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WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

OSAKA, JAPAN | SEPTEMBER 16-22, 2019 | $823,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT

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TORAY - QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS [5] (USA #16) vs. [4] (GER #15) Kerber leads 8-2 Kerber has won seven of their eight career hard court meetings in straight sets... Keys bidding for sixth Top 20 win of the season... Kerber snapped four-match losing streak by winning her opening round here

[WC] (JPN #83) vs. (RUS #41)

Doi leads 1-0 Pavlyuchenkova retired with a viral illness when the pair met at 2016 Wuhan... Doi coming off runner-up finish last week at Hiroshima... Pavlyuchenkova was runner-up at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in 2017

[1] (JPN #4) vs. (KAZ #36) Putintseva leads 3-0 Putintseva upset Osaka twice during this year’s grass court season... Osaka was runner-up at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in both 2016 and 2018... Putintseva is yet to drop a set this week

CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #54) vs. (BEL #24) First meeting Giorgi is bidding to make second straight Toray Pan Pacific Open SF...Mertens is only tournament debutante left in the draw... Giorgi dropped three games during second-round upset of No.3 seed Stephens

A LOOK AT THE QUARTERFINALISTS

PLAYER PPO W/L YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES [1] Naomi Osaka 8-4 30-11 207-130 4,198,517 11,827,714 1 3

[4] Angelique Kerber 15-7 26-16 621-327 1,447,996 28,604,837 0 12

[5] Madison Keys 4-3 26-12 276-149 1,834,928 11,923,606 2 5

Elise Mertens 2-0 30-22 285-154 2,417,310 5,577,556 1 5

Yulia Putintseva 3-2 28-21 276-212 835,348 3,864,814 1 1

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 14-9 17-17 413-280 798,924 9,568,004 0 12

Camila Giorgi 6-3 13-13 347-246 341,253 3,723,258 0 2

[WC] Misaki Doi 3-5 27-21 337-292 325,425 2,651,932 0 1 MATCH NOTES OSAKA - JAPAN | Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[5] MADISON KEYS (USA #16) vs. [4] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #15)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 8-2

2018 WUHAN HARD O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-0 4-1 53 mins 2018 CINCINNATI HARD O R16 MADISON KEYS 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 118 mins 2018 HARD O QF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-1 6-2 51 mins 2016 WTA FINALS HARD I R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 6-3 61 mins 2016 OLYMPICS HARD O SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 7-5 N/A 2016 MIAMI HARD O QF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 6-2 68 mins 2015 CHARLESTON CLAY O F ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-2 4-6 7-5 137 mins 2014 EASTBOURNE GRASS O F MADISON KEYS 6-3 3-6 7-5 116 mins 2014 SYDNEY HARD O SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-4 6-2 63 mins HARD O R3 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-2 7-5 100 mins

MADISON KEYS ANGELIQUE KERBER 16 WTA RANKING 15 12 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 17 17-02-1995 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 18-01-1988 (31) $1,834,928 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,447,996 $11,923,606 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $28,604,837 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 5 0 / 12 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 OSAKA W-L (MD) * 4-3 15-7 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 26-12 / 205-118 26-16 / 425-241 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 7-6 / 52-49 5-10 / 117-98 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-5 / 52-45 8-3 / 86-56 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 15-8 / 123-79 17-11 / 277-156 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 18-17 2-1 / 34-20 1-1 / 7-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 19-33 2-3 / 17-30 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-3 / 39-62 5-4 / 35-47 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-5 / 89-116 * Updated entering 2019 Osaka QF

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS

[5] MADISON KEYS (USA #16) [4] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #15)

R16: d. (KAZ #85) 5-7,6-0,6-4 (2h05) R16: d. NICOLE GIBBS (USA #137) 6-2,6-4 (1h20) R32: d. (RUS #40) 6-3,6-4 (1h15) R32: BYE

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OSAKA Tournament History

MADISON KEYS ANGELIQUE KERBER 2016 2017 R1 L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #38) 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) SF L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #23) 6-0 6-7(4) 6-4

2014 2015 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #15) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 QF L - (DEN #6) 6-2 2-6 6-3

2013 2014 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #11) 6-2 6-2 SF L - (SRB #10) 7-5 6-3

