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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)

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• 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

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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

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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). Having leapt 229 spots, was second-highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots)

 Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012. Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles  Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak)

 Latvian Fed Cup Team, 2013-16; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016

 Second-highest ranked Latvian woman of two in Top 100, after Anastasija Sevastova (as of April 3, 2017)

 Won junior Wimbledon singles title in 2014 (d. Kristina Schmiedlova in F)

 Mother and coach is Jelena Jakovleva; father and fitness trainer is Jevgenijs Ostapenko

 Half-brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there now)

 Introduced to tennis at age five by mother

 Favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard

 Speaks Russian, Latvian and English

 Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis

 Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years

Kasatkina:

 Making second appearance at Charleston. This week has improved on 2016’s debut QF run (l. eventual champion

Stephens 61 57 75)

 In 1r defeated Kovinic in under an hour to snap a four-match losing streak. Overcame Puig in 2r to register back-to-back

wins for third time this season (also at Sydney and Doha)

 In R16 saw off No.9 seed and doubles partner Gavrilova; playing together this week in Charleston fell 1r (l. No.2 seeds

Mirza/Hlavackova)

 Upset No.10 seed Begu on Friday and Defeated Siegemund in SF to reach first career final; previous best showings at WTA events were SFs on home soil, at 2015 Moscow and 2016 St. Petersburg

 Faces fellow 19-year-old Ostapenko today in 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)

 Is seventh Russian to reach Charleston final (also Kournikova – 1999, R-Up, Dementieva – 2005, R-Up, Petrova – 2006,

Champion, Safina – 2007, R-Up, Zvonareva – 2008, 2010, R-Up and Vesnina – 2011, 2016, R-Up)

 Coming off 1r exits at Miami (l. Rogers) and Indian Wells (l. Kr.Pliskova)  Also fell 1r at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki)

 Reached QF at Doha (l. Puig); scored second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber in 2r

 Defeat of No.2 Kerber was second career win over a Top 5 opponent (overall record is 2-4)

 Also defeated the German when she was ranked World No.1 earlier this year at Sydney (R16). Became sixth teenager to

defeat a World No.1 since the beginning of 2009:

Teenager Age Reigning No.1 Tournament Round Score Daria Kasatkina 19 Angelique Kerber 2017 Sydney R16 7-6(5) 6-2 Belinda Bencic 18 Serena Williams 2015 Toronto S 3-6 7-5 6-4 Christina McHale 19 Caroline Wozniacki 2011 Cincinnati R32 6-4 7-5 Chang Kai-Chen 18 Dinara Safina 2009 Tokyo [PPO] R32 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 Petra Kvitova 19 Dinara Safina 2009 US Open R32 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) Victoria Azarenka 19 Serena Williams 2009 Miami F 6-3 6-1

 Defeat of No.1 Kerber was first such victory over a reigning No.1; is now 1-1 vs. No.1 players (l. S.Williams at 2016

Australian Open 3r)

 In February made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (l. No.115 and countrywoman Vikhlyantseva). Was first loss to a player outside

Top 100 since 2016 Linz (l. No.102 Allertova)

 Posted 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Peng). Enjoyed highest seeding at a Slam in Melbourne (No.23)

 Opened 2017 season with a 2r exit at Brisbane (l. Muguruza) and QF showing at Sydney (d. No.1 Kerber in R16, l. eventual

champion Konta)

 Owns a 4-11 record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.7 V.Williams (2016 Auckland), No.8 Vinci (2016

Montreal), No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha)

 Ended 2016 at career-best No.27, up from No.72 in 2015. Also posted new career-high ranking in 2016, at No.24 (week of

August 15, 2016)

 2016 highlights include reaching second WTA SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells

(l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held MPs), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys)

and Moscow (l. Goerges)

 In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/Vesnina), finishing as R-Up w/Gavrilova (l.

Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza’s 41-match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/Vesnina)

 In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Serena Williams), Roland Garros (l. Bertens

10-8 in third set. Was also first time seeded at a Slam) and Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Fell 1r at US Open (l. Wang)

 2015 saw her reach her first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14

Suárez Navarro in QF)  QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at WTA-level tournament

 Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven

 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

 Won Roland Garros junior title in 2014 (d. Jorovic in F)

 Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia

 Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her

fitness trainer and travels with her

 Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree

 Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

 Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC

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VOLVO CAR OPEN - SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS

LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) Kasatkina leads 3-0 (1-0 at main draw, tour level)

[11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) Ostapenko leads 1-0

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 [11] Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 23 CRO 35 8-6 17-6 395-312 833,594 3,839,618 0 3 Laura Siegemund 37 GER 29 7-2 5-7 403-260 122,996 1,317,581 0 1 Daria Kasatkina 42 RUS 19 7-1 10-8 132-56 168,252 1,307,081 0 0 Jelena Ostapenko 66 LAT 19 4-0 12-7 147-80 213,364 1,147,658 0 0 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD to HEADS

SIEGEMUND KASATKINA LUCIC-BARONI Siegemund leads 2-1 First meeting OSTAPENKO First meeting Ostapenko leads 2-0

SEMIFINAL QUICK HITS • Only one of the original 16 seeds has reached the semifinals – No.11 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. This is the fewest number of seeds to reach this stage since the draw was increased to 64 players in 1980 • All four semifinalists are appearing at this stage in Charleston for the first time • Jelena Ostapenko is the first Charleston debutante to make the semifinals since Belinda Bencic and Jana Cepelova did so in 2014 • Lucic-Baroni, 35, is the oldest player remaining in the draw. At 19 years old, Ostapenko is the youngest • Ostapenko (No.66) is the only player ranked outisde the Top 50 to progress to the last four • Laura Siegemund is appearing in her fourth career WTA semifinal – the previous three all came in 2016 and were all on clay (Stuttgart, Bucharest and Bastad)

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• Former Roland Garros junior champion Daria Kasatkina, meanwhile, is appearing in her first clay court semifinal at a WTA event. She is also bidding to reach her first final on any surface, having lost her two previous career semifinals, at 2015 Moscow and 2016 St. Petersburg • Ostapenko is through to her maiden WTA semifinal on clay, and first semifinal at a WTA Premier event since finishing runner-up at Doha in 2016 • None of the final four have reached a final in 2017; Lucic-Baroni (Australian Open and Acapulco) and Ostapenko (Auckland) are the only ones to have previously made semifinal appearances

RANKING PROJECTIONS • Mirjana Lucic-Baroni is guaranteed to reach the Top 20 for the first time by reaching the Charleston final. Even with a semifinal defeat, she could make her debut if Caroline Garcia fails to win the Monterrey title • Laura Siegemund will return to the Top 30 should she reach the final and can go as high as No.28 by lifting the trophy • By reaching the semifinals, Daria Kasatkina will rise to No.38. She will go to No.35 with a runner-up finish and No.28 with the title • Jelena Ostapenko will return to the Top 50 by reaching the final • Despite falling to Shelby Rogers in the second round at Charleston, Madison Keys will return to the Top 10 on Monday, swapping places with fellow American and current No.10 Venus Williams

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

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LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42)

Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads 3-0 (1-0 at tour level)

2016 ST. PETERSBURG HARD I R16 DARIA KASATKINA 6-3 6-4 84 mins 2015 $50k ITF/SAINT MALO-FR CLAY O F DARIA KASATKINA 7-5 7-6(4) N/A 2015 $25k ITF/P HARBOR-USA CLAY O R16 DARIA KASATKINA 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) N/A

LAURA SIEGEMUND DARIA KASATKINA 37 WTA RANKING 42 152 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 51 04-03-1988 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-05-1997 (19) $122,996 YTD PRIZE MONEY $168,252 $1,317,581 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,307,081 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 7-2 CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * 7-1 5-7 / 40-36 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 10-8 / 50-36 3-3 / 14-13 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 20-17 2-6 / 6-14 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-4 / 5-8 4-0 / 26-13 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 14-8 1-1 / 5-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 4-11 1-1 / 6-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 7-16 1-0 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 4-2 * Updated entering 2017 Charleston SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINAL

LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) QF: d. [8] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #26) 6-2,6-4 (1h20) QF: d. [10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) 6-4,6-1 (1h12) R16: d. [15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) 6-2,6-3 (1h20) R16: d. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27) 6-3,4-6,6-0 (2h17) R32: d. [3] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-4,6-7(3),7-5 (3h02) R32: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #40) 6-0,6-7(3),6-2 (2h01) R64: d. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #41) 6-7(6),6-2,7-6(4) (3h18) R64: d. DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #82) 6-1,6-2 (0h59)

