Nature Valley International June 23-29, 2019 Women’S Tennis Association Match Notes

NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL JUNE 23-29, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL - SINGLES FINAL

[4/WC] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #5) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Kerber leads 7-4 Kerber is bidding for her third career grass court title, and her first title overall since lifting the 2018 Wimbledon trophy... Ka.Pliskova is aiming to win a third WTA singles title in a single season for the second time in her career (also in 2017), which would tie Barty’s tour-leading record in 2019

A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS PLAYER EASTBOURNE YTD W/L* CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD CAREER W/L* W/L* TITLES TITLES

[2] Karolina Pliskova 15-3 34-9 291-151 $2,709,138 $17,083,579 2 13

[4/WC] Angelique Kerber 17-5 24-10 423-235 $1,171,486 $28,328,327 0 12

*includes 2019 Eastbourne

FINAL RECORDS

PLAYER BEST EASTBOURNE LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL RESULT W/L

[2] Karolina Pliskova WON (1): 2017 2019 Rome (WON) 13-12 [4/WC] Angelique Kerber R-Up (2): 2012, 2014 2019 Indian Wells (R-Up) 12-17

EASTBOURNE HONOR ROLL YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2018 [1] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 7-5 7-6(5) 2017 [3] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [6] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-4 6-4 2016 [12] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [10] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 7-5 6-3 2015 Belinda Bencic (SUI) [9] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-4 4-6 6-0 2014 Madison Keys (USA) [5] Angelique Kerber (GER) 6-3 3-6 7-5 2013 Elena Vesnina (RUS) [Q] Jamie Hampton (USA) 6-2 6-1 2012 Tamira Paszek (AUT) [5] Angelique Kerber (GER) 5-7 6-3 7-5 2011 [6] Marion Bartoli (FRA) [5] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-1 4-6 7-5 2010 [Q] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 7-6(5) 6-4 2009 [6] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Virginie Razzano (FRA) 7-6(5) 7-5 2008 [4] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [8] Nadia Petrova (RUS) 6-4 6-7(11) 6-4

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[4/WC] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #5) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 7-4

2018 FED CUP WEEK 2 CLAY I R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-5 6-3 N/A 2018 DUBAI HARD O QF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-4 6-3 75 mins 2017 TOKYO HARD O QF ANGELIQUE KERBER 7-6(5) 7-5 110 mins 2016 US OPEN HARD O F ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 4-6 6-4 127 mins 2016 CINCINNATI HARD O F KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-3 6-1 63 mins 2015 STANFORD HARD O F ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 5-7 6-4 128 mins 2015 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O F ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(4) 136 mins 2015 SYDNEY HARD O SF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-3 6-2 55 mins 2014 NÜRNBERG CLAY O QF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(5) 6-4 83 mins 2014 DOHA HARD O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER 7-6(2) 6-4 92 mins 2011 COPENHAGEN HARD I R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-2 6-2 62 mins

ANGELIQUE KERBER KAROLINA PLISKOVA 5 WTA RANKING 3 11 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 18-01-1988 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (27) $1,171,486 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,709,138 $28,328,327 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $17,083,579 0 / 12 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 13 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 17-5 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 15-3 24-10 / 423-235 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 34-9 / 291-151 5-6 / 117-94 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 14-7 / 95-52 8-1 / 86-54 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-5 / 58-61 6-1 / 68-25 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 33-16 2-1 / 34-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 28-20 0-0 / 19-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 14-18 2-2 / 39-61 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 28-37 3-3 / 89-114 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / 54-68 * Updated through entering 2019 Eastbourne Final

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration

SF W/O - ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) N/A SF d. [3] KIKI BERTENS (NED #4) 6-1 6-2 56 mins

QF d. [6] S. HALEP (ROU #7) 6-4 6-3 72 mins QF d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS 52) 6-2 6-0 52 mins

R16 d. R. PETERSON (SWE #66) 7-6(4) 6-0 79 mins R16 d. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) 6-1 6-2 58 mins

R2 d. S. STOSUR (AUS #132) 6-4 6-4 83 mins R2 d. MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #61) 6-3 6-3 66 mins

R1 BYE R1 BYE

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EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 2018 SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 QF L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #45) 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)

2017 2017 QF L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) 6-3 6-4 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-4 6-4

2014 2016 F L - MADISON KEYS (USA #47) 6-3 3-6 7-5 F L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #21) 7-5 6-3

2013 2015 R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #25) 6-3 6-4 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-2 6-1 2012 2014 F L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #59) 5-7 6-3 7-5 QF-Q L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #58) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

2013 QF-Q L - KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #103) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3

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• Making sixth appearance at Eastbourne, as a two- • Making fifth main draw appearance at Eastbourne time runner-up in 2012 (l. Paszek) and 2014 (l. Keys) (seventh overall) as a former champion in 2017 (d. • Made SF last year (l. eventual champion Wozniacki, Wozniacki in F) held 1MP in second set) • One of three former champions to enter this year’s • After 1r bye, defeated No.132 Stosur in 2r. Has now main draw - also Wozniacki (2009, 2018) and Bencic won all seven matches following a 1r bye this season (2015) • Saved 3/3 break points (100%) and converted 3/4 • Also finished R-Up in 2016 (l. Cibulkova in F) (75%) in R16 victory over No.66 Peterson in R16 • After 1r bye this year, downed Gasparyan in straight • Defeated No.7 Halep today in their 11th career meet- sets for 30th career main draw win on grass ing, improving record against the Romanian to 5-6 • In R16, took 58 mins to defeat No.21 Mertens in their • Nows holds two Top 10 wins this season, having pre- first career meeting, dropping three games viously defeated No.9 Sabalenka en route to Indian • Has now reached the QF stage or better in seven of Wells final (l. Andreescu) the 11 events contested in 2019 • Received walkover into final due to withdrawal from • Needed 52 mins to defeat No.52 Alexandrova in QF Jabeur (right ankle injury) on Thursday to reach her fifth SF of 2019. By con- • Into her second final of 2019, having finished as trast, reached six SFs in all of 2018 R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu in 3s). Owns • Improved to 2-2 record against Top 5 players this 12-17 career record in finals with most recent title season with SF victory over No.4 Bertens in 56 mins. coming at 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F). Also defeated No.3 Halep en route to Miami final, Holds 2-3 record in finals on grass, including titles and fell to No.4 Osaka (Australian Open) and No.3 at 2015 Birmingham (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Halep (Fed Cup Week I) Wimbledon • Is through to her fourth final of 2019, having lifted the • Faces No.3 Ka.Pliskova today in their 12th career trophies at Brisbane and Rome, and a runner-up fin- meeting. Defeated the Czech in their sole meeting on ish at Miami. Marks her fourth time reaching four (or grass in the final of 2015 Birmingham more) finals in a single season, having also achieved • Aiming for her 20th career win over a Top 5 ranked this feat in 2014 (five), 2015 (six) and 2016 (four) opponent (19-32 record), and has yet to face one this • Win over Bertens marked her 34th win of the season season. Last such win came against No.4 Osaka at - tied with Bertens for second-most on tour. Only 2018 WTA Finals Barty (36) has more • Also bidding for her 13th career WTA singles title • Faces No.5 Kerber today in her 26th career WTA to tie with Ka.Pliskova and Svitolina for ninth-most singles final (13-12 record). A win today would tie among active players behind S.Williams (72), V.Wil- Barty’s tour-leading three titles won in 2019 liams (49), Sharapova (36), Wozniacki (30), Kvitova • Has won three titles in a single season once in her (27), Azarenka (20), Halep (18) and Kuznetsova (18) career, in 2017 (Brisbane, Doha and Eastbourne) • Among active players, only four players hold more • Has yet to drop a set this week however, holds the grass titles - S.Williams (8), V.Williams (5), Kvitova most three-set wins in 2019 with 14 (tied with Bencic) (4) and Sharapova (3) • Among one of the top servers on tour with 292 aces • Owns 17-5 win-loss record at Eastbourne. Among including 20 this week in Eastbourne - creeping up the players in this year’s draw, only Wozniacki owns on tour leader Bertens who has hit 303 aces more wins (29-9) • Has won a total of two titles on grass - 2016 Notting- • Best doubles result on grass was R-Up finish at 2008 ham and 2017 Eastbourne. Also a doubles title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Dekmeijere) 2016 Birmingham w/Strycova • Among active players, only four players hold more SEASON grass titles - S.Williams (8), V.Williams (5), Kvitova (4) and Sharapova (3) • Coming off SF run at Mallorca (l. Bencic) • Currently in No.3 position on the Porsche Race to • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Potapova) - her sixth Shenzhen – top eight players of 2019 qualify for the opening round loss at Roland Garros and 15th season finale at the WTA Finals Shenzhen across all majors • Pulled out of Rome and withdrew from her 2r match SEASON in Madrid due to a right ankle injury • Posted QF outing at Stuttgart (l. Bertens) • Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham • Initially nominated for German Fed Cup team that in their career first main draw match went on to defeat Latvia in World Group play-offs in • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic) April, but did not play due to viral illness • Won 13th career title at Rome, first Czech woman to lift the trophy since 1978; win over Azarenka in QF ANGELIQUE KAROLINA KERBER VS PLISKOVA

SEASON CONT. SEASON CONT. • Advanced to SF at Monterrey (l. R-Up Azarenka) was her 500th (at all levels) • Exited 3r in Miami where she fell to Andreescu in 3 • Along with Kvitova and Bertens, is one of three play- sets after 1r bye and defeating Muchova in 2r ers to win two titles so far in 2019 (Brisbane, Rome) • Finished R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what • Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Kozlova) was the first Premier Mandatory final of her career • Withdrew from Prague w/viral illness • Before Indian Wells, had not won more than three • Lost opening match as defending champion at Stutt- matches at the same event since 2018 Wimbledon gart (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) • Reached R16 at Dubai (l. S.Hsieh) • Reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, • Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mer- losing to Barty in straight sets in the final tens) – 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career • Fell in 3s to Bencic in QF at Indian Wells win across all levels • Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at • Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first Dubai before losing 6-4 1-6 7-5 time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching • Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad • Was unable to prevent defending champions Czech Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of eight active players to achieve the feat) Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep) • Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, • Produced best Australian Open performance of ca- l. eventual champion Kvitova) – was first QF since reer, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); Wimbledon title run last July saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF • Started off Australian swing by helping Germany fin- • Began season by triumphing at Brisbane Internation- ish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 al (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won at least one WTA singles record – d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) title for seven consecutive seasons CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in • Record in tour-level finals stands at 12-17 Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Also in 2018, made SF at Australian Open (l. Halep • At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at in 3s, having had two match points), Dubai (l. even- Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r tual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first champion Wozniacki having had match point time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at • Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending cham- Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai pion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. even- • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first tual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), • Helped Czech Republic win sixth Fed Cup in past finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. Germany) rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first • Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the prize money during season, passing $19 million computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while becoming 15th player to do so representing USA) • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking –be- • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Wozniacki in F) • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by inter- • In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. national media and fans; also, ITF World Champion eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. • 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe) Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Holds a 13-12 record in singles finals, having won • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart, gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova 2019 Rome), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 East- ANGELIQUE KAROLINA KERBER VS PLISKOVA

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

in F); first German to reach final at the season-end- bourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 • Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane) and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 titles on all surfaces: hard, grass and clay Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first GRAND SLAM HISTORY set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish first time in WTA history, three Czech women inside • Three-time Grand Slam champion, at 2016 Australian Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova) Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Plis- kova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) • Just one of two players all-time to defeat Serena Wil- GRAND SLAM HISTORY liams in two Grand Slam finals (also Venus Williams at 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon) • 2019 Roland Garros marked 28th Grand Slam ap- • At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam pearance champion to save match point en route to the title • Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in match point in 1r win over Doi R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) • Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champi- • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland on Halep) Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r) PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Currently working with former Australian Open finalist • Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Sparta Praha tennis club Fissette at the end of 2018 • Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the • Previously worked with Torben Beltz first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside • Currently coached by Conchita Martínez, and previ- the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez ously coached by Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL JUNE 23-29, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL - SEMIFINALS

ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) vs. [4/WC] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #5) First career meeting Jabeur is through to her second career tour-level SF, and first since a runner-up finish at Moscow in 2018... Including Mallorca, Kerber has made back-to-back SFs for the first time since 2018 Eastbourne (SF) and imbledonW (WON)

[3] KIKI BERTENS (NED #4) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Series tied 2-2 Bertens is currently tied with Garcia for most wins on grass in 2019 (seven), and can take the lead with a win today... Pliskova has yet to drop a set this week however, holds a tour-leading 14 three-set match wins in 2019

A LOOK AT THE FINAL FOUR PLAYER EASTBOURNE YTD W/L* CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD CAREER W/L* W/L* TITLES TITLES

[2] Karolina Pliskova 14-3 33-9 290-151 $2,709,138 $17,083,579 2 13

[3] Kiki Bertens 3-1 34-12 188-145 $2,211,518 $8,733,642 2 9

[4/WC] Angelique Kerber 17-5 24-10 423-235 $1,171,486 $28,328,327 0 12

Ons Jabeur 4-0 9-10 33-53 $208,760 $1,270,100 0 0

*includes 2019 Eastbourne SEMIFINAL RECORDS

PLAYER BEST EASTBOURNE LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER SF CAREER FINAL RESULT W/L* W/L

[2] Karolina Pliskova WON (1): 2017 2019 Rome (WON) 24-14 13-12 [3] Kiki Bertens SF (1): 2019 2019 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (R-Up) 12-10 9-3 [4/WC] Angelique Kerber R-Up (2): 2012, 2014 2019 Indian Wells (R-Up) 29-26 12-17 Ons Jabeur SF (1): 2019 2018 Moscow (R-Up) 1-0 0-1 *not including walkovers POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS BERTENS KA.PLISKOVA

JABEUR First career meeting* First career meeting KERBER Bertens leads 3-2 Kerber leads 7-4 *does not include qualifying matches MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) vs. [4/WC] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #5)

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ONS JABEUR ANGELIQUE KERBER 62 WTA RANKING 5 148 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 11 28-08-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 18-01-1988 (31) $208,760 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,171,486 $1,270,100 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $28,328,327 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 4-0 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 17-5 9-10 / 33-53 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 24-10 / 423-235 4-1 / 9-20 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-6 / 117-94 4-4 / 7-18 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 8-1 / 86-54 5-2 / 6-6 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 68-25 1-1 / 4-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 34-20 0-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 19-32 0-2 / 3-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 39-61 1-2 / 5-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 89-114 * Updated entering 2019 Eastbourne SF

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration QF d. A. CORNET (FRA #55) 1-6 7-5 6-3 122 mins QF d. [6] S. HALEP (ROU #7) 6-4 6-3 72 mins R16 d. [14] J. KONTA (GBR #19) 6-3 6-2 72 mins R16 d. R. PETERSON (SWE #66) 7-6(4) 6-0 79 mins R2 d. [LL] M. MINELLA (LUX #98) 2-6 6-2 6-1 79 mins R2 d. S. STOSUR (AUS #132) 6-4 6-4 83 mins R1 d. E. RODINA (RUS #73) 1-6 7-6(3) 7-5 139 mins R1 BYE EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4

2017 QF L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) 6-3 6-4

2014 F L - MADISON KEYS (USA #47) 6-3 3-6 7-5

2013 R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #25) 6-3 6-4

2012 F L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #59) 5-7 6-3 7-5

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• Making tournament debut at Eastbourne • Making sixth appearance at Eastbourne, as a two- • Came back from losing the first set in both 1r and time runner-up in 2012 (l. Paszek) and 2014 (l. Keys) 2r victories this week against Rodina and Minella, • Made SF last year (l. eventual champion Wozniacki, respectively held 1MP in second set) • Won back-to-back matches for the first time since • After 1r bye, defeated No.132 Stosur in 2r. Has now final run at Moscow in October last year won all seven matches following a 1r bye this season • Scored first Top 20 win of 2019 with R16 victory over • Saved 3/3 break points (100%) and converted 3/4 No.19 Konta, ousting the last Brit in main draw (75%) in R16 victory over No.66 Peterson in R16 • Won 85% of first service points in win over Konta • Defeated No.7 Halep today in their 11th career • Defeated Cornet in 3s to reach her first SF since meeting, improving her record against the Romanian 2018 Moscow final run (l. Kasatkina) to 5-6 • Faces No.5 Kerber today for first time in career - has • Nows holds two Top 10 wins this season, having pre- yet to face a Top 5 opponent this year viously defeated No.9 Sabalenka en route to Indian • Owns 1-1 record against Top 5 players - d. No.1 Wells final (l. Andreescu) Halep in 2018 Beijing via retirement and l. No.5 • Faces No.62 Jabeur for first time today - lowest Wozniacki at 2015 Indian Wells ranked loss this year came against No.81 Potapova • Entered 2019 with 1-4 career record on grass - lone in 1r of Roland Garros win came in 1r of 2018 Wimbledon against Golubic • Owns 17-5 win-loss record at Eastbourne. Among (l. Siniakova in 2r) the players in this year’s draw, only Wozniacki owns more wins (29-9) • Made it to SF in only other grass tournament this SEASON year at Mallorca (l. Bencic) • In addition to 2018 Wimbledon title, has also won a • Coming off R16 appearance in Mallorca (l. eventual grass title at 2015 Birmingham (d. Ka.Pliskova) champion Kenin) • R-Up in doubles on grass at 2008 ‘s-Hertogenbosch • Lost first grass court match of the season in 1r of w/Dekmeijere ‘s-Hertogenbosch to Kudermetova • Currently No.2 on tour in tie-break set record, with • Exited 1r in Roland Garros (l. quarterfinalist Martic) a 8-1 mark - only Stephens has won more with 11 • Failed to make main draw in Rome qualifying (l. (Bencic has 8-2 record, Kvitova has 8-5) Zidansek) • Lost to qualifier Doi in 1r at Indian Wells and No.6 Stephens in 2r of Miami SEASON • Retired with a right shoulder injury when trailing Svitolina in 2r at Dubai • Coming off SF run at Mallorca (l. Bencic) • Made 1r exit at Doha (as WC, l. Suárez Navarro in • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Potapova) - her sixth straight sets). As alternate pairing, reached first WTA opening round loss at Roland Garros and 15th doubles SF w/Riske (l. Groenefeld/Schuurs) across all majors • Was part of Tunisia Fed Cup team which failed to • Pulled out of Rome and withdrew from her 2r match progress from Europe/Africa Group II (posted 2-1 in Madrid due to a right ankle injury record in singles and 0-2 in doubles) • Posted QF outing at Stuttgart (l. Bertens) • Fell in 1r at the Australian Open to Babos in straight • Initially nominated for German Fed Cup team that sets went on to defeat Latvia in World Group play-offs in • Opened season with 2r showings at Shenzhen (l. April, but did not play due to viral illness Y.Wang) and Hobart (l.Kenin) • Advanced to SF at Monterrey (l. R-Up Azarenka) • Exited 3r in Miami where she fell to Andreescu in 3 sets after 1r bye and defeating Muchova in 2r CAREER MILESTONES • Finished R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what was the first Premier Mandatory final of her career • Defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit • Before Indian Wells, had not won more than three and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA matches at the same event since 2018 Wimbledon final at 2018 Moscow, where she fell in three sets to • Reached R16 at Dubai (l. S.Hsieh) No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to • Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mer- advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament (Sfar was tens) – 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level) win across all levels • Prior to 2018 Moscow, best previous results were QF • Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 Bucharest time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching ONS ANGELIQUE JABEUR VS KERBER

CAREER CONT. SEASON CONT.

