City (d. Babos in F). Also enjoyed SF run at Linz (l. Giorgi) and posted best result at Wimbledon to date with R16 showing (l. Kasatkina) • In 2018, represented Belgium in 3-2 Fed Cup World Group I defeat against France and play-off win over Italy (posted 2-0 record across both ties, d. Parmentier and Errani) • 2017 season was highlighted by lifting first WTA singles title at Québec City (d. Babos in F) • Reached two ITF singles finals in 2017, at $100k ITF/Ilkley-GBR (l. Rybarikova in F) and $100k ITF/Poitiers-FRA (l. Buzarnescu in F) • Won 10th and 11th ITF singles titles in 2016, at $50k ITF/Stockton-USA (d. Pivovarova in F) and $50k ITF/Las Vegas-USA (d. Kenin in F) • Advanced to one tour-level QF in 2016 at Québec City (l. eventual champion Dodin) • Also in 2015, reached three tour-level SFs, at Katowice (l. Schmiedlova), Seoul (l. Begu) and Luxembourg (l. Doi) • Won WTA 125k event in Chinese Taipei in 2013 • Career-high ranking is No.41 (October 26, 2015) • Owns 11 ITF singles titles and two ITF doubles titles • Contested first WTA qualifying event at 2011 Brussels, reaching 2r (l. Wickmayer)

Other Information • Coached by David Basile • Mother is Krista Laemers; father is René Van Uytvanck; older brother is Sean, twin brother is Brett • Began playing at age five • Baseliner whose favorite shot is serve MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA | Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[6] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32)

Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads 1-0

2016 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO 7-6(2) 6-1 86 mins

JELENA OSTAPENKO ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 22 WTA RANKING 32 300 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 7 08-06-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-07-1991 (27) $81,735 YTD PRIZE MONEY $359,396 $7,616,219 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,128,476 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 2-3 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 3-2 1-3 / 93-74 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 321-237 1-1 / 33-26 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 108-89 0-0 / 27-13 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 77-66 1-3 / 51-52 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 237-158 0-0 / 8-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 26-29 0-0 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 13-33 0-0 / 8-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / 30-60 0-1 / 12-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / 58-104 * Updated entering 2r at St. Petersburg

ROAD TO THE 2R [6] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) R32: d. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #44) 6-1,0-6,6-0 (1h22) R32: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #50) 7-5,7-6(4) (1h59)

Total games: 19 Total games: 25 Won/lost: 12-7 Won/lost: 14-11 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h22 Total time on court: 1h59 Average time on court: 1h22 Average time on court: 1h59 Average rank of opponent: 44 Average rank of opponent: 50

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JELENA OSTAPENKO ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2018 2018 QF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #29) 6-0 6-2 R1 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #35) 6-4 6-4

2017 2016 R1 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #88) 6-0 6-4 QF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #11) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2

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2016

R1 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #55) 6-4 6-3

OSTAPENKO: St Petersburg

• Making fourth main draw appearance at St. Petersburg, having appeared every year since the tournament’s debut on the WTA Tour in 2016 • Best result here was QF run in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) • Fell 1r in 2016 (l. Wickmayer) and 2017 (l. Vekic) • Won the doubles title here in 2017 (w/Rosolska, d. Jurak/Knoll in F). One of three doubles titles she owns (also 2017 Stuttgart and 2018 Doha) • Contested 2018 St. Petersburg ranked No.6 and seeded No.2 – returns this year ranked No.22 • Overcame Mladenovic in 1r to register first win of the season in what is her fourth event, and first win since 2018 Beijing • Faces No.32 Pavlyuchenkova in 2r today – their second meeting, and first on hardcourt. Won their only previous encounter on grass at 2016 Birmingham

Season

• Opened 2019 by dropping opening matches at Shenzhen (l. Niculescu), Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty) and Australian Open (l. Sakkari) • Broke winless run stretching back to 2018 Beijing (l. Wang in 2r) followed by 2018 Hong Kong (l. Kucova) with win over Mladenovic in 1r at St. Petersburg

Career

• Ended 2018 season at No.22, with season highlighted by R-Up finish at Miami (l. Stephens). Record in singles finals now stands at 2-4 • Saw off No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina during Miami run to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same tournament for the first time in her career • Elsewhere in 2018, made SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and reached four further QFs • Won both singles rubbers (d. Makarova and Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets) to help Latvia beat Russia 3-2. Latvia will play in 2019 Fed Cup World Group II for the first time • Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish) • Won first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), wher she became the lowest-ranked player (No.47), an first unseeded player, to lift the trophy in the Ope Era • Clinched second tour-level title at Seoul in September (d. Haddad Maia in F) as top seed • Seoul title, and subsequent SF runs at Wuhan an Beijing, helped earn her first-ever qualification a WTA Finals, where she went 1-2 in the group stage d. Ka.Pliskova; l. V.Williams and Muguruza • Advanced to third career singles final at 2017 Charleston in April, falling to then fellow 19-year-old Kasatkina; was the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) • Made four additional semifinals in 2017: Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis), Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova), Wuhan (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Halep) • Upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1 • Reached QF stage at Acapulco (l. eventual champion Tsurenko) and Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams) • Following run to 3r at 2017 US Open (l. Kasatkina), made her Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017 • In doubles, won first and second career titles in 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo) • 2016 season highlight and breakthrough result wa reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) • Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha • Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur) • Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) • Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second- highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkinawho went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) • Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012. Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles. Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak) • Latvian Fed Cup Team, 2013-18; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016 Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 15th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), becoming first woman to win her first tour-level title at a Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in F) • First Latvian player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam; previously Ernests Gulbis reached SF at 2014 Roland Garros • Is one of seven players born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and 2017 Wimbledon, Stephens at 2017 US Open, Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open, Halep at 2018 Roland Garros and Osaka at 2018 US Open) • Followed Paris victory by posting her then-second best major result, reaching QF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Along with S.Williams in 2015, is the only woman in the last 10 years to have followed up victory at Roland Garros with a run to the QF or better at Wimbledon. Before that, Henin also achieved the feat in 2007 • Also the first woman to back up her maiden Slam title with QF or better at next Slam since Kim Clijsters (US Open/Australian Open 2006) • Improved upon her 2017 result by reaching the SF of Wimbledon in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber) becoming the first woman representing Latvia to reach SF at Wimbledon • Best result to date at Australian Open and US Open is reaching 3r in 2017 and 2018 • Fell in 1r at all four majors in 2016, however, reached mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/Marach, l. eventual champions Kontinen/Watson

Personal

• Works with Glen Schaap (as of June 2018) and her mother, Jelena Jakovleva • Father is Jevgenijs, half-brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles an lives there) • Previously worked with David Taylor from December 2017 until 2018 Roland Garros • Introduced to tennis at age five by mother; favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard • Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis– watched Gulbis’ QF match at Roland Garros from his box in 2014 • Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years

PAVLYUCHENKOVA: St. Petersburg

• Making third appearance at St. Petersburg. Best result here was QF showing in 2016 (l. Bencic) • Last year was knocked out in 1r (l. Makarova) • One of eight Russian players to start main draw here (also Kasatkina, Makarova, Sharapova, Gasparyan, Kudemetova, Zvonareva and Alexandrova), the most of any country present • Overcame No.50 Cornet in opening round; now owns 7-1 record against the Frenchwoman • Faces No.22 Ostapenko in 2r today for first meeting on hardcourt; lost their only previous encounter on grass at 2016 Birmingham • Bidding to equal her best result here by reaching QF stage

Career

• Ended 2018 ranked No.42, down from No.15 in 2017, marking her 11th consecutive Top 50 finish • 2018 season highlight was claiming her 12th WTA singles title at Strasbourg (d. Cibulkova in F) • Other highlights were QF runs at Stuttgart (l. Kontaveit), Wuhan (d. No.11 Bertens in 2r and No.5 Kvitova in R16, l. Barty), Linz (l. Alexandrova) and Moscow [Kremlin Cup] (l. Kasatkina) • Owns 12 WTA singles titles, including a career-best three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, Rabat and Hong Kong • Notched only win over a reigning World No.1 against Kerber en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 • Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/Babos) • In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l. Kerber), St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l.Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova) • Owns 30 Top 10 victories (30-60 record) • Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r • Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008 • Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011) • Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow • Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 45th career main draw appearance at a major • Best result at a Slam is reaching QF; owns 0-5 record at this stage – has reached QFs at all four majors; 2011 Roland Garros (l. Schiavone) and US Open (l. S.Williams), 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams), 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams), and 2019 Australian Open (l. Collins) • Owns 4-10 record vs Top 10 opponents at majors, with wins coming over No.3 Zvonareva (2011 Roland Garros), No.8 Schiavone (2011 US Open), No.9 Bertens and No.5 Stephens (2019 Australian Open) • One of just five active players to achieve feat of reaching QF or better at all four majors in both singles and doubles (also Williams sisters, Kuznetsova and Zvonareva) and is the only player to do so since 2011 • Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova 6-0 6-1) • As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title) and was runner-up at 2006 Roland Garros and won four Grand Slam girls’ doubles titles

Personal

• Recently reunited with former coach Simon Goffin • Also works with father, Sergey and brother, Aleks • Introduced to tennis at age six by family • Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was Olympic-level canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer

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[Q] YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #148) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads 2-0

2015 SOBOTA/ROKIETNICA CLAY O R1 KIKI BERTENS 3-6 6-1 6-2 2015 CAGNES-SUR-MER CLAY O R16 KIKI BERTENS 6-2 6-1

YSALINE BONAVENTURE KIKI BERTENS 148 WTA RANKING 8 135 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 18 29-08-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-12-1991 (27) $57,442 YTD PRIZE MONEY $133,098 $460,349 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,655,222 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 7 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 10 1-0 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 0-2 1-1 / 5-10 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 158-136 0-1 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 43-50 1-0 / 2-3 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 34-40 1-1 / 5-5 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 68-87 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 16-9 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 6-9 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 15-20 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 24-37 * Updated entering 2r at St. Petersburg

ROAD TO THE 2R [Q] YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #148) [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) R3-Q: d. KATIE BOULTER (GBR #97) 6-7(3),6-4,6-2 (1h58) R32: BYE

R2-Q: d. VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #48) 6-4,6-3 (1h02) R1-Q: d. TENA LUKAS (CRO #271) 6-2,6-4 (1h03)

R32: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #38) 6-4,7-6(3) (1h38) vs. Total games: 23 Total games: 0 Won/lost: 13-10 Won/lost: 0-0 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Sets won/lost: 0-0 Total time on court: 1h38 Total time on court: 0h00 Average time on court: 1h38 Average time on court: 0h00 Average rank of opponent: 38 Average rank of opponent: 0

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ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match KIKI BERTENS 2018 R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #197) 6-4