Total games: 104 Total games: 84 Won/lost: 62-42 Won/lost: 58-26 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Total time on court: 9h0 Total time on court: 6h29 Average time on court: 2h15 Average time on court: 1h37 Average rank of opponent: 26 Average rank of opponent: 46

CHARLESTON Tournament History * Qualifying match

LAURA SIEGEMUND DARIA KASATKINA 2016 2016 QF L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #85) 7-5 6-4 QF L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #25) 6-1 5-7 7-5 R16 W - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #74) 7-5 6-2 R16 W - LOUISA CHIRICO (USA #126) 6-0 6-4 R2 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #22) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 R2 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #79) 6-1 6-1

R1 W - PATRICIA MARIA TIG (ROU #131) 4-6 6-3 6-3 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 MATCH NOTES CHARLESTON - USA, SC | Apr 03 - Apr 09, 2017 | $776,000 | PREMIER

2015

R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #36) 6-2 7-6(5) R2* W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #152) 6-0 6-1 R1* W - FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #243) 6-1 7-5

Siegemund:

 Making third appearance at Charleston. Has posted best result here at Volvo Car Open by reaching SF, bettering 2016’s QF run (l. eventual R-Up Vesnina), which was first Premier-level QF of career. On debut in 2015, suffered 1r exit (as qualifier, l. Begu)

 In opening match here on Tuesday, overcame Tsurenko on a third-set tie-break to register the 400th win (all levels) of her career. Was just her second win in singles of 2017 season, and snapped streak of three consecutive losses

 Defeated No.10 V.Williams in 2r, saving 2 match points. Result improves lifetime record vs. Top 10 players to 5-6 (and now 1-1 in 2017). Other wins were over No.6 Halep, No.8 Vinci and No.2 A.Radwanska (all coming at 2016 Stuttgart) and No.10 Bacsinszky (2016 Luxembourg via ret. – only Top 10 win not on clay)

 Also upset No,15 seed Safarova in R16 – had never previously beaten a left-handed player in three matches at tour level

 Saw off No.8 seed Sevastova to register her third Top 30 win of the week

 Faces Kasatkina today; has lost all three career meetings with the Russian teenager, including twice on clay on the ITF Circuit in 2015

 Coming off back-to-back exits at Indian Wells (l. Wickmayer) and Miami (l. Duan)

 During Middle Eastern swing in February, fell 1r at Doha (l. Puig) and made 2r at Dubai (d. Soler-Espinosa, l. Bellis). Defeat of Soler-Espinosa was first singles win of 2017 at fifth event contested

 Also in February was in Fed Cup action for Germany – was forced to retire w/left arm injury in doubles dead rubber (w/Witthoeft, l. Mattek-Sands/Rogers) as USA won tie 4-0 in World Group

 Opened 2017 with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Zhang), Sydney (l. Cibulkova) and Australian Open (l. Jankovic)

 Ended 2016 at No.31 for best year-end finish of career (up from No.90 in 2015)

 Season highlights were winning maiden WTA singles title at Bastad (d. Siniakova in F) and the 2016 US Open mixed doubles title with Mate Pavic

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 Matched best Grand Slam singles by reaching 3r at 2016 US Open. Also reached this stage at 2016 Australian Open (l. Beck)

 Posted a 14-3 win-loss record between 2016 Wimbledon and US Open, winning maiden singles title at Bastad (d. Siniakova in F) and reaching SF at Bucharest (l. Sevastova) on clay, before advancing to QF at Rio Olympics (l. eventual gold medalist Puig) and 3r at the US Open (l. V.Williams)

 Entering 2016, had posted just six tour-level main draw wins in career. Two of those wins were over players ranked outside Top 150 (No.170 Melnikova and No.217 Kostova, both at 2015 Florianopolis). By comparison, had 30 main draw wins in 2016

 2015 season highlights included reaching first WTA QF on clay at Florianopolis (l. eventual champion Pereira) and second QF at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Voegele)

 Owns three WTA doubles titles: 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Muhammad), 2015 Florianopolis (w/Beck) and 2015 Luxembourg (w/Barthel); runner-up at 2015 Marrakech (w/Zanevska) and 2016 Mallorca (w/Friedsam)

 On ITF Circuit, owns 11 singles and 20 doubles titles

 Studying at the Fern Uni Hagen in Germany for a BA Science Psychology – very close to graduating – hopes to become a psychologist later in life

 Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2002 but didn’t make tour-level main draw debut until 2010 Bastad (as qualifier, l. Rus 1r)

 Began playing tennis at age three

 Born in Stuttgart area, but spent parts of childhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ages 4-7) and Jakarta, Indonesia (ages 9-10)

 Father, Harro is an engineer; mother is Brigitta, sister is Satu and brother is Arlen

 Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf

 Coach is Markus Gentner and physio is Wilfried Lenz

Kasatkina:

 Making second appearance at Charleston. This week has improved on 2016’s debut QF run (l. eventual champion

Stephens 61 57 75)

 In 1r defeated Kovinic in under an hour to snap a four-match losing streak. Overcame Puig in 2r to register back-to-back

wins for third time this season (also at Sydney and Doha)  In R16 saw off No.9 seed and doubles partner Gavrilova; playing together this week in Charleston fell 1r (l. No.2 seeds

Mirza/Hlavackova)

 Defeated No.10 seed Begu on Friday to reach the third semifinal of her career, and first outside Russia (previous two at

2015 Moscow and 2016 St. Petersburg)

 Faces Siegemund today; has won all three career meetings with the German, including twice on clay on the ITF Circuit

 Coming off 1r exits at Miami (l. Rogers) and Indian Wells (l. Kr.Pliskova)

 Also fell 1r at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki)

 Reached QF at Doha (l. Puig); scored second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber in 2r

 Defeat of No.2 Kerber was second career win over a Top 5 opponent (overall record is 2-4)

 Also defeated the German when she was ranked World No.1 earlier this year at Sydney (R16). Became sixth teenager to

defeat a World No.1 since the beginning of 2009:

 Defeat of No.1 Kerber was first such victory over a reigning No.1; is now 1-1 vs. No.1 players (l. S.Williams at 2016

Australian Open 3r)

 In February made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (l. No.115 and countrywoman Vikhlyantseva). Was first loss to a player outside

Top 100 since 2016 Linz (l. No.102 Allertova)

 Posted 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Peng). Enjoyed highest seeding at a Slam in Melbourne (No.23)

 Opened 2017 season with a 2r exit at Brisbane (l. Muguruza) and QF showing at Sydney (d. No.1 Kerber in R16, l. eventual

champion Konta)

 Owns a 4-11 record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.7 V.Williams (2016 Auckland), No.8 Vinci (2016

Montreal), No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha)

 Ended 2016 at career-best No.27, up from No.72 in 2015. Also posted new career-high ranking in 2016, at No.24 (week of

August 15, 2016)

 2016 highlights include reaching second WTA SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells

(l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held MPs), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys)

and Moscow (l. Goerges)  In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/Vesnina), finishing as R-Up w/today’s opponent

Gavrilova (l. Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza’s 41-match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/Vesnina)

 In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Serena Williams), Roland Garros (l. Bertens

10-8 in third set. Was also first time seeded at a Slam) and Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Fell 1r at US Open (l. Wang)

 2015 saw her reach her first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14

Suárez Navarro in QF)

 QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at WTA-level tournament

 Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven

 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

 Won Roland Garros junior title in 2014 (d. Jorovic in F)

 Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia

 Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her

fitness trainer and travels with her

 Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree

 Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

 Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC

 Coached by Vladimir Platenik since October 2014

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[11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66)

Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads 1-0

2017 AUCKLAND HARD O R16 JELENA OSTAPENKO 6-2 7-6(3) 84 mins

MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI JELENA OSTAPENKO 23 WTA RANKING 66 10 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 48 09-03-1982 (35) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-06-1997 (19) $833,594 YTD PRIZE MONEY $213,364 $3,839,618 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,147,658 0 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 1 8-6 CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * 4-0 16-5 / 128-152 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 12-7 / 38-37 7-1 / 46-45 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-4 / 10-15 2-2 / 29-42 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 10-5 4-0 / 46-37 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 6-4 3-2 / 11-23 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 2-4 3-2 / 17-51 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 4-11 0-1 / 3-15 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 3-3 * Updated entering 2017 Charleston SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINAL

[11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) QF: d. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) 6-7(7),6-1,6-1 (2h10) QF: d. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) 6-2,6-4 (1h26) R16: d. [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #21) 7-6(5),6-4 (1h47) R16: d. [Q] FANNY STOLLAR (HUN #282) 6-1,1-0 Ret'd (0h38) R32: d. MONA BARTHEL (GER #88) 6-3,6-2 (1h) R32: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #91) 6-2,4-6,6-2 (1h55) R64: d. [Q] ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #132) 6-1,4-6,6-3 (1h52) R64: d. ANA BOGDAN (ROU #119) 6-4,6-2 (1h13)

Total games: 93 Total games: 70 Won/lost: 59-34 Won/lost: 47-23 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 6h49 Total time on court: 5h12 Average time on court: 1h42 Average time on court: 1h18 Average rank of opponent: 73 Average rank of opponent: 126

CHARLESTON Tournament History * Qualifying match

MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI 2016 R16 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #75) 7-5 6-2 R2 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #29) 4-6 6-4 7-6(13) R1 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #467) 6-2 6-1 2015 R1 L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #126) 6-3 3-6 6-3

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2014

R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #36) 7-6(0) 7-6(3) 2013 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #19) 7-5 6-1

R1 W - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #52) 4-6 6-1 6-3 2012 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26) 6-2 6-0

R1 W - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #91) 7-5 7-5 R2* W - ESTRELLA CABEZA CANDELA (ESP #147) 6-2 6-2 R1* W - SIMONE KALHORN (USA #1,187) 3-6 6-2 6-1 2011 R1 L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #53) 6-2 6-4 2008 R2* L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #155) 4-6 6-4 6-1

R1* W - BRENDA SCHULTZ-MCCARTHY (NED #211) 6-1 6-4 2002 R1* L - RIKA FUJIWARA (JPN #119) 6-4 6-3 2001 R2* L - BIANKA LAMADE (GER #117) 6-2 6-2

R1* W - TRACY ALMEDA-SINGIAN (USA #202) 6-3 6-2

Lucic-Baroni:

 Making seventh main draw appearance at Charleston (and 10th overall). Has achieved best result by reaching SF here

this week

 Previous best result here was R16 run in 2016 (l. Siegemund); also 2r in 2012 (l. Safarova) and 2013 (l. Safarova)

 Defeated qualifier Krunic in 1r followed by Barthel in 2r and No.7 seed Bertens in R16

 Saw off last remaining American, Rogers, in QF to reach third SF of season (also Australian Open and Acapulco)

 Faces unseeded Ostapenko today, whom she lost to earlier this year in Auckland

 Is bidding to reach her sixth career final and first since 2016 Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Garcia). Victory today would also

guarantee a Top 20 debut – she could still make her debut even if she falls at SF, if Garcia fails to win the Monterrey title

 Enters Charleston after QF appearance at Miami last week – after 1r bye, defeated Bondarenko in 2r, followed up with a

win over No.8 A.Radwanska in 3r and wildcard Mattek-Sands in R16

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 Fell to No.3 Ka.Pliskova in QF at Miami - lifetime record vs. Top 5 players is 5-15, with all victories coming at Grand Slam

level: No.4 Seles (1999 Wimbledon), No.2 Halep (2014 US Open), No.3 Halep (2015 Roland Garros), No.3 A.Radwanska

(2017 Australian Open) and No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Australian Open)

 Playing this week on a career-high ranking of No.23 (April 3, 2017) after Miami result; prior to 2017, her career-best

singles ranking was No.32 (set May 11, 1998)

 Is playing fourth tournament since reaching Australian Open SF (ranked No.79, l. eventual champion S.Williams) – nearly

18 years on from her previous Grand Slam SF appearance at 1999 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Graf) when she was 17

years old; ranking also rose to No.29

 Earned AUD$820,000 from Australian Open run – more than she earned on tour in singles play between 2000-2012

 Advanced to SF at Acapulco (ret. vs. Tsurenko w/GI illness) and had 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. No.175 Day)

 Opened 2017 with a 2r loss at Auckland (l. Ostapenko) and qualifying attempt at Sydney

 2017 Australian Open marked 41st Grand Slam main draw appearance, with previous best result being SF run at 1999

Wimbledon. Best result at US Open is making R16 in 2014 (l. Errani), while at Roland Garros, made 3r in 2001 (l. Capriati)

and 2015 (l. Cornet)

 Won 1998 Australian Open doubles title (w/Hingis)

 Finished 2016 at No.82, her sixth non-consecutive Top 100 finish

 Season highlight was R-Up finish at 2016 Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Garcia in F). Also finished runner-up at the event in

1997 (l. Graf) – a gap of 19 years between finals. Is 3-2 in tour-level singles finals, lifting the title at 1997-98 Bol and 2014

Québec City

 Also in 2016 made QF at Acapulco (l. McHale)

 In 2014 defeated V.Williams in final at Québec City for first singles title in 16 years, 4 months – longest gap between titles

in WTA history (Croatia Open in May 1998 was last title before this)

 Named WTA Comeback Player of the Year for 2014 as voted for by international media

 Had extended layoff from tennis in mid-2000s; did not appear at a Slam between 2003 US Open (qualifying) through

2010 Wimbledon due to a series of personal issues which limited her playing time on tour

 Currently Croatia’s No.1‐ranked woman of three in the Top 100 (ahead of No.31 Konjuh and No.90 Vekic) as of April 3,

2017

 Owns three tour-level doubles titles: 1998 Australian Open and Tokyo [PPO] (both w/Hingis), and 2014 Québec City

(w/Hradecka). Owns a 3-1 record in doubles finals  Mixed doubles finalist at 1998 Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi)

 On ITF Circuit, won four singles and three doubles titles

 Croatian Fed Cup Team, 1996-98

 Coach is Marin Bradaric; physio is Alen Stokan

 Married Daniele Baroni in November 2010

 Loves cooking and baking, and is in the process of writing a cook book

Ostapenko:

 Making debut appearance at Charleston

 Has reached her first WTA SF on clay, and is first SF at a WTA Premier event since 2016 Doha

 Is the first Charleston debutante to make the semifinals since Bencic and Cepelova 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

 Is one of two teenagers in the semifinals (also fellow 19-year-old Kasatkina)

 Remains in contention to become the first player since Hingis in 1997 to win both singles and doubles titles at Charleston; w/Atawo faces Hradecka/Siniakova in doubles SF on Saturday

 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)

 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 (d. today’s opponent Lucic-Baroni in 2r, 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). Having leapt 229 spots, was second-highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots)

 Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012. Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles

 Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak)

 Latvian Fed Cup Team, 2013-16; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016

 Second-highest ranked Latvian woman of two in Top 100, after Anastasija Sevastova (as of April 3, 2017)

 Won junior Wimbledon singles title in 2014 (d. Kristina Schmiedlova in F)

 Mother and coach is Jelena Jakovleva; father and fitness trainer is Jevgenijs Ostapenko

 Half-brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there now)

 Introduced to tennis at age five by mother

 Favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard

 Speaks Russian, Latvian and English

 Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis

 Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years

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VOLVO CAR OPEN - QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS

[10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) Kasatkina leads 3-1

[8] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #26) vs. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) Sevastova leads 1-0

SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) vs. [11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) Lucic-Baroni leads 1-0

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) Ostapenko leads 1-0

A LOOK AT THE LAST EIGHT CHARLESTON YTD CAREER YTD CAREER YTD CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE W-L (MD)* W/L* W/L* PRIZE $ PRIZE $^ TITLES TITLES [5] Caroline Wozniacki 12 DEN 26 15-3 25-7 534-216 1,155,884 23,242,060 0 25 [8] Anastasija Sevastova 26 LAT 26 3-3 9-8 316-173 295,242 1,892,175 0 1 [10] Irina-Camelia Begu 33 ROU 26 9-2 5-9 320-212 176,715 3,340,908 0 3 [11] Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 23 CRO 35 7-6 16-6 394-312 833,594 3,839,618 0 3 Laura Siegemund 37 GER 29 6-2 4-7 402-260 122,996 1,317,581 0 1 Daria Kasatkina 42 RUS 19 6-1 9-8 131-56 168,252 1,307,081 0 0 Shelby Rogers 52 USA 28 4-4 12-7 190-151 163,620 1,487,988 0 0 Jelena Ostapenko 66 LAT 19 3-0 11-7 146-80 213,364 1,147,658 0 0 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS – TOP HALF

OSTAPENKO WOZNIACKI ROGERS First meeting Wozniacki leads 1-0 LUCIC-BARONI Ostapenko leads 1-0 Wozniacki leads 2-0

POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS – BOTTOM HALF

BEGU KASATKINA SEVASTOVA Sevastova leads 2-1 Kasatkina leads 1-0 SIEGEMUND Series tied 1-1 Kasatkina leads 3-0

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QUARTERFINAL QUICK HITS • Only two of the Top 8 seeds have reached their appointed slots in the quarterfinals – No.5 Caroline Wozniacki and No.8 Anastasija Sevastova. This is one fewer than in 2016, when Angelique Kerber, Sara Errani and eventual champion Sloane Stephens made it this far • Three of the quarterfinalists reached the same stage here 12 months ago: Irina-Camelia Begu, Daria Kasatkina and Laura Siegemund • Only one former Charleston champion is still in contention – Wozniacki (2011) • Jelena Ostapenko (No.66) and Shelby Rogers (No.52) are the only players ranked outisde the Top 50 to progress to the last eight • Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 35, is the oldest player remaining in the draw. At 19 years old, Ostapenko is the youngest • Ostapenko is the second Charleston debutant in a row to make the quarterfinals – Kasatkina reached the last eight on her first appearance at the Volvo Car Open in 2016 (losing to eventual champion Stephens) • Latvia (Ostapenko and Sevastova) is the only country with more than one quarterfinalist • Rogers is the last American remaining in the draw – only twice in the past decade has the home nation failed to provide at least one quarterfinalist (2009 and 2014) • None of the quarterfinalists have won a title so far in 2017, although Wozniacki has finished runner-up at Doha, Dubai and Miami • Three quarterfinalists are bidding for the first WTA singles title of their career: Kasatkina, Ostapenko and Rogers • Today marks Wozniacki’s 107th career WTA quarterfinal – including this week in Charleston, the other quarterfinalists here have reached 93 quarterfinals combined • Wozniacki has now made at least the quarterfinal stage at seven of eight tournaments contested this season • Having missed the entire clay court season in 2016 with a right ankle injury, Wozniacki’s match against Annika Beck on Thursday was her first on clay since losing to Julia Goerges in May at 2015 Roland Garros • Ostapenko has reached her first WTA quarterfinal on clay, and first quarterfinal at a WTA Premier event since Birmingham in 2016 • Sevastova and Wozniacki are the only players yet to drop a set • Should Wozniacki win her quarterfinal against Ostapenko then she is guaranteed to return to the Top 10 for the first time since week of September 21, 2015

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

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[10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42)

Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads 3-1

2017 DOHA HARD O R1 DARIA KASATKINA 3-6 6-1 7-5 143 mins 2017 BRISBANE HARD O R1 DARIA KASATKINA 6-3 6-3 90 mins 2016 ROME CLAY O R16 IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU 6-1 6-4 85 mins 2015 MOSCOW HARD I R16 DARIA KASATKINA 6-3 3-6 6-3 110 mins

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU DARIA KASATKINA 33 WTA RANKING 42 114 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 51 26-08-1990 (26) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 07-05-1997 (19) $176,715 YTD PRIZE MONEY $168,252 $3,340,908 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,307,081 0 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 8-2 CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * 6-1 5-9 / 121-116 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-8 / 49-36 2-3 / 45-39 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-3 / 20-17 1-2 / 32-27 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-4 / 5-8 3-0 / 58-39 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 13-8 0-2 / 5-22 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 4-11 1-2 / 10-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 7-16 0-1 / 9-11 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 4-2 * Updated entering 2017 Charleston QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINAL

[10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) R16: d. [6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) 7-5,6-3 (1h39) R16: d. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27) 6-3,4-6,6-0 (2h17) R32: d. KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #81) 4-6,6-2,7-6(6) (2h29) R32: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #40) 6-0,6-7(3),6-2 (2h1) R64: d. CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #108) 6-0,6-0 (1h4) R64: d. DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #82) 6-1,6-2 (0h59)

Total games: 64 Total games: 67 Won/lost: 42-22 Won/lost: 46-21 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 5h12 Total time on court: 5h17 Average time on court: 1h44 Average time on court: 1h46 Average rank of opponent: 69 Average rank of opponent: 50

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CHARLESTON Tournament History

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU DARIA KASATKINA 2016 2016 QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-2 6-3 QF L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #25) 6-1 5-7 7-5 R16 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #62) 1-6 6-2 7-6(4) R16 W - LOUISA CHIRICO (USA #126) 6-0 6-4 R2 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #89) 6-4 4-6 6-2 R2 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #79) 6-1 6-1 R1 W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #44) 6-4 2-6 7-6(3) R1 W - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #66) 6-2 6-1 2015 QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #16) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)

R16 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #8) W/O

R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #78) 6-0 6-7(4) 6-4 R1 W - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #144) 6-2 7-6(5)

Begu:

 Making third appearance at Charleston. Is through to the QF for a third time, having fallen at this stage in both 2015 (l. eventual champion Kerber) and 2016 (l. Kerber)

 Defeated Buyukakcay in opening match without dropping a game – was second time inflicting double bagel at tour level, but first in main draw match (d. Gaspar 60 60 at 2014 Estoril qualifying)

 In 2r overcame Kucova, 46 62 76(6) to post back-to-back wins for the first time since winning Florianopolis title in August 2016

 Upset No.17 Stosur in R16 to improve lifetime record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents to 10-31 (1-2 in 2017)

 Faces unseeded Kasatkina today; has lost three times to the Russian – including twice in 2017 – although prevailed in their sole meeting on clay, at 2016 Rome

 Before this week, had won two matches so far in 2017 – Australian Open (1r, d. Shvedova) and Indian Wells (2r, d. Chirico)

 Enters Charleston after 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Arruabarrena)

 Reached 3r at Indian Wells last month - after 1r bye, d. Chirico then fell to No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova

 Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Kasatkina) and Sydney (l. Kuznetsova) before 2r appearance at Australian Open (l. Kr.Pliskova)

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from  Following Australian swing, went on a four-match losing streak, posting 1r loss at St. Petersburg (l. Petkovic), losing singles rubber representing Romania in Fed Cup vs. Belgium (l. Mertens) before back-to-back 1r exits at Doha (l. Kasatkina) and Dubai (l. Sevastova)

 Finished 2016 at a career-high No.29, posting new best ranking at No.22 (week of August 22, 2016)

 Season highlight was equaling best Grand Slam result at 2016 Roland Garros by reaching R16 (l. Rogers) – also advanced to R16 at 2015 Australian Open (l. Bouchard). With Halep also reaching R16 at 2016 Roland Garros, was first time since 1997 two Romanian women reached R16 at Paris since 1997 (Spirlea and Dragomir)

 After clinching third WTA singles title at 2016 Florianopolis in July (d. Babos in final), did not surpass the 2r for the rest of the season (eight tournaments)

 Represented Romania at 2016 Rio Olympics, making 1r exits in singles (l. Hibino) and doubles (w/Niculescu, l. Chan/Chan)

 Other notable results in 2016 included SF at Rome (l. S.Williams), QF at Charleston (l. Kerber) and QF at Madrid (l. Halep)

 In run to QF at Madrid was one of four Romanians for reach QF – which was first time this had occurred at a Premier Mandatory event (also Halep, Cirstea and Tig). Secured two milestones during Madrid: career-best win vs. No.4 Muguruza, and 300th match win of career (all levels) with R16 defeat of McHale

 Currently the No.2 ranked Romanian behind Halep, of five in Top 100 (as at April 3, 2017)

 Owns a 5-22 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.9 Wozniacki (2012 US Open), No.9 Kerber (2015 Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Madrid), No.6 Azarenka (2016 Rome), No.8 Bencic (2016 Birmingham via ret.)