• Owns three Top 10 victories, over No.1 Halep at R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad 2018 Beijing (via ret.), No.8 Stephens at 2018 Mos- Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of cow and No.7 Cibulkova at 2017 Roland Garros eight active players to achieve the feat) • Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016 • Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, • Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at l. eventual champion Kvitova) – was first QF since Doha (as WC) and Olympics Wimbledon title run last July • Became first North African woman to win a junior • Started off Australian swing by helping Germany fin- Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), having ish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 also reached the final in 2010 (l. Svitolina in F) singles record – d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) • On ITF Circuit, has 11 singles and one doubles title • Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Men- zah-TUN CAREER MILESTONES • Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and GRAND SLAM HISTORY third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 • Contested 10th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 • Record in tour-level finals stands at 12-17 Roland Garros • Also in 2018, made SF at Australian Open (l. Halep • Best Grand Slam showing was 3r run at 2017 Roland in 3s, having had two match points), Dubai (l. even- Garros; in Paris became first Arab woman to reach 3r tual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual of a Grand Slam and first lucky loser to contest 3r of champion Wozniacki having had match point a Slam since Kasatkina at 2015 US Open, and first • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of at Roland Garros since Pizzichini in 1996. Gaidano, season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at at 1993 US Open, was the most recent lucky loser to Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai reach R16 at a major • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first • Is second Tunisian woman to win a Grand Slam main Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. draw match after Selima Sfar reached 2r at 2001 Ro- S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), land Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; 2002 Wim- finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and bledon; 2005 Wimbledon; and 2008 Roland Garros rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- • Has also made 2r at 2017 US Open (l. Vandeweghe) came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Siniakova) • Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career • Has lost in 1r at Australian Open on three occasions, prize money during season, passing $19 million in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva), 2018 (l. Vesnina) mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, and 2019 (l. Babos) becoming 15th player to do so • In girls’ singles at Roland Garros was champion in • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking –be- 2011 (d. Puig) and R-Up in 2010 (l. Svitolina) came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion • 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. PERSONAL Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- • Started playing tennis at age 3 gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova • Husband Karim Kamoun is half-Russian in F); first German to reach final at the season-end- • Away from court enjoys playing and watching football ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 • Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hard, grass and clay ONS ANGELIQUE JABEUR VS KERBER

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• Three-time Grand Slam champion, at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Plis- kova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) • Just one of two players all-time to defeat Serena Wil- liams in two Grand Slam finals (also Venus Williams at 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon) • At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 • Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep)

PERSONAL

• Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of 2018 • Previously worked with Torben Beltz • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

[3] KIKI BERTENS (NED #4) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: 2-2

2018 MONTREAL HARD O R2 KIKI BERTENS 6-2 6-2 85 mins 2018 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R16 KIKI BERTENS 6-3 7-6(1) 99 mins 2018 STUTTGART CLAY I R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-2 6-2 59 mins 2010 GLASGOW 2 HARD O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-4 3-1

KIKI BERTENS KAROLINA PLISKOVA 4 WTA RANKING 3 5 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 10-12-1991 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (27) $2,211,518 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,709,138 $8,733,642 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $17,083,579 2 / 9 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 13 0 / 10 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 3-1 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 14-3 34-12 / 188-145 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 33-9 / 290-151 9-9 / 51-56 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 14-7 / 95-52 5-6 / 38-44 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-5 / 58-61 7-1 / 18-15 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 32-16 5-1 / 21-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 28-20 3-1 / 9-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 13-18 6-1 / 21-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 27-37 8-4 / 31-40 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 53-68 * Updated through entering 2019 Eastbourne SF

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration QF d. [8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) 6-4 3-6 6-4 123 mins QF d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS 52) 6-2 6-0 52 mins

R16 d. ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #356) 6-3 6-3 91 mins R16 d. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) 6-1 6-2 58 mins

R2 d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #39) 6-4 6-1 81 mins R2 d. MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #61) 6-3 6-3 66 mins

R1 BYE R1 BYE

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

KIKI BERTENS KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 2018 R2 L - MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #28) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3 QF L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #45) 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)

2017 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-4 6-4

2016 F L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #21) 7-5 6-3

2015 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-2 6-1

2014 QF-Q L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #58) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

2013 QF-Q L - KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #103) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3

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• Making second appearance at Eastbourne • Making fifth main draw appearance at Eastbourne • Last year, lost in 2r to Buzarnescu after a 1r bye (seventh overall) as a former champion in 2017 (d. • Second time in career entering a Premier-level Wozniacki in F) tournament as a Top 3 seed - played in Charleston • One of three former champions to begin in this year’s earlier this year as No.2 seed main draw, including Wozniacki (2009, 2018) and • Notched career first win here over No.39 Putintseva Bencic (2015) in 2r (after 1r bye) • Also finished R-Up in 2016 (l. Cibulkova in F) • In R16, defeated Friedsam to reach eighth QF of the • After 1r bye this year, downed Gasparyan in straight season. By contrast, reached seven QFs in entire of sets for 30th career main draw win on grass 2018 season • In R16, took 58 mins to defeat No.21 Mertens in their • Improved to 6-1 vs. Top 10 players after defeating first career meeting, dropping three games No.10 Sabalenka in QF. Tied with Barty for second • Has now reached the QF stage or better in seven of most wins against such players this season, only the 11 events contested in 2019 behind Bencic with eight • Needed 52 mins to defeat No.52 Alexandrova in QF • Faces No.3 Ka.Pliskova today in their fifth career on Thursday. Is through to her fifth SF of 2019. By meeting. Series tied 2-2 however, has won in their contrast, reached six SFs in all of 2018 only meeting on grass last year at Wimbledon R16 • Faces No.4 Bertens today. Owns 1-2 record against • Owns 3-1 record vs. Top 5 players this season, hav- Top 5 players this season, having defeated No.3 ing defeated No.5 Kerber (Stuttgart), No.2 Kvitova Halep en route to Miami final. Fell to No.4 Osaka and No.3 Halep (both en route to Madrid title). Sole (Australian Open) and No.3 Halep (Fed Cup Week I) loss came against No.3 Kvitova (Stuttgart) • Aiming for her fourth final of the season, having lifted • Leads tour in aces with 298 - Ka.Pliskova close the trophies at Brisbane and Rome, and a runner-up behind with 289 finish at Miami. Would mark her fourth time reaching • Entering 2019 Eastbourne, has won 72.6% of her four (or more) finals in a single season, having also first service points - the second-best on tour behind achieved this in 2014 (five), 2015 (six) and 2016 Ka.Pliskova (73.1%). Is also fourth in terms of ser- (four) vice points and service games won • Has yet to drop a set this week however, holds the • Is tied with Garcia for most wins on grass this season most three-set wins in 2019 with 14 (tied with Bencic) with 7-1 record, including final run at ‘s-Hertogen- • Among one of the top servers on tour with 289 aces bosch. Held five championship points in loss to Riske including 17 this week in Eastbourne - creeping up • Runner-up finish in ‘s-Hertogenbosch this year was on tour leader Bertens who has hit 298 aces best career result on grass, reached QF in Wimble- • Is tied with Bencic for third most wins on tour this don last year (l. Goerges) year with 33 - only Barty (36) and Bertens (34) have • Currently at No.5 position on the Porsche Race to more Shezhen - top eight players of 2019 qualify for the • Has won a total of two titles on grass - 2016 Notting- season finale at the WTA Finals Shenzhen ham and 2017 Eastbourne. Also a doubles title at 2016 Birmingham w/Strycova • Currently in No.3 position on the Porsche Race to SEASON Shenzhen – top eight players of 2019 qualify for the season finale at the WTA Finals Shenzhen • Coming off final run on home soil in ‘s-Hertogen- bosch, could not convert five championship points in loss to Riske SEASON • At Roland Garros, retired from 2r match against Kuzmova due to gastrointestinal illness • Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham • SF showing at Rome (l. Konta – after coming within in their career first main draw match two points of victory) • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic) • Reached career high ranking of World No.4 on May • Won 13th career title at Rome, first Czech woman to 13 lift the trophy since 1978; win over Azarenka in QF • Won ninth career title at Madrid, defeating four Grand was her 500th (at all levels) Slam champions en route (Ostapenko, Kvitova, • Along with Kvitova and Bertens, is one of three play- Stephens and Halep in F). Also first woman to win ers to win two titles so far in 2019 (Brisbane, Rome) Madrid title without dropping a set • Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Kozlova) • Posted SF run at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Kvi- • Withdrew from Prague w/viral illness tova); d. No.5 Kerber in QF for first Top 5 win of 2019 • Lost opening match as defending champion at Stutt- • Fell in R16 (Sakkari) during Charleston title defense gart (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) KIKI KAROLINA BERTENS VS PLISKOVA

SEASON CONT. SEASON CONT. • Posted R16 showings at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) • Reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, and Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) losing to Barty in straight sets in the final • In Middle East, reached QF at Doha (l. eventual • Fell in 3s to Bencic in QF at Indian Wells champion Mertens) and fell 2r at Dubai (after 1r bye, • Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at l. Kuzmova - held 1mp in third set tie-break) Dubai before losing 6-4 1-6 7-5 • Won eighth career title - and third at Premier level • Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness - at St. Petersburg (d. Vekic in F) • Was unable to prevent defending champions Czech • Made 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of • Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep) Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous • Produced best Australian Open performance of ca- results were QF runs at 2016-17 Hobart reer, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); • Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (l. Vekic, saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF having held 2mp at 5-4 in final set) • Began season by triumphing at Brisbane Internation- al (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won at least one WTA CAREER MILESTONES title for seven consecutive seasons

• Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a ca- CAREER MILESTONES reer-best four singles finals across the season and • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) – first triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Bren- Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in da Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Won the WTA’s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 • At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at • Lifted three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F – saved at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first 1mp) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova) at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) • Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Pri- • Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending cham- or to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career pion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. even- • Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) tual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). • Season highlights in 2017 were titles at Nürnberg Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments and Gstaad. Also` posted SF run at 2017 Rome (l. • Helped Czech Republic win sixth Fed Cup in past eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. Germany) Sevastova) - first QF at Premier Mandatory level • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- • Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first on April 16, 2018) Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the • Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while • Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio representing USA) Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani) • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in • Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. claiming the singles and doubles Wozniacki in F) • Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a • In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. qualifier in just her second main draw appearance; eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. currently owns 9-2 career record in singles finals Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe) • Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles, most recently at • Holds a 13-12 record in singles finals, having won 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs) having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart, • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 2019 Rome), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 East- ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r) bourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Neth- 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 erlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane) doubles titles at this level • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 • Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title KIKI KAROLINA BERTENS VS PLISKOVA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY CAREER CONT.

• Best result across the Slams came with SF run at • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) first time in WTA history, three Czech women inside • Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova) reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at GRAND SLAM HISTORY Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 • In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian • 2019 Roland Garros marked 28th Grand Slam ap- Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US pearance Open (l. Vondrousova) • Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 • Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in at 2015 Australian Open (w/Larsson, l. Goerges/ R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic) Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 PERSONAL (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) • Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter; • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland coaching team during off-season Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r) • In November 2018, announced engagement to boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as PERSONAL part of her team as a physio and fitness coach • Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and • Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Daisy Sparta Praha tennis club • Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was • Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the Kim Clijsters first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon • Currently coached by Conchita Martínez, and previously coached by Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL JUNE 23-29, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL - QUARTERFINALS

[4/WC] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #5) vs. [6/WC] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #7) Halep leads 6-4 Kerber is aiming to make back-to-back semifinals after reaching the final four in Mallorca last week (l. Bencic)... Halep is eyeing her 30th win of the season and her 30th career win on grass today

[8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) vs. [3] KIKI BERTENS (NED #4) Bertens leads 3-0 Sabalenka got revenge over Wozniacki in R16 in what was a rematch of last year’s Nature Valley International final... Bertens continues to lead the Tour in terms of aces hit this season (292) ahead of Ka.Pliskova (283)

ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #55) First career meeting Jabeur scored her first Top 20 win of the season over in-form No.19 Konta to reach her first QF of 2019... Cornet is looking to reach her first Premier-level SF since a runner-up finish at 2017 Brisbane (l. Ka.Pliskova)

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #52) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Ka.Pliskova leads 1-0 Alexandrova is bidding for the first Top 5 win of her career today in her fourth attempt... Pliskova has now reached the QF stage or better in seven of the 11 tournaments contested this season

A LOOK AT THE ELITE EIGHT

PLAYER EASTBOURNE YTD W/L* CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD CAREER W/L* W/L* TITLES TITLES

[2] Karolina Pliskova 13-3 32-9 289-151 $2,709,138 $17,083,579 2 13

[3] Kiki Bertens 2-1 33-12 187-145 $2,211,518 $8,733,642 2 9

[4/WC] Angelique Kerber 16-5 23-10 422-235 $1,171,486 $28,328,327 0 12

[6/WC] Simona Halep 4-1 29-9 356-260 $2,010,346 $30,155,925 0 18

[8] Aryna Sabalenka 7-1 22-14 80-44 $1,216,095 $3,365,034 1 3

Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-0 13-13 34-41 $380,834 $1,227,844 0 0

Alizé Cornet 4-8 14-11 293-283 $342,306 $6,908,984 0 6

Ons Jabeur 3-0 8-10 32-53 $208,760 $1,270,100 0 0

*includes 2019 Eastbourne MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

[4] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #5) vs. [WC/6] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #7)

Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads 6-4

2018 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O QF SIMONA HALEP 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2 134 mins 2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O SF SIMONA HALEP 6-3 4-6 9-7 140 mins 2016 WTA FINALS HARD I R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-4 6-2 82 mins 2016 CINCINNATI HARD O SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 6-4 90 mins 2016 MONTREAL HARD O SF SIMONA HALEP 6-0 3-6 6-2 98 mins 2016 WIMBLEDON GRASS O QF ANGELIQUE KERBER 7-5 7-6(2) 90 mins 2016 FED CUP WEEK CLAY I R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-2 6-2 2 - PLAYOFFS 2015 TORONTO HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP 6-3 5-7 6-4 143 mins 2014 DOHA HARD O F SIMONA HALEP 6-2 6-3 66 mins 2009 SAINT RAPHAEL HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP 5-7 6-2 7-5

ANGELIQUE KERBER SIMONA HALEP 5 WTA RANKING 7 11 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8 18-01-1988 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 27-09-1991 (27) $1,171,486 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,010,346 $28,328,327 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $30,155,925 0 / 12 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 18 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 16-5 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 4-1 23-10 / 422-235 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 29-9 / 356-160 5-6 / 117-94 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 10-5 / 105-54 8-1 / 86-54 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 44-54 5-1 / 66-25 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 29-14 2-1 / 34-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 34-13 0-0 / 19-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 11-27 1-2 / 38-61 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / 36-46 2-3 / 88-114 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-4 / 96-71 * Updated entering 2019 Eastbourne QF

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 d. R. PETERSON (SWE #66) 7-6(4) 6-0 79 mins R16 d. P. HERCOG (SLO #60) 6-1 4-6 6-3 110 mins R2 d. S. STOSUR (AUS #132) 6-4 6-4 83 mins R2 d. S.W. HSIEH (TPE #29) 6-2 6-0 53 mins R1 BYE R1 BYE EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ANGELIQUE KERBER SIMONA HALEP 2018 2017 SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 QF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 5-7 6-4 6-1

2017 QF L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) 6-3 6-4

2014 F L - MADISON KEYS (USA #47) 6-3 3-6 7-5

2013 R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #25) 6-3 6-4

2012 F L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #59) 5-7 6-3 7-5

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• Making sixth appearance at Eastbourne, as a two- • Making second main draw appearance at East- time runner-up in 2012 (l. Paszek) and 2014 (l. Keys) bourne, returning after QF run in 2017 (l. Wozniacki) • Made SF last year (l. eventual champion Wozniacki, • After a 1r bye, defeated No.29 Hsieh in 53 min, drop- held 1MP in second set) ping just two games and winning 71% of first serve • After 1r bye, defeated No.132 Stosur in 2r and No.66 points for first grass win of the year Peterson in R16 - in last match saved 3/3 break • In R16, defeated No.60 Hercog for second time this points (100%) and converted 3/4 (75%) year in three sets - triumphed in their last meeting at • Faces No.7 Halep today in their 11th career meeting. 2019 Miami after a two hours and 49 mins Won their only matchup on grass at 2016 Wimbledon • Faces No.5 Kerber today in their 11th career meet- • Owns 1-2 record against Top 10 players this year, ing. Has faced just two players as many times as defeating Sabalenka at Indian Wells R16 (lost to Kerber - Suarez Navarro (12) and A.Radwanska (11) No.8 Kvitova at Sydney QF and No.7 Bertens at • Won their last two matches including in QF of 2018 Stuttgart QF) Roland Garros title run and 2018 Australian Open SF • Has 16-5 win-loss record at Eastbourne. Among the • Is 1-0 against Top 5 players this year, defeating No.5 players in this year’s draw, only Wozniacki owns Ka.Pliskova in Fed Cup Week 1 to help Romania more wins (29-9) reach World Group SF • Made it to SF in only other grass tournament this • Bidding for 30th main draw victory this year (29-9) year at Mallorca (l. Bencic) • Week of Eastbourne will see her move to 283 con- • In addition to 2018 WImbledon title, has also won a secutive weeks in the Top 10 – the longest active grass title at 2015 Birmingham (d. Ka.Pliskova) streak (ahead of Ka.Pliskova on 146 weeks) • R-Up in doubles on grass at 2008 ‘s-Hertogenbosch • Sole Romanian woman to reach QF - Buzarnescu w/Dekmeijere lost to Ostapenko in 1r • Currently No.2 on tour in tie-break set record, with • Also playing doubles w/Olaru - defeated Rosolska/ a 8-1 mark - only Stephens has won more with 11 Yang yesterday to make SF (Bencic has 8-2 record, Kvitova has 8-5) • Last year skipped all Wimbledon warm-up events after winning title in Roland Garros - made 3r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh) SEASON • Has won one career title on grass at 2013 ‘s-Herto- genbosch (d. Flipkens in F) • Coming off SF run at Mallorca (l. Bencic) • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Potapova) - her sixth opening round loss at Roland Garros and 15th across all majors • Pulled out of Rome and withdrew from her 2r match SEASON in Madrid due to a right ankle injury • Made QF run at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova) • Posted QF outing at Stuttgart (l. Bertens) • Fell during opening match loss at Rome (after 1r bye, • Initially nominated for German Fed Cup team that l. Vondrousova) went on to defeat Latvia in World Group play-offs in • Had previously reached at least the QF stage in her April, but did not play due to viral illness last 10 clay court tournaments – 2019 Madrid (F), • Advanced to SF at Monterrey (l. R-Up Azarenka) 2018 Roland Garros (Won), 2018 Rome (F), 2018 • Exited 3r in Miami where she fell to Andreescu in 3 Madrid (QF), 2018 Stuttgart (QF), 2017 Roland Gar- sets after 1r bye and defeating Muchova in 2r ros (F), 2017 Rome (F), 2017 Madrid (Won), 2017 • Finished R-Up at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what Stuttgart (SF) and 2016 Bucharest (Won) was the first Premier Mandatory final of her career • Prior to Rome, posted R-Up showing at Madrid (l. • Before Indian Wells, had not won more than three Bertens); scoring third Top 10 win of the season over matches at the same event since 2018 Wimbledon No.9 Barty in QF, having previously seen off No.5 • Reached R16 at Dubai (l. S.Hsieh) Ka.Pliskova (Fed Cup) and No.7 Svitolina (Doha) • Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mer- • Beat Kuzmova without dropping a game in R16 at tens) – 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career Madrid - the third 6-0 6-0 win on the WTA tour this win across all levels season (also Sharapova d. Dart at Australian Open • Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first and Pavlyuchenkova d. Jorovic at Monterrey); at 45 time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching minutes, it was the shortest completed match of the R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad year Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) ANGELIQUE SIMONA KERBER VS HALEP

SEASON CONT. SEASON CONT.

• Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, • Withdrew from Stuttgart w/hip injury following long l. eventual champion Kvitova) – was first QF since weekend in Fed Cup. Won both singles rubbers Wimbledon title run last July (d. Garcia and Mladenovic), before losing decisive • Started off Australian swing by helping Germany fin- rubber w/Niculescu Garcia/Mladenovic in 3-2 defeat ish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 to France in semifinal singles record – d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) • Reached SF at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) and posted R16 run at Indian Wells (l. No.61 Vondrousova in 3s) • Fell in QF at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) • Finished R-Up in Doha (l. Mertens) • Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Roma- CAREER MILESTONES nia to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round and reach the SF for the first time. • Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. at home in 10 years S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 • Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open • Record in tour-level finals stands at 12-17 • Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) • Also in 2018, made SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having had two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having had match point CAREER MILESTONES • Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at • Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden • Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. • Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, be- and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is 18-16 in career finals came oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 • Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen • Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career (w/Begu). Now 1-1 in career doubles finals prize money during season, passing $19 million • Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on becoming 15th player to do so October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman to reach • Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking –be- the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 came 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and sec- • Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); ond German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) reached four more finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Gar- • Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by inter- ros, Cincinnati and Beijing. 2016 season highlighted national media and fans; also, ITF World Champion by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal • 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. • Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved rank- Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 ing from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles • Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, pro- • Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore gressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova (2014-18), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, hav- in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) ing championships since Graf won title in 1996 • Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after • Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) on all surfaces: hard, grass and clay • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals • Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, 2014-19 ANGELIQUE SIMONA KERBER VS HALEP

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Three-time Grand Slam champion, at 2016 Australian • 2019 Roland Garros marked her 36th career Grand Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Plis- Slam appearance - 35th consecutive appearance kova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) • Won first Grand Slam title of career at 2018 Roland • Just one of two players all-time to defeat Serena Wil- Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up liams in two Grand Slam finals (also Venus Williams finishes in Paris in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. at 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon) Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. • At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam Wozniacki in 3s) champion to save match point en route to the title • Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki) match point in 1r win over Doi • Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and • Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 • Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon • In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) PERSONAL • Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champi- • Announced at Miami that she is now working with on Halep) Daniel Dobre. During off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis • Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita PERSONAL • Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer • Sponsorship portfolio includes deals with Mercedes, • Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Unilever and is an Ambassador for Dubai Duty Free Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim • Loves chocolate ice cream, cheesecake and crepes Fissette at the end of 2018 • Previously worked with Torben Beltz • In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez

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[8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) vs. [3] KIKI BERTENS (NED #4)

Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads 3-0

2019 ST. PETERSBURG HARD I SF KIKI BERTENS 7-6(5) 6-2 99 mins 2018 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 KIKI BERTENS 6-2 6-1 69 mins 2017 FED CUP WEEK 1 HARD I R1 KIKI BERTENS 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4

ARYNA SABALENKA KIKI BERTENS 10 WTA RANKING 4 25 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 5 05-05-1998 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-12-1991 (27) $1,216,095 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,211,518 $3,365,034 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $8,733,642 1 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 9 2 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 10 7-1 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 2-1 22-14 / 80-44 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 33-12 / 187-145 7-4 / 31-16 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 8-9 / 50-56 2-4 / 17-15 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-6 / 38-44 2-2 / 10-7 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 17-15 0-2 / 6-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 21-10 0-0 / 3-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-1 / 9-10 0-4 / 8-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-1 / 20-21 1-4 / 17-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 8-4 / 31-40 * Updated through entering 2019 Eastbourne QF

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 d. [11] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) 2-6 6-4 7-6(5) 141 mins R16 d. ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #356) 6-3 6-3 91 mins R2 d. TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO #59) 6-2 6-3 77 mins R2 d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #39) 6-4 6-1 81 mins R1 BYE R1 BYE

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ARYNA SABALENKA KIKI BERTENS 2018 2018 F L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 7-5 7-6(5) R2 L - MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #28) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3

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• Making second appearance at Eastbourne, having • Making second appearance at Eastbourne finished as the runner-up in 2018 (l. Wozniacki) • Last year, lost in 2r to Buzarnescu after a 1r bye • 2018 Eastbourne marked her career first Pre- • Second time in career entering a Premier-level mier-level final. Has since reached two more, lifting tournament as a Top 3 seed - played in Charleston the titles at 2018 New Haven (d. Suarez Navarro in earlier this year as No.2 seed F) and 2018 Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F) • Notched career first win here over No.39 Putintseva • After 1r bye, defeated Zidansek in 2r on Tuesday for in 2r (after 1r bye) first win on grass this season following back-to-back • In R16, defeated Friedsam to reach eighth QF of the 1r exits at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Aiava) and Birming- season. By contrast, reached seven QFs in entire of ham (l. Hsieh) 2018 season • In R16, saved one match point in victory over No.14 • Faces No.10 Sabalenka today. Has lost one set in Wozniacki in what was a re-match of last year’s final their three previous meetings, defeating the Belar- • Has now won her last two meetings against the usian on hard courts (2017 Fed Cup and 2019 St. Dane, having also triumphed at 2018 Montreal in 3s Petersburg) and clay (2018 Roland Garros) • Now holds three Top 30 wins this season. Previous • Leads tour in aces with 292 - Ka.Pliskova close wins came over No.29 Sharapova (via ret.) at Shen- behind with 283 zhen and No.28 Tsurenko (Indian Wells) • Entering 2019 Eastbourne, has won 72.6% of her • Faces No.4 Bertens today in their fourth career first service points - the second-best on tour behind meeting, and first on grass Ka.Pliskova (73.1%). Is also fourth in terms of ser- • Aiming for first Top 5 win since defeating No.5 Kvito- vice points and service games won va at 2018 US Open (3-3 career record) • Owns 6-1 record on grass this year with final run in • Is 3-0 in QF stage this year - Shenzhen (WON), St. ‘s-Hertogenbosch - could not convert five champion- Petersburg (SF) and Strasbourg (SF) ship points in loss to Riske • Last year, went 7-4 on grass, highlighted by R-Up • Runner-up finish in ‘s-Hertogenbosch this year was finish at Eastbourne and QF at ‘s-Hertogenbosch best career result on grass, reached QF in Wimble- don last year (l. Goerges) • Currently at No.5 position on the Porsche Race to SEASON Shezhen - top eight players of 2019 qualify for the season finale at the WTA Finals Shenzhen • Coming off back-to-back 1r exits at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Aiava) and Birmingham (l. Hsieh) • Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova) SEASON • SF run at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion Yas- tremska) was only the second time she has won • Coming off final run on home soil in ‘s-Hertogen- three consecutive matches in 2019 (also en route to bosch, could not convert five championship points in Shenzhen title) loss to Riske • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Madrid (l .Kuznetso- • At Roland Garros, retired from 2r match against va) and Rome (l. Cornet) Kuzmova due to gastrointestinal illness • Was part of Belarus Fed Cup team that fell 3-2 to • SF showing at Rome (l. Konta – after coming within Australia in World Group semifinal, in Brisbane. Went two points of victory) 1-1 in her singles rubbers (d. Stosur, l. Barty) and • Reached career high ranking of World No.4 on May also lost the decisive doubles with Azarenka 13 • Made R16 in first clay court event of the season at • Won ninth career title at Madrid, defeating four Grand Charleston (l. Puig) Slam champions en route (Ostapenko, Kvitova, • Suffered 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tomljanovic) Stephens and Halep in F). Also first woman to win after R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Kerber) Madrid title without dropping a set • Completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by sweeping • Posted SF run at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Kvi- back-to-back doubles titles at Indian Wells and Miami tova); d. No.5 Kerber in QF for first Top 5 win of 2019 (both w/Mertens); now 2-1 in doubles finals • Fell in R16 (Sakkari) during Charleston title defense • Fell in R16 at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) • Posted R16 showings at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) • Won both singles rubbers (d. Petkovic and Siege- and Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) mund) during Belarus’ Fed Cup win over Germany • In Middle East, reached QF at Doha (l. eventual • Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion champion Mertens) and fell 2r at Dubai (after 1r bye, Bertens); rose to career-high No.9 in the rankings l. Kuzmova - held 1mp in third set tie-break) following run in Russia (February 4, 2019) • Won eighth career title - and third at Premier level - at St. Petersburg (d. Vekic in F) ARYNA KIKI SABALENKA VS BERTENS

SEASON CONT. SEASON CONT. • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova); made • Made 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Top 10 debut after tournament (January 28) • Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). • Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F) followed with opening results were QF runs at 2016-17 Hobart match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) • Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (l. Vekic, having held 2mp at 5-4 in final set) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER CONT. • Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and • Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a ca- Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and reer-best four singles finals across the season and finishing at No.11 in the rankings breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) – first • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Bren- Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, da Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand • Won the WTA’s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 Slam run to R16 at US Open • Lifted three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F – saved year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first 1mp) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova) SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) • Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Pri- • Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wim- or to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career bledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and • Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. • Season highlights in 2017 were titles at Nürnberg Ka.Bondarenko) and Gstaad. Also` posted SF run at 2017 Rome (l. • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and Sevastova) - first QF at Premier Mandatory level 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA • Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 on April 16, 2018) Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk • Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) • Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, end- Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani) ing year at No.155 • Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, • WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat claiming the singles and doubles • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/ • Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a Minsk-BLR qualifier in just her second main draw appearance; currently owns 9-2 career record in singles finals GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs) • 2019 Roland Garros marked seventh career main • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 draw appearance at a Grand Slam ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r) • Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Neth- eventual champion Osaka in 3s) erlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 • Best run at Australian Open was 3r run in 2019 (l. doubles titles at this level Anisimova) • Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017 • First Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Khromacheva, l.Witthoeft) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at • Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) (l. Bertens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) • Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by • Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at • Was No.26 seed at 2018 US Open – first Grand Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 Slam seeding of her career ARYNA KIKI SABALENKA VS BERTENS

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM CONT.

• Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov • In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian • Since their partnership formed last summer, the pair- Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US ing scored the best win-by-ranking of her career over Open (l. Vondrousova) No.2 Wozniacki at Montréal. Then in Cincinnati, the • Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, Belarusian dropped three consecutive seeds (No.9 at 2015 Australian Open (w/Larsson, l. Goerges/ Ka.Pliskova, No.6 Garcia and No.13 Keys) en route Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. to SF, before capturing her first career titles at New eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic) Haven, Wuhan and Shenzhen • Started playing aged six as an accident when father PERSONAL drove by local tennis courts • Her favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo • Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter; brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into coaching team during off-season • In November 2018, announced engagement to boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physio and fitness coach • Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy • Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #55)

Head to Head: 0-0

ONS JABEUR ALIZÉ CORNET 62 WTA RANKING 55 148 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 64 28-08-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 22-01-1990 (29) $208,760 YTD PRIZE MONEY $342,306 $1,270,100 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,908,984 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 3-0 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 4-8 8-10 / 32-53 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-11 / 293-283 3-1 / 8-20 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-3 / 97-94 4-4 / 7-18 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-2 / 60-59 4-2 / 5-6 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 4-1 / 17-26 1-1 / 4-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 25-17 0-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 8-27 0-2 / 3-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 19-48 1-2 / 5-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-1 / 40-100 * Updated entering 2019 Eastbourne QF

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 d. [14] J. KONTA (GBR #19) 6-3 6-2 72 mins R16 d. S. ZHANG (CHN #51) 6-2, 6-2 83 mins R2 d. [LL] M. MINELLA (LUX #98) 2-6 6-2 6-1 79 mins R2 d. [5] E. SVITOLINA (UKR #8) 6-3 7-6(3) 98 mins R1 d. E. RODINA (RUS #73) 1-6 7-6(3) 7-5 139 mins R1 d. [WC] H. WATSON (GBR #122) 7-5 6-2 83 mins

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ALIZÉ CORNET 2018 R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #89) 4-6 6-2 6-4

2017 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #46) 6-4 7-5

2016 R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #37) 6-1 6-3

2015 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #42) 6-0 6-3

2014 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 7-5 1-6 7-6(3)

2013 R1 L - NA LI (CHN #6) 6-2 6-4

2011 R1-Q L - ANNE KEOTHAVONG (GBR #113) 6-4 6-2

2009 R1 L - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #25) 7-6(3) 6-2

2008 R1 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #30) 6-1 4-6 7-5

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• Making tournament debut at Eastbourne • Making ninth main draw appearance at Eastbourne • Lost first set in both 1r and 2r victories this week over (10th overall) - has set new tournament best result Rodina and Minella, respectively here by reaching QF • Won back-to-back matches for the first time since • Best previous run here was R16 showing in 2014 (l. final run at Moscow in October last year eventual R-Up Kerber) • Scored first Top 20 win of 2019 with R16 victory over • Beat Watson in 1r this year - has not dropped a set No.19 Konta, ousting the last Brit in main draw to the Brit in their four career meetings • Won 85% of first service points in win over Konta • Defeated No.8 Svitolina for second Top 10 win of • First QF appearance since 2018 Moscow final run (l. year - also d. No.10 Sabalenka in 1r of Rome Kasatkina) • Took out S.Zhang in R16, saving all four break points • Faces No.55 Cornet today for first time in career - she faced owns 0-1 record against French players (l. Razzano, • Reached first QF since first tournament of the year in 2012 Doha) Hobart (d. Minnen, l. eventual champion Kenin in SF) • Entered 2019 with 1-4 career record on grass - lone • Faces No.62 Jabeur for first time today win came in 1r of 2018 Wimbledon against Golubic • Owns 17-26 career record in grass, including a 1-3 (l. Siniakova in 2r) record in 2018 - 2r in Birmingham (l. Svitolina) and 1r exits at Eastbourne (K.Bondarenko) and Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova) SEASON • First ever QF appearance on grass - reached R16 at 2014 Eastbourne (l. Kerber), 2014 Wimbledon (l. • Coming off R16 appearance in Mallorca (l. eventual Bouchard), 2018 Birmingham (l. Svitolina) and 2019 champion Kenin) Mallorca (l. Anisimova) • Lost first grass court match of the season in 1r of • One of two Frenchwomen to start this year’s main ‘s-Hertogenbosch to Kudermetova draw - also qualifier Ferro (l. Freidsam in 1r) • Exited 1r in Roland Garros (l. quarterfinalist Martic) • Failed to make main draw in Rome qualifying (l. Zidansek) • Lost to qualifier Doi in 1r at Indian Wells and No.6 SEASON Stephens in 2r of Miami • Retired with a right shoulder injury when trailing • Coming off 2r showing at Mallorca (d. Sorribes Tor- Svitolina in 2r at Dubai mo, l. Anisimova) • Made 1r exit at Doha (as WC, l. Suárez Navarro in • At Roland Garros, fell to Kuzmova in 1r straight sets). As alternate pairing, reached first WTA • Came through qualifying to make 2r at Rome (d. doubles SF w/Riske (l. Groenefeld/Schuurs) No.10 Sabalenka, l. Suarez Navarro) • Was part of Tunisia Fed Cup team which failed to • Made 2r at Madrid (l. Zheng) and fell 1r at Rabat (l. progress from Europe/Africa Group II (posted 2-1 Bogdan) record in singles and 0-2 in doubles) • Advanced to 3r at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Fell in 1r at the Australian Open to Babos in straight • Fell in 1r at both Indian Wells (l. Tomljanovic) and sets at the WTA $125k Series event in Guadalajara (l. • Opened season with 2r showings at Shenzhen (l. wildcard Zhuk) Y.Wang) and Hobart (l.Kenin) • Lost to Riske in 2r at Dubai • Helped France to 3-1 win away to Belgium in Fed Cup World Group (d. Mertens on day one). Will play Romania in April’s SF CAREER MILESTONES • Produced SF showing at Hobart (l. eventual champion Kenin) before falling 2r at Australian Open (l. • Defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit V.Williams) and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA • Opened season by losing singles matches to Barty, final at 2018 Moscow, where she fell in three sets to Muguruza and S.Williams as France made group No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to stage exit at Hopman Cup advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament (Sfar was the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level) • Prior to 2018 Moscow, best previous results were QF at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 Bucharest ONS ALIZE JABEUR VS CORNET

CAREER CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella • Owns three Top 10 victories, over No.1 Halep at in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and 2018 Beijing (via ret.), No.8 Stephens at 2018 Mos- Charleston cow and No.7 Cibulkova at 2017 Roland Garros • Other five career titles came at 2008 Budapest, 2012 • Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016 Bad Gastein, 2013 Strasbourg, 2014 Katowice and • Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at 2016 Hobart; owns 6-6 career record in finals Doha (as WC) and Olympics • Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) • Became first North African woman to win a junior who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), having time since May 2009; dropped out of Top 20 again also reached the final in 2010 (l. Svitolina in F) after 2015 Dubai • On ITF Circuit, has 11 singles and one doubles title • Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 • Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Men- S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 zah-TUN Wuhan via ret.), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams made her the first player to defeat the American in GRAND SLAM HISTORY three straight meetings since Henin in 2007 • Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champi- • Contested 10th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 ons in Sofia, Bulgaria Roland Garros • Three-time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/ • Best Grand Slam showing was 3r run at 2017 Roland Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong Garros; in Paris became first Arab woman to reach 3r Kong (w/Shvedova) of a Grand Slam and first lucky loser to contest 3r of • Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17, 2019; a Slam since Kasatkina at 2015 US Open, and first French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 at Roland Garros since Pizzichini in 1996. Gaidano, at 1993 US Open, was the most recent lucky loser to reach R16 at a major • Is second Tunisian woman to win a Grand Slam main GRAND SLAM HISTORY draw match after Selima Sfar reached 2r at 2001 Ro- land Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; 2002 Wim- • Roland Garros marked 50th consecutive Grand Slam bledon; 2005 Wimbledon; and 2008 Roland Garros main draw appearance – the longest streak among • Has also made 2r at 2017 US Open (l. Vandeweghe) active players. However, among active players also and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Siniakova) has the most Grand Slam appearances (53 - includ- • Has lost in 1r at Australian Open on three occasions, ing 2019 Roland Garros) without reaching a quarter- in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva), 2018 (l. Vesnina) final and 2019 (l. Babos) • Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as • In girls’ singles at Roland Garros was champion in a 15-year-old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2011 (d. Puig) and R-Up in 2010 (l. Svitolina) 2r (l. Mauresmo) • Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual runner-up Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia) PERSONAL • Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007-08, 2013-14) • Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque- • Started playing tennis at age 3 Mariño in F) • Husband Karim Kamoun is half-Russian • Away from court enjoys playing and watching football PERSONAL

• Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent) • Sponsors include BMW, Babolat and Lotto • Currently without a full-time coach. Worked with Pierre Bouteyre earlier in 2019 MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #52) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 1-0

2017 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-2 4-6 6-3 101 mins

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA KAROLINA PLISKOVA 52 WTA RANKING 3 38 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 15-11-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (27) $380,834 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,709,138 $1,227,844 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $17,083,579 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 13 1 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 3-0 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 13-3 13-13 / 34-41 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 32-9 / 289-151 6-3 / 10-15 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 14-7 / 95-52 1-6 / 8-10 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-5 / 58-61 5-2 / 6-6 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 31-16 3-1 / 3-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 28-20 0-1 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 13-18 0-2 / 1-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 27-37 2-3 / 3-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 53-68 * Updated through entering 2019 Eastbourne QF

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 d. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #35) 6-3 2-1 ret. 56 mins R16 d. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) 6-1 6-2 58 mins

R2 d. [10] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #13) 6-7(6) 6-2 6-3 129 mins R2 d. MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #61) 6-3 6-3 66 mins

R1 d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #49) 6-2 7-6(1) 79 mins R1 BYE

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 QF L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #45) 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)

2017 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-4 6-4

2016 F L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #21) 7-5 6-3

2015 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-2 6-1

2014 QF-Q L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #58) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

2013 QF-Q L - KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #103) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3

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• Making debut appearance in Eastbourne • Making fifth main draw appearance at Eastbourne • Though entering off a 1r fall at Birmingham, reached (seventh overall) as a former champion in 2017 (d. her maiden grass court QF at ‘s-Hertogenbosch the Wozniacki in F) week prior • One of three previous champions in main draw - also • In 1r on Sunday, defeated Tomljanovic in straight Wozniacki (2009, 2018) and Bencic (2015) sets. Won first tiebreak of 2019 in the second set • Also finished R-Up in 2016 (l. Cibulkova in F) (1-6 season record) • After 1r bye this year, downed Gasparyan in straight • Upset No.13 Bencic in 2r from a set down to notch sets for 30th career main draw win on grass her second Top 20 win of the season, the first occur- • In R16, took 58 mins to defeat No.21 Mertens in their ring against No.13 Wozniacki at Indian Wells first career meeting, dropping three games • Moved into fourth QF of 2019 after a mid-match • Has now reached the QF stage or better in seven of retirement by Ostapenko due to a left hip injury the 11 events contested in 2019 • Takes on No.3 Ka.Pliskova in today’s QF, bidding to • Faces No.52 Alexandrova in today in their second record first Top 5 win of career (0-3 record) career meeting • Sole Russian entering QF, though one of five to con- • Among one of the top servers on tour with 283 aces test this year’s main draw (also Rodina, Kasatkina, including 6 from her 2r match against Gasparyan and Kudermetova and Gasparyan) 5 from her R16 match against Mertens - creeping up • A Russian woman has lifted the Eastbourne title on on tour leader Bertens who has 292 three occasions - Kuznetsova (2004), Makarova • Owns fourth most wins on tour this year with 32 - (2010) and Vesnina (2013) only Barty (36), Bencic (33) and Bertens (33) have more • Has won a total of two titles on grass - 2016 Notting- ham and 2017 Eastbourne. Also a doubles title at 2016 Birmingham w/Strycova SEASON • Currently in No.3 position on the Porsche Race to Shenzhen – top eight players of 2019 qualify for the • Reached maiden grass court QF at ‘s-Hertogen- season finale at the WTA Finals Shenzhen bosch (l. eventual champion Riske) before falling 1r at Birmingham (l. Martic) • Produced best career run at a Grand Slam by reaching 3r at Roland Garros, upset No.30 seed Buzarnes- SEASON cu and former finalist Stosur (l. Bolsova) • Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham • Made R16 run at Nurnberg (l. Kudermetova) in their career first main draw match • Fell in 1r qualifying at both Rome (l. Barthel) and • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic) Madrid (Kozlova) • Won 13th career title at Rome, first Czech woman to • Unable to advance past first hurdle at Prague (l. lift the trophy since 1978; win over Azarenka in QF Teichmann) and qualifying in Stuttgart (l. Friedsam) was her 500th (at all levels) • Suffered 1r exits at both Lugano (l. Kuznetsova) and • Along with Kvitova and Bertens, is one of three play- Miami (l. Yastremska) ers to win two titles so far in 2019 (Brisbane, Rome) • Produced a solid three-tournament effort, with a 3r • Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Kozlova) run in Indian Wells (l. Bencic), SF appearance in Bu- • Withdrew from Prague w/viral illness dapest (l. Van Uytvanck) and QF visit in St. Peters- • Lost opening match as defending champion at Stutt- burg (l. Sabalenka) gart (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) • Produced one of the most prolific serving perfor- • Reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, mances on tour this year, firing 17 aces in a three-set losing to Barty in straight sets in the final victory over Boulter in St. Petersburg • Fell in 3s to Bencic in QF at Indian Wells • Fell 1r at Sydney (as qualifier, l. Stephens) and Aus- • Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at tralian Open (l. Tsurenko) Dubai before losing 6-4 1-6 7-5 • Opened season by reaching 2r at Shenzhen (l. even- • Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness tual champion Sabalenka) • Was unable to prevent defending champions Czech Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep) • Produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF EKATERINA KAROLINA ALEXANDROVA VS PLISKOVA

