WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

ZHENGZHOU, | SEPTEMBER 9-15, 2019 | $1,500,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT

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ICBC CREDIT CARD - DAY 4 MATCH-UPS JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #75) vs. [4] (BLR #13) First meeting Sabalenka has won two of her three career titles on Chinese soil... Ostapenko bidding to reach second QF of the season... Winner faces Martic in QF

YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #36) vs. [2] (UKR #3)

Svitolina leads 4-1 Svitolina won the pair’s most recent meeting comfortably, at in 2016... Putintseva has posted four Top 10 wins so far this season... Svitolina coming off SF showing at US Open

ZHENG SAISAI (CHN #38) vs. (USA #34) Riske leads 3-2 triumphed in two tight sets when the two met in Hiroshima 12 months ago... Riske saved a match point in opening round upset over Kerber... Zheng is the last Chinese player left in the draw

[3] (NED #8) vs. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #46) Bertens leads 2-0 Bertens beat Tomljanovic to lift the title in Seoul last year... Tomljanovic in search of third Top 10 career win of career

MATCH NOTES ZHENGZHOU - CHINA | Sep 09 - Sep 15, 2019 | $1,500,000 | PREMIER

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #75) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13)

Head to Head: First meeting

JELENA OSTAPENKO ARYNA SABALENKA 75 WTA RANKING 13 71 PORSCHE RACE TO LEADERBOARD 22 08-06-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 05-05-1998 (21) $861,662 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,941,317 $8,396,146 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,090,256 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 3 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 3 / 3 1-0 ZHENGZHOU W-L (MD) * 0-0 17-22 / 109-93 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 28-20 / 86-50 7-6 / 39-31 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 9-7 / 33-19 4-3 / 31-16 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-6 / 18-17 10-12 / 60-61 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 21-11 / 67-31 2-4 / 10-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 6-7 0-0 / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 3-4 1-2 / 9-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-5 / 8-10 2-5 / 14-25 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-5 / 17-15 * Updated entering 2019 Zhengzhou 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #75) [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #13) R32: d. XIAODI YOU (CHN #246) 6-3,0-6,6-2 (1h49) R32: BYE

"-Q" Qualifying match

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ZHENGZHOU ZHENGZHOU

• Playing in China for the second time this season, • Competing in Asia for the second time this year, hav- having previously fallen 1r at Shenzhen in January (l. ing lifted the title in the opening week of the season Niculescu) in Shenzhen (d. Riske) • Recovered from a nightmare second set - in which • In addition to this, produced a stellar Asian swing she won only 10 points - to eventually see off qualifi- in 2018, highlighted by lifting the title at Wuhan (d. er X.You in 1r Kontaveit) and reaching QFs at Beijing (l. Q.Wang) • Faces No.13 Sabalenka in 2r today; bidding to reach and Tianjin (l. Bacsinszky) second QF of the season, having previously reached • After opening match bye, faces Ostapenko in 2r to- this stage at Birmingham (l . Martic) day; owns 7-1 career record in matches immediately • Owns two Top 20 wins so far in 2019, over No.18 following byes, with sole defeat coming to Toml- Konta (Birmingham) and No.9 Stephens (East- janovic at Miami this March bourne) • Bidding to reach sixth QF of the season, having pre- • During last year’s Asian swing, made 2r at Beijing viously reached this stage at Shenzhen (WON), St. (l. Q.Wang) and Seoul (l. Alexandrova) and fell 1r at Petersburg (SF), Strasbourg (SF), Eastbourne (QF) Wuhan (l. Gavrilova) and Hong Kong (l. Kucova) and San Jose (R-Up) • Best results on Chinese soil were SF showings in 2017 at Wuhan and Beijing SEASON