 Posted fourth non-consecutive Top 50 finish in 2016 (at No.29) – a career best year-end ranking

 Won maiden singles title at 2012 Tashkent and is a three-time runner-up: 2011 Marbella, 2011 Budapest, and at Premier-level 2014 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova in F)

 Owns four WTA doubles titles from nine finals, most recently at 2014 Rio de Janeiro (w/Irigoyen)

 Struggled with right shoulder injury in 2013 – first felt pain at 2013 Australian Open and missed three months of action; says confidence as well as ranking suffered

 Won 11 singles titles and 19 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

 Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2011 (media vote)

 Coached by Artemon Apostu

Kasatkina:

 Making second appearance at Charleston. This week has matched 2016’s debut QF run (l. eventual champion Stephens

61 57 75)

 In 1r defeated Kovinic in under an hour to snap a four-match losing streak. Overcame Puig in 2r to register back-to-back

wins for third time this season (also at Sydney and Doha)

 In R16 saw off No.9 seed and doubles partner Gavrilova; playing together this week in Charleston fell 1r (l. No.2 seeds

Mirza/Hlavackova)

 Faces No.10 seed Begu today; has three wins over the Romanian, two of which came this year, at Brisbane and Doha

 Coming off 1r exits at Miami (l. Rogers) and Indian Wells (l. Kr.Pliskova)

 Also fell 1r at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki)

 Reached QF at Doha (l. Puig); scored second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber in 2r

 Defeat of No.2 Kerber was second career win over a Top 5 opponent (overall record is 2-4)

 Also defeated the German when she was ranked World No.1 earlier this year at Sydney (R16). Became sixth teenager to

defeat a World No.1 since the beginning of 2009:

 Defeat of No.1 Kerber was first such victory over a reigning No.1; is now 1-1 vs. No.1 players (l. S.Williams at 2016

Australian Open 3r)

 In February made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (l. No.115 and countrywoman Vikhlyantseva). Was first loss to a player outside

Top 100 since 2016 Linz (l. No.102 Allertova)

 Posted 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Peng). Enjoyed highest seeding at a Slam in Melbourne (No.23)

 Opened 2017 season with a 2r exit at Brisbane (l. Muguruza) and QF showing at Sydney (d. No.1 Kerber in R16, l. eventual

champion Konta)

 Owns a 4-11 record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.7 V.Williams (2016 Auckland), No.8 Vinci (2016

Montreal), No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha)  Ended 2016 at career-best No.27, up from No.72 in 2015. Also posted new career-high ranking in 2016, at No.24 (week of

August 15, 2016)

 2016 highlights include reaching second WTA SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells

(l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held MPs), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys)

and Moscow (l. Goerges)

 In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/Vesnina), finishing as R-Up w/today’s opponent

Gavrilova (l. Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza’s 41-match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/Vesnina)

 In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Serena Williams), Roland Garros (l. Bertens

10-8 in third set. Was also first time seeded at a Slam) and Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Fell 1r at US Open (l. Wang)

 2015 saw her reach her first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14

Suárez Navarro in QF)

 QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at WTA-level tournament

 Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven

 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

 Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia

 Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her

fitness trainer and travels with her

 Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree

 Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

 Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC

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[8] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #26) vs. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37)

Head to Head: ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA leads 1-0

2016 BUCHAREST CLAY O SF ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 6-3 6-2 78 mins

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA LAURA SIEGEMUND 26 WTA RANKING 37 24 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 152 13-04-1990 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 04-03-1988 (29) $295,242 YTD PRIZE MONEY $122,996 $1,892,157 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,317,581 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 3-3 CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * 6-2 9-8 / 76-77 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 4-7 / 39-36 1-3 / 22-24 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 14-13 1-3 / 21-17 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-6 / 6-14 2-0 / 26-22 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 25-13 0-1 / 3-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 5-6 0-2 / 6-23 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 6-8 0-2 / 3-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 1-3 * Updated entering 2017 Charleston QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINAL

[8] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #26) vs. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) R16: d. [LL] ONS JABEUR (TUN #131) 7-5,7-6(6) (1h44) R16: d. [15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) 6-2,6-3 (1h20) R32: d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #75) 6-3,6-4 (1h23) R32: d. [3] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-4,6-7(3),7-5 (3h02) R64: BYE R64: d. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #41) 6-7(6),6-2,7-6(4) (3h18)

Total games: 44 Total games: 86 Won/lost: 26-18 Won/lost: 50-36 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 3h7 Total time on court: 7h40 Average time on court: 1h34 Average time on court: 2h33 Average rank of opponent: 103 Average rank of opponent: 26

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CHARLESTON Tournament History * Qualifying match

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA LAURA SIEGEMUND 2016 2016 R1 L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #121) 4-6 6-4 6-1 QF L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #85) 7-5 6-4 2010 R16 W - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #74) 7-5 6-2 R1 L - SOFIA ARVIDSSON (SWE #71) 6-1 6-2 R2 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #22) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 2009 R1 W - PATRICIA MARIA TIG (ROU #131) 4-6 6-3 6-3 R2 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #13) 6-1 6-3 2015 R1 W - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #113) 6-1 1-6 6-4 R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #36) 6-2 7-6(5) R2* W - VANESSA HENKE (GER #419) 7-6(5) 6-1 R2* W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #152) 6-0 6-1 R1* W - ALINA JIDKOVA (RUS #252) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 R1* W - FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #243) 6-1 7-5

Sevastova:

 Making fourth appearance at Charleston. Has achieved best result here by advancing to QF. Previous best result was 2r exit in 2009 (as qualifier, l. Bartoli). Fell 1r in 2010 (l. Arvidsson) and 2016 (l. Cepelova)

 After 1r bye, overcame 2014 champion Petkovic in 2r and LL Jabeur in R16 (both in straight sets)

 Faces unseeded Siegemund today; only previous meeting with the German was SF victory at 2016 Bucharest – also on clay

 Coming off opening match defeats at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Cirstea) and Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Davis)

 In February reached Dubai SF (l. Wozniacki) - her first SF on tour since summer 2016 (Bucharest, R-Up, l. Halep). Posted career-high ranking of No.23 on March 6, 2017

 Made 1r exit at Doha (l. Stosur) and 2r showing at Taipei City (l. Safarova)

 Began season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Hobart (l. Rogers). Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. No.7 seed Muguruza); enjoyed career first seeding at a Grand Slam (at No.32)

 In doubles, reached SF at Hobart (w/Minella); pair lost to eventual champions Olaru/Savchuk

 Finished 2016 at a career-best No.35; previous best came in 2010 at No.45

 2016 season highlights were reaching second and third WTA singles final, firstly at Mallorca (l. Garcia in F) and Bucharest (l. Halep in F). Mallorca was first WTA singles final in more than six years, following title win at 2010 Oeiras (d. Parra Santonja in F). In 2010, won career-first WTA singles title at Oeiras. First Latvian to win a WTA singles title in 17 years (Savchenko at 1993 Schenectady)

 Had breakthrough run at 2016 US Open, reaching the QF (l. Wozniacki); defeated No.3 Muguruza (2r) and No.14 Konta (R16) en route

Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube:www.youtube.com/WTA from  Was the first Latvian to reach Grand Slam QF since Larisa Savchenko (playing under her married name Larisa Neiland) at 1994 Wimbledon. Savchenko also reached the 1988 US Open quarterfinals, representing the USSR

 Post-US Open ranking rose to No.32 (from No.48). Currently ranked No.26 (as of April 3, 2017)

 2016 US Open marked 15th Grand Slam main draw appearance; 2016 marked the first time she contested all majors in a calendar year since 2011

 Previous best Grand Slam result was reaching R16 at 2011 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki)

 At Roland Garros best result is 2r in 2016 (l. Knapp), but at Wimbledon, has not progressed beyond 1r in four appearances

 Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries – mostly muscular and back-related – but returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed

 During break from tennis studied leisure management

 Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Grand Slam main draw debut as a qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros

 On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and four doubles titles

 Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005-06, 2008-10

 Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher)

 Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15

 Aggressive baseliner; favorite surfaces are hard and clay; favorite shot is backhand

 Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German

 Trains and resides in Vienna

 Coached by Ronald Schmidt

Siegemund:

 Making third appearance at Charleston. Has equaled best result here at Volvo Car Open by reaching QF – also reached this stage in 2016 (l. eventual R-Up Vesnina), which was first Premier-level QF of career. On debut in 2015, suffered 1r exit (as qualifier, l. Begu)

 Faces No.8 seed Sevastova today; only previous meeting with the Latvian also came on clay and ended in SF defeat at 2016 Bucharest

 Coming off back-to-back exits at Indian Wells (l. Wickmayer) and Miami (l. Duan)

 Also in February was in Fed Cup action for Germany – was forced to retire w/left arm injury in doubles dead rubber (w/Witthoeft, l. Mattek-Sands/Rogers) as USA won tie 4-0 in World Group

 Opened 2017 with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Zhang), Sydney (l. Cibulkova) and Australian Open (l. Jankovic)

 Ended 2016 at No.31 for best year-end finish of career (up from No.90 in 2015)

 Season highlights were winning maiden WTA singles title at Bastad (d. Siniakova in F) and the 2016 US Open mixed doubles title with Mate Pavic

 On clay in 2016 reached career-first Premier-level QF at Charleston (l. eventual R-Up Vesnina) followed by career-first singles final at home event of Stuttgart (l. Kerber in F)