CAREER MILESTONES SEASON CONT. • Began season by triumphing at Brisbane Internation- • Enjoyed second Top 100 season in 2018 at No.93, al (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won at least one WTA highlighted by maiden WTA final at Linz (l. Giorgi) title for seven consecutive seasons • Other highlights in 2018 were QF run at Seoul (l. Hsieh) and WTA 125K Series title at Limoges • At majors reached 2r at Australian Open and 1r at CAREER MILESTONES other three • Posted career-best year-end finish in 2017 and first • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, Top 100 finish, at No.73 – peaked in rankings at triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and No.69 on September 25, 2017 Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in • Played in main draw of all four Grand Slams in 2017 Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) for first time in career and played a career-best • At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at twelve tour-level main draws Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r • Season highlights included winning sixth and seventh at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first ITF singles titles, at $60k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN and time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing $60k ITF/Croissy-Beaubourge-FRA at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) • Also reached QFs at WTA $125k event in Limoges • Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending cham- (as defending champion) pion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. even- • 2016 highlight was winning WTA 125K Series title tual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). at Limoges (d. No.24 Garcia in F). Made WTA main Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments draw debut at Katowice (as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up • Helped Czech Republic win sixth Fed Cup in past Giorgi in 2r) eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. Germany) • Also reached 2r at Wimbledon (won her way through • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- qualifying, on first attempt to qualify at any Slam, ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first upsetting No.23 seed Ivanovic in 1r, l. Friedsam) and Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the Québec City (l. Martincova) computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina • Rest of year was spent on ITF Circuit and attempting Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while to qualify at WTA events (Prague, US Open, Tash- representing USA) kent, Linz and Moscow) • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in • First WTA-level appearance came at 2014 Bad F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Gastein – fell in qualifying Wozniacki in F) • Played first professional events of career on ITF • In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. Circuit in 2011 eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. • Posted Top 300 season finishes in 2014 (No.256) Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe) and 2015 (No.269) on the WTA rankings • Holds a 13-12 record in singles finals, having won having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart, 2019 Rome), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 East- GRAND SLAM HISTORY bourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 • 2019 Roland Garros marked 11th main draw appear- Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane) ance at a major • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 • Produced best career run at a Grand Slam by reach- Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles ing 3r at 2019 Roland Garros, upset No.30 seed finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first Mihaela Buzarnescu and former finalist Sam Stosur set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title (l. Bolsova) • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish • Made debut at 2016 Wimbledon – defeated No.23 first time in WTA history, three Czech women inside seed Ivanovic before falling to Friedsam in 2r Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova) • Competed in all four majors for the first time in career in 2017, falling in 1r at Australian Open (l. compatriot GRAND SLAM HISTORY Makarova) and Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Muguruza) and advancing to 2r at Roland Garros (l. • 2019 Roland Garros marked 28th Grand Slam ap- Ka.Pliskova) and US Open (l. Garcia) pearance • Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena EKATERINA KAROLINA ALEXANDROVA VS PLISKOVA

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM CONT.

• Coached by her father, Evgeny Alexandrova and Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) Petr Kralert, who both travel with her • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 • Born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and began playing (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 tennis at age six; remembers playing on holiday at Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) Spain. Now trains in Prague, Czech Republic • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) • Prefers hardcourts; admires Serena Williams • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r)

PERSONAL

• Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club • Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon • Currently coached by Conchita Martínez, and previously coached by Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL JUNE 23-29, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL - ROUND OF 16

ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) First career meeting Mertens scored her 100th career main draw victory over Roland Garros finalist ondrousovaV in the second round... Pliskova is eyeing her third career grass court singles title following 2016 Nottingham and 2017 Eastbourne

[Q] POLONA HERCOG (SLO #60) vs. [6/WC] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #7) Series tied 1-1 Hercog is looking for the second Top 10 win of her career, having picked up her first at 2012 Charleston over No.7 Bartoli... Halep dropped just two games in her first match on grass this season over Hsieh on uesdayT

ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) vs. [14] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #19) First career meeting Jabeur is aiming for her first Top 20 win of the season, and first since defeating No.8 Stephens and No.11 Sevastova at 2018 Moscow... Konta has only fallen to a player outside the Top 50 once in 2019 (l. No.51 Sakkari in Rabat final)

[8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) vs. [11] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) Series tied 1-1 Sabalenka and Wozniacki face off in a rematch of last year’s Nature Valley International final, which was the Belarusian’s career first Premier-level final and marked the Dane’s second title at Eastbourne

EASTBOURNE HONOR ROLL

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2018 [1] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 7-5 7-6(5) 2017 [3] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [6] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-4 6-4 2016 [12] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [10] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 7-5 6-3 2015 Belinda Bencic (SUI) [9] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-4 4-6 6-0 2014 Madison Keys (USA) [5] Angelique Kerber (GER) 6-3 3-6 7-5 2013 Elena Vesnina (RUS) [Q] Jamie Hampton (USA) 6-2 6-1 2012 Tamira Paszek (AUT) [5] Angelique Kerber (GER) 5-7 6-3 7-5 2011 [6] Marion Bartoli (FRA) [5] Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-1 4-6 7-5 2010 [Q] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 7-6(5) 6-4 2009 [6] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Virginie Razzano (FRA) 7-6(5) 7-5 2008 [4] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [8] Nadia Petrova (RUS) 6-4 6-7(11) 6-4

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ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: 0-0

ELISE MERTENS KAROLINA PLISKOVA 21 WTA RANKING 3 23 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 17-11-1995 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (27) $1,215,897 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,709,138 $4,376,143 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $17,083,579 1 / 5 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 13 2 / 8 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 4-2 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 12-3 19-16 / 100-61 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 31-9 / 288-151 5-7 / 31-21 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 14-7 / 95-52 6-7 / 23-25 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-5 / 58-61 4-2 / 12-12 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 30-16 2-1 / 9-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 28-20 1-0 / 3-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 13-18 3-1 / 6-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 27-37 5-6 / 11-26 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 53-68 * Updated entering 2019 Eastbourne R16

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 d. M. VONDROUSOVA (CZE #16) 6-1 5-7 6-2 138 mins R2 d. M. GASPARYAN (RUS #61) 6-3 6-3 68 mins R1 d. M. PUIG (PUR #53) 6-4 7-6(2) 107 mins R1 BYE

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ELISE MERTENS KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 2018 R16 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #45) 7-5 2-6 7-6(4) QF L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #45) 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)

2017 2017 R2 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #17) 3-6 6-4 6-1 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-4 6-4

2016 F L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #21) 7-5 6-3

2015 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-2 6-1

2014 QF-Q L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #58) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

2013 QF-Q L - KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #103) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3

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• Making third main draw appearance at Nature Valley • Making fifth main draw appearance at Eastbourne International - has tied best result from last year with (seventh overall) R16 showing (l. Sabalenka) • Won title here in 2017. One of three previous cham- • Exited 2r on debut in 2017 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) pions in main draw - also Wozniacki (2009, 2018) • This year, defeated Olympic Gold Medalist Puig in and Bencic (2015) straight sets in 1r • Also finished R-Up in 2016 (l. Cibulkova) • Earned 100th career main draw win and fifth Top • Most recently made QF in 2018 (l. Sabalenka) 20 win of the year with victory over teen phenom • After 1r bye this year, downed Gasparyan in straight Vondrousova in 2r sets for 30th career main draw win on grass • Faces No.3 Ka.Pliskova today - holds 1-0 record • Faces No.21 Mertens today for first career meeting against Top 5 players this year, defeated No.3 Halep • Has played a tour-leading 21 three-set matches in in Doha final 2019 (14-7 record) • Best result on grass is QF showings at ‘s-Hertogen- • Among one of the top servers on tour with 278 aces bosch in 2016 (l. Mladenovic) and Mallorca in 2019 including 6 from her 2r match against Gasparyan - (l. eventual champion Kenin) creeping up on tour leader Bertens who has 287 • Has won one doubles title on grass at 2018 ‘s-Herto- • Owns fourth most wins on tour this year with 31 - genbosch w/Schuurs only Barty (36), Bencic (33) and Bertens (32) have more • Has won a total of two titles on grass - 2016 Notting- ham and 2017 Eastbourne. Also a doubles title at SEASON 2016 Birmingham w/Strycova • Currently in No.3 position on the Porsche Race to • Coming of QF run at Mallorca (l. eventual champion Shenzhen – top eight players of 2019 qualify for the Kenin) season finale at the WTA Finals Shenzhen • Exited 1r at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Alexandrova) • Made 3r run at Roland Garros (l. No.12 Sevastova) • Exited 1r at Madrid (l. Schmiedlova) and Rome (l. V.Williams 7-6 in third set) SEASON • Reached QF during defense of Rabat title (l. eventual champion Sakkari) • Lost to twin sister Kristyna in R16 of Birmingham in • Fell 2r in first clay court event of 2019 at Charleston, their first career main draw match (after 1r bye, l. Kanepi in a topsy-turvy battle having • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic) bageled each other in the first two sets) • Won 13th career title at Rome, first Czech woman to • Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Zhu) following back-to-back lift the trophy since 1978; win over Azarenka in QF 3r showings at Indian Wells (l. Q.Wang) and Miami (l. was her 500th (at all levels) Vondrousova) • Along with Kvitova and Bertens, is one of three play- • Completed ‘Sunshine Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalen- ers to win two titles so far in 2019 (Brisbane, Rome) ka), lifting the back-to-back titles at Indian Wells (d. • Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Kozlova) Krejcikova/Siniakova) and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang) • Withdrew from Prague w/viral illness • Won biggest title of career at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in • Lost opening match as defending champion at Stutt- final). Now owns 5-1 record in finals gart (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) • Also beat No.8 Bertens and No.6 Kerber in Doha, • Reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, doubling career total Top 10 wins to six losing to Barty in straight sets in the final • Lost both singles rubbers during Belgium’s 3-1 home • Fell in 3s to Bencic in QF at Indian Wells defeat to France in Liege (l. Cornet and Garcia) • Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at • Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Keys) Dubai before losing 6-4 1-6 7-5 • Began season by falling 1r at Brisbane (l. Bertens) • Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness and reaching QF at Sydney (l. Barty) • Was unable to prevent defending champions Czech Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep) • Produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF • Began season by triumphing at Brisbane Internation- al (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won at least one WTA title for seven consecutive seasons ELISE KAROLINA MERTENS VS PLISKOVA

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES

• Won three titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, one of six players on tour with three or more titles to triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and their name last year - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3) Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Posted 46 main draw match wins in 2018 – only • At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47) registered more. Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r By contrast, prior to last season owned only 36 wins at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first at this level across entire career time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing • In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) WTA Finals (w/Schuurs) • Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending cham- • Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in pion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. even- 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish tual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). • 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) • Helped Czech Republic win sixth Fed Cup in past • Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitoli- eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. Germany) na) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- Haven (l. Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig) ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first • Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina • Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Her- Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while togenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) representing USA) • Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has six doubles titles – F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. also 2017 Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ Wozniacki in F) Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens), 2018 ‘s-Herto- • In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. genbosch (w/Schuurs) and 2018 Wuhan (w/Schuurs) eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. • Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Ant- Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe) werp (fell in qualifying) • Holds a 13-12 record in singles finals, having won • Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart, ITF Circuit 2019 Rome), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 East- • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium bourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, in 2010 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane) • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles GRAND SLAM HISTORY finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title • 2019 Roland Garros marked 10th Grand Slam main • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish draw of her career first time in WTA history, three Czech women inside • Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova) Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) • Became first Belgian to reach a Grand Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first GRAND SLAM HISTORY Belgian to reach QF at Australian Open since 2012 (Kim Clijsters, SF) • 2019 Roland Garros marked 28th Grand Slam ap- • In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, pearance with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep), Wim- • Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 bledon, where she reached 3r (l. Cibulkova), and US US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in Open where she also reached R16 (l. Stephens) R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became • Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena 2016 US Open, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) Wimbledon, 2015 US Open, 2016 Australian Open, • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) ELISE KAROLINA MERTENS VS PLISKOVA

PERSONAL GRAND SLAM CONT.

• Recently parted ways with coach David Taylor • Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland • Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r) until early teens, as well as a year at the Mourato- glou Academy • Elise enjoys learning languages (she speaks En- PERSONAL glish, Dutch/Flemish and French) and is an animal lover, and has four dogs and a variety of birds as • Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at pets (pheasants, peacocks) Sparta Praha tennis club • Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon • Currently coached by Conchita Martínez, and previously coached by Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

[Q] POLONA HERCOG (SLO #60) vs. [6/WC] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #7)

Head to Head: 1-1

2019 MIAMI HARD O R3 SIMONA HALEP 5-7 7-6(1) 6-2 170 mins 2009 SOFIA CLAY O R1 POLONA HERCOG 7-6(3) 1-6 6-2

POLONA HERCOG SIMONA HALEP 60 WTA RANKING 7 48 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8 20-01-1991 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 27-09-1991 (27) $365,821 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,010,346 $3,211,655 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $30,155,925 1 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 18 0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 1 3-2 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 3-1 12-10 / 147-180 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 28-9 / 355-160 6-3 / 44-59 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 9-5 / 104-54 5-5 / 31-45 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 44-54 3-1 / 9-17 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 28-14 1-1 / 13-21 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 34-13 0-2 / 0-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 11-27 0-4 / 1-24 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / 36-46 0-5 / 7-42 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-4 / 96-71 * Updated through entering 2019 Eastbourne R16

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 d. [LL] PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #82) 2-6 6-2 7-6(4) 125 mins R2 d. HSIEH SU-WEI (TPE #29) 6-2 6-0 53 mins R1 d. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #50) 7-6(3) 0-1 ret. 85 mins Q-R2 d. PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #82) 4-6 6-1 6-4 117 mins R1 BYE Q-R1 d. JIL TEICHMANN (SUI #91) 7-5 6-4 90 mins "-Q" Qualifying match EASTBOURNE Tournament History

POLONA HERCOG SIMONA HALEP 2016 2017 R1 L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #49) 6-4 6-4 QF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 5-7 6-4 6-1

2015 R2 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) 5-7 6-3 6-0

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• Making third main draw appearance at Eastbourne, • Making second main draw appearance at East- where she is through to R16 for the first time - had to bourne, returning after QF run in 2017 (l. Wozniacki) earn spot through qualifying each time • After a 1r bye, defeated No.29 Hsieh in 53 min, drop- • Past results include a 1r fall in 2016 (l. Doi) and a 2r ping just two games and winning 71% of first serve appearance in 2015 (l. Muguruza) points for first grass win of the year • Coming up through qualifying this year, Hercog • Faces No.60 Hercog in 3r today, triumphing in their defeated Teichmann and Parmentier before entering last meeting at 2019 Miami after a grueling two hour the main draw and 49-minute match • After a mid-match retirement from Strycova in 1r, • Sole Romanian woman to reach R16 - Buzarnescu the Slovenian defeated lucky loser Parmentier for a lost to Ostapenko in 1r) second time this week – securing the win from a set • Week of Eastbourne will see her move to 283 con- down in both matches secutive weeks in the Top 10 – the longest active • Faces No.7 Halep in 3r today for their third career streak (ahead of Ka.Pliskova on 146 weeks) meeting; bidding to defeat the Romanian for the first • Last year skipped all Wimbledon warm-up events time in 10 years (2009 Sofia) after winning title in Roland Garros - made 3r at • Owns a 1-24 career record vs. Top 10 opponents, Wimbledon (l. Hsieh) with sole win coming over No.7 Bartoli at 2012 • Has won one career title on grass at 2013 ‘s-Herto- Charleston genbosch (d. Flipkens in F) • One of two Slovene women in starting field (Zidansek fell in 2r) SEASON

• Made QF run at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova) SEASON • Fell during opening match loss at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Vondrousova) • Coming off R16 appearance at ‘s-Hertogenbosch • Had previously reached at least the QF stage in her (l.eventual champion Riske) last 10 clay court tournaments – 2019 Madrid (F), • Made 3r appearance at Roland Garros for first time 2018 Roland Garros (Won), 2018 Rome (F), 2018 in nine years (l. Stephens) Madrid (QF), 2018 Stuttgart (QF), 2017 Roland Gar- • Reached 2r at Rabat (l. Peterson) and fell 1r at Ma- ros (F), 2017 Rome (F), 2017 Madrid (Won), 2017 drid (as qualifier, l. Stephens) and Rome (as qualifier, Stuttgart (SF) and 2016 Bucharest (Won) l. Keys) • Prior to Rome, posted R-Up showing at Madrid (l. • Won third career title - and first since 2012 - at Luga- Bertens); scored third Top 10 win of the season over no (d. Swiatek in F). Now 3-3 in career singles finals. No.9 Barty in QF, having previously seen off No.5 • Made 2r at Miami (as LL, l. Halep) Ka.Pliskova (Fed Cup) and No.7 Svitolina (Doha) • Fell 1r at Dubai (as LL, l. Voegele) and Doha (as LL, • Beat Kuzmova without dropping a game in R16 at l. Riske) Madrid - the third 6-0 6-0 win on the WTA tour this • Reached SF at $60K ITF/Andrezieux-Boutheon-FRA season (also Sharapova d. Dart at Australian Open (l. Sramkova) after 1r exit at Australian Open (l. and Pavlyuchenkova d. Jorovic at Monterrey); at 45 Kerber) minutes, it was the shortest completed match in 2019 • Opened 2019 season with 1r exit in Auckland (l. • Withdrew from Stuttgart w/hip injury following long S.Hsieh) and qualifying exit at Hobart (l. Rogowska) weekend on Fed Cup duty. Won both singles rubbers (d. Garcia and Mladenovic), before losing decisive rubber w/Niculescu Garcia/Mladenovic in 3-2 defeat CAREER MILESTONES to France in semifinal • Reached SF at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) and posted • Ended 2018 ranked No.82, up from No.102 in 2017 R16 run at Indian Wells (l. No.61 Vondrousova in 3s) • 2018 highlight was R-Up showing at Istanbul (l. • Fell in QF at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) Parmentier) – her first final appearance in nearly six • Finished R-Up in Doha (l. Mertens) years. Also made SF at Bucharest (ret. vs. eventual • Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Roma- champion Sevastova w/right thigh injury) and QF at nia to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Auckland (l. eventual champion Georges) Cup first round and reach the SF for the first time. • Ended injury-disrupted 2017 ranked No.102. Played Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated only 10 tournaments, highlighted by 3r run at Wim- at home in 10 years bledon • Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open • Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) POLONA SIMONA HERCOG VS HALEP

CAREER CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Began comeback in 2017 at Roland Garros qualify- • Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second ing, winning $60k ITF/Brescia-ITA (d. Poznikhirenko time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden in F) in her second tournament back Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) • Suffered three injuries following 2016 US Open (l. • Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova Kerber in via ret.) including a scapula stress fracture, in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up left knee injury and right wrist injury at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) • Ended 2016 at No.139 – her first non-Top 100 sea- and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is 18-16 in career finals son since 2008 (finished No.243) • Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen • Season highlights included a runner-up finish at WTA (w/Begu). Now 1-1 in career doubles finals $125k Series event at Bol (l. Minella in F) and QF run • Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having at Bucharest (l. Siegemund) – her first QF since a ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on year earlier at Bad Gastein October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman to reach • Represented Slovenia at the Rio Olympics, losing in the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 the 1r in singles (l. eventual gold medalist Puig) • Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); • Ended 2015 ranked No.71, for seventh Top 100 sea- reached four more finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Gar- son. Best result during the year was SF at Bucharest ros, Cincinnati and Beijing. 2016 season highlighted (l. Schmiedlova) and QF at Bad Gastein (l. Knapp) by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal • Won maiden WTA singles title at 2011 Bastad; suc- • Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved rank- cessfully defended title at 2012 Bastad; runner-up at ing from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles Istanbul in 2018 Palermo in 2011 and at Acapulco in • Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore 2010 (2014-18), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, hav- • Owns two WTA doubles titles – 2010 Acapulco (w/ ing defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Strycova) and 2010 Seoul (w/Goerges) • Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after • Achieved career-high ranking of No.35 in September winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end 2011 No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) • Owns a 1-23 career record vs. Top 10 opponents, • Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a with sole win coming over No.7 Bartoli at 2012 qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Charleston • Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, • Breakthrough season in 2011, highlighted by first 2014-19 singles final. Rose from No.53 to No.37 after title run at Bastad and duly posted first Top 40 season finish at No.36 • Slovenian Fed Cup Team, 2007-08, 2010-12, 2015 GRAND SLAM HISTORY and Slovenian Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 • On ITF Circuit, has won 17 singles and five doubles • 2019 Roland Garros marks 36th career Grand Slam titles appearance - 35th consecutive appearance • Played first WTA event (in qualifying, as a WC) at • Won first Grand Slam title of career at 2018 Roland 2006 Portoroz Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes in Paris in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki) • 2019 Roland Garros marks 35th Grand Slam main • Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and draw appearance US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) • Best results at the majors are 3r runs at 2010 Roland Garros (l. Pennetta), 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kuznetso- va) and 2019 Roland Garros • At Australian Open made 2r in 2010 (l. Bondarenko) and 2015 (l. Hradecka); at US Open made 2r in 2011 (l. Petrova), 2014 (l. Makarova) and 2015 (l. Bouch- ard) POLONA SIMONA HERCOG VS HALEP