SEASON • Reached 2r at US Open (l. Putintseva) and R16 at Cincinnati (l. Sakkari) • Coming off 3r run at US Open (l. Ahn) • Opened summer hard court season with R-Up finish • Opened summer hard court season with R16 at San Jose (l. S.Zheng) and 1r exit at Toronto (l. showing at Toronto (l. Bouzkova) before falling 1r at Pavlyuchenkova) Cincinnati (l. Putintseva) • Posted QF showing at Eastbourne (l. Bertens) before • Suffered 1r defeat at Jurmala (l. Pera); bounced back falling 1r at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) to finish R-Up in doubles w/Voskoboeva • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. • Fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh) and made R16 at Aiava) and Birmingham (l. Hsieh) Eastbourne (d. No.9 Stephens in 2r, l. Alexandrova) • Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova) • QF showing at Birmingham (l. Martic) marked first • Reached SF at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion time winning back-to-back matches since QF run at Yastremska) Charleston in April • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Madrid (l .Kuznetso- • Upset No.18 Konta at Birmingham to score first Top va) and Rome (l. Cornet) 20 win since defeating No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitoli- • Was part of Belarus Fed Cup team that fell 3-2 to na during run to the final at 2018 Miami Australia in World Group semifinal, in Brisbane. Went • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Azarenka) and Rome (l. 1-1 in her singles rubbers (d. Stosur, l. Barty) and Buzarnescu) also lost the decisive doubles with Azarenka • Made 2r at Madrid (d. Pavlyuchenkova, l. Bertens) • Made R16 in first clay court event of the season at after falling 1r at Bogota (l. Ahn) and Stuttgart (l. Charleston (l. Puig) Sevastova) • Suffered 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tomljanovic) • Notched best result on clay by reaching R16 at after R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Kerber) Charleston (l. Keys) • Completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by sweeping • Partnered with Daniela Vismane to win lone rubber back-to-back doubles titles at Indian Wells and Miami during Latvia’s 1-3 Fed Cup World Group Play-off (both w/Mertens); now 2-1 in doubles finals loss to Germany • Fell in R16 at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) • Made 3r at Indian Wells (l. Vondrousova) and 2r at • Won both singles rubbers (d. Petkovic and Siege- Miami (after 1r bye, l. Vondrousova) mund) during Belarus’ Fed Cup win over Germany • Fell 2r at Doha (l. Svitolina) and 1r at Dubai (l. Brady) • Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion • Won both rubbers during Latvia’s 4-0 Fed Cup World Bertens); rose to career-high No.9 in the rankings Group II win over Slovakia following run in Russia (February 4, 2019) • Posted first win of season during 2r showing at St. • Reached 3r at (l. Anisimova); made Petersburg (d. Mladenovic, l. Pavlyuchenkova) Top 10 debut after tournament (January 28) • Made 1r exits at first three tournaments of the sea- • Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career son Shenzhen (l. Niculescu), Sydney (l. Barty) and at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F) followed with opening Australian Open (l. Sakkari) match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) JELENA ARYNA OSTAPENKO VS SABALENKA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Ended 2018 season at No.22, with season highlight- • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two ed by R-Up finish at Miami (l. Stephens). Record in titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and singles finals now stands at 2-4 Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and • Saw off No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina during Mi- finishing at No.11 in the rankings ami run to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and tournament for the first time in her career Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, • Elsewhere in 2018, made SF at Wimbledon (l. Ker- reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand ber) and reached four further QFs Slam run to R16 at US Open • Won both singles rubbers (d. Makarova and Pavly- • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending uchenkova in straight sets) to help Latvia beat year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first Russia 3-2 and earn promotion to the Fed Cup World tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making Group II for the first time SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) • Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the • Made main draw debut 2017 Wim- year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at bledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish) Ka.Bondarenko) • Won first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), where competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and she became the lowest-ranked (No.47), and first 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA unseeded, player to lift the trophy in the Open Era • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 • Clinched second tour-level title at Seoul in Septem- Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk ber (d. Haddad Maia in F) as top seed • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title • Seoul title, and subsequent SF runs at Wuhan and at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) Beijing, helped earn her first-ever qualification at • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, end- WTA Finals, where she went 1-2 in the group stage – ing year at No.155 d. Ka.Pliskova; l. V.Williams and Muguruza • WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat • Advanced to third career singles final at 2017 • Made debut on ITF Circuit in Minsk in 2012 Charleston in April, falling to then fellow 19-year-old Kasatkina; was the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1 • 2019 US Open marked ninth career main draw ap- • Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017 pearance at a Grand Slam - following 3r run at US Open (l. Kasatkina), • Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. • In doubles, won first and second career titles in eventual champion Osaka in 3s) 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart • Best run at Australian Open was 3r run in 2019 (l. (w/Atawo) Anisimova) • 2016 season highlight and breakthrough result was • First Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, • Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec d. Khromacheva, l.Witthoeft) City (l. Beck) • Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at • Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was sec- (l. Bertens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) ond- highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina • Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) and 2017 Roland Garros • Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012 JELENA ARYNA OSTAPENKO VS SABALENKA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL

• Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), be- • Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov coming first woman to win her first tour-level title at a since last summer Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian • Started playing aged six as an accident when father Open (d. Walsh in F) drove by local tennis courts • Is one of eight players born in the 1990s to win a • Voted 2018 WTA Newcomer of the Year by interna- Grand Slam title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 tional media Wimbledon, Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and • Her favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo 2017 Wimbledon, Stephens at 2017 US Open, Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open, Halep at 2018 Roland Garros, Osaka at 2018 US Open and ) and Barty (2019 Roland Garros) • Reached SF at 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual cham- pion Kerber) becoming the first woman representing Latvia to reach SF at Wimbledon • Best result to date at Australian Open and US Open is reaching 3r in 2017 and 2018 • R-Up in mixed doubles at 2019 Wimbledon (w/Lind- stedt, l. L.Chan/Dodig)

PERSONAL

• Currently coached by Krisjanis Stabins; also works with her mother, Jelena Jakovleva • Father is Jevgenijs, half-brother is Maksim Ostapen- ko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there) • Previously worked with David Taylor from December 2017 until 2018 Roland Garros • Tennis idols are and Ernests Gulbis – watched Gulbis’ QF match at Roland Garros from his box in 2014 • Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years • Speaks Latvian, English and Russian MATCH NOTES ZHENGZHOU - CHINA | Sep 09 - Sep 15, 2019 | $1,500,000 | PREMIER

YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #36) vs. [2] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #3)

Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 4-1

2016 MOSCOW HARD I R16 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-2 6-2 89 mins 2015 BEIJING HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 7-5 6-2 97 mins 2015 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 ELINA SVITOLINA 1-6 7-5 9-7 181 mins HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-3 7-5 99 mins 2012 ITF/DUBAI HARD O QF YULIA PUTINTSEVA 5-7 6-3 7-6(4) N/A

