MATCH NOTES MONTERREY - MEXICO | Mar 02 - Mar 08, 2020 | $275,000 | INTERNATIONAL
[1] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) vs. [9] MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #57)
Head to Head: MARIE BOUZKOVA leads 1-0
2019 GUANGZHOU HARD O R16 MARIE BOUZKOVA 6-4 4-3 86 mins
ELINA SVITOLINA MARIE BOUZKOVA 7 WTA RANKING 57 64 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 175 12-09-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-07-1998 (21) $181,346 YTD PRIZE MONEY $92,946 $19,416,306 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $780,954 0 / 13 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 4-0 MONTERREY W-L (MD) * 4-1 8-6 / 273-152 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 14-20 0-1 / 81-51 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 2-7 2-0 / 54-44 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 1-1 8-6 / 204-105 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 4-4 / 13-16 2-0 / 23-21 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1 0-0 / 19-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 2-1 0-0 / 33-38 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 3-3 0-0 / 59-68 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 4-6 * Updated entering 2020 Monterrey final
ROAD TO THE FINAL
[1] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) [9] MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #57) SF: d. ARANTXA RUS (NED #76) 6-0,6-1 (0h50) SF: d. [2] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #16) 6-3,6-4 (1h41) QF: d. LEYLAH FERNANDEZ (CAN #126) 6-4,7-5 (1h38) QF: d. [8] YAFAN WANG (CHN #84) 6-2,7-5 (1h51) R16: d. OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #142) 6-3,6-4 (1h18) R16: d. ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #199) 6-4,6-1 (1h22) R32: d. DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #88) 6-3,6-2 (1h00) R32: d. KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #170) 6-4,6-2 (1h41)
Total games: 71 Total games: 74 Won/lost: 49-22 Won/lost: 49-25 Sets won/lost: 8-0 Sets won/lost: 8-0 Total time on court: 4h46 Total time on court: 6h35 Average time on court: 1h12 Average time on court: 1h39 Average rank of opponent: 108 Average rank of opponent: 117
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MONTERREY Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match
MARIE BOUZKOVA 2019 R1-Q L - HIROKO KUWATA (JPN #252) 3-6 6-4 6-4
2018 SVITOLINA: R1 L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #44) 6-3 6-4 Making tournament debut, where she is top seed. Has been top seed on 13 previous occasions at a WTA event in her career, going on to win the title at three of these (2017 Taipei City, 2017 Istanbul and 2018 Dubai) Snapped three-match losing streak with 1r win over Kovinic. Beat qualifier Govortsova in 2r to reach first QF since R-Up finish at 2019 WTA Finals in Shenzhen Won all 11 service games to see off in-form teenager Fernandez in QF then eased past first-time WTA semifinalist Rus in the last four, winning 63% of her return points Faces Bouzkova in today’s final; owns 13-3 win-loss record in WTA finals Neither finalist has conceded a set this week; no player in the 11 previous editions of the tournament lifted the title without dropping at least one set en route Best results this season were QF run at Hua Hin (l. Hibino) and 3r showing at Australian Open (l. Muguruza). Fell 1r at Brisbane (l. Collins), Dubai (l. Brady) and Doha (l. Anisimova) Finished 2019 at No.6, her third consecutive Top 10 finish Season highlight was reaching the title match as defending champion at the Shiseido WTA Finals (l. Barty) Loss to Barty ended her nine-match unbeaten run at the year-end championship having gone undefeated in the RR stage from 2018-19 In 2018, won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4. Also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record) In 2017, became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 On four occasions could have reached World No.1 spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (fell in group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) End to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F)
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Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other 2016 season highlights included SFs at Dubai, Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow, and QF at Rio Olympics Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but went on to win title there in both 2013 and 2014) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008 Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017, 2020 Coached by Andrew Bettles