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Started playing tennis at age 4 • Announced at Miami that she is now working with • Trained in Slovenia until age 14 then moved to Italy Daniel Dobre. During off-season long-time coach to train there before turning pro Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month • Speaks Slovenian, English and Italian break from tennis • Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita • Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer • Sponsorship portfolio includes deals with Mercedes, Unilever and is an Ambassador for Dubai Duty Free • Loves chocolate ice cream, cheesecake and crepes MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) vs. [14] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #19)

Head to Head: 0-0

ONS JABEUR JOHANNA KONTA 62 WTA RANKING 19 148 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9 28-08-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-05-1991 (28) $208,760 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,264,894 $1,270,100 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $8,445,313 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 2-0 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 13-5 7-10 / 31-53 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 26-10 / 156-96 3-1 / 8-20 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 11-2 / 39-41 5-4 / 7-18 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-6 / 35-27 3-2 / 4-6 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 37-23 1-1 / 4-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 12-13 0-0 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-10 0-2 / 3-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / 18-21 0-2 / 4-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-5 / 35-35 * Updated entering 2019 Eastbourne R16

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 d. M. MINELLA (LUX #98) 2-6 6-2 6-1 79 mins R2 d. M. SAKKARI (GRE #32) 6-4 7-6(4) 99 mins R1 d. E. RODINA (RUS #73) 1-6 7-6(3) 7-5 139 mins R1 d. D. YASTRESMKA (UKR #36) 6-2 6-4 75 mins

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JOHANNA KONTA 2018 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 4-6 6-1 6-4

2017 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) W/O

2016 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #17) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3

2015 QF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #31) 2-6 6-0 6-3

2014 R16 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #42) 1-6 7-5 7-5

2013 R1 L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #44) 6-4 6-3

2012 R16- L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #83) 6-3 6-2 Q

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• Making tournament debut at Eastbourne • Making seventh consecutive main draw appearance • Lost first set of both 1r and 2r (d. Rodina, Minella) on home soil at Eastbourne (eighth overall) • First time winning back-to-back matches since final • Two-time semifinalist here, in 2016 and 2017 (falling run in Moscow last year to Ka.Pliskova on both ocassions). Also reached QF • Faces No.19 Konta today - has not won a match in 2015 (l. eventual champion Bencic) against a Top 20 player this year (l. No.6 Svitotlina in • Holds 13-5 record at Eastbourne - third-most wins Dubai and No.6 Stephens in Miami) among players in this year’s main draw. Only Wozni- • Highest ranking win of year came against No.25 acki (29) and Kerber (15) have more Vekic in Dubai 1r • Defeated qualifier Yastremska in 1r without facing • Highest ranking win of career came against No.1 break point Halep in 2018 Beijing (via ret.) • In 2r, downed Sakkari in rematch of 2019 Rabat final • Entered 2019 with 1-4 record on grass - lone win • Faces No.62 Jabuer for first time today - only has came in 1r of 2018 Wimbledon against Golubic (l. one loss this year to a player outside the Top 50 (l. Siniakova in 2r) No.51 Sakkari in Rabat final) • Owns a 37-23 career main draw record on grass, reaching two finals on the surface in back-to-back SEASON years at Nottingham (2017, l. Vekic; 2018, l. Barty) • Only British player remaining in the main draw with • Coming off R16 appearance in Mallorca (l. eventual 1r exits from wildcards Dart (l. Kontaveit), Swan (l. champion Kenin) Zhang) and Watson (l. Cornet) • Lost first grass court match of the season in 1r of • Looking to make a jump onto Porsche Race to ‘s-Hertogenbosch to Kudermetova Shenzhen Leaderboard (currently at No.9) - top eight • Exited 1r in Roland Garros (l. quarterfinalist Martic) players of 2019 qualify for the season finale at the • Failed to make main draw in Rome qualifying (l. WTA Finals Shenzhen Zidansek) • Lost to qualifier Doi in 1r at Indian Wells and No.6 SEASON Stephens in 2r of Miami • Retired with a right shoulder injury when trailing • Coming off R16 showing at Birmingham (d. Kontave- Svitolina in 2r at Dubai it, l. Ostapenko) • Made 1r exit at Doha (as WC, l. Suárez Navarro in • Made historic run at Roland Garros, recording maid- straight sets). As alternate pairing, reached first WTA en 1r win in Paris before moving on to become the doubles SF w/Riske (l. Groenefeld/Schuurs) first British woman to reach the SF since Jo Durie’s • Was part of Tunisia Fed Cup team which failed to run to the same stage in 1983 progress from Europe/Africa Group II (posted 2-1 • Re-enterd Top 20 on June 10, 2019 for the first time record in singles and 0-2 in doubles) since March 2018 (dropped as low as No.50) • Fell in 1r at the Australian Open to Babos in straight • Posted R-Up finish in Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) in sec- sets ond clay final of the season; now 3-5 in WTA finals • Opened season with 2r showings at Shenzhen (l. • Exited 2r at Madrid (l. Halep) Y.Wang) and Hobart (l.Kenin) • Was R-Up at Rabat (l. Sakkari, after leading by a set and a break) – marked first final in 10 months (2018 Nottingham) and first ever final on red clay (had nev- CAREER MILESTONES er previously reached tour-level QF on the surface) • Until Rabat, where she won four matches, had never • Defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit won more than two consecutive main draw matches and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA on red clay and had not won three matches in a row final at 2018 Moscow, where she fell in three sets to on it since qualifying for Roland Garros in 2015. Not No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to since winning her first ITF Circuit title in Mostar in advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament (Sfar was 2008 had she won four consecutive matches on red the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level) clay (all levels) • Prior to 2018 Moscow, best previous results were QF • In Fed Cup action in London in April, posted three- at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 Bucharest set wins over Diyas and Putintseva to help Britain • Owns three Top 10 victories, over No.1 Halep at secure a place in the competition’s World Group II in 2018 Beijing (via ret.), No.8 Stephens at 2018 Mos- 2020 (Great Britain d. Kazakhstan, 3-1) cow and No.7 Cibulkova at 2017 Roland Garros • During ‘Sunshine Double’, reached 3r at Indian Wells • Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016 (l. Bertens) and 2r at Miami (l. Q.Wang) ONS JOHANNA JABEUR VS KONTA

CAREER CONT. SEASON CONT. • Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at • Reached first QF of year at Acapulco (l. Vekic) Doha (as WC) and Olympics • On February, won all four of her Fed Cup matches to • Became first North African woman to win a junior help Great Britain progress from Europe/Africa Zone Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), having Group I to World Group II play-offs also reached the final in 2010 (l. Svitolina in F) • Lost to Muguruza in 2r at Australian Open in a three- • On ITF Circuit, has 11 singles and one doubles title set match which lasted two hours 42 minutes and • Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Men- finished at 03:12am – one of the latest finishes in the zah-TUN tournament’s history • Retired in final round of qualifying at Sydney vs. Al- exandrova w/neck injury. Received Lucky Loser spot, GRAND SLAM HISTORY but withdrew prior to 1r match vs. Bertens w/same injury. Was first time in qualifying since 2015 Linz • Contested ninth Grand Slam main draw at 2019 • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, making 2r (d. Australian Open No.6 Stephens, l. Tomljanovic). Defeat of Stephens • Best Grand Slam showing was 3r run at 2017 Roland was first over a Top 10 player since upsetting No.2 Garros; in Paris became first Arab woman to reach 3r Halep at 2017 Wimbledon of a Grand Slam and first lucky loser to contest 3r of a Slam since Kasatkina at 2015 US Open, and first at Roland Garros since Pizzichini in 1996. Gaidano, at 1993 US Open, was the most recent lucky loser to CAREER MILESTONES reach R16 at a major • Finished 2018 at No.37, with season highlights a • Is second Tunisian woman to win a Grand Slam main second consecutive R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. draw match after Selima Sfar reached 2r at 2001 Ro- Barty) – overall record in WTA finals now stands at land Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; 2002 Wim- 3-5 Q1 – and SF showing at Moscow [Kremlin Cup] bledon; 2005 Wimbledon; and 2008 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Kasatkina) • Has also made 2r at 2017 US Open (l. Vandeweghe) • Also in 2018, reached QF at Brisbane and San Jose, and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Siniakova) while best results at the Slams were 2r showings at • Has lost in 1r at Australian Open on three occasions, Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva), 2018 (l. Vesnina) • Posted five Top 20 wins in 2018, over No.19 Keys and 2019 (l. Babos) (Brisbane), No.19 Rybarikova (Madrid and Rome), • In girls’ singles at Roland Garros was champion in No.11 Ostapenko (Montréal) and No.16 Mertens 2011 (d. Puig) and R-Up in 2010 (l. Svitolina) (Moscow [Kremlin Cup]) • Posted career-high season finish of No.9 (second Top 10 season in a row). Peaked in rankings at No.4 PERSONAL on July 17, 2017 • Began 2017 season by lifting title at Sydney (d. • Started playing tennis at age 3 A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of ca- • Husband Karim Kamoun is half-Russian reer at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) • Away from court enjoys playing and watching football • At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams) • Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in a row at home event of Eastbourne – conceded walkover to eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell heavily on match point, but won match after treatment) • Win over Kerber was first by a British woman over a reigning No.1 since Barker d. Evert at 1979 Boston • Owns six Top 5 wins, over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wu- han, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne, No.2 Halep at 2017 Wimbledon and No.4 Bertens at 2019 Rome ONS JOHANNA JABEUR VS KONTA

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• Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) • Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore in 2016, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play • By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker) • Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Road- map was introduced in 2009 • Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20) • Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen

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• 2019 Roland Garros marked 22nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam • Is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Austra- lian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park since Sue Barker in December 1977, and at any Grand Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open • Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last four since Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova) • Became the eighth active player to reach a major SF on hard, grass and clay: also Azarenka, Bouchard, Halep, Kvitova, Sharapova, S.Williams and V.Wil- liams • Also made QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), while at US Open made R16, in 2015 (l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova) PERSONAL

• Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012. Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriel- la (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion) • Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the Hungarian ‘Golden Team’ with Ferenc Puskas in 1955 • Switched clothing sponsor from Asics to Ellesse • Currently working with Dimitri Zavialoff, having parted ways with Michael Joyce at the end of 2018 season MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

[8] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) vs. [11] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14)

Head to Head: 1-1

2018 MONTREAL HARD O R2 ARYNA SABALENKA 5-7 6-2 7-6(4) 151 mins 2018 EASTBOURNE GRASS O F CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 7-5 7-6(5) 117 mins

ARYNA SABALENKA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 10 WTA RANKING 14 25 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 53 05-05-1998 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-07-1990 (28) $1,216,095 YTD PRIZE MONEY $404,171 $3,365,034 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $33,896,584 1 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 30 2 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 6-1 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 29-8 21-14 / 79-44 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 11-8 / 584-247 6-4 / 30-16 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-4 / 149-83 1-4 / 16-15 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 91-81 1-2 / 9-7 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 56-23 0-2 / 6-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 59-28 0-0 / 3-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 21-37 0-4 / 8-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 61-67 0-4 / 16-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 132-107 * Updated through entering 2019 Eastbourne R16

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2 d. TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO #59) 6-2 6-3 77 mins R2 d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #70) 6-4 6-4 87 mins

R1 BYE R1 d. KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #81) 6-3 6-4 81 mins

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ARYNA SABALENKA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2018 2018 F L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 7-5 7-6(5) F W - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #45) 7-5 7-6(5)

2017 F L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 6-4 6-4

2016 R16 L - MONICA PUIG (PUR #43) 4-6 6-3 6-4

2015 SF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #31) 3-0

2014 SF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3

2013 SF L - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #41) 6-7(8) 7-5 6-3

2012 R1 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #30) 6-1 6-7(7) 6-4

2010 R1 L - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #19) 6-4 1-6 6-3

2009 F W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #25) 7-6(5) 7-5

2008 QF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #157) 7-6(3) 6-4

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• Making second appearance at Nature Valley Inter- • Making 11th appearance at Eastbourne as the de- national, having finished as the runner-up in 2018 (l. fending champion (d. Sabalenka in 2018 final) Wozniacki) • Also lifted the trophy here in 2009 (l. Razzano in F) • 2018 Eastbourne marked her career first Pre- • Reached three consecutive SFs from 2013 (l. Hamp- mier-level final. Has since reached two more, lifting ton), 2014 (l. Kerber) and 2015 (l. Bencic via ret.). the titles at 2018 New Haven (d. Suarez Navarro in Made QF on debut in 2008 (l. Stosur) F) and 2018 Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F) • One of three former champions to start in this year’s • After 1r bye, defeated Zidansek in 2r on Tuesday for draw, also Ka.Pliskova (2017) and Bencic (2015) first win on grass this season following back-to-back • Looking to defend a title this week, having previously 1r exits at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Aiava) and Birming- done so at New Haven (2008-11) and Tokyo [PPO] ham (l. Hsieh) (2016-17) • Faces No.14 Wozniacki today in a re-match on last • Defeated No.81 Flipkens in 1r on Monday to record year’s Eastbourne final, falling in two tight sets first win since runner-up finish at Charleston in April • Defeated the Dane in their most recent meeting at (l. Keys in F) 2018 Montreal in 3s • In 2r, outsted No.71 Petkovic for the second time in • Owns two Top 30 wins this season, over No.29 Eastbourne (also in 2015) Sharapova (via ret.) at Shenzhen and No.28 Tsuren- • Now owns 29-8 career record at Eastbourne - the ko (Indian Wells) most of anyone in this year’s draw, in front of Kerber • Last year, went 7-4 on grass, highlighted by R-Up (15-5) finish at Eastbourne and QF at ‘s-Hertogenbosch • Faces No.10 Sabalenka today in their third career meeting - her first meeting against a Top 10 player in 2019. Last such meeting came at 2018 WTA Finals SEASON (d. No.5 Kvitova, l. No.7 Svitolina and No.8 Ka.Plis- kova, all in round-robin stage) • Coming off back-to-back 1r exits at ‘s-Hertogenbosch • Enters Eastbourne ranked No.14 – this time last (l. Aiava) and Birmingham (l. Hsieh) year, was ranked No.2 • Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova) • SF run at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion Yas- tremska) was only the second time she has won SEASON three consecutive matches in 2019 (also en route to Shenzhen title) • Coming off 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Kudermetova • Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Madrid (l .Kuznetso- in 3s having bageled the Russian in the first set) va) and Rome (l. Cornet) • Made back-to-back 1r exits at Madrid (ret. vs. Cornet • Was part of Belarus Fed Cup team that fell 3-2 to w/low back injury) and Rome (ret. vs. Collins w/low Australia in World Group semifinal, in Brisbane. Went leg injury) 1-1 in her singles rubbers (d. Stosur, l. Barty) and • R-Up showing at Charleston (l. Keys) also lost the decisive doubles with Azarenka • Posted R16 showing at Miami (l. Hsieh) • Made R16 in first clay court event of the season at • Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Alexan- Charleston (l. Puig) drova) • Suffered 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tomljanovic) • Withdrew from Doha and Dubai due to viral illness after R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Kerber) • As the defending champion, reached 3r at Australian • Completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by sweeping Open (l. Sharapova) back-to-back doubles titles at Indian Wells and Miami • Opened 2019 season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. (both w/Mertens); now 2-1 in doubles finals eventual R-Up Andreescu • Fell in R16 at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) • Won both singles rubbers (d. Petkovic and Siege- CAREER MILESTONES mund) during Belarus’ Fed Cup win over Germany • Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion • Posted a 41-17 record across 2018, finishing at No.3 Bertens); rose to career-high No.9 in the rankings for 11th consecutive Top 20 season and eighth Top following run in Russia (February 4, 2019) 10 finish of career, including six in a row (2009-14) • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova); made and back-to-back year-end No.1 finishes in 2010-11 Top 10 debut after tournament (January 28) • Won three titles last season from four finals, winning • Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career the debut Slam at the Australian Open, Eastbourne at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F) followed with opening and Beijing. Finished R-Up at Auckland match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) • Owns 30 tour-level singles titles (30-25 record in finals) - sits fourth among active players, trailing ARYNA CAROLINE SABALENKA VS WOZNIACKI

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• Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two S.Williams (72), V.Williams (49) and Sharapova (36) titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and • Won 2017 WTA Finals Singapore, passing $25 mil- Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and lion in career prize money finishing at No.11 in the rankings • Lifetime record stands at 4-6 vs. World No.1 players • Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and • Has won at least one title in 11 straight seasons Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, (since 2008), including career-best six titles in 2010 reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand and 2011 Slam run to R16 at US Open • Won first WTA title at 2008 Stockholm, the first ever • Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending title won by a Danish woman year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first • Denmark’s flag bearer at 2016 Rio Olympics tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making • Broke into Top 100 on July 9, 2007 and entered Top SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) 50 on January 28, 2008. Debuted in Top 10 on May • Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wim- 18, 2009 bledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and • Rose to No.1 on October 11, 2010 and held No.1 WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. ranking for total of 67 weeks; returned to No.1 on Ka.Bondarenko) January 29, 2018 after Australian Open title for a • Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to further four weeks, taking career to 71 weeks competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and • Qualified for WTA Finals six times (2009-11, 2014, 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA 2017, 2018) • Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 • Made professional debut aged 15 as a wildcard at Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk 2005 Cincinnati • Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) • In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, end- GRAND SLAM HISTORY ing year at No.155 • WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat • Captured her first Grand Slam title at 2018 Australian • Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/ Open (d. Halep in three sets) Minsk-BLR • Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, at the US Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams). GRAND SLAM HISTORY Became first Danish player to reach a Grand Slam final since Kurt Nielsen at 1955 Wimbledon • Made major debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy • 2019 Roland Garros marked seventh career main in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors draw appearance at a Grand Slam until streak was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 • Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury) eventual champion Osaka in 3s) • At Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, • Best run at Australian Open was 3r run in 2019 (l. in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and 2017 Anisimova) (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) and has reached • First Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, most recently Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, in 2017 d. Khromacheva, l.Witthoeft) • In juniors, won girls’ singles title at 2006 Wimbledon • Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at and was a finalist at 2006 Australian Open 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) • Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, PERSONAL 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros • Was No.26 seed at 2018 US Open – first Grand • Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki; Francesca Slam seeding of her career Schiavone was among coaching team for recent Charleston run PERSONAL • Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners • Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov youth programs • Since their partnership formed last summer, the pair- • Married former NBA player David Lee in Tuscany on ing scored the best win-by-ranking of her career over June 15, 2019; the two announced their engagement No.2 Wozniacki at Montréal. Then in Cincinnati, the in November 2017 Belarusian dropped three consecutive seeds (No.9 ARYNA CAROLINE SABALENKA VS WOZNIACKI

PERSONAL CONT. Ka.Pliskova, No.6 Garcia and No.13 Keys) en route to SF, before capturing her first career titles at New Haven, Wuhan and Shenzhen • Started playing aged six as an accident when father drove by local tennis courts • Her favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL JUNE 23-29, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL - DAY 2 MATCH-UPS

MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #62) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Gasparyan leads 1-0 Gasparyan is aiming for her third career Top 10 victory after notching her second last week at Birmingham over Svitolina... A win today would mark Pliskova’s 30th career victory on grass (29-16 record)

KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #80) vs. [11] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) Series tied 1-1 Flipkens is making her main draw debut at Eastbourne, and eyeing her second Top 20 win of 2019... Wozniacki returns as the defending champion and the only two-time winner in this year’s draw

[13] MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #16) vs. SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #44) First career meeting 2019 Roland Garros finalist Vondrousova is looking for her career first main draw win on grass... Zheng is bidding for her first Top 20 win since upsetting No.10 Svitolina at 2017 Madrid

ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #56) vs. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) Svitolina leads 4-2 Cornet scored her first win in Eastbourne since her R16 showing in 2014 over atsonW on Sunday... Svitolina returns to Eastbourne for the first time since 2015, and is aiming for her career first win here

[Q] VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #59) vs. [10] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #13) Kudermetova leads 1-0 Kudermetova picked up her maiden Top 20 win earlier this month over Wozniacki in Paris... Bencic arrives off a runner-up finish at Mallorca on Sunday, having held three championship points against Kenin MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #62) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: MARGARITA GASPARYAN leads 1-0