YULIA PUTINTSEVA ELINA SVITOLINA 36 WTA RANKING 3 33 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 10 07-01-1995 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-09-1994 (24) $815,423 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,976,896 $3,842,789 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $16,085,521 1 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 13 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 1-0 ZHENGZHOU W-L (MD) * 0-0 24-20 / 112-129 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 28-16 / 254-140 9-9 / 37-42 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 7-7 / 77-48 8-4 / 32-28 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-7 / 47-41 12-13 / 64-84 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 22-10 / 185-93 0-2 / 4-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 21-21 3-2 / 4-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 17-17 3-8 / 8-23 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / 30-36 6-10 / 16-42 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-5 / 53-66 * Updated entering 2019 Zhengzhou 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #36) [2] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #3) R32: d. TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO #66) 6-1,5-7,6-1 (2h21) R32: BYE

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ZHENGZHOU ZHENGZHOU

• Advanced to today’s clash against Svitolina by break- • Currently in sixth place for hard court wins on tour in ing seven times to defeat Zidansek in 1r in three sets 2019 (22-10 record) • Looking to notch her seventh Top 20 win of the • Coming off first SF appearance at US Open, she is season today against No.3 Svitolina – having already playing Zhengzhou back at her career-high ranking recorded wins over the No.1 and No.2 this year. Pre- of No.3, first set in 2017 vious wins in this bracket came over No.5 Stephens • Defeated No.9 Keys in R16 at US Open for 30th win (Sydney), No.20 Bencic (Miami), No.12 Sevastova over a Top 10 player of her career (30-35), and first (Miami), No.1 Osaka (Birmingham), No.2 Osaka of 2019 (Wimbledon) and No.9 Sabalenka (US Open) • In last year’s Asian swing, fell 2r at Wuhan (l. Sa- • Recorded sole win over Svitolina more than seven balenka) and 1r at Beijing (l. Krunic) before advanc- years ago, en route to the final of an ITF Circuit ing to QF at Hong Kong (l. Q.Wang) – then went on event in Dubai to capture biggest title of career to date at the WTA • Began last year’s Asian swing by reaching final Finals in (went 3-0 in RR, d. Bertens in SF at Guangzhou (l. Q.Wang); subsequently fell 1r at and Stephens in F) Beijing (as qualifier, l. Suarez Navarro) and Tianjin (l. • Most notable previous result in China to date was Doi) R-Up finish at the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai in 2016 • At No.36, is the highest ranked of three women from • Currently sits at No.10 on the Porsche Race to Kazakhstan in the Top 100, along with Diyas and Shenzhen leaderboard, and looking to qualify for Rybakina (week of September 9, 2019) the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen – where she is • Coming off run to 3r at US Open, where she upset defending champion – for the third year in a row No.9 seed Sabalenka in 2r before falling to No.23 • One of four Ukrainians in the current Top 100, ahead seed Vekic of Yastremska, Tsurenko and Kozlova (week of Sep- tember 9, 2019) SEASON

• Achieved best US Open result of career to date by SEASON reaching 3r (l. Vekic) • Made 1r exit at the Bronx (l. qualifier, Zhu) • Became first Ukrainian woman in history to reach • Fell 2r at Cincinnati (l. Stephens) after suffering 1r semifinals at US Open (l. S.Williams) exit at Toronto (l. Wozniacki) • Reached R16 at Cincinnati (l. Kenin) • Reached 2r at Wimbledon (d. No.2 Osaka, l. Golubic) • Started US Open Series by reaching QF at San Jose • During grass season withdrew from Nottingham with (l. Sakkari) and Toronto (l. Kenin) viral illness, reached QF at Birmingham (l. Goerges) • At Wimbledon became the first Ukrainian woman to and fell 2r at Eastbourne (l. Bertens) appear in a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual champion • During Birmingham run, recorded career first victory Halep) overcoming a previous 0-4 record in Grand over a reigning world No.1 (d. No.1 Osaka in 2r) Slam QFs • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Peterson) • Fell on opening hurdle at both Birmingham (l. Gas- • Won maiden career title at Nürnberg (d. Zidansek in paryan in 1r) and Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Cornet) F); 3h 22m win over Friedsam in QF was the longest Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) match of the season so far • Suffered 2r exit as defending champion in Rome • Reached R16 at Madrid (l. Barty) – her second con- (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. secutive appearance in R16 at a Premier Mandatory Parmentier) event, first ever coming earlier this season at Miami • Made second career WTA Premier Mandatory SF of • Fell 1r in clay season opener at Rabat (l. Zidansek) at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Andreescu) • Went 1-1 in singles in Kazakhstan’s loss to Great • At Miami fell 2r (after 1r bye, l. Y.Wang) Britain in April’s Fed Cup World Group II play-offs – • Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in d. Boulter, l. Konta final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic • Posted Top 20 wins against seeds Bencic and Sev- after leading 5-3 in the final set) astova en route to R16 at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year • Fell 2r at Indian Wells. Defeat of Babos in 1r in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) snapped four-match losing streak, which began with • Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Bencic) then continued defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) at St Petersburg (l. Martincova), Fed Cup (l. ) and Dubai (l. Tsurenko) YULIA ELINA PUTINTSEVA VS SVITOLINA

