2017 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 3-JULY 16, 2017 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: www.wimbledon.com | @wimbledon | facebook.com/Wimbledon WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/WTA WTA Communications: Alex Prior ([email protected]), Chris Whitmore ([email protected]), Xu Yanyan ([email protected]) DAY THREE – FEATURED MATCHES BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #97) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) First meeting FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #72) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Svitolina leads 1-0 [6] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) vs. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #58) Series tied 1-1 [8] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #9) vs. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #93) First meeting QIANG WANG (CHN #55) vs. [10] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11) Williams leads 1-0 MADISON BRENGLE (USA #95) vs. [11] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12) Brengle leads 2-1 [13] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #13) vs. [Q] FRANÇOISE ABANDA (CAN #142) First meeting [15] ELENA VESNINA (RUS #16) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #683) Azarenka leads 7-0 CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #86) vs. [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #18) Keys leads 2-1 (1-1 at main draw, tour level) [WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #102) vs. [18] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) Sevastova leads 1-0 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 MATCH NOTES WIMBLEDON - GREAT BRITAIN | Jul 03 - Jul 16, 2017 | $18,382,278 | GRAND SLAM BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #97) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) Head to Head: First meeting BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA SIMONA HALEP 97 WTA RANKING 2 69 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 2 30-05-1996 (21) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 27-09-1991 (25) $106,476 YTD PRIZE MONEY $2,940,062 $256,597 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $18,400,850 0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 15 1 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-0 WIMBLEDON W-L (MD) * 12-6 4-5 / 8-13 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 27-8 / 263-131 0-3 / 1-6 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 11-5 / 77-42 1-1 / 2-5 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 30-44 1-1 / 1-1 YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 3-1 / 22-12 0-0 / 0-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 2-1 / 24-36 1-2 / 1-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 8-3 / 71-56 1-1 / 1-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 23-10 * Updated entering 2017 Wimbledon 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #97) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) R128: d. [WC] LAURA ROBSON (GBR #189) 6-4,6-2 (1h5) R128: d. [Q] MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #129) 6-4,6-1 (1h13) Total games: 18 Total games: 17 Won/lost: 12-6 Won/lost: 12-5 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h5 Total time on court: 1h13 Average time on court: 1h5 Average time on court: 1h13 Average rank of opponent: 189 Average rank of opponent: 129 WIMBLEDON Tournament History * Qualifying match BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA SIMONA HALEP 2015 2016 R1* L - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #163) 6-2 6-1 QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) 7-5 7-6(2) R16 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 R3 W - KIKI BERTENS (NED #28) 6-4 6-3 R2 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #111) 6-1 6-1 R1 W - ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #40) 6-4 6-1 Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA MATCH NOTES WIMBLEDON - GREAT BRITAIN | Jul 03 - Jul 16, 2017 | $18,382,278 | GRAND SLAM 2015 R1 L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #106) 5-7 6-4 6-3 2014 SF L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #13) 7-6(5) 6-2 QF W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #19) 6-4 6-0 R16 W - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #72) 6-3 6-0 R3 W - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #71) 6-4 6-1 R2 W - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #170) 6-3 4-6 6-4 R1 W - TELIANA PEREIRA (BRA #88) 6-2 6-2 2013 R2 L - NA LI (CHN #6) 6-2 1-6 6-0 R1 W - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #73) 6-2 3-6 6-3 2012 R1 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #28) 3-6 6-1 6-2 2011 