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PREVIEW NOTES: LADIES OPEN BIEL BIENNE BIEL, | APRIL 10 – 16, 2017 | USD $250,000 INTERNATIONAL EVENT

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BIEL QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Monday - Sunday, April 10 – 16, 2017 Singles Final: Sunday, April 16, NB 3:00pm Doubles Final: Sunday, April 16, 12:00pm TBC Venue: Swiss Center Status: WTA International event Staging: Tournament’s debut year Draw sizes: 32 singles / 16 doubles teams / 32 singles qualifying Surface: Rebound Ace (Indoors) Total prize money: USD $250,000 Tennis Ball: Team

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

RANK RANK SINGLES USD $ DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 43,000 280 Winner 12,300 280 Runner-Up 21,400 180 Runner-Up 6,400 180 Semifinalist 11,300 110 Semifinalist 3,435 110 Quarterfinalist 5,900 60 Quarterfinalist 1,820 60 Round of 16 3,310 30 Round of 16 960 1 Round of 28 1,925 1

MAIN DRAW QUICK HITS (excludes qualifiers)

Singles wildcards: (SUI), (SUI), Carla Suάrez Navarro (ESP) Youngest singles player: Rebeka Masarova (August 6, 1999) Oldest singles player: (February 18, 1983) Singles withdrawals: (left leg), (right ankle), (illness), (right knee)

TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS

 This is the tournament’s inaugural staging, joining Switzerland’s other event, July’s Ladies Championship Gstaad, on the WTA calendar  Eight players ranked in the Top 50 are competing at the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne – No.18 Barbora Strycova, No. 25 Carla Suάrez Navarro, No.30 Timea Babos, No.34 Roberta Vinci, No.37 , No.44 Alizé Cornet, No.46 Julia Goerges and No.47

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PREVIEW NOTES: LADIES OPEN BIEL BIENNE BIEL, SWITZERLAND | APRIL 10 – 16, 2017 | USD $250,000 INTERNATIONAL EVENT

 Top seed Strycova is coming off a fourth-round run at Miami, where she fell to World No.3 Karolina Pliskova  No.2 seed Suárez Navarro has endured a stop-start opening to the season, but rounded into form last week with a semifinal run in Monterrey  Siegemund, meanwhile, is coming off a semifinal showing at Charleston, accounting for seven- time major winner along the way  Swiss No.1 is not competing in singles but will team up with compatriot and multiple winner in doubles  Former Top 10 player Belinda Bencic recquired a wildcard to play in Biel, having slipped to No.130 following an injury-affected 2016  One To Watch – Rebeka Masarova has also been awarded a wildcard to compete in front of her home crowd. The 17-year-old, who announced herself to the tennis world last summer by reaching the semifinals in Gstaad, is playing her first event of 2017

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN

Excluding qualifiers, a total of 16 countries are represented in the main draw, led by Germany with five players:

Belgium (1) Chinese Taipei (1) Hsieh Su-Wei Croatia (1) Donna Vekic Czech Republic Kristyna Pliskova, Barbora Strycova (2) Estonia (1) France (3) Alizé Cornet, Océane Dodin, Germany (5) , , Julia Goerges, Laura Siegemund, Carina Witthoeft Great Britain (2) Naomi Broady, Hungary (1) Timea Babos Italy (2) , Roberta Vinci Romania (2) Sorana Cirstea, Monica Niculescu, Russia (1) Slovakia (1) Jana Cepelova Spain (1) Carla Suάrez Navarro Switzerland (3) Belinda Bencic, , Rebeka Masarova USA (1) Julia Boserup

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