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2019 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 1-JULY 14, 2019 – TOURNAMENT

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This is the 133rd Wimbledon Championships. The event was first held in 1877, with the first women’s singles championship being staged in 1884. This is the 126th staging of the Wimbledon women’s singles championship and the 52nd of the Open Era, which began in 1968 and saw the introduction of prize money.

SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS

PRIZE RANKING ROUND MONEY (£) POINTS Winner 2,350,000 2000 Runner-Up 1,175,000 1300 Semifinalists 588,000 780 Quarterfinalists 294,000 430 Round of 16 (4r) 176,000 240 Round of 32 (3r) 111,000 130 Round of 64 (2r) 72,000 70 Round of 128 (1r) 45,000 10

PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN

The 2019 edition of the WTA’s Race to Shenzhen (RTS) will travel through 29 countries with 55 events, plus the four Grand Slam tournaments. Last October, the WTA Finals Global were held in Singapore for the fifth and final time, with defeating to lift the Trophy. The team of Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic took home the WTA Finals Doubles Trophy. This year’s event is the first of a 10-year residency in the tournament’s new home, Shenzhen, and takes place October 29 – November 3, 2019.

Here are the RTS standings as at Monday June 24, 2019:

SINGLES DOUBLES RANK PLAYER RANK TEAM 1 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 1 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Timea Babos (HUN) 2 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 2 (AUS) / (CHN) 3 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 3 Barbora Strycova (CZE) / Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 4 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 4 Elise Mertens (BEL) / Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 5 (NED) 5 (TPE) / Chan Hao-Ching (TPE) 6 Belinda Bencic (SUI) 6 Xu Yifan (CHN) / Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 7 Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 7 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 8 (ROU) 8 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) / Demi Schuurs (NED) 9 Johanna Konta (GBR) 9 (BEL) / (SWE) 10 Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 10 (BLR) / Ashleigh Barty (AUS)

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THE 2019 GRASS COURT STORY SO FAR

TOURNAMENT CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SEMIFINALISTS Jennifer Brady (USA), Nottingham (FRA) Donna Vekic (CRO) (GER) Elena Rybakina (KAZ), ‘s-Hertogenbosch Alison Riske (USA) Kiki Bertens (NED) Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) Petra Martic (CRO), Birmingham Ashleigh Barty (AUS) Julia Goerges (GER) Barbora Strycova (CZE) (GER), Mallorca (USA) Belinda Bencic (SUI) (LAT) Ons Jabeur (TUN), Angelique Kerber (GER), Eastbourne TBD TBD Kiki Bertens (NED), Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

SEEDED FOR FIRST TIME AT A SLAM

Amanda Anisimova (USA) – No.25 (fifth Grand Slam MD appearance) Sofia Kenin (USA) – No.27 (10th Grand Slam MD appearance) Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) – No.16 (10th Grand Slam MD appearance)

MAIN DRAW SINGLES WITHDRAWALS

The following players have withdrawn from Wimbledon:

Bianca Andreescu (CAN) – continuing right shoulder injury Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) – left Achilles injury (RUS) – continuing left ankle injury Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) – right elbow injury CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) – continuing right ankle injury (RUS) – left wrist injury

WTA SPECIAL RANKINGS

The following players are using a Special Ranking to gain entry into Wimbledon: Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) – No.50 Shelby Rogers (USA) – No.81

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2019 WIMBLEDON WILDCARDS

The All England Club has awarded three singles wildcards this year: Harriet Dart (GBR), (ROU) and Katie Swan (GBR). The best result by a wildcard at a Grand Slam was achieved by , who won the 2009 US Open title.

Best Results by a Wildcard at ... Best Results by a Wildcard at... Round Year Round Grand Slam Wimbledon All Grand Slams (GER) SF 2011 Kim Clijsters Won 2009 US Open (CHN)* SF 2008 R-Up 2010 Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 4r 2012 Zheng Jie* SF 2008 Wimbledon Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 4r 2006 Sabine Lisicki SF 2011 Wimbledon (RUS) 4r 2003 QF Samantha Smith (GBR) 4r 1998 QF 2006 Australian Open Anne Smith (USA) 4r 1985 QF 2002 Roland Garros (USA) 4r 1982 *Zheng Jie became first WC to advance to SF at a Grand Slam (since joined by Clijsters, Henin and Lisicki)

QUALIFIERS AT GRAND SLAMS & WIMBLEDON

In 2010, Estonian became the sixth qualifier in the Open Era to reach Wimbledon QF. The best result by a qualifier at Wimbledon came in 1999 when Alexandra Stevenson advanced to SF (equaling the best Open Era performance at any Slam – Christine Dorey also reached 1978 Australian Open SF as a qualifier).

Best Results by a Qualifier at ... Best Results by a Qualifier at ... Round Year Round Grand Slam Wimbledon All Grand Slams Alexandra Stevenson (USA) SF 1999 Alexandra Stevenson (USA) SF 1999 Wimbledon Kaia Kanepi (EST) QF 2010 Christine Dorey (AUS) SF 1978 Australian Open Severine Beltrame-Bremond (FRA) QF 2006 Jelena Dokic (AUS) QF 1999 Molly Van Nostrand (USA) QF 1985 Carina Karlsson (SWE) QF 1984

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ACTIVE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS

The 2019 season has already welcomed one new Grand Slam champion: Ashleigh Barty won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros in June, defeating Marketa Vondrousova in the final. There are 15 active Grand Slam champions, six of whom have lifted the trophy previously at Wimbledon: Angelique Kerber (2018), Garbiñe Muguruza (2017), Petra Kvitova (2011, 2014), Maria Sharapova (2004), (2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16) and (2000-01, 2005, 2007-08).

GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS (ACTIVE PLAYERS) PLAYERS GS TITLES GRAND SLAM TITLES BREAKDOWN

Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Serena Williams 23 Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14

Venus Williams 7 Wimbledon: 2000-01, 2005, 2007-08; US Open: 2000-01

Australian Open: 2008; Roland Garros: 2012, 2014; Wimbledon: Maria Sharapova 5 2004; US Open: 2006

Angelique Kerber 3 Australian Open: 2016; US Open: 2016 Wimbledon: 2018

Victoria Azarenka 2 Australian Open: 2012-13

Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 Roland Garros: 2009; US Open: 2004

Petra Kvitova 2 Wimbledon: 2011, 2014

Garbiñe Muguruza 2 Roland Garros: 2016; Wimbledon: 2017

Naomi Osaka 2 US Open: 2018; Australian Open: 2019

Ashleigh Barty 1 Roland Garros: 2019

Simona Halep 1 Roland Garros: 2018

Jelena Ostapenko 1 Roland Garros: 2017

Sloane Stephens 1 US Open: 2017

Samantha Stosur 1 US Open: 2011

Caroline Wozniacki 1 Australian Open: 2018

In addition, four other players in this year’s Wimbledon main draw have contested at least one Grand Slam final in their careers: Eugenie Bouchard (2014 Wimbledon), Madison Keys (2017 US Open), Karolina Pliskova (2016 US Open) and Marketa Vondrousova (2019 Roland Garros).