2013 F L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #11) 6-2 0-6 6-3

2012 SF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 6-1 6-1

2011 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 3-6 6-3 6-3

2010 R1 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #29) 6-3 6-3

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OSAKA OSAKA

• Making third appearance at Toray Pan Pacific Open, • Making eighth appearance at Toray Pan Pacific Open where she is through to QF for the first time - the second most of any player in this year’s draw • Previous best result was reaching R16 on debut in after Pavlyuchenkova (10) 2013 (d. Suarez Navarro and Peng, l. Kvitova. N.B. • Reached final in 2013 (d. No.4 A.Radwanska, No.8 draw size was 64) Wozniacki, l. Kvitova) • Reeled off 13 points in a row to recover from 3-1 • Also a three-time semifinalist in 2012, 2014 and 2017 down in second set and close out victory against Ka- • After opening round bye, reeled off the last five satkina in 1r on Tuesday; has now won all six career games of the match to beat Gibbs in 2r and snap a meetings with the Russian, dropping just one set four-match losing streak, which began with 2r exit at • Struck seven aces against Diyas in 2r - is currently in Wimbledon (l. LL Davis) sixth place on this year’s aces leaderboard with 253 • Faces No.16 Keys in QF today; owns three Top 20 • Also ranks fifth for percentage of service points won wins in 2019, over No.20 Kontaveit (Doha), No.9 Sa- (62.3%) and seventh for service games won (77.6%) balenka (Indian Wells) and No.7 Halep (Eastbourne) • Faces No.15 Kerber in QF today; retired during their • During last year’s Asian swing, made R16 at Wuhan most recent match at 2018 Wuhan w/right knee injury and Beijing, before falling in RR at WTA Finals • Owns five Top 20 wins in 2019, over No.14 Mertens • Owns seven hard court titles, most recently at 2018 (Australian Open), No.8 Stephens and No.13 Wozni- Sydney acki (both Charleston), No.4 Halep (Cincinnati) and No.20 Kenin (US Open) • During last year’s Asian swing, fell 2r at Wuhan and SEASON Beijing, and in RR at Zhuhai • Failed to win a match during US Open Series, falling 1r at Toronto (l. Kasatkina), Cincinnati (l. Kontaveit) and US Open (l. Mladenovic) SEASON • On grass, made SF run at Mallorca (l. Bencic) and R-Up finish at Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova), before • Coming off R16 run at US Open (l. Svitolina) - has falling 2r in defense of Wimbledon title (l. LL Davis) made this stage or better at six of past eight majors • Clay season finished with 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. • Lifted biggest career title at Premier-5 Western & Potapova) Southern Open in Cincinnati (d. Kuznetsova in F); • Withdrew from Rome and ahead of her 2r match in afterwards returned to Top 10 for the first time since Madrid due to a right ankle injury week of June 25, 2018 • Posted QF outing at Stuttgart (l. Bertens) • Owns two Top 10 wins in 2019, over No.8 Stephens • Made SF at Monterrey (l. eventual R-Up Azarenka) and No.4 Halep en route to titles at Charleston and • Exited 3r in Miami where she fell to Andreescu in 3 Cincinnati, respectively sets after 1r bye and defeating Muchova in 2r • Prior to Cincinnati, made premature exits at three • Finished R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what previous tournaments, falling 1r at Toronto (l. Vekic was the first Premier Mandatory final of her career after holding 3mp in second set) and Washington DC • Passed the $28 million prize money mark – now (l. Baptiste) and in 2r at Wimbledon (l. Hercog) eighth on the all-time list • Reached QF at Roland Garros (l. Barty). Was one of • Before Indian Wells, had not won more than three three Americans to make last eight (also Anisimova matches at the same event since 2018 Wimbledon and Stephens) - the first time this had happened • Reached R16 at Dubai (l. Hsieh) since 2004 (Capriati, S.Williams and V.Williams) • Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mer- • Fell 2r at Rome (l. Kenin) and 1r at Madrid (l. Cirstea) tens) – 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career • Part of US team that retained its Fed Cup World win across all levels Group I status thanks to 3-2 win over Switzerland in • Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first San Antonio (l. Golubic in sole singles rubber) time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching • Won fourth career title - and first on clay - at Charles- R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad ton (d. Wozniacki in F); now 4-4 in WTA finals Maia in 2r for 100th match-win (one of • Made 2r exits at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. No.97 eight active players to achieve the feat) Barthel, having led 3-1 in final set) and Miami (after • Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, 1r bye, l. Stosur, having led 4-2 in final set) l. eventual champion Kvitova) – was first QF since • In February, was part of US Fed Cup team which lost Wimbledon title run last July 3-2 to Australia in Asheville (d. Birrell, l. Barty) • Began Australian swing by helping Germany finish • Began season with R16 showing at Australian Open R-Up to Switzerland at (posted 4-0 (l. Svitolina in 3s) singles record – d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) MADISON ANGELIQUE KEYS VS KERBER

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Season highlights in 2018 were SFs at US Open (l. • Posted third Top 5 season in 2018, finishing at No.2 eventual champion Osaka) and Roland Garros (l. • Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and Stephens) and QF at Australian Open (l. Kerber) third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. • Also made SF stage in Charleston (l. eventual cham- S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 pion Bertens) and QF at Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) • Including run to final at 2019 Eastbourne, record in • 2017 season highlighted by reaching maiden Grand tour-level finals stands at 12-18 Slam final in New York, losing out to Stephens in • Also in 2018, advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. 10th all-American US Open final in the Open Era. At Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai 22, became the youngest Flushing Meadows finalist (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. since 19-year-old Wozniacki lost to Clijsters in 2009 eventual champion Wozniacki • Also in 2017, won third career tour-level singles title, • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of and first on hard courts, at Stanford (d. Vandeweghe season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SF runs in F). Previous two titles were won on grass, at 2014 at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai Eastbourne (d. Kerber in F; second youngest title • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first winner of season) and 2016 Birmingham (d. Strycova Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. in F); also a runner-up on four occasions S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), • Has reached four career finals on hard, winning 2017 finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and Stanford and 2019 Cincinnati and finishing R-Up at rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- 2016 Montreal and 2017 US Open came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 • Enjoyed first Top 10 year-end finish in 2016 (at No.8), • Passed $20 million in career prize money at 2017 as youngest player in the year-end Top 25 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so. Cur- • Broke into Top 10 on June 20, 2016, becoming 118th rently stands eighth on all-time list, with $28.5 million player to reach the elite bracket since computer • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – be- rankings were introduced. Became first American to came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- make Top 10 debut since S.Williams in 1999 ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Reached a career-high singles ranking of No.7 on • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by inter- October 10, 2016 national media and fans; also, ITF World Champion • Made WTA Finals debut at Singapore in 2016, going • 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. 1-2 in round robin play Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Represented USA at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- SF (lost Bronze medal match against Kvitova) gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova • Owns seven career Top 5 victories: No.5 Li (2013 in F); first German to reach final at the season-end- Madrid), No.4 Kvitova (), No.4 ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 Muguruza (2016 Rome, 2017 Stanford), No.4 Svito- • Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and lina (2017 US Open), No.4 Kerber (2018 Cincinnati) won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors] and No.4 Halep (2019 Cincinnati) • Three-time Grand Slam champion, at 2016 Australian • Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2015 (went Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Plis- 1-1 in round robin stage) kova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) • Cracked Top 20 on February 2, 2015 • One of only four active players with three or more • Was second-youngest player to win a WTA title in Grand Slam titles to their resume along with S.Wil- 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur); liams (23), V.Williams (7) and Sharapova (5) also youngest American to win a title since in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok • Made tour-level debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach at 14 years old (as WC, d. Kudryavtseva); was seventh GRAND SLAM HISTORY youngest player to win a WTA main draw match at 14 years, 48 days, and youngest since Hingis in 1994 • Just one of two players all-time to defeat Serena Wil- liams in two Grand Slam finals (also at 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon) • At , became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since at (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi) • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and duly rose to World No.1 MADISON ANGELIQUE KEYS VS KERBER