SEASON CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Enjoyed QF run at Sydney prior to Australian Open • Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at (as qualifer, l. Bertens). Defeat of No.5 Stephens in 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 2r matched what was, to that point, the best win of during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 career (d. No.5 Cibulkova at 2017 St Petersburg) • In 2018, also won titles at Rome (as defending • Began season falling 1r at Brisbane (l. eventual champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- champion Ka.Pliskova) ing 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 CAREER MILESTONES • At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), • Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, in F) – first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA l. Stephens) and made five further QFs final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogotá (l. Pereira) • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, • Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec- February 6, 2017 following her run to the final in St ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) Petersburg • Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in • Also in 2017 reached QF at Tokyo [] (l. Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) round robin stage with 1-2 record) • In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarter- • In 2017, became first player to win three Premier 5 ti- finals at Roland Garros – or at any major – since tles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since Shvedova in 2012 such tournaments were introduced in 2009 • Also reached SF at two International-level events in • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, (l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 Charleston • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 • Later in season, posted second career win over a spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) • Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventu- • End to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at al champion Larsson) Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen second time (l. Kvitova in F) • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. doubles titles Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven • Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-19 (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) • Other 2016 season highlights included SFs at Dubai, Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow, and QF at Rio Olympics GRAND SLAM HISTORY • 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 • Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland but went on to win title there in both 2013 and 2014) Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 (l. • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008 Keys). Was the first Kazakh to reach QF at Roland • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017 Garros – or at any major – since Shvedova in 2012 (l. QF) • Away from Paris, other key results include 3r at (l. Gasparyan), 3r at 2019 US Open (l. Vekic) and 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. V.Williams), 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2019 (l. Golubic) • A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US Open, ) YULIA ELINA PUTINTSEVA VS SVITOLINA

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Coached by Roman Kislianskii • 2019 US Open marked 29th consecutive Grand Slam • Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan main draw appearance in May 2012 • Tied best Grand Slam result by reaching SF at 2019 • Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior be- US Open, becoming the first Ukrainian woman to fore moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy reach the last four at Flushing Meadows, having also • Tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine Henin – reached this stage at 2019 Wimbledon (l. eventual still watches videos of Henin on YouTube champion Halep) – previous QF record at Slams was • Enjoys dancing, singing, Sudoku, cards and chess 0-4 • Became the first woman from Ukraine to reach a major SF; on the men’s side, Medvedev made that stage at Roland Garros in 1993 (SF) and 1999 (R- Up) • Elsewhere, has posted QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros)

PERSONAL

• Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian • Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family • Coached by Andrew Bettles • Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione • Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per- forming off-court promotional and charitable activities • Launched the Elina Svitolina Foundation on March 18, 2019 with a mission to encourage children, through the sport of tennis, to learn the values of hard work, self-discipline and the importance of giv- ing 100 percent every day in life MATCH NOTES ZHENGZHOU - CHINA | Sep 09 - Sep 15, 2019 | $1,500,000 | PREMIER

SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #38) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #34)

Head to Head: ALISON RISKE leads 3-2

2018 HIROSHIMA HARD O R1 SAISAI ZHENG 7-5 6-4 130 mins 2016 NOTTINGHAM GRASS O SF ALISON RISKE 6-1 7-5 86 mins

2015 TOKYO INTERNATIONAL HARD O R1 SAISAI ZHENG 0-6 6-4 6-1 116 mins 2015 NOTTINGHAM GRASS O R1 ALISON RISKE 6-3 6-4 102 mins 2014 TIANJIN HARD O SF ALISON RISKE 6-0 6-1 62 mins

SAISAI ZHENG ALISON RISKE 38 WTA RANKING 34 34 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 27 05-02-1994 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 03-07-1990 (29) $869,563 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,022,900 $3,232,411 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,114,250 1 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 2 1 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-0 ZHENGZHOU W-L (MD) * 1-0 15-18 / 64-100 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 20-16 / 136-145 6-2 / 22-26 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 11-7 / 49-60 6-2 / 16-10 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 8-9 / 38-50 12-11 / 55-72 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-10 / 76-86 0-1 / 5-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 11-8 0-1 / 2-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 3-11 1-3 / 5-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / 7-27 1-8 / 7-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-6 / 18-49 * Updated entering 2019 Zhengzhou 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #38) ALISON RISKE (USA #34) R32: d. BIBIANE WEIJERS (NED #155) 7-6(4),6-1 (2h06) R32: d. [5] (GER #15) 5-7,6-4,7-6(6) (2h50)