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MOST GRAND SLAM SINGLES FINAL APPEARANCES A total of 24 active players have reached a Grand Slam singles final. PLAYER TOTAL TITLES WON RUNNER-UP FINISHES Serena Williams 31 23 Wins 8 Runner-Ups Australian Open (03, 05, 07, 09, 10, 15, 17) Australian Open (16) Roland Garros (02, 13, 15) Roland Garros (16) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 10, 12, 15) Wimbledon (04, 08, 18) US Open (99, 02, 08, 12, 13, 14, 16) US Open (01, 11, 18) Venus Williams 16 7 Wins 9 Runner-Ups Wimbledon (00, 01, 05, 07, 08) Australian Open (03, 17) US Open (00, 01) Roland Garros (02) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 17) US Open (97, 02) Maria Sharapova 10 5 Wins 5 Runner-Ups Australian Open (08) Australian Open (07, 12, 15) Roland Garros (12, 14) Roland Garros (13) Wimbledon (04) Wimbledon (11) US Open (06) 4 2 Wins 2 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (09) Roland Garros (06) US Open (04) US Open (07) Victoria Azarenka 4 2 Wins 2 Runner-Ups Australian Open (12, 13) US Open (12, 13) Simona Halep 4 1 Win 3 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (18) Australian Open (18) Roland Garros (14, 17) Angelique Kerber 4 3 Wins 1 Runner-Up Australian Open (16) Wimbledon (16) US Open (16) Wimbledon (18) Garbiñe Muguruza 3 2 Wins 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (16) Wimbledon (15) Wimbledon (17) 3 1 Win 2 Runner-Ups Australian Open (18) US Open (09, 14) Petra Kvitova 3 2 Wins 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (11, 14) Australian Open (19) Naomi Osaka 2 2 Wins Australian Open (19) US Open (18) Sloane Stephens 2 1 Win 1 Runner-Up US Open (17) Roland Garros (18) Samantha Stosur 2 1 Win 1 Runner-Up US Open (11) Roland Garros (10) Vera Zvonareva 2 2 Runner-Ups Wimbledon (10) US Open (10) Ashleigh Barty 1 1 Win Roland Garros (19) Jelena Ostapenko 1 1 Win Roland Garros (17) Eugenie Bouchard 1 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (14) Dominika Cibulkova 1 1 Runner-Up Australian Open (14) 1 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (12) Madison Keys 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (17) Jelena Jankovic 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (08) Sabine Lisicki 1 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (13) Karolina Pliskova 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (16) Marketa Vondrousova 1 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (19) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 5 2019 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 1-JULY 14, 2019 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS

PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL Serena Williams (USA) 7 3 7 6 23 Stefanie Graf (GER) 4 6 7 5 22 Martina Navratilova (USA) 3 2 9 4 18 (USA) 2 7 3 6 18 (AUS) 4 3 1 3 11 (USA) 4 3 0 2 9 Billie Jean King (USA) 0 1 4 3 8 Venus Williams (USA) 0 0 5 2 7 (AUS) 4 1 2 0 7 Justine Henin (BEL) 1 4 0 2 7 Martina Hingis (SUI) 3 0 1 1 5 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 1 2 1 1 5 Kim Clijsters (BEL) 1 0 0 3 4 Hana Mandlikova (CZE) 2 1 0 1 4 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 0 3 0 1 4

ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS

PLAYER TOTAL Margaret Court (AUS) 24 Serena Williams (USA) 23 Stefanie Graf (GER) 22 Moody (USA) 19 Chris Evert (USA) 18 Martina Navratilova (USA) 18 Billie Jean King (USA) 12

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OPEN ERA: WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS

PLAYER TITLES YEARS 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, Navratilova, Martina 9 1990 Graf, Stefanie 7 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996 Williams, Serena 7 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 Williams, Venus 5 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008 King, Billie Jean 4 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975 Evert, Chris 3 1974, 1976, 1981 Goolagong, Evonne 2 1971, 1980 Kvitova, Petra 2 2011, 2014 Ann Haydon-Jones 1 1969 Court, Margaret 1 1970 Wade, Virginia 1 1977 Martínez, Conchita 1 1994 Hingis, Martina 1 1997 Novotna, Jana 1 1998 Davenport, Lindsey 1 1999 Sharapova, Maria 1 2004 Mauresmo, Amélie 1 2006 Bartoli, Marion 1 2013 Muguruza, Garbiñe 1 2017 Kerber, Angelique 1 2018 Bold denotes active player

CALENDAR AND CAREER GRAND SLAMS

Three women have won all four majors in the same calendar year (achieving the Grand Slam), while three have held all four major titles at the same time (non-calendar year Grand Slam). In addition five more women have achieved a career Grand Slam:

CALENDAR-YEAR GRAND NON-CALENDAR YEAR GRAND SLAMS SLAM (1953) Martina 1983 Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and 1984 Roland Navratilova Garros Margaret Smith Court (1970) Stefanie Graf 1993 Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open and 1994 Australian Open Stefanie Graf (1988) Serena Williams 2002 Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open and 2003 Australian Open Serena Williams 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon CAREER GRAND SLAMS (1954) 1949 Australian Championships, 1950 Roland Garros, 1951 Wimbledon, 1954 US (1957) Championships Billie Jean King (1972) 1951 Roland Garros, 1956 Wimbledon, 1956 US Championships, 1957 Australian Chris Evert (1982) Championships Maria Sharapova (2012) 1966 Wimbledon, 1967 US Championships, 1968 Australian Championships, 1972 Roland Garros 1974 Roland Garros, 1974 Wimbledon, 1975 US Open, 1982 Australian Open 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, , 2012 Roland Garros

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WORLD NO.1 – TOP SPOT ON THE LINE AT WIMBLEDON

During the Wimbledon fortnight, Ashleigh Barty will spend her second and third weeks at the top of the WTA rankings. Barty, who claimed the No.1 spot on June 24, 2019, following her triumph at the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham is only the second Australian to achieve the historic milestone, following in the footsteps of Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Naomi Osaka, Karolina Pliskova, Kiki Bertens and Petra Kvitova can all potentially challenge Barty for the top spot at Wimbledon.

 No.2 Osaka, who trails Barty by only 118 points in the rankings, needs to reach at least the third round to have a chance at returning to top spot

 Pliskova must make the final at the All England Club (or semifinal if reaches Eastbourne final) to have a chance at No.1

 Provided she advances to the Eastbourne final, Bertens needs to win the Wimbledon title and for other results to go her way in order to rise to No.1 for the first time in her career

 Kvitova, who also needs results elsewhere in the draw to fall in her favor, must win the title to stand a chance of claiming top spot in the rankings

*A full table listing the No.1 scenarios will be released following conclusion of Eastbourne

PLAYER WEEKS AT No.1 DATE REACHED No.1 Stefanie Graf (GER) 377 August 17, 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) 332 July 10, 1978 Serena Williams (USA) 319 July 8, 2002 Chris Evert (USA) 260 November 3, 1975 Martina Hingis (SUI) 209 March 31, 1997 Monica Seles (USA) 178 March 11, 1991 Justine Henin (BEL) 117 October 20, 2003 (USA) 98 October 12, 1998 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 71 October 11, 2010 Simona Halep (ROU) 64 October 9, 2017 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 51 January 30, 2012 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 39 September 13, 2004 Angelique Kerber (GER) 34 September 12, 2016 (RUS) 26 April 20, 2009 Tracy Austin (USA) 21 April 7, 1980 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 21 January 28, 2019 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 21 August 22, 2005 Kim Clijsters (BEL) 20 August 11, 2003 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 18 August 11, 2008 (USA) 17 October 15, 2001 (SRB) 12 June 9, 2008 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) 12 February 6, 1995 Venus Williams (USA) 11 February 25, 2002 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 8 July 17, 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4 September 11, 2017 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 3* June 24, 2019 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 2 April 26, 1976 *including weeks of July 1 and July 8, 2019

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STRONG OFF THE BLOCKS – FIRST-ROUND SUCCESS

Of those players with 10 or more Grand Slam appearances in this year’s Wimbledon draw, here are the players with the best strike rate in the opening round at a Grand Slam:  Serena Williams (70-1 in 1r): Serena’s lone opening round loss at a Grand Slam came at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Razzano)  Naomi Osaka (12-1 in 1r): Osaka has lost her first match on only one occasion at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Van Uytvanck)  Maria Sharapova (51-4 in 1r): Sharapova’s first-round loss at the (l. Kirilenko) snapped her streak of 24 consecutive first-round wins at the majors. Her other three losses came at the 2003 Australian Open (l. Koukalova), 2003 Roland Garros (as a qualifier, l. Serna) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Diatchenko)  Madison Keys (24-3 in 1r): Keys has not fallen in the first round on her past 19 major appearances. All three of her losses at this stage came in her teenage years, at (l. J.Zheng), 2013 US Open (l. Jankovic) and 2014 Roland Garros (l. Errani)  Garbiñe Muguruza (23-3 in 1r): Muguruza has not been upset in the first round on her past 18 major appearances. Her three defeats at this stage came on her Grand Slam debut at 2012 US Open (l. J. Errani), 2014 Wimbledon (l. Vandeweghe) and 2014 US Open (l. Lucic-Baroni)  Venus Williams (71-11 in 1r): Venus has fallen in the opening round of a Grand Slam 11 times in her career: 1997 Wimbledon (l. Grzybowska), 2001 Roland Garros (l. Schett), 2006 Australian Open (l. Pironkova), 2012 Wimbledon (l. Vesnina), 2013 Roland Garros (l. U.Radwanska), 2014 Australian Open (l. Makarova), 2015 Roland Garros (l. Stephens), 2016 Australian Open (l. Konta), 2018 Australian Open (l. Bencic), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Q.Wang) and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Svitolina)  Caroline Wozniacki (41-7 in 1r): Wozniacki’s first-round loss at 2012 Wimbledon (l. Paszek) broke her streak of 20 successive first-round wins at the Slams. She lost in the first round at her first Roland Garros main draw in 2007 (l. Dechy). Her other five losses came at 2012 US Open (l. Begu), 2014 Roland Garros (l. Wickmayer), 2016 Australian Open (l. Putintseva), 2016 Wimbledon (l. Kuznetsova) and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Kudermetova)

