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Final Match-Up DAILY MATCH NOTES: VOLVO CAR OPEN CHARLESTON, SC, USA | APRIL 3-9, 2017 |USD$776,000 PREMIER EVENT WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: www.volvocaropen.com | @VolvoCarOpen | facebook.com/VolvoCarsOpen WTA Communications: Kate Goff ([email protected]) Onsite Media Desk: + 1 843 471 1790 VOLVO CAR OPEN – FINAL MATCH-UP JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) Ostapenko leads 2-0 (1-0 at main draw, tour level) A LOOK AT THE FINAL FOUR CHARLESTON YTD CAREER YTD CAREER YTD CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE W-L (MD)* W/L* W/L* PRIZE $ PRIZE $^ TITLES TITLES Daria Kasatkina 42 RUS 19 8-1 11-8 133-56 168,252 1,307,081 0 0 Jelena Ostapenko 66 LAT 19 5-0 13-7 148-80 213,364 1,147,658 0 0 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament FINAL HISTORIES BEST CHARLESTON LAST FINAL CAREER PLAYER BEST 2017 RESULT RESULT REACHED (final result) F W/L FINAL (1): Charleston; QF (2) Daria Kasatkina FINAL (1): 2017 N/A 0-0 Sydney, Doha FINAL (1): Charleston; SF (1): Jelena Ostapenko FINAL (1): 2017 2016 Dubai (R-UP) 0-2 Auckland FINAL QUICK HITS • Unseeded teenagers Daria Kasatkina and Jelena Ostapenko will contest the 45th Volvo Car Open, each aiming to become the 25th different player to lift the title • The last time none of the 16 seeds reached the final was in 2002, when Iva Majoli defeated Patty Schnyder • Both finalists are appearing at this stage at Charleston for the first time • Jelena Ostapenko is the first Charleston debutante to make the final since Jana Cepelova did so in 2014 • Both Kasatkina and Ostapenko are aged 19 – this is the first all-teenage final on tour since Petra Kvitova faced off against Yanina Wickmayer in Linz in 2009. The last teenager to win a WTA title was Océane Dodin at Québec City last September • The winner of today’s final will be the sixth teenager to be crowned Charleston champion, joining Chris Evert (1974), Tracy Austin (1979, 1980), Stefanie Graf (1986, 1987, 1989), Martina Hingis (1997, 1999) and Sabine Lisicki (2009) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 DAILY MATCH NOTES: VOLVO CAR OPEN CHARLESTON, SC, USA | APRIL 3-9, 2017 |USD$776,000 PREMIER EVENT • Kasatkina is the seventh different Russian* to reach the Charleston final, following in the footsteps of Anna Kournikova (1999, R-Up), Elena Dementieva (2005, R-Up), Nadia Petrova (2006, Champion), Dinara Safina (2007, R-Up), Vera Zvonareva (2008, 2010, R-Up) and Elena Vesnina (2011, 2016, R-Up). Ostapenko, meanwhile, is the first Latvian to contest the championship match • Ostapenko is through to her first WTA final on clay, and third in total: she finished runner-up at Québec City in 2015 and Doha in 2016 • Kasatkina is appearing in her maiden WTA final, having lost her two previous career semifinals, at 2015 Moscow and 2016 St. Petersburg • Kasatkina has conceded three sets and 35 games in her five matches en route to the final. Ostapenko has dropped two sets and 37 games * Natasha Zvereva (1989) and Leila Meskhi (1991) both finished as runner-up whilst representing the Soviet Union RANKING PROJECTIONS • By reaching the final, Daria Kasatkina will rise to No.35 and could go as high as No.28 with the title • Jelena Ostapenko will return to the Top 50 by reaching the final and will reach the Top 45 by lifting the trophy PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN RANK RANK SINGLES USD $ DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 132,380 470 Winner 41,650 470 Runner-Up 70,460 305 Runner-Up 22,055 305 Semifinalist 34,732 185 Semifinalist 12,133 185 Quarterfinalist 17,858 100 Quarterfinalist 6,175 100 Round of 16 9,254 55 Round of 16 3,354 1 Round of 32 4,738 30 Round of 64 2,434 1 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 MATCH NOTES CHARLESTON - USA, SC | Apr 03 - Apr 09, 2017 | $776,000 | PREMIER JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads 2-0 (1-0 at tour level) 2016 EASTBOURNE GRASS O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO 4-6 6-2 6-3 119 mins 2015 $100k ITF/TRNAVA 2-SVK CLAY O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO 6-3 6-1 N/A JELENA OSTAPENKO DARIA KASATKINA 66 WTA RANKING 42 48 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 51 08-06-1997 (19) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-05-1997 (19) $213,364 YTD PRIZE MONEY $168,252 $1,147,658 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,307,081 