2016 DOHA HARD O R1 MARGARITA GASPARYAN 6-1 6-1 49 mins

MARGARITA GASPARYAN KAROLINA PLISKOVA 62 WTA RANKING 3 95 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 01-09-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-03-1992 (27) $237,067 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,694,753 $1,229,892 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $17,069,194 0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 13 1 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 5 1-0 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 11-3 6-9 / 35-36 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) 29-8 / 286-150 4-4 / 13-12 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) 14-6 / 95-51 3-1 / 9-6 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) 4-4 / 58-60 1-1 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) 0-0 / 28-15 1-0 / 2-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) 4-0 / 27-19 0-1 / 0-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) 1-2 / 13-18 0-1 / 1-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) 1-2 / 27-37 0-4 / 3-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) 3-3 / 53-68 * Updated through entering 2019 Eastbourne 2r

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R1 d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #38) 6-3 6-3 70 mins R1 BYE

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 QF L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #45) 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)

2017 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-4 6-4

2016 F L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #21) 7-5 6-3

2015 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-2 6-1

2014 QF-Q L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #58) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

2013 QF-Q L - KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #103) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3

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• Making debut appearance at Eastbourne • Making fifth consecutive main draw appearance • Scored first main draw wins on grass this season at Eastbourne, as a former champion in 2017 (d. at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Kuzmova, l. Minnen) and Wozniacki in F) Birmingham (d. Svitolina, l. Martic) • Also made R-Up finish in 2016 (l. Cibulkova in F) and • Holds 3-4 career record on grass, having also made QF last year (l. eventual R-Up Sabalenka) 1r exits at 2015 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. eventu- • One of three former champions in this year’s main al champion S.Williams) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. draw, joining Wozniacki (2009, 2018) and Bencic Allertova) (2015) • Defeated No.38 Siniakova in 1r on Sunday for third • Opens up her Eastbourne campaign this year against Top 50 win of the season (also d. No.30 Buzarnescu No.62 Gasparyan. Fell to the Russian three years at Istanbul and No.7 Svitolina at Birmingham) ago at Doha • Win over Svitolina in Birmingham marked second ca- • A win today would be her 30th career win on grass reer Top 10 win (also d. No.10 Bertens at 2018 Linz) • Has served the second-most aces on tour with 272, • Faces another Czech today, Ka.Pliskova, in their only behind Bertens who has 283 second career meeting. Dropped only two games in • Has played a tour-leading 21 three-set matches in their first meeting at 2016 Doha in 49mins 2019 (14-7 record) • This time last year was ranked No.499 having recent- • Currently in No.3 position on the Porsche Race to ly returned from seven months out w/knee injury Shenzhen – top eight players of 2019 qualify for the • One of five Russian women in the starting field (also season finale at the WTA Finals Shenzhen Rodina, Kasatkina, Alexandrova and Kudermetova)

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• Coming off back-to-back 2r showings at ‘s-Hertogen- • Coming off 2r exit at Birmingham, falling to her sister bosch (l. Minnen) and Birmingham (l. Martic) Kr.Pliskova in 3s - marked their first meeting at main • Defeated No.7 Svitolina in 1r at Birmingham for sec- draw tour-level ond career Top 10 win (also defeated No.10 Bertens • Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic) at 2018 Linz) • Won 13th career title at Rome, first Czech woman to • Highlight of clay court season was SF at Istanbul lift the trophy since 1978; win over Azarenka in QF (ret. vs. Martic w/dizziness). Also fell 1r at Prague was her 500th (at all levels) (l. Q.Wang), Madrid (l. Halep) and Roland Garros (l. • Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Kozlova) Blinkova), and contested qualifying at Rome • Withdrew from Prague w/viral illness • Reached 2r at Monterrey (l. eventual champion Mu- • Lost opening match as defending champion at Stutt- guruza) and fell 1r at Miami (l. Parmentier) gart (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) • At St. Petersburg suffered 1r defeat in singles (as • Reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, qualifier, l. Azarenka) before bouncing back to lift losing to Barty in straight sets in the final doubles title w/Makarova - now 4-1 in career doubles • Fell in 3s to Bencic in QF at Indian Wells finals • Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at • Opened season with 2r showing at Australian Open Dubai before losing 6-4 1-6 7-5 (l. Mertens) • Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness • Was unable to prevent defending champions Czech Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep) • Produced best Australian Open performance of CAREER MILESTONES career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF • Started the 2018 season unranked and re-entered • Began season by triumphing at Brisbane Internation- the Top 100 at No.92 on November 12, 2018 al (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won at least one WTA • Scored first Top 10 win of her career over No.10 title for seven consecutive seasons Bertens at 2018 Linz • At No.299, became the lowest-ranked player to win a WTA title in 2018 at Tashkent – and second-lowest ranked WTA champion of all time after Angelique MARGARITA KAROLINA GASPARYAN VS PLISKOVA

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Widjaja at 2001 Bali (ranked No.579) • Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, • Sidelined for half of 2016 and most of 2017 due to triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and knee surgeries, made comeback at 2017 Kremlin Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Cup (fell in qualifying) Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) • Ended 2015 season ranked No.62, her best year-end • At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at finish. 2015 season was highlighted by winning first Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r career title at Baku (unseeded, d. Tig in F) and two at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first doubles titles (Baku and Tashkent, both w/Panova) time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing • Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015 at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) (awarded to Gavrilova) • Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending cham- • Reached career-high rankings during the 2016 sea- pion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. even- son - No.41 in singles (week of Feb. 15, 2016) and tual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). No.25 in doubles (week of May 6, 2016) Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments • On ITF Circuit, owns nine singles titles and eight • Helped Czech Republic win sixth Fed Cup in past doubles eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. Germany) • First played WTA qualifying at 2010 Moscow and • Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak- made main draw debut at same event (Kremlin Cup) ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first in 2012 Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the • Member of victorious Junior Fed Cup in 2010 for computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Russia, alongside Gavrilova Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) • Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in GRAND SLAM HISTORY F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) • 2019 Roland Garros marked eighth career Grand • In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. Slam main draw appearance eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. • Achieved best result at a Grand Slam by reaching Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe) R16 at 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Wil- • Holds a 13-12 record in singles finals, having won liams). Was her debut appearance at the tournament having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart, • Scored first career Top 20 win over No.19 Errani in 2019 Rome), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 East- 1r, at Melbourne in 2016 bourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, • Only other Grand Slam win came during 2r showing 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 at 2019 Australian Open (d. Zhu, l. Mertens) Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane) • Has fallen in 1r on other Grand Slam appearances, • Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 at 2015-16, 2019 Roland Garros, 2015-16 Wimble- Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles don and 2018 US Open finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title • Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish PERSONAL first time in WTA history, three Czech women inside Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova) • Born, lives and trains in Moscow • Coached by Carlos Martinez • Mother, Liudmila, is a hairdresser; father, Melik, is GRAND SLAM HISTORY Armenian and a businessman; younger sister, Ekat- erina, is still in school – she plays volleyball • 2019 Roland Garros marked 28th Grand Slam appearance • Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) • At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) MARGARITA KAROLINA GASPARYAN VS PLISKOVA

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• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r)

PERSONAL

• Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club • Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon • Currently coached by Conchita Martínez, and previously coached by Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza • Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #80) vs. [11] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14)

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2015 LINZ HARD I R16 KIRSTEN FLIPKENS 6-4 6-4 93 mins 2007 LAS VEGAS HARD O R1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-1 6-0

KIRSTEN FLIPKENS CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 80 WTA RANKING 14 113 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 53 10-01-1986 (33) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-07-1990 (28) $358,610 YTD PRIZE MONEY $404,171 $4,815,574 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $33,896,584 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 30 0 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0-0 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 27-8 9-13 / 192-208 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 9-8 / 582-247 4-3 / 73-61 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-4 / 149-83 1-2 / 56-44 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 91-81 2-1 / 41-27 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 54-23 1-1 / 16-19 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 59-28 0-1 / 2-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 21-37 0-1 / 5-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 61-67 1-3 / 12-59 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 132-107 * Updated through June 17, 2019

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KIRSTEN FLIPKENS CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2017 2018 R1-Q L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #112) 5-7 7-6(6) 7-5 F W - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #45) 7-5 7-6(5)

2015 2017 R1-Q L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #73) 3-6 6-3 6-3 F L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 6-4 6-4

2016 R16 L - MONICA PUIG (PUR #43) 4-6 6-3 6-4

2015 SF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #31) 3-0

2014 SF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3

2013 SF L - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #41) 6-7(8) 7-5 6-3

2012 R1 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #30) 6-1 6-7(7) 6-4

2010 R1 L - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #19) 6-4 1-6 6-3

2009 F W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #25) 7-6(5) 7-5

2008 QF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #157) 7-6(3) 6-4

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• Making main draw debut at Eastbourne. Previous- • Making 11th appearance at Eastbourne as the de- ly fell in qualifying in 2015 (l. Falconi) and 2017 (l. fending champion (d. Sabalenka in 2018 final) Hsieh) • Also lifted the trophy here in 2009 (l. Razzano in F) • Faces No.14 Wozniacki today in their third career • Reached three consecutive SFs from 2013 (l. Hamp- meeting. Defeated the Dane on their last outing at ton), 2014 (l. Kerber) and 2015 (l. Bencic via ret.). 2015 Linz Made QF on debut in 2008 (l. Stosur) • Holds 1-3 record vs. Top 20 players this year, having • One of three former champions in this year’s draw, defeated No.19 Muguruza at the Fed Cup playoffs joining Ka.Pliskova (2017) and Bencic (2015) in April during Belgium’s loss to Spain. Losses came • Owns 27-8 career record at Eastbourne - the most of against No.5 Kerber (Monterrey), No.18 Mertens anyone in this year’s draw, in front of Kerber (14-5) (Rabat) and No.13 Sevastova (Madrid) • Faces No.80 Flipkens today. Has fallen to a player • One of two Belgian women in the singles draw - also ranked lower than today’s opponent once in 2019 (l. Mertens No.152 Andreescu at Auckland) • Competing in doubles this week with Mattek-Sands, • Aiming for first win since runner-up finish at Charles- which marks the first tournament for the American ton in April (l. Keys in F) since Australian Open • Enters Eastbourne ranked No.14 – this time last year, was ranked No.2 SEASON SEASON

• Coming off 1r exit at Mallorca (l. eventual champion • Coming off 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Kudermetova Kenin) however, lifted the doubles title (w/Larsson, d. in 3s having bageled the Russian in the first set) Martinez Sanchez/Sorribes Tormo in F) • Made back-to-back 1r exits at Madrid (ret. vs. Cornet • Career record in dobles finals now stands at 5-6 w/low back injury) and Rome (ret. vs. Collins w/low • Made QF at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, defeating Krunic in 1r leg injury) in a rematch of the 2018 final (l. Rybakina) • R-Up showing at Charleston (l. Keys) • Win over Krunic at ‘s-Hertogenbosch snapped • Posted R16 showing at Miami (l. Hsieh) five-match losing streak starting from Istanbul 1r (l. • Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Alexan- Bogdan), Rabat (l. Mertens), Madrid (l. Sevastova), drova) Nurnberg (l. Cirstea) and Roland Garros (l. Puig) • Withdrew from Doha and Dubai due to viral illness • Reached SF stage in doubles at Roland Garros (w/ • As the defending champion, reached 3r at Australian Larsson, l. Y.Duan/S.Zheng) Open (l. Sharapova) • Representing Belgium, notched win over No.19 Mu- • Opened 2019 season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. guruza during Fed Cup playoffs defeat to Spain eventual R-Up Andreescu • Reached first QF of 2019 at Monterrey (l. Kerber) • Fell 1r at Miami (l. Putintseva) and 2r at Indian Wells (l. Collins) CAREER MILESTONES • Withdrew from Budapest w/viral illness • Posted a 41-17 record across 2018, finishing at No.3 • At St. Petersburg made 1r exit in singles (l. Van Uyt- for 11th consecutive Top 20 season and eighth Top vanck) and reached SF in doubles (w/Van Uytvanck) 10 finish of career, including six in a row (2009-14) • Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Sasnovich) and back-to-back year-end No.1 finishes in 2010-11 • Kicked off season with 2r showing at Auckland (l. • Won three titles last season from four finals, winning Sorribes Tormo), then made QF at Hobart (l. eventual the debut Slam at the Australian Open, Eastbourne champion Kenin) and Beijing. Finished R-Up at Auckland • Also doubles R-Up at Hobart w/Larsson; career • Owns 30 tour-level singles titles (30-25 record in record in WTA doubles finals now 5-6 finals) - sits fourth among active players, trailing S.Williams (72), V.Williams (49) and Sharapova (36) CAREER MILESTONES • Won 2017 WTA Finals Singapore, passing $25 million in career prize money • Ended 2018 ranked No.48 in singles - first Top 50 • Lifetime record stands at 4-6 vs. World No.1 players finish since 2014 (No.46) • Has won at least one title in 11 straight seasons • Including runner-up finish at 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (since 2008), including career-best six titles in 2010 (l. Krunic) owns 1-3 record in WTA singles finals; also and 2011 finished runner-up at 2016 Monterrey (l. Watson) and • Won first WTA title at 2008 Stockholm, the first ever 2013 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Halep); title came at 2012 title won by a Danish woman KIRSTEN CAROLINE FLIPKENS VS WOZNIACKI

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Québec City (d. Hradecka in F) • Denmark’s flag bearer at 2016 Rio Olympics • Also in 2018, reached SF at Nurnberg (l. Riske) and • Broke into Top 100 on July 9, 2007 and entered Top QF at Lugano (l. Lapko) and in doubles won titles at 50 on January 28, 2008. Debuted in Top 10 on May Lugano (w/Mertens) and Linz (w/Larsson) 18, 2009 • 2017 marked eighth Top 100 season in past eight • Rose to No.1 on October 11, 2010 and held No.1 years, including a Top 20 finish in 2013 (at No.20) ranking for total of 67 weeks; returned to No.1 on • Highlights of 2017 season in singles included QF January 29, 2018 after Australian Open title for a runs at Acapulco and New Haven further four weeks, taking career to 71 weeks • Won second WTA doubles title of career at ‘s-Her- • Qualified for WTA Finals six times (2009-11, 2014, togenbosch (w/Cibulkova, d. Bertens/Schuurs in F). 2017, 2018) Also reached doubles final twice in 2017, at Nürn- • Made professional debut aged 15 as a wildcard at berg (w/ Larsson, l. Melichar/Smith in F) and Luxem- 2005 Cincinnati bourg (w/ Bouchard, l. Kerkhove/Marozava in F) • Posted 24 main draw match wins in 2016, the most since 2013 when she won 32 matches GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Reached QF at 2016 New Haven (as LL, l. eventual • Captured her first Grand Slam title at 2018 Australian champion A.Radwanska) – marked first QF at Pre- Open (d. Halep in three sets) mier level in two years, since her run to same stage • Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, at the US at 2014 New Haven. Also a quarterfinalist at Interna- Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams). tional-level Auckland, Katowice and Tashkent in 2016 Became first Danish player to reach a Grand Slam • Represented Belgium at Rio Olympics, advancing to final since Kurt Nielsen at 1955 Wimbledon R16 in singles (l. Siegemund) – upset No.6 V.Wil- • Made major debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy liams in 1r – and reaching 2r in doubles (w/Wickmay- in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors er, l. Muguruza/Suárez Navarro) until streak was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 • Won first WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Seoul Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury) (w/Larsson) • At Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, • Underwent surgery on right wrist on October 25, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and 2017 2010. Battled injuries in first half of 2012, including (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) and has reached blood clots in calf discovered in April; off tour for two R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, most recently months causing ranking to drop as low as No.262 in in 2017 June that year • In juniors, won girls’ singles title at 2006 Wimbledon • Set career-high singles ranking of No.13 on August and was a finalist at 2006 Australian Open 5, 2013 • Owns two Top 5 career wins, against No.2 Muguruza at 2016 Mallorca and No.5 Stosur at 2012 ‘s-Herto- genbosch PERSONAL • Member of the Belgian Fed Cup team that reached the competition’s final in 2006. Also played 2003-13, • Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki; Francesca 2015-18 Schiavone was among coaching team for recent • On ITF Circuit won 13 singles and one doubles title; Charleston run played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2001 • Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team • Named 2003 ITF Junior World Champion for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Announced engagement to former NBA player David Lee in November 2017, the ex-New York Knicks forward proposing on holiday in Bora Bora • 2019 Roland Garros marked 42nd Grand Slam main draw appearance • Best Grand Slam result to date came at 2013 Wim- bledon after defeating No.8 Kvitova in three sets to advance to the SF (l. eventual champion, No.15 Bartoli) • Enjoyed best Grand Slam year in 2013, when she reached R16 at Australian Open (l. No.2 Sharapova), 2r at Roland Garros (l. Schiavone), and SF at Wim- bledon (l. Bartoli) KIRSTEN CAROLINE FLIPKENS VS WOZNIACKI

GRAND SLAM CONT. • Achieved best US Open result in 2009 when she advanced to 3r (l. fellow Belgian Clijsters) • Has reached 2r – but never further – on seven occasions at Roland Garros • Junior champion at 2003 Wimbledon (d. Chakvetadze in F) and 2003 US Open (d. Krajicek in F)

PERSONAL

• Began playing tennis at age four • Speaks four languages: English, Dutch, French, and German • Coached by Maxime Braeckman

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[13] MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #16) vs. SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #44)

Head to Head: 0-0

MARKETA VONDROUSOVA SAISAI ZHENG 16 WTA RANKING 44 7 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 52 28-06-1999 (19) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 05-02-1994 (25) $1,997,604 YTD PRIZE MONEY $484,483 $2,961,959 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,847,331 0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 4 0-0 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 0-1 28-7 / 52-31 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 8-12 / 57-94 7-4 / 10-16 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-2 / 21-26 7-0 / 17-10 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 13-10 0-0 / 0-5 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 4-10 0-0 / 1-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 5-4 2-0 / 2-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-4 2-3 / 2-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 4-7 5-3 / 9-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-5 / 6-18 * Updated through

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MARKETA VONDROUSOVA SAISAI ZHENG 2017 2016 R1-Q L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #149) 6-2 6-2 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #34) 5-7 6-2 6-4

2015 R2-Q L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #66) 6-2 6-3

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• Making main draw debut at the Nature Valley Interna- • Making second main draw appearance at East- tional, where she fell in qualifying in 2017 bourne (third overall) • Faces S.Zheng in 1r today; last opening round exit at • Fell 1r in 2016 (as qualifier, l. Petkovic) and in quali- a tournament came in final event of 2018 season at fying in 2015 Wuhan (l. Goerges on final set tie-break) • Faces Vondrousova in 1r today; bidding for first • Owns 2-2 career record against Chinese opposition, Top 20 win since upsetting No.10 Svitolina at 2017 most recently beating Y.Wang in 1r at 2019 Roland Madrid Garros • Winner faces Mertens in 2r • Contesting tournament ranked at a career-high • Last year, posted 1-2 record on grass, reaching 2r at No.16 (first set June 10, 2019) Wimbledon and falling 1r at Nottingham • Making first appearance on grass in 2019; has never • Best career result on grass was SF showing at 2016 won a main draw match on the surface, falling 1r at Nottingham Birmingham and Wimbledon in 2017 and ‘s-Herto- • Playing doubles this week w/Duan (face Flipkens/ genbosch, Mallorca and Wimbledon in 2018 Mattek-Sands in 1r) • Has won at least three matches at past six events: Budapest (R-Up), Indian Wells (QF), Miami (QF), Istanbul (R-Up), Rome (QF), Roland Garros (R-Up) SEASON • Record since end of Australian Open stands at 27-6; by contrast, posted 14 main draw wins during entire • Coming off 1r exit at Mallorca (l. Stosur) 2018 season • Reached R16 for the first time at at Premier Man- • Enters Eastbourne ranked No.1 on tour for percent- datory event at Madrid (l. Stephens) and made 2r age of return games won (45.9%) at Strasbourg (l. Kostyuk). Also fell 1r at Rome (l. • Reached SF in girls’ singles at 2014 Wimbledon Muguruza) and Roland Garros (l. Q.Wang) • Was R-Up in doubles at Roland Garros w/Duan (l. Babos/Mladenovic in F); now 4-4 in doubles finals SEASON • Won the new WTA 125K Series event in Anning, China (d. Zhang in F); event played on red clay • During the Sunshine Double, made 1r exits at Indian • Coming off reaching maiden career Grand Slam final Wells (l. Mladenovic) and Miami (l. Siniakova) at Roland Garros (l. Barty); was the fifth Czech to • Advanced to QF at Acapulco (l. Andreescu) reach the final in Paris and first teenager to do so • Won doubles title at Acapulco w/Azarenka (d. Kraw- since Ivanovic in 2007 czyk/Olmos in F); fourth career WTA doubles title • Reached QF at Rome (l. Konta); upset No.2 Halep in • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Muguruza) 2r for the second time this season, having previously • Represented China in Asia/Oceania Group I of the beaten the Romanian at Indian Wells; now owns 2-7 Fed Cup in February, losing singles rubber to Diyas career record against Top 10 opponents of Kazahkstan in 2-1 the promotional play-off • Was R-Up at Istanbul (l. Martic); now owns 1-2 ca- • Reached QF at Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic) reer record in singles finals • Opened 2019 with 1r losses at Shenzhen (l. Parmen- • Won both Fed Cup singles rubbers (d. Marino and tier) and Australian Open (l. Muguruza) Fernandez) as Czech Republic maintained their World Group status without dropping a set in a 4-0 win over Canada • Reached QF at both Indian Wells (l. Svitolina) and CAREER MILESTONES Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova). Scored first Top 10 win over No.2 Halep during Indian Wells • Posted best year-end finish at No.46 in 2018 – first • Reached second WTA final at Budapest, losing to Top 50 finish of career, up from No.94 in 2017; Van Uytvanck in 3s in the final reached career-high No.38 on December 31, 2018 • Fell in 2r at Australian Open (l. Martic). Reached • 2018 season highlights included reaching maiden SF in doubles with Strycova (l. eventual champions WTA singles final at Nanchang (ret. vs. Q.Wang w/ Stosur/S.Zhang) abdominal pain) followed by SF run at Washington, DC (l.Vekic) • At WTA 125K Series events in 2018, won Zhengzhou (d. Y.Wang in F) and was R-Up at Anning (l. Khro- macheva in F) • Also won 11th ITF title in 2018 at $100k ITF/Su- zhou-CHN MARKETA ZHENG VONDROUSOVA VS SAISAI

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER CONT.