 Matched best Grand Slam singles by reaching 3r at 2016 US Open. Also reached this stage at 2016 Australian Open (l. Beck)

 2015 season highlights included reaching first WTA QF on clay at Florianopolis (l. eventual champion Pereira) and second QF at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Voegele)

 On ITF Circuit, owns 11 singles and 20 doubles titles

 Studying at the Fern Uni Hagen in Germany for a BA Science Psychology – very close to graduating – hopes to become a psychologist later in life

 Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2002 but didn’t make tour-level main draw debut until 2010 Bastad (as qualifier, l. Rus 1r)

 Began playing tennis at age three  Born in Stuttgart area, but spent parts of childhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ages 4-7) and Jakarta, Indonesia (ages 9-10)

 Father, Harro is an engineer; mother is Brigitta, sister is Satu and brother is Arlen

 Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf

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SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) vs. [11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23)

Head to Head: MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI leads 1-0

2017 ACAPULCO HARD O R16 MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI 6-4 6-4 85 mins

SHELBY ROGERS MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI 52 WTA RANKING 23 49 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 10 13-10-1992 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 09-03-1982 (35) $163,620 YTD PRIZE MONEY $833,594 $1,487,988 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,839,618 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 4-4 CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * 7-6 12-7 / 43-50 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 15-5 / 127-152 6-2 / 15-18 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 45-45 3-1 / 12-12 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 29-41 3-0 / 19-14 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 45-37 1-1 / 2-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 11-23 2-3 / 8-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 17-51 0-1 / 2-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 3-15 * Updated entering 2017 Charleston QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINAL

SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) vs. [11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) R16: d. NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #49) 6-4,6-2 (1h29) R16: d. [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #21) 7-6(5),6-4 (1h47) R32: d. [1] MADISON KEYS (USA #11) 4-6,6-1,6-1 (1h36) R32: d. MONA BARTHEL (GER #88) 6-3,6-2 (1h) R64: d. [Q] VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #117) 6-7(1),6-3,7-6(6) (2h42) R64: d. [Q] ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #132) 6-1,4-6,6-3 (1h52)

Total games: 77 Total games: 66 Won/lost: 47-30 Won/lost: 41-25 Sets won/lost: 6-2 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h47 Total time on court: 4h39 Average time on court: 1h56 Average time on court: 1h33 Average rank of opponent: 59 Average rank of opponent: 80

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SHELBY ROGERS MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI 2016 2016 R1 L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #80) 6-4 3-6 6-4 R16 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #75) 7-5 6-2 2015 R2 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #29) 4-6 6-4 7-6(13) R2 L - SARA SORRIBES TORMO (ESP #195) 7-5 6-1 R1 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #467) 6-2 6-1 R1 W - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #64) 6-3 6-1 2015 2014 R1 L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #126) 6-3 3-6 6-3 R1 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #32) 7-5 7-5 2014 2013 R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #36) 7-6(0) 7-6(3) R1* L - GRACE MIN (USA #187) 7-6(4) 6-2 2013 2012 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #19) 7-5 6-1 R2* L - PAULA ORMAECHEA (ARG #120) 7-5 6-3 R1 W - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #52) 4-6 6-1 6-3 R1* W - JULIA COHEN (USA #158) 5-7 7-5 6-3 2012 2011 R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26) 6-2 6-0 R1 L - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #110) 3-6 6-2 6-0 R1 W - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #91) 7-5 7-5 2010 R2* W - ESTRELLA CABEZA CANDELA (ESP #147) 6-2 6-2 R1* L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #192) 6-4 3-6 6-1 R1* W - SIMONE KALHORN (USA #1,187) 3-6 6-2 6-1 2011 R1 L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #53) 6-2 6-4 2008 R2* L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #155) 4-6 6-4 6-1 R1* W - BRENDA SCHULTZ-MCCARTHY (NED #211) 6-1 6-4 2002 R1* L - RIKA FUJIWARA (JPN #119) 6-4 6-3 2001 R2* L - BIANKA LAMADE (GER #117) 6-2 6-2 R1* W - TRACY ALMEDA-SINGIAN (USA #202) 6-3 6-2

Rogers:

 Making fifth main draw appearance at Charleston (and eighth appearance overall). Has posted best result in 2017 having

reached QF

 Prior to this week, had only won one match here at Volvo Car Open, when she reached 2r in 2015 (d. Soler-Espinosa, l.

Sorribes Tormo). Posted 1r exits 2011 (l. Craybas), 2014 (l. Hantuchova) and 2016 (l. Arruabarrena)

 Fell in 2010 and 2012-13 qualifying

 This week, scored second Charleston win with defeat of qualifier Cepede Royg on Tuesday

 Defeated No.11 Keys (also No.1 seed this week at Charleston) on Wednesday to advance to R16 – now owns 8-15

lifetime record vs. Top 20 players, also recording second win of such in 2017 (also d. No.4 Halep at Australian Open);

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 Faces No.11 seed Lucic-Baroni today, for the second time this season after 2017 Acapulco

 Sole player from USA to reach QF of 12 that began main draw

 Charleston is her home town - was ball girl here in 2001 and handed flowers to tournament champion Jennifer Capriati

 Coming off 3r run at Miami (l. Kerber) and 2r exit at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina)

 Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. No.4 Halep in 1r, l. Barty). Now holds two wins over Top 10 players (2-5 record), with first

win coming against No.8 Bouchard at 2014 Montreal

 In other tournaments this year, reached QF at Hobart (l. Tsurenko) and made 2r at Brisbane (l. Svitolina), Taipei City (l.

Jabeur) and Acapulco (l. Lucic-Baroni)

 2017 Australian Open marked 13th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result at a Slam to date came with

breakthrough run to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual champion

Muguruza)

 Ranked No.108, became ninth player ranked outside of the Top 100 to advance to the last eight in Paris since 1983

(Pironkova, No.102, became the 10th at the same tournament)

 Posted second Top 100 season in 2016, at No.60 – up from No.146 in 2015; had dropped from No.72 at end of 2014

 Began 2016 season by playing ITF events in the United States as ranking did not qualify her for direct acceptance into

Australian Open; returned to WTA-level play in February at Rio de Janeiro, where she advanced to second career singles

final (l. Schiavone)

 Aside from Rio de Janeiro and Roland Garros, did not pass 2r at tour level in 2016

 After Roland Garros, suffered four successive losses (Mallorca qualifying, Wimbledon, Washington DC and Montréal)

before reaching 2r at New Haven and then 2r at US Open for first time (l. Bellis)

 Set new career high ranking of No.48 week of January 30, 2017 – following Australian Open; ranked No.52 entering

Charleston (week of April 3, 2017)

 Currently the US No.9 of 15 women in WTA’s Top 100 (week of April 3, 2017)

 One-time doubles runner-up, at 2015 Bogotá (w/Falconi)

 In 2014, reached first WTA singles final of career at Bad Gastein (d. No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, l.

Petkovic)

 Participated in 2014 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (along with Diyas, Puig and Zheng)

 Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014

 Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg  Made Grand Slam and tour-level main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 US Open – thereafter, did not contest main

draw at a major until 2013 Roland Garros

 Winner of four singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in United States in

2009, at age 16

 Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf

 Followed older sister Sabra into tennis

 Currently completing an English degree by correspondence at Indiana University East

 Coached by Marc Lucero

Lucic-Baroni:

 Making seventh main draw appearance at Charleston (and 10th overall). Has achieved best result by reaching QF here

this week

 Previous best result here was R16 run in 2016 (l. Siegemund); also 2r in 2012 (l. Safarova) and 2013 (l. Safarova)

 Defeated qualifier Krunic in 1r followed by Barthel in 2r and No.7 seed Bertens in R16

 Faces No.52 Rogers today; defeated the American in straight sets at Acapulco in February

 Enters Charleston after QF appearance at Miami last week – after 1r bye, defeated Bondarenko in 2r, followed up with a

win over No.8 A.Radwanska in 3r and wildcard Mattek-Sands in R16

 Defeat of No.8 A.Radwanska was 11th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent; overall record is 11-23

 Fell to No.3 Ka.Pliskova in QF at Miami - lifetime record vs. Top 5 players is 5-15, with all victories coming at Grand Slam

level: No.4 Seles (1999 Wimbledon), No.2 Halep (2014 US Open), No.3 Halep (2015 Roland Garros), No.3 A.Radwanska

(2017 Australian Open) and No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Australian Open)