2017 R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #67) 7-5 3-6 6-4 BONAVENTURE:

St. Petersburg

• Making debut appearance at St. Petersburg, coming through three rounds of qualifying to reach main draw • Defeated Kuzmova, Lukas and Boulter during qualifying, dropping only one set • In 1r, overcame Siniakova – was first win at main draw, tour level since 2018 Washington D.C (d. Kalinina in 1r, l. Zheng Saisai) • Defeat of No.38 Siniakova also marks best win rankings-wise of career, bettering defeat of No.53 Vekic at 2018 Budapest • Faces No.8 Bertens today – highest-ranked opposed she has faced in career is World No.1 S.Williams at 2015 Bastad (l. 6-2 6-1). The next highest came vs. No.22 Azarenka at 2016 Brisbane (l. 6-3 6-2) • Bidding to reach her first QF at WTA Premier level today, and second QF of career (after International level 2018 Budapest, l. Barthel) • Only two other qualifiers have reached the St. Petersburg QF – Rybakina in 2018 (l. Goerges) and Kozlova in 2016 (l. Ivanovic)

Season

• Coming off reaching 2r at $60 ITF/Andrezieux-Boutheon,FRA • Fell 1r at Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Vickery). Was Grand Slam main draw debut • Opened season by falling in Auckland qualifying

Career

• Ended 2018 ranked No.150 for career-best year-end finish (bettering No.156 finish in 2015) • Continues to play a mix of Tour and ITF Circuit events, posting a new career-high ranking of No.146 on July 2, 2018 • Highlight of 2018 season was reaching first tour level QF, at Budapest (as qualifier, l. Berthel) • Also contested main draw at four other events, reaching 2r at Auckland (as qualifier, l. Su-Wei Hsieh), falling 1r at Bogota (l. Larsson) and Bucharest (l. Zanevska) and making 2r at Washington (as qualifier, l. Zheng Saisai) • Made main draw debut at 2015 Bastad (as qualifier, l. S.Williams 62 61 in 1r) • Made WTA debut at 2012 Brussels (fell in qualifying) • Owns Two WTA doubles titles, both coming in 2015 – at Rio de Janeiro (w/Peterson) and Katowice (w/Schuurs). Achieved best doubles ranking (No.57) in February 2016 • Made Fed Cup debut for Belgium in 2012 in doubles w/ Van Uytvanck (l. Date-Krumm /Fujiwara) • On ITF circuit, owns ten singles and 13 doubles titles

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• Fell in 13 consecutive qualifying draws at the Grand Slams since debut at 2015 Australian Open • Made breakthrough at 2019 Australian Open, winning her way through qualifying before falling to Vickey in 1r

Personal

• Born in Rocourt, Belgium • Current coach is former WTA Player Dominique Monami; formerly coached by another WTA player, Noëlle van Lottum

BERTENS:

St. Petersburg

• Making third main draw appearance at St. Petersburg, and bidding for first win today • Lost openers in 2017 (l. Beck) and 2018 (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness) • After 1r bye, opens 2019 St. Petersburg campaign today vs. qualifier Bonaventure • Last loss to a qualifier came to Siniakova at 2018 Beijing; defeated qualifier Putintseva earlier this season at Sydney • Loss to No.148 Bonaventure today would be worst since her last outing here at St. Petersburg, losing to No.197 last year • Last loss to a player outside Top 100 came at 2018 Linz (l. No.138 Gasparyan) • Contesting week of St. Petersburg at a career-high ranking of No.8 (achieved January 28, 2019)

Season

• Coming off 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) • Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous results were QF runs at 2016-17 Hobart • Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (d. Mertens, l. Vekic)

Career

• Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a career-best four singles finals across the season and breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) – first Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 • Won the WTA’s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 • Won three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova in F) • Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Prior to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career • Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) and picked up a doubles title at 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs) • Season highlights in 2017 were winning titles at Nürnberg and Gstaad. Also posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level • Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) • Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 • Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani) • Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles and doubles • Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance • Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r) • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level • Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017

Grand Slam History

• Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) • With that result in Paris, became the first Dutch woman to reach SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) • Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 • In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. Vondrousova) Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/Larsson, l. Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic)

Personal

• Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter; brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into coaching team during off-season • In November 2018, announced engagement to boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physiotherapist, fitness coach and hitting partner • Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy • Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

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ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA | Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[Q] TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #181) vs. [Q] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78)

Head to Head: TEREZA MARTINCOVA leads 2-1

2016 QUEBEC CITY CARPET I R16 TEREZA MARTINCOVA 6-4 1-6 6-4 93 mins 2016 ANDREZIEUX-BOUTHEO HARD O R1 EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 2-6 6-4 6-4 N 2013 KAZAN 2 HARD O R16 TEREZA MARTINCOVA 6-3 3-6 6-0

TEREZA MARTINCOVA EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 181 WTA RANKING 78 125 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 33 24-10-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 15-11-1994 (24) $29,760 YTD PRIZE MONEY $69,384 $373,037 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $916,394 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-1 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 1-0 1-0 / 14-26 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 20-31 1-0 / 8-10 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 5-13 0-0 / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-3 / 7-7 1-0 / 6-13 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 15-16 0-0 / 2-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-2 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 0-3 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-4 0-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 1-8 * Updated entering 2r at St. Petersburg

ROAD TO THE 2R

[Q] TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #181) [Q] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78) R3-Q: d. NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #134) 6-4,6-1 (1h27) R3-Q: d. ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #146) 7-6(4),6-0 (1h16) R2-Q: d. MAGDALENA FRECH (POL #155) 6-3,6-2 (1h18) R2-Q: d. JANA FETT (CRO #218) 7-6(7),6-0 (1h36) R1-Q: d. LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #86) 3-6,6-1,6-4 (1h40) R1-Q: d. VALENTYNA IVAKHNENKO (RUS #200) 6-1,3-0 Ret'd (0h49) R32: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #41) 4-6,6-2,6-2 (2h15) R32: d. KATIE BOULTER (GBR #88) 7-5,4-6,6-1 (1h58)

Total games: 26 Total games: 29 Won/lost: 16-10 Won/lost: 17-12 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Total time on court: 2h15 Total time on court: 1h58 Average time on court: 2h15 Average time on court: 1h58 Average rank of opponent: 41 Average rank of opponent: 88

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ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

TEREZA MARTINCOVA EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 2018 2018 R1 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #147) 6-2 6-2 R1-Q L - DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #172) 4-6 6-3 6-2

2017 2017 R1-Q W - OLESYA PERVUSHINA (RUS #381) 6-2 6-4 R16- L - ELITSA KOSTOVA (BUL #133) 7-5 6-1 Q 2016 R16- L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #87) 6-2 3-6 6-3 Q

MARTINCOVA: St. Petersburg: • Making second appearance at St. Petersburg as a qualifier (defeated Arruabarrena, Frech and Vikhlyantseva in qualifying) • Fell in qualifying in 2016 and 2017. Suffered 1r exit in 2018 (l. Vinci) • Overcame No.41 Putintseva in 1r on Tuesday; win was best-by-ranking since victory over No.20 Garcia at 2017 Gstaad and first tour-level win since 2018 Nanchang (d. Yuxuan Zhang in 1r, l. Lin Zhu in 2r) • Faces No.78 Alexandrova in 2r today for the third time; winning their most recent encounter at 2016 Quebec City. Has 2-1 record vs the Russian • One of three Czechs competing this week in St. Petersburg – also Kvitova and Siniakova

Season: • Enters 2019 St. Petersburg following 3r qualifying exit at Australian Open (l. Kudermetova)

Career: • Ended 2018 ranked No.212, down from career best year-end finish of No.140 in 2018 • In 2018, won third ITF singles title at $25k ITF/Obidos and made QF run at 125k Taipei (l. Schoofs) • Advanced to first tour-level SF at 2017 Gstaad, earning career first Top 20 win over then-No.20 Garcia • Earned a career high singles ranking of No.114 following 2r run at 2017 Nanchang (l. eventual champion Peng) • Win-loss record at tour-level in 2017 was 5-7, including three wins at Gstaad and 2r runs at Monterrey (d. McHale, l. Boserup) and Nanchang (d. Kudryavtseva, l. Peng) • In 2015, reached first WTA QF at Florianopolis (l. Mattek-Sands) • Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2013 Nurnberg (l. Cabeza Candela in 1r) • Owns three singles titles on the ITF Circuit at 2014 $10k ITF/Heraklion-GRE, 2015 $25k ITF/Lenzerheide-SUI and $25k ITF/Obidos • Continues to play a mix of WTA and ITF Circuit events

Grand Slam History: • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2017 US Open (as qualifier, l. Garcia) • Fell in qualifying at the majors on 12 occasions, including at 2019 Australian Open

Other Information: • Coached by Daniel Vanek

ALEXANDROVA: St. Petersburg

• Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, having fallen in qualifying in 2017-18 • Was successful this year in qualifying, winning three rounds to reach main draw (d. Ivanhenko, Fett and Kalinskaya without dropping a set) • Overcame No.88 Boulter in opening round to record first win at WTA-Premier level or above since 2018 Australian Open (d. Hercog, l. Keys) • Faces qualifier No.181 Martincova in 2r today for first time since 2016; has 1-2 record over the Czech, losing their most recent encounter at 2016 Quebec City • One of eight women from Russia to begin main draw

Season

• 2019 St. Petersburg marks fourth event of 2019 • Opened season by reaching 2r at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) • Fell 1r at Sydney (as qualifier, l. Stephens) and Australian Open (l. Tsurenko)

Career

• Enjoyed second Top 100 season in 2018 at No.93, highlighted by maiden WTA final at Linz (l. Giorgi) • Other highlights in 2018 were QF run at Seoul (l. Hsieh) and WTA 125K Series title at Limoges • At majors reached 2r at Australian Open and 1r at other three • Posted career-best year-end finish in 2017 and first Top 100 finish, at No.73 – peaked in rankings at No.69 on September 25, 2017 • Played in main draw of all four Grand Slams in 2017 for first time in career and played a career-best twelve tour-level main draws • Season highlights included winning sixth and seventh ITF singles titles, at $60k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN and $60k ITF/Croissy-Beaubourge-FRA • Also reached QFs at WTA $125k event in Limoges (as defending champion) • 2016 highlight was winning WTA 125K Series title at Limoges (d. No.24 Garcia in F). Made WTA main draw debut at Katowice (as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up Giorgi in 2r) • Also reached 2r at Wimbledon (won her way through qualifying, on first attempt to qualify at any Slam, upsetting No.23 seed Ivanovic in 1r, l. Friedsam) and Québec City (l. Martincova) • Rest of year was spent on ITF Circuit and attempting to qualify at WTA events (Prague, US Open, Tashkent, Linz and Moscow) • First WTA-level appearance came at 2014 Bad Gastein – fell in qualifying • Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in 2011 • Posted Top 300 season finishes in 2014 (No.256) and 2015 (No.269) on the WTA rankings

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 10th main draw major appearance • Made debut at 2016 Wimbledon – defeated No.23 seed Ivanovic before falling to Friedsam in 2r • Competed in all four majors for the first time in career in 2017, falling in 1r at Australian Open (l. compatriot Makarova) and Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Muguruza) and advancing to 2r at Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) and US Open (l. Garcia)