BOUZKOVA: Making second main draw appearance at Monterrey (third overall). This week is the latest memorable showing of her career in Mexico, where she made her tour-level main draw debut at Acapulco in 2015, lifted a couple of ITF $25k titles at Cuernavaca in 2016 and Irapuato in 2018, while reached her previous biggest final at the WTA 125K Series event at Guadalajara last year (l. Kudermetova) Defeated lucky loser Kucova and qualifier Schmiedlova for loss of just 11 games in opening two rounds to record first WTA main draw wins of the year Overcame No.84 Y.Wang in QF to record second Top 100 win of the season – also defeated No.42 Kudermetova in qualifying at Brisbane Upset No.16 Konta in SF to record fourth Top 20 win of her career (also No.8 Stephens and No.4 Halep at 2019 Toronto, and No.3 Svitolina at 2019 Guangzhou) and reach her first WTA final Faces No.7 Svitolina in today’s final; prevailed in their previous meeting at 2019 Guangzhou when the Ukrainian retired w/right knee injury Regardless of the result in the final, is projected to break into the Top 50 for the first time; by contrast, 12 months ago was ranked No.130 and fell in the first round of qualifying here (l. No.252 Kuwata) Also this week reached doubles SF w/Voracova (l. Bondarenko/Fichman) Lost in 1r in first four WTA tournaments of 2020. Reached QF at ITF $100k Nashville (l. Abanda) in February Ended 2019 ranked No.57 for career-best year-end finish and first inside the Top 100 Posted career-high ranking of No.53 on August 12, 2019 Standout performance of 2019 season was a SF run in her first Premier 5 appearance at Toronto (as qualifier, l. S.Williams in 3s) Also in 2019, made QF at Guangzhou and was R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Guadalajara. Lifted 12th and biggest title of career on ITF Circuit, at $80K Nur-Sultan-KAZ (d. Kostic in F); broke into the Top 100 for the first time at No.92 following the tournament (on July 22) Scored first three career Top 10 wins in 2019, against No.8 Stephens and No.4 Halep (both Toronto), and No.3 Svitolina (Guangzhou) Won first Slam main draw match during 2r showing at Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Barthel, l. Sakkari) Highlights of 2018 season were 2r showing at Québec City (as qualifier, l. Lepchenko) and qualifying for first Grand Slam at US Open (l. Bogdan in 1r) Also in 2018, fell 1r at Monterrey, in qualifying at Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Acapulco, Lugano, Stuttgart and Prague, while on ITF Circuit, won one title at $25k Irapuato-MEX and reached four further SF Has won 12 titles in singles and one in doubles on ITF Circuit Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 Acapulco (as wildcard, l. Karatantcheva)
Professional debut was opening round loss in qualifying at 2013 Katowice Won US Open girls’ singles title in 2014 (d. Kalinina in F) Coached by Cristian Requeni Studying Business Administration online at Indiana University East
MARIE BOUZKOVA CZE
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2014 Junior US Open champion Marie Bouzkova made a name for herself on the WTA Tour in 2019. The 21-year-old Czech soared 60 spots in the rankings, peaking at a career-high World No.53, in a year that showed promise from the first week, qualifying for the Brisbane International and upsetting 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur.
Her results only got stronger after the Australian summer, with a runner-up finish at a WTA 125K tournament in Guadalajara and a maiden main draw appearances at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, where she reached the second round as a lucky loser.
She then qualified for the Premier 5 tournament in Toronto and scored wins over Sloane Stephens (her first over a Top 10 player), Jelena Ostapenko and Simona Halep to reach the semifinals, where she nearly upset 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams with a stunning 6-1 first set.
When she’s not on court, Bouzkova is usually found studying for her Business Administration degree at Indiana University East.
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SOCIAL STATS PARTNERS
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3.9K followers 5.8K followers 11.2K followers
STORYLINES
Studying Business Administration at Indiana University East
Born in Prague to a family of lifelong tennis fans
2014 Junior US Open Champion
Owner of 10 ITF singles titles
As of March 6, 2020
wtatennis.com #WTA ELINA SVITOLINA UKR
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With an incredible nine titles between the 2017-18 seasons, Elina Svitolina is a force on the WTA Tour, and has cemented her place among the elite of women’s tennis by lifting the biggest title of her career in the form of the Billie Jean King trophy at the WTA Finals in 2018.
The Ukrainian lifted a tour-leading five WTA titles in 2017 and also that year became the first player in WTA history to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season, peaking at No.3 in the rankings. Her rise continued in 2018 with titles at Brisbane, Dubai and Rome, before her stunning undefeated run to WTA Finals crown during the final year of the season- ending event in Singapore.
Elina doesn’t believe in “intimidation.” When her older brother started playing tennis, Elina did not shy away, but became determined to become better than he was. The Ukrainian let that competitive nature fuel her early in her career - winning Junior Roland Garros at 15 years old, and her first WTA title at 18 years old.