ACTIVE PLAYERS: BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN OPENING ROUND OF A SLAM

(MINIMUM 10 APPEARANCES)

PLAYER W L TOTAL PCT SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) 70 1 70 .986 MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS) 51 4 55 .927 NAOMI OSAKA (JPN) 12 1 12 .923 MADISON KEYS (USA) 24 3 26 .889 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP) 23 3 25 .885 VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) 71 11 81 .866 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN) 41 7 47 .854

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FIRST-ROUND SUCCESS AT WIMBLEDON

Active players with the best strike rate in the opening round at Wimbledon (minimum of 10 appearances):

ACTIVE PLAYERS: BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN OPENING ROUND OF WIMBLEDON PLAYER W L TOTAL PCT WILLIAMS, SERENA (USA) 18 0 18 1.000 SHARAPOVA, MARIA (RUS) 13 1 14 0.929 AZARENKA, VICTORIA (BLR) 11 1 12 0.917 WILLIAMS, VENUS (USA) 19 2 21 0.905 ZVONAREVA, VERA (RUS) 10 2 12 0.833 VESNINA, ELENA (RUS) 10 2 12 0.833 WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE (DEN) 10 2 12 0.833 MAKAROVA, EKATERINA (RUS) 9 2 10 0.818

GRASS COURT QUEENS

Five of the Top 10 seeds at 2019 Wimbledon have won a grass court title during their respective careers. But just 11 active players have won multiple grass court titles. Venus and Serena Williams are among 11 women to win five or more Wimbledon singles titles in the event’s history:

MULTIPLE GRASS COURT GRASS COURT TITLES WIMBLEDON TITLES TITLES - ACTIVE PLAYERS* ALL-TIME ALL-TIME 8 Serena Williams 40 Margaret Court 9 Martina Navratilova 5 Venus Williams 33 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 8 Helen Wills-Moody 4 Petra Kvitova 32 Martina Navratilova 7 Stefanie Graf 3 Maria Sharapova 16 Billie Jean King 7 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers 2 CoCo Vandeweghe 14 Chris Evert 7 Serena Williams 2 Madison Keys 10 6 Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 2 Karolina Pliskova 8 6 Billie Jean King 2 Angelique Kerber 8 Serena Williams 6 2 Caroline Garcia 7 Hana Mandlikova 5 Lottie Dod 2 Caroline Wozniacki 5 Charlotte Cooper-Sterry 2 Ashleigh Barty 5 Venus Williams *does not include 2019 Eastbourne champion

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GRASS COURT LEAD-UP WINNERS Maria Sharapova is the last woman to win at Wimbledon having won one of the pre-Wimbledon grass court events (2004 Birmingham). Subsequent Wimbledon results of pre-Wimbledon grass events are as follows: YEAR NOTTINGHAM ’s-HERTOGENBOSCH BIRMINGHAM MALLORCA EASTBOURNE 2019 Garcia (?) Riske (?) Barty (?) Kenin (?) TBD 2018 Barty (3r) Krunic (1r) Kvitova (1r) Maria (2r) Wozniacki (2r) 2017 Vekic (2r) Kontaveit (3r) Kvitova (2r) Sevastova (2r) Ka.Pliskova (2r) 2016 Ka.Pliskova (2r) Vandeweghe (4r) Keys (4r) Garcia (2r) Cibulkova (QF) 2015 Konjuh (1r) Giorgi (3r) Kerber (3r) - Bencic (4r) 2014 -- Vandeweghe (2r) Ivanovic (3r) - Keys (3r) 2013 -- Halep (2r) Hantuchova (1r) - Vesnina (2r) 2012 -- Petrova (3r) Oudin (1r) - Paszek (QF) 2011 -- Vinci (3r) Lisicki (SF) - Bartoli (QF) 2010 -- Henin (4r) Li (QF) - Makarova (2r) 2009 -- Tanasugarn (1r) Rybarikova (1r) - Wozniacki (4r) 2008 -- Tanasugarn (QF) K.Bondarenko (2r) - A.Radwanska (QF) 2007 -- Chakvetadze (3r) Jankovic (4r) - Henin (SF) 2006 -- Krajicek (QF) Zvonareva (1r) - Henin (R-Up) 2005 -- Koukalova (1r) Sharapova (SF) - Clijsters (4r) 2004 -- Pierce (1r) Sharapova (WON) - Kuznetsova (1r) Wimbledon results in ( )

MOST WIMBLEDON APPEARANCES & MATCHES PLAYED

Here is a look at the active players with the most Wimbledon appearances and also match wins: WIMBLEDON MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES WIMBLEDON MOST MAIN DRAW MATCHES PLAYED PLAYER APPEARANCES* PLAYER MATCHES W-L Venus Williams 22* Venus Williams 105 89-16 Serena Williams 19* Serena Williams 103 92-11 Svetlana Kuznetsova 16* Maria Sharapova 59 46-13 Barbora Strycova 16* Svetlana Kuznetsova 45 30-15 Samantha Stosur 16* Victoria Azarenka 41 30-11 Maria Sharapova 15* Angelique Kerber 40 30-10 Petra Kvitova 39 30-9 *including 2019 Wimbledon; players in bold competing at this year’s event

WIMBLEDON MATCH WIN LEADERS MOST CAREER WIMBLEDON WINS – OPEN ERA (Entering 2019 Wimbledon) OPEN ERA ACTIVE PLAYERS PLAYER W-L PLAYER W-L Martina Navratilova 120-14* Serena Williams 92-11 Chris Evert 96-15 Venus Williams 89-16 SERENA WILLIAMS 92-11 Maria Sharapova 46-13 VENUS WILLIAMS 89-16 Petra Kvitova 30-8 Stefanie Graf 74-7 Angelique Kerber 30-10 Billie Jean King 65-10** Victoria Azarenka 30-11 Virginia Wade 56-17** Svetlana Kuznetsova 30-15 *the most by any player at a single Slam in Open Era **All-time record for King was 95- 15 and Wade was 64-23 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 11 2019 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 1-JULY 14, 2019 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

THIRTYSOMETHINGS KEEP THRIVING

This year’s draw at Wimbledon has 24 players who are aged 30 or older. Listed oldest to youngest: Venus Williams (39), Serena Williams (37), Samantha Stosur (35), Kaia Kanepi (34), Svetlana Kuznetsova (34), Mandy Minella (33), Hsieh Su-Wei (33), Kirsten Flipkens (33), (33), Barbora Strycova (33), Maria Sharapova (32), Tatjana Maria (31), (31), Monica Niculescu (31), Giulia Gatto-Monticone (31), Angelique Kerber (31), Laura Siegemund (31), Mihaela Buzarnescu (31), Carla Suárez Navarro (30), Magdalena Rybarikova (30), Julia Goerges (30), Zhang Shuai (30), Lesia Tsurenko (30) and (30).

In the Open Era, a 30-something has won a Grand Slam title 26 times, a feat accomplished by 10 different women: Serena Williams (10), Margaret Court (3), Martina Navratilova (3), Chris Evert (2), Billie Jean King (2), (1), Angelique Kerber (1), (1), (1) and Virginia Wade (1). Serena Williams is the oldest woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title – most recently at 2017 Australian Open.

OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS – 30 AND OLDER YR SLAM NAME YRS DAYS 2017 Australian Open Serena Williams (USA) 35 125 2016 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 34 287 2015 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 33 285 1990 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) 33 263 2015 Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) 33 254 2015 US Open Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 33 198 2015 Australian Open Serena Williams (USA) 33 127 2014 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 32 330 1977 Wimbledon Virginia Wade (GBR) 31 357 2013 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 31 348 2014 Australian Open Li Na (CHN) 31 256 2013 Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) 31 225 1975 Wimbledon Billie Jean King (USA) 31 169 1986 Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) 31 55 1973 US Open Margaret Court (AUS) 31 347 2012 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 30 331 1987 US Open Martina Navratilova (USA) 30 322 1973 Roland Garros Margaret Court (AUS) 30 290 1974 US Open Billie Jean King (USA) 30 284 2012 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 30 261 1969 Wimbledon Ann Jones (GBR) 30 260 1987 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) 30 170 1985 Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) 30 169 1973 Australian Open Margaret Court (AUS) 30 285 2018 Wimbledon Angelique Kerber (GER) 30 177 Wimbledon’s oldest women’s singles champion of all time is Britain’s Charlotte Sterry, who won the title in 1908 at the age of 37 years, 282 days.

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TEENAGE KICKS

There are seven teenagers in this year’s women’s singles draw (youngest to oldest): Cori Gauff (15) (17), Caty McNally (17), Iga Swiatek (18), Anastasia Potapova (18), Kaja Juvan (18) and Dayana Yastremska (19).

The youngest player in Open Era to:  Play at Wimbledon: Jennifer Capriati (14 years, 90 days)  Win a match at Wimbledon: Jennifer Capriati (14 years, 90 days)  Win Wimbledon: Martina Hingis (16 years, 280 days)  Win at any Grand Slam: Martina Hingis, who was 16 years, 4 months, winning 1997 Australian Open

A teenager has won a Grand Slam singles title 33 times (12 different players) in the Open Era. The last teenager to win a Grand Slam title was Maria Sharapova (19 yrs, 132 days) at 2006 US Open.

CORNET CONTINUES GRAND SLAM STREAK

Ai Sugiyama retains the longest streak in the Open Era for women – 62 appearances in a row. Feliciano López holds the men’s record with 70 consecutive appearances (including 2019 Wimbledon).

Heading into this year’s Wimbledon, Alizé Cornet holds the longest active streak for consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance streak with 51 to her name.

GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW: CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES – ACTIVE STREAKS CONSECUTIVE PLAYER START OF STREAK APPEARANCES* Alizé Cornet (FRA) 51* (RUS) 46* 2008 Roland Garros Julia Goerges (GER) 45* 2008 Wimbledon *Including 2019 Wimbledon

GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW: CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES - LONGEST STREAKS ALL-TIME CONSECUTIVE PLAYER SLAMS (JPN) 62 (ITA) 61 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 56 Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 54 Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 54 (SUI) 52 Alizé Cornet (FRA)* 51* Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 48 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 47 Amanda Coetzer (RSA) 46 (USA) 46 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 46 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)* 46* Julia Goerges (GER)* 45* *Including 2019 Wimbledon and indicates active streak

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MOST GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES

Venus Williams is playing in her 83rd career Grand Slam main draw at 2019 Wimbledon, the most in the Open Era. There are seven active players who have played in 50 or more Grand Slam main draws:

OPEN ERA – ALL PLAYERS ACTIVE SINGLES PLAYERS PLAYER GS APPEARANCES PLAYER GS APPEARANCES* Venus Williams (USA) 83* Venus Williams (USA) 83* Serena WIlliams (USA) 72* Serena Williams (USA) 72* (USA) 71 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 65* Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 69 Samantha Stosur (AUS) 63* Martina Navratilova (USA) 67 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 56* Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 65* Alizé Cornet (FRA) 54* Conchita Martínez (ESP) 64 Barbora Strycova (CZE) 53* Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 *Includes 2019 Wimbledon

Samantha Stosur (AUS) 63* Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 61 Helena Sukova (CZE) 61

Virginie Razzano (FRA) 59

Patty Schnyder (SUI) 59

Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 59 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 58 (ESP) 57 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 57 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 56* Alizé Cornet (FRA) 54* Barbora Strycova (CZE) 53* (ITA) 52 *Includes 2019 Wimbledon; BOLD = active player

200+ GRAND SLAM WINS AND BEYOND

Serena Williams leads all active players with 337 Grand Slam match wins, followed by her sister Venus Williams with 268. They are the only active players to have 200+ Grand Slam main draw wins. Seven active players have won 100 or more Grand Slam main draw matches:

MOST CAREER GRAND SLAM WINS - OPEN ERA (Entering 2019 Wimbledon) OPEN ERA ACTIVE PLAYERS PLAYER W-L PLAYER W-L Serena Williams 337-47 Serena Williams 337-47 Martina Navratilova 306-49 Venus Williams 268-74 Chris Evert 299-37 Maria Sharapova 197-50 Stefanie Graf 278-32 Svetlana Kuznetsova 152-62 Venus Williams 268-74 Victoria Azarenka 125-44 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 210-54 Caroline Wozniacki 114-47 BOLD denotes active singles players Angelique Kerber 101-43

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DEFENDING A MAJOR IS A DIFFICULT TASK

There have been 24 title defenses at Wimbledon, 22 at the US Open, 21 at the Australian Open, and 11 at Roland Garros (post-1945):  22 different women have successfully defended a Grand Slam singles title at least once in their careers  10 different women have successfully defended two or more different Grand Slams  Only five women – Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Stefanie Graf, Monica Seles and Serena Williams – have defended three or more different majors  Stefanie Graf is the only woman to have defended at all four of the majors more than once; in fact she achieved the amazing feat at least twice at each Grand Slam  Five players in the Open Era have defended their title at Wimbledon: King, Navratilova, Graf, V.Williams and most recently S.Williams (2015-16)  Six defending champions have lost in the opening round of their title defense: Graf (1994 Wimbledon), Capriati (2003 Australian Open), Myskina (2005 Roland Garros), Kuznetsova (2005 US Open), Kerber (2017 US Open) and Ostapenko (2018 Roland Garros)

Below is a look at the Grand Slam singles champions who have defended their titles post-1945:

AUSTRALIAN OPEN (21) ROLAND GARROS (11) WIMBLEDON (24) US OPEN (22) Nancy Wynne Bolton (1946-48) Maureen Connolly Brinker Clapp (1948-50) Margaret Osborne uPont M. Smith Court (1960-66, 1969- (1953-54) Maureen Connolly Brinker (1948-50) 71) Margaret Smith Court (1969- (1952-54) Maureen Connolly Brinker E. Goolagong Cawley (1974-76) 70) (1957-58) (1951-53) Stefanie Graf (1988-90) Chris Evert (1974-75, 1979-80, (1959-60) Doris Hart (1954-55) Monica Seles (1991-93) 1985-86) Billie Jean King (1966-68, 1972- Althea Gibson (1957-58) Martina Hingis (1997-99) Stefanie Graf (1987-88, 1995- 73) Darlene Hard (1960-61) Jennifer Capriati (2001-02) 96) M. Navratilova (1978-79, 1982- Maria Bueno (1963-64) Serena Williams (2009-10) Monica Seles (1990-92) 87) Margaret Court (1969-70) Victoria Azarenka (2012-13) Justine Henin (2005-07) S. Graf (1988-89, 1991-93, Billie Jean King (1971-72) 1995-96) Chris Evert (1975-78) Venus Williams (2000-01, 2007- M. Navratilova (1983-84, 1986- 08) 87) Serena Williams (2002-03, Stefanie Graf (1988-89, 1995- 2009-10, 2015-16) 96) Monica Seles (1991-92) Venus Williams (2000-01) Kim Clijsters (2009-10) Serena Williams (2012-14)

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DEFENDING CHAMPIONS’ PERFORMANCES AT WIMBLEDON (OPEN ERA)

YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT

1969 Billie Jean King (USA) R-Up 1994 Stefanie Graf (GER) 1r 1970 Ann Jones (GBR) did not play 1995 Conchita Martínez (ESP) SF 1971 Margaret Court (AUS) R-Up 1996 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1972 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) R-Up 1997 Stefanie Graf (GER) did not play 1973 Billie Jean King (USA) Won 1998 Martina Hingis (SUI) SF 1974 Billie Jean King (USA) QF 1999 Jana Novotna (CZE) QF 1975 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2000 Lindsay Davenport (USA) R-Up 1976 Billie Jean King (USA) did not play 2001 Venus Williams (USA) Won 1977 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2002 Venus Williams (USA) R-Up 1978 Virginia Wade (GBR) SF 2003 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1979 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2004 Serena Williams (USA) R-Up 1980 Martina Navratilova (USA) SF 2005 Maria Sharapova (RUS) SF 1981 Evonne Cawley (AUS) did not play 2006 Venus Williams (USA) 3r 1982 Chris Evert (USA) R-up 2007 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 4r 1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2008 Venus Williams (USA) Won 1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2009 Venus Williams (USA) R-Up 1985 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2010 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2011 Serena Williams (USA) 4r 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2012 Petra Kvitova (CZE) QF 1988 Martina Navratilova (USA) R-Up 2013 Serena Williams (USA) 4r 1989 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2014 Marion Bartoli did not play 1990 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF 2015 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3r 1991 Martina Navratilova (USA) QF 2016 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1992 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2017 Serena Williams (USA) did not play 1993 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2018 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 2r

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FOUR DIFFERENT GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS

For the second year in a row in 2018, the four majors were won by four different Grand Slam champions in a calendar year - Caroline Wozniacki, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka.

In the Open Era, the majors have produced four different champions in 13 different years, and it has happened 26 times since 1926. See table below for details (prefix denotes seeding):

YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN 1926 (1) D.Akhurst (AUS) (1) S.Lenglen (FRA) K.McKane-Godfrey (GBR) (2) M.Bjurstedt-Mallory (USA) 1933 (1) J.Hartigan (AUS) M.Scriven (GBR) (1) H.Wills-Moody (USA) (2) H.Jacobs (USA) 1934 (1) J.Hartigan (AUS) (2) M.Scriven (GBR) (2) D.Round (GBR) (1) H.Jacobs (USA) 1935 (1) D.Round (GBR) (2) H.Sperling (GER) (4) H.Wills-Moody (USA) (1) H.Jacobs (USA) 1936 (1) J.Hartigan (AUS) (1) H.Sperling (GER) (2) H.Jacobs (USA) (3) A.Marble (USA) 1937 (2) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (1) H.Sperling (GER) (7) D.Round (GBR) (2) A. Lizane (CHI) 1938 (1) D.Bundy (AUS) (1) S.Mathieu (FRA) (1) H.Wills-Moody (USA) (2) A.Marble (USA) 1947 (1) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (5) P.Todd (USA) (1) M.Osborne (USA) (2) L.Brough (USA) 1948 (1) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (3) N.Adamson-Landry (FRA) (2) L.Brough (USA) (4) M.Osbor. DuPont (USA) 1951 (1) N.Wynne-Bolton (AUS) (3) S.Fry (USA) (3) D.Hart (USA) (3) M.Connolly (USA) 1955 (2) B.Penrose (AUS) (2) A.Mortimer (GBR) (2) L.Brough (USA) (1) D.Hart (USA) 1961 (1) M.Smith (AUS) (6) A.Haydon (GBR) (7) A.Mortimer (GBR) (1) D.Hard (USA) 1966 (1) M.Smith (AUS) (3) A.Haydon-Jones (GBR) (4) B.J.King (USA) (2) M.Bueno (BRA) 1968 OPEN ERA BEGAN 1977 (Jan) (2) K.Melville-Reid (AUS) (1) M.Jausovec (YUG) (3) V.Wade (GBR) (1) C.Evert (USA) 1978 C.O’Neil (AUS) (2) V.Ruzici (ROU) (2) M.Navratilova (TCH) (2) C.Evert (USA) 1981 (3) M.Navratilova (USA) (4) H.Mandlikova (TCH) (1) C.Evert-Lloyd (USA) (3) T.Austin (USA) 1990 (1) S.Graf (GER) (3) M.Seles (YUG) (2) M.Navratilova (USA) (5) G.Sabatini (ARG) 1998 (1) M.Hingis (SUI) (4) A.Sánchez Vicario (ESP) (3) J.Novotna (CZE) (2) L.Davenport (USA) 1999 (2) M.Hingis (SUI) (6) S.Graf (GER) (3) L.Davenport (USA) (7) S.Williams (USA) 2004 (1) J.Henin (BEL) (6) A. Myskina (RUS) (13) M.Sharapova (RUS) (9) S.Kuznetsova (RUS) 2005 (7) S.Williams (USA) (10) J.Henin (BEL) (14) V.Williams (USA) (4) K.Clijsters (BEL) 2008 (5) M.Sharapova (RUS) (2) A.Ivanovic (SRB) (7) V.Williams (USA) (4) S.Williams (USA) 2011 (3) K.Clijsters (BEL) (6) N.Li (CHN) (8) P.Kvitova (CZE) (9) S.Stosur (AUS) 2014 (4) Li.N. (CHN) (7) M.Sharapova (RUS) (6) P.Kvitova (CZE) (1) S.Williams (USA) 2017 (2) S.Williams (USA) J.Ostapenko (LAT) (14) G.Muguruza (ESP) S.Stephens (USA) 2018 (2) C.Wozniacki (DEN) (1) S.Halep (ROU) (11) A.Kerber (GER) (20) N.Osaka (JPN) 2019 (4) N.Osaka (JPN) (8) A.Barty (AUS) ??? ???

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BACK-TO-BACK CLUB

In the Open Era, only seven women have claimed Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles back-to-back:

Margaret Smith Court (1970*) Evonne Goolagong (1971) Billie Jean King (1972) Chris Evert (1974) Martina Navratilova (1982, 1984) Stefanie Graf (1988*, 1993, 1995, 1996) Serena Williams (2002, 2015) *player won all Grand Slam singles titles that year

ALL-TIME: MOST CAREER SINGLES TITLES* ALL-TIME TITLES ACTIVE TITLES Martina Navratilova 167 Serena Williams 72 Chris Evert 154 Venus Williams 49 Stefanie Graf 107 Maria Sharapova 36 Margaret Court 92 Caroline Wozniacki 30 Serena Williams 72 Petra Kvitova 27 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 68 Victoria Azarenka 20 Billie Jean King 67 Svetlana Kuznetsova 18 Lindsay Davenport 55 Simona Halep* 18 Virginia Wade 55 Jelena Jankovic 16 Monica Seles 53 *Not including 2019 Eastbourne

FIVE-YEAR SEEDS COMPARISON

SEED 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 1 Ashleigh Barty Simona Halep Angelique Kerber Serena Williams Serena Williams 2 Naomi Osaka Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep Garbiñe Muguruza Petra Kvitova 3 Karolina Pliskova Garbiñe Muguruza Karolina Pliskova Agnieszka Radwanska Simona Halep 4 Kiki Bertens Sloane Stephens Elina Svitolina Angelique Kerber Maria Sharapova 5 Angelique Kerber Elina Svitolina Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep Caroline Wozniacki 6 Petra Kvitova Caroline Garcia Johanna Konta Roberta Vinci Lucie Safarova 7 Simona Halep Karolina Pliskova Svetlana Kuznetsova Belinda Bencic Ana Ivanovic 8 Elina Svitolina Petra Kvitova Dominika Cibulkova Venus Williams Ekaterina Makarova 9 Sloane Stephens Venus Williams Agnieszka Radwanska Madison Keys Carla Suarez Navarro 10 Aryna Sabalenka Madison Keys Venus Williams Petra Kvitova Angelique Kerber 11 Serena Williams Angelique Kerber Petra Kvitova Timea Bacsinszky Karolina Pliskova 12 Anastasija Sevastova Jelena Ostapenko Kristina Mladenovic Carla Suárez Navarro Eugenie Bouchard 13 Belinda Bencic Julia Goerges Jelena Ostapenko Svetlana Kuznetsova Agnieszka Radwanska 14 Caroline Wozniacki Daria Kasatkina Garbiñe Muguruza Samantha Stosur Andrea Petkovic 15 Wang Qiang Elise Mertens Karolina Pliskova Timea Bacsinszky 16 Marketa Vondrousova CoCo Vandeweghe Anastasia Johanna Konta Venus Williams Pavlyuchenkova