Other Information

• Coached by her father, Evgeny Alexandrova and Petr Kralert, who both travel with her • Born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and began playing tennis at age six; remembers playing on holiday at Spain. Now trains in Prague, Czech Republic • Prefers hardcourts; admires Serena Williams

MATCH NOTES: ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA | JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 3, 2019 | USD $823,000 PREMIER

ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – DAY 3

[LL] KATIE BOULTER (GBR #88) vs. [Q] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78)

Series tied 1-1 First meeting at tour-level… Boulter looking for fifth consecutive win over a Russian opponent… Alexandrova aiming for 20th main draw win of her career

[1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) vs. [WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #51)

Kvitova leads 4-3 First meeting in four years… Kvitova looking to add to her perfect 5-0 record in St. Petersburg as the defending champion… Azarenka notched her first win of 2019 over Gasparyan in the opening round

[WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) vs. [5] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16)

Zvonareva leads 1-0 Zvonareva bidding for her 75th career win over a Top 20 player… Goerges aiming for her first Premier-level title since 2017, when she lifted two at Moscow and WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai

[3] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) vs. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #29)

Sharapova leads 1-0 Kasatkina hoping for first win of the season in her fourth event of 2019… Sharapova vying for first QF appearance at WTA Premier level or above since 2018 Roland Garros

[LL] VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #108) vs. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30)

Vekic leads 1-0 First tour-level meeting… Kudermetova is playing on a career high ranking of No.108 and eyeing her third career Top 30 win… Vekic competing this week at No.30, one spot shy of her career high No.29

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[LL] KATIE BOULTER (GBR #88) vs. [Q] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78)

Head to Head: 1-1

2018 SOUTHSEA GRASS O R16 KATIE BOULTER 6-4 6-2 2016 LANDISVILLE HARD O R16 EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 7-6(3) 6-1

KATIE BOULTER EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 88 WTA RANKING 78 112 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 33 01-08-1996 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 15-11-1994 (24) $78,721 YTD PRIZE MONEY $69,384 $460,926 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $916,394 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-0 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 0-0 1-1 / 7-10 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 19-31 1-0 / 3-4 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 4-13 1-0 / 3-0 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-3 / 7-7 1-1 / 4-6 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 14-16 1-0 / 1-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-2 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 0-3 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-4 0-1 / 0-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 1-8 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg 1r

Result Duration

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 2018 R1-Q L - DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #172) 4-6 6-3 6-2

2017 R16- L - ELITSA KOSTOVA (BUL #133) 7-5 6-1 Q

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St. Petersburg

• Making debut appearance at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy as a lucky loser (l. Bonaventure in final round of qualifying in 3s) • Contesting this week at a career-high ranking of No.88 (achieved on January 28, 2019); currently the British No.2, behind Konta • Faces No.79 Alexandrova today in their first tour-level meeting. Notched second best-by-ranking win of career over No.60 Makarova last week at the Australian (d. No.42 Sakkari at 2018 Tianjin for career best win) • Since start of 2018 season, has gone 4-0 against Russian players including wins over Lykina (2018 $60k ITF/Fukuoka-JPN final), Alexandrova (2018 $100k ITF/Southsea-GBR), Kalinskaya ($100k ITF/Vancouver-CAN) and Makarova (2019 Australian Open) • Sole British player represented in 2019 St. Petersburg draw

Season

• Won career second Grand Slam main draw match at Australian Open (d. Makarova in 1r, l. Sabalenka in 2r) • Win over Makarova in Melbourne marked the first-ever contested 10-point match tie-break at the Australian Open • Opened 2019 season with qualifying exit at Hobart (l. Minnen)

Career

• Posted best year-end finish – and first Top 100 finish of career - at No.100 in 2018, up from No.199 in 2017 • Broke into the Top 100 the week of October 15, 2018 • 2018 highlight was reaching first WTA quarterfinal of career at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Barty) – defeated Stosur en route for her first win over a Grand Slam winner. Also had QF run at Tianjin (l. Ka.Pliskova) and R-Up finish at $100k ITF/Southsea-GBR (l. Flipkens) • Great Britain Fed Cup Team, 2018 • On ITF Circuit, winner of five singles titles and four doubles titles • Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in Britain in 2011 • Junior highlights include winning Lemon Bowl in Rome at age of 11, and reaching final at Junior Orange Bowl in Florida at age 14

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian open marked third Grand Slam main draw appearance • Has reached 2r at the majors on two occasions – 2018 Wimbledon (l. Osaka) and 2019 Australian Open (l. Sabalenka) • Made tour level and Grand Slam main draw singles debut at 2017 Wimbledon (l. McHale in 1r) • Yet to make main draw debut at Roland Garros and US Open (has fallen in qualifying at each) • Appeared in girls’ singles at all four Slams, reaching 3r at Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open • In junior doubles, R-Up w/Jorovic at 2014 Australian Open

Other

• Began playing tennis at age 5 • Hails from Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire • Enjoys hockey, cycling, shopping, fashion and cooking • Coached by Jeremy Bates; trains at National Tennis Centre in London

ALEXANDROVA:

St. Petersburg

• Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, having fallen in qualifying in 2017-18 • Was successful this year in qualifying, winning three rounds to reach main draw (d. Ivanhenko, Fett and Kalinskaya without dropping a set) • Faces No.88 Boulter today in their first tour-level meeting. Won in their sole meeting on hard courts at 2016 $25k ITF/Landisville-USA • One of eight women from Russia to begin main draw, and bidding to join Sharapova, Kudermotva, Zvonareva to have reached 2r • Bidding for first win at WTA-Premier level or above since 2018 Australian Open (d. Hercog, l. Keys)

Season

Career

Grand Slam History

Other Information

MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA | Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) vs. [WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #51)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 4-3

2015 TORONTO HARD O R2 VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-2 6-3 88 mins 2011 WTA FINALS HARD I F PETRA KVITOVA 7-5 4-6 6-3 148 mins 2011 WIMBLEDON GRASS O SF PETRA KVITOVA 6-1 3-6 6-2 104 mins 2011 MADRID CLAY O F PETRA KVITOVA 7-6(3) 6-4 102 mins 2010 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R3 PETRA KVITOVA 7-5 6-0 80 mins 2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R1 VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-2 6-1 63 mins 2008 PRAGUE CLAY O R1 VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-3 6-4 72 mins

PETRA KVITOVA VICTORIA AZARENKA 2 WTA RANKING 51 2 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 313 08-03-1990 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 31-07-1989 (29) $1,679,805 YTD PRIZE MONEY $65,538 $29,022,012 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $29,344,527 1 / 26 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 20 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 5-0 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 1-0 12-2 / 410-191 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 430-162 2-1 / 122-78 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 81-55 4-3 / 82-60 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 64-42 12-2 / 275-133 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 297-96 1-0 / 45-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 44-13 1-1 / 25-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 28-39 1-1 / 53-51 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 64-65 4-2 / 103-86 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 115-90 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg 2r

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R32 BYE R32 d. [Q] MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #81) 6-4, 6-1 1h30

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

PETRA KVITOVA 2018 F W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #10) 6-1 6-2

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St. Petersburg

• Making second consecutive appearance at 2019 St. Petersburg. Returns as defending champion (d. Mladenovic in 2018 F) • Defeated three consecutive Top 20 players en route to title here in 2018 (d. No.6 Ostapenko, No.12 Goerges and No.10 Mladenovic) • 2018 St. Petersburg title marked first of a tour-leading five WTA singles titles in 2018 • Aiming to defend a title for the third time in her career, having done so at New Haven (2014-15) and Birmingham (2017-18) • After 1r bye, faces No.51 Azarenka today in their eighth career meeting, and first in four years • Competing this week at a career-high ranking of World No.2 (first achieved on October 31, 2011). By contrast, was ranked No.29 this time last year

Season

• Coming off third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reaching World No.1 ranking • Was seeded No.8 at Melbourne Park – has now been seeded at the past 33 Grand Slams she has contested, since first seeding at 2010 US Open • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F); career record in finals now stands at 26-8 • Went on 11-match winning streak between Sydney (5 wins) and Melbourne (6 wins). Last season, posted two separate winning streaks longer than this: 14 matches (St. Petersburg (5), Fed Cup (2), Doha (6) and Indian Wells (1), and 13 matches (Prague (5), Madrid (6) and Roland Garros (2) • Opened 2019 campaign with 2r showing at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit)

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam main draw appearance, reaching her third career major final (l. Osaka in F) • Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) • Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Navratilova) • Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta)

Career

• Won a WTA Tour-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). Ended the year ranked No.7 • Titles came on all three surfaces – first player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a season since S.Williams in 2015. The Czech has won at least one title every year dating back to 2011 • 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 (d. Barty in F). Other season highlights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d. Svitolina in F). Also finished R-Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F) • Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play-off) • 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament title three times • 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) • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) • Part of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006

Other

• Nominated for 2018 WTA Player of the Year after winning a tour-leading five WTA singles titles • A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Parents are Jiri and Pavla

AZARENKA: St. Petersburg

• Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg, entering 2019 main draw as a wildcard • Best result by a wildcard here was Kvitova in 2018, who won the event (d. Mladenovic in F). Wildcard Vikhlyantseva made the SF in 2017 (l. Mladenovic) • 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies Open marks first event contested in Russia since representing Belarus in Fed Cup action in April 2016. This is her first Tour event on Russian soil since 2010 Moscow, which she won (d. Kirilenko in F) • Captured first win of 2019 over Russian qualifier Gasparyan in 1r • Faces No.2 Kvitova today. Trails 3-4 in their career head-to-head, winning their most recent encounter at 2015 Toronto • Aiming for first Top 5 win since defeating No.3 Kerber en route to 2016 Miami title (28-39 career record)

Season

• Enters 2019 St. Petersburg following back-to-back 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Siegemund) and Auckland (l. V.Williams) • Also played against Eugenie Bouchard in the Adelaide exhibition the week prior to Australian Open

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 46th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning the Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and again in 2013 (d. Li in F). Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US Open (losing to S.Williams both times in 3s) • Reached Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while best result at Roland Garros has been SF appearance in 2013 • Three Grand Slam doubles R-Up, at 2008 Australian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesnina) and 2011 Australian Open (w/Kirilenko). Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray) • Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2005

Career

• Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of first child Leo in December 2016 • Comeback tournament was on the grass of 2017 Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tournament contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) • Followed this up with R16 showing at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did not play any tournaments after Wimbledon due to personal reasons • Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second half of season after going on maternity leave (announced pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 • Miami marked 20th tour-level singles title of career (20-16 record in finals) • Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury) • Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons due to variety of injuries • Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion, reaching final at Istanbul in 2011 (l. Kvitova) • Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks

• Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1 • Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 London Olympics bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata • ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year

Personal

• Hired Wim Fissette as her full-time coach during the 2018 offseason. This partnership proved to be successful after their first stint together in 2016 prior to Vika’s pregnancy. Formerly coached by Sam Sumyk and Michael Joyce • Fissette is one of the most experienced coaches on tour, specifically at the Australian Open, he owns a 29-7 win/loss mark. His AO Highlights include: 2010 Champion (Clijsters), three-time quarterfinalist (2014 - Halep, 2016 - Azarenka, and 2017 - Konta) and 2018 semifinalist (Kerber) • Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 • Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s name is Fedor and older brother is Max • At 15, moved from hometown Minsk to train in Scottsdale, Arizona

MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA | Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) vs. [5] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16)

Head to Head: VERA ZVONAREVA leads 1-0

2007 LUXEMBOURG HARD I R1 VERA ZVONAREVA 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2

VERA ZVONAREVA JULIA GOERGES 97 WTA RANKING 16 46 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 26 07-09-1984 (34) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 02-11-1988 (30) $66,271 YTD PRIZE MONEY $99,711 $13,957,822 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $8,728,207 0 / 12 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 7 0 / 8 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 2-1 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 4-1 4-1 / 444-229 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 289-233 2-0 / 111-82 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 88-84 0-0 / 74-66 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 65-73 4-1 / 291-152 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 173-142 1-0 / 36-12 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 16-26 0-0 / 16-50 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 8-17 0-0 / 32-81 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 16-36 0-0 / 74-117 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 34-75 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg 2r

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R32 d. [WC] EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #61) 6-3, 6-4 1h14 R32 d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #37) 6-2, 7-5 1h12

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

VERA ZVONAREVA JULIA GOERGES 2018 2018 R16 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #6) 7-6(6) 6-3 SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #29) 7-5 4-6 6-2

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Season

• Began 2019 campaign with SF run at Shenzhen (l. Riske via ret.) before 1r exit at Melbourne Park (l. Sharma)

Career

• Finished 2018 season ranked No.123, up from No.204 in 2017 • 2018 season highlights were doubles titles at St. Petersburg (w/Bacsinszky, d. Kudryavtseva/Srebotnik in F) and Moscow [River Cup] w/Potapova, d. Panova/Voskoboeva in F – now owns 9-6 career record in doubles finals • At 2018 Wimbledon, overcame three rounds of qualifying to enter her first Grand Slam main draw in over three years, falling to eventual champion Kerber in 1r. Previous main draw appearance at a major was 2015 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams in 2r)

• Returned to the tour in 2017 following a two-year hiatus, finishing with a year-end ranking of No.204 • Comeback season was highlighted by ITF $15k title at Sharm El Sheikh, runner-up finish at WTA 125k event at Dalian (l. Kozlova) and a SF finish at International-level tournament in Tashkent (l. eventual champion K.Bondarenko) • Prior to her return to the game, her last results surfaced in 2015 – highlighted by QF appearances at Shenzhen Open (l. Bacsinszky via ret.) and PTT Pattaya Open (l. Erakovic) • A 2013 shoulder injury sidelined her for a year and a half prior to returning for another injury-stricken season in 2014 - best result was 3r finish at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Diyas) • Has won 12 career WTA singles titles (most recent 2011 Baku); biggest title to date is 2009 Indian Wells • Finished ranked in Top 10 four consecutive years (2008-2011), including a year-end No.2 ranking in 2010 – became fifth Russian to rank in Top 2 in October 2010 and held No.2 for 14 weeks (Oct. 25, 2010 to Jan. 30, 2011) • Has four wins vs. World No.1s: Maria Sharapova (2007 Indian Wells), Jelena Jankovic (2008 WTA Championships) and Caroline Wozniacki, twice (2011 Doha and WTA Championships) • Participated at WTA Championships six times in career (2004, 2008-11; includes 2009 as alternate); reached final in 2009 (l. V.Williams) • Has won seven doubles titles, including 2009 Indian Wells (w/Azarenka), completing singles-doubles sweep. Most recently lifted 2018 St. Petersburg doubles trophy (w/Bacsinszky) • Missed second half of 2005 season with left ankle injury; missed four months of 2007 with left wrist injury; also missed two months in 2009 due to a right ankle injury; had surgery to remove scar tissue in November 2009 • Represented Russia in Olympics twice: 2008 Beijing (replaced Sharapova, won singles bronze) and 2012 London

Grand Slam History

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GOERGES St. Petersburg

• Making second consecutive appearance at St. Petersburg. Reached SF in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) • Overcame No.37 Sakkari in their third career meeting on Tuesday without dropping a set • Faces No.97 Zvonareva in 2r today for first time in 12 years; lost their only other encounter at 2007 Luxembourg • Bidding for first Premier-level title since 2017, when she lifted two at Moscow and WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai • Sole German represented in this week’s draw

Season

• As No.14 seed, suffered 1r upset at Australian Open (l. Collins in 3s) • Opened 2019 season by defending her title at Auckland (d. Andreescu in F). Following Auckland run, career record in WTA singles finals now stands at 7-8

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 44th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Posted best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon, where she reached SF (l. S.Williams). With Kerber winning title at All England Club in 2018, it marked the first time that two Germans reached the last four at the same Slam since 1993 Roland Garros – Huber (SF) and Graf (Champion) • Previously had reached R16 – but never further – on five occasions, at Australian Open (2012-13 and 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) • Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, negotiating qualifying before losing to eventual champion Henin in 1r • In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) and Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) • Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles (w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer)

Career

• Registered joint best year-end finish in 2018, at No.14. Third Top 20 finish of career (also No.18 in 2012). Reached career-high No.9 on 20th August, 2018 • 2018 highlights were titles at Auckland (d. Wozniacki in F) – extended title streak to three, having previously won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 season – and Luxembourg (d. Bencic in F). Also finished R-Up at Charleston (l. Bertens) and enjoyed SF runs at New Haven (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and Zhuhai (l. Barty) • Struck 492 aces in 2018 season, the most of any player and 99 more than second placed Ka.Pliskova who hit 393. Also hit 412 aces in 2017 season – only two other players have reached the 400-ace mark in a season: S.Williams (2012-15) and Ka.Pliskova (2014-17) • Posted 46 main draw wins in 2018 – only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47) had more to their names • Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, winning Moscow (d. Kasatkina in F) and biggest title of career at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (d. Vandeweghe in F). Finished R-Up at Mallorca (l. Sevastova), Bucharest (l. Begu) and Washington, DC (l. Makarova) • Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having also won 2010 Bad Gastein • By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to become German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for first time since February 2013 • Owns a 7-8 record in WTA singles finals; is 5-11 in WTA doubles finals, most recently winning at 2015 New Haven (w/Hradecka) • Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai

• Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, reaching final at Indian Wells (w/Ka.Pliskova) and qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time. Set new career-high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016 • In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid) • Made WTA main draw debut as a qualifier at 2007 Doha • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germany in 2005 • Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, 2010-18

Personal

• Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is Inge; older sister is Maike • Began playing tennis aged 6. Tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis • Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross country skiing combined with shooting) • Coached by Michael Geserer and Matthias Mischka. Physio and fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger

MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA | Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[3] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) vs. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #29)

Head to Head: MARIA SHARAPOVA leads 1-0

2018 MONTREAL HARD O R2 MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-0 6-2 76 mins

DARIA KASATKINA MARIA SHARAPOVA 12 WTA RANKING 29 299 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 19 07-05-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 19-04-1987 (31) $71,036 YTD PRIZE MONEY $206,564 $5,114,130 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $38,548,683 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 36 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 7-3 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 1-0 0-3 / 114-76 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 602-159 0-1 / 42-27 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 163-60 0-1 / 20-19 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 74-63 0-3 / 73-51 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-2 / 362-102 0-0 / 7-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 54-15 0-0 / 8-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 43-42 0-0 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 98-66 0-0 / 21-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 172-101 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg 2r

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R32 BYE . R32 d. DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #46) 6-0, 6-4 1hr47

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

DARIA KASATKINA 2018 SF L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #10) 3-6 6-3 6-2 2017 R16 L - NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #115) 7-6(4) 6-2

2016 SF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #11) 6-4 6-3

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St Petersburg

• Making fourth main draw appearance at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - best result is SF runs in 2016 (l. Bencic) and 2018 (l. Mladenovic) • Fell 2r to Vihklyantseva in 2017 • Beat No.1 Wozniacki en route to 2018 SF – second career win over a reigning No.1 (also Kerber 2016 Olympics) • Faces Sharapova in 2r today after 1r bye. Lost only previous encounter at 2018 Montreal • Contesting 2019 St Petersburg ranked No.12 – by contrast, this time last year was No.23

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked her 14th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Earned best result at the majors with QF runs at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual • champion Kerber) surpassing her previous-best R16 effort at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi) • Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors – 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Australian Open (l. • eventual champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) • In juniors, lifted the 2014 Roland Garros singles trophy

Personal

• Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin • Began playing at age six when older brother and fitness trainer, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to tennis • Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree • Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC • Coached by Philippe Dehaes; formerly coached by Vladimir Platenik

SHARAPOVA:

St. Petersburg

• Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg - through to 2r after defeating Gavrilova in straight sets on Monday to record first WTA win in Russia in 13 years (2006 Moscow [KremlinCup]) • 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy marks first event contested in Russia since 2017 Moscow (l. Rybarikova in 1r) • One of eight Russian women contesting to begin the main draw (also Gasparyan, Kudermetova, Makarova, Pavlyuchenkova, Zvonareva, Alexandrova and Kasatkina) • Faces No.12 Kasatkina in 2r today for the second time; won their only other encounter at 2018 Montreal • Owns a 362-102 (.782) career win-loss record on hard courts – only S.Williams (493-81 - .858) owns a better winning percentage among active players • Bidding for first QF appearance at WTA Premier level or above since 2018 Roland Garros

Season

• Began 2019 campaign with QF showing at Shenzhen (ret. vs. eventual champion Sabalenka w/left thigh injury); win over Bacsinszky in 1r was 800th match (at all levels) of career • Overcame defending champion Wozniacki in 3r of the Australian Open, before falling to Barty in R16

Career

• Ended 2018 season ranked No.29, with highlights SF at Rome (. Halep) and Shenzhen (l. Siniakova) and QF at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) • Loss to World No.1 Halep at 2018 Rome took lifetime record vs. No.1s to 7-17, most recently defeating Azarenka at 2012 WTA Finals; also owns two wins vs. No.1s at Slams – Mauresmo (2006 US Open) and Henin (2008 Australian Open) • Finished 2017 season at No.60, having played at Stuttgart in April unranked; advanced to SF (l. Mladenovic) and played next event, Madrid, back on WTA Rankings at No.258 • Won 36th career WTA singles title at 2017 Tianjin in October (d. Sabalenka in F) • Won two WTA titles in 2015 season, at Brisbane and Rome – won at least one title each year between 2003 and 2015 (13 straight years). Owns 36 WTA titles overall (36-23 record in finals), third most among active players, behind S.Williams and V.Williams • Owns 11 tour-level titles on clay, at one point going 7-0 in clay court finals • In 2015, appeared at season-ending WTA Finals for eighth time – posted perfect 3-0 record in RR stage (l. Kvitova in SF). Was champion on debut appearance at the season finale in Los Angeles in 2004 (d. S.Williams in F) • Part of Russian Fed Cup team that finished runners-up to Czech Republic in November 2015, despite winning both rubbers vs. Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova • On August 22, 2005, became 16th woman (first Russian) to reach No.1; held No.1 ranking for a total of 21 non-consecutive weeks (including four weeks in 2012)