The fire and passion she is known for has even caught the attention of one of her childhood idols - Serena Williams, who she defeated at the 2016 Rio Olympics. "She had this fire in her eyes and she had this desire," said 23-time Major Champion of Svitolina, who is sure to continue to fight to get to the top of the game.
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STORYLINES Holds 13 WTA singles titles – including a tour-leading five in 2017 and reigning WTA Finals champion – and two doubles titles
Became first player in WTA history to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season in 2017 (Dubai, Rome and Toronto)
Claimed three wins over reigning World No.1s in a five month period in 2016, and was the only player to defeat both reigning No.1s that year
Has won her last nine WTA finals
Represents Dubai Duty Free as a brand ambassador
As of September 4, 2019
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KATERYNA BONDARENKO SHARON FICHMAN
Aug 8, 1986 (33) DOB Dec 3, 1990 (29)
Kiev, Ukraine Residence Toronto, Canada
RH (two-handed backhand) Plays RH (two-handed backhand)
5' 9" (1.75 m) Height 5' 4" (1.63 m)
$3,977,542 Prize Career $725,141
$95,319 Prize YTD $24,060
29 (Oct 12 2009) Career High Singles Rank 77 (May 19 2014)
9 (Oct 20 2008) Career High Doubles Rank 48 (Jul 07 2014)
0 / 2 WTA Singles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 0
UKR 0 / 3 WTA Doubles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 2 CAN 237 59 56 23 Doubles Race To Doubles Race To Ranking Shenzhen Ranking Shenzhen
PERFORMANCE - DOUBLES
MD YTD (2020) / CAREER STATS MD YTD (2020) / CAREER
0-0 / 0-0 Tournament (MONTERREY) W - L 0-0 / 1-2
0-1 / 27-37 Grand Slam W - L 0-1 / 2-7
5-5 / 155-184 Overall W - L 8-5 / 47-59
2-1 / 51-68 3 Set W - L 4-1 / 23-19
3-0 / 130-34 1 Set W - L 3-0 / 130-34
1-1 / 37-40 Tie Break W - L 1-2 / 9-20
5-5 / 99 - 129 Surface (HARD) W - L 8-5 / 26 - 39
0-0 / 47 - 39 Surface (CLAY) W - L 0-0 / 21 - 16
0-0 / 3 - 14 Surface (GRASS) W - L 0-0 / 0 - 2
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES AS TEAM
TOURNAMENT - WON (None)
TOURNAMENT - RUNNER UP (1) - 2020 Acapulco (Hard) l. D.Krawczyk/G.Olmos 6-3 7-6(5)
OTHER RESULTS (BEST ROUND REACHED) - QF at 2020 Hobart (Hard) l. M.Bouzkova/T.Zidansek 6-3 3-6 10-4
TOURNAMENT HISTORY - DOUBLES
2020 Season Summary ** indicates opening match at tournament
K.BONDARENKO S.FICHMAN K.BONDARENKO S.FICHMAN 5 tournaments in 2020: 6 tournaments in 2020: 20702 ACAPULCO - F Main Draw in Acapulco - F Main Draw in Acapulco 20702 Partner: S.FichmanAUSTRALIAN (l. D.Krawczyk/G.Olmos OPEN 6-3 7-6(5)) Partner: K.Bondarenko (l. D.Krawczyk/G.Olmos 6-3 7-6(5)) - 20702 R16 Main Draw HOBARTin Shenzhen - R16 Main Draw in Newport Beach