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NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES

 Ashleigh Barty enters Wimbledon as the top seed for her first time at the majors  Since 1968, the No.1 seed has claimed the title on 24 occasions and finished runner-up on eight occasions  The most recent No.1 seed to win a Grand Slam title was Simona Halep at 2018 Roland Garros  In the Open Era, the top seed has lost in 1r on six occasions across all Grand Slams: 1979 Australian Open Ruzici (l. Mary Sawyer) 1994 Wimbledon Graf (l. Lori McNeil) 1999 Wimbledon Hingis (l. Jelena Dokic) 2001 Wimbledon Hingis (l. Virginia Ruano Pascual) 2017 Roland Garros Kerber (l. Makarova) 2018 US Open Halep (l. Kanepi)

NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES AT WIMBLEDON

YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT 1968 Billie Jean King (USA) Won 1994 Stefanie Graf (GER) 1r 1969 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) SF 1995 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1970 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) Won 1996 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1971 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) R-up 1997 Martina Hingis (SUI) Won 1972 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) R-up 1998 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF 1973 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) SF 1999 Martina Hingis (SUI) 1r 1974 Billie Jean King (USA) QF 2000 Martina Hingis (SUI) QF 1975 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2001 Martina Hingis (SUI) 1r 1976 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2002 Venus Williams (USA) R-up 1977 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2003 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1978 Chris Evert (USA) R-up 2004 Serena Williams (USA) R-Up 1979 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2005 Lindsay Davenport (USA) R-Up 1980 Martina Navratilova (USA) SF 2006 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) Won 1981 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2007 Justine Henin (BEL) SF 1982 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2008 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 3r 1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2009 Dinara Safina (RUS) SF 1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2010 Serena Williams (USA) Won Chris Evert (USA) R-up 2011 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 4r 1985 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2012 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 4r 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2013 Serena Williams (USA) 4r 1988 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2014 Serena Williams (USA) 3r 1989 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2015 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1990 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF 2016 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1991 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2017 Angelique Kerber (GER) 4r Monica Seles (YUG) R-Up 1992 2018 Simona Halep (ROU) 3r Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1993 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2019 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) ???

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TOP 16 SEEDS’ WIMBLEDON & GRAND SLAM RESULTS

WIM GS PLAYER WIM BEST RESULT GS BEST RESULT W-L W-L 1 Ashleigh Barty 2-3 3r (2018) 25-18 WON (2019 Roland Garros) 2 Naomi Osaka 4-2 3r (2017-18) 34-11 WON (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open) 3 Karolina Pliskova 8-7 4r (2018) 53-28 R-Up (2016 US Open) 4 Kiki Bertens 7-6 QF (2018) 27-28 SF (2016 Roland Garros) 5 Angelique Kerber 30-10 WON (2018) 101-43 WON (2016 Aus. Open, 2016 US Open, 2018 Wimbledon) 6 Petra Kvitova 30-9 WON (2011, 2014) 98-40 WON (2011, 2014 Wimbledon) 7 Simona Halep 17-8 SF (2014) 80-35 WON (2018 Roland Garros) 8 Elina Svitolina 5-6 4r (2017) 47-27 QF (2018-19 Australian Open, 2015, 2017 Roland Garros) 9 Sloane Stephens 10-7 QF (2013) 65-28 WON (2017 US Open) 10 Aryna Sabalenka 1-2 2r (2017) 7-7 4r (2018 US Open) WON (2002-03, 2009-10, WON (23 Grand Slam titles, most recently 2017 11 Serena Williams 92-11 337-47 2012, 2015-16) Australian Open) 12 Anastasija Sevastova 1-6 2r (2017) 32-25 SF (2018 US Open) 13 Belinda Bencic 9-4 4r (2015, 2018) 28-18 QF (2014 US Open) 14 Caroline Wozniacki 23-12 4r (2009-11, 2014-15, 2017) 114-47 WON (2018 Australian Open) 15 Wang Qiang 1-4 2r (2017) 13-19 3r (2018 Roland Garros, 2018 US Open, 2019 Aus. Open) 16 Marketa Vondrousova 0-2 1r (2017-18) 12-9 R-Up (2019 Roland Garros)

RECENT GRAND SLAM FORM

Here are the recent Grand Slam performances of the Top 16 seeds:

2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2019 2019 PLAYER RG WIMB USO AO RG WMB USO AO RG Ashleigh Barty 1r 1r 3r 3r 2r 3r 4r QF WON Naomi Osaka 1r 3r 3r 4r 3r 3r WON WON 3r Karolina Pliskova SF 2r QF QF 3r 4r QF SF 3r Kiki Bertens 2r 1r 1r 3r 3r QF 3r 2r 2r Angelique Kerber 1r 4r 1r SF QF WON 3r 4r 1r Petra Kvitova 2r 2r QF 1r 3r 1r 3r R-Up - Simona Halep R-Up QF 1r R-Up WON 3r 1r 4r QF Elina Svitolina QF 4r 4r QF 3r 1r 4r QF 3r Sloane Stephens - 1r WON 1r R-Up 1r QF 4r QF Aryna Sabalenka - 2r - 1r 1r 1r 4r 3r 2r Serena Williams - - - - 4r R-Up R-Up QF 3r Anastasija Sevastova 3r 2r QF 2r 1r 1r SF 4r 4r Belinda Bencic - - - 2r 2r 4r 1r 3r 3r Caroline Wozniacki QF 4r 2r WON 4r 2r 2r 3r 1r Wang Qiang 1r 2r 1r 1r 3r 1r 3r 3r 2r Marketa Vondrousova 2r 1r 1r 2r 1r 1r 4r 2r R-Up Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 20 2019 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 1-JULY 14, 2019 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

DEFENDING RANKING POINTS

Here is a look at the Top 16 seeds and the ranking points that they will be defending from 2018 Wimbledon:

2018 2018 2018 2018 PLAYER PLAYER RESULT PTS RESULT PTS Ashleigh Barty 3r 130 Sloane Stephens 1r 10 Naomi Osaka 3r 130 Aryna Sabalenka 1r 10 Karolina Pliskova 4r 240 Serena Williams R-Up 1300 Kiki Bertens QF 430 Anastasija Sevastova 1r 10 Angelique Kerber WON 2000 Belinda Bencic 4r 240 Petra Kvitova 1r 10 Caroline Wozniacki 2r 70 Simona Halep 3r 130 Wang Qiang 1r 10 Elina Svitolina 1r 10 Marketa Vondrousova 1r 10

WIMBLEDON MISCELLANY

 Five players have won the singles title after saving match point: Blanche Hillyard (1889), Suzanne Lenglen (1919), Helen Wills-Moody (1935), Venus Williams (2005) and Serena Williams (2009)  Only 10 nations are represented on the Wimbledon women’s singles roll of honor. British and American women have won 91 of the 122 championships to date. The other nations are Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Russia, Spain and  In 2013, France’s Marion Bartoli became the 29th woman to win the singles title without dropping a set (10th in Open Era)  In 2004, Maria Sharapova became the first woman not seeded in the Top 8 to win the Wimbledon singles title since seeding began in 1927. She has since been joined by Venus Williams (2005—No.14 and 2007—No.23), Marion Bartoli (2013—No.15), Garbiñe Muguruza (2017—No.14) and Angelique Kerber (2018 – No.11)  Just four players have won the Wimbledon women’s singles title after winning the Wimbledon girls’ singles title (Haydon-Jones, Susman, Hingis and Mauresmo). Former girls’ singles winners in the 2019 Wimbledon field are: Kirsten Flipkens (2003), Caroline Wozniacki (2006), Kristyna Pliskova (2010), Ashleigh Barty (2011), Eugenie Bouchard (2012), Jelena Ostapenko (2014), Anastasia Potapova (2016) and Iga Swiatek (2018)  The player with the most women’s doubles titles is Elizabeth Ryan, who won 12 between 1914 and 1934  Serena Williams was the last player to win both the singles and doubles titles in the same year, in 2016  Ann Jones (1969), Martina Navratilova (nine times), Petra Kvitova (twice) and Angelique Kerber (2018) are the only four left-handers to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title in the Open Era