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 55th main draw appearanceat a Grand Slam – the sixth-most among active players • Five-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2004 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F), 2008 Australian Open (d. Ivanovic in F), 2012 Roland Garros (d. Errani in F to complete career Grand Slam) and 2014 Roland Garros • Remains the last teenager to win a Grand Slam title, aged 19 years, 132 days at the 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F) • One of six women to achieve career Grand Slam in the Open Era (also Court, Evert, Navratilova, Graf and S.Williams) • Owns a 5-5 record in Grand Slam finals, finishing as runner-up three times at the Australian Open (2007, 2012, 2015) as well as 2011 Wimbledon and 2013 Roland Garros

Personal

• Autobiography, Unstoppable: My Life So Far, was released in September 2017 • Started playing at age 4; at age 6 took part in Moscow exhibition that featured Martina Navratilova • Began training at Bollettieri Academy aged 9 (required two years away from mother due to visa and finances) • Among her business interests is a Brand Ambassador for Porsche and Evian; has a premium candy line, Sugarpova; has a skincare range called Supergoop! • Has a strong following on social media (in 2014 became first tennis player to pass 15 million fans on Facebook) • Currently coached by Thomas Hogstedt since March 2018. The pair last worked together from 2010 to 2013, during which Sharapova completed her Career Grand slam by winning 2012 Roland Garros

MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA | Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[LL] VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #108) vs. [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30)

Head to Head: DONNA VEKIC leads 1-0

2017 SAINT-PETERSBURG HARD I R1 DONNA VEKIC 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4

VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA DONNA VEKIC 108 WTA RANKING 30 68 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 27 24-04-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 28-06-1996 (22) $82,028 YTD PRIZE MONEY $139,598 $433,402 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,652,164 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-0 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 2-2 3-2 / 9-8 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-2 / 94-104 2-2 / 5-3 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 27-34 1-0 / 5-1 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 24-21 3-2 / 4-5 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-2 / 65-74 0-0 / 1-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 4-6 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-5 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-14 0-0 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-32 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg 2r

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R32 d. [WC] OLGA DANILOVIC (SRB #111) 6-1, 6-1 1h08 R32 d. TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 2h06

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA DONNA VEKIC 2018 2018 R1-Q L - ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #450) 3-6 6-3 6-2 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) 6-3 2-6 6-4

2017 2017 R1-Q L - PAULA CRISTINA GONCALVES (BRA #160) 6-3 6-4 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) 6-2 6-2

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• Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, having fallen in qualifying in 2017-18 • Fell in the final round of qualifying this year (l. Gasparyan) however entered the main draw as a lucky loser following withdrawal of Giorgi • In opening match on Tuesday, posted resounding win over wildcard Danilovic, reaching 2r with a 6-2 6-1 scoreline • Win was ninth Tour-level main draw win of career, and third of 2019 season • Bidding today to reach her fourth QF at WTA level, and first at WTA Premier level (after QF runs at International level 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2018 Gstaad and 2019 Shenzhen) • Faces No.30 Vekic – win would be third best-by-ranking of career, following defeats of No.25 Suarez Navarro (2018 Stuttgart) and No.24 Kontaveit (2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, who was also defending champion) • Contesting St. Petersburg on a career-high ranking of No.108, achieved January 28, 2019

Season

• Opened 2019 season with strong QF run at Shenzhen – came through three rounds of qualifying to defeat two established players on Tour (d. Begu, Pavlyuchenkova) before falling to Zvonareva in three sets • Followed this up with 1r exit at Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Kenin). Was Grand Slam main draw debut

Grand Slam History

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 Australian Open, as qualifier (l. Kenin) • Had previous fallen in qualifying at Melbourne Park in 2017, as well as at Roland Garros (2017-18), Wimbledon (2017-18) and US Open (2017-18)

Career

• Ended 2018 ranked No.115 for career best-end finish • Made WTA main draw debut at 2018 Stuttgart, reaching 2r (d. No.25 Suarez Navarro, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) • Posted two QF runs un 2018, at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Krunic) and Gstaad (l. Bouchard) • Won two doubles titles in 2018 at WTA 125k Series events, at Mumbai and Limoges. Also has titles at this level from Taipei in 2016 and 2017 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 Moscow [Kremlin Cup] • Contested first Tour-level match representing Russia in Fed Cup action in 2014 vs. Australia (l. Stosur) • On ITC Circuit, owns four singles titles and 16 doubles titles

Personal

• Coached by Demekhin Sergey, former coach of Vera Zvonareva • Born in Kazan, Russia • Started playing tennis aged 8 • Favorite surface is hard

VEKIC:

St Petersburg

• Making third appearance at St. Petersburg, and has matched best result by reaching 2r this year – also made this stage in 2017 after coming through qualifying rounds (l. Cibulkova) • Made 1r exit here in 2018 (l. Siniakova) • Contesting St. Petersburg ranked No.30, one off career-high No.29 (achieved January 7th, 2019). By contrast, was No.50 this time last year

• In opening match this week, overcame Bacsinszky in what was the pair’s first meeting in three sets • Faces No.106 Kudermetova today – fell to players outside the Top 100 twice last season, to No.128 Kuznetsova (Washington D.C) and No.154 Bonaventure (Budapest) • Bidding to reach second QF at WTA Premier level this season (after SF run at Brisbane) – reached one such Premier QF across the whole of last season (making SF at 2018 Tokyo PPO)

Season

• Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) • Saved two match points to defeat No.9 Bertens in 2r at Brisbane; now owns six Top 10 wins – also No.10 Cibulkova (2014 Kuala Lumpur), No.8 Konta (2018 Nottingham), No.4 Stephens (2018 Wimbledon), No.9 Stephens and No.4 Garcia (both at 2018 Tokyo) • Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell)

Career

• Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, after registering a career-best 31 tour-level wins • Season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washington DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham; career record in finals now stands at 2-4 • Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Goerges) • Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top-50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign anked No.54 • Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. No.8 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent) • Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY. • Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges • Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeating Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin • 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku • When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King) • Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished runner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2018 Washington DC, owns a 2-4 record in singles finals • Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 • On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles title • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 22nd main draw Grand Slam appearance • Achieved deepest run at a Slam by reaching 2018 Wimbledon R16 (l. Goerges) • Next best results at the majors came with 3r runs at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 US Open (l. Sevastova) • At Australian Open, reached 2r in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019

Personal

• Both parents played professional sports: mother, Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer goalkeeper) • Currently coached by Torben Beltz. Dario Novak is also part of coaching team • Favorite surface is hard • Speaks Croatian, English and Italian • Self-described as strong-willed, determined and extremely competitive

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ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – DAY 2

MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #37) vs. [5] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16)

Goerges leads 2-0 Sakkari and Goerges meet in a re-match of last year’s opening round here in St. Petersburg… Sakkari aiming for seventh career Top 20 win… Goerges hoping to bounce back following 1r upset in Melbourne

TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) vs. [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30)

First meeting Bacsinszky aiming for first win here in St. Petersburg after falling 1r in 2018… Vekic competing this week ranked No.30, just one spot shy from her career high of No.29 achieved earlier this year

[WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #51) vs. [Q] MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #81)

Azarenka leads 1-0 First tour-level meeting… Azarenka eyeing first win of 2019 season following 1r exits at Auckland and Australian Open… Gasparyan competing in her first Premier-level event since 2016 Rome

ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #50) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32)

Pavlyuchenkova leads 6-1 Cornet and Pavlyuchenkova hold 2-2 records in St. Petersburg… The Russian leads their career head-to- head however, the Frenchwoman won their most recent meeting at 2017 Wuhan

[6] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #44)

Series tied 1-1 First meeting on hard courts… Ostapenko returns as a former doubles champion in St. Petersburg in 2017, as Mladenovic lifted the singles trophy that same year

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MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #37) vs. [5] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16)

Head to Head: JULIA GOERGES leads 2-0

2018 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R1 JULIA GOERGES 6-4 6-4 72 mins 2018 ST. PETERSBURG HARD I R1 JULIA GOERGES 6-2 7-6(5) 93 mins

MARIA SAKKARI JULIA GOERGES 37 WTA RANKING 16 59 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 26 25-07-1995 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 02-11-1988 (30) $125,234 YTD PRIZE MONEY $99,711 $1,821,095 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $8,728,207 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 7 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 0-1 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 3-1 2-2 / 45-55 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 288-233 1-1 / 13-21 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 88-84 0-0 / 13-8 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 65-73 2-2 / 28-36 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 172-142 0-0 / 2-4 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 16-26 0-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 8-17 0-0 / 2-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 16-36 0-1 / 6-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 34-75 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match Result Duration

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

MARIA SAKKARI JULIA GOERGES 2018 2018 R1 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #12) 6-2 7-6(5) SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #29) 7-5 4-6 6-2

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• Making second consecutive main draw appearance at St. Petersburg • Fell to today’s opponent Goerges in 1r here in 2018 • Owns 6-15 career record against Top 20 players, most recently defeating No.19 Osaka at 2018 Cincinnati • Aiming for first win over a German since defeating Barthel at 2017 Gstaad in July – went 0-4 vs. such players in 2018 • Enters 2019 St. Petersburg ranked No.37, compared to at No.62 when she contested the event last year

Season • Coming off 3r run at Australian Open (l. Barty), having defeated No.22 seed Ostapenko in 1r • Fell 1r at Hobart (l. Linette in 3s) • Began 2019 campaign pairing with Tsitsipas at Hopman Cup - going 2-1 in singles (d. Bencic, d. Boulter, l. S.Williams)

Grand Slam

• 2019 Australian Open marked 13th Grand Slam main draw appearance • Has reached 3r at all four of the majors – at 2017 Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni), 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta), 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) and now 2019 Australian Open • When she made 3r at 2017 Australian Open, became first Greek woman to reach this stage at a Slam since Daniilidou at 2005 Wimbledon (l. Pennetta) • At 2016 Australian Open, reaching 2r, (d. Y.Wang, l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from Greece to win a main draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open • At all Grand Slams, Daniilidou reached R16 at 2002 Wimbledon, 2003 Australian Open and 2004 US Open

Career

• Registered third-consecutive Top 100 year-end finish in 2018 ranked No.42, up from No.52 in 2017 - the highest year-end finish by a Greek player since Daniilidou in 2006 (No.36) • 2018 season highlights include reaching her first tourlevel final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu), scoring first career Top 5 win after defeat of No.5 Ka.Pliskova in Rome as well as SF at Istanbul (l. Hercog) • Has six career Top 20 wins, against No.6 Wozniacki (2017 Wuhan), No.16 Vandeweghe (2018 Indian Wells), No.15 Bertens, No.5 Ka.Pliskova (both 2018 Rome), No.14 V.Williams (2018 San Jose) and No.19 N.Osaka (2018 Cincinnati) • Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October 9, 2017 • Notched first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of career at 2017 Wuhan Open – became just second qualifier to reach Premier-level SF in 2017 (Mertens at New Haven) • Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul after qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) – at the time, achieved her then best win-by-ranking defeating No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010; Owns seven ITF Circuit singles titles and five in doubles