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ZHENGZHOU ZHENGZHOU

• Playing Zhengzhou for the third time, having contest- • Competing in Zhengzhou on a new career high rank- ed the WTA 125K Series event at the same venue in ing of No.34 (week of September 9, 2019); previous 2017 (SF) and 2018 (WON) high was No.36, first achieved in 2017 • Broke serve four times to see off Schoofs in 1r • Currently the US No.6 woman – and one of two • Faces Riske in 2r today; bidding to reach fourth QF Americans in the field this week, alongside Kenin of the year, having previously reached this stage at • Has achieved some of her best results in China (five Hua Hin (QF), Acapulco (QF) and San Jose (WON) of eight career finals reached) – won her maiden • Is the only Chinese player standing from six in start- WTA singles title at Tianjin in 2014, was runner-up ing field (also Duan, Lu, Z.Yang, M.Wang and X.You) there in 2016, and is also a three-time finalist at the • Enters tournament ranked No.38 (one spot off ca- Shenzhen Open reer-high ranking, achieved on August 19, 2019) • Coming off 2r effort at US Open, where she upset • During last year’s Asian swing, fell 2r at Hiroshima, former World No.1 Muguruza in 1r – her best result Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing and Hong Kong, before at her home Slam since reaching R16 in 2013 – be- lifting ITF Circuit title at $100K Suzhou-CHN fore falling to Ostapenko • Owns a fine record on home soil, in addition to three • Passed $4 million mark in career prize money at US WTA 125K Series titles, including here at Zhengzhou Open in 2018, reached her maiden WTA final at 2018 Nan- • Saved 1mp to upset No.15 Kerber in 1r; 12 of her chang and has advanced to three further SFs past 14 matches have now gone to three sets • Faces S.Zheng in 2r today; beat the Chinese player en route to her maiden title at 2014 Tianjin SEASON • Playing doubles this week w/Jurak (d. Ferro/Paquet in 1r) • Suffered 1r exit at US Open (l. V.Williams) • During last year’s Asian swing fell 1r at Hiroshima; • Made 2r at Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) and fell 1r at To- reached QF at Tokyo [PPO], as a qualifier, fell in ronto (l. Maria); rose to career-high ranking of No.37 qualifying at Beijing and fell 1r at Tianjin after Cincinnati (August 19, 2019) • Lifted maiden WTA singles title at San Jose; upset No.23 Anisimova, No.30 Sakkari and No.10 Sabalen- SEASON ka in the final to register her first Top 30 wins since May 2017 (No.10 Svitolina) • On the North American hardcourt swing, reached • Now owns five career Top 10 wins, having previously 2r at Toronto (as qualifier, l. Ka.Pliskova); suffered beaten No.6 Kvitova (via. ret at 2016 Shenzhen), 1r defeat at Cincinnati (as WC, l. Sharapova); and No.2 Kerber (2016 Doha), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 reached 2r at US Open (l. Ostapenko) Olympics) and No.10 Svitolina (2017 Madrid) • Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough with QF run at • On grass, made 1r exits at Mallorca (l. Stosur), East- Wimbledon (d. No.1 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) bourne (l. Vondrousova) and Wimbledon (l. Barty) • In last event before Wimbledon, fell 1r on grass at • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Q.Wang); bounced back Mallorca (l. Badosa) to reach doubles final (w/Duan, l. Babos/Mladenovic) • Won second WTA singles title of career at ‘s-Herto- • Leading into Paris, suffered 1r exit at Rome (l.Mugu- genbosch – d. No.4 Bertens in F, having lost first set ruza) and made 2r at Strasbourg (l. Kostyuk) 6-0 and saved 5mp in second set • Recorded best result at a Premier Mandatory event • Won ninth ITF singles title on grass at $100k ITF/ with R16 run at Madrid (l. Stephens) Surbiton-GBR (d. Rybarikova in F) • Won the new WTA 125K Series clay court event in • Did not win a match during the clay swing, falling 1r Anning, China (d. Zhang in F) at Madrid (l. Konta), Rome (l. Konta), Nürnberg (l. • During the Sunshine Double, made 1r exits at Indian Stojanovic) and Roland Garros (l. Petkovic) Wells (l. Mladenovic) and Miami (l. Siniakova) • Suffered 1r defeat at Monterrey (l. Vickery) • Advanced to QF at Acapulco (l. Andreescu) • ‘Sunshine Double’ brought 1r exit at Indian Wells (l. • Won doubles title at Acapulco w/Azarenka (d. Kraw- Van Uytvanck) and 2r showing at Miami (l. Hsieh) czyk/Olmos in F); fourth career WTA doubles title • Reached R16 at WTA 125K Series event at Indian • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Muguruza) Wells (l. Brady) • Represented China in Asia/Oceania Group I of the • In the Middle East, made 2r at Doha (as LL, l. Goerg- Fed Cup in February, losing singles rubber to Diyas es) and R16 at Dubai (l. Ka.Pliskova) of Kazahkstan in 2-1 the promotional play-off • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Bertens) • Reached QF at Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic) • Opened the season with R-Up finish at Shenzhen (l. • Opened 2019 with 1r losses at Shenzhen (l. Parmen- Sabalenka); now owns 2-6 career record in singles tier) and Australian Open (l. Muguruza) finals, including title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in June ZHENG ALISON SAISAI VS RISKE