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WIMBLEDON HONOR ROLL (OPEN ERA)

YEAR [SEED] CHAMPION [SEED] RUNNER-UP SCORE 1968 [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [7] Judy Tegart (AUS) 97 75 1969 [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 36 63 62 1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 1412 119 1971 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) 64 61 1972 [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 63 63 1973 [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [4] Chris Evert (USA) 60 75 1974 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [8] Olga Morozova (RUS) 60 64 1975 [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) 60 61 1976 [1] Chris Evert (USA #1) [2] Evonne Cawley (AUS #2) 63 46 86 1977 [3] Virginia Wade (GBR #3) [7] Betty Stove (NED #7) 46 63 61 1978 [2] Martina Navratilova (TCH #2) [1] Chris Evert (USA #1) 26 64 75 1979 [1] Martina Navratilova (TCH #2) [2] Chris Evert (USA #1) 64 64 1980 [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS #4) [3] Chris Evert Lloyd (USA #3) 61 76(4) 1981 [1] Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #1) [2] Hana Mandlikova (TCH #5) 62 62 1982 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [2] Chris Evert Lloyd (USA #2) 61 36 62 1983 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [3] Andrea Jaeger (USA #4) 60 63 1984 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [2] Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) 76(5) 62 1985 [co-1] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) [co-1] Chris Evert Lloyd (USA #1) 46 63 62 1986 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [3] Hana Mandlikova (TCH #4) 76(1) 63 1987 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER #2) 75 63 1988 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 57 62 61 1989 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 62 67(1) 61 1990 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) [5] Zina Garrison Jackson (USA #5) 64 61 1991 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #2) [2] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG #3) 64 36 86 1992 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #2) [1] Monica Seles (YUG #1) 62 61 1993 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [8] Jana Novotna (CZE #8) 76(6) 16 64 1994 [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP #3) [4] Martina Navratilova (USA #4) 64 36 63 1995 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [2] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP #2) 46 61 75 1996 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [4] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP #3) 63 75 1997 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI #1) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE #3) 26 63 63 1998 [3] Jana Novotna (CZE #3) [16] (FRA #15) 64 76(2) 1999 [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER #3) 64 75 2000 [5] Venus Williams (USA #5) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) 63 76(3) 2001 [2] Venus Williams (USA #2) [8] Justine Henin (BEL #9) 61 36 60 2002 [2] Serena Williams (USA #2) [1] Venus Williams (USA #1) 76(4) 63 2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [4] Venus Williams (USA #4) 46 64 61 2004 [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS #15) [1] Serena Williams (USA #10) 61 64 2005 [14] Venus Williams (USA #16) [1] Lindsay Davenport (USA #1) 46 76(4) 97 2006 [1] Amélie Mauresmo (FRA #1) [3] Justine Henin (BEL #3) 26 63 64 2007 [23] Venus Williams (USA #31) [18] Marion Bartoli (FRA #19) 64 61 2008 [7] Venus Williams (USA #7) [6] Serena Williams (USA #6) 75 64 2009 [2] Serena Williams (USA #2) [3] Venus Williams (USA #3) 76(3) 62 2010 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [21] Vera Zvonareva (RUS #21) 63 62 2011 [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE #8) [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS #6) 63 64 2012 [6] Serena Williams (USA #6) [3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #3) 61 57 62 2013 [15] Marion Bartoli (FRA #15) [23] Sabine Lisicki (GER #24) 61 64 2014 [6] Petra Kvitova (CZE #6) [13] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN #13) 63 60 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [20] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #20) 64 64 2016 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [4] Angelique Kerber (GER #4) 75 63 2017 [14] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #15) [10] Venus Williams (USA #11) 75 60 2018 [11] Angelique Kerber (GER #10) [25] Serena Williams (USA #181) 63 63

 The top seed has won the Wimbledon women’s singles 24 times in the Open Era including nine years in a row (1981-89); only two different players have won here as the No.1 seed in the last 20 years (Amélie Mauresmo in 2006, and Serena Williams in 2003, 2010 and 2015-16)  Marion Bartoli (2013), Angelique Kerber (2018), Garbiñe Muguruza (2017), Maria Sharapova (2004) and Venus Williams (2005, 2007) are the only players to win here seeded outside Top 10

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FIRST TIME GRAND-SLAM CHAMPIONS Since 1968 Roland Garros, 51 women have won at least one Grand Slam title: AGE TOTAL OPEN ERA PLAYER FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE YRS, MOS GS TITLES (SGL) ****Richey-Gunter, Nancy (USA) 25,10 1968 Roland Garros 1 ***King, Billie Jean (USA) 24,8 1968 Wimbledon 8 Wade, Virginia (GBR) 23,2 1968 US Open 3 *Court, Margaret (AUS) 26,6 1969 Australian Open 11 **Jones, Ann (GBR) 30,9 1969 Wimbledon 1 Goolagong Cawley, Evonne (AUS) 19,10 1971 Roland Garros 7 Evert, Chris (USA) 19,6 1974 Roland Garros 18 Barker, Sue (GBR) 20,2 1976 Roland Garros 1 Melville-Reid, Kerry (AUS) 29,4 1977 Australian Open (Jan) 1 Jausovec, Mima (YUG) 20,1 1977 Roland Garros 1 Ruzici, Virginia (ROM) 23,4 1978 Roland Garros 1 Navratilova, Martina (TCH/USA) 21,9 1978 Wimbledon 18 O’Neil, Christine (AUS) 22,9 1978 Australian Open 1 Austin, Tracy (USA) 16,9 1979 US Open 2 Jordan, Barbara (USA) 22,8 1979 Australian Open 1 Mandlikova, Hana (TCH/AUS) 18,10 1980 Australian Open 4 Graf, Stefanie (GER) 17,11 1987 Roland Garros 22 Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa (ESP) 17,6 1989 Roland Garros 4 Seles, Monica (YUG/USA) 16,6 1990 Roland Garros 9 Sabatini, Gabriela (ARG) 20,4 1990 US Open 1 Martínez, Conchita (ESP) 22,3 1994 Wimbledon 1 Pierce, Mary (FRA) 20,0 1995 Australian Open 2 Hingis, Martina (SUI) 16,4 1997 Australian Open 5 Majoli, Iva (CRO) 19,10 1997 Roland Garros 1 Novotna, Jana (CZE) 29,9 1998 Wimbledon 1 Davenport, Lindsay (USA) 22,3 1998 US Open 3 Williams, Serena (USA) 17,11 1999 US Open 23 Williams, Venus (USA) 20,0 2000 Wimbledon 7 Capriati, Jennifer (USA) 24,10 2001 Australian Open 3 Henin, Justine (BEL) 21,0 2003 Roland Garros 7 Myskina, Anastasia (RUS) 22,11 2004 Roland Garros 1 Sharapova, Maria (RUS) 17,2 2004 Wimbledon 5 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS) 19,2 2004 US Open 2 Clijsters, Kim (BEL) 22,2 2005 US Open 4 Mauresmo, Amelie (FRA) 26,6 2006 Australian Open 2 Ivanovic, Ana (SRB) 20,7 2008 Roland Garros 1 Schiavone, Francesca (ITA) 29,11 2010 Roland Garros 1 Li, Na (CHN) 29,3 2011 Roland Garros 2 Kvitova, Petra (CZE) 21,3 2011 Wimbledon 2 Stosur, Samantha (AUS) 27,5 2011 US Open 1 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR) 22,6 2012 Australian Open 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) 28,9 2013 Wimbledon 1 Pennetta, Flavia (ITA) 33,7 2015 US Open 1 Kerber, Angelique (GER) 28,0 2016 Australian Open 3 Muguruza, Garbiñe (ESP) 22,8 2016 Roland Garros 2 Ostapenko, Jelena (LAT) 20,0 2017 Roland Garros 1 Stephens, Sloane (USA) 24,5 2017 US Open 1 Wozniacki, Caroline (DEN) 27,6 2018 Australian Open 1 Halep, Simona (ROU) 26,8 2018 Roland Garros 1 Osaka, Naomi (JPN) 20,11 2018 US Open 2 Barty, Ashleigh (AUS) 23,1 2019 Roland Garros 1 *Court won her first Grand Slam title at 1960 Australian Championships aged 17 years, 6 months, and followed with 12 more titles between 1960 and 1966 ** Jones won two pre-Open Era Grand Slam titles: her first at 1961 French Championships, aged 22 years, 8 months and a 2nd at the French again in 1966 *** King won 4 titles prior to the Open Era: (Wimbledon 1966-67, US Open 1967 and the 1968 Australian Championships); King was aged 22 years, 8 months at the time of her first GS win at Wimbledon 1966 ****Richey won 1967 Australian Open (aged 24 years, 4 months) and the 1968 - the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 23 2019 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 1-JULY 14, 2019 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