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K.BONDARENKO S.FICHMAN 20702 HUA HIN Partner: L.Marozava (l. E.Mertens/A.Sabalenka 6-3 7-5) Partner: S.Rogers (l. H.Carter/L.Stefani 6-2 6-7(4) 10-7) 20702 SHENZHEN - R1 Main Draw in Australian Open - R1 Main Draw in Australian Open 313283 Partner: A.KrunicACAPULCO (l. D.Jurak/N.Stojanovic 6-1 6-4) Partner: C.Lister (l. J.Fourlis/A.Rodionova 7-6(4) 6-2) -313283 Q Main Draw in AUSTRALIANHua Hin OPEN - Q Main Draw in Hobart Partner: T.Tanasugarn (l. B.Haas/E.Perez 6-3 6-4) Partner: K.Bondarenko (l. M.Bouzkova/T.Zidansek 6-3 3-6 10-4) 313283 HOBART - Q Main Draw in Hobart - S Main Draw in Shenzhen NEWPORT BEACH 313283 Partner: S.Fichman (l. M.Bouzkova/T.Zidansek 6-3 3-6 10-4) Partner: M.Kato (l. B.Krejcikova/K.Siniakova 6-2 6-1) 313283 SHENZHEN - S Main Draw in St. Petersburg Partner: H.Carter (l. S.Aoyama/E.Shibahara 6-2 6-3) 313283 ST. PETERSBURG
BestTournament Previous Results (MONTERREY) 313283GRAND SLAM - DOUBLES 2012
S.FICHMAN 2019 313283Player has never previously played at this tournament. 2 appearances at MONTERREY: 2012 - - - 2019
GRAND SLAM
K.BONDARENKO W / L '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07 '06
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 8-9 1R - 2R 1R 2R - 1R - 1R 1R 1R 1R W 2R -
ROLAND GARROS 11-9 - - 2R 1R 1R - 1R - 2R 1R QF 2R SF 2R -
WIMBLEDON 2-8 - - 1R 2R 1R - 1R - 1R - 1R 1R - 2R 1R
US OPEN 6-11 - 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R
TOTAL 27-37
S.FICHMAN W / L '20 '19 '14 '13 '10
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 0-3 1R - 1R - 1R
ROLAND GARROS 1-0 - - 1R - -
WIMBLEDON 0-1 - - 1R - -
US OPEN 1-3 - 1R 1R 2R -
TOTAL 2-7
OTHER INFORMATION
K.BONDARENKO Coached by Denis Volodko ... Parents are Vladimir and Natalia ... Was introduced to tennis at age 4 by parents; has two sisters, Valeria and Alona (both play tennis, Alona also plays on WTA) ... Married Denis Volodko in September 2011; gave birth to daughter, Karin, in 2013 ... Has one cat (Pers) and one dog (Princess) ... Speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English ... Enjoys Russian pop music, playing chess, reading books ... Enjoys visiting friends in Cherkasy, Ukraine.
S.FICHMAN Coached by Simon Bartram ... Parents are Bob and Julia (both engineers); brother is Thomas ... Started playing at age 5 ... Favorite surface is clay; favorite tournament is US Open ... Tennis idol was Martina Hingis ... Favorite artist is Drake ... Other interests include baking and cooking ... Goal is to keep improving every day.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
K.BONDARENKO
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DOUBLES Winner (3): 2009 - Prague (w/A.Bondarenko); 2008 - Australian Open, Paris [Indoors] (both w/A.Bondarenko). Finalist (5): 2020 - Acapulco (w/Fichman); 2016 - New Haven (w/Chuang); 2011 - Hobart (w/Dekmeijere); 2009 - Hobart, Budapest (both w/ A.Bondarenko).
ADDITIONAL Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2005-12, 2016; Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2008, 2012.
S.FICHMAN DOUBLES Winner (2): 2019 - Jurmala (w/Stojanovic); 2014 - Auckland (w/Sanchez). Finalist (4): 2020 - Acapulco (w/Bondarenko); 2019 - Nürnberg (w/Melichar); 2011 - Bogotá (w/Pous-Tio); 2009 - Oeiras (w/Marosi).
ADDITIONAL Canadian Fed Cup Team, 2011, 2014-16, 2019.