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM CONT.

• Contested 29th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US • Kerber made just five unforced errors to beat S.Wil- Open liams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon • Best result at a major was 2017 US Open R-Up fin- • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) ish to Stephens. Deepest run prior to that was break- • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. through SF run at Australian Open in 2015 when she eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champi- defeated No.18 V.Williams and No.4 Kvitova en route on Halep) (l. eventual champion S.Williams) • Became just the third American teenager since 1995 to reach SF at the Australian Open – also Chanda Rubin (1996, SF) and (2013, SF) PERSONAL • Prior to 2015 had not passed 3r at a major • Currently without a coach; recently stopped working • Achieved best result at Roland Garros with SF run in with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler 2018 (l. Stephens) – has reached at least QF at all • Ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of four majors, including Wimbledon in 2015 2018; previously worked with Torben Beltz • Was one of just two players to reach the SFs or • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 better at two of the four Slams in 2018 (also Kerber – in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside SF Australian Open, Won Wimbledon) the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 US • Commercial endorsements include deals with Open, advancing to 2r (was first 16-year-old to com- Porsche, Rolex and Head & Shoulders and SAP pete at Flushing Meadows since Kristie Ahn in 2008)

PERSONAL

• Coached by Juan “Nacho” Todero; fitness coach is Rodney Marshall • Past coaches: Jim Madrigal, , Thomas Hogstedt, , and David Taylor • Ambassador for Evian and FearlesslyGIRL • Was the architect behind Kinder Girl World Day recently on May 21, created in the “hope of replacing some of the toxicity we often see online with mes- sages of kindness” MATCH NOTES OSAKA - JAPAN | Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[WC] MISAKI DOI (JPN #83) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #41)

Head to Head: MISAKI DOI leads 1-0

2016 WUHAN HARD O R1 MISAKI DOI 6-7(3) 6-4 3-1 131 mins

MISAKI DOI ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 83 WTA RANKING 41 79 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 62 29-04-1991 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-07-1991 (28) $325,425 YTD PRIZE MONEY $798,924 $2,651,932 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,568,004 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 12 1 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 OSAKA W-L (MD) * 3-5 14-9 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-12 / 82-123 15-16 / 330-250 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-5 / 29-38 4-8 / 110-94 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-5 / 20-26 3-1 / 79-66 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 10-10 / 55-85 14-11 / 245-166 0-0 / 5-12 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 26-29 0-1 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 13-33 0-3 / 0-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / 32-62 0-3 / 6-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-5 / 61-109 * Updated entering 2019 Osaka QF

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS

[WC] MISAKI DOI (JPN #83) ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #41)

R16: d. [7] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #21) 7-6(5),6-3 (1h36) R16: d. [2] (NED #8) 6-1,7-5 (1h30) R32: d. (FRA #44) 6-1,6-2 (0h54) R32: d. (UKR #30) 6-3,6-1 (0h55)

Total games: 37 Total games: 35 Won/lost: 25-12 Won/lost: 25-10 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h30 Total time on court: 2h25 Average time on court: 1h15 Average time on court: 1h13 Average rank of opponent: 33 Average rank of opponent: 19

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OSAKA Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

MISAKI DOI ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2018 2018 R1 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #37) 6-2 6-1 R16 L - (FRA #4) 6-4 2-6 7-5

2016 2017 R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #66) 6-4 6-4 F L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-0 7-5

2015 2016 R1 L - (JPN #80) 7-6(1) 6-2 R16 L - (UKR #20) 7-6(5) 6-4 2013 2014 R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #21) 6-1 6-2 R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #26) 6-3 7-6(3) 2012 2013 R1-Q L - (FRA #76) 7-6(6) 6-1 R1 L - (ROU #18) 3-6 7-6(5) 3-0 2011 2012 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-1 6-1 R2 L - NA LI (CHN #8) 7-5 4-6 6-2 2010 R1-Q L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #24) 7-5 6-2 2011 R2 L - VANIA KING (USA #90) 6-4 7-6(6)