OPEN ERA GRAND SLAM HONOR ROLL

YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN1 ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN2 1968 ------[2] Nancy Richey (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [6] Virginia Wade (GBR) 1969 [2] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) 1971 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1972 [2] Virginia Wade (GBR) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1973 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1974 [2] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 1975 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1976 [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Sue Barker (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) JAN -[2] Kerry Reid (AUS) 1977 DEC - [1] Evonne Goolagong [1] Mima Jausovec (YUG) [3] Virginia Wade (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) (AUS) 1978 [-] Chris O’Neil (AUS) [2] (ROU) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) 1979 [5] Barbara Jordan (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1980 [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) [3] Chris Evert (USA) 1981 [3] Martina Navratilova (USA) [4] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1982 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova 1983 [2] Chris Evert (USA) (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova 1984 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [=1] Martina Navratilova 1985 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova 1986 Not held [2] Chris Evert (USA) (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova 1987 [2] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) (USA) 1988 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [7] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 1989 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) (ESP) 1990 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [5] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) 1991 [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) 1992 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [=1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) 1993 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 1994 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP) (ESP) (ESP) 1995 [4] Mary Pierce (FRA) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1996 [1] Monica Seles (USA) [=1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) 1997 [4] Martina Hingis (SUI) [9] Iva Majoli (CRO) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [4] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 1998 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) (ESP) 1999 [2] Martina Hingis (SUI) [6] Stefanie Graf (GER) [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [7] Serena Williams (USA) 2000 [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [6] Mary Pierce (FRA) [5] Venus Williams (USA) [3] Venus Williams (USA) 2001 [12] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [4] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [2] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Venus Williams (USA) 2002 [1] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [3] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Justine Henin (BEL) [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova 2004 [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [6] (RUS) [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS) (RUS) 2005 [7] Serena Williams (USA) [10] Justine Henin (BEL) [14] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2006 [3] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [5] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [3] Maria Sharapova (RUS) 2007 [-] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [23] Venus Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL)

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2008 [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [7] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA) 2009 [2] Serena Williams (USA) [7] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [WC] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2010 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [17] Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2011 [3] Kim Clijsters (BEL) [6] Li Na (CHN) [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [9] Samantha Stosur (AUS) 2012 [3] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA) 2013 [1] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [15] Marion Bartoli (FRA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2014 [4] Li Na (CHN) [7] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [26] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 2016 [7] Angelique Kerber (GER) [4] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Angelique Kerber (GER) 2017 [2] Serena Williams (USA) Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) [14] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2018 [2] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [1] Simona Halep (ROU) [11] Angelique Kerber (GER) [20] Naomi Osaka (JPN) 2019 [4] Naomi Osaka (JPN) [8] Ashleigh Barty (AUS)

Notes - 1. Australian Open held at start of year 1969-77 and from 1987, held at end of year from 1977 to 1985; held on grass through 1985, and hard court from 1987; 2. US Open held on grass through 1974, Clay (Har-tru) 1975-77; Hard court from 1978. Highlighted winners denote first-time Grand Slam champions

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COUNTRY HONOR ROLL

USA (19) AHN, KRISTIE MERTENS, ELISE ANISIMOVA, AMANDA VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON BRADY, JENNIFER WICKMAYER, YANINA BRENGLE, MADISON CHN (5) WANG, QIANG COLLINS, DANIELLE WANG, YAFAN DAVIS, LAUREN ZHANG, SHUAI GAUFF, CORI ZHENG, SAISAI KENIN, SOFIA ZHU, LIN KEYS, MADISON FRA (5) CORNET, ALIZÉ MCHALE, CHRISTINA FERRO, FIONA MCNALLY, CATY GARCIA, CAROLINE PEGULA, JESSICA MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA PERA, BERNARDA PARMENTIER, PAULINE RISKE, ALISON ROGERS, SHELBY SUI (5) BACSINSZKY, TIMEA STEPHENS, SLOANE BENCIC, BELINDA TOWNSEND, TAYLOR GOLUBIC, VIKTORIJA WILLIAMS, VENUS TEICHMANN, JIL WILLIAMS, SERENA VOEGELE, STEFANIE RUS (11) ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA BLR (4) AZARENKA, VICTORIA DIATCHENKO, VITALIA LAPKO, VERA FLINK, VARVARA SABALENKA, ARYNA GASPARYAN, MARGARITA SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA KALINSKAYA, ANNA GBR (4) DART, HARRIET KASATKINA, DARIA KONTA, JOHANNA KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA SWAN, KATIE KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA WATSON, HEATHER PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA ESP (4) BADOSA, PAULA POTAPOVA, ANASTASIA MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE SHARAPOVA, MARIA SORRIBES TORMO, SARA CZE (9) BOUZKOVA, MARIE SUÁREZ NAVARRO, CARLA KVITOVA, PETRA SLO (4) HERCOG, POLONA MARTINCOVA, TEREZA JAKUPOVIC, DALILA MUCHOVA, KAROLINA JUVAN, KAJA ZIDANSEK, TAMARA PLISKOVA, KAROLINA UKR (4) KOZLOVA, KATERYNA PLISKOVA, KRISTYNA SVITOLINA, ELINA SINIAKOVA, KATERINA TSURENKO, LESIA STRYCOVA, BARBORA YASTREMSKA, DAYANA VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA SVK (3) KUZMOVA, VIKTORIA GER (7) BARTHEL, MONA RYBARIKOVA, MAGDALENA GOERGES, JULIA SCHMIEDLOVA, ANNA KAROLINA FRIEDSAM, ANNA-LENA CRO (2) MARTIC, PETRA KERBER, ANGELIQUE VEKIC, DONNA MARIA, TATJANA EST (2) KANEPI, KAIA PETKOVIC, ANDREA KONTAVEIT, ANETT SIEGEMUND, LAURA ITA (2) GATTO-MONTICONE, GIULIA AUS (6) BARTY, ASHLEIGH GIORGI, CAMILA GAVRILOVA, DARIA LAT (2) OSTAPENKO, JELENA RODIONOVA, ARINA SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA STOSUR, SAMANTHA KAZ (2) DIYAS, ZARINA SHARMA, ASTRA PUTINTSEVA, YULIA TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA NED (2) BERTENS, KIKI ROU (6) BOGDAN, ANA KERKHOVE, LESLEY BUZARNESCU, MIHAELA POL (2) LINETTE, MAGDA CIRSTEA, SORANA SWIATEK, IGA HALEP, SIMONA SRB (2) JOROVIC, IVANA NICULESCU, MONICA KRUNIC, ALEKSANDRA RUSE, ELENA-GABRIELA BRA (1) HADDAD MAIA, BEATRIZ BEL (5) BONAVENTURE, YSALINE CAN (1) BOUCHARD, EUGENIE FLIPKENS, KIRSTEN Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 26 2019 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 1-JULY 14, 2019 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

DEN (1) WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE GRE (1) SAKKARI, MARIA JPN (1) OSAKA, NAOMI LUX (1) MINELLA, MANDY PUR (1) PUIG, MONICA SWE (1) PETERSON, REBECCA THA (1) KUMKHUM, LUKSIKA TPE (1) HSIEH, SU-WEI TUN (1) JABEUR, ONS

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