Personal

• Born and grew up in Athens, Greece, before moving to Barcelona aged 18 – has trained there for two years • Mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, was tennis player too, however didn’t start because of her – just liked the sport. Tried karate and gymnastics but was thrown out of class for laughing too much • Favorite surface is hard court • Currently coached by Mark Petchey and Tom Hill

Georges St. Petersburg

• Making second consecutive appearance at St. Petersburg. Reached SF in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) • Faces No.37 Sakkari today in their third career meeting – did not drop a set against the Greek in both previous meetings • Bidding for first Premier-level title since 2017, when she lifted two at Moscow and Zhuhai • Sole German represented in this week’s draw

Season

Grand Slam

Career

Personal

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TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) vs. [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30)

Head to Head: First meeting

TIMEA BACSINSZKY DONNA VEKIC 112 WTA RANKING 30 23 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 27 08-06-1989 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 28-06-1996 (22) $157,127 YTD PRIZE MONEY $139,598 $6,481,281 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,652,164 0 / 4 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 5 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-1 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 1-2 4-3 / 172-146 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 93-104 2-0 / 57-42 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 26-34 0-3 / 22-36 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 24-21 4-3 / 93-90 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 64-74 0-0 / 10-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 4-6 0-0 / 6-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-5 1-0 / 11-25 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-14 2-1 / 34-46 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-32 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match Result Duration

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

TIMEA BACSINSZKY DONNA VEKIC 2018 2018 R1 L - ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #450) 6-4 6-3 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) 6-3 2-6 6-4

2017 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) 6-2 6-2

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St Petersburg

• Making second appearance at St Petersburg, having fallen 1r in 2018 (l. Rybakina) • Currently ranked No.145, enters St Petersburg with Special Ranking of No.23 after missing much of 2018 w/right hand injury • The only Swiss woman to contest this year’s main draw • Faces Vekic in opening round today for the pair’s first meeting

Season

• Began 2019 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. Sharapova) and QF run at Sydney (l. Sasnovich) • Equaled best result at Australian Open by reaching 3r (l. Muguruza). Upset No.10 Kasatkina en route to record her second Top 20 win of the season (also d. No.13 Sevastova at Sydney) • Win over Kasatkina marked 11th career victory over Top 10 player and first since 2017 Madrid (d. No.4 • Muguruza)

Career

• Ended 2018 ranked No.241 after missing much of season w/right hand injury • Best WTA-level result was SF showing at Tianjin (d. No.11 Sabalenka, l. Ka.Pliskova). Made seven 1r exits, including at US Open • Also won fifth career WTA doubles title at St Petersburg (w/Zvonareva); now owns 5-5 record in finals • On ITF Circuit in 2018, won title at $25k/Nantes-FRA • Highlight of 2017 was reaching SF for second time at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Ostapenko). • Hand injury ended season after Wimbledon • Has twice ended year inside Top 20, in 2016 (No.15) and 2015 (No.12) • Captured fourth and most recent WTA singles title at 2016 Rabat (d. Erakovic in F); now 4-3 in career singles finals, earlier wins coming at 2009 Luxembourg and 2015 Acapulco and Monterrey in back-to-back weeks. Reached biggest final of career (at Premier Mandatory level) at 2015 Beijing (l. Muguruza) • Won silver medal in doubles at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/Hingis, l. Makarova/Vesnina in F) • Other highlights in 2016 season included reaching SF at Miami – d. Ivanovic, A.Radwanska and Halep en route before falling to eventual runner-up Kuznetsova. Became first Swiss player to reach last four at Miami since Hingis in 2001 • Following QF run at 2016 Rome (l. Muguruza) posted new career-high ranking of No.9 (May 16, 2016) • Backed up 2015 SF run at Roland Garros by reaching QF again in 2016 (l. Bertens) • Cracked Top 10 (at No.10) in October 2015 for first time in career – becoming fourth Swiss woman to break Top 10 in WTA Rankings history, after Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere (a former No.3), Martina Hingis (a former No.1) and Patty Schnyder (a former No.7) • A foot injury and subsequent abdominal injury limited her to play for three seasons (2011-13); undertook training in hospitality at a hotel in Switzerland and contemplated giving up tennis; had been ranked in Top 40 during 2010 season, was No.285 by end of 2013 • Made WTA main draw debut at 2004 Strasbourg • Owns 12 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Grand Slam History

• Best Grand Slam results have come at Roland Garros, where she reached SF in 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2017 (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) and QF in 2016 (l. Bertens) • Elsewhere has reached QF at 2015 Wimbledon and 3r at both Australian Open and US Open • Reached 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2007 Roland Garros

Personal

• Mother, Suzanne, is a dentist; father, Igor, is a tennis coach; both parents are Hungarian. Brother, Daniel, is a music teacher; has two sisters, Sophie (musician) and Melinda (mother of two girls)

• Speaks French, Hungarian, English, German, Italian • In July 2016 was announced as a UNAIDS Global Advocate for Young People, promoting the #ProTESTHIV campaign

VEKIC:

St Petersburg

• Making third appearance at St. Petersburg. Best result was 2r showing in 2017 after coming through qualifying rounds (l. Cibulkova) • Made 1r exit here in 2018 (l. Siniakova) • Enters St. Petersburg ranked No.30, one off career-high No.29 (achieved January 7th, 2019). By contrast, was No.50 this time last year • Faces Bacsinszky today for the pair’s first meeting Season

Career

• Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, after registering a career-best 31 tour-level wins • Season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washington DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham; career record in finals now stands at 2-4 • Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wimbledon • (l. Goerges) • Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top-50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign • ranked No.54 • Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. No.8 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent) • Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY. • Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges • Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeating Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin • 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku • When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King) • Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent.In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished runner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2018 Washington DC, owns a 2-4 record in singles finals • Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 • On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles title • Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 22nd main draw GrandSlam appearance • Achieved deepest run at a Slam by reaching 2018 Wimbledon R16 (l. Goerges) • Next best results at the majors came with 3r runs at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 US Open (l. Sevastova) • At Australian Open reached 2r in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019

Personal

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[WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #51) vs. [Q] MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #81)

Head to Head: VICTORIA AZARENKA leads 1-0

2016 FED CUP WEEK CLAY I R1 VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-2 6-3 2 - PLAYOFFS

VICTORIA AZARENKA MARGARITA GASPARYAN 51 WTA RANKING 81 313 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 62 31-07-1989 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 01-09-1994 (24) $65,538 YTD PRIZE MONEY $92,136 $29,344,527 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,084,961 0 / 20 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0 / 6 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0-0 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 1-1 0-2 / 429-162 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 30-28 0-2 / 81-55 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 10-8 1-0 / 64-42 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 6-5 0-2 / 296-96 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 30-19 0-0 / 44-13 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-3 0-0 / 28-39 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-4 0-0 / 64-65 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 1-5 0-0 / 115-90 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 3-9 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match Result Duration Duration

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

MARGARITA GASPARYAN 2016 R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #20) 7-5 6-2

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AZARENKA: St. Petersburg

• Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg, entering 2019 main draw on a wildcard • Best result by a wildcard here was Kvitova in 2018, who won the event (d. Mladenovic in F). Wildcard Vikhlyantseva made the SF in 2017 (l. Mladenovic) • 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies Open marks first event contested in Russia since representing Belarus in Fed Cup action in April 2016. This is her first Tour event on Russian soil since 2010 Moscow, which she won (d. Kirilenko in F) • Faces qualifier Gasparyan today – first tie facing a qualifier since 2016 Madrid (l. Chirico in R16)

Season

• Began 2019 campaign in Auckland, falling in the first round to Venus Williams in three sets • Also played against Eugenie Bouchard in the Adelaide the week prior to Australian Open • At Melbourne Park this year, fell 1r (l. Siegemund)

Career

Grand Slam History

Personal

• Fissette is one of the most experienced coaches on tour, specifically at the Australian Open, he owns a 29-7 win/loss mark. His AO Highlights include: 2010 Champion (Clijsters), three-time quarterfinalist (2014 - Halep, 2016 - Azarenka, and 2017 - Konta) and 2018 semifinalist (Kerber) • Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 • Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s name is Fedor and older brother is Max • At 15, moved from hometown Minsk to train in Scottsdale, Arizona

GASPARYAN: St. Petersburg

• Making second appearance at St. Petersburg, and first since 2016, where she reached 2r (l. Ivanovic) • Contesting 2019 St. Petersburg Ladies Open having come through three rounds of qualifying, without dropping a set (d. Doi, Samsonova, Kudermetova) • Faces Azarenka today – their first and only meeting also came on Russian soil, during a Fed Cup tie in April 2016, Azarenka winning in straight sets (on clay) • Contesting doubles this fortnight w/Makarova – team draw to face Azarenka/Gavrilova in 1r

Season

• Has only contested one event so far in 2019, reaching 2r at Australian Open (l. Mertens)

Career

• Started the 2018 season unranked and re-entered the Top 100 at No.92 on November 12, 2018 • Scored first Top 10 win of her career over No.10 Bertens at 2018 Linz • At No.299, became the lowest-ranked player to win a WTA title in 2018 at Tashkent – and second-lowest ranked WTA champion of all time after Angelique Widjaja at 2001 Bali (ranked No.579) • Sidelined for half of 2016 and most of 2017 due to knee surgeries, made comeback at 2017 Kremlin Cup (fell in qualifying) • Finished 2015 season ranked No.62, her best year-end finish. 2015 season was highlighted by winning first career title at Baku (unseeded, d. Tig in F) and two doubles titles (Baku and Tashkent, both w/Panova) • Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015 (awarded to Gavrilova) • Reached career-high rankings during the 2016 season - No.41 in singles (week of Feb. 15, 2016) and No.25 in doubles (week of May 6, 2016) • On ITF Circuit, owns nine singles titles and eight doubles • First played WTA qualifying at 2010 Moscow and made main draw debut at same event (Kremlin Cup) in 2012 • Member of victorious Junior Fed Cup in 2010 for Russia, alongside Gavrilova

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked sixth career Grand Slam main draw appearance • Achieved best result at a Grand Slam by reaching R16 at 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams). Was her debut appearance at the tournament • Scored first career Top 20 win over No.19 Errani in 1r, eventually falling to R-Up S.Williams • Prior to 2019 Australian Open, had fallen in 1r on other Grand Slam appearances, at 2015-16 Roland • Garros, 2015-16 Wimbledon and 2018 US Open

Personal

• Born, lives and trains in Moscow • Mother, Liudmila, is a hairdresser; father, Melik, is Armenian and a businessman; younger sister, Ekaterina, is still in school – she plays volleyball • Tennis idols growing up were Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer • Plays with a one-handed backhand; grew up playing with a two-handed backhand, and switched at age 12 when she was big enough to do so (always wanted to play with a one-handed backhand)

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ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #50) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32)