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MIYU KATO YAFAN WANG
Nov 21, 1994 (25) DOB Apr 30, 1994 (25)
Kyoto, Japan Residence Beijing, China
RH (two-handed backhand) Plays RH (two-handed backhand)
5' 2'' (1.56 m) Height 5' 6" (1.70 m)
$733,653 Prize Career $1,929,669
$14,665 Prize YTD $87,123
122 (Jan 15 2018) Career High Singles Rank 47 (Oct 07 2019)
30 (Jan 30 2017) Career High Doubles Rank 49 (Feb 15 2016)
0 / 0 WTA Singles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 1
JPN 0 / 2 WTA Doubles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 3 CHN 79 108 80 140 Doubles Race To Doubles Race To Ranking Shenzhen Ranking Shenzhen
PERFORMANCE - DOUBLES
MD YTD (2020) / CAREER STATS MD YTD (2020) / CAREER
0-0 / 1-2 Tournament (MONTERREY) W - L 0-0 / 0-0
0-1 / 10-16 Grand Slam W - L 0-1 / 7-16
2-4 / 66-81 Overall W - L 2-3 / 55-63
2-1 / 26-18 3 Set W - L - / 13-22
1-1 / 54-10 1 Set W - L 1-1 / 54-10
0-2 / 10-14 Tie Break W - L 0-0 / 17-9
2-4 / 60 - 58 Surface (HARD) W - L 2-3 / 47 - 46
0-0 / 4 - 14 Surface (CLAY) W - L 0-0 / 3 - 9
0-0 / 2 - 9 Surface (GRASS) W - L 0-0 / 5 - 8
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES AS TEAM
TOURNAMENT - WON (None)
TOURNAMENT - RUNNER UP (None)
OTHER RESULTS (BEST ROUND REACHED)
TOURNAMENT HISTORY - DOUBLES
2020 Season Summary ** indicates opening match at tournament
M.KATO Y.WANG M.KATO Y.WANG 5 tournaments in 2020: 3 tournaments in 2020: 317510 ACAPULCO - R16 Main Draw in Hua Hin - R16 Main Draw in Acapulco 317510 Partner: N.HibinoAUSTRALIAN (l. F.Xun/S.Zheng OPEN 6-4 6-3) Partner: L.Zhu (l. E.Perez/S.Sanders 6-1 6-2) -317510 R16 Main Draw HUAin Hobart HIN - R1 Main Draw in Australian Open
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M.KATO Y.WANG 317612 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Partner: O.Kalashnikova (l. N.Kichenok/S.Mirza 2-6 7-6(3) 10-3) Partner: A.Blinkova (l. A.Kontaveit/M.Minella 7-5 6-0) 317612 HOBART - R1 Main Draw in Australian Open - S Main Draw in Hua Hin 317612 Partner: O.KalashnikovaHUA HIN (l. H.Chan/L.Chan 7-6(3) 6-3) Partner: S.Peng (l. B.Haas/E.Perez 6-4 6-2) -317612 S Main Draw in KYOTOShenzhen Partner: S.Fichman (l. B.Krejcikova/K.Siniakova 6-2 6-1) 317612 SHENZHEN - Q Main Draw in Kyoto BestTournamentPartner: Previous K.Okamura Results (l. E.Hayashi/M.Uchijima (MONTERREY) 4-6 6-0 10-6) 317612GRAND SLAM - DOUBLES 2018
M.KATO 2019 3176122 appearances at MONTERREY: Player has never previously played at this tournament. 2018 - QF Main Draw in 2018 Partner: M.Irigoyen (l. N.Broady/S.Sorribes - Tormo 6-3 6-2) 2019 - R16 Main Draw in 2019 Partner: M.Ninomiya (l. H.Dart/V.Savinykh 1-6 7-5 10-4) GRAND SLAM
M.KATO W / L '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 5-4 1R 2R 2R SF 2R -
ROLAND GARROS 1-4 - 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R
WIMBLEDON 1-4 - 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R
US OPEN 3-4 - 1R 1R 2R 3R -
TOTAL 10-16
Y.WANG W / L '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2-4 1R 2R 1R - 2R -
ROLAND GARROS 2-4 - 2R 1R - 2R 1R
WIMBLEDON 2-4 - 3R 1R - 1R 1R
US OPEN 1-4 - 1R 1R 2R 1R -
TOTAL 7-16
OTHER INFORMATION
M.KATO Coached by Ryugi Ohara ... Trains at Tennis Rabo in Hyogo ... Mother's name is Kyoko, father is Daiki; brother, Yuki, is at graduate school ... Started playing tennis at age 8 ... Favorite surface is hard ... Speaks Japanese and English ... Tennis idol growing up were Justine Henin andRoger Federer ... Also enjoys watching movies and reading ... Favorite tournament is Wimbledon.
Y.WANG Currently coached by Karim Perona...Started playing tennis aged nine...Favorite surface is hard...Away from tennis, enjoys listening to music
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
M.KATO SINGLES Finalist (1): 2017 - Tokyo [Japan Open].
DOUBLES Winner (1): 2016 - Katowice (w/Hozumi). Finalist (3): 2018 - Auckland (w/Hozumi), Hiroshima (w/Ninomiya); 2016 - Kaohsiung (w/Hozumi).
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DOUBLES Winner (3): 2018 - Taipei City, 125/Zhengzhou (both w/Duan); 2015 - Kuala Lumpur, Zhuhai, 125/Hua Hin (all w/Liang). Finalist (3): 2019 - Hua Hin (w/Blinkova); 2016 - Kuala Lumpur (w/Liang); 2015 - Shenzhen (w/Liang). ADDITIONAL Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2016, 2018.
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