2010 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 6-1 6-2

2009 R16 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #14) 4-6 6-2 7-5

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OSAKA OSAKA

• Appearing in the main draw of Toray Pan Pacific • Making 10th appearance at Toray Pan Pacific Open Open for sixth time in career (eighth overall) - the most of any player in this year’s draw • Prior to this year, had only gone beyond 1r on one • Was R-Up here in 2017 (d. Kerber in SF, l. Wozniac- occasion in 2013 when she reached 2r (d. Lepchen- ki) ko, l. Cirstea) • On tournament debut in 2009, came through qualify- • Has twice fallen to fellow countrywomen in 1r (2015 - ing to reach R16 (d. No.3 V.Williams in 2r, l. Bartoli) l. Nara, 2016 l. Osaka) • Last year, fell 2r (l. Garcia after holding 3mp) • Fell 1r last year (as qualifier, l. Giorgi) • Committed just 11 unforced errors during confident 1r • Struck just nine unforced errors during dominant 1r win over teenager Yastremska win over No.44 Mladenovic • Upset No.8 Bertens in 2r to score back-to-back wins • Then beat No.21 Vekic in 2r - in terms of ranking, her for the first time since QF run at Monterrey in April best win since upsetting No.13 Keys at 2017 Madrid • Now owns four Top 10 wins this season, having • Faces Pavlyuchenkova in QF today; bidding to reach previously overcome No.9 Bertens and No.5 Ste- a Premier-level SF for the first time in her career phens (both at Australian Open) and No.9 Sabalenka • Appeared in her third WTA final last week in falling to (Toronto) compatriot Hibino in the first all-Japanese final since • Faces Doi in QF today; retired w/viral illness in the 1997 when Sawamatsu defeated Yoshida in Jakarta third set of their only previous meeting, at 2016 • Went 1-3 in last year’s Asian swing with sole win Wuhan coming at Tianjin (d. Putintseva, l. Bacsinszky) • During last year’s Asian swing, in addition to 2r • Owns 16-16 record in her homeland, highlighted by showing here, made QF at Wuhan and fell 1r at last week’s final appearance as well as an SF run at Beijing Osaka in 2012 • Also playing doubles here w/Hibino (face H.Chan/L. Chan in SF) - together they won the doubles title last SEASON week in Hiroshima (d. McHale/Savinykh in F) • Reached 2r at US Open (l. Bertens) • Fell in qualifying at Cincinnati (l. Diyas) - first time SEASON contesting WTA qualifying since 2011 Dubai • Made 2r at Toronto (d. No.9 Sabalenka, l. Ostapen- ko) after 1r exit at Washington, DC (l. McHale) • Coming off R-Up finish at Hiroshima (l. Hibino); the • Also suffered straight-set 1r defeats at Wimbledon (l. two then teamed up and won the doubles title Bencic), Roland Garros (l. Minella), Rome (l. Sakkari) • Exited 1r at US Open (l. Keys) after losing in 1r at and Madrid (l. Ostapenko) $100K ITF/Vancouver-CAN • Reached 2r at Stuttgart (d. Goerges, l. Kontaveit); • Fell 1r at San Jose (l. Vekic). Came through qualify- also doubles R-Up in Germany (w/Safarova, l. Barth- ing in Toronto only to fall 1r (l. Alexandrova) el/Friedsam) • Won 125K Series title at Bastad (d. Kovinic in F) • Was part of Russian Fed Cup team that defeated • Fell in qualifying at Birmingham and Wimbledon Italy 4-0 in the World Group II play-offs. Won her two • Made 2r exit at $100K ITF/Manchester-GBR singles rubbers (d. Paolini, Trevisan) • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Stephens) • Reached QF in Monterrey completing only the • Entered Roland Garros following 1r defeat at I$100K second double of the season (d. Jorovic, l. ITF/Trnava and qualifying loss in Madrid Azarenka) • Helped Japan secured its World Group II status with • Exited 2r of Indian Wells (l. McHale) and Miami (l. a 4-0 win over Netherlands in Osaka - posted singles Kuzmova) after receiving a 1r bye. Exited 1r of Dubai wins over Hogenkamp and Schoofs (l.Garcia) • Suffered 1r exit at Monterrey (l. Rybarikova) • Was part of Russia team that gained promotion from • Came through qualifying to reach 2r at both Indian Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I (d. Linette and Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Miami (l. Hercog) Peterson in straight sets) • Fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Vekic) and in qualifying at • Made QF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Dubai Bertens in 3s) • Unable to get past first hurdle (following bye) at WTA • Matched best Grand Slam result at Melbourne Park 125K Series event at Newport and qualifying in St. by reaching QF (l. Collins); defeating No.9 Bertens Petersburg and No.5 Stephens en route • Began 2019 campaign with 1r exit at Australian Open • Opened Australian swing with 2r showing at Shen- (as qualifier, l. Brengle) zhen (l. Kudermetova) before suffering 1r exit at Hobart (l. Lapko) MISAKI ANASTASIA DOI VS PAVLYUCHENKOVA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• 2018 season highlights primarily came on the ITF • Ended 2018 ranked No.42, down from No.15 in Circuit, winning her sixth and seventh career titles at 2017, marking her 11th consecutive Top 50 finish $25k Kofu-JPN and $100k Vancouver-CAN • 2018 season highlight was claiming her 12th WTA • Best results in 2017 were SF at Nurnberg (l. eventual singles title at Strasbourg (d. Cibulkova in F) champion Bertens), QF at Taipei City (l. Safarova) • Other highlights were QF runs at Stuttgart (l. Kon- and R16 finish at Madrid (l. Cirstea) taveit), Wuhan (d. No.11 Bertens in 2r and No.5 • Posted career-best finish in 2016 at No.38 (up from Kvitova in R16, l. Barty), Linz (l. Alexandrova) and No.60 in 2015) while also posting new career-high [Kremlin Cup] (l. Kasatkina) ranking of No.30 (week of October 10, 2016) • Owns 12 WTA singles titles, including a career-best • Posted career-best 24 main draw match wins in three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, 2016. Highlights in 2016 were reaching second WTA Rabat and Hong Kong singles final at Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and posting • Notched only win over a reigning World No.1 against best result at a Grand Slam with R16 run at Wimble- Kerber en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 don (l. eventual R-Up Kerber). At the time (before • Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, Osaka), became first Japanese player to reach R16 most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/Babos) at any Grand Slam in 10 years – last • In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, did so at Wimbledon in 2006 (l. Beltrame) reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Bris- • Represented Japan at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching bane (l. Kerber), St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco 2r in singles (l. Stosur) and 2r in doubles (w/Hozumi, (l.Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) l. Kasatkina/Kuznetsova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova) • Best result of the clay season was reaching first • Owns 30 Top 10 victories (30-61 record), most re- Premier-level QF at 2016 Rome (l. Begu) – it was cently No.5 Stephens at also her second QF on clay (after 2013 Strasbourg). • Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to even- At the time (before Osaka), was the first player from tual gold medalist Puig in 2r Japan to reach the QF of a Premier-level tournament • Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and or above since 2014, when reached last entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008 eight at Birmingham • Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose • In March 2016, won the WTA 125k Series event at as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011) San Antonio (d. Friedsam in F) • Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 • Reached first WTA singles final at 2015 Luxembourg Moscow (d. Barthel in F) • Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion • Owns two doubles titles, at 2014 Istanbul (w/Svitoli- na) and 2019 Hiroshima (w/Hibino) • Scored first WTA main draw win at 2011 Kuala Lum- GRAND SLAM HISTORY pur (fourth tour-level main draw) and first back-to- back wins at 2011 Wimbledon (eighth main draw) • Has reached QFs at all four majors; 2011 Roland • Played first WTA qualifying at 2009 Osaka; made Garros (l. Schiavone) and US Open (l. S.Williams), main draw debut at 2010 Roland Garros 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams), • Member of Japanese Fed Cup Team, 2011, 2013-15, (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams), 2017, 2019 and 2019 Australian Open (l. Collins) • One of just five active players to reach QF or better at all four majors in both singles and doubles (also GRAND SLAM HISTORY , Kuznetsova and Zvonareva) and is the only player to do so since 2011 • Contested 26th Slam main draw at 2019 US Open • Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at • Best result at a Grand Slam was R16 run at 2016 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova 6-0 6-1) Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Kerber). At the time • As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the (before Osaka), became first Japanese player to Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open reach R16 at any Grand Slam in 10 years – Ai Sugi- junior title) yama last did so at Wimbledon in 2006 (l. Beltrame) • In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian • Has reached 2r - but never further - once at each of Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) the other three majors, at Australian Open in 2013, and Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) Roland Garros in 2015 and US Open in 2015 • Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles (w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) MISAKI ANASTASIA DOI VS PAVLYUCHENKOVA