• 2018 highlights included reaching SF at Gstaad (l. • Registered only five tour-level wins in 2017, as injury Minella), and R16 at Indian Wells (l. Martic) and US ended her season prematurely; right knee injury Open (l. Tsurenko in 3s) forced her to miss all tournaments after 2017 US • Notched Top 20 victories over No.11 Konta (2018 Open Indian Wells), No.11 Goerges (2018 Stuttgart) and • Highlights of 2016 season included SF run at Not- No.13 Bertens (2018 US Open) tingham (d. Konta in 2r, l. Riske) and first Premier • Posted first Top 100 season in 2017, finishing at QF at Stanford (l. eventual champion Konta in 3s) No.67, having finished 2016 at No.376 – biggest and Doha, defeating No.2 Kerber in 2r; l. eventual ranking mover into the Top 100 (309 places) runner-up Ostapenko • Made WTA breakthrough by winning Internation- • In beating Kerber, became fourth Chinese woman to al-level title at Biel/Bienne (as qualifier, d. Kontaveit defeat a Top 2-ranked player, after Li Na (six wins), in F). At No.233, was the lowest-ranked title winner in Zheng Jie (three wins) and Zhang Shuai (two wins) 2017 and aged 17 years, 293 days was the youngest • At Rio Olympics, reached 2r in singles (l. Kasatkina) since Konjuh (17 years, 169 days) at 2015 Notting- and 2r in doubles (w/Xu, l. Errani/Vinci) ham • In doubles, reached final at 2016 Shenzhen (w/Xu) • Also won four singles titles at ITF level in 2017 – in- and SF at 2016 Australian Open (w/Xu; l. Hlavacko- cluding at $80k ITF/Prague-CZE (d. Muchova in F) va/Hradecka). Was second SF at Australian Open – • In April 2017, made Fed Cup debut during Czech also 2013 (w/Lepchenko) Republic’s 3-2 defeat to USA in Florida. Lost opening • Won first WTA Premier doubles title at 2015 Stan- singles rubber to Vandeweghe before levelling the ford (w/Xu); now owns four tour-level doubles titles, tie with victory over Davis (USA won the deciding having also won at 2011 Guangzhou (w/Hsieh), 2015 doubles to end Czech Republic’s three-year reign as Tianjin (w/Xu) and 2019 Acapulco (w/Azarenka) Fed Cup champions) • Owns four Top 10 wins, over No.6 Kvitova (via. ret • Missed second half of 2016 to recover from elbow at 2016 Shenzhen), No.2 Kerber (2016 Doha), No.5 injury A.Radwanska (2016 Olympics) and No.10 Svitolina • Advanced to 2r on tour-level debut at 2016 Prague – (2017 Madrid) as wildcard, l. eventual champion Stosur • Reached first WTA singles QF at Hong Kong in Sep- • On ITF Circuit, winner of seven singles and four tember 2014, and first WTA SF at Tianjin in October doubles titles 2014; also a semifinalist at 2015 Shenzhen (l. Halep) • Made professional debut at 2014 $100k ITF/Prague- and 2016 Nottingham (l. Riske) CZE (d. Suk, l. Brengle in 2r) • Selected by fans to participate in the 2014 WTA Ris- ing Stars Invitational as part of the WTA Finals • Has enjoyed success on WTA 125k Series, high- GRAND SLAM HISTORY lighted by wins at 2015 Dalian, 2018 Zhengzhou and 2019 Anning; R-Up at 2013 Suzhou and 2018 Anning • 2019 Roland Garros marked ninth Grand Slam main • Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in China in draw appearance, where she reached her maiden 2008 final (l. Barty) • Previous best result at the majors was reaching R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Tsurenko). Was youngest Czech GRAND SLAM HISTORY player to reach R16 at Flushing Meadows since 2005 • 2019 Roland Garros marked 18th Grand Slam main (Nicole Vaidisova, R16 at 16yrs, 140 days) draw appearance (26th overall) • Made Grand Slam debut at 2017 Roland Garros, • Owns main draw wins at three of the four majors, where she advanced to 2r. Has also reached 2r at with Roland Garros the only Slam where she has yet 2018 and 2019 Australian Opens to secure a main draw victory • Fell 1r on debut at Wimbledon • Reached 2r at Wimbledon for the first time in 2018 • Reached doubles QF at 2017 Wimbledon (w/Bellis, l. • Also advanced to 2r at US Open in 2014, 2016 and eventual finalists H.Chan/Niculescu) 2017, and Australian Open in 2016 • Won girls’ doubles at Australian Open and Roland • In doubles, R-Up at 2019 Roland Garros (w/Duan, Garros in 2015 (both w/Kolodziejova). In singles, l. Babos/Mladenovic) and reached SF at Australian made SF at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon Open in 2013 (w/Lepchenko l. Barty/Dellacqua) and 2016 (w/Xu, l. Hlavackova/Hradecka) MARKETA ZHENG VONDROUSOVA VS SAISAI

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Coached by former ATP Pro Jan Hernych. Fitness • Started playing tennis at age 8 at tennis academy trainer is Michal Vagner where mother worked • Born in Skolov but moved to Prague alone at age • Coached by Goran Tosic 15 to train full-time at I. Cesky Lawn Tennis Klub on • Owns a dog, Yuan Bao Štvanice Island in the center of the city • Owns two-year-old dog named Brownie • Chose tennis over soccer as she prefers the individu- al nature of the sport • Describes herself as quiet and calm • Tennis idol is Roger Federer • Collects shoes and has around 200 pairs (mainly limited edition Nike) MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #56) vs. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7)

Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 4-2

2018 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-4 6-2 82 mins 2018 MADRID CLAY O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-2 6-2 71 mins 2017 ROME CLAY O R2 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-4 7-6(11) 143 mins 2015 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-2 7-6(9) 114 mins 2013 MOSCOW HARD I R1 ALIZÉ CORNET 7-5 6-3 103 mins 2013 BOGOTA CLAY O R1 ALIZÉ CORNET 6-2 7-6(6) 98 mins

ALIZÉ CORNET ELINA SVITOLINA 56 WTA RANKING 7 65 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 12 22-01-1990 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 12-09-1994 (24) $338,906 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,126,653 $6,905,584 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $14,235,278 0 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 13 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 1-8 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 0-1 10-10 / 289-282 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 14-9 / 240-133 1-3 / 97-94 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 5-5 / 75-46 3-2 / 59-59 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 47-36 0-0 / 13-25 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 10-12 1-0 / 25-17 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 21-21 0-0 / 8-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 17-17 1-1 / 18-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / 29-34 2-1 / 39-100 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 50-64 * Updated through

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R1 d. [WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #122) 7-5, 6-2 81 mins R1 BYE

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ALIZÉ CORNET ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 2015 R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #89) 4-6 6-2 6-4 R2 L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #64) 3-6 7-5 6-4

2017 2013 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #46) 6-4 7-5 R1-Q L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #61) 7-6(6) 3-6 6-2

2016 R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #37) 6-1 6-3

2015 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #42) 6-0 6-3

2014 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 7-5 1-6 7-6(3)

2013 R1 L - NA LI (CHN #6) 6-2 6-4

2011 R1-Q L - ANNE KEOTHAVONG (GBR #113) 6-4 6-2

2009 R1 L - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #25) 7-6(3) 6-2

2008 R1 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #30) 6-1 4-6 7-5

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• Making ninth main draw appearance at Eastbourne • Making second main draw appearance at East- (10th overall) bourne (third overall) • Best run here was R16 showing in 2014 (l. eventual • After a 1r bye in 2015, lost to Watson in 2r R-Up Kerber) • Faces No.56 Cornet today after a 1r bye. Won their • Beat Watson in 1r this year - has not dropped a set most recent and only match on grass in 2018 Bir- to the Brit in their four career meetings mingham • Faces No.7 Svitolina today in 2r • Went 2-2 on grass in 2018 making it to QF in Bir- • Already has one Top 10 win this year defeating mingham (l. Buzarnescu) and exiting 1r of Wimble- No.10 Sabalenka in 1r of Rome (also lost to No.7 don (l. Maria) Ka.Pliskova in Miami 3r) • Has not reached R16 in a tournament since Indian • Owns 15-26 career record in grass, including a 1-3 Wells (l. Andreescu in SF) record in 2018 - 2r in Birmingham (l. Svitolina) and 1r • One of three Ukranians in main draw - Yastremska (l. exits at Eastbourne (Bondarenko) and Wimbledon (l. Konta in 1r) and Tsurenko Cibulkova) • One of two Frenchwomen in this year’s main draw - also qualifier Ferro SEASON

• Coming off 1r exit at Birmingham (l. Gasparyan) SEASON • Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) • Made 2r exit as defending champion in Rome (after • Coming off 2r showing at Mallorca (d. Sorribes Tor- 1r bye, l. Azarenka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. Parmen- mo, l. Anisimova) tier) • At Roland Garros, fell to Kuzmova in 1r • Made second career WTA Premier Mandatory SF • Came through qualifying to make 2r at Rome (d. of her career at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion No.10 Sabalenka, l. Suarez Navarro) Andreescu) • Made 2r at Madrid (l. Zheng) and fell 1r at Rabat (l. • At Miami fell 2r (after 1r bye, l. Y.Wang) Bogdan) • Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in • Advanced to 3r at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) • Fell in 1r at both Indian Wells (l. Tomljanovic) and • Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year at the WTA $125k Series event in Guadalajara (l. in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) wildcard Zhuk) • Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as • Lost to Riske in 2r at Dubai defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) • Helped France to 3-1 win away to Belgium in Fed Cup World Group (d. Mertens on day one). Will play Romania in April’s SF • Produced SF showing at Hobart (l. eventual cham- GRAND SLAM HISTORY pion Kenin) before falling 2r at Australian Open (l. V.Williams) • 2019 Roland Garros marked 27th consectuive Grand • Opened season by losing singles matches to Barty, Slam main draw appearance Muguruza and S.Williams as France made group • Best Grand Slam results to date have been QF stage exit at Hopman Cup showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Aus- tralian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open GRAND SLAM HISTORY (l. eventual champion Osaka) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) • Roland Garros marked 50th consecutive Grand Slam and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and main draw appearance – the longest streak among 2018 (l. Sevastova) active players. However, among active players also • Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim- has the most Grand Slam appearances (53 - includ- bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and ing 2019 Roland Garros) without reaching a quarter- Roland Garros) final • Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as a 15-year-old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r (l. Mauresmo) ALIZÉ ELINA CORNET VS SVITOLINA

GRAND SLAM CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open • Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 runner-up Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia) • Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending • Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007-08, 2013-14) champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend- • Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque- ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Mariño in F) Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak • At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian CAREER MILESTONES Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and • In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and • Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, Charleston l. Stephens) and made five further QFs • Other five career titles came at 2008 Budapest, 2012 • Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, Bad Gastein, 2013 Strasbourg, 2014 Katowice and winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec- 2016 Hobart; owns 6-6 career record in finals ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) • Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) • Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali- time since May 2009; dropped out of Top 20 again fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at after 2015 Dubai round robin stage with 1-2 record) • Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 • In 2017, became first player to win three Premier 5 ti- S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 tles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since Wuhan via ret.), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) such tournaments were introduced in 2009 and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams • One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, made her the first player to defeat the American in after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, three straight meetings since Henin in 2007 Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in • Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champi- rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 ons in Sofia, Bulgaria • On four occasions could have reached World No.1 • Three-time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/ spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 Kong (w/Shvedova) WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or • Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17, 2019; reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 • Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Rad- wanska) PERSONAL • Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) • Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother • Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent) Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven • Sponsors include BMW, Babolat and Lotto (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) • Currently without a full-time coach. Worked with • Other 2016 season highlights included SFs at Dubai, Pierre Bouteyre earlier in 2019 Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow, and QF at Rio Olympics • Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova) • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) • Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008 • Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017 ALIZÉ ELINA CORNET VS SVITOLINA

PERSONAL

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

MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

[Q] VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #59) vs. [10] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #13)

Head to Head: VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA leads 1-0

2018 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS O R16 VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA 6-2 2-6 6-3 105 mins

VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA BELINDA BENCIC 59 WTA RANKING 13 33 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 6 24-04-1997 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-03-1997 (22) $442,091 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,655,891 $793,465 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $5,389,024 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 3 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 0-0 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 6-2 14-9 / 20-15 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 28-10 / 127-97 7-5 / 10-6 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 12-4 / 48-28 4-3 / 8-4 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-1 / 31-23 3-1 / 5-2 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 25-12 2-0 / 3-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 13-9 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-1 / 12-7 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-4 / 20-18 1-0 / 1-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 8-4 / 26-35 * Updated through

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R2-Q d. ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #89) 7-6(4), 7-5 114 mins . d. . 0 mins

R1-Q d. BERNARDA PERA (USA #92) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 98 mins

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

BELINDA BENCIC 2016 R2 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #53) 7-6(4) 7-6(5)

2015 F W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-4 4-6 6-0

2014 R1 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #109) 6-3 6-2

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EASTBOURNE EASTBOURNE

• Making main draw debut at Eastbourne • Making third main draw appearance at Eastbourne • Enters main draw with qualifying wins over Pera and • One of three defending champions in main draw Diyas - defeated A.Radwanska for the title in 2015 (also • Faces No.13 Bencic today - won their only meeting Ka.Pliskova - 2017 and Wozniacki - 2018) last year in ‘s-Hertogenbosch R16 in three sets • Most recent appearance in 2016, lost in 2r to Vesni- • Notched her first career Top 20 win this year against na after 1r bye No.13 Wozniacki in 1r of Roland Garros • After a 1r bye in 2015, lost to Watson in 2r • Career 5-2 record on grass - went 2-1 last year with • Faces No.59 Kudermetova today. Lost their only QF run in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Krunic) career meeting in 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch • Already has three wins on the surface this year with • Already 4-1 on grass this year with runner-up finish SF run in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion in Mallorca (l. Kenin) - owns career 29-13 record on Riske) the surface • Failed to make main draw in Wimbledon last two years SEASON SEASON

• Earned career high ranking of No.59 on June 17 • Coming off final run in Mallorca (l. Kenin) • Coming off SF showing at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. even- • Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Vekic) tual champion Riske) • Fell 2r at Rome (l. Mladenovic) • Made 3r in Roland Garros notching first Top 20 win of • Posted SF run at Madrid (l. Halep); victory over Osa- career over No.13 Wozniacki in 1r (l. Kanepi) ka in QF improved record over reigning No.1s to 3-1 • Reached QF at Nürnberg (l. Zidansek) (also S.Williams at 2015 Toronto and Osaka at 2019 • Fell in qualifying at both Madrid and Rome Indian Wells), only loss came against S.Williams at • After opening the clay court season with 1r defeat at 2014 Madrid Charleston (l. Kanepi), reached back-to-back QFs at • Posted 2r exit at Stuttgart (l. Bertens) Lugano (l. eventual champion Hercog) and Istanbul • Fell in 1r at Lugano (l. Lottner). Reached SF in dou- (l. Gasparyan). In doubles was R-Up at Charleston bles (w/Kuzmova, l. Kudermetova/Voskoboeva) (w/Khromacheva) and Lugano (w/Voskoboeva) • Advanced to the QF stage of Charleston (l. Martic) • Won biggest title of career at WTA 125K Series event • Made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Putintseva) at Guadalajara (d. Bouzkova in F) • Also made SF at Indian Wells (d. No.1 Osaka, No.5 • Contested qualifying at Doha, Indian Wells and Ka.Pliskova, l. Kerber) Miami • Loss to Kerber ended 12-match winning streak - the • Made 2r at St. Petersburg (as LL, l. eventual R-Up longest on tour in 2019 - having won two Fed Cup Vekic); made Top 100 debut at No.98 following tour- singles rubbers (d. Errani, Giorgi), six wins en route nament (February 4, 2019) to the Dubai title, four matches at Indian Wells • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian • Lifted third singles title of career at 2019 Dubai (d. Open (as qualifier, l. Kenin) Kvitova in F), her first since 2015 Toronto • Opened 2019 season with QF run at Shenzhen (as • Defeated four Top 10 opponents en route to title, qualifier, l. Zvonareva) including No.3 Halep and No.4 Kvitova • Inspired Switzerland to 3-1 World Group II win over Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) GRAND SLAM HISTORY • Fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg • Made SF at Hobart (l. R-Up Schmiedlova) and • 2019 Roland Garros marked second Grand Slam reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) main draw appearance • Opened 2019 season at Hopman Cup, partnering • Reached 3r at 2019 Roland Garros for best career Roger Federer to help Switzerland retain the trophy result (l. Kanepi) • Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Kenin) • Had previous fallen in qualifying at Melbourne Park in 2017, as well as at Roland Garros (2017-18), Wimbledon (2017-18) and US Open (2017-18) • As a junior, contested Roland Garros and US Open in 2013 VERONIKA BELINDA KUDERMETOVA VS BENCIC

CAREER MILESTONES GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Ended 2018 ranked No.115 for career best year-end • 2019 Roland Garros marked 18th main draw Grand finish Slam appearance • Made WTA main draw debut at 2018 Stuttgart, reach- • Achieved best Grand Slam singles result when she ing 2r (d. No.25 Suarez Navarro, l. eventual champi- advanced to QF at 2014 US Open; defeated two on Ka.Pliskova) Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 • Posted two QF runs in 2018, at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Jankovic in R16). At 17 years of age, was youngest eventual champion Krunic) and Gstaad (l. Bouchard) player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows • Won two doubles titles in 2018 at WTA 125k Series since 1997 when Hingis won the title events, at Mumbai (w/Dzalamidze) and Limoges (w/ • Best result at Australian Open was in 2016, advanc- Voskoboeva). Also has titles at this level from Taipei ing to R16 (l. Sharapova); at Wimbledon is R16 in in 2016 (w/Dzalamidze) and 2017 (w/Sabalenka) 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion • Has reached two WTA doubles finals, finishing R-Up Kerber), while best result at Roland Garros is now 3r at Charleston (w/Khromacheva) and Lugano (w/ in 2019 Voskoboeva) in 2019 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 Moscow • Contested first Tour-level match representing Russia in Fed Cup action in 2014 vs. Australia (l. Stosur) CAREER MILESTONES • On ITF Circuit, owns four singles titles and 16 doubles titles • Finished 2018 ranked No.37 - fourth Top 100 finish • Was R-Up at 2018 Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Go- erges) • Underwent left wrist surgery in the Spring 2017, PERSONAL missing five months – ranking fell outside Top 300 • Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 match- • Coached by Sergey Demekhin, former coach of Vera es and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA Zvonareva 125K Series events at Hua Hin, Thailand and Taipei. • Teenage sister, Polina, is on the junior circuit and By the end of the year she was back in the Top 75 contested Australian Open girls’ singles in January • Best wins of career came over No.1s S.Williams in • Born in Kazan, Russia. Based in Moscow and trains semifinals at 2015 Toronto and Osaka in R16 at 2019 at CSKA club Indian Wells and QF at 2019 Madrid. At 18 years of • Started playing tennis aged 8. Was an active child, age in Toronto became youngest player to defeat liked to paint and dance as well as play tennis S.Williams in a completed match since 2004 WTA • Favorite surface is hard Finals, when 17-year-old Sharapova d. Serena in F • Off the court, has a passion for cooking and her spe- (Serena also lost at 2007 Charleston to then 17-year- cialty is roasted chicken with potatoes and garlic old Chan Yung-Jan via first set retirement at 5-3) • Struggled with injury in 2016 – advanced to sixth career singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charles- ton (April) was sidelined for more than two months – missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros • Run to St. Petersburg final saw her break into Top 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became 116th player to break into the Top 10 since comput- erized rankings were introduced in 1975. In the last 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut before their 19th birthday • Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, 2016) • Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Rad- wanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.). Owns 2-5 record in finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 Tianjin, 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], 2016 St Petersburg and 2018 Luxembourg VERONIKA BELINDA KUDERMETOVA VS BENCIC

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• At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, became second-youngest player to win a WTA Pre- mier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New Haven aged 18 years, 43 days • With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since Azarenka at 2009 Miami • Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at Washington, DC (w/Mladenovic), the first coming earlier in the year at Prague (w/Siniakova) • Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 • Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 years, 7 months at the time

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• Split from coach Vlado Platenik at the end of 2018; has worked extensively with Melanie Molitor and Martina Hingis, as well as her father, Ivan, in the past • Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents • Includes Nike, Yonek and Rolex among her sponsors NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL JUNE 23-29, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES

NATURE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL - DAY 1 MATCH-UPS

ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #56) vs. [WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #122) Cornet leads 2-0 Cornet is looking for her first win in Eastbourne since her R16 showing in 2014... Watson is a two-time semifinalist in Eastbourne, reaching this stage in 2014 and 2017

[Q] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #35) vs. [14] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #18) First career meeting Yastremska is making her tournament debut in Eastbourne, and is bidding for her career first main draw win on grass today... Konta is tied for the third-most wins here among the players in the main draw with 11 (also Ka.Pliskova, Stosur and Watson). Only Wozniacki (27) and Kerber (14) have more

QUEENS OF EASTBOURNE MILESTONE WATCH WTA Legend Martina Navratilova has appeared in Six players in the 2019 Eastbourne main draw are eyeing Eastbourne a tournament-record 21 times in her a milestone win (across all levels) this week: career, and lifted the trophy a tournament-leading 11 times.