Head to Head: ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA leads 6-1

2017 WUHAN HARD O R1 ALIZÉ CORNET 6-3 6-2 83 mins 2017 TORONTO HARD O R1 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-0 6-1 56 mins 2016 BRISBANE HARD O R16 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-2 1-6 6-4 139 mins 2013 SOFIA HARD I R1 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-2 6-2 74 mins 2011 FED CUP WEEK 1 HARD O R1 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 3-6 6-3 6-2 2010 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-4 6-2 80 mins 2008 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R1 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 7-6(6) 7-6(4) 110 mins

ALIZÉ CORNET ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 50 WTA RANKING 32 45 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 7 22-01-1990 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-07-1991 (27) $110,082 YTD PRIZE MONEY $359,396 $6,676,760 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,128,476 0 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 2-2 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 2-2 4-2 / 283-274 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 320-237 0-1 / 96-92 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 108-89 0-0 / 56-57 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 76-66 4-2 / 169-164 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 236-158 0-0 / 23-17 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 26-29 0-0 / 8-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 13-33 0-0 / 17-47 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / 30-60 0-0 / 37-99 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / 58-104 * Updated entering 1r St. Petersburg

Result

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History

ALIZÉ CORNET ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2018 2018 R16 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #23) 6-2 6-1 R1 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #35) 6-4 6-4

2017 2016 R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #16) 2-6 6-3 6-3 QF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #11) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2

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• Making third appearance at St. Petersburg, having fallen in 2r in 2017 (l. Vesnina) and 2018 (l. Kasatkina) • Faces Pavlyuchenkova today for first time since 2017 – their fifth meeting; has 1-6 record vs. the Russian, her sole win coming at 2017 Wuhan • Is one of two French players, along with Mladenovic, in this year’s main draw • Playing tournament ranked No.50 – this time last year was No.38

Season • Began 2019 season by losing singles matches to Barty, Muguruza and S.Williams as France made group stage exit at Hopman Cup • Began Australian swing with SF showing at Hobart (l. eventual champion Kenin) before falling 2r at Australian Open (l. V.Williams)

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 49th consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance – the longest streak among active players. However, among active players also has the most Grand Slam appearances (52) without reaching a quarterfinal • Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as a 15-year-old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r (l. Mauresmo) • Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual runner-up Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia) • Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007-08, 2013-14) • Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque-Mariño in F)

Career

• In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and Charleston • Other five career titles came at 2008 Budapest, 2012 Bad Gastein, 2013 Strasbourg, 2014 Katowice and 2016 Hobart; owns 6-6 career record in finals • Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first time since May 2009; dropped out of Top 20 again after 2015 Dubai • Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 Wuhan via ret.), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams made her the first player to defeat the American in three straight meetings since Henin in 2007 • Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria • Three-time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong Kong (w/Shvedova) • Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17; French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016

Other

• Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent) • Sponsors include Peugeot, Babolat and Lacoste • Currently without a full-time coach

PAVLYUCHENKOVA: St. Petersburg

• Making third appearance at St. Petersburg. Best result here was QF showing in 2016 (l. Bencic) • Last year was knocked out in 1r (l. Makarova) • One of 5 Russian players to start main draw here (also Kasatkina, Makarova, Sharapova and Zvonareva), the most of any country present • Faces No.50 Cornet in opening round today; owns 6-1 record against the Frenchwoman, having lost their most recent meeting at 2017 Wuhan

Season

• Opened Australian swing with 2r showing at Shenzhen (l. Kudermetova) before suffering 1r exit at Hobart (l. Lapko) • Matched best result at Melbourne Park by reaching QF (l. Collins); defeating No.9 Bertens and No.5 Stephens en route

Career

Grand Slam History

Personal

[6] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #44)

Head to Head: 1-1

2016 ROME CLAY O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO 6-3 6-1 74 mins 2015 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R2 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 6-4 7-5 75 mins

JELENA OSTAPENKO KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 22 WTA RANKING 44 300 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 163 08-06-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 14-05-1993 (25) $81,735 YTD PRIZE MONEY $211,940 $7,616,219 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,213,368 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 19 1-3 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 8-2 0-3 / 92-74 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 168-176 0-1 / 32-26 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 54-54 0-0 / 27-13 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 44-47 0-3 / 50-52 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 92-113 0-0 / 8-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 9-14 0-0 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 6-8 0-0 / 8-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 12-20 0-1 / 12-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 27-48 * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg 1r

"-Q" Qualifying match Result Duration Duration

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JELENA OSTAPENKO KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 2018 2018 QF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #29) 6-0 6-2 F L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #29) 6-1 6-2

2017 2017 R1 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #88) 6-0 6-4 F W - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #34) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4 2016 2016 R1 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #55) 6-4 6-3 R1 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #87) 1-6 7-5 6-1

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• Making fourth main draw appearance at St. Petersburg, having appeared every year since the tournament’s debut on the WTA Tour in 2016 • Best result here was QF run in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) • Fell 1r in 2016 (l. Wickmayer) and 2017 (l. Vekic) • Won the doubles title here in 2017 (w/Rosolska, d. Jurak/Knoll in F). One of three doubles titles she owns (also 2017 Stuttgart and 2018 Doha) • Bidding for first win of season today in what is her fourth event, and first win since 2018 Beijing • Contested 2018 St. Petersburg ranked No.6 and seeded No.2 – returns this year ranked No.22 • Faces Mladenovic today – their third meeting, and first on hardcourt, after previous encounters on grass (2015 Wimbledon, Mladenovic win) and clay (2016 Rome, Ostapenko win)

Season

• Winless so far in 2019, dropping opening matches at Shenzhen (l. Niculescu), Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty) and Australian Open (l. Sakkari) • Winless run stretches back to 2018 Beijing (l. Wang in 2r) followed by 2018 Hong Kong (l. Kucova)

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marks 15th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), becoming first woman to win her first tour-level title at a Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in F) • First Latvian player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam; previously Ernests Gulbis reached SF at 2014 Roland Garros • Is one of seven players born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and 2017 Wimbledon, Stephens at 2017 US Open, Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open, Halep at 2018 Roland Garros and Osaka at 2018 US Open) • Followed Paris victory by posting her then-second best major result, reaching QF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Along with S.Williams in 2015, is the only woman in the last 10 years to have followed up victory at Roland Garros with a run to the QF or better at Wimbledon. Before that, Henin also achieved the feat in 2007 • Also the first woman to back up her maiden Slam title with QF or better at next Slam since Kim Clijsters (US Open/Australian Open 2006) • Improved upon her 2017 result by reaching the SF of Wimbledon in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber) becoming the first woman representing Latvia to reach SF at Wimbledon • Best result to date at Australian Open and US Open is reaching 3r in 2017 and 2018 • Fell in 1r at all four majors in 2016, however, reached mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/Marach, l. eventual champions Kontinen/Watson

Career

• Made four additional semifinals in 2017: Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis), Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova), Wuhan (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Halep) • Upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1 • Reached QF stage at Acapulco (l. eventual champion Tsurenko) and Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams) • Following run to 3r at 2017 US Open (l. Kasatkina), made her Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017 • In doubles, won first and second career titles in 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo) • 2016 season highlight and breakthrough result wa reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) • Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha • Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur) • Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) • Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second- highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkinawho went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) • Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012. Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles. Made WTA • main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak) • Latvian Fed Cup Team, 2013-18; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016

Personal

MLADENOVIC: St. Petersburg

• Making fourth main draw appearance at St. Petersburg, having contested every event since the tournament’s debut on the WTA Tour in 2016 • Owns an impressive record here, winning the title in 2017 (d. Putintseva in F) and finishing R-Up last year (l. Kvitova) in F). Fell on debut in 2016 (l. Siegemund) • 2017 title here is her only triumph from eight finals contested (1-7 record). Passed $5 million career prize money mark by winning title • Meanwhile her run to the final here in 2018 brought first singles match wins since August 2017 • Faces Ostapenko today, and bidding for first win (in singles) of 2019 season, and first win since 2018 Moscow (d. Kalinskaya, l. Kontaveit in 2r)

Season

• Winless in singles so far in 2019, falling 1r in Brisbane (l. Aiava), Sydney qualifying (l. Birrell) and Australian Open (l. Vekic) • Sydney marked first tie contesting qualifying since 2015 Rome (d. Falconi and Puig to reach main draw). Was first qualifying loss since 2015 Madrid (l. Doi) • As defending champion in doubles at Australian Open (w/Babos), reached final again in 2010, however fell to Stosur/Zhang

Grand Slam History

• 2019 Australian Open marked 33rd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, with best results being QF runs at 2015 US Open (l. Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) • Also reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Gavrilova), 2015 Wimbledon (l. Azarenka) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) • In doubles, won first Grand Slam doubles 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 • Won second Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Australian Open (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

• Finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos), 2016 US Open (w/Garcia), 2018 US Open (w/Babos) and 2019 Australian Open (w/Babos) • Won mixed doubles titles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished runner-up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/Nestor)

Career

• Finished 2018 ranked No.44, down on career-best finish of No.11 in 2017 • Season highlights were R-Up finish as St. Petersburg (as defending champion, l. Kvitova in F) and matching her best career result at Wimbledon by reaching 3r (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) • In doubles in 2018, won second career Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open (w/Babos) – defeated Makarova/Vesnina in F. Also finished doubles R-Up at Flushing Meadows York (w/Babos, l. Barty/Vandeweghe) • Capped a fine 2018 year in doubles by lifting WTA Finals crown w/Babos (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) • Owns six Top 5 career wins, over No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2015 Birmingham), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Dubai), No.4 Halep (2017 Indian Wells), No.2 Kerber (2017 Stuttgart) and No.5 Muguruza (2017 Roland Garros) • Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, making Top 10 debut and lifting first WTA singles title having reached four finals • Finished season at No.11 for highest year-end ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on October 23, 2017 • Won first career singles title at Premier-level 2017 St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in F). Passed $5 million career prize money mark by winning title • Reached biggest final of career at Premier Mandatory-level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep) and was R-Up at Acapulco (l. Tsurenko) and Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) • Advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 Halep and No.13 Wozniacki. Result saw her break into Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, and overtake Garcia to become French No.1 • Qualified as first alternate for 2017 WTA Finals but not called on to play • Reached two singles finals in 2016, at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki), having been runner-up at 2015 Strasbourg (l. Stosur) • Won four doubles titles in 2016 w/Garcia: Charleston (d. Mattek-Sands/Safarova), Stuttgart (d. Hingis/Mirza), Madrid (d. Hingis/Mirza) and Roland Garros (Makarova/Vesnina). In addition, also finished runners-up at Sydney, Dubai, US Open and Beijing (all w/Garcia). Team qualified for WTA Finals Singapore, losing in SF. By winning the tournament, could have become joint-World No.1s • Member of French Fed Cup side that advanced to 2016 competition final against Czech Republic – lost epic singles rubber to Ka.Pliskova, 63 46 16-14 in 3 hours 48 minutes – 30-game final set being longest-ever in a Fed Cup final – as well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Garcia, l. Pliskova/Strycova) • Also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore in doubles w/Babos. Went 1-2 in RR stage and failed to progress • Overall has won 18 WTA doubles titles (18-14 record in finals). At Grand Slams won 2016 Roland Garros (w/Garcia) and finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos), 2016 US Open (w/Garcia) and 2018 US Open (w/Garcia) • Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top 50 on March 18, 2013 • Played first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 Paris [Indoors] • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007