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Lifted maiden career title at 2019 San Jose; upset of • Posted sixth consecutive Top 100 season in 2018, Anisimova in SF was her 300th career win (all levels) finishing at No.63 – up from No.70 in 2017; ca- • Posted best year-end finish at No.46 in 2018 – first reer-best year-end finish was No.41 in 2016 Top 50 finish of career, up from No.94 in 2017 • 2018 highlights included R-Up finish at Nürnberg (l. • 2018 season highlights included maiden WTA singles Larsson in F), reaching QF at Hobart (l. Buzarnescu), final at Nanchang (ret. vs. Q.Wang w/abdominal ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe), Mallorca (l. Sto- pain) followed by SF run at Washington DC (l. Vekic) sur) and Tokyo (l. Ka.Pliskova). Also won eighth ITF • Has won three titles on the WTA 125K Series – 2015 Circuit singles title at Surbiton (d. Perrin in F) Dalian, 2018 Zhengzhou and 2019 Anning – with • Reached 3r at 2018 Miami (l. Y.Wang) for her best each of those events being staged in China. Since result at a Premier Mandatory tournament; defeated the tournament level was introduced in 2012, Zheng No.7 Garcia along the way for what was at the time has won more matches at WTA 125K Series events fifth career Top 10 win than any other WTA Player. She owns a 43-15 record • 2017 highlights include R-Up at 2017 Shenzhen (l. at WTA 125K Series events; the next most wins Siniakova, having defeated No.3 A.Radwanska en belong to Luksika Kumkhum (31-16) route – at the time was best win by ranking of career) • Also won 11th ITF title in 2018 at $100k ITF/Su- • Since then has scored two further Top 5 wins, over zhou-CHN No.4 Bertens at 2019 ‘s-Hertogenbosch and No.1 • Registered five tour-level wins in 2017, as injury end- Barty at 2019 Wimbledon ed her season prematurely; right knee injury forced • Member of Fed Cup winning USA team in 2017 her to miss all tournaments after 2017 US Open • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2014 Tianjin without • Highlights of 2016 season included SF run at Not- dropping a set (d. Bencic in F) tingham (d. Konta in 2r, l. Riske) and first Premier • Made Top 100 debut on July 22, 2013 (No.96) QF at Stanford (l. eventual champion Konta in 3s) • Reached first WTA semifinal at 2010 Birmingham (as and Doha, defeating No.2 Kerber in 2r; l. eventual qualifier, l. Sharapova) runner-up Ostapenko • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston • In beating Kerber, became fourth Chinese woman to • Winner of nine singles and one doubles title on ITF defeat a Top 2-ranked player, after Li Na (six wins), Circuit Zheng Jie (three wins) and Zhang Shuai (two wins) • At Rio Olympics, reached 2r in singles (l. Kasatkina) and 2r in doubles (w/Xu, l. Errani/Vinci) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • In doubles, reached final at 2016 Shenzhen (w/Xu) • Best Grand Slam result was QF run at 2019 Wimble- and SF at 2016 Australian Open (w/Xu; l. Hlavacko- don (d. No.1 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams); was the first va/Hradecka). Was second SF at Australian Open – woman in Wimbledon history to go to three sets in also 2013 (w/Lepchenko) every match from 1r to QF • Won first WTA Premier doubles title at 2015 Stan- • Also produced R16 showing at 2013 US Open (d. ford (w/Xu); now owns four tour-level doubles titles, No.10 Kvitova en route, l. Hantuchova) having also won at 2011 Guangzhou (w/Hsieh), 2015 • Has fallen 3r at Australian Open in 2014 (l. Kerber) Tianjin (w/Xu) and 2019 Acapulco (w/Azarenka) and at Wimbledon three times (2013-14, 2017) • Owns five Top 10 wins, over No.6 Kvitova (via. ret • Reached 2r on debut at Roland Garros in 2014 but is at 2016 Shenzhen), No.2 Kerber (2016 Doha), No.5 yet to go further in Paris A.Radwanska (2016 Olympics), No.10 Svitolina (2017 Madrid) and No.10 Sabalenka (2019 San Jose) • Reached first WTA singles QF at Hong Kong in Sep- PERSONAL tember 2014, and first WTA SF at Tianjin in October 2014 • Coached by Billy Heiser • Selected by fans to participate in the 2014 WTA Ris- • Earned tennis scholarship to Vanderbilt University ing Stars Invitational as part of the WTA Finals in summer 2009, but after good results and finding • Has enjoyed success on WTA 125K Series, high- financial backing decided to pursue tennis full time lighted by wins at 2015 Dalian, 2018 Zhengzhou and and turned pro two weeks before classes were due 2019 Anning; R-Up at 2013 Suzhou and 2018 Anning to begin • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2008 • Parents, Albert and Carol, are retired. Earlier in career was coached by her sister, Sarah McGlamery; also has a brother, Daniel • Married Stephen Amritraj in Alison’s hometown of Pittsburgh after 2019 Wimbledon ZHENG ALISON SAISAI VS RISKE

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Owns main draw wins at three of the four majors, with Roland Garros the only Slam where she has yet to secure a main draw victory • Reached 2r at Wimbledon for the first time in 2018 • Also advanced to 2r at US Open in 2014, 2016 and 2017, and Australian Open in 2016 • In doubles, was R-Up at 2019 Roland Garros (w/ Duan, l. Babos/Mladenovic). Also reached SF at Australian Open in 2013 (w/Lepchenko l. Barty/Del- lacqua) and 2016 (w/Xu, l. Hlavackova/Hradecka)

PERSONAL

• Started playing tennis at age 8 at tennis academy where mother worked • Coached by Goran Tosic • Proud mother of her puppy, Yuan Bao

MATCH NOTES ZHENGZHOU - CHINA | Sep 09 - Sep 15, 2019 | $1,500,000 | PREMIER

[3] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) vs. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #46)

Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads 2-0

2018 SEOUL HARD O F KIKI BERTENS 7-6(2) 4-6 6-2 143 mins 2017 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 KIKI BERTENS 4-6 6-1 6-1 91 mins