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 5-0 CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * 8-1 13-7 / 39-37 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 11-8 / 51-36 3-4 / 11-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-3 / 21-17 2-2 / 10-5 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-4 / 5-8 5-0 / 7-4 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 5-0 / 15-8 0-2 / 2-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 4-11 1-2 / 4-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 7-16 0-0 / 3-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 4-2 * Updated entering 2017 Charleston F ROAD TO THE FINAL JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) SF: d. [11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) 6-3,5-7,6-4 (2h06) SF: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) 3-6,6-2,6-1 (2h18) QF: d. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) 6-2,6-4 (1h26) QF: d. [10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) 6-4,6-1 (1h12) R16: d. [Q] FANNY STOLLAR (HUN #282) 6-1,1-0 Ret'd (0h38) R16: d. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27) 6-3,4-6,6-0 (2h17) R32: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #91) 6-2,4-6,6-2 (1h55) R32: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #40) 6-0,6-7(3),6-2 (2h01) R64: d. ANA BOGDAN (ROU #119) 6-4,6-2 (1h13) R64: d. DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #82) 6-1,6-2 (0h59) Total games: 101 Total games: 108 Won/lost: 64-37 Won/lost: 73-35 Sets won/lost: 10-2 Sets won/lost: 10-3 Total time on court: 7h18 Total time on court: 8h47 Average time on court: 1h28 Average time on court: 1h45 Average rank of opponent: 105 Average rank of opponent: 44 CHARLESTON Tournament History DARIA KASATKINA 2016 QF L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #25) 6-1 5-7 7-5 R16 W - LOUISA CHIRICO (USA #126) 6-0 6-4 R2 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #79) 6-1 6-1 R1 W - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #66) 6-2 6-1 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from Ostapenko: Making debut appearance at Charleston Has reached her first WTA final on clay, and is first final at a WTA event since 2016 Doha Is the first Charleston debutante to make the final since Cepelova (l. Petkovic in F) did so in 2014 Defeated Bogdan and Sakkari en route to R16, where she advanced to QF following Stoller retirement w/left thigh injury – was winning 6-1 1-0 at the time Upset No.12 Wozniacki in QF to improve lifetime record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents to 4-11; previous wins coming over No.9 Suárez Navarro (2015 Wimbledon), No.8 Kvitova (2016 Doha) and No.11 Kvitova (2016 Birmingham) In SF knocked out the last remaining seed, No.11 Lucic-Baroni, in three sets Faces fellow 19-year-old Kasatkina today in final; this is the first unseeded Charleston final since 2002 (Majoli d. Schnyder) and the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) Bidding to become sixth teenager to be crowned Charleston champion, joining Evert (1974), Austin (1979, 1980), Graf (1986, 1987, 1989), Hingis (1997, 1999) and Lisicki (2009) In doubles w/Atawo reached SF here this week (l. Hradecka/Siniakova) Coming off reaching 2r at Indian Wells (l. Cibulkova) and 1r exit at Miami (l. Brengle) In February, posted back-to-back 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Vekic) and Dubai (l. Wang) before making QF at Acapulco (d. eventual champion Tsurenko) Posted best result across the Grand Slams by reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova – was serving for the match on two occasions). As a result posted new career-high ranking of No.33 (week of January 30, 2017) Prior to 2017 Australian Open, best result at Slam level was making 2r at 2015 Wimbledon and US Open. Fell 1r at 2016 Roland Garros in only main draw appearance in Paris Opened 2017 in strong fashion by reaching SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis via ret. w/viral illness) Ended 2016 ranked No.44 for her second consecutive Top 100 year-end finish 2016 season highlight was reaching biggest final of career to date at Premier-5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro). Is 0-2 in WTA singles finals, after also finishing R-Up at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur) Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014).
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