R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #25) 3-6 6-2 6-1 R1 W - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI (SRB #50) 6-1 6-2 2010 R2* L - ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA (BLR #142) 6-4 6-1 R1* W - YULIA FEDOSSOVA (FRA #272) 6-7(8) 7-6(2) 6-2 Haddad Maia: • Making Wimbledon debut; fell in qualifying in 2015 • In 1r defeated No.189 Robson for first Grand Slam main draw win • Faces No.2 Halep today; highest ranked played ever faced was No.12 V.Williams in 2r at 2017 Miami (l. in straight sets) • In only main draw grass court tune‐up event, fell 1r at Mallorca (as qualifier, l. Rogers). Since Roland Garros, also reached SF on clay at WTA 125K Series at Bol (l. Krunic) and last week fell in qualifying at Eastbourne • Made Grand Slam debut at 2017 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Vesnina). Broke into Top 100 for first time following 2017 Roland Garros at No.94 • Reached QF at Prague (as qualifier, l. Kr.Pliskova). Other highlight of clay court season was winning eighth ITF title of career at $100k ITF/Cagnes‐Sur‐Mer‐FRA (d. Teichmann in F) • Fell 1r at Bogotá (as qualifier, l. Cepede Royg) and in qualifying for Monterrey and Stuttgart • As wildcard, reached 2r at Miami (l. V.Williams) • In February, won $25k ITF/Clare‐AUS (d. No.269 Vondrousova in F) • Other 2017 appearances on ITF Circuit, came at $25k ITF/Perth‐AUS (l. Vondrousova in 2r) and $25k ITF/Perth 2‐AUS (l. Mrdeza) • Ended 2016 at No.211, down from career‐best finish No.198 in 2015; currently ranked No.97 (July 3, 2017) • Finished 2016 with strong performances on ITF Circuit, winning back‐to‐back titles at $50k ITF/Scottsdale, AZ‐USA (d. Ahn in F) and $50k ITF/Waco, TX‐USA (d. Min in F). Also R‐Up finish at $25 ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula 9‐ITA and two other SF Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA finishes • Fell 1r on three WTA main draw appearances, at Rio (l. Cirstea), Miami (l. Pereira) and Rio Florianopolis (l. Savchuk) – gained entry to all three tournaments as WC • Wimbledon 2017 is only 14th tour‐level main draw of career. Best performance was QF at 2015 Rio de Janeiro (l. eventual champion Errani) and 2017 Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova) • No.1‐ranked Brazilian and only one in Top 300 • Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Québec City (l. El Tabakh) • Introduced to tennis by mother aged five • Born in Rio de Janeiro, but now lives in Sao Paulo. Moved alone to southern Brazil at 13 to concentrate on junior tennis career • Favorite surface is clay • Coached by Martin Gande. Previously worked with Larri Passos (coach of three‐time Roland Garros winner Gustavo Kuerten) Halep: • Making seventh main draw appearance at Wimbledon (eighth overall). Achieved best result in 2014 when she advanced to SF (l. Bouchard); reached QF in 2016 (l. Kerber) • 2017 Wimbledon marks 29th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a two‐time Slam finalist, having finished runner‐up at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s) and 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s, having led 64 30 with game point) • At US Open, best result to date is reaching SF in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta), while at the Australian Open advanced to QF in 2014 (l. eventual R‐Up Cibulkova) and 2015 (l. Makarova) • Owns 12‐6 record in Grand Slam 2r matches (2‐2 at Wimbledon). Most recent 2r loss at a major came at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Lucic Baroni) • Faces No. 97 Haddad Maia today in their first meeting; loss would be worst by ranking since upset by No.118 Vesnina at 2016 Doha • Coming off QF run at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki in 3s), where she had a chance to claim the World No.1 ranking – needed to do better than the incumbent Kerber, who also fell in QF • Also would have ascended to top spot had she beaten Ostapenko in Paris final; despite loss, returned to previous career‐high rank of No.2, a position she first ascended to on August 11, 2014 and most recently held the week beginning January 18, 2016 • One of four players who could be WTA World No.1 ranking after this Wimbledon fortnight, along with Kerber, Ka.Pliskova and Svitolina – Halep needs to reach at least SF and see other results go her way • Struggled w/right ankle injury in lead up to Roland Garros after a fall in first set of Rome final • Victory over Ka.Pliskova in SF at Roland Garros improved overall record vs. Top 5 to 8‐23, with previous wins coming against No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal) and No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati) • Entered Paris after reaching finals in consecutive weeks – firstly defending Madrid title (d. Mladenovic in F) and then finishing R‐Up at Rome (l.