KIKI BERTENS AJLA TOMLJANOVIC 8 WTA RANKING 46 9 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 51 10-12-1991 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-05-1993 (26) $2,635,549 YTD PRIZE MONEY $597,033 $9,157,673 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,714,028 2 / 9 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 10 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-0 ZHENGZHOU W-L (MD) * 1-0 43-18 / 197-151 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 22-22 / 93-110 11-11 / 53-58 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-10 / 38-44 7-8 / 40-46 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-9 / 32-31 17-10 / 81-94 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-11 / 56-64 6-2 / 22-11 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 4-11 3-2 / 9-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-4 6-2 / 21-22 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-5 / 2-10 9-5 / 32-41 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-8 / 5-32 * Updated entering 2019 Zhengzhou 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[3] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #46) R32: BYE R32: d. LESLEY KERKHOVE (NED #168) 6-2,6-0 (0h58)

"-Q" Qualifying match

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ZHENGZHOU ZHENGZHOU

• Playing in Zhengzhou for first time in career where • Playing in Zhengzhou for first time in career she is into the 2r after 1r bye • Dropped only two games in 58min win over Kerk- • Attempting to make 10th QF appearance of the year hove in 1r • Faces No.43 Tomjlanovic today - beat the Australian • Faces No.8 Bertens in search of second Top 10 win to lift title in Seoul last year this year - also beat No.9 Sabalenka in Miami • Owns 27-9 record against players outside the Top 40 • Highest career and only other Top 10 win came over this year - last lost to No.65 V.Williams in Cincinnati No.3 Radwanska in 3r of 2014 Roland Garros • Recorded third most wins on tour this year with • Although has not won a match over the Dutch wom- 43-19 record - trails only Ka.Pliskova and Barty who an in their two meetings, has forced three sets in each have 45 each matchup • One of the stronger servers on tour with 357 aces on • Last match against Top 10 player came in 1r defeat the year (second only behind Ka.Pliskova with 423) at the hand of No.3 Halep at Roland Garros this year and winning 62% of service points, 72.2% first serve - also forced a deciding third set in that match points, 76.5% service games • Second on tour in break point conversion at 52.4% in • Tied for fourth most three set matches in 2019 with 44 matches - only trails Kozlova with 55.6% who has 22 (tied with Kenin) behind Ka.Pliskova (28) and only played 21 matches Bencic and Hsieh who are tied with 23 • Owns 11-11 record on hard courts this year - made • Owns 17-10 record on hard courts this year high- final in Huan Hin (l. Yastremska) and QF in Brisbane lighted by title run in St. Petersburg (d. Vekic) and SF (l. eventual champion Ka. Pliskova) appearance in Sydney (l. Barty) • In addition to final run in Seoul last year where she • Went 10-4 in Asian swing last year highlighted by title lost to today’s opponent, also reached QF at 2018 run in Seoul and SF result at WTA Finals (l. eventual Hiroshima (l. eventual champion Hsieh) and exited 1r champion Svitolina) of 2018 Tianjin (l. Hsieh) • Although considered a clay specialist, has won three of her nine titles on hard courts (2018 Cincinnati, 2018 Seoul, 2019 St. Petersburg) SEASON • Has hoisted the title every time she has reached a final on hard court with 3-0 record • Coming off 2r exit at US Open (l. Kontaveit) • After coming through qualifying in Toronto fell 1r to SEASON teenager Swiatek • Fell 1r at San Jose to qualifer Ahn • Reached 2r at Wimbledon (d. Kasatkina, l. Azarenka) • Coming off 3r exit at US Open (l. Goerges) • Opened grass court season with QF run at Notting- • Fell at 2r as defending champion at Cincinnati (after ham (l. Maria), before falling 2r at Mallorca (l. Sev- 1r bye, l. V. Williams) and at Toronto (l. eventual astova) and 1r at Eastbourne (l. Alexandrova) champion Andreescu) • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Halep in 3s) • Reached fourth final of 2019 at Palermo (l. Teich- • Posted 2r showings at Rome (l. eventual champion mann). Has now reached four finals the last two Ka.Pliskova) and Nürnberg (l. Zidansek) years. In 2018, won Charleston, Cincinnati and • Made 1r exit at Madrid (l. Buzarnescu). Also during Seoul, and finished R-Up at Madrid start of European clay court swing, made SF at Ra- • Upset in 3r of Wimbledon (l. Strycova) bat (l. Konta) and fell 1r at Istanbul (l. Vondrousova) • Posted SF appearance at Eastbourne (l. eventual • Opened clay court season by advancing to R16 at champion Ka.Pliskova) Charleston (l. Stephens) • Recorded a final run on home soil in ‘s-Hertogen- • Reached 3r at Miami (l. Kontaveit) and 2r at Indian bosch, could not convert five championship points in Wells (l. Sabalenka) loss to Riske • Fell 1r at both Doha (l. Goerges) and Dubai (l. • At Roland Garros, retired from 2r match against S.Zheng) Kuzmova due to gastrointestinal illness • Reached the second WTA final of her career at Hua • SF showing at Rome (l. Konta – after coming within Hin (l. Yastremska in F) two points of victory) • Fell in 1r of Australian Open (l. Konta) • Won ninth career title at Madrid, defeating four Grand • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. Slam champions en route (Ostapenko, Kvitova, eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova, then fell 1r the following Stephens and Halep in F). Also first woman to win week at Sydney (l. Giorgi) Madrid title without dropping a set • Reached career high ranking of World No.4 on May 13 (after Madrid title run) KIKI AJLA BERTENS VS TOMLJANOVIC

