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Internazionali Bnl D'italia May 13 – 19, 2019 INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA MAY 13 – 19, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES ROME, ITALY | MAY 13 - 19, 2019 | € 3,452,538 WTA PREMIER 5 EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.internazionalibnlditalia.com | @InteBNLdItalia | facebook.com/internazionalibnlditalia WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]) INTERNAZIONALI BNL D’ITALIA - FINAL MATCH-UP JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #42) vs. [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #7) Pliskova leads 5-1 Players meeting for the first time since 2016... Pliskova bidding to become the third woman this season to win multiple titles... Konta appearing in her biggest final in two years... Pliskova beat last year’s conqueror Sakkari in semifinals... Konta is third unseeded Rome finalist in past 10 years A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS PLAYER ROME W/L YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES [4] Karolina Pliskova 6-4 26-7 501-297 1,869,222 16,251,953 1 12 Johanna Konta 10-3 21-8 361-218 246,230 7,426,649 0 3 FINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST ROME RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L [4] Karolina Pliskova Final (1): 2019 2019 Miami (R-Up) 12-12 QF (1): 2017 Johanna Konta Final (1): 2019 2019 Rabat (R-Up) 3-4 R16 (3): 2016-18 ROME HONOR ROLL YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2009 DINARA SAFINA SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 6-3 6-2 2010 MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ JELENA JANKOVIC 7-6(5) 7-5 2011 MARIA SHARAPOVA SAMANTHA STOSUR 6-2 6-4 2012 MARIA SHARAPOVA LI NA 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) 2013 SERENA WILLIAMS VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-1 6-3 2014 SERENA WILLIAMS SARA ERRANI 6-3 6-0 2015 MARIA SHARAPOVA CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO 4-6 7-5 6-1 2016 SERENA WILLIAMS MADISON KEYS 7-6(5) 6-3 2017 ELINA SVITOLINA SIMONA HALEP 4-6 7-5 6-1 2018 ELINA SVITOLINA SIMONA HALEP 6-0 6-4 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKINGS MOVERS CHANGE IN FORTUNES By reaching the final, Karolina Pliskova is assured of Johanna Konta’s semifinal win over one of the Roland overtaking Petra Kvitova as World No.5 - and Czech No.1 Garros favorites, Kiki Bertens, was her 10th on clay this - on Monday. She will move to No.4 as runner-up and season. No.2 with the title. It is a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for a player who Meanwhile, for Johanna Konta, a return to the Top 30 entered this campaign with a career total of seven main beckons, at No.26 with a runner-up finish and No.22 draw wins on the surface. should she leave the Eternal City as champion. RACKING UP THE WINS Karolina Pliskova has been the epitome of consistency in 2019, reaching the quarterfinals or better at six of her eight tournaments and posting 26 wins. 5 Prior to the start of this sea- Also passing the 20-win mark is Johanna Konta, who last son, Johanna Konta owned year did not achieve that particular feat until August. just seven main draw wins on clay, with five of these 2019 WTA MAIN DRAW MATCH WIN LEADERS coming in Rome PLAYER WINS LOSSES BEST RESULT KVITOVA 28 8 WON: SYDNEY, STUTTGART BENCIC 26 9 WON: DUBAI BERTENS 26 9 WON: ST. PETERSBURG, MADRID SERVING NOTICE PLISKOVA 26 7 WON: BRISBANE Karolina Pliskova has struck 30 aces en route to the BARTY 24 5 WON: MIAMI final, edging her to the summit of this year’s aces leader- board: HALEP 23 8 R-UP: DOHA, MADRID VONDROUSOVA 22 6 R-UP: BUDAPEST, ISTANBUL PLAYER ACES MATCHES ANDREESCU 20 4 WON: INDIAN WELLS KAROLINA PLISKOVA 247 31 KONTA 20 7 R-UP: RABAT KIKI BERTENS 246 36 NAOMI OSAKA 184 24 ON THIS DAY: MAY 19 PETRA KVITOVA 172 36 A 20-year-old Serena Williams defeats Justine Henin Pliskova’s ace count has helped her prevail in 40 of 48 7-6(6) 6-4 in the Rome final to win the first title of her games on her serve this week: career on clay. PLAYER % SERV. GAMES WON “I think I’m a really good clay court player, but everybody KAROLINA PLISKOVA 83.3% says I can’t play on it,” Williams said afterwards. “This JOHANNA KONTA 79.9% may change some minds.” DOUBLES UPDATE FIGHTING SPIRIT Victoria Azarenka and Ashleigh Barty sprung their lat- Karolina Pliskova came back from the brink on a couple est upset in the doubles competition when they knocked of occasions during her title run at Brisbane in the first out top seeds and reigning Roland Garros champions week of the season. Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina SIniakova on Saturday, 6-4 6-4. It is a trend that has continued as her campaign has pro- gressed, with the Czech’s come-from-behind victories this In the final the unseeded duo will face No.8 seeds week over Sofia Kenin and Victoria Azarenka taking her An- and , 7-5 6-7(6) 10-3 record in three-set matches to a tour-leading 14-6. na-Lena Groenefeld Demi Schuurs winners over Chan Hao-Ching and Latisha Chan. MATCH NOTES ROME - ITALY | May 13 - May 19, 2019 | $3,452,538 | PREMIER 5 JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #42) vs. [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #7) Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 5-1 2017 EASTBOURNE GRASS O SF KAROLINA PLISKOVA W/O 2016 BEIJING HARD O R16 JOHANNA KONTA 6-1 3-6 7-6(2) 127 mins 2016 EASTBOURNE GRASS O SF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 137 mins 2016 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 130 mins 2015 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R2 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3-6 6-3 6-4 115 mins 2013 ITF/NOTTINGHAM GRASS O SF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3-6 7-5 6-3 N/A 2011 ITF/PREROV CLAY O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-2 7-6(3) N/A JOHANNA KONTA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 42 WTA RANKING 7 38 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 17-05-1991 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (27) $246,230 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,877,512 $7,426,649 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $16,251,953 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 1 / 12 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 5 ROME W-L (MD) * 10-3 6-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 20-7 / 148-93 26-7 / 283-149 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 10-2 / 38-41 14-6 / 95-51 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-5 / 34-26 4-4 / 58-60 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 10-2 / 17-17 5-2 / 50-35 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 12-12 4-0 / 27-19 1-1 / 6-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 13-18 3-2 / 17-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 27-37 3-4 / 33-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 53-68 * Updated entering 2019 Rome F ROAD TO THE FINAL JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #42) [4] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #7) SF: d. [6] KIKI BERTENS (NED #4) 5-7,7-5,6-2 (2h49) SF: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #39) 6-4,6-4 (1h28) QF: d. MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #44) 6-3,3-6,6-1 (1h53) QF: d. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #51) 6-7(5),6-2,6-2 (2h26) R16: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #50) 6-2,6-4 (1h12) R16: d. SOFIA KENIN (USA #37) 4-6,6-4,6-3 (1h54) R32: d. [7] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #8) 6-7(3),6-4,6-1 (2h30) R32: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #47) 6-3,6-3 (1h11) R64: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #51) 6-4,6-1 (1h28) R64: BYE Total games: 122 Total games: 96 Won/lost: 75-47 Won/lost: 58-38 Sets won/lost: 10-3 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Total time on court: 9h52 Total time on court: 6h59 Average time on court: 1h58 Average time on court: 1h45 Average rank of opponent: 31 Average rank of opponent: 44 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES ROME - ITALY | May 13 - May 19, 2019 | $3,452,538 | PREMIER 5 ROME Tournament History JOHANNA KONTA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 2018 R16 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #6) 2-6 6-3 6-4 R2 L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #42) 3-6 6-3 7-5 2017 2017 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12) 6-1 3-6 6-1 QF L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #11) 6-2 7-6(9) 2016 2016 R16 L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #45) 4-6 7-5 6-2 R1 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #33) 6-4 6-4 2015 R1 L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #24) 6-4 6-0 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from JOHANNA KAROLINA KONTA VS PLISKOVA ROME ROME • Playing the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for a fourth • Making fifth appearance at Rome, where she is time, where she has now reached her maiden final through to the final for the first time • Previous best results were R16 showings in 2016 (l. • Best previous result was QF showing in 2017 (l. Doi), 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Ostapenko) eventual champion Svitolina) • On Monday, beat Riske in 1r for the second tourna- • Before this had never been beyond 1r, falling at ment in succession (also won 6-4 6-1 at Madrid) this stage in 2015-16.
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