Other Information

• Mother is Dzenita (was a pro volleyball player); father is Dragan (was a pro handball player); brother is Luka (soccer player) • Started playing tennis aged 8 when introduced to sport by parents • Speaks French, English, Serbian, Italian and Spanish • Currently without a full-time coach

MATCH NOTES: ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA | JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 3, 2019 | USD $823,000 PREMIER

ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY – DAY 1

**Please note ranking information is as of January 14, 2019**

ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #52) vs. KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #50)

Flipkens leads 2-1 Van Uytvanck making her debut in St. Petersburg… Belgians to battle it out on hard courts for the first time since 2016 Monterrey, where Flipkens left with the victory

[WC] EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #60) vs. [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #96) Makarova leads 3-1 First meeting in five years between the Russian wildcards… Makarova playing in her second event of 2019, coming off 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Boulter)… Zvonareva made SF run at Shenzhen before 1r exit at Melbourne Park (l. Sharma)

DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #41) vs. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #30)

Sharapova leads 2-1 Gavrilova returning to St. Petersburg for first time since 2017, and aiming for first win of 2019… Sharapova making her debut in St. Petersburg, and bidding for first hard court win over the Australian

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DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #41) vs. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #30)

Head to Head: MARIA SHARAPOVA leads 2-1

2018 ROME CLAY O R16 MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-3 6-4 98 mins 2015 ROME CLAY O SF MARIA SHARAPOVA 7-5 6-3 108 mins 2015 MIAMI HARD O R2 DARIA GAVRILOVA 7-6(4) 6-3 110 mins

DARIA GAVRILOVA MARIA SHARAPOVA 41 WTA RANKING 30 9,999 PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 64 05-03-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 19-04-1987 (31) $13,285 YTD PRIZE MONEY $13,121 $3,575,836 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $38,355,240 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 36 0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 1-1 ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 0-0 0-2 / 111-101 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 598-158 0-0 / 43-36 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 162-59 0-1 / 33-26 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 74-63 0-2 / 72-69 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 358-101 0-0 / 11-12 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 54-15 0-0 / 5-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 42-42 0-0 / 11-23 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 97-66 0-1 / 24-38 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 171-100 * Updated through 14 January 2019

Duration Duration

ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

DARIA GAVRILOVA 2017 R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #8) 6-1 6-3

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ST. PETERSBURG • Making second main draw appearance at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy • Reached R16 here in 2017, falling to home favorite Kuznetsova, coming off a R16 run at Australian Open that year (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Faces her third consecutive Russian opponent in St. Petersburg against Sharapova today (in 2017, d. Kalinskaya in 1r, l. Kuznetsova in R16); defeated Sharapova in their first meeting to capture her career first Top 5 win at 2015 Miami • Posted a 2-1 record vs. Russian players in 2018, defeating Diatchenko (Moscow) and Vikhlyantseva (Rome), falling to Sharapova (Rome) • Aiming for first win over a Top 30 ranked opponent since defeating No.4 Kvitova at 2018 Beijing • Bidding for first win of the 2019 after 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Zidansek), Sydney (l. Putintseva) and Brisbane (l. Sevastova)

GRAND SLAM • 2019 Australian Open marked 18th Grand Slam main draw appearance • Achieved best Grand Slam result of career to date by reaching R16 at Australian Open in 2016 and 2017 – in 2016, defeated seeds Kvitova and Mladenovic before falling to Suárez Navarro • Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Mertens) and Wimbledon (l. Sasnovich) in 2018 • Was seeded for the first time at the majors at 2017 Australian Open (at No.22) • Other Grand Slam highlights include 2r showings at 2017-18 US Open

CAREER • Ended 2018 season at No.35, highlighted by SF runs at Sydney (l. Barty) and Acapulco (l. eventual champion Tsurenko), and QF at Hong Kong (l. S.Zhang) • During R16 showing at Rome (l. Sharapova) – having saved 2mp to upset No.3 Muguruza in 2r. Win over Muguruza marked fourth career Top 5 win – also No.2 Sharapova (2015 Miami), No.5 Halep (2016 Rome) and No.1 Kerber (2016 Hong Kong) • Second straight Top 30 season in 2017, finishing at No.25 for the second consecutive year, winning a career-best 33 main draw matches • Captured maiden tour-level singles title at 2017 New Haven in her second career Premier-level final (d. No.1 seed A.Radwanska in SF, d. No.2 seed Cibulkova in F) • Also finished R-Up at Strasbourg (l. Stosur) and Hong Kong (l. Pavlyuchenkova) in 2017. Owns a 1-3 career record in singles finals • Achieved career-high singles ranking of No.20 on August 28, 2017 and became Australia’s No.1 on June 12, 2017 for a total of 19 weeks • Advanced to first WTA singles final at 2016 Moscow (l. Kuznetsova), which followed SF run at Hong Kong where she recorded first win over a reigning World No.1 Kerber, in QF • Reached first tour-level semifinal of career at 2015 Rome, as a qualifier (d. No.7 Ivanovic in 2r, l. eventual champion Sharapova) • Made Top 100 singles debut at No.96 on March 23, 2015 and later that week defeated No.2 Sharapova in 2r at Miami • Won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Istanbul (w/Svitolina) in first doubles final (now holds 1-2 record in doubles finals) • On ITF Circuit, winner of four singles titles, including two in consecutive weeks early 2015, as well as two doubles titles • Nominated for 2017 Newcombe Medal • Catapulted from No.233 at end of 2014 season to No.36 at end of 2015 named WTA’s Most Impressive Newcomer for 2015 (media vote) • Secured permanent residence in Australia in 2013 and has represented the country in Grand Slam play since 2014 US Open. Australian passport came through in December 2015 and now represents Australia at WTA events as well • Watched 2014 Australian Open on crutches; she tore ACL in right knee at WTA 125k Series event in Taipei in November 2013; following surgery, did not play a tournament until July 2014, at ITF level • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 s’Hertogenbosch, scoring first career Top 40 win over No.35 Wickmayer in 1r before losing to Flipkens in 2r • Played first WTA qualifying event at 2009 Moscow and first professional event of career on ITF Circuit in Russia in 2008 • On ITF Circuit, winner of four singles titles, including two $50k events in Tasmania after the 2015 Australian Open (Burnie and Launceston); also owns two ITF doubles titles • 2010 US Open junior singles champion and Youth Olympics champion in Singapore

OTHER • Coached by Jarryd Maher • Born in Moscow but switched nationality (and representation) from Russia to Australia in December 2015 • Father’s name is Alexey; mother’s name is Natalia; younger brother is Stepan. Introduced to tennis at age 6 by parents

SHARAPOVA

ST. PETERSBURG • Making debut appearance at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy • One of a tournament-leading five Russians in the 2019 main draw (also Kasatkina, Makarova, Pavlyuchenkova and Zvonareva) • Faces Gavrilova today in their fourth career meeting. Owns a 2-1 record over the Australian however, bidding for first win on hard courts • Fell to a player ranked outside the Top 40 on four occasions since the start of the 2018 season - l. No.47 Siniakova (2018 Shenzhen SF), l. No.92 Niculescu (2018 Doha 1r), No.44 Osaka (2018 Indian Wells 1r) and No.132 Diatchenko (2018 Wimbledon) • Last week at Australian Open, fell to No.15 Barty in R16 – her first loss to an Australian player since today’s opponent Gavrilova at 2015 Miami • Defeated Wozniacki in 3r at Melbourne Park; was the first occasion defeating a defending Grand Slam champion since 2004 Wimbledon, when she defeated the 2003 winner S.Williams in the final • Began 2019 campaign with QF showing at Shenzhen (ret. vs. eventual champion Sabalenka w/left thigh injury); win over Bacsinszky in 1r was 800th match (at all levels) of career • Owns a 361-102 (.780) career win-loss record on hard courts – only S.Williams (493-82 – .857) owns a better winning percentage among active players

GRAND SLAM • 2019 Australian Open marked 55th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam – the sixth-most among active players • Five-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2004 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F), 2008 Australian Open (d. Ivanovic in F), 2012 Roland Garros (d. Errani in F to complete career Grand Slam) and 2014 Roland Garros • Remains the last teenager to win a Grand Slam title, aged 19 years, 132 days at the 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F) • One of six women to achieve career Grand Slam in the Open Era (also Court, Evert, Navratilova, Graf and S.Williams) • Owns a 5-5 record in Grand Slam finals, finishing as runner-up three times at the Australian Open (2007, 2012, 2015) as well as 2011 Wimbledon and 2013 Roland Garros

CAREER • Ended 2018 season ranked No.29, with highlights including SF at Rome (l. Halep) and Shenzhen (l. Siniakova) and QF at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) • Loss to World No.1 Halep at 2018 Rome took lifetime record vs. No.1s to 7-17, most recently defeating Azarenka at 2012 WTA Finals; also owns two wins vs. No.1s at Slams – Mauresmo (2006 US Open) and Henin (2008 Australian Open) • Finished 2017 season at No.60, having played at Stuttgart in April unranked; advanced to SF (l. Mladenovic) and played next event, Madrid, back on WTA Rankings at No.258 • Won 36th career WTA singles title at 2017 Tianjin in October (d. Sabalenka in F) • Won two WTA titles in 2015 season, at Brisbane and Rome – won at least one title each year between 2003 and 2015 (13 straight years). Owns 36 WTA titles overall (36-23 record in finals), third most among active players, behind S.Williams and V.Williams • Owns 11 tour-level titles on clay, at one point going 7-0 in clay court finals • In 2015, appeared at season-ending WTA Finals for eighth time – posted perfect 3-0 record in RR stage (l. Kvitova in SF). Was champion on debut appearance at the season finale in Los Angeles in 2004 (d. S.Williams in F) • Part of Russian Fed Cup team that finished runners-up to Czech Republic in November 2015, despite winning both rubbers vs. Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova

• On August 22, 2005, became 16th woman (first Russian) to reach No.1; held No.1 ranking for a total of 21 non-consecutive weeks (including four weeks in 2012)

OTHER • Autobiography, Unstoppable: My Life So Far, was released in September 2017 • Started playing at age 4; at age 6 took part in Moscow exhibition that featured Martina Navratilova • Began training at Bollettieri Academy aged 9 (required two years away from mother due to visa and finances) • Among her business interests is a Brand Ambassador for Porsche and Evian; has a premium candy line, Sugarpova; has a skincare range called Supergoop! • Has a strong following on social media (in 2014 became first tennis player to pass 15 million fans on Facebook) • Currently coached by Thomas Hogstedt since March 2018. The pair last worked together from 2010 to 2013, during which Sharapova completed her Career Grand slam by winning 2012 Roland Garros