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Began playing tennis at age six when parents intro- • Recently began new coaching partnership with Sam duced her to the game at the local tennis club Sumyk. Occasionally works with father, Sergey and • An all-court player, who likes to be aggressive and brother, Aleks come to the net; plays left-handed • Introduced to tennis at age six by family • Tennis idol was , because she is small • Grandmother played basketball for USSR and in stature and has an aggressive game grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was Olympic-level canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer MATCH NOTES OSAKA - JAPAN | Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

[1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #36)

Head to Head: YULIA PUTINTSEVA leads 3-0

2019 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R1 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 7-6(4) 6-2 96 mins 2019 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R16 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 6-2 6-3 69 mins 2018 HOBART HARD O R1 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 6-3 6-3 74 mins

NAOMI OSAKA YULIA PUTINTSEVA 4 WTA RANKING 36 7 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 33 16-10-1997 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-01-1995 (24) $4,198,517 YTD PRIZE MONEY $837,448 $11,827,714 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,864,814 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 3 1 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 OSAKA W-L (MD) * 8-4 3-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 30-11 / 110-70 26-21 / 114-130 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 14-3 / 29-18 9-10 / 37-43 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 8-4 / 21-19 9-5 / 33-29 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 20-7 / 81-48 14-14 / 66-85 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 6-5 0-2 / 4-10 0-0 / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 4-12 3-1 / 8-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-9 / 8-24 5-3 / 21-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-11 / 16-43 * Updated entering 2019 Osaka QF

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS

[1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #36)

R16: d. (BUL #181) 7-5,6-3 (1h30) R16: d. VARVARA FLINK (RUS #149) 6-1,6-1 (1h12) R32: BYE R32: d. KATARZYNA KAWA (POL #129) 6-4,7-6(4) (1h46)

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OSAKA Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

NAOMI OSAKA YULIA PUTINTSEVA 2018 2017 F L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-4 6-4 R1 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #114) 2-6 6-4 6-2

2017 2016 R1 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #14) 6-3 6-4 R16 L - (POL #109) 4-6 6-3 7-5