SEASON CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted SF run at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Kvi- • Return to form and fitness in 2018 was marked by tova); d. No.5 Kerber in QF for first Top 5 win of 2019 first career Top 50 finish, at No.46, and second and • Fell in R16 (Sakkari) during Charleston title defense third WTA singles finals at Rabat (l. Mertens) and • Posted R16 showings at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) Seoul (l. Bertens) and Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) • Elsewhere in 2018, at Monterrey, made first WTA QF • In Middle East, reached QF at Doha (l. eventual appearance since 2015 (Tokyo [Japan Open]) before champion Mertens) and fell 2r at Dubai (after 1r bye, falling to the eventual champion, Muguruza. Reached l. Kuzmova - held 1mp in third set tie-break) three other QFs last season, at Mallorca, San Jose • Won eighth career title - and third at Premier level and Hiroshima - at St. Petersburg (d. Vekic in F) • Opened 2016 season at Brisbane and Australian • Made 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Open, but thereafter underwent shoulder surgery and • Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). was off tour until 2017 Acapulco (early March) Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous • Finished 2016 season at No.930 results were QF runs at 2016-17 Hobart • Advanced to 2r at comeback event at 2017 Acapul- • Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (l. Vekic, co, defeating Bouchard in 1r – her first main draw having held 2mp at 5-4 in final set) win since September 2015 at Tokyo [Japan Open] – before retiring vs. Flipkens in 2r (w/shoulder injury CAREER MILESTONES • Returned to No.151 by end of 2017 season, helped by 3r run at Miami (l. Safarova) and 2r efforts at US Open (l. Krunic) and Linz (l. Buzarnescu) • Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a ca- • On ITF Circuit, finished R-Up in final event of 2017 at reer-best four singles finals across the season and $100k ITF/Dubai-UAE (l. Bencic) and also reached fi- breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) – first nals at $60k ITF/Sacramento (l. Anisimova), CA-USA Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Bren- and $80k Waco, TX-USA (l. Townsend) da Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 • Made first WTA final of career in 2015, finishing R-Up • Won the WTA’s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 at Pattaya City (l. Hantuchova in 3s) – previously, • Lifted three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges had never been past the QF at any WTA event in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F – saved • Reached first Premier-level QF of career in 2015, at 1mp) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one Stanford (l. No.11 Ka.Pliskova). Other notable results further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova) in 2015 were SF run at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. even- • Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Pri- tual champion Wickmayer) and QF at Strasbourg (l. or to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career eventual champion Stosur) • Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) • Improved ranking from No.453 to No.78 in 2013 sea- • Season highlights in 2017 were titles at Nürnberg son – biggest jump of any player in Top 100 and Gstaad. Also` posted SF run at 2017 Rome (l. • Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2007. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. WTA main draw at 2009 Indian Wells (as WC, l. 1r) Sevastova) - first QF at Premier Mandatory level • Owns five wins over Top 20 opponents: No.9 Sabak- • Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached lenka (2019 Miami), No.13 Vesnina (2017 Miami), on April 16, 2018) No.18 Keys (2015 Stanford), No.16 Jankovic (2015 • Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump Brisbane) and No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Roland from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 Garros) • Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio • As a junior, achieved career-high ranking of No.4 in Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani) singles and No.4 in doubles. Member of Croatia’s • Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, victorious junior Fed Cup team in 2009 claiming the singles and doubles • Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance; currently owns 9-2 career record in singles finals • Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs) • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r) • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level • Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017 KIKI AJLA BERTENS VS TOMLJANOVIC

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contested 30th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US • 2019 Wimbledon marks 20th Grand Slam main draw Open where she tied her career best result of 3r at appearance. Made debut at 2013 Wimbledon (as Flushing Meadows (l. Goerges) qualifier, l. Bojanovski) • Best result across the Slams came with SF run at • Best Grand Slam result to date was R16 run at 2014 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) Roland Garros (d. No.32 seed Vesnina in 2r and • Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by No.3 seed A.Radwanska in 3r, l. Suárez Navarro) reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. • Has also reached 2r at Australian Open twice, in Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at 2014 (l. Stephens) and 2015 (l. Lepchenko), at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 Wimbledon in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2019, and • In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian at US Open in 2013 (as qualifier, l. Cornet), 2017 (l. Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Krunic) and 2018 (l. Siniakova) Open (l. Vondrousova) • Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/Larsson, l. Goerges/ Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic) PERSONAL • Began new coaching partnership with Dieter Kindlmann in Charleston this year and fitness trainer PERSONAL is father Ratko Tomljanovic • Started playing tennis at age 7 (introduced by sister) • Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter; • Announced in 2014 she would switch nationalities brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into coach- from Croatia to Australia (first at 2014 US Open) ing team during off-season • Moved to Brisbane in November 2014 with Australian • In November 2018, announced engagement to residency; parted ways with coach David Taylor in boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as June 2015 part of her team as a physio and fitness coach • After her triumph in Madrid, Kiki reached a ca- reer-high singles ranking of World No.4 and became the highest-ranked Dutchwoman in history • Fan-voted as May 2019 WTA Player of the Month • Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy • Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters