LADIES OPEN LAUSANNE – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – JUL 12 – 18, 2021 – WTA 250

[5] (FRA #76) VS. (FRA #125)

Head-to-head: First career meeting

GARCIA BUREL Career Prize Money $11,118,415 Career Prize Money $534,049 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 16, 1993 (27) Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 24, 2001 (20) Singles Titles 7 Singles Titles 0 Tournament W-L (MD) 5-3 Tournament W-L (MD) 3-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 16-14 / 241-194 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 7-6 / 10-10 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 4-2 / 83-64 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 42-19 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 63-57 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 26-24 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 8-5 / 69-48 Clay Court (YTD / Career) 4-2 / 7-4 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 17-43 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-4 / 34-72 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-0 Coach Gabriel Urpi Coach Alexia Dechaume

GARCIA: • Making fourth appearance at Lausanne Ladies Open • Made 2r here last year (l. Pera). Also fell 2r at the tournament’s previous home in Gstaad in 2017 (l. Martincova) and in 1r in 216 (l. Arruabarrena) • Only set dropped en route to this year’s SF was against Sharma in 2r • Faces compatriot Burel today in first semifinal in two years; has won her last three matches at this stage, in Tianjin in 2018 and Strasbourg and Nottingham in 2019, to level her career record to 9-9 • Her last SF outside of came seven years ago at Bogotá • Has appeared in three clay court finals across career, winning her maiden WTA title at 2014 Bogotá and also triumphing at 2016 Strasbourg, while finishing R-Up at 2019 Strasbourg • Arrived in Lausanne on a four-match, eight-set losing streak; best result this season have been QF at Parma and 3r runs at Gippsland Trophy and Dubai • Best results in 2020 came at Slams, reaching R16 at Roland Garros (l. Svitolina) and 3r at US Open (l. Brady) • Defeated No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 2r at Flushing Meadows to record her first Top 10 win since 2018 Tianjin title (d. No.6 Ka.Pliskova in F) • Highlights of 2019 campaign include capturing her seventh career WTA singles title at Nottingham and reaching the finals at Strasbourg • Member of French Fed Cup team that won the 2019 competition final vs. Australia, teaming up with Mladenovic to win the decisive doubles runner against Barty/Stosur. Also took part in the team that advanced to final vs. Czech Republic • Fell out of the Top 20 on March 18, 2019 after holding her position there since August 14, 2017 • In 2018, won sixth career title at Tianjin; also made semifinals at Stuttgart and Madrid • Broke into the Top 5 on August 13, 2018 and reached a career-high of No.4 on September 10, 2018 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 1

LADIES OPEN LAUSANNE – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – JUL 12 – 18, 2021 – WTA 250

• Became first player to win Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back in 2017. As a result, qualified for WTA Finals. Was ranked No.30 on the Race to Singapore leaderboard in May 2017 • Best win of her career came over No.2 Halep in 2017 Beijing final • In 2017, lifted first Premier-5 level title at Wuhan and first Premier-Mandatory crown at Beijing; subsequently made Top 10 debut • Won a career-best 48 main draw matches in 2017 (48-22 record, two titles), Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) for best singles result to date • Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) for best Grand Slam singles result to date • Qualifying for WTA Finals in 2017, became the first Frenchwoman to compete at WTA Finals in singles since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F) • At 2016 Roland Garros w/Mladenovic, won first major doubles title. They were the first French pair to win in Paris since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr triumphed • Represented France at 2016 Rio Olympics in singles (2r) and doubles (1r, w/Mladenovic) • Member of French Fed Cup team that advanced to 2016 competition final vs. Czech Republic • Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (l. Osaka in F) • Made professional debut at 13 on ITF Circuit in France in 2007 • In juniors, singles runner-up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Slams

BUREL: • Making tournament debut at Lausanne • Upset defending champion and No.2 seed Ferro in QF on Friday; earlier in the day had also beaten fellow youngster Rakhimova • Win over Ferro was the fifth Top-100 win of her career • Coming off 1r exit at WTA 125K Series event at Bastad • At this year’s Wimbledon, came through qualifying to reach 2r (l. Juvan) • Opened this year’s clay court season by contesting qualifying at Bogota before bouncing back with R-Up showing at $60k ITF/Oeiras-POR, then winning second ITF Circuit title of her career at $60k ITF/Saint- Gaudens-FRA. Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Kovinic) • Earlier in the season, finished R-Up at $25k ITF/Poitiers-FRA and then made QF at WTA event in Lyon (l. Ferro) • Made 3r at 2020 Roland Garros (as WC, d. Rus and Juvan, l. Zhang); at 19 years and six months old, was the youngest Frenchwoman to reach the third round on home soil since an 18-year-old Cornet did so in 2008 • Won first tour-level match during 2r showing at2020 Strasbourg (as WC, d. Bondarenko, l. Zhang) • Made Grand Slam main draw debut during 2019season, falling 1r at (as WC, l.No.23 Suarez Navarro). Also in 2019 finished R-Up at $15k ITF/Monastir-TUN • In May 2019 she underwent wrist surgery that ended her season

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LADIES OPEN LAUSANNE – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – JUL 12 – 18, 2021 – WTA 250

• In terms of ranking, best career win came overNo.67 Rus at 2020 Roland Garros • Highlight of 2018 season was R-Up finish at$25k ITF/Clermont-Ferrand-FRA. Also contested qualifying at Roland Garros • Owns one ITF Circuit singles title • Selected as an alternate in the French Fed Cup team for the 2018 first round tie against Belgium • Made debut on tour with qualifying exit at $25kITF/Saint-Malo-FRA • Enjoyed a stellar junior career reaching two Slam finals (Australian and US Opens in 2018),winning a silver medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires and rising to WorldNo.1 on October 29, 2018

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LADIES OPEN LAUSANNE – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – JUL 12 – 18, 2021 – WTA 250

[1] TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO #50) VS. (BEL #193)

Head-to-head: First career meeting

ZIDANSEK ZANEVSKA Career Prize Money $1,723,732 Career Prize Money $919,077 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Dec. 26, 1997 (23) Date of Birth (Age) Aug. 24, 1993 (27) Singles Titles 0 Singles Titles 0 Tournament W-L (MD) 3-0 Tournament W-L (MD) 3-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 18-11 / 46-46 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 4-1 / 9-26 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 7-3 / 21-19 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 5-8 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 5-3 / 13-10 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 7-5 Clay Court W-L (YTD / Career) 14-5 / 39-21 Clay Court (YTD / Career) 4-1 / 8-15 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 2-8 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 0-3 Coach Marian Cuk Coach -

ZIDANSEK: • Making debut appearance at Lausanne Ladies Open • Is the only semifinalist who did not play two matches on Friday, seeing off No.241 Bronzetti despite dropping serve five times • Owns 2-5 record in WTA SF matches • At Roland Garros, became the first Slovenian woman to reach a Grand Slam SF (l. Pavlyuchenkova); upset No.7 Andreescu in 1r to register first win over a Top-10 player • At Bogotá, reached second WTA final of career (l. Osorio Serrano in 3s) • Opened season with 3r showing at Abu Dhabi before 1r exits at Gippsland Trophy • Best singles result in 2020 was reaching QF at Acapulco (l. Zarazua) • Earned a career high doubles ranking of No.57 on November 16, 2020 after winning third career Tour- level doubles title at Ostrava (w/Rus). Also lifted the doubles title at Palermo (w/Rus) • Highlights of 2019 were reaching first WTA singles final, at Nurnberg (l. Putintseva in F), as well as defending WTA 125 Series title at Bol (d. Sorribes Tormo in F) and reaching SF at Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic) • Contested all the Slam main draws in 2019 for the first time – reached 2r twice, at (l. Osaka) and 2019 Wimbledon (l. ) • Highlights in 2018 included SF run at Moscow [River Cup] and title run at Bol WTA 125K Series event • Broke into Top 100 (at No.95) following Bol title on June 11, 2018 - became the ninth Slovenian player in history to crack the Top 100 • In 2018, posted seven tour-level main draw wins and 40 on ITF Circuit; reached SF in just third WTA main draw, at Moscow [River Cup] (d. No.13 Kasatkina in 2r, l. Potapova) • Made 2r on WTA main draw debut at Rabat in 2018 (as qualifier, d. Linette, l. Hsieh) • WTA qualifying debut came at 2018 Brisbane • Spent three months off tour with left knee injury in 2018 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 1

LADIES OPEN LAUSANNE – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – JUL 12 – 18, 2021 – WTA 250

• Slovene Fed Cup Team, 2017-18, 2020 • Won first ITF Circuit title of career aged 16 at $10k Velenje in 2014 - has won 16 more singles titles at this level

ZANEVSKA: • Making tournament debut at Lausanne • Upset Swiss duo Teichmann and Voegele in first two rounds then Vikhlyantseva in QF to reach first WTA SF • Had never previously won back-to-back matches on Tour • In terms of ranking, best career win was against No.46 Oprandi at $100k ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer -FRA in 2013 • Only WTA main draw appearance this season had been a 2r exit at Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Andreescu) • On ITF Circuit this season, finished R-Up at $25k Grenoble-FRA in February and won 18th title at this level, at $25k Otocek-SLO in June • Fell in final round of Australian Open qualifying competition in Dubai in January • Last season’s highlights were a couple of final appearances on ITF Circuit • Most recent WTA-level appearance before this season was 2r showing at 2018 Bucharest • Has finished R-Up at four WTA doubles tournaments, most recently 2018 Bucharest (w/Kovinic) • Rose to career-high ranking of No.105 on August 21, 2017 • Lifted biggest ITF Circuit title in August 217, at $100k Vancouver-CAN • In first two Grand Slam main draw appearances of career, fell 1r at 2014 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) and 2014 US Open (l. Rogers) • Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2013 Palermo • Won five ITF Circuit singles titles in 2012

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