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PREVIEW NOTES: BNP PARIBAS OPEN INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA | MARCH 6 – 17, 2019 | USD $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: www.bnpparibasopen.com | @BNPPARIBASOPEN | facebook.com/BNPPARIBASOPEN WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]), Adam Lincoln ([email protected]), Catherine Sneddon ([email protected]), Chase Altieri ([email protected]), Bryan Shapiro ([email protected]), Teyva Sammet ([email protected]) Onsite Media Desk: + 1 760 200 8013 SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please email [email protected] to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. BNP PARIBAS OPEN – QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Wednesday - Sunday, March 6–17, 2019 Singles Final: Sunday, March 17, 1pm Doubles Final: Saturday, March 16, third match from 11am (NB 3pm) Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden Status: Premier Madatory event Staging: Tournament’s 31st year Draw sizes: 96 singles / 32 doubles teams / 48 singles qualifying Surface: Plexipave Hardcourt / Outdoors Tennis Ball: Penn Tour Regular Duty 2018 Singles Final: Naomi Osaka (JPN) d. [20] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 6-3 6-2 2018 Doubles Final: Hsieh Su-Wei/Barbora Strycova (TPE/CZE) d. [1] Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (RUS/RUS) 6-4 6-4 RANK RANK SINGLES USD $ DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 1,354,010 1000 Winner 457,290 1000 Runner-Up 686,000 650 Runner-Up 223,170 650 Semifinalist 354,000 390 Semifinalist 107,470 390 Quarterfinalist 182,000 215 Quarterfinalist 54,760 215 Round of 16 91,205 120 Round of 16 28,880 120 Round of 32 48,775 65 Round of 32 15,460 10 Round of 64 26,430 35 Round of 128 16,425 10 OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT NAME HISTORY 2009-present: BNP Paribas Open; 2007-08: Pacific Life Open; 2005-06: Pacific Life Open presented by the City of Indian Wells; 2004: Pacific Life Open; 2002-03: Pacific Life Open; 2000-01: Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells; 1999: Evert Cup; 1995-98: State Farm Evert Cup; 1994: The Evert Cup; 1992-93: Matrix Essentials Evert Cup; 1991: Virginia Slims of Palm Springs; 1989-90: Virginia Slims of Indian Wells Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 PREVIEW NOTES: BNP PARIBAS OPEN INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA | MARCH 6 – 17, 2019 | USD $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY MAIN DRAW QUICK-HITS Youngest singles player: Amanda Anisimova, 17 years old (August 31, 2001) Oldest singles player: Venus Williams, 38 years old (June 17, 1980) Singles withdrawals: Camila Giorgi (wrist), Luksika Kumkhum (right shoulder), Ekaterina Makarova (left ankle), Maria Sharapova (right shoulder) Main draw debutantes: Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS), Bianca Andreescu (CAN), Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK), Vera Lapko (BLR), Bernada Pera (USA), Rebecca Peterson (SWE), Wang Yafan (CHN), Dayana Yastremska (UKR) All 12 players to have won a WTA singles title in 2019 are competing at the BNP Paribas Open this fortnight: Karolina Pliskova (Brisbane), Aryna Sabalenka (Shenzhen), Julia Goerges (Auckland), Petra Kvitova (Sydney), Sofia Kenin (Hobart), Naomi Osaka (Australian Open), Kiki Bertens (St. Petersburg), Dayana Yastremska (Hua Hin), Elise Mertens (Doha), Belinda Bencic (Dubai), Alison Van Uytvanck (Budapest) and Wang Yafan (Acapulco) INDIAN WELLS HONOR ROLL The women’s tournament is celebrating its 31st anniversary this year. Some facts and figures since 1989: Lowest-ranked Champion 2005, Kim Clijsters (No.133) Last 3-Set Final 2017, Vesnina d. Kuznetsova 67(6) 75 64 Last non-Top 10 champion 2018, No.44 Naomi Osaka Most Singles Titles Nine players with 2 titles (see honor roll) Most Doubles Titles Lisa Raymond – 7 titles (1994-95, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2012) Previous Champions in Field Victoria Azarenka (2016, 2012), Simona Halep (2015), Naomi Osaka (2018), Serena Williams (1999, 2001), Caroline Wozniacki (2011), Vera Zvonareva* (2009) *In 2019 qualifying Twenty-one different players have won the singles title at Indian Wells Martina Navratilova (1990-91) is the only player to successfully defend the title The title has been won 20 times by a player who has held the WTA No.1 ranking at some point in her career. Of the former champions at Indian Wells, just six have not held the No.1 ranking: Mary Joe Fernandez (1993/1995), Daniela Hantuchova (2002/2007), Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere (1989), Vera Zvonareva (2009), Flavia Pennetta (2014) and Elena Vesnina (2017) Serena Williams (1999), Kim Clijsters (2005) and Naomi Osaka (2018) are the only players to win the title unseeded In 1998 Martina Hingis (17 years, 166 days) became the youngest champion; 1991 winner Martina Navratilova (34 years, 136 days) is the oldest The final has featured the Top 2 seeds six times (1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2012) The