2016 F L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #28) 7-5 6-3

2015 R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #40) 7-5 6-2

2014 R1-Q L - (JPN #274) 6-4 6-4

2013 R1-Q L - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #93) 6-3 6-4

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• Making fifth main draw appearance at the Toray Pan • Playing Toray Pan Pacific Open for a third time, Pacific (seventh overall) as a two-time finalist, in where her previous best result was 2r showing in 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) 2016 (d. No.9 Keys, l. Linette) • Also exited 1r in 2015 (l. Strycova) and 2017 (l. • In 1r, prevailed in a 66-minute second set to edge out Kerber) LL Kawa. Then broke six times, winning 62% • Bidding to become the second Japanese woman to of return points during 2r win over qualifier Flink win the title after Kimiko Date beat Davenport in 1995 • Takes on No.4 Osaka in QF today; looking for fourth • After opening round bye, fired 13 aces to see off Top 5 win of the season and fifth of her career – after No.181 Tomova in 2r No.5 Cibulkova (2017 St Petersburg), No.5 Stephens • Has now struck 296 aces this season - the fourth- (2019 Sydney) No.1 Osaka (2019 Birmingham and most on tour behind Ka.Pliskova (455), Bertens (372) 2019 Wimbledon) and Barty (312) have more • Began last year’s Asian swing by reaching final at • Faces Putintseva in QF today - has lost four times to Guangzhou (l. Q.Wang); also fell 1r at Beijing (as players ranked outside Top 30 in 2019, with two of qualifier, l. Suarez Navarro) and Tianjin (l. Doi) these coming at the hands of Putintseva, at Birming- • At No.36, is the highest ranked of three women from ham and Wimbledon Kazakhstan in the Top 100, along with Diyas and • Tied for fifth on tour for most three set match wins Rybakina (week of September 9, 2019) with 14-3 record and fifth for most tie break set wins with 8-4 record SEASON • Owns 20-7 record on hard courts this year however has yet to reach a semifinal on the surface since • Coming off 2r showing at Zhengzhou (l. Svitolina) winning the title at Australian Open • Achieved best US Open result of career to date by • In addition to R-Up finish at this event, during last reaching 3r (l. Vekic) year’s Asian Swing also made SF appearance at • Made 1r exit at the Bronx (l. qualifier, Zhu) Beijing and fell in RR at WTA Finals in Singapore • Fell 2r at Cincinnati (l. Stephens) after suffering 1r exit at Toronto (l. Wozniacki) • Reached 2r at Wimbledon (d. No.2 Osaka, l. Golubic) SEASON • During grass season withdrew from Nottingham with viral illness, reached QF at Birmingham (l. Goerges) • Fell in R16 during US Open title defense (l. Bencic) and fell 2r at Eastbourne (l. Bertens) • Reached QF at Toronto (l. S.Williams), securing her • During Birmingham run, recorded career first victory return to No.1, and also at Cincinnati (ret. vs. Kenin over a reigning world No.1 (d. No.1 Osaka in 2r) w/left knee injury) • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Peterson) • Lost to Putintseva on both grass court appearances, • Won maiden career title at Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in in 2r at Birmingham and 1r at Wimbledon F); 3h 22m win over Friedsam in QF was the longest • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) match of the season so far • Posted QF showing at Rome – withdrew prior to • Reached R16 at Madrid (l. Barty) – her second con- match vs. Bertens w/right hand injury secutive appearance in R16 at a Premier Mandatory • Rome marked third consecutive clay court QF, after event, first ever coming earlier this season at Miami SF at Stuttgart (withdrew prior to match against • Fell 1r in clay season opener at Rabat (l. Zidansek) Kontaveit w/abdominal injury) and QF in Madrid (l. • Went 1-1 in singles in Kazakhstan’s loss to Great Bencic, having led 5-3 in third set) Britain in April’s Fed Cup World Group II play-offs – • At 2h 35m, 2r win over Sorribes Tormo at Madrid was d. Boulter, l. Konta the longest match of her career – previous longest • Posted Top 20 wins against seeds Bencic and Sev- was 2h 33m win over S.Zhang at 2018 Beijing astova en route to R16 at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Made 3r exit at Miami – l. Hsieh in three sets • Fell 2r at Indian Wells. Defeat of Babos in 1r • Posted R16 finish at Indian Wells (l. Bencic) as de- snapped four-match losing streak, which began with fending champion for the first time in her career 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Bencic) then continued • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was at St Petersburg (l. Martincova), Fed Cup (l. Zhang her first match since defeating Kvitova in Australian Shuai) and Dubai (l. Tsurenko) Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury • Enjoyed QF run at Sydney prior to Australian Open • Won second major title at Australian Open (d. Kvi- (as qualifer, l. Bertens). Defeat of No.5 Stephens in tova in F); became first Japanese player to reach 2r matched what was, to that point, the best win of World No.1 ranking following the tournament career (d. No.5 Cibulkova at 2017 St Petersburg) • Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. • Began season falling 1r at Brisbane (l. eventual eventual R-Up Tsurenko) champion Ka.Pliskova) NAOMI YULIA OSAKA VS PUTINTSEVA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted a 40-20 record in 2018, resulting in best year • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg end finish of career at No.5 (first Top 10 season), up (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over from No.68 in 2017 No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- in F) – first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogotá (l. Pereira) crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on • Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Plis- February 6, 2017 following her run to the final in St kova). Record in finals stands at 3-2, having also Petersburg finished as R-Up at 2016 Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki) • Also in 2017 reached QF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. • From her efforts in New York last September, passed eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), USD $5 million in prize money for the season – No.2 and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarter- • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time finals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, Shvedova in 2012 Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight • Also reached SF at two International-level events in was against Sakkari in R16 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC • After win over Halep at 2018 Indian Wells, owns (l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route a 1-3 record against reigning No.1s (also lost to to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Toronto and Halep at 2018 Aus- Charleston tralian Open and 2018 Rome) • Later in season, posted second career win over a • Other Grand Slam results in 2018 included reaching Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 at Roland Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) eventual champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs • Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventu- at Nottingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sev- al champion Larsson) astova), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open doubles titles • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated • Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-19 No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- • Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 (l. Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open Keys). Was the first Kazakh to reach QF at Roland • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in 2012 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- (l. QF) ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came • Away from Paris, other key results include 3r at 2016 from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of Australian Open (l. Gasparyan), 3r at 2019 US Open main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r (l. Vekic) and 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. V.Williams), • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2019 (l. Golubic) (l. Dabrowski) • A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US Open, ) NAOMI YULIA OSAKA VS PUTINTSEVA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL

• 2019 US Open marked 15th main draw appearance • Coached by Roman Kislianskii at a Grand Slam • Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan • Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- in May 2012 liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in • Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior be- F) fore moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy • Is the first woman to win her second major straight • Tennis idols were and Justine Henin – after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 still watches videos of Henin on YouTube (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) • Enjoys dancing, singing, Sudoku, cards and chess • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- • ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open and Australian Open back-to-back • In reaching R16 at , became youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber)

PERSONAL

• Recently stopped working with coach Jermaine Jen- kins, former hitting partner of Venus Williams, also parted company with earlier this year • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old; holds dual citizenship • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster Wowow, Nissin, and ANA Airlines • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in New York City before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years • Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays professional tennis MATCH NOTES OSAKA - JAPAN | Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #54) vs. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #24)

Head to Head: First meeting

CAMILA GIORGI ELISE MERTENS 54 WTA RANKING 24 94 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 18 30-12-1991 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-11-1995 (23) $375,583 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,417,310 $3,723,258 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,577,556 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 1 / 5 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 3 / 9 OSAKA W-L (MD) * 6-3 2-0 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 13-13 / 141-127 30-22 / 111-67 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-5 / 46-43 8-9 / 34-23 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 36-29 6-8 / 23-26 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 13-11 / 88-80 19-12 / 63-39 1-1 / 10-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 12-3 0-1 / 4-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 3-7 0-3 / 9-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-4 / 6-13 2-3 / 27-43 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-10 / 12-30 * Updated entering 2019 Osaka QF

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS

CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #54) ELISE MERTENS (BEL #24)

R16: d. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #14) 6-0,6-3 (1h15) R16: d. SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #33) 6-3,1-6,6-2 (1h53) R32: d. XINYUN HAN (CHN #173) 7-6(6),6-1 (1h34) R32: d. (USA #110) 6-3,6-1 (1h02)

Total games: 35 Total games: 40 Won/lost: 25-10 Won/lost: 25-15 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h49 Total time on court: 2h55 Average time on court: 1h25 Average time on court: 1h28 Average rank of opponent: 94 Average rank of opponent: 72

OSAKA Tournament History

CAMILA GIORGI 2018 SF L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #7) 6-2 6-3

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2015 R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) 7-5 6-2

2012 R1 L - (AUT #32) 6-4 6-3

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OSAKA OSAKA

• Making fourth appearance at Toray Pan Pacific • Last remaining of nine tournament debutantes in this Open, where she made SF for the first time in 2018 year’s draw (l. Osaka) • After the withdrawal of original opponent, No.6 seed • Upset No.2 Wozniacki in 2r last year - her best ca- Sevastova, w/GI illness, beat LL Osuigwe in 1r reer win, in terms of ranking • In 2r, broke serve seven times to see off Hsieh; ranks • Saved two set points during 65-minute first set among the Top 10 on tour in 2019 for percentage of against qualifier Han in 1r on Monday points (46%) and games (40.9%) won on return • Reeled off the first eight games of the match en route • Faces Giorgi today in sixth QF of the season , having to upset win over No.14 Stephens in 2r; sole Top 20 also made it this far at Sydney (QF), Doha (WON), win this season before this was over No.18 Q.Wang Rabat (QF), Mallorca (QF) and US Open (QF) at the Bronx • During last year’s Asian swing, reached QF at Tian- • Faces Mertens today in third QF of the season; went jin, fell 1r at Wuhan and Beijing, and in RR at Zhuhai on to finish R-Up on other two occasions she made it • In addition to SF at 2018 Australian Open, career this far, at Washington DC and the Bronx highlights on hard courts include titles at Hobart in • Italian No.1 (at No.56) and only representative from 2017 and 2018, and Doha in 2019 her country in the Top 100; next is No.126 Paolini • In addition to SF run at Pan Pacific Open, only other outing during 2018 Asian swing was 1r defeat at Wuhan SEASON • Advanced to QF at US Open for the first time (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s); also won SEASON maiden major doubles title at Flushing Meadows w/ Sabalenka (d. Azarenka/Barty in F) • Made 1r exit at US Open (l. Sakkari) • Fell 2r at San Jose (after 1r bye, l. No.178 Ahn - in • During the summer hard court season, also finished terms of ranking, her worst loss in over two years), R-Up at Washington DC (l. Pegula) and the Bronx (l. Toronto (l. l. S.Williams) and Cincinnati (l. Svitolina) Linette); career record in WTA finals slips to 2-6 • Advanced to R16 at Wimbledon for the first time (l. • Sandwiched between final runs at Washington DC Strycova, having led 6-4 5-2) and the Bronx were 1r exits at Toronto (l. Azarenka) • Also posted R16 showing at Eastbourne (l. eventual and Cincinnati (l. Sakkari) champion Ka.Pliskova); win over Vondrousova in 2r • Fell 1r at both Eastbourne (l. Hsieh) and Wimbledon was 100th at main draw level (l. Yastremska) • Made QF at Mallorca (l. eventual champion Kenin) • Missed entire clay court season w/wrist and ankle and fell 1r at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Alexandrova) injuries • Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.12 Sevastova) • Suffered 1r exits at Doha (l. Bertens) and Miami (l. • Exited 1r at both Madrid (l. Schmiedlova) and Rome Maria) (l. V.Williams 7-6 in third set) • Lost both her matches (l. Golubic, Bencic) as Italy fell • Reached QF during defense of Rabat title (l. eventu- to a 3-1 defeat to Switzerland in last week’s Fed Cup al champion Sakkari) World Group II encounter. Her previous appearance • Fell 2r in first clay court event of 2019 at Charleston, in the team competition came in 2016 (after 1r bye, l. Kanepi in a topsy-turvy battle having • Matched her best Australian Open result by reaching bageled each other in the first two sets) 3r (l. Ka.Pliskova) - was seeded No.27 in Melbourne, • Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Zhu) followed by 3r runs at only her second time among the elite 32 at a major Indian Wells (l. Q.Wang) and Miami (l. Vondrousova) • Withdrew from w/right foot • Completed ‘Sunshine Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalen- injury in opening week of season, before making 2r ka), lifting the back-to-back titles at Indian Wells (d. at Sydney (l. Kerber) Krejcikova/Siniakova) and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang) • Won biggest title of career at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final). Now owns 5-1 record in finals CAREER MILESTONES • Also beat No.8 Bertens and No.6 Kerber in Doha, doubling career total Top 10 wins to six • Ended 2018 season perched at a career-best • Lost both singles rubbers during Belgium’s 3-1 home ranking of No.26, winning second career title in final defeat to France in Liege (l. Cornet and Garcia) event at Linz (d. Alexandrova in F). Won 29 tour-level • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Keys) matches in 2018 – the most wins she had previously • Began season by falling 1r at Brisbane (l. Bertens) posted in a single season was 28, in 2014 and reaching QF at Sydney (l. Barty) CAMILA ELISE GIORGI VS MERTENS