 Playing this week on a career-high ranking of No.23 (April 3, 2017) after Miami result; prior to 2017, her career-best

singles ranking was No.32 (set May 11, 1998)

 Is playing fourth tournament since reaching Australian Open SF (ranked No.79, l. eventual champion S.Williams) – nearly

18 years on from her previous Grand Slam SF appearance at 1999 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Graf) when she was 17

years old; ranking also rose to No.29

 Earned AUD$820,000 from Australian Open run – more than she earned on tour in singles play between 2000-2012

 Advanced to SF at Acapulco (ret. vs. Tsurenko w/GI illness) and had 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. No.175 Day)

 Opened 2017 with a 2r loss at Auckland (l. Ostapenko) and qualifying attempt at Sydney  2017 Australian Open marked 41st Grand Slam main draw appearance, with previous best result being SF run at 1999

Wimbledon. Best result at US Open is making R16 in 2014 (l. Errani), while at Roland Garros, made 3r in 2001 (l. Capriati)

and 2015 (l. Cornet)

 Won 1998 Australian Open doubles title (w/Hingis)

 Finished 2016 at No.82, her sixth non-consecutive Top 100 finish

 Season highlight was R-Up finish at 2016 Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Garcia in F). Also finished runner-up at the event in

1997 (l. Graf) – a gap of 19 years between finals. Is 3-2 in tour-level singles finals, lifting the title at 1997-98 Bol and 2014

Québec City

 Also in 2016 made QF at Acapulco (l. McHale)

 In 2014 defeated V.Williams in final at Québec City for first singles title in 16 years, 4 months – longest gap between titles

in WTA history (Croatia Open in May 1998 was last title before this)

 Named WTA Comeback Player of the Year for 2014 as voted for by international media

 Had extended layoff from tennis in mid-2000s; did not appear at a Slam between 2003 US Open (qualifying) through

2010 Wimbledon due to a series of personal issues which limited her playing time on tour

 Currently Croatia’s No.1‐ranked woman of three in the Top 100 (ahead of No.31 Konjuh and No.90 Vekic) as of April 3,

2017

 Owns three tour-level doubles titles: 1998 Australian Open and Tokyo [PPO] (both w/Hingis), and 2014 Québec City

(w/Hradecka). Owns a 3-1 record in doubles finals

 Mixed doubles finalist at 1998 Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi)

 On ITF Circuit, won four singles and three doubles titles

 Croatian Fed Cup Team, 1996-98

 Coach is Marin Bradaric; physio is Alen Stokan

 Married Daniele Baroni in November 2010

 Loves cooking and baking, and is in the process of writing a cook book

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JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12)

Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads 1-0

2016 NEW HAVEN HARD O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO 7-5 6-2 89 mins

JELENA OSTAPENKO CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 66 WTA RANKING 12 48 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 3 08-06-1997 (19) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-07-1990 (26) $213,364 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,155,884 $1,147,658 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $23,242,060 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 25 1 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 3-0 CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * 15-3 11-7 / 37-37 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 25-7 / 497-208 2-4 / 10-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 3-3 / 121-68 2-2 / 10-5 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 78-66 3-0 / 5-4 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 85-42 0-2 / 2-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 48-61 0-2 / 3-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 4-5 / 112-94 0-0 / 3-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 51-24 * Updated entering 2017 Charleston QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINAL

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12)

R16: d. [Q] FANNY STOLLAR (HUN #282) 6-1,1-0 Ret'd (0h38) R16: d. [Q] ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #669) 6-3,6-3 (1h22)

R32: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #91) 6-2,4-6,6-2 (1h55) R32: d. ANNIKA BECK (GER #61) 7-5,6-1 (1h33) R64: d. ANA BOGDAN (ROU #119) 6-4,6-2 (1h13) R64: BYE

vs. Total games: 52 Total games: 37 Won/lost: 35-17 Won/lost: 25-12 Sets won/lost: 6-1 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 3h46 Total time on court: 2h55 Average time on court: 1h15 Average time on court: 1h28 Average rank of opponent: 164 Average rank of opponent: 365

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CHARLESTON Tournament History * Qualifying match CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2013 QF L - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #63) 3-6 6-4 6-3 R16 W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #139) W/O R2 W - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #68) 6-1 6-1 R1 BYE

2011 F W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #56) 6-2 6-3 SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) 6-4 6-4

QF W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #23) 4-6 6-4 6-4 R16 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #48) 7-6(6) 7-6(9) R2 W - IRINA FALCONI (USA #128) 6-1 6-1

R1 BYE 2010 SF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #22) 5-2 QF W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #18) 6-3 6-4

R16 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #49) 6-2 7-5

R2 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #76) 6-4 6-1 R1 BYE 2009 F L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #63) 6-2 6-4 SF W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #3) 6-4 5-7 7-5

QF W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #42) 6-2 6-0 R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #35) 6-3 6-4 R2 W - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #78) 6-3 6-3

R1 BYE

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Ostapenko:

 Making debut appearance at Charleston

 Has reached her first WTA QF on clay, and is first QF at a WTA Premier event since 2016 Birmingham

 Is second Charleston debutant in a row to make QF – Kasatkina reached the last eight on her first appearance at Volvo Car Open in 2016 (l. eventual champion Stephens)

 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

 Faces No.12 Wozniacki today – owns a 3-11 lifetime record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents, all wins coming on grass - defeated No.9 Suarez Navarro (2015 Wimbledon), No.8 Kvitova (2016 Doha) and No.11 Kvitova (2016 Birmingham

 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)

 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. Suarez 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). Having leapt 229 spots, was second-highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots)

 Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012. Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles

 Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak)

 Latvian Fed Cup Team, 2013-16; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016  Second-highest ranked Latvian woman of two in Top 100, after Anastasija Sevastova (as of April 3, 2017)

 Won junior Wimbledon singles title in 2014 (d. Kristina Schmiedlova in F)

 Mother and coach is Jelena Jakovleva; father and fitness trainer is Jevgenijs Ostapenko

 Half-brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there now)

 Introduced to tennis at age five by mother

 Favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard

 Speaks Russian, Latvian and English

 Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis

 Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years

Wozniacki:

 Making fifth appearance at Charleston. Champion here in 2011 (d. Vesnina in F) and R-Up on event debut in 2009 (l. Lisicki in F). Made SF in 2010 (l. eventual R-Up Zvonareva), quarterfinalist in 2013 (l. Voegele) and now again in 2017

 Entering QF match at 2017 Charleston, owns impressive 15-3 record here at Volvo Car Open

 A win today vs. Ostapenko to advance to SF would see her return to the Top 10 for the first time since week of September 21, 2015

 After 1r bye, opening match vs. Beck cancelled on Wednesday due to rain. As a result, spent 2hrs 55mins on court yesterday defeating Beck and then An.Rodionova – didn’t drop a set in either match

 Defeat of An.Rodionova in R16 was 25th match win of season – the most on WTA tour (next is Ka.Pliskova on 23). The Dane did not reach this total in 2016 until the Asian swing, at Wuhan

 Missed entire clay season in 2016 w/right ankle injury – match vs. Beck on Thursday was first on clay since loss to Goerges in May at 2015 Roland Garros

 Having reached 2017 Charleston QF, has now reached at least this stage at seven of eight tournaments contested this season

 Coming off R-Up finish at Miami (l. Konta), in what was her third singles final of 2017, though has lost each one  Upset No.3 Ka.Pliskova in Miami SF to improve career record vs. Top 5 ranked players to 12-34 (1-1 in 2017). Before this, most recent win over a Top 3-ranked player was against then-No.3 Halep at 2015 Stuttgart. Has now reached the final of each of the WTA’s four Premier Mandatory tournaments, having previously won Beijing (2010) and Indian Wells (2011), and finished runner-up at Madrid (2009) and Indian Wells (2010, 2013)

 Made QF at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic)

 Advanced to back-to-back finals at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) last month. Including 2017 Miami, owns 25-20 record in career singles finals. S.Williams (92), V.Williams (81) and Sharapova (58) are the only active players to have appeared in more finals

 Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to Strycova lasted 3 hours 20 minutes

 Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets

 Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 – lowest year‐end ranking since 2007 (No.64) – having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery; defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber

 In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F). Has won at least one title nine years running (2008‐2016)

 Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg

 Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four‐time champion (2008‐11; at one point enjoyed 21‐match win streak at event)

 Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova)

 Returned to action following two‐and‐a‐half months out w/right ankle injury during grass court swing, making comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r). Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina)

 Was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t seeded at a Grand Slam

 Ended 2015 ranked No.17 – first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was longest active streak); currently ranked No.14 – her highest position since October 2015

 Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot – 2010 and 2011

 Two‐time Grand Slam finalist, finishing runner‐up at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters) and 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams). Has reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

 Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams - 72, V.Williams - 49 and Sharapova - 35) for singles titles (25) – 20 of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)  Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all‐time list. By reaching Miami final has become just the eighth player to reach $23 million

 Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs

 Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched the program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight USANA ambassadors on the WTA

 Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn and hitting partner is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)

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FEATURED DAY 4 MATCH-UPS

VOLVO CAR STADIUM

[6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) vs. [10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) First meeting

ANNIKA BECK (GER #61) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) Wozniacki leads 2-0

DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) vs. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27) Kasatkina leads 1-0

[15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) vs. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) First meeting

SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) vs. NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #49) Rogers leads 2-0 (first meeting at main draw, tour level)

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

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[6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) vs. [10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33)

Head to Head: First meeting

SAMANTHA STOSUR IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU 17 WTA RANKING 33 45 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 114 30-03-1984 (33) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 26-08-1990 (26) $237,293 YTD PRIZE MONEY $176,715 $16,637,859 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,340,908 0 / 8 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 24 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 4 16-9 CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * 7-2 8-8 / 419-290 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 4-9 / 120-116 3-4 / 116-106 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 45-39 1-0 / 85-99 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 32-27 1-0 / 124-62 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 57-39 0-3 / 31-74 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 5-22 1-3 / 71-134 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 9-31 0-0 / 40-35 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 9-11 * Updated entering 2017 Charleston R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

[6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) [10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33)

R32: d. JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #53) 6-1,6-3 (1h13) R32: d. KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #81) 4-6,6-2,7-6(6) (2h29)

R64: BYE R64: d. CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #108) 6-0,6-0 (1h4)

vs. Total games: 16 Total games: 43 Won/lost: 12-4 Won/lost: 29-14 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 1h13 Total time on court: 3h33 Average time on court: 1h13 Average time on court: 1h47 Average rank of opponent: 53 Average rank of opponent: 95

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CHARLESTON Tournament History SAMANTHA STOSUR IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU 2016 2016 R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #20) 6-4 7-6(5) QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-2 6-3 R2 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #121) 6-4 7-5 R16 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #62) 1-6 6-2 7-6(4) R1 W - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #124) 6-4 6-4 R2 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #89) 6-4 4-6 6-2 2015 R1 W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #44) 6-4 2-6 7-6(3) R2 L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #83) 6-3 3-6 6-4 2015 R1 W - SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #109) 6-2 6-4 QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #16) 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 2014 R16 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #8) W/O R16 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26) 3-6 6-4 6-4 R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #78) 6-0 6-7(4) 6-4 R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #55) 6-3 5-7 6-1 R1 W - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #144) 6-2 7-6(5) R1 BYE 2013 R16 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #114) 6-1 2-0 R2 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #65) 6-1 6-2 R1 BYE 2012 SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-1 6-1 QF W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #87) 6-3 4-6 6-3 R16 W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #50) 6-3 4-6 6-2

R2 W - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #92) 6-0 7-5 R1 BYE 2011 R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #56) 6-4 6-1

R2 W - PATRICIA MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT #108) 6-1 6-2 R1 BYE 2010 F W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #22) 6-0 6-3

SF W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #24) 6-3 7-6(2) QF W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #55) 6-4 6-1 R16 W - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #46) 6-1 3-6 6-1

R2 W - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #53) 6-3 7-5

R1 BYE 2007 R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #29) 6-2 6-2 2006 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #27) 5-7 6-1 6-4 2005 R2 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #47) 6-3 6-3

R1 W - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #60) 6-2 6-3

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Stosur:

 Making 11th appearance at Charleston, and champion here in 2010 (d. Zvonareva in F, lost only one set en route to title). Reached SF in 2012 (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

 Also doubles champion here in 2006 (w/Raymond)

 After 1r bye, defeated Jankovic in 2r in straight sets to advance to the R16 here for the seventh time

 Enters Charleston after R16 showing at Miami (l. Halep 46 75 62 after holding one match point)

 In Dubai, fell 2r (l. Konjuh) before opening match exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. 2r to Goerges)

 Reached QF at Doha (l. No.3 seed Cibulkova); win over No.17 Strycova in Doha 2r was first win over a Top 20 ranked opponent since defeating No.6 Halep at 2016 Roland Garros (R16). Overall record now stands at 71-134

 Also advanced to QF at Taipei City (l. eventual finalist Peng); were first wins since defeating Giorgi in 1r at 2016 US Open after suffering nine straight losses

 Began 2017 season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Muguruza), Sydney (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Australian Open (l. Watson)

 Ended 2016 at No.21, up from No.27 in 2015. Currently ranked No.17 (as of April 3, 2017)

 2016 Season highlights were advancing to fifth Grand Slam SF of career at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Muguruza). Following Roland Garros result, rose to No.14 – first time ranked inside Top 15 since week of August 26, 2013

 Represented Australia at Rio Olympics, progressing to 3r in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), and fell 1r in doubles (w/Gavrilova, l. eventual silver medalists Bacsinszky/Hingis) and 1r in mixed doubles (w/Peers, l. Mirza/Bopanna)

 Went 4-10 versus Top 20 players in 2016. Wins came over No.15 Vinci (Sydney), No.11 Suárez Navarro (Madrid), and No.13 Safarova and No.6 Halep (both at Roland Garros)

 Reached her 23rd career singles final at 2016 Prague (l. Safarova in three sets); is now 8‐15 in singles finals

 Owns one Grand Slam singles title, having won 2011 US Open (d. S.Williams in F). One of just five women who have defeated S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Muguruza)

 In addition to 2011 US Open crown, reached final at 2010 Roland Garros (l. Schiavone in F). Has advanced to SF three times in Paris, in 2009 (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), 2012 (l. Errani) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Muguruza)

 At Wimbledon, best result is reaching round three times (2009, 2013, 2015)

 Won two WTA singles titles in 2015 season, both at International level, at Strasbourg (d. Mladenovic in F) and Bad Gastein (d. Knapp in F). Was second season where had won multiple titles (also 2013 – Carlsbad, Osaka)

 Achieved 500th career match win (all levels) at 2015 Washington DC, the 15th active player to achieve the feat

 Owns two wins over a reigning No.1: S.Williams (2010 Roland Garros) and Wozniacki (2010 WTA Finals)

 Top-ranked Australian of three in Top 100 (ahead of Gavrilova and Barty) as at April 3, 2017

 Owns eight tour-level singles titles, most recently winning at 2015 Strasbourg and Bad Gastein

 Former doubles World No.1 (spent 61 weeks in top spot) with 24 titles to her name, including 2005 US Open and 2006 Roland Garros (both w/Raymond)

 Owns three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: 2005 Australian Open (w/Draper), 2008 Wimbledon (w/B.Bryan) and 2014 Wimbledon (w/Zimonjic)

 Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Australia in 1998, and first WTA main draws in 2002, as a wildcard at Gold Coast and Australian Open

 Currently coached by former ATP player and Australian Davis Cup coach Joshua Eagle; first worked together during 2016 US Open. Stopped working with long-time coach, David Taylor, after 2016 Roland Garros

Begu:

 Making third appearance at Charleston – has advanced to QF in both 2015 (l. eventual champion Kerber) and 2016 (l. Kerber)

 Defeated Buyukakcay in opening match without dropping a game – was second time inflicting double bagel at tour level, but first in main draw match (d. Gaspar 60 60 at 2014 Estoril qualifying)

 Faces No.17 Stosur today – owns a lifetime 9-31 record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents (0-2 in 2017). Losses this season came against No.9 Kuznetsova at Sydney and No.3 Ka.Pliskova at Indian Wells

 Prior to 1r here, had won two matches so far in 2017 – Australian Open (1r, d. Shvedova) and Indian Wells (2r, d. Chirico)

 Enters Charleston after 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Arruabarrena)

 Reached 3r at Indian Wells last month - after 1r bye, d. Chirico then fell to No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova

 Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Kasatkina) and Sydney (l. Kuznetsova) before 2r appearance at Australian Open (l. Kr.Pliskova)

 Following Australian swing, went on a four-match losing streak, posting 1r loss at St. Petersburg (l. Petkovic), losing singles rubber representing Romania in Fed Cup vs. Belgium (l. Mertens) before back-to-back 1r exits at Doha (l. Kasatkina) and Dubai (l. Sevastova)