final has been decided in three sets nine times (1990, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2015 and 2017) An American has won the singles title eight times, with the last American title at Indian Wells coming in 2001: home champions are Martina Navratilova (1990, 1991), Mary Joe Fernandez (1993, 1995), Lindsay Davenport (1997, 2000) and Serena Williams (1999, 2001) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 PREVIEW NOTES: BNP PARIBAS OPEN INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA | MARCH 6 – 17, 2019 | USD $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY California-born Davenport is the most successful player in the tournament’s history, winning more matches (47) and reaching more finals (6) than any other player PLAYER WINS LOSSES Lindsay Davenport 47 12 Maria Sharapova 38 12 Caroline Wozniacki 32 11 Agnieszka Radwanska 29 12 Conchita Martínez 28 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova 28 15 Martina Hingis 27 6 Victoria Azarenka 27 7 Ana Ivanovic 26 10 Jelena Jankovic 25 14 A SNAPSHOT OF 2019 – THE YEAR SO FAR One Top 10 Debut: Aryna Sabalenka (at No.10 on January 28) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Kiki Bertens (32, St. Petersburg) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: No.65 Wang Yafan in Acapulco Most finals: Petra Kvitova: 3 (Sydney, W, Australian Open, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia Kenin: 2 (Hobart, W, Acapulco, R-Up) Match points saved en route to a title: Julia Goerges at Auckland (saved 1 mp vs. Eugenie Bouchard in QF), Belinda Bencic at Dubai (saved 6mp vs. Aryna Sabalenka in 3r), Alison Van Uytvanck at Budapest (saved 5mp vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova in SF) Maiden titles: Sofia Kenin (Hobart), Wang Yafan (Acapulco) Under 24s: Eight of the 12 events played so far this year have been won by players aged 24 or younger – Aryna Sabalenka, 20, (Shenzhen), Sofia Kenin, 20, (Hobart), Naomi Osaka, 21, (Australian Open), Dayana Yastremska, 18, (Hua Hin), Elise Mertens, 23, (Doha), Belinda Bencic, 21, (Dubai), Alison Van Uytvanck, 24, (Budapest), Wang Yafan, 24, (Acapulco) Youngest title winner: Dayana Yastremska, Hua Hin (18y 8m 14d) Oldest title winner: Julia Goerges, Auckland (30y 1m 4d) Aces leaders: Kiki Bertens – 112, Karolina Pliskova – 101, Petra Kvitova – 99, Viktoria Kuzmova – 93, Naomi Osaka – 88 Match win leaders (main draw): Petra Kvitova – 17, Belinda Bencic – 13, Karolina Pliskova – 13, Sofia Kenin – 13, Aryna Sabalenka – 12 Most three-set matches played: Karolina Pliskova – 10 (7-3 win-loss record) Most doubles titles: Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-Ching have won two titles so far in 2019 – triumphing together at Hobart and Doha Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 3 PREVIEW NOTES: BNP PARIBAS OPEN INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA | MARCH 6 – 17, 2019 | USD $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY AMERICAN DROUGHT IN THE DESERT In the first 13 editions of the BNP Paribas Open, an American took home the title EIGHT times. However, since 2001 when Serena Williams lifted the trophy at Indian Wells, no American has won the Indian Wells title. YEAR CHAMPION 1989 [4] MALEEVA-FRAGNIERE, MANUELA (SUI) 1990 [1] NAVRATILOVA, MARTINA (USA) 1991 [2] NAVRATILOVA, MARTINA (USA) 1992 [1] SELES, MONICA (YUG) 1993 [1] FERNANDEZ, MARY JOE (USA) 1994 [1] GRAF, STEFFI (GER) 1995 [8] FERNANDEZ, MARY JOE (USA) 1996 [1] GRAF, STEFFI (GER) 1997 [4] DAVENPORT, LINDSAY (USA) 1998 [1] HINGIS, MARTINA (SUI) 1999 WILLIAMS, SERENA (USA) 2000 [2] DAVENPORT, LINDSAY (USA) 2001 [7] WILLIAMS, SERENA (USA) In the last 17 editions of the BNP Paribas Open, an American has reached the final four times – Lindsay Davenport (2003, 2004, 2005) and Serena Williams (2006) – but came up short in the championship match. There are currently a tour-leading 13 Americans in the Top 100. BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS AT INDIAN WELLS & MIAMI Kim Clijsters (2005), Stefanie Graf (1994, 1996) and Victoria Azarenka (2016) are the only three players to complete a Indian Wells and Miami sweep – winning both titles in the same year: PLAYER YEAR INDIAN WELLS FINAL MIAMI FINAL Stefanie Graf 1994 d. Coetzer d. Zvereva Stefanie Graf 1996 d. C.Martínez d. Rubin Kim Clijsters 2005 d. Davenport d. Sharapova Victoria Azarenka 2016 d. S.Williams d. Kuznetsova QUALIFIERS & WILDCARDS Singles wildcards: Amanda Anisimova (USA), Bianca Andreescu (CAN), Jennifer Brady (USA), Madison Brengle (USA), Lauren Davis (USA), Jessica Pegula (USA), Taylor Townsend (USA) and Sachia Vickery (USA) The best results by a wildcard at Indian Wells were semifinal runs from Martina Hingis in 2006 and Serena Williams in 2015. Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 4 PREVIEW NOTES: BNP PARIBAS OPEN INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA | MARCH 6 – 17, 2019 | USD $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY There will be 12 qualifiers in this year’s draw.