PLAYER MILESTONE WIN CAREER W-L RECORD Among active players, Caroline Wozniacki holds the POLONA HERCOG 400 396-262 most wins at the Nature Valley International, posting an impressive 27-8 career record in Eastbourne and lifting ZHENG SAISAI 300 297-200 the title twice, in 2009 and 2018. MONICA PUIG 300 296-198 MARIA SAKKARI 300 296-199 ACTIVE PLAYERS: MOST APPEARANCES HARRIET DART 200 199-142 IN EASTBOURNE MARGARITA GASPARYAN 200 198-110 PLAYER # OF APPEARANCES

EKATERINA MAKAROVA 11

SAMANTHA STOSUR 11*

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 11*

SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 10

HEATHER WATSON 10*

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ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #56) vs. [WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #122)

Head to Head: ALIZÉ CORNET leads 2-0

2017 US OPEN HARD O R1 ALIZÉ CORNET 6-4 6-4 96 mins 2013 WASHINGTON, DC HARD O R16 ALIZÉ CORNET 6-4 6-4 97 mins

ALIZÉ CORNET HEATHER WATSON 56 WTA RANKING 122 65 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 155 22-01-1990 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 19-05-1992 (27) $338,906 YTD PRIZE MONEY $146,297 $6,905,584 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $3,368,460 0 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 4 1-8 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 11-9 10-10 / 289-282 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-4 / 103-140 1-3 / 97-94 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 37-56 3-2 / 59-59 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 24-39 0-0 / 13-25 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 26-32 1-0 / 25-17 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 10-10 0-0 / 8-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-13 1-1 / 18-48 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-17 2-1 / 39-100 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 8-36 * Updated through June 17, 2019

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Result Duration Duration

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

ALIZÉ CORNET HEATHER WATSON 2018 2018 R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #89) 4-6 6-2 6-4 R1 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #60) 6-7(2) 7-5 6-3

2017 2017 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #46) 6-4 7-5 SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-2 3-6 7-5

2016 2016 R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #37) 6-1 6-3 R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #53) 6-2 6-3

2015 2015 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #42) 6-0 6-3 R16 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #43) 6-2 6-3 2014 2014 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 7-5 1-6 7-6(3) SF L - MADISON KEYS (USA #47) 6-3 6-1 2013 2013 R1 L - NA LI (CHN #6) 6-2 6-4 R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #36) 6-1 3-6 6-2 2011 R1-Q L - ANNE KEOTHAVONG (GBR #113) 6-4 6-2 2012 R16 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #21) 7-6(5) 6-1 2009 R1 L - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #25) 7-6(3) 6-2 2011 R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) 6-3 6-3 2008 R1 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #30) 6-1 4-6 7-5 2010 R16 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #15) 6-1 6-1

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• Making ninth main draw appearance at Eastbourne • Making 10th consecutive main draw appearance (10th overall) at Eastbourne as a two-time semifinalist in 2014 (l. • Best run here was R16 showing in 2014 (l. even- eventual champion Keys) and 2017 (l. Wozniacki) tual R-Up Kerber). Win over Petrovic in 1r in 2014 • Also reached R16 on four occasions - on debut in remains sole win at Eastbourne (1-8 record) 2010 (l. Azarenka), 2012 (l. Safarova), 2013 (l. even- • Faces wildcard Watson today in their third career tual champion Vesnina) and 2015 (l. Stephens) meeting, and first on grass courts. Has yet to drop a • Among active players, is tied for second-most set against the Brit appearances here with 10 (also Kuznetsova). Only • Has not faced a British player since today’s opponent Makarova, Stosur and Wozniacki have more (11) Watson at 2017 US Open 1r • Faces No.56 Cornet today. Aiming for first win over • Owns 14-26 career record in grass, including a 1-3 the Frenchwoman and also best-by-ranking win since record in 2018 - 2r in Birmingham (l. Svitolina) and 1r defeating No.51 Kenin at 2018 Beijing qualifying exits at Eastbourne (Bondarenko) and Wimbledon (l. • Holds 26-32 career record on grass, including a 1-4 Cibulkova) record in 2018. Sole win last year came over Danielle • One of two Frenchwomen in this year’s main draw - Lao at Nottingham (l. Konta) also qualifier Ferro • One of four British women in this year’s main draw - also Konta and fellow wildcards Dart and Swan. The only British woman to lift the title in Eastbourne was SEASON Virginia Wade in 1975

• Coming off 2r showing at Mallorca (d. Sorribes Tor- mo, l. Anisimova) SEASON • At Roland Garros, fell to Kuzmova in 1r • Came through qualifying to make 2r at Rome (d. • Coming off back-to-back 1r exits at Nottingham (l. No.10 Sabalenka, l. Suarez Navarro) Sakkari) and Birmingham (as WC, l. Strycova) • Made 2r at Madrid (l. Zheng) and fell 1r at Rabat (l. • Reached QF at first grass court event of 2019 at Bogdan) $100K ITF/Surbiton-GBR (l. Rybarikova) • Advanced to 3r at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Fell in qualifying at Roland Garros - marked first time • Fell in 1r at both Indian Wells (l. Tomljanovic) and not in the main draw of a Slam since Paris in 2017 at the WTA $125k Series event in Guadalajara (l. (also fell in qualifying) wildcard Zhuk) • Made QF at $60K ITF/Kurume-JPN (l. Mcphee) after • Lost to Riske in 2r at Dubai winning sixth career ITF singles title at $60K ITF/Fu- • Helped France to 3-1 win away to Belgium in Fed kuoka-JPN (d. Diyas in F) Cup World Group (d. Mertens on day one). Will play • Made 1r exit at $60K ITF/Gifu-JPN (l. Omae) after Romania in April’s SF qualifying exit at Miami • Produced SF showing at Hobart (l. eventual cham- • Fell 1r at WTA 125K Series event in Guadalajara (l. pion Kenin) before falling 2r at Australian Open (l. Nao) following qualifying exit at Indian Wells V.Williams) • Made 1r exits at Hobart (l. as qualifier, l. Begu), Aus- • Opened season by losing singles matches to Barty, tralian Open (l. Martic), Budapest (l. Potapova) and Muguruza and S.Williams as France made group WTA 125K event in Indian Wells (l. X.Han) stage exit at Hopman Cup • Opened 2019 season with qualifying exit at Brisbane

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Roland Garros marked 50th consecutive Grand Slam • 2019 Australian Open marked 31st main draw ap- main draw appearance – the longest streak among pearance at a Grand Slam active players. However, among active players also • Best showings are 3r runs at Wimbledon in 2012, has the most Grand Slam appearances (53 - includ- 2015 and 2017, and Australian Open in 2013 ing 2019 Roland Garros) without reaching a quarter- • Reached 2r at Roland Garros on five occasions. Has final never been beyond 1r at US Open in seven attempts • Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as • Won mixed doubles title at All England Club in 2016 a 15-year-old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to (w/Kontinen, d. Farah/Groenefeld in F) and finished 2r (l. Mauresmo) R-Up in 2017 (w/Kontinen, l. Hingis/Murray) • Won US Open junior singles title in 2009 ALIZÉ HEATHER CORNET VS WATSON

GRAND SLAM CONT. CAREER MILESTONES

• Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open • Finished 2018 just outside the Top 100 (No.101). in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual Best year-end finish came in 2012 (No.49) runner-up Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. • Highlights of 2018 were SF runs at Hobart (as Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia) qualifier, l. eventual champion Mertens) and Quebec • Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007-08, 2013-14) City (l. eventual champion Parmentier). Also picked • Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque- up fourth career WTA doubles title at Acapulco (w/ Mariño in F) Maria) and reached doubles final at Nottingham (w/ Buzarnescu) • Won third WTA singles title of career at 2016 Monter- CAREER MILESTONES rey (d. Flipkens in F), adding to wins at 2012 Osaka and 2015 Hobart (3-0 record in finals) • In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella • Hit career-high singles ranking of No.38 on January in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and 19, 2015 after title run at Hobart Charleston • Lifetime record against Top 10 players stands at • Other five career titles came at 2008 Budapest, 2012 2-17, with wins coming against No.8 A.Radwans- Bad Gastein, 2013 Strasbourg, 2014 Katowice and ka (2015 Indian Wells) and No.9 Cibulkova (2017 2016 Hobart; owns 6-6 career record in finals Eastbourne) • Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) • In doubles owns four WTA titles, most recently at who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first 2018 Acapulco (w/Maria) time since May 2009; dropped out of Top 20 again • Represented Great Britain at 2016 Rio Olympics, after 2015 Dubai reaching 2r in singles (l. Svitolina), 2r in doubles (w/ • Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 Konta, l. H.Chan/Y.Chan) and QF in mixed doubles S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 (w/A.Murray, l. Bopanna/Mirza) Wuhan via ret.), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) • Struggled throughout 2014 season with a right rib in- and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams jury and missed two months in 2013 due to glandular made her the first player to defeat the American in fever (Miami to Roland Garros) three straight meetings since Henin in 2007 • Enjoyed a breakthrough 2012 season, winning • Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champi- Osaka to become first British woman to win a WTA ons in Sofia, Bulgaria singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988. Finished year • Three-time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/ as British No.1 Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong • With 2012 Osaka singles title, became first British Kong (w/Shvedova) woman to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer • Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17, 2019; in 1988 French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 • Broke into Top 100 on June 6, 2011 and made Top 50 debut on October 15, 2012 • On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles and three dou- PERSONAL bles titles • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 • Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother Miami and recorded first main draw match win at is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent) 2010 Eastbourne • Sponsors include BMW, Babolat and Lotto • Played first professional event on ITF Circuit at 2009 • Currently without a full-time coach. Worked with ITF/Jersey-GBR Pierre Bouteyre earlier in 2019 • Member of Great Britain Fed Cup Team, 2011-18 and Great Britain Olympic Team, 2012, 2016

PERSONAL

• Born on Channel Island of Guernsey. Mother is Mi- chelle and father is Ian; siblings are Adam, Stephanie and Julie • Started playing at age 7; moved to Bollettieri Acade- my in Florida at age 12 (still trains there) MATCH NOTES EASTBOURNE - GREAT BRITAIN | Jun 23 - Jun 29, 2019 | $998,712 | PREMIER

[Q] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #35) vs. [14] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #18)

Head to Head: 0-0

DAYANA YASTREMSKA JOHANNA KONTA 35 WTA RANKING 18 30 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 9 15-05-2000 (19) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 17-05-1991 (28) $358,408 YTD PRIZE MONEY $1,250,509 $761,905 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $8,430,928 2 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0-0 EASTBOURNE W-L (MD) * 11-5 16-9 / 27-20 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 25-9 / 153-95 3-5 / 5-12 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 11-2 / 39-41 4-3 / 6-8 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-6 / 34-27 0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 34-22 1-0 / 2-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 12-13 0-1 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-10 0-1 / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / 18-21 2-4 / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-5 / 34-35 * Updated through June 17, 2019

EASTBOURNE Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

Duration

EASTBOURNE Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

JOHANNA KONTA 2018 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 4-6 6-1 6-4

2017 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) W/O

2016 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #17) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3

2015 QF L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #31) 2-6 6-0 6-3

2014 R16 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #42) 1-6 7-5 7-5

2013 R1 L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #44) 6-4 6-3

2012 R16- L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #83) 6-3 6-2 Q

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• Making debut appearance at Eastbourne • Making seventh consecutive main draw appearance • Is the youngest player in this year’s main draw at on home soil at Eastbourne (eighth overall) 19-years-old. Vondrousova is also 19, but will cele- • Two-time semifinalist here, in 2016 and 2017 (falling brate her 20th birthday on June 28 to Ka.Pliskova on both ocassions). Also reached QF • Overcame two rounds of qualifying to enter the main in 2015 (l. eventual champion Bencic) draw (d. Christie and Golubic) • Holds 11-2 record at Eastbourne - tied for third-most • Faces No.18 Konta today in their career first meeting wins among players in this year’s main draw (also • Owns three career Top 20 wins, over No.13 Muguru- Ka.Pliskova, Stosur and Watson). Only Wozniacki za (2018 Luxembourg), No.15 Muguruza (2019 Hua (27) and Kerber (14) have more Hin) and No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Strasbourg) • Faces qualifier Yastremska today for the first time. Is • Bidding for first tour-level win of career on grass 3-0 vs. qualifiers this season (d. Flink at Acapulco, • Contesting Eastbourne ranked No.35 - three places Pegula at Miami, and Lottner at Roland Garros) off career-high ranking (set following Strasbourg title • Owns a 35-23 career main draw record on grass, run, on May 27, 2019); by contrast, this time last year reaching two finals on the surface in back-to-back was No.127 years at Nottingham (2017, l. Vekic; 2018, l. Barty) • Highlight of last year’s grass court season was R-Up • One of four British players in the main draw, accom- at $100K ITF/Ilkley-GBR panied by wildcards Dart, Swan and Watson • R-Up in girls’ singles at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Potapo- • Looking to make a jump onto Porsche Race to va) Shenzhen Leaderboard (currently at No.9) - top eight players of 2019 qualify for the season finale at the SEASON WTA Finals Shenzhen

• Coming off 1r exit at Birmingham (l. Goerges in 3s) SEASON • Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Suarez Navarro - came within two points of victory in second set) • Coming off R16 showing at Birmingham (d. Kontave- • Highlight of clay court season was winning third ca- it, l. Ostapenko) reer title at Strasbourg (d. Garcia after saving 1MP) • Made historic run at Roland Garros, recording maid- • Suffered 1r exits at Istanbul (l. Mladenovic), Madrid en 1r win in Paris before moving on to become the (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Suarez Navarro) first British woman to reach the SF since Jo Durie’s • Made 2r at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) run to the same stage in 1983 • Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Muguruza) and Indian Wells (l. • Re-enterd Top 20 on June 10, 2019 for the first time Gavrilova) since March 2018 (dropped as low as No.50) • Posted 2-0 singles record (d. Swiatek and Larsson • Posted R-Up finish in Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) in sec- in straight sets) as Ukraine failed to progress from ond clay final of the season; now 3-5 in WTA finals Europe/Africa Zone Group I • Exited 2r at Madrid (l. Halep) • Won second career title at Hua Hin (d. Tomljanovic in • Was R-Up at Rabat (l. Sakkari, after leading by a set final after trailing 5-2 in third set) and a break) – marked first final in 10 months (2018 • Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. S.Williams); wins Nottingham) and first ever final on red clay (had nev- over Stosur in 1r and Suárez Navarro in 2r were first er previously reached tour-level QF on the surface) at Grand Slam level • Until Rabat, where she won four matches, had never • Began season by contesting qualifying at Brisbane, won more than two consecutive main draw matches followed by QF showing at Hobart (l. Bencic) on red clay and had not won three matches in a row on it since qualifying for Roland Garros in 2015. Not since winning her first ITF Circuit title in Mostar in CAREER MILESTONES 2008 had she won four consecutive matches on red clay (all levels) • In Fed Cup action in London in April, posted three- • Posted first Top 100 season in 2018, at No.60, win- set wins over Diyas and Putintseva to help Britain ning first career title at Hong Kong (d. Q.Wang in F) secure a place in the competition’s World Group II in • Also in 2018, reached SF at Luxembourg (l. Bencic), 2020 (Great Britain d. Kazakhstan, 3-1) 2r at New Haven (as qualifier, l. Goerges) and • During ‘Sunshine Double’, reached 3r at Indian Wells Charleston (as LL, l. Pera) and fell 1r at US Open (l. (l. Bertens) and 2r at Miami (l. Q.Wang) Muchova), Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Puig) Québec • Reached first QF of year at Acapulco (l. Vekic) City (l. McHale) and Beijing (as qualifier, l. S.Zheng) • On February, won all four of her Fed Cup matches to DAYANA JOHANNA YASTREMSKA VS KONTA

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• Became first woman born in the 2000s to crack the help Great Britain progress from Europe/Africa Zone Top 100 on the WTA rankings, debuting at No.100 Group I to World Group II play-offs (week of July 16, 2018) • Lost to Muguruza in 2r at Australian Open in a three- • Won third ITF singles title in at $60k ITF/Rome-ITA set match which lasted two hours 42 minutes and and reached two more finals in 2018 finished at 03:12am – one of the latest finishes in the • Posted first Top 200 season in 2017, at No.189 – tournament’s history rose more than 200 places during the year • Retired in final round of qualifying at Sydney vs. Al- • Won first WTA main draw match and reached first exandrova w/neck injury. Received Lucky Loser spot, tour-level QF at 2017 Istanbul, defeating former but withdrew prior to 1r match vs. Bertens w/same World No.9 Petkovic en route (l. Cepelova) injury. Was first time in qualifying since 2015 Linz • Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2016 Istan- • Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, making 2r (d. bul (l. Hibino in 1r) No.6 Stephens, l. Tomljanovic). Defeat of Stephens • Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2015 was first over a Top 10 player since upsetting No.2 • In juniors, rose as high as No.6 in the world Halep at 2017 Wimbledon • On ITF Circuit, winner of three singles titles and three doubles titles CAREER MILESTONES

• Finished 2018 at No.37, with season highlights a GRAND SLAM HISTORY second consecutive R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. Barty) – overall record in WTA finals now stands at • Reached 3r at 2019 Australian Open (l. S.Williams) 3-5 Q1 – and SF showing at Moscow [Kremlin Cup] • Made 1r exit on Grand Slam debut at 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Kasatkina) (l. qualifier Muchova in straight sets) and also 2019 • Also in 2018, reached QF at Brisbane and San Jose, Roland Garros while best results at the Slams were 2r showings at • Fell in qualifying at 2018 Australian Open and 2018 Australian Open and Wimbledon Wimbledon • Posted five Top 20 wins in 2018, over No.19 Keys • Runner-up in 2016 Wimbledon junior girls’ event (l. (Brisbane), No.19 Rybarikova (Madrid and Rome), Potapova) No.11 Ostapenko (Montréal) and No.16 Mertens (Moscow [Kremlin Cup]) • Posted career-high season finish of No.9 (second PERSONAL Top 10 season in a row). Peaked in rankings at No.4 on July 17, 2017 • Born and resides in Odessa, Ukraine • Began 2017 season by lifting title at Sydney (d. • Began playing tennis at age 5 A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of ca- • Prefers hard courts reer at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) • Mainly works with her father, Oleksandr as well as • At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since Marco Girardini and occasionally with Gavin Hopper Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. in Istanbul eventual R-Up V.Williams) • Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in a row at home event of Eastbourne – conceded walkover to eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell heavily on match point, but won match after treatment) • Win over Kerber was first by a British woman over a reigning No.1 since Barker d. Evert at 1979 Boston • Owns six Top 5 wins, over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wu- han, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne, No.2 Halep at 2017 Wimbledon and No.4 Bertens at 2019 Rome • Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) DAYANA JOHANNA YASTREMSKA VS KONTA

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• Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore in 2016, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play • By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker) • Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Road- map was introduced in 2009 • Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20) • Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen GRAND SLAM HISTORY