CAREER CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Advanced to first Grand Slam QF at 2018 Wimbledon • Won three titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) on her 26th appear- one of six players on tour with three or more titles to ance at this level; became the first Italian woman to their name last year - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), reach the QF of Wimbledon since 2009 (Schiavone, Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3) l. Dementieva) • Posted 46 main draw match wins in 2018 – only • Other highlights last season included SF runs at Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47) registered more. Sydney (l. eventual champion Kerber), Prague (l. By contrast, prior to last season owned only 36 wins Buzarnescu after serving for match in third set) and at this level across entire career Tokyo (l. Osaka) • In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at • Posted sixth consecutive Top 100 season, finishing WTA Finals (w/Schuurs) 2017 ranked No.79 (up from No.83 in 2017) • Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in • Made SF at Shenzhen (l. Riske) and QF at Biel (l. 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish Sasnovich), Prague (l. Barthel) and Birmingham (l. • 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at Barty) Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) • In 2016 reached final at Katowice for the third year • Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitoli- in a row (l. Cibulkova). Appeared in four additional na) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New quarterfinals in 2016, at Hobart (l. Bouchard), Prague Haven (l. Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig) (l. Ka.Pliskova), Washington, DC (l. Davis) and Seoul • Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 (l. Zhang) Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing • Won first career title at 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. • Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Her- Bencic in F). Has 2-6 record in finals, having also togenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) won 2018 Linz (d. Alexandrova in F) and been R-Up • Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 at 2014 Linz (l. Ka.Pliskova – held match points), Ka- Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has nine doubles titles – towice in 2014 (l. Cornet – held match points), 2015 also 2017 Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ (l. Schmiedlova) and 2016, 2019 Washington DC (l. Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens), 2018 ‘s-Her- Pegula) and 2019 the Bronx (l. Linette) togenbosch (w/Schuurs), 2018 Wuhan (w/Schuurs), • Finished 2015 season with then best year-end 2019 Indian Wells-Miami double (w/Sabalenka) and ranking (No.34), up one place from No.35 in 2014. 2019 US Open (w/Sabalenka) Season highlighted by winning her first WTA singles • Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Ant- title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Bencic in F) werp (fell in qualifying) • Had never reached WTA QF prior to 2014; reached • Has 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit QF or better at seven events during that season • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium • Made Top 100 debut on July 9, 2012 and broke into in 2010 Top 50 on May 26, 2014 • Tour-level main draw debut came as a qualifier at 2011 Wimbledon • On ITF Circuit, winner of five singles titles GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Played first career professional tournament at 2006 • Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 ITF/Baku-AZE Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) • Became first Belgian to reach a Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first to do so at GRAND SLAM HISTORY Australian Open since 2012 (, SF) • In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, • Contested 29th career Grand Slam main draw at with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep) 2019 US Open • Deepest run at Wimbledon was to R16 in 2019 (l. • Best result across the majors was reaching QF at Strycova despite leading 6-4 5-2), while at US Open 2018 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) made QF in 2019 (l. Andreescu) • Also reached R16 at 2012 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. • Won doubles title at 2019 US Open (w/Sabalenka, A.Radwanska) and at 2013 US Open (l. Vinci) d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Also made SF at Roland • Made 3r at Wimbledon in 2013 (l. eventual champion Garros and QF at Wimbledon in 2019 (both w/Sa- Bartoli) and 2015 (l. Wozniacki), Australian Open in balenka) 2015 (l. V.Williams) and 2019 (l. Ka.Pliskova), and 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) • Made tour-level debut at Wimbledon in 2011 (as qualifier, l. Pironkova in 1r) CAMILA ELISE GIORGI VS MERTENS

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by father, Sergio Giorgi • Recently parted ways with coach David Taylor; now • Favorite book is The Diary of Anne Frank back with former coach Robbe Ceyssens • Mother Claudia is a fashion designer • Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mourato- glou Academy • Is an animal lover, and has four dogs and a variety of birds as pets